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• technology to enable the department's mission to improve user experience leverage automation, streamline operations
• And so this is another one that significantly going to change how we operate next correctional law enforcement
• We are actually using clear today for the this modernization data warehouse project.
• Because we recognize we have operational constraints as a come becomes to bandwidth is if I got a camera
• may be a little different than other state entities and a couple ways of one of which is that we operate

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• So people, you know, paying their water rates or sewer rates, and then they're paying operations.
• Chairman, so it's very similar to just net operating income for a utility primarily.
• And then they do, or do they do their operating first, then you, then others?
• if you're running at tight numbers with a gross pledge, you may not have enough money to actually operate
• They had their money, they were off and running, and so then we sort of warehouse those until we decide

Committee: House New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee

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• </c><01:36:11.360><c> Swiss</c> administration announced Operation Swiss administration announced Operation
• like a Swiss they were going to operate like a Swiss watch.<01:36:18.960><c> And</c><01:36:19.120><c
• But if you had what you envisioned as properly operating communications equipment, um, do you see it
• But if you had what you envisioned as properly operating communications equipment, um, do you see it
• </c> empty shelves on the uh in the warehouse empty shelves on the uh in the warehouse and<02:59:02.080

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• These cartels operate.
• . operations across land, air, and sea domains.
• or high-risk warrant operations.
• I agree, I think we all agree that a common operating picture is imperative.
• If so, are they... operational?

Committee: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

Keywords: Coast Guard, maritime drug enforcement, illegal drugs, fentanyl crisis, legislative reforms, public testimony

Summary: The meeting of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation addressed critical issues surrounding maritime drug enforcement and the Coast Guard's role in stopping the influx of illegal drugs. The chairman highlighted the alarming consequences of current policies allowing drugs to cross borders, emphasizing the need for legislative reforms, such as the Coast Guard Reauthorization Act of 2025. There was an intense discussion regarding the operational challenges faced by the Coast Guard, which has recently made significant drug seizures, indicating progress but also revealing gaps that need addressing. Several witnesses, including victims of the drug crisis, shared their compelling testimonies, which underscored the urgency for stricter controls and comprehensive support for law enforcement agencies involved in drug interdiction efforts.

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• tie them into this, I'm going to assume that we're talking about cobalt, maybe, at various mining operations
• So Mallinckrodt does warehouse some of the productions. Centio.

Committee: House Higher Education and Workforce Development

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 2896, sponsored by Rep. Brown, which would change how boards of governors for state universities are selected. Brown said the bill, developed with input from the governor’s office, would simplify appointment rules by removing service-area and congressional-district requirements and instead limiting board membership so no more than half of the voting members come from the county where the institution is located, with a St. Louis exception. Members asked about Missouri residency requirements, the effect on Missouri State University and Southeast Missouri State University, and whether university presidents would recommend candidates to the governor. Brown said he would follow up on questions and was open to discussing possible adjustments, especially regarding geographic representation. One witness spoke in favor, arguing that boards should reflect a cross-section of the state. No opposition was presented, and the hearing on HB 2896 was closed. The committee then took up House Bill 1659, the Missouri Defense and Energy Independence Act, sponsored by Rep. Steinmeyer. The bill would create a grant program to help Missouri manufacturers convert facilities to produce strategic materials tied to national defense and energy resilience. Steinmeyer described it as a private-capital-first program requiring at least $500,000 in private investment, with grants capped at $1 million per project per year, subject to appropriation, annual reporting, and repayment provisions if projects fail. He said the bill is intended to attract investment, create jobs, and strengthen supply chains while keeping taxpayer risk limited. Members raised concerns about environmental and public safety risks, the bill’s placement in the higher education committee, whether it should instead be funded federally, and whether the program would mainly benefit large companies rather than small businesses. Questions also focused on the bill’s workforce-development component, the lack of detail on training and public-health protections, and the budget impact of creating a dedicated fund that would retain money and interest rather than sweep it to general revenue. Steinmeyer said the bill is meant to support existing Missouri companies or companies establishing headquarters in Missouri, and that universities had been involved in discussions about workforce needs. A representative from the API Innovation Center testified in favor, saying the bill could help develop key starting materials for pharmaceuticals and support reshoring. One witness testified in opposition, arguing the state should not subsidize private industry and warning about fiscal strain and environmental oversight. No vote was taken, and the hearing concluded without further action.

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• tie them into this, I'm going to assume that we're talking about cobalt, maybe, at various mining operations
• So Malancroat does warehouse some of the productions. Sentio. There are multiple facilities in St.

Committee: House Higher Education and Workforce Development

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• language that requires us to do a study to determine if we should replace the FLAIR information warehouse
• with your agencies, your discussion should include topics such as agency structure and day-to-day operations

Summary: The State Administration Budget Subcommittee heard presentations from the Department of Financial Services on the My Safe Florida Home program, the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot, and the Florida PALM financial system replacement project. For My Safe Florida Home, Stephen Fielder explained the wind-mitigation grant program, including its inspection-first process, two-to-one matching grants for most homeowners, low-income exemptions from the match, and eligible improvements such as roofs, clips/straps, water barriers, and opening protection. He reported roughly 109,000 initial inspections, nearly 59,000 grants approved, 31,000 final inspections, 25,000 reimbursements, and about $240 million paid out through the end of 2024. Members asked about premium savings, contractor pricing, fraud, owner-builder eligibility, reimbursement timing, and whether the program should have a dedicated funding source; Fielder said the program is currently closed, more than 40,000 people have signed up for updates, and the office has seen some price-gouging and impersonation issues but no major fraud trend. The committee also discussed the new prioritization rules that took effect July 1, 2024, which direct grant awards by age and income. Fielder said the program used a survey of existing applicants to implement the new priority groups and that the first group was over age 60 and low-income. Members raised questions about how premium reductions are measured, whether insurance company changes or rising insured values affect the data, and whether the program can track long-term outcomes after reimbursement. Fielder said the office reports raw premium changes based on declarations pages, knows the insurer for participants, and has validated results with multiple insurers, but does not track homeowners after they leave the program or enforce continued insurance coverage. For the My Safe Florida Condo Pilot, Fielder said the program is modeled on the home program but uses association-level applications, a maximum grant of $175,000 per association, and a similar two-to-one match. He said the application window opened briefly in November and was closed quickly because available funding could be exhausted and the department is prohibited from creating a waiting list. He identified several needed statutory changes, including better distinguishing condos from single-family homes, adjusting roof requirements for flat concrete roofs, and revisiting the unanimous unit-owner vote requirement, which he said has been a major obstacle. Chair Lopez noted the pilot is intended to be a learning process and thanked DFS staff for identifying implementation issues. The final presentation covered Florida PALM, the state’s effort to replace the 40-year-old FLAIR accounting system with a PeopleSoft-based financial management system. Fielder and PALM Director Jimmy Cox said the project began in 2014, the state contracted with Accenture in 2018, cash management went live in 2021, and the project was paused in 2022 for legislative review and remediation. They said the system is expected to go live in 2026, possibly in July rather than January, and that the project has spent about $225 million to date, with a current-year budget of about $60.9 million and a projected next-year request of about $64 million. Members asked about cybersecurity, cloud hosting, project scope, and whether the system is unique to Florida; staff said the system is not Florida-specific, access is credentialed through agency identity management, and the cloud host location is confidential. After the presentations, Chair Lopez assigned members to work with specific agencies on budget review meetings, asked them to discuss agency structure, priorities, staffing, waste reduction, and other budget issues, and set a deadline to report findings in the first week of regular session. The meeting then adjourned without objection.

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• According to the letter, this is to meet the operating needs of the school.
• More operating expenses are needed due to increase volunteer participation. operating expenses.
• It's operational dysfunction up here. All right, there you go.
• Meridian just operates as a bond manager for us. Okay.
• We have not completed our annual operating plan for next year.

Committee: All JBC-PEER REVIEW

Summary: The PEER Review Subcommittee met to consider a large agenda of budget, appropriation, transfer, and contract items. Members approved temporary appropriation requests for several agencies, including the Auditor of State, Department of Education, and Labor and Licensing; ARPA return requests from Workforce Services; Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act requests for State Police and Agriculture; restricted reserve transfers for teacher scholarships, school facilities, and economic stimulus; a Commerce reallocation of positions and spending authority; cash fund, budget classification, overtime, and pay plan requests; and 17 methods of finance items for universities and other agencies. Most items were approved without objection after brief explanations from staff and agencies. Several items drew questions and were held or discussed further. A Department of Human Services discretionary grant package for the RSVP program was held over after Senator Irvin raised concerns about whether the grants were an effective use of state general revenue and asked for more information on administration costs and program operations. In the contracts section, Representative Richardson questioned a DHS sole-source contract with EMS Link for document management software and a DHS contract with Presidio; the EMS Link item was held for additional answers, while the Presidio item was clarified as not sole-source and was allowed to proceed. Members also asked for more information on a Department of Education mental health referral contract with Care Solace, which officials said is a statewide concierge/referral service connecting students to Arkansas providers and telehealth options. The committee also reviewed monthly reports, including the Medicaid Trust Fund. DHS and DFA officials said the fund was currently sufficient to finish the fiscal year, though it was being drawn down and would likely require a $100 million transfer from restricted reserves in FY27, with another $100 million set aside in the governor’s budget as a backstop. Members discussed the need to define a minimum reserve level and to better account for ongoing Medicaid costs in the budget. The meeting ended with no further business and adjournment.

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• It's sent in from a one operator. Then it may Reference certain things.
• And then operational budget again a 1.45 million and this is.
• Talk about how the commission of land office operates.
• We have the investment, which is office buildings, warehouses, things like.
• They do not represent an expansion of OEQA's ongoing base operations.

Committee: House A&B Education Subcommittee

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• The ability for a small and large operation to...
• You can't operate unless the other side wants to participate as well.
• Operate as trap lots. They don't serve a business. They don't sell parking.
• This legislation establishes hours of operation for companies.
• And so there's an incentive to operate as this trap lot.

Bills: HB589 , HB705 , HB1842 , HB1874 , HB2349 , HB2614 , HB2827 , HB3012 , HB3214 , HB3308 , HB3385 , HB3529

Committee: House Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Keywords: cosmetology, licensure, interstate compact, state regulations, public safety, workforce mobility, charitable raffles, nonprofit, wildlife conservation, ticket sales, fundraising, master electrician, electrical work, occupational licensing, work scope, Texas law, Texas Real Estate Commission, TREC, real estate broker, sales agent

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• WORKING IN AN AREA WITH LOTS OF METAL, MACHINE, CAR REPAIR, WAREHOUSE.

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• the clock helping prospective students matched to the right programs and the Panther Experience Operations
• And finally, we have several closed AI tools for learning and operations designed that show.
• This is also the case was scaling additional operational tools so that we can create efficiencies to
• So almost immediately after we got hyper gator up up and operating, we shared it with all of the public
• That's one of the things that helps us maintain operational efficiency.

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• So many of them that don't shed a favorable light on our operations are not heard in the committees,
• So that's a a pretty thin uh operating<00:41:58.640><c> budget</c><00:41:59.119><c> there.
• And our grant operating budget there.
• And then we made some how they operate.
• </c> aligned with staffing and operational aligned with staffing and operational readiness.<01:52:43.679

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

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• I'm a co-founder of Reunity Resources, which is a composting operation in Santa Fe.
• I'm assuming that the operational dollars for operating this is coming from a local fund and local dollars
• But I think it makes it difficult to operate a facility that is, you know, needs a lot of work, makes
• operations.
• nuclear operations, I just wanted to make a quick point because this bill is not about operations, this

Bills: SB47 , SB195 , SB196 , SB197 , SB198 , SB78

Committee: Senate Senate Conservation

Keywords: food recovery, composting, waste management, solid waste surcharge, organic waste reduction, environment, grants, advisory group, soil conservation, water resources, training services, outreach programs, environmental protection, animal care, veterinary services, spay and neuter, Las Vegas, community funding, animal welfare, animal shelter

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• For example, our Service members on Operation Lone Star are in state active duty in that status.
• Group. and a Special Operations Detachment, better known as Special Forces, to name a few.
• Currently, on Operation Lone Star, we make sure we have chaplain providing support.
• And then moving to the last slide, it's just a summary of state operations that we do.
• Obviously we're doing Operation Lone Star. We do storm response.

Committee: House S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

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• with like Mayo Manufacturing, warehouses with like Mayo Manufacturing, all<00:36:50.640><c> these</c
• And we also have operations and offices in Crookston and the metro area.
• And we also have operations<01:23:49.760><c> uh</c><01:23:50.000><c> and</c><01:23:50.239><c> offices
• </c><01:23:50.639><c> in</c><01:23:50.880><c> Krookton</c> operations uh and offices in Krookton operations
• </c><01:28:42.639><c> and</c> their information on operations and their information on operations and

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

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• So to address this, Ecology has operated our diesel reduction grant program since 2002.
• So to address this ecology has operated our diesel reduction grant program since 2002.
• operate, and maintain the public charging infrastructure.
• EV drivers pay to use the equipment, and that funding goes to the EV operator.
• That projection is over 10 years, and that's in full operation for these projects.

Committee: House Transportation

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• So to address this, Ecology has operated our diesel reduction grant program since 2002.
• So to address this ecology has operated our diesel reduction grant program since 2002.
• It really just covers the cost of the equipment, not really the installation and operations.
• operate, and maintain the public charging infrastructure.
• EV drivers pay to use the equipment, and that funding goes to the EV operator.

Summary: The House Transportation Committee held a work session focused on Climate Commitment Act transportation spending and electrification programs. Staff first reviewed overall CCA transportation allocations, saying about $2.2 billion has been allocated over three biennia, with major categories including public transportation, active transportation, ferry electrification, zero-emission vehicle programs, rail/ports, and planning. Members asked for additional breakdowns comparing CCA dollars with total program costs across categories. The Department of Ecology presented on the zero-emission school bus grant program. Ecology said the program was codified in 2024 and supports the transition from diesel to electric school buses, including buses, charging infrastructure, and training. For 2025-27, Ecology received $38.3 million in CCA funding; $21.4 million is already obligated or spent, replacing 91 diesel buses in 28 districts, with the rest to be awarded by the end of the biennium. Members asked about cost parity, exemptions for rural and extracurricular routes, health data, and whether the funding covers chargers as well as buses. Ecology said OSPI is developing the parity formula and exemptions are available when electric buses cannot meet district needs. The Department of Commerce described its clean transportation role, including EV rebates, tribal charging and electric boat projects, and the EV Coordinating Council. Commerce said its rebate program was designed to lower monthly costs and prioritize low-income households, with 89% of recipients saying the rebate was essential to their purchase. It also reported strong demand for charging grants, progress on tribal projects, and concerns about utility interconnection timelines, vandalism, and range anxiety. The Department of Enterprise Services reported on state agency EVSE projects, saying it has completed 82 sites with 567 Level 2 ports and 46 DC fast chargers, and that current projects will add 152 more Level 2 ports; members asked about replacing aging chargers and the state’s EV fleet purchasing mix. WSDOT closed with updates on charging, transit, and port electrification. It said its corridor charging program has awarded 23 sites this biennium, with 13 in overburdened communities and five tribal sites, and that the Washington Zero Emission Incentive Program opened with $112 million for vouchers for zero-emission commercial vehicles and equipment. WSDOT also described transit grants, including bus and bus facility funding, commute trip reduction, paratransit, tribal transit, and zero-emissions access car-share projects. The rail freight and ports division reported $89.8 million for port electrification projects, including shore power and drayage trucks, but noted only about 10% has been spent so far because projects are still in design and permitting. Members raised concerns about funding gaps, supply-chain delays, utility capacity, and whether the programs are sufficient to meet broader electrification needs.

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• And whereas the members of Teamsters Local 104 work across critical industries, including airline operations
• , public transit, package delivery, warehouse and logistics operations, grocery distribution, and related
• members ensure that goods are delivered safely, that grocery shelves remain stocked, transit systems operate

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several guest introductions and proclamations, including International Mother Language Day, Arizona Nurses’ Day, Environmental Day, Teamsters Local 104, and Arizona Aerospace Day. Attendance was recorded at 57 present, zero absent, and three excused. The chamber also announced committee meetings, bill referrals, and later adjourned until Thursday, February 12, 2026. The main floor action centered on House Bill 2785, a taxation measure tied to federal tax conformity. Members debated whether Arizona should conform to federal tax changes, with supporters arguing it would validate current tax forms and provide tax relief, and opponents warning it would mainly benefit wealthy taxpayers and corporations while reducing state revenue. The bill passed 32-26 with two not voting. The House then resolved into Committee of the Whole for two calendars of bills. In Committee of the Whole, the House advanced HB 2190, HB 2206, HB 2396, HB 2442, and HB 2448, all on health and human services topics, with amendments adopted on the first three. HB 2206 drew extended debate over SNAP payment error rates and whether the bill would impose an unfunded mandate and make benefits harder to access; supporters said it would reduce waste and save money, while opponents said it would set DES up for failure. HB 2396, which would restrict certain SNAP purchases, drew testimony over whether it would improve nutrition or unfairly limit low-income families and create a “food police” system. HB 2442 and HB 2448 also drew criticism over added SNAP work requirements and limits on agency waiver authority during recessions. The Committee later advanced HB 2688, HB 2689, HB 2690, HB 2796, and HB 2797, including bills on government staffing, hospital immigration-status data collection, unemployment benefits, SNAP eligibility/redeterminations, and fraud reporting. HB 2689 prompted sharp opposition over fears it would deter immigrants and mixed-status families from seeking medical care, while HB 2796 and HB 2797 were criticized as adding administrative burdens and duplicative SNAP checks. The House adopted the Committee of the Whole report, and a motion to amend the report to show HB 2689 failed was rejected 24-32.

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• And whereas the members of Teamsters Local 104 work across critical industries, including airline operations
• , public transit, package delivery, warehouse and logistics operations, grocery distribution, and related
• members ensure that goods are delivered safely, that grocery shelves remain stocked, transit systems operate