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• . world-class programming.
• </c> you're able to put through this program. you're able to put through this program.
• </c> this program in enrollment? this program in enrollment?
• </c> specifically through the Legacy Program. specifically through the Legacy Program.
• </c> and SNAP program impacts. and SNAP program impacts.

Committee: Senate Capital Investment

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• OF THE WAY WE WILL DO THAT IS BY CREATING A DEBT REDUCTION PROGRAM WHICH IS ON LINE 99 OF THE BILL IS
• NOTICE IN LINE 106 WE EXEMPT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OF THE TURNPIKE ENTERPRISE FROM THIS PROGRAM
• HYPOTHETICALLY, IT IS AN UNKNOWN, AND WE NEED TO INCREASE, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR FUNDING OF MEDICAID PROGRAMS
• OR FOOD PROGRAMS WOULD THOSE FUNDS BE TIED UP IN THE STABILIZATION FUND AND WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO
• WHAT ABOUT THE POSSIBLE ELIMINATION OF SCHOOL FOOD PROGRAMS?

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• </c> to lifesaving programs like Medicaid. to lifesaving programs like Medicaid.
• </c> those particularly bad grant programs those particularly bad grant programs while<02:54:40.240><
• </c> program. In 2004, President George W. program. In 2004, President George W.
• </c><07:51:35.440><c> Speaker,</c> minds that built futures. Mr. Speaker, minds that built futures.
• </c> this conservative and effective agenda. this conservative and effective agenda.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Is this a new program? Mr.
• And I got a call from a RISE program.
• They do have these programs.
• It's an update to the program about the larger program evaluation that they're working on that will come
• That to help us build out some programs.

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: 996, all

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• This bill simply redefines the boundaries of the existing Driftwood Conservation District to reflect
• In the fifth Texas Legislature, this created the Driftwood Conservation District.
• this bill would merge two districts into a single body, the Starr County drainage and groundwater conservation

Bills: HB103

Committee: Senate Local Government

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• County has its own program that's up and running, so that's a government program on its own.
• So both in the state CDAA program is set up to mirror the FEMA Public Assistance Program, specifically
• So the CDAA program, in terms of eligibility, mirrors that of the Public Assistance Program.
• testing programs through university. similar but discrete sole testing programs through universities
• So the CDAA program in terms of eligibility mirrors that of the public assistance program.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We need to identify programs available beyond those we know about in Albuquerque.
• We look forward to hearing from you in the future. So I'll stop there.
• This CSG West program, the Justice Center, has been very valuable to us.
• Getting results out of these programs by the time they become legally adults.
• It is not true that lump sum future medicals are taken from the.

Committee: House Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee

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• We have not started to allocate our program dollars in those latter two years at the level that they
• And this one here is Southwest non-structural program. Not everything looks like a levee.
• But maybe it is the Chafalaya Basin program that I should be more into.
• The NRCS is working on a program with the Upper Delta Soil and Conservation District to address some
• So just maybe food for thought, you know, for the future. And just to throw that out there.

Summary: The committee met on March 30 and first took up House Resolution 1, which approves the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority’s annual State Integrated Coastal Protection Plan for fiscal years 2026-2027. CPRA leaders described the plan as a roughly $1.54 billion coastal investment, with most funds directed to construction and project implementation. They outlined funding sources including GOMESA, BP settlement dollars, state surplus, and new coastal sediment revenues, and reviewed major work across the coast such as marsh creation, barrier island restoration, levees, pump stations, shoreline protection, and nonstructural flood mitigation. Members asked about specific regional concerns, including the Sabine River area, the Chafalaya Basin, Bayou Sorrel, and tidal flooding in inland parishes. The committee heard public support cards and then reported H.R. 1 favorably without objection. The committee then considered House Bill 838, as substituted, dealing with vehicle inspection stickers and related inspection requirements. The bill would repeal inspection requirements for assembled vehicles, adjust inspection rules for commercial and student transportation vehicles, allow out-of-state inspections in some cases, and move toward a QR-code-based system tied to the vehicle identification number. OMV officials said the QR code would contain only the VIN and would be used by law enforcement through existing or upgraded ticketing systems, with the change taking effect January 1, 2027. Members asked about privacy, local law enforcement compatibility, unsafe vehicles, and the annual fee structure. The committee adopted the substitute and reported the bill favorably via substitute. Next, the committee heard House Bill 888, also with amendments, on temporary dealer plates and temporary registration plates. Supporters said the bill cleans up last session’s temporary tag law, increases security features for print-on-demand plates, clarifies placement rules for dealer tags, extends certain temporary tag periods from five to ten days, and delays fee changes until the electronic issuance system is implemented. A question was raised about whether the new plates would be readable by license plate recognition cameras, and the sponsor said that would be checked with State Police. The committee adopted the amendment set and reported the bill favorably as amended. The committee also advanced House Bill 885, which authorizes electronic titles, electronic lien recordation, and electronic signatures for motor vehicle transactions. The sponsor and industry witnesses said the bill is intended to modernize vehicle sales, reduce duplicate paper signatures, and make the process more secure and efficient, while preserving anti-fraud protections and allowing the OMV to set rules. Members asked whether the process would be mandatory, how fraud would be handled, and how identity would be verified; the sponsor said the system would become mandatory for participating commercial entities once implemented, with security standards and good-faith protections. The committee reported the bill favorably via substitute. Finally, the committee approved House Bill 723, as amended, allowing certain two- and three-wheeled motorcycles and mopeds to proceed through a red light when sensors fail to detect them. The sponsor framed it as a safety measure to avoid riders being stranded at malfunctioning signals and to reduce rear-end collision risk. The committee also took up House Bill 882 on outdoor advertising, which would increase spacing between billboards on state highways from 150 feet to 1,000 feet, with an amendment preserving certain nonconforming signs rebuilt after acts of God. Supporters said the change would reduce billboard clutter and improve aesthetics, while opponents argued it would hurt smaller billboard owners, shift power to larger companies, and override local control. The committee adopted the amendments and continued debate on the bill, with testimony focused on its economic and local-government impacts.

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• So having seen what thoughtful policy can do right there in my hometown, I'm confident in our future
• I mean, that's it for the cap-and-trade carbon emission reduction program that they are on.
• There's farmers on the Carl Moyer Program that provides essential grants, but you mentioned you're a
• Just that I sort of came out of the conservation community and environmental communities.
• We've launched the very first ever, as we can tell, in the country, clean air car share program with

Summary: The committee first established quorum and then approved several governor’s appointments and procedural items, including appointments to the Civil Rights Council, Board of Barbering and Cosmetology, UC College of the Law, San Francisco Board of Directors, bill referrals, and floor acknowledgments. Most of these items passed unanimously, while the Civil Rights Council appointment of Indira Cameron Banks passed 3-2. The bulk of the meeting focused on confirmations to the California Air Resources Board. Supervisor Linda Hopkins and Mayor Patricia Locke Dawson, both nominated to CARB, described their backgrounds and emphasized balancing climate and air-quality goals with economic impacts, community engagement, and practical implementation. Senators raised concerns about cap-and-trade costs, leakage, warehouse and truck traffic impacts, agricultural burdens, emergency vehicle and fleet electrification challenges, natural gas appliance rules, hydrogen, nuclear energy, and the need for socioeconomic analysis. Both nominees said they favored open-door engagement, listening to affected communities, and using data and technology-neutral approaches. Public commenters largely supported both nominees, and the committee voted to advance Hopkins 4-0 and Locke Dawson 5-0 to the full Senate. The committee also heard the appointment of Andrew Rakestraw as chair of the Board of Environmental Safety. Rakestraw, who previously worked in U.S. climate and legal roles, said he would focus on transparency, accountability, fiscal stability, and community responsiveness at DTSC. Senators questioned him about DTSC reform, community engagement in places like the Hinkley/Herupah Valley and Exide cleanup areas, fee-setting and fiscal stability, the hazardous waste management plan, and coordination with the Environmental Justice Advisory Council. He said the board should go beyond brief public comment periods, engage communities directly, and ensure community concerns are reflected in outcomes. Supporters from environmental justice and waste-management groups testified in favor, no opposition was offered, and the committee moved his nomination forward to the Senate floor, with one member abstaining.

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• So having seen what thoughtful policy can do right there in my hometown, I'm confident in our future
• I mean, that's it for the cap-and-trade carbon emission reduction program that they are on.
• There's farmers on the Carl Moyer program that provides essential grants, but you mentioned you're a
• Just that I sort of came out of the conservation community and environmental communities.
• We've launched the very first ever, as we can tell, in the country, clean air car share program with

Committee: Senate Rules

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• </c> sometime in the future. sometime in the future.
• </c> programs from fraud. Um however, Mr. programs from fraud. Um however, Mr.
• . programs. programs.
• That work is program integrity.
• </c> are concerns around program integrity. are concerns around program integrity.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It says the legislature finds that an accurate and factual history belongs to all Floridians, future
• It says the legislature finds that an accurate and factual history belongs to all Floridians, future
• So as a future pharmacist, this makes me wonder if I would want to practice in Florida, if I could be
• I am a Latter-day Saint, a very conservative Christian faith, and I have a gay son and I have a bisexual
• And this is not conservative governance. This is unmanaged risk.

Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard and voted on a series of bills covering child abuse reporting, firearms products liability, crime victim records, guardianship eligibility, historic monuments, animal welfare, juvenile justice, and restrictions on sex reassignment care for minors. HB 373, on the statute of limitations for violations involving required child abuse reports, passed unanimously. HB 1551, as amended, clarified that a firearm is not defective merely because it lacks optional safety features and preserved design-defect claims and nonretroactivity; after substantial testimony and debate, it passed 13-5. CS/HB 1113, expanding public-records protections for crime victims and briefly exempting law enforcement victims, passed unanimously. CS/HB 737, allowing courts more discretion in appointing guardians with prior felony convictions and adding a narrow exception for certain older convictions, also passed unanimously as amended.

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• I don't think it's fair for those who have been doing what's right and have been fiscally conservative
• There are opportunities to look forward when we are trying to restrict some future growth.
• It is only a cap in the future growth of property tax revenue.

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• This requires the State Building Code Council to adopt Section R406 of the International Energy Conservation
• as we're discussing this particular bill, we really need to look at what we're dealing with in the future
• But I would like to work with you on the future, making sure that everybody, because I do know a lot

Summary: The committee met in executive session on a series of local government and building-related bills, with HB 2267 and HB 2388 removed from consideration and HB 1529 later pulled due to a technical issue. Staff briefed measures on scissor stairs in the building code (HB 2228), embodied carbon emissions in buildings (HB 2273), performance-based code pathways for low-rise residential buildings (HB 2381), permit review processes (HB 2418), county extreme heat response plans (HB 2183), fire protection districts (HB 2224), crash prevention zones (HB 2174), and city use of county road resources (HB 1529). The discussion focused on code modernization, housing production, permitting timelines, climate and emergency preparedness, fire district financing, and traffic safety. HB 2228 was advanced as Substitute HB 3079.2 after members supported creating a technical advisory group to recommend code changes allowing scissors stairs, with language clarifying fire-resistance separation; it passed 7-0. HB 2273, which would direct the State Building Code Council and Commerce to adopt embodied-carbon reduction rules and reporting, was reported out 4-3 after supporters emphasized emissions reductions and opponents said industry was not yet ready. HB 2381 advanced as amended Substitute HB 3125.1 after the committee adopted an amendment making the appendix optional and another clarifying performance-based compliance options; it passed 4-3. HB 2418 advanced as amended Substitute HB 3143.1 after the committee removed vesting provisions, clarified completeness standards, and allowed applicants to waive deadlines or refunds; it passed 7-0. HB 2183, requiring county extreme heat response plans, was amended to reference L&I rules, address grid reliability, remove some subsidy language, and shift plan adoption to county legislative authorities; it passed 4-3. HB 2224, concerning fire protection districts and levy adjustments, was advanced as amended Substitute HB 3142.1 after stakeholder-driven changes; it passed 6-1. HB 2174 was advanced as amended Substitute HB 3144.1, changing the concept from accident risk zones to crash prevention zones and setting a $73 penalty structure; it passed 6-1. The committee adjourned after reporting the bills out with due pass recommendations.

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• No, this is all state program.
• ed prep programs.
• Programs are cut.
• . essential programs.
• I think that if you fund the program, expand the program, program, so that it applies to more folks,

Bills: HB2 , HB2

Committee: House Public Education

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace

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• They understand what the programs are, and we're doing the appropriate outreach to use these programs
• Our pilot programs are two main programs: assisted outpatient treatment.
• Our other program is our Competency Diversion Program. This arises in the criminal context.
• We began this program in 2024. And We have been funding this program with one-time appropriations.
• outpatient treatment program.

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• to this program.
• to this program.
• I am not opposed to having a real conversation about the future of SBA programs, but I am opposed to
• I am not opposed to having a real conversation about the future of SBA programs, but I am opposed to
• about the future of SBA programs,<03:14:26.960><c> but</c><03:14:27.200><c> I</c><03:14:27.439><c> am

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, June 5, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• So, you sign up for a loyalty program thinking that it's about deals and discounts only to learn because
• /c><00:02:04.159><c> for</c><00:02:04.240><c> a</c><00:02:04.399><c> loyalty</c><00:02:04.960><c> program
• </c> you sign up for a loyalty program you sign up for a loyalty program thinking<00:02:05.920><c> that
• ,</c><00:31:16.480><c> but</c> and joined their loyalty program, but and joined their loyalty program
• It is not a conservative or progressive ideal.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I expect to have more in the future.
• And maybe in the future there'll be another Murphy I can inquire of.
• And maybe in the future there'll be another Murphy I can inquire of.
• I'm talking about a limiting of future growth of government.
• I'm talking about a limiting of future growth of government.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• the court found that the state has no obligation or no right to regulate a federally administered program
• that end the House FMAE committee last week just passed a bill out of committee to create a pilot program
• Committee passed the Choice Act, which reforms accreditation, we know that this can change in the future
• So an amendment is... there's a future amendment coming through the Chair?
• So an amendment is... there's a future amendment coming through the Chair?

Summary: The committee first took up SB 1803, which would regulate non-accredited veterans benefits claims assistance by prohibiting unrecognized agents or attorneys from preparing or prosecuting claims, limiting compensation practices, requiring written disclosures and cancellation rights, and making violations subject to Attorney General enforcement. Supporters, including the sponsor and several veterans, said the bill would create needed guardrails against predatory actors while preserving veterans’ choice to use free or paid help. Opponents and some neutral testimony, including a VA-accredited attorney and representatives of the VFW and American Legion, argued the bill still lacked sufficient protections, raised federal preemption concerns, and should require VA accreditation instead. After debate over fees, back pay, and the availability of free services, the committee adopted an amendment and gave SB 1803 a do pass recommendation by a 5-2 vote. The committee then heard SB 1232, a strike-everything amendment dealing with outdoor advertising signs in military airport and ancillary military facility overlay zoning districts. The bill would allow signs on property with a military compatibility permit in areas otherwise treated as residential under a zoning designation, which the sponsor and property representatives said was needed to resolve an ADOT permitting loophole for a specific parcel near Luke Air Force Base and the Northern Parkway. Members questioned whether the change was narrowly tailored, whether other properties could be affected, and whether ADOT and federal highway beautification rules would be satisfied. After the amendment was adopted, the committee approved SB 1232 on a 4-3 vote, with several members saying they would reserve the right to change their votes on the floor. Finally, the committee began hearing SB 1511, which would prohibit operation of a commercial motor vehicle in Arizona unless the operator can prove lawful presence in the United States and would allow impoundment if proof is not provided. The sponsor introduced the bill with a lengthy explanation of commercial driver licensing history and concerns about non-domiciled and limited-term CDLs, contrasting them with Canadian and Mexican commercial licensing arrangements. The transcript cuts off before testimony, questions, or any action on SB 1511.