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• </c> long-term planning. long-term planning.
• against us.
• near federally managed tribal lands near federally managed land. land. land.
• and before the US Cavalry took our<05:50:38.640><c> land</c><05:50:38.920><c> to</c><05:50:39.000><c
• The great lands and treasures and natural resources of this nation. That's what makes us great.

Bills: HR831 , HB6380 , HR528 , HB2196 , HB5729 , HB5254 , HB4294 , HB3073 , HB2294 , HB1665 , HB4284 , HB4467 , HB2709 , HB1422 , SB1884 , SB3971

Keywords: Down syndrome, awareness month, federal funding, research, advocacy, healthcare, quality of life, disabilities, Vietnam veterans, recognition, freedom, democracy, military service, Save Our Sequoias Act, giant sequoia, giant sequoias, Sequoiadendron giganteum, California forests, wildfire resilience, forest management

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• Get us started.
• And the losing impacts us greatly. My time is up. And the losing impacts us greatly. My time is up.
• The goals of the care fund are to optimize the use of public funds by giving priority to research using
• that is affixed to land.
• The book of plans?

Bills: SB6073 , SB6113 , SB6116 , SB6129 , SB6162 , SB6114 , SB5857

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: SB 6073, LEOFF, Law Enforcement Officers' and Fire Fighters' Retirement System, retirement system, pension, public safety retirement, wildland firefighter, aviation firefighter, wildland fire, forest firefighter, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, firefighter benefits, retirement benefits, service credit, disability retirement, survivor benefits, employer contributions, Washington RCW, public employees

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• So, can you give us a suggestion?
• ... ...family but celebrated us.
• A lot of us just have zero desire.
• It's being used in CenterPoint.
• Kind of walk us through that.

Bills: SB34 , SB75 , SB330 , SB1535 , SB18 , SB 18 , SB 34

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: wildfire, wildfire mitigation, wildfire prevention, volunteer fire department, Texas A&M Forest Service, West Texas A&M University, prescribed burning, fuel loading, fuel reduction, firefighting equipment database, emergency communications, disaster preparedness, rural fire protection, asset hardening, natural resource management, emergency management, large wildfire risk, fire grant funding, fire suppression, Texas Legislature

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• Used and donated about 50,000 pounds of grain.
• It's been a little bit tougher on us since COVID.
• They can't use all $10 million.
• This bill would help us do more of that.
• So tell us about your San Antonio project.

Bills: HB249 , HB 1186 , HB2313 , HB2408 , HB2508 , HB2730 , HB2974 , HB3045 , HB3232 , HB3336 , HB3710 , HB4044 , HB4236 , HJR133 , HB249

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: ad valorem taxes, property taxes, homestead exemption, disabled veterans, senior citizens, tax payments, installment payments, municipal tax revenue, hotel, convention center, tax code, economic development, local government, municipality, tax revenue, qualified projects, municipal taxation, hotel project, municipality funding, veteran

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• So I think it's a very smart thing for us to do.
• Chair and committee, thank you so much for having us here today. We really appreciate it.
• Yet today, our planning and funding processes treat them as one.
• and upgrade planning.
• I would love to see us be a unified process.

Bills: SB193 , SB132 , SB35 , SB145

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

Keywords: SB193, acequia, community ditch, irrigation works construction fund, water infrastructure, ditch infrastructure, irrigation, New Mexico water law, agricultural water, farmers, Rio Grande, acequia association, forest land protection revolving fund, state fund transfer, irrigation projects, SB132, DOIT, Department of Information Technology, software replacement, equipment replacement

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• This would, uh, open up this not a new industry, but it'll allow us to use what infrastructure we already
• This would, uh, open up this not a new industry, but it'll allow us to use what infrastructure we already
• This would put it in use and have it much more operational and controlled. >> Okay, I've got another
• c> come in and open this back up back up come in and open this back up back up and<00:03:59.200><c> use
• for water and such in that and use for water and such in that matter,<00:04:02.720><c> to</c><00:04:

Bills: SB174 , SB174

Committee: Senate Transportation and Energy

Keywords: business taxes, annual reports, Alabama Tax Tribunal, tax appeals, local government, SB174, alternative energy, alternative energy wells, alternative energy facility, geothermal, geothermal energy, subsurface energy, energy storage, energy capture, energy generation, hydropower, solar energy, oil and gas well conversion, well conversion, plugging and abandonment

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• c> used</c><00:51:20.240><c> its</c> The US has historically used its The US has historically used its
• He has a plan. Don't the West Bank. He has a plan.
• My plan is to vote have a plan. He does.
• And yet the Republican plan that they're debating would cut that program by $700 billion, making us all
• And yet the Republican plan all of us.

Bills: HCR24 , HR352 , HB2243 , HR405 , HB2215

Keywords: Jewish American Heritage Month, Jewish Heritage Week, antisemitism, anti-Jewish hate, Jewish Americans, Jewish community, Hamas, October 7, Israel, hate crimes, civil rights, religious freedom, campus antisemitism, synagogues, public education, heritage month, diversity, inclusion, Holocaust remembrance, community safety

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• Members, today Senator Barrow will open us in prayer, and then Senator Barrow will introduce our guest
• O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the O'er the land of the free and the
• The report to us, Judiciary B, this year in terms of what those updates were.
• Senator Pressly, for a question: Can you just remind us what this bill does?
• You can ask them to let us know if they want to take up their conference committee.

Bills: SCR12 , HB221 , HB509 , HCR58 , SB78 , SB25 , SB80 , SB132 , SB155 , SB157 , SB202 , SB228 , SB250 , SB414 , SB433 , SB479 , SB513 , SCR9 , SCR58 , SB65 , SB215 , SB249 , SB269 , SB282 , SB296 , SB323 , SB363 , SB369 , SB474 , SB490 , SB492 , SB500 , SB514 , HCR32 , HB17 , HB41 , HB73 , HB223 , HB244 , HB759 , HB906 , HB966 , HB1006 , HB1009 , HB1086 , HB1107 , HB1112 , HB1215 , HB1242 , SB217 , SB283 , SB469 , HB36 , HB42 , HB74 , HB119 , HB159 , HB259 , HB302 , HB414 , HB459 , HB776 , HB848 , HB956 , HB1017 , HB1028 , HB1095 , SB208 , SB312 , SB382 , SB389 , HB210 , HB258 , HB359 , HB368 , HB468 , HB552 , HB732 , HB784 , HB870 , HB953 , HB1117 , HB1236

Keywords: logging, recognition, John Keith, environment, safety, Mississippi River bridge, Trump Expressway, transportation, federal funding, Louisiana highways, injection wells, public hearing, geologic sequestration, environmental impact, public comment, Ascension Parish, state capitol, economic development, community partnership, celebration day

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• It's already being used.
• It would help us better understand what's being asked of us.
• It would help us better understand what's being asked of us.
• . use. use.
• </c> for those that follow after us. for those that follow after us.

Bills: HF3793 , HF3699 , HF793 , HF3322 , HF3426

Committee: House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Keywords: groundwater, water use permit, data centers, public health, environmental regulations, municipalities, state park license plate, specialty license plate, Minnesota DNR, Department of Natural Resources, license plate design contest, North Shore, Lake Superior Agate, AI-generated art, artificial intelligence, Minnesota resident, state parks, specialty plates, vehicle registration, contest requirements

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• People want to be part of the plan.
• The Mansion Foundation then supports us.
• So for us, it's a little bit of a problem because there's not transparency into the fund that uses the
• People aren't using it.
• I'd like to thank you all for allowing us to be here today.

Bills: SB238 , HJR1 , SM21 , SM22 , SB238 , HJR1 , SM21 , SM22

Committees: Senate Senate Rules , Senate House Rules & Order Of Business

Keywords: Governor's Residence, management committee, government administration, New Mexico, advisory, commission, general services, nominating committees, boards of regents, student representation, political party registration, New Mexico constitution, overdose prevention centers, harm reduction, drug overdose, opioid crisis, substance use disorder, public health, addiction treatment, naloxone

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• Beginning January 1, 2027, each county and city that is planning under the GMA may not deny land use
• applications for factory-built housing using permit-ready plans solely on the basis of noncompliance
• into our framework, or whether that's land use regulations, development regulations, things like that
• into our framework, or whether that's land use regulations, development regulations, things like that
• And what we really need is one unified, aligned plan that will help us all row in the same direction.

Bills: SB6346 , SB6347 , SB6147 , SB6246 , SB5940 , SB5882 , SB6223 , SJR8206 , SB5762 , SB5828

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: millionaires tax, wealth tax, income tax, state revenue, tax reform, Washington estate tax, estate tax, inheritance tax, death tax, probate, decedent, gross estate, taxable estate, exclusion amount, tax rate, estate planning, heirs, beneficiaries, RCW 83.100, Department of Revenue

Bills: HR1016 , HCR68 , HB6359 , HB7148 , HB7147 , HR375 , HR1014

Keywords: corrections, Department of Homeland Security, legislative process, engrossment, military intervention, Venezuela, Congress, war powers, foreign policy, pregnant students, pregnancy accommodations, college pregnancy, higher education, Title IX, student rights, campus resources, student health center, counseling center, orientation materials, student handbook

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• Having skim milk that's not healthy for a lot of us.
• You're not helping us. Yes.
• Texas is a pro-life state, and I think most of us do.
• So this looks like a lot to us.
• reunification plan.

Bills: HB2510 , HB3589 , HB4611 , HB4655 , HB4665 , HB4666 , HB4670 , HB4700 , HB4730 , HB4798 , HB4838 , HB5136 , HB5243 , HB5302 , HB5539

Committee: House Human Services

Keywords: assisted living, healthcare, licensing, criminal offense, personal assistance, group home, regulation, health and safety, inspections, resident care, criminal background checks, adoption, parental rights, registry, vital statistics, disclosure, counseling, foster care, independent living, financial literacy

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• But it does give us another tool.
• But it does give us another tool.
• None of us need that.
• I'm going to just use my district.
• Yes, they can be used for a snack, but.

Bills: HB2510 , HB3589 , HB4611 , HB4655 , HB4665 , HB4666 , HB4670 , HB4700 , HB4730 , HB4798 , HB4838 , HB5136 , HB5243 , HB5302 , HB5539

Committee: House Human Services

Keywords: assisted living, healthcare, licensing, criminal offense, personal assistance, group home, regulation, health and safety, inspections, resident care, criminal background checks, adoption, parental rights, registry, vital statistics, disclosure, counseling, foster care, independent living, financial literacy

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• Our health plan advocates spent hours on the phone with us trying to find other options, even a bed at
• a plan for her.
• on the health plan advocates spent hours on the phone<01:12:44.640><c> with</c><01:12:44.880><c> us<
• </c> trying to come up with a plan for her. trying to come up with a plan for her.
• </c> share their concerns with us privately. share their concerns with us privately.

Bills: HF2362 , HF2136 , HF1316 , HF2009 , HF1918 , HF1614

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy

Keywords: youth intervention, funding, mental health, education, community programs, HF1316, child support, new hire reporting, centralized work reporting system, independent contractors, payors, employers, payor of funds, withholding orders, income withholding, child support enforcement, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, gig economy, rideshare drivers, delivery drivers

Bills: HF257 , HF394 , HF550 , HF756 , HF757 , HF913 , SSB1219 , SF307 , SF613 , SF165 , SF57 , SSB1216 , SSB1226

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Keywords: HF 257, ATV, UTV, all-terrain vehicle, off-road utility vehicle, secondary roads, county fee, local fees, county authority, Iowa Code 321I.10, recreational vehicles, off-road vehicles, road use permit, municipal regulation, county revenue, preemption, implements of husbandry, state highways, interstate designation, vehicle weight regulations

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• Let us pray.
• We're thankful today because we know in Your word You tell us Because we know in Your word You tell us
• all of us for our sins.
• They've been a great help with us.
• . ...what they're doing in their plans in the future.

Bills: HB61 , HB327 , HB253 , HB297

Committee: House Ways and Means Education

Keywords: home school, career and technical education, public schools, K-12 education, enrollment policy, parental leave, state employees, adoption, employee benefits, aircraft tax, aviation tax, sales tax exemption, use tax exemption, lease tax, rental tax, commercial aircraft, air carrier, airline, aircraft parts, maintenance

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• How do you plan to address that?
• How do you plan to address that?
• This is an opportunity for us as a community, for us as a state, to do that old hockey adage: skate to
• This is an opportunity for us as a community, for us as a state, to do that old hockey adage: skate to
• This is an opportunity for us as a community, for us as a state, to do that old hockey adage: skate to

Bills: HF1277 , HF812 , HF457 , HF633

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: data centers, tax exemption, Minnesota statutes, economic development, employment growth, income tax, tax brackets, tax adjustments, Minnesota, tax policy, underutilized buildings, adaptive reuse, building conversion, historic preservation, downtown revitalization, vacant property, vacancy reduction, refundable tax credit, income tax credit, grant in lieu of credit

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• Ponca City leadership is with us today.
• It will depend on what kind of registration they use.
• And on this side of the chamber, on the right side of the chamber, they pick us.
• needs to be a US citizen.
• One of those is a plan to grow the program.

Bills: HB4104 , HB3722 , HB3787 , HB3700 , HB3701 , HB3310 , HB3404 , HB2964 , HB2398 , HB3024 , HB3499 , HB3278 , HB3279 , HB3645 , HB3649 , HB2293 , HB3260 , HB3176 , HB3177 , HB3114 , HB3172 , HB3322 , HB3323 , HB4248 , HB3720 , HB2210 , HB1322 , HB1937 , HB3301 , HB4107

Keywords: Oklahoma criminal law, felony classification, Class B5, Class D1, sentencing enhancement, repeat offender, domestic violence, stalking, voyeurism, peeping tom, clandestine recording, hidden camera, privacy offense, sex offender registry, Sex Offenders Registration Act, protective order violation, animal cruelty, cockfighting, dogfighting, public safety

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• You give freedom, and the truth sets us free.
• Thank you again for allowing us to join you today.
• Us for a follow up. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
• There, you are used to you being back there.
• So join us, Representative Rope. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Bills: HB4104 , HB3722 , HB3787 , HB3700 , HB3701 , HB3310 , HB3404 , HB2964 , HB2398 , HB3024 , HB3499 , HB3278 , HB3279 , HB3645 , HB3649 , HB2293 , HB3260 , HB3176 , HB3177 , HB3114 , HB3172 , HB3322 , HB3323 , HB4248 , HB3720 , HB2210 , HB1322 , HB1937 , HB3301 , HB4107

Keywords: Oklahoma criminal law, felony classification, Class B5, Class D1, sentencing enhancement, repeat offender, domestic violence, stalking, voyeurism, peeping tom, clandestine recording, hidden camera, privacy offense, sex offender registry, Sex Offenders Registration Act, protective order violation, animal cruelty, cockfighting, dogfighting, public safety