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• The bill additionally states the director of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, or the
• The bill additionally states the director of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, or the
• This process includes review by EPA in concurrence with the Department of Energy.
• Ding, did you check with the department to see if they thought $100,000 was enough or 90 days?
• For the record, Rachel Andrews here on behalf of the Arizona Department of Agriculture.

Bills: HB2014 , HB2113 , HB2145 , HB2331 , HB2340 , HB2389 , HB2400 , HB2401 , HB2428 , HB2494 , HB2696 , HB2756 , HB2795 , HB2955 , HCM2008

Committees: House Natural Resources, Energy & Water , House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference

Keywords: air emissions, fuel blends, environmental quality, feasibility study, Arizona Department of Agriculture, utility consumer, rate intervention, public service corporation, Arizona Revised Statutes, residential rates, consumer protection, fuel reformulation, gasoline standards, environmental regulations, ethanol supply, Air Quality, energy reliability, electric service providers, reliable resources, public power entity

Bills: HSB314 , SF304 , HF708 , HSB500 , HSB501 , HSB502 , HSB503 , HSB504 , HSB505 , HSB506

Committee: Joint Health and Human Services

Keywords: medical release, incapacitated, terminal illness, serious medical condition, parole, risk assessment, victim impact statement, supervision, care facility, Iowa, minors, medical consent, healthcare services, sexually transmitted infections, privacy, youth healthcare, healthcare decisions, palliative care, hospice care, life-sustaining procedures

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• The Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction provides resources and readily available services
• These grants are part of the United<00:53:00.079><c> States</c><00:53:00.400><c> Department</c><00:53
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• States Department of Agricultures rural<00:53:01.839><c> development</c><00:53:02.319><c> distance</c
• </c> of the committee on energy and commerce of the committee on energy and commerce or<02:18:35.040>

Bills: SJR13 , HB1969 , HR1223 , HR426 , HR430

Keywords: SJR13, S.J.Res. 13, joint resolution, Congressional Review Act, CRA, OCC, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, bank merger, bank mergers, Bank Merger Act, business combinations, merger review, financial regulation, banking regulation, bank consolidation, regulatory disapproval, federal banking rule, rule repeal, Public Law 119-19

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• The database training will be put together by the Texas Department of Public Safety for those individuals
• against these campaigns by creating a specialized hostile foreign organizations unit within the Department
• I show you registered as Jason Day, testifying on behalf of the Texas Department of Public Safety and
• Jason Day, Texas Department of Public Safety. I'm here as a resource witness.
• this is the bill we heard relating to establishing the Hostile Foreign Adversaries Unit at the Department

Bills: SB659 , SB1585 , SB2201 , SB2514 , SB2569

Committee: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Keywords: smuggling, human trafficking, criminal penalties, felony offenses, law enforcement, foreign adversary, foreign-owned company, scrutinized company, China, national security, cybersecurity, information technology, communications technology, ICT, critical infrastructure, state contracts, government procurement, vendor certification, debarment, civil penalty

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• The program provides support either directly to the officer or through their department.
• At our department, we do not allow just going out and working speeders.
• Members of the county administration, the DA's office, and the sheriff's department ignored my pleas
• to the Texas Department of Transportation.
• Services Department at ABIA, so we have a 13-acre facility.

Bills: HB5097 , HB5513 , SB523 , SB857 , SB964 , SB1101 , SB2143 , SB2332 , SB2383 , HB 1108

Committee: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Keywords: criminal history, background checks, government code, licensing, information access, rural law enforcement, child care grants, community support, law enforcement retention, advisory committee, SB 523, Texas driver’s license, alternative address, residential address, confidential address, address confidentiality, Department of Public Safety, DPS, Transportation Code, Section 521.1211

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• HB 2860 directs the Department of State Health Services to coordinate with the Texas Higher Education
• Texas housing departments provide students with stable housing in the Texas summer heat and the freezing
• So, you know, department heads, assistant deans, etc.
• This year alone, since January 4th, faculty in my department have already announced they've accepted
• Can you not see the resemblance between a politically appointed, bloated department of the ombudsman?

Bills: HB2476 , HB2893 , HB4848 , HB5062 , SB37 , SB60 , HB2860 , HB4930 , SB646 , SB 37

Committee: House Higher Education

Keywords: living expenses, higher education, student support, homeless students, financial aid, grant program, baccalaureate degrees, junior colleges, workforce development, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, competency-based education, baccalaureate degree, cost of attendance, dual credit, computer science, course credit, foreign language requirement, curriculum review, governing board, faculty council

Bills: HB442 , HB459 , HB90 , HB91 , HB461 , HB481

Committee: House State Government

Keywords: codification, Code of Alabama 1975, cumulative supplement, replacement volume, technical corrections, code cleanup, state code update, local laws, Secretary of State, Code Commissioner, Thomson Reuters, boating violation, scrivener's error, typographical correction, clerical correction, legislative housekeeping, 2024 Regular Session, 2025 session statutes, county local laws, official code publication

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• Our expertise stems from a legacy of protecting commerce, people, and the environment at one of the world's

Bills: HB16 , HB1618 , HB2692 , HB2712 , HB2970 , HB3609 , HB3628 , HB16

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: water infrastructure, Texas Water Development Board, financial assistance, water supply projects, rural municipalities, water access assessment, aquifer storage, Edwards Aquifer, water injection, environmental regulations, groundwater management, San Antonio River, pollution control, flood management, water quality, conservation district, bonds, utility rates, ratemaking, water services

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• As a department of the city, we provide over 1 million people in the Austin metropolitan area with water
• TAB is the State Chamber of Commerce, and we represent businesses of every size and industry across the
• get the protection that they need to make sure that their bays and estuaries, the fishing, all the commerce

Bills: HB16 , HB1618 , HB2692 , HB2712 , HB2970 , HB3609 , HB3628 , HB16

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: water infrastructure, Texas Water Development Board, financial assistance, water supply projects, rural municipalities, water access assessment, aquifer storage, Edwards Aquifer, water injection, environmental regulations, groundwater management, San Antonio River, pollution control, flood management, water quality, conservation district, bonds, utility rates, ratemaking, water services

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• I'll certainly call and ask the question of the Department of Corrections for that information.
• I know the Children's Group spoke last year about their concerns with the funding and the Department
• , and that's taking into account the needs that a group has heard from this committee, from the Department
• I do have a document this year from Mary Martin Mitchell, Executive Council from the Department of Revenue

Bills: HB30 , HB263 , HB357 , HB359 , SB60 , SB102 , HB30

Committee: House Ways and Means General Fund

Keywords: elections, post-election audit, election audit, risk-limiting audit, ballot audit, election integrity, voter confidence, Secretary of State, judge of probate, canvassing board, poll watchers, ballot containers, manual tally, recount, county election, statewide election, general election, absentee ballots, provisional ballots, election transparency

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• Members, Senate Bill 202 is the Secretary of State's department bill.
• from those departments in terms of activities that are happening.
• This, to me, is the most important department in the state.
• Franco Pelka, Louisiana Department of Insurance.
• That’s mainly time of the Department of Correction.

Bills: SB83 , SB135 , SB143 , SB155 , SB157 , SB202 , SB237 , SB261 , SB276 , SB295 , SB450 , SB465 , SB506 , HB1070

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: human trafficking, trafficking prevention, school safety, public schools, elementary and secondary education, charter schools, mandatory reporting, victim identification, victim services, child trafficking, sex trafficking, labor trafficking, commercial sexual activity, DCFS, Department of Children and Family Services, Louisiana State Police, governor's office of human trafficking prevention, counselor training, mental health professional, administrator training

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• Bruce Greenstein, Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.
• And they were under different departments within LDH.
• It wasn't just on the big part of commerce. Commerce was definitely affected.
• So we do have a lot of things in place with the ambulance departments and the EMTs.
• The Louisiana Department of Health regulates hospitals.

Bills: HB414 , HB786 , HB1041 , HB1052 , HB1118 , HB1139 , HB1182 , HB1185 , HB1214 , HB1217 , HB1231 , SR63 , SCR27 , SB5 , SB194 , SB415 , SB433 , SB451 , SB462 , SB516

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Keywords: healthcare, criminal convictions, employment, background checks, prohibited offenses, Medicaid, claim payments, extrapolation, provider audits, medical freedom, discrimination, access, medical intervention, child protection, confidentiality, multidisciplinary teams, child advocacy centers, public records, investigations, hospital

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• And Moore Public Schools' head of the athletic director department, Joseph Ross.

Bills: HB3976 , HB3000 , HB3001 , HB3003 , HB3004 , HB3066 , HB3904 , HB3644 , HB1687 , HB3920 , SR40

Keywords: rural hospitals, small hospitals, grant program, healthcare funding, Oklahoma health department, cosmetology, barbering, massage therapy, State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering, Service Oklahoma, license renewal, license reinstatement, licensing fees, sunset extension, board membership, human trafficking, victim services, beauty school, barber school, esthetics

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• All right, the Committee on Commerce is called to order. Secretary, please note the roll.
• of Public Safety and State Department of Corrections employees.
• The Department of Public Safety...
• There's a 20% vacancy rate at the Department of Corrections.
• For the record, my name is Jessica Rosa with the Department of Gaming.

Bills: SB1206 , SB1254 , SB1290 , SB1421 , SB1432 , SB1515 , SB1563 , SB1641 , SB1649 , SB1670 , SB1671 , SB1747

Committees: House Commerce , House House Commerce Committee of Reference

Keywords: storm damage, catastrophic storm, hail damage, wind damage, roof repair, roof replacement, post-storm repairs, insurance claim, property and casualty insurance, adjuster, public adjuster, contractor licensing, homeowner protections, deductible waiver, insurance fraud prevention, storm chaser, residential construction contract, workers' compensation, joint check, claim solicitation

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• So that department is entirely funded with Medicaid matching dollars, but for SMI, most of the Department
• The department has signed in as neutral on the bill.
• Again, the department has signed in neutral on the bill.
• Would that be okay with the department?
• The department is signed in as neutral.

Bills: SB1052 , SB1115 , SB1118 , SB1120 , SB1121 , SB1124 , SB1171 , SB1172 , SB1174 , SB1175 , SB1214 , SB1233 , SB1235 , SB1316 , SB1345 , SB1372 , SB1399 , SB1458 , SB1494 , SB1496 , SB1564 , SB1602 , SB1621 , SB1628 , SB1630 , SB1631 , SB1668 , SB1672 , SB1814 , SB1821

Committees: House Health & Human Services , House House Health & Human Services Committee of Reference

Keywords: assisted living, health care, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, physician orders, informed consent, AHCCCS, remote work, state agency, employment, public health, housing, zoning, middle housing, urban development, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, townhomes, historic preservation, radiation protection

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• Uh, we got the tags here from the Department of Conservation that might help answer those questions if
• of Conservation that might Department of Conservation that might can<00:02:04.079><c> help</c><00:02
• So, the department has been stocking it for more than 50 years.
• </c> department and at appropriate time Mr. department and at appropriate time Mr.
• <00:38:36.480><c> which</c> operations for the department which operations for the department which includes

Bills: SB222 , HB560 , HB475 , HB484 , HB583 , HB542 , HB566 , SB222 , HB560 , HB475 , HB484 , HB583 , HB542 , HB566

Committee: House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure

Keywords: medical clinic board, clinic board, hospital bankruptcy, Chapter 11, bankruptcy, debt restructuring, municipal indebtedness, municipal bankruptcy, health care provider, acute care hospital, lease property, board immunity, director liability, civil liability, healthcare finance, insolvency, debt readjustment, federal bankruptcy law, Alabama Code 11-58-5.2, library materials

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• not employees of the sheriff's department.
• They're not employees of the OHP or the police department. They're their own private entity.
• We're not going in and we're not saying, 'OK, Department of Public Safety or sheriff's department has
• We've consulted with the Department of Corrections on this.
• This is now just having the Department of Corrections report that information.

Bills: SB1226 , SB1456 , SB1462 , SB1463 , SB1980 , SB1479 , SB1608 , SB1923 , HB2979 , HB2980 , HB3662 , HB4107 , HB3082 , HB2997 , HB3083 , HB3055 , HB2951

Committee: Senate Public Safety

Keywords: motor vehicle, accident, notification, liability, civil action, gender neutral, SB1456, Board of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence, sunset extension, sunset law, breath alcohol testing, DUI, DWI, drunk driving, drug testing, chemical testing, field sobriety, roadside screening, blood test, saliva test

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• Many oil field personnel, they've reported things to their local sheriff's department before.
• I'm the Chief of Criminal Investigations Division for Texas Department of Public Safety.
• The department has two types of youth.
• , a juvenile probationary department, or a juvenile. registered with the department.
• Casey Singer, Deputy General Counsel, Texas Juvenile Justice Department. as a resource.

Bills: SB476 , SB664 , SB745 , SB826 , SB989 , SB1080 , SB1171 , SB1320 , SB1437 , SB1727 , SB1809 , SB2289 , SB2320

Committee: Senate Criminal Justice

Keywords: education, funding, school infrastructure, public schools, teacher support, intoxication manslaughter, criminal penalties, ignition interlock devices, youth offenders, vehicular homicide, Texas courts, judicial officers, associate judge, magistrate, master, referee, hearing officer, court administration, Government Code Chapter 54, Government Code Chapter 54A

Summary: The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice convened to address pressing issues surrounding oil field crime and safety on Texas highways. The meeting was initiated by Chair Flores, who emphasized the need for improved tools to combat repeat offenders having committed intoxicated driving, alongside tackling oil field theft that has escalated due to organized criminal activities. The committee heard public testimonies and engaged with various stakeholders, including law enforcement and industry representatives, who highlighted the complexities and dangers associated with these crimes. Notably, a significant focus was placed on Senate Bill 1320, which aims to establish a dedicated unit within the Department of Public Safety to investigate and address thefts specific to the oil and gas industry. This initiative seeks to strengthen coordination among various law enforcement agencies and improve training for local officers to combat these sophisticated theft operations more effectively.

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• seen in our area, and maybe you've seen it in yours, is an increased demand in our emergency room departments
• lower-cost behavioral health crisis services in lieu of possibly more expensive emergency room departments
• The Department of Health, you have Christine Mathrin with Magellan Health is in support.
• Or I found out after the bill was filed, after I was contacted by several emergency department doctors
• argument than what was contained in the fiscal notes in other states, what was testified to by the Department

Bills: HB12 , HB145 , HB222 , HB291 , HB430 , HB821 , HB874 , HB909 , HB951 , HB979 , HB1193

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: survivor benefits, law enforcement, reserve officer, auxiliary officer, public safety, firefighters, medical expenses, dental expenses, disability benefits, Medicaid, dental coverage, healthcare access, medical necessity, Louisiana Department of Health, health insurance, survivors benefits, Lafayette, school security, nonprofit security, emergency preparedness

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• We've had a great relationship with the Department of Corrections.
• This is revenue generated by the Department of Environmental Quality from fines and fees.
• And we have someone from the department here, but it's basically the money that they collect, and it's
• Gary Fulton, I'm the administrator of the Remediation Services Division for the Louisiana Department
• 159 departments.

Bills: HB27 , HB143 , HB205 , HB308 , HB311 , HB417 , HB430 , HB562 , HB812 , HB1129

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: inmates, department of public safety, per diem, local correctional facilities, jail funding, insurance premiums, Municipal Fire and Police, dedicated fund, assessments, Louisiana legislation, hazardous waste, cleanup fund, environmental protection, state treasury, Consumer Price Index, law enforcement, firefighters, health insurance, survivors benefits, Lafayette