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• Lastly, in the Permian Basin, I hear Jim Winchester's concerns.
• In the Permian Basin, where a lot of oil and gas production is happening, of the oil production is happening
• They dumped it right in the basin of the valley.

Committee: House House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources

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• memorializes Congress to support H.R. 1514 and S. 1078 of the 119th Congress, entitled the Mississippi River Basin
• legislative committee to study and make recommendations relative to water quality in the Atchafalaya Basin
• In the Atchafalaya Basin. Who is handling? This is Martinus. Thank you, Mr. Speaker Pro Tem.
• So this is just a companion bill to the committee that Senator Kleinpeter is creating to study the basin

Bills: SCR59 , SCR70 , HR275 , HR279 , HR282 , HR289 , HR307 , HCR112 , SCR61 , SCR62 , SCR64 , SB121 , HR310 , HR314 , HR316 , HR317 , HR321 , HCR117 , SCR5 , SCR29 , SCR33 , SCR37 , SCR63 , SCR30 , SCR40 , SCR65 , HCR3 , HCR49 , HCR66 , HCR67 , HB54 , HB137 , HB321 , HB368 , HB386 , HB414 , HB431 , HB552 , HB555 , HB578 , HB590 , HB593 , HB618 , HB638 , HB670 , HB692 , HB707 , HB708 , HB715 , HB718 , HB732 , HB741 , HB748 , HB776 , HB796 , HB807 , HB822 , HB848 , HB856 , HB887 , HB888 , HB917 , HB921 , HB1082 , HB1243 , HB1246 , HB1 , HB2 , HB42 , HB45 , HB71 , HB79 , HB126 , HB133 , HB159 , HB213 , HB218 , HB222 , HB289 , HB291 , HB312 , HB313 , HB324 , HB352 , HB383 , HB398 , HB403 , HB429 , HB457 , HB459 , HB549 , HB571 , HB579 , HB591 , HB608 , HB616 , HB624 , HB766 , HB769 , HB783 , HB804 , HB864 , HB874 , HB909 , HB951 , HB971 , HB983 , HB1005 , HB1017 , HB1051 , HB1056 , HB1126 , HB1186 , HB1193 , HB1223 , HB1224 , HB1235 , HB1249 , SB259 , SB295 , SB312 , SB348 , SB444 , SB485 , SB441 , SB149 , HB359 , SB29 , SB43 , SB78 , HB463 , HB998 , SB197 , SB268 , SB123 , SB276 , SB326 , SB80 , HB901 , HR20 , HR74 , HCR65 , HCR71 , HCR98 , HB284 , HB306 , HB341 , HB366 , HB393 , HB458 , HB577 , HB603 , HB605 , HB614 , HB625 , HB646 , HB733 , HB752 , HB773 , HB798 , HB911 , HB955 , HB996 , HB1035 , HB1069 , HB1113 , HB1140 , HB1180 , HB1191 , HB1240 , HB1255 , SB82 , SB89 , SB97 , SB479 , HB74 , HB119 , HB134 , HB210 , HB258 , HB468 , HB784 , HB870 , HB953 , HB956 , HB1117 , HB1236 , SB42 , SB208 , SB217 , SB274 , SB300 , SB341 , SB379 , SB382 , SB387 , SB401 , SB449 , SB487

Summary: The House convened with a quorum and opened with prayer by Archbishop Checchio, the pledge, and the national anthem. Members also used personal privilege to recognize visiting officials, university leaders, grocers, Governor’s Fellows, and several special guests and honorees, including Grambling State University for its 125th anniversary, Tiger Athletics, and the Tiger Marching Band, as well as CASA volunteers and advocates. The chamber adopted a number of ceremonial resolutions and made several conference committee appointments and committee discharge motions. The floor then took up a series of Senate and House resolutions, many of which were adopted without objection or after brief debate. These included resolutions creating or studying task forces on topics such as homeowner catastrophe claims and insurance-related litigation, the Louisiana-Ireland Trade Commission, informed consent laws, fiscal note procedures, K-12 student success pathways, and military funding alignment. Members also adopted resolutions on domestic violence protective-order access, flood risk mapping, seismic activity in North Louisiana, illegal dumping enforcement, toll signage and customer service, and other local or commemorative matters. Several Senate resolutions were temporarily returned to the calendar, while others were adopted by recorded vote, including SCR 29, SCR 33, SCR 37, SCR 63, SCR 30, SCR 65, and SCR 40. The House then considered Senate Bill 259, which authorizes an online application process for civil protection orders and restraining orders for domestic violence victims; it passed 93-0. Senate Bill 312, dealing with public-sector labor organizations and dues/withdrawal procedures, prompted extended debate focused on whether the bill unfairly singled out teachers’ unions and whether teachers already have the ability to opt out; the bill ultimately passed 60-38. Senate Bill 348, allowing the City of St. George to contract for administrative assistance in motor-vehicle crash response, passed 84-9 after questions about citations, reports, and the role of third parties. Senate Bill 485, concerning St. George’s municipal fiscal authority and insurance premium taxes, passed 91-0 after an amendment removed new public facility charge authority. The House also debated Senate Bill 197, which would reduce the number of judges on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal from 12 to 10 based on a workload and population study by the National Center for State Courts. Supporters cited the circuit’s smaller population and lower per-judge workload, while questions focused on the study’s publication and whether it actually recommended a reduction. The transcript ends during that debate, before final disposition is shown.

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• The second thing this bill does is it protects critically overdrafted groundwater basins.
• If a basin is already in crisis, we shouldn't add major new demand without a very careful review.
• So it requires review if you're in an overdrafted groundwater basin.
• An overdrafted groundwater basin.

Committee: House Local Government

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• And logistically and scientifically, there are so many different areas that each stormwater basin is
• water quality limits of protecting drinking water quality and achieving all of the TMDLs in applicable basin
• Of the safe drinking water threshold for nitrate and other applicable TMDLs in basin plans.
• contribute to exceedances of the safe drinking water threshold for nitrate and other applicable TMDLs in basin

Committee: House Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials

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• :31.439><c> of</c> When we look at our national forest systems, um, at least in the Colorado River basin
• know that 80% of all the water generated in the Colorado comes off the national forest in the upper basin
• you're bringing that to the attention, but because of the reporting requirements in forest in the upper basin
• That's that forest in the upper basin.

Bills: HB0078 , SF0012 , SF0013 , SF0052 , SF0069 , SF0070

Committee: House Appropriations

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• Chairman, more importantly, the other Basin states, they're doing so much, and I just think this 2 million
• We have that February 14th deadline to work with the Upper Basin and Lower Basin, so this 2 million,
• was at the Colorado River with Senator Lanier at the water users, all the other tribes The 10 water basin

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

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• thing that was changed there was a note in the capital budget as it relates to the Winnipesaukee River Basin
• as it relates to the<00:29:10.320><c> Winnipegasi</c><00:29:10.960><c> River</c><00:29:11.279><c> Basin
• </c><00:29:11.760><c> project</c><00:29:12.559><c> and</c> the Winnipegasi River Basin project and the
• Winnipegasi River Basin project and uh<00:29:13.039><c> it</c><00:29:13.279><c> referenced</c><00:29

Committee: Senate Capital Budget

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• He forged trade agreements in Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Latin America agreements in Africa and Latin America and<00:43:20.400><c> the</c><00:43:20.560><c> Caribbean
• c> He</c><00:43:21.200><c> helped</c><00:43:21.520><c> to</c><00:43:21.680><c> bring</c> and the Caribbean
• He helped to bring and the Caribbean.

Bills: HB2987 , HB2931

Keywords: small business lending company, SBLC, SBA lending, Small Business Administration, section 7 loans, small business loans, loan guarantee, lender cap, financial institutions, credit access, small business finance, nonprofit lenders, business lending, CEASE Act, House passage, Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, sanctuary jurisdictions, office relocation, immigration policy, government operations

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• It requires certain residential and commercial properties within the Indian River Lagoon Basin area to
• It strengthens basin management or BMAP plans by prohibiting new septic systems where sewer is available
• provisions in this bill that would set back water restoration, especially lines 1360 to 1362, which read: a Basin
• a 60-day window during which conventional septic systems that would otherwise be prohibited by the Basin
• Moreover, in many cases, the Basin Management Action Plans would require these systems to then be removed

Summary: The committee took up a long agenda of bills, beginning with several measures that were amended and reported favorably, including a strike-all to SB 4 on child protective investigations and specific medical diagnoses, SB 1570 restoring a statewide missing-persons project for individuals with special needs, and SB 182 creating a teacher training and mentoring program for schools needing improvement. Members also advanced SB 794 on APD background screening and support coordination standards, SB 1168 on background screening for athletic coaches and related entities, and SB 214 to let rural special districts pay verified invoices directly for state- and federally funded work. Supporters emphasized improved child welfare investigations, help for families of vulnerable individuals, teacher retention, and better administrative efficiency; the APD bill drew especially strong testimony from waiver clients and providers about the importance of competent support coordinators and stable services. The committee also favorably reported SB 1376 on grants for genetic counseling education, SB 1574 requiring newborn screening for biliary atresia, SB 1510 as the DEP agency package with environmental, septic, water quality, solar, and permitting changes, and SB 598 updating funeral and cemetery licensing and consumer protections. SB 688, after a delete-all amendment, would create licensure for naturopathic doctors and a board of naturopathic medicine; it drew strong support from naturopathic advocates and sharp opposition from a critic who argued the bill would authorize diagnosis and treatment beyond appropriate limits. SB 1318 made a technical change to scholarship account reversion language, with senators clarifying that remaining funds would return to the scholarship funding organization for future use rather than to the state. Later, the committee approved SB 682 on domestic violence and protective injunctions, SB 130 on workforce training for current and former inmates, and SB 1548, the latest Live Local Act iteration expanding affordable housing options and limiting local barriers. It also reported favorably SB 536 on criminal gang membership criteria after extensive debate about constitutional issues and modern gang activity, SB 762 allowing cross-jurisdiction assignment of capital cases among regional conflict counsel offices, SB 1332 strengthening career offender registration requirements, SB 1742 creating a new offense for indecent exposure of sexual organs to a minor, and SB 1750 increasing penalties for serious sex offenses and child sexual abuse material crimes. The most contentious discussion came on SB 1226, which would overhaul Public Employee Relations Commission rules, require majority support for union certification, and impose new limits on union activities and dues-related practices; members debated constitutional concerns, differences between first responders and other public employees, and the bill’s impact on union representation and public-sector labor rights. Most bills were reported favorably by roll call, with SB 536 drawing several no votes and SB 1226 still under active debate at the end of the transcript.

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• help overcome some of the issues that come as a result of being from different parts of the water basin
• Different parts of the water basin, or different communities, or different cultures.

Committee: House New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee

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• state's overall economy. ...of bragging, while Midland is the largest metropolitan area in the Permian Basin
• Midland, are generating over $2.1 billion in severance taxes. tax revenue, with the rest of the Permian Basin

Bills: SB209 , SB529 , SB1265 , SB1592 , SB1728 , SCR37 , SCR38

Committee: Senate Economic Development

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• Representatives Bacon, Barron, Basineer, Bottoms, Bradfield, Bradley, Brooks, Brown, >> Caldwell, >>

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• He was appointed as the Big Horn County Deputy Fire Warden in 1987 and also served with the Basin Volunteer
• the Big Horn County fire warden and continues his career by serving as assistant fire chief of the Basin
• Volunteer Fire Department since 1996. also served with the Basin Volunteer also served with the Basin
• fire</c><00:10:03.400><c> chief</c><00:10:04.160><c> of</c><00:10:04.320><c> the</c><00:10:04.440><c> Basin
• </c> assistant fire chief of the Basin assistant fire chief of the Basin Volunteer<00:10:05.800><c> Fire

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• On page three, the definition that is reinserted there has already been agreed to by other basin states
• 02:27:29.920><c> the</c><02:27:30.000><c> Colorado</c><02:27:30.720><c> River</c><02:27:31.040><c> Basin
• </c><02:27:31.920><c> Um,</c><02:27:32.240><c> you'll</c> in the Colorado River Basin.
• Um, you'll in the Colorado River Basin.
• </c><02:28:33.680><c> So,</c> agreed to by other basin states. So, agreed to by other basin states.

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• use, housing, commercial use along Ala Moana Boulevard, and for commercial development along Kewalo Basin
• c> during</c><00:14:06.800><c> the</c><00:14:06.959><c> ad</c><00:14:07.360><c> uh</c> along kiala Basin
• during the ad uh along kiala Basin during the ad uh administration<00:14:08.040><c> of</c><00:14:08.240
• There's another boundary: the shoreline of Kialo Basin doesn't go all the way to Alam Boulevard.
• There's another boundary: the shoreline of Kialo Basin doesn't go all the way to Alam Boulevard.

Summary: The joint hearing of the Water and Land, Hawaiian Affairs, and Housing committees on January 29, 2025 focused on SB 534, with the chairs outlining hearing procedures, public testimony limits, and plans to allow extended presentations from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) and the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) before moving to other testifiers. The hearing was presented as a public, transparent discussion of OHA’s plans for Kakaʻako Makai, with committee members noting that decision-making would follow if time permitted. OHA testified in strong support of SB 534. The chair of OHA’s Board of Trustees said the bill was a novel proposal for the legislature and emphasized that OHA was bringing together a broad coalition of partners and stakeholders, including representatives from construction, hospitality, education, law enforcement, civil service, and schools, as well as longtime community advocates who have opposed development in Kakaʻako Makai. OHA’s presentation reviewed the history of the area, the creation and role of HCDA, prior master plans, the 2012 land conveyance to OHA, and the argument that OHA has not been able to realize the full economic value of the lands because desired entitlements were not secured. OHA linked the bill to its constitutional mission to improve conditions for Native Hawaiians and argued that the state’s housing crisis makes additional development, including residential use, especially important. A major theme of the testimony was housing. OHA argued that Hawaiʻi faces severe affordability pressures, out-migration, and workforce shortages, and said that residential development in Kakaʻako Makai would help address those needs while also supporting the value of the trust lands. The presentation described HCDA’s authority over zoning and development in Kakaʻako, the existing reserved housing requirements, and the need for a master plan that could move forward if SB 534 becomes law. No votes or final committee action were taken in the portion of the hearing provided; the discussion remained in the presentation and testimony phase.

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• Madam Dean, Senator, Michael Lozano with the Permian Basin Petroleum Association in support of Senate

Bills: SB1150 , SB763 , SB1061 , SB1146 , SB1198 , HB279 , HB310

Committee: Senate Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm going to be a kid from the Permian Basin. Am I going to go back to the oil field?
• They're already being deployed in our Permian Basin. Basin.

Committees: Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance

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• necessarily think about, cooling tower overflows, brine concentration. leaking storage ponds, decant basin
• Tina Cordova, as co-founder of the Tularosa Basin. and Downwinders Consortium.
• This is out in the Ambrosia Lake Basin.

Committee: House Radioactive & Hazardous Materials Committee

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• The detention basin that was built in the infield is not for us.
• You've got to get your $4 million, and we've got the $12 million match, then we can Build detention basins
• All I know is that if the detention basins above Stratford were open, we would be able to...

Committee: House Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee

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• Lozano, we have you registered representing Permian Basin and you are for House Bill 143.
• needing efforts, this committee was instructive in adopting House Bill 5066 last session for the Permian Basin
• The area spans from the Permian Basin all the way to East Texas and from the Red River down to Round

Bills: HB 13 , HB143 , HB144 , HB145 , HB366 , HB470 , HB805 , HB912 , HB13 , HB143 , HB144 , HB145

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: emergency communication, infrastructure, first responders, grant program, interoperability, Texas Interoperability Council, local governments, HB 143, Texas Railroad Commission, Public Utility Commission of Texas, Natural Resources Code, oil and gas, well site, surface facility, electrical power line, National Electrical Code, NEC, electrical safety, utility disconnect, service disconnection