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• hundreds of millions of dollars.
• hundreds of millions of dollars.
• Chair Ryu, members of the committee, my name is Imran Siddiqui and I am the executive director of CARE
• Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House
• Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House

Bills: HB2523 , HB2606 , HB2684 , HJM4012

Committee: House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans

Keywords: community reinvestment, housing, local funding, urban development, economic revitalization, data protection, privacy, performance measures, reporting requirements, office of privacy, social disadvantage, business certification, state guidelines, economic equity, minority-owned businesses, combat veterans, support, military service, injury compensation, veteran affairs

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• and liens are also taken care of in that waterfall before the equity is realized by the delinquent property
• of the city of Mesa.
• And those locally elected officials care, like you do, about service delivery and the magnitude of any
• the state at the local level, and they do care a lot, like you do, about meeting the needs of the community
• really talking about the taxation of remote sellers—those purchases from companies that were truly online

Bills: HB2780 , HB4029 , HB4030 , HCR2052

Committees: House Ways & Means , House House Ways & Means Committee of Reference

Keywords: judicial foreclosure, tax lien, redemption rights, excess proceeds, property auction, income tax, federal tax conformity, revenue analysis, legislative session, tax reporting, municipal fees, county fees, utility rates, moratorium, tax classification, local government, inflation, economic stability, tax increases, cost-of-living protection

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• Chairman and members of the committee.
• They wanted to use different terminology; for example, instead of saying you would register with the
• board, they wanted to apply Terminology, you know, it's like apply for a license instead of registering
• Chairman, members of the Morning, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee.
• There’s also some opt-out language if the sheriff or probate judge does not want to be a part of it.

Bills: HB441 , HB425 , HB416

Committee: Senate Healthcare

Keywords: speech-language pathology, licensure, clinical supervision, educational qualifications, healthcare assistant, mental health, regional authority, board of directors, local governance, public health, sudden cardiac arrest, automated external defibrillator, AED, school safety, emergency response, cardiac emergency response plan, training, athletic events, first aid

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• identification at the time of petition signer to provide valid proof of identification at the time of
• There was millions of dollars out of Seattle that killed a lot of those initiatives.
• I'll take care of it.
• committee, unlike others of its kind of, area, this one type of committee, unlike others of its kind
• I'm asking the Secretary of State not to be, for example, the overseer of this type of bill.

Bills: SB5973 , SB5892 , SB6081 , SB5842 , SB5827 , SB5968 , SB6034 , SB6035 , SB5888 , SB6123 , SB5853

Committee: Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections

Keywords: initiative, referendum, ballot measure, petition, signature gathering, circulator, per-signature pay, paid circulator, election integrity, voter fraud, ballot title, Secretary of State, Code Reviser, direct democracy, citizen lawsuit, civil penalties, Washington elections, initiative process, referendum process, grassroots petition

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• So whenever we seek medical care, there is an order of benefits that's handled at the billing desk at
• It should be taken care of in like two or three days. Do you agree? Yes, ma'am. Okay.
• If there is harm that is involved with our teachers, we take care of our teachers.
• all of the early care children that then go into public K-12.
• and quality child care as the reason they've opted out of the labor force.

Bills: HCR10 , HB195 , HB283 , HB319 , HB325 , HB407 , HB448 , HB482 , HB992

Committee: House Education

Keywords: sanctioned sports, athletics, youth sports, high school, LHSAA, self-defense, chemical spray, public safety, campus security, higher education, Teacher's Shield Act, student discipline, assault, battery, school employee protection, sick leave, expulsion procedures, Louisiana Commission on Civic Education, civic education, civic engagement

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• And Stockton, with its sensitive wetlands and protected species, is exactly the type of place where careful
• And Stockton, with its sensitive wetlands and protected species, is exactly the type of place where careful
• If not, that takes care of the agenda today. The meeting was adjourned.
• If not um that u takes care of comments?
• If not um that u takes care of the<00:42:03.760><c> agenda</c><00:42:04.160><c> today.

Bills: HB542 , HB566 , SB270 , HB618 , HB617 , HB542 , HB566 , SB270 , HB618 , HB617

Committee: House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure

Keywords: HB542, district attorney, prosecutor, supernumerary district attorney, Employees' Retirement System, ERS, Alabama retirement, public employee retirement, pension, retirement benefits, post-retirement employment, salary cap, dual participation, double dipping, District Attorneys' Plan, assistant district attorney, deputy district attorney, state pension, survivor benefits, Office of Prosecution Services

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• they will have, at that point, taken care of what they need to take care of to get their water sources
• Now we've contacted Global Water to see if we could purchase the sufficient amount of effluent water
• times of the year there would not be enough effluent water for us to purchase.
• of, or that amendment taken care of.
• And just wait to see, make sure that we get those amendments taken care of, or that amendment taken care

Bills: SB1137 , SB1200 , SB1419 , SB1447 , SB1560 , SCM1004

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

Keywords: underground utilities, utility locating, dig safe, call before you dig, excavation safety, damage prevention, one-call center, locate request, white lining, large project coordination, buried infrastructure, subsurface utilities, utility marking, locator wire, locator strip, interactive positive response system, landlord duties, apartment community, mobile home park, sewer line

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• We need money to take care of the revenue. And where are the best places to get it from?
• The people that—and I'm talking to several representatives—that need the money now to take care of the
• But there's others that, you know, I believe in letting the local people take care of all that.
• on roads because I had a mandate by the state to say I had to take care of the jail for their prisoners
• I think that takes care of most parishes.

Bills: HB156 , HB474 , HB602 , HB633 , HB852

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: severance tax, parish revenue, constitutional amendment, natural resources, local government funding, HB 474, Act 400, Louisiana income tax, tax refund checkoff, refund donation, alumni association, Grambling University National Alumni Association, Louisiana Tech University Alumni Association, Department of Revenue, Title 47, voluntary contribution, tax return designation, state tax refund, nonprofit donation, higher education

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• And the payment is a function of the high cost of housing right now.
• of at least 0.2 of an FTE.
• of the building, and that is the definition of embodied carbon.
• some of the best wood products in the country, and we have a lot of innovation in a lot of different
• That smacks of a level of subterfuge.

Bills: HB2273 , SB5188 , HB2353 , HB2420 , HB2470

Committee: House Capital Budget

Keywords: embodied carbon, building materials, sustainability, construction, environment, broadband, infrastructure, loan assistance, economic development, technology access, HB 2353, predesign thresholds, capital construction, capital budget, major capital projects, Office of Financial Management, OFM, Washington state, state agencies, infrastructure planning

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• You know, I think this is a great academic discussion about the average cost of prisoner care and all
• House Bill 2513 was a matching grant for veterans to care for veterans brought by the Rotary Club of
• age of 65.
• City Manager of the City of Surprise.
• of Arizona, here on behalf of the bill today.

Bills: SB1001 , SB1035 , SB1056 , SB1065 , SB1138 , SB1161 , SB1204 , SB1207 , SB1248 , SB1274 , SB1284 , SCM1002 , SCM1006 , SCR1020

Committee: Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Keywords: appropriation, economic security, blind individuals, older adults, state funding, Arizona Department of Corrections, ADC, corrections, prison, jail, correctional officers, prison guards, staffing, retention, salary increase, pay raise, wage increase, general fund, state budget, private prisons

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• medical or dental care as a licensed medical or dental practitioner, or under the supervision of such
• the most heinous crimes that there is some financial responsibility to taking care of the victims that
• And we should do everything that we can to take care of those who have been victimized in our communities
• For perspective, fewer than 10% of all of the rest of our cases require treatment in a health care facility
• We're going to take care of you vets, and then Jamie Bodden, if you're here as well.

Bills: HB2146 , HB2349 , HB2430 , HB2457 , HB2510 , HB2532

Committee: House Community Safety

Keywords: sexual exploitation, minors, human trafficking, child safety, law enforcement, victim support, sexually violent predator, SVP, civil commitment, community notification, release notification, conditional release, unconditional discharge, escape notification, victim notification, witness notification, prosecuting attorney, Department of Social and Health Services, DSHS, Department of Corrections

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• My name is Joe Demena from Demena Public Affairs, here on behalf of NAF Care, the state's medical provider
• is something we're hoping to take care of here.
• DeMena, you're here on behalf of NAF Care, right? I missed that. Madam Chair, Senator Ortiz, yes.
• , but if there had to be the purchase of 610 tabulators, what kind of cost would that entail for counties
• of Counties, and I'm here today in support of HB 2198 on behalf of the Justices of the Peace.

Bills: HB2109 , HB2168 , HB2198 , HB2226 , HB2415 , HB2440 , HB2665 , HB2805 , HB2811 , HB2825 , HB2857 , HB2874 , HB2966 , HB4067 , HB4117 , HCR2001 , HCR2016 , HCR2051

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Elections

Keywords: distracted driving, portable wireless communication devices, motorcycles, traffic safety, civil penalties, public nuisance, nuisance abatement, abatement action, injunction, superior court, attorney general, county attorney, city attorney, board of supervisors, obscenity, obscene materials, adult materials, pornography, schools, parks

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• I want to make sure that that is taken care of.
• So thank you so much for taking care of this and bringing the bill. I appreciate it.
• So the amendment takes care of that one.
• Some of us. Some of us. Most of them. Some of us, some of us, most of us.
• It could be any number of personal items that we all have to take care of throughout the course of our

Bills: HB28 , HB50 , HB196 , HB268 , HB271 , HB285 , HB316 , HB649 , HB807

Committee: House Education

Keywords: teacher certification, certification appeals, BESE, State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Teacher Certification Appeals Council, educator licensure, teaching license, teacher licensure, appeals process, certification denial, administrative appeal, special meeting, board president, retroactive application, education board, Louisiana teachers, Department of Education, statutory entities, re-creation, termination date

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• Um, so that's the simplicity of it. >> Any question by any members of the committee?
• Um, so that's the simplicity of it. >> Any question by any members of the committee?
• Department of Revenue [snorts] 4 hours of of of gohead. >> Any questions?
• any members of the committee?
• All right, we have a favorable report by... 4<00:19:36.880><c> hours</c> 4 hours 4 hours of of of gohead

Bills: HB10 , HB33 , HB35 , HB42 , HB74 , HB102 , HB107 , HB10 , HB33 , HB35 , HB42 , HB74 , HB102 , HB107

Committee: House Public Safety and Homeland Security

Keywords: body-worn cameras, dashboard cameras, law enforcement, public disclosure, investigation, transparency, juveniles, nonviolent offenses, intervention program, juvenile detention, youth services, volunteer firefighters, cancer compensation, death benefits, line of duty, first responders, bail reform, cash deposit, judicial discretion, criminal justice

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• of them are fields that don't earn a lot of money.
• One incident of repeat should probably get you out of there depending on the severity of the incident
• Chair, you're often talking about taking care of all the students, these are students that are both.
• House-cleaning efforts to take care of, well, let's call that Senate-cleaning efforts, members.
• In fact, about a third of all of our students do that.

Bills: SB530 , SB757 , SB769 , SB1085 , SB1241 , SB1242 , SB1409 , SB1878 , SB2138 , SB2314 , SB2231 , SB2361 , SB2431 , SJR59

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: accreditation, postsecondary education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, baccalaureate degrees, junior colleges, program delivery, faculty recruitment, higher education, performance standards, student loan debt, degree programs, funding, students with disabilities, accessibility, enrollment, report, SB 1085, Sul Ross State University, Rio Grande College, Del Rio

Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 met with a large agenda and repeatedly recessed for floor activity and other committee conflicts. The committee heard and left pending several higher education bills, including SB 2361 to transfer University of Houston-Victoria from the University of Houston System to the Texas A&M System and rename it Texas A&M University Victoria; testimony from university officials, local leaders, and industry representatives strongly supported the move as a way to better align degree programs with regional workforce needs in engineering, agriculture, and STEM. SB 530, which would align Texas accreditation statutes with federal rules allowing institutions to choose among nationally recognized accreditors, also received supportive testimony and was left pending. SB 1085, allowing Sul Ross satellite campuses to offer lower-division coursework toward bachelor’s degrees, was laid out and left pending as well. The committee also took up a series of education policy bills. SB 1241 would expand the standardized tests Texas public universities may accept for admission beyond the SAT and ACT, with supporters from the Classic Learning Test, homeschool advocates, and student-choice groups arguing it would increase access and competition; it was left pending. SB 769 would require a TEA/Higher Education Coordinating Board report on barriers faced by students with disabilities in higher education, and testimony from The Arc of Texas and others emphasized the need for better data and accessibility; the bill was left pending. SB 2231 would designate the second week of October as Free College Application Week, and SB 1878 would modernize terminology and support workforce-oriented programs at the Josie School; both were laid out and left pending. The committee reported several bills favorably after adopting committee substitutes. SB 605, concerning charter school expansion applications while under conservatorship or a management team, passed on a 9-0 vote. SB 1871, SB 1873, and SB 1874, all related to school discipline and teacher immunity/placement review provisions, were adopted and reported favorably, with members noting the need for further discussion on some language. SB 762, dealing with flag displays in public schools, passed on a 7-1 vote. SB 1962, relating to public school accountability and challenges to school system operations, passed 7-1 after a corrected vote. SB 1750, replacing a $60 million statewide charter facilities cap with an attendance-growth-based allotment, passed 7-1 with one member voting present not voting. SB 2252, supporting kindergarten readiness and early literacy/numeracy, SB 2253, concerning educator preparation and certification, SB 2365, on student use of wireless devices during instructional time, and SB 1924, restoring local peace officer citation authority for school offenses and adding reporting and parent-notification requirements, were also reported favorably. The committee additionally heard SB 37 on higher education governance and compliance oversight, which passed 7-1 after a substitute that refined curriculum review, governing board authority, faculty senate rules, and a new compliance office within the Higher Education Coordinating Board.

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• of speech?
• I think this bill will take care of that.
• Given the fact that we've adopted the amendment, I don't know if that takes care of any of your concerns
• Or do they try to work to take care of their family member or try to see if there's some way to get them
• by the folks of the state of Alabama.

Bills: SB76 , SB35 , SB116 , SB119 , SB118 , SB129 , SB32 , SB31 , SB115 , SB75 , HB27 , HB40

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: jury duty, nursing mothers, exemption, legal rights, parental responsibilities, sexual extortion, criminal law, felony, threat, blackmail, SB116, machine gun conversion devices, switches, pistol conversion device, auto sear, firearm accessories, machine gun, automatic weapon, semiautomatic pistol, gun control

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• order, as is the custom of the committee, to invite elected officials up out of order because of their
• I think of it.
• of the right of first refusal for municipalities in terms of leasing these facilities.
• to take a One of the unintended consequences of some of the legislation to take out some of this pre-qualification
• There is a lot of tradition here, a ton of tradition, a lot of proud farmers.

Bills: H5088 , H5315 , H5335 , S3061 , S3073

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

Keywords: asparagus, official vegetable, state symbol, Massachusetts, Veterans Memorial Rink, Waltham, municipal lease, capital management, city right of first refusal, American lobster, cultural significance, marine life, property, Lowell, state administration, legislation, local government, official state vegetable, state designation, Commonwealth

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• First item is approval of the minutes of May 5, 2026. Moved by Vice Chairman Owen.
• Basically, I've had some members of the fire department who are part of the retirement system, with the
• the members of the ...on the board who represents approximately 30% of the members of the retirement
• And that further, the House of Representatives member will be replaced by a non-union active member of
• Look, we had no part of this bill of introducing it or anything.

Bills: HB41

Committee: Senate Retirement

Keywords: Firefighters' Retirement System, FRS, retirement board, board of trustees, firefighter pension, public pension, retirement system governance, active members, service credit, Professional Fire Fighters Association, PFFA, Louisiana Fire Chiefs Association, fire chiefs, retirees, beneficiaries, DROP, Deferred Retirement Option Plan, board elections, vacancies, Louisiana retirement law

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• Committee members, House Bill 545, the genesis of this was in February of 2025, President Trump directed
• this was in February um, the genesis of this was in February of<00:06:22.560><c> 2025,</c><00:06:23.440
• </c> And by the end of last year, more than half of the Federal Reserve's vaults suspended penny orders
• with this, and there's a broad coalition of retail and business supporters of this bill.
• </c> of retail and business um supporters of of retail and business um supporters of this<00:08:07.360

Bills: HB545 , HB545

Committee: House Financial Services

Keywords: Escambia County, probate court, court fees, legal services, judicial legislation, HB545, legal tender, cash rounding, nearest five cents, nickel rounding, in-person cash transaction, cash transactions, change making, sales tax, Department of Revenue, merchant payments, consumer payments, currency rounding, cash payment, retail transactions

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• issues because of the principle of separation of powers.
• issues because of the principle of separation of powers.
• I would like to avoid this committee has a standard of not of, of...
• these issues, but in the future some future set of leadership folks might not care about these things
• Of all of the committees.

Bills: H5004

Committee: Joint Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions

Keywords: public records, public records law, transparency, open government, government accountability, legislature, general court, governor's office, executive records, legislative records, constituent communications, policy drafts, deliberative process, freedom of information, FOIA, records access, Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 66, Chapter 4, veterans services records, initiative petition