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• Zuni, and is the site of one of the largest annual gatherings of Native Americans, the intertribal Indian
• And whereas, last year, Gallup hosted the 1003rd annual intertribal Indian ceremonial.
• You finally get to 180 all the way down to Reserve and eventually to Silver City.
• I'm not officially from the West Side, but I'm just on the other side of the river.
• It is American Indian Day, so we have a lot of guests coming from all over the state.

Bills: HB95 , HB111 , HJR1 , HB32 , HB33 , HB61 , HJM2 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM3 , HM11 , HM14 , HM15 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50 , HB8 , HB30 , HB43 , HB156 , HM2 , HM16

Keywords: HB95, additional judgeship, district court, judicial district, First Judicial District, Second Judicial District, district judges, court administration, judicial staffing, caseload, access to justice, New Mexico courts, judiciary, judge vacancy, court backlog, state courts, water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order

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• University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine, Boomer, and completed his residency at White River
• opportunity in Oklahoma long before statehood, establishing 50 all-Black towns throughout Oklahoma and Indian
• dentist's... ...dentists don't take action, like what the action they're doing today, they're going to wind

Bills: SR29 , SB667 , SB1466 , SB1942 , SB1989 , SB1670 , SB1716 , SB1521 , SB1273 , SB1433 , HJR1032 , SB1969 , SB1953 , SB1277 , SB1287 , SB1061 , SB1916 , SB1589 , SB2178 , SB1444 , SB1438 , SB1501 , SB1873 , SB1364

Keywords: Black History Month, Black Oklahomans, civil rights, Tulsa Race Massacre, Greenwood, Jim Crow, segregation, all-Black towns, Boley, Langston University, Clara Luper, NAACP Youth Council, Oklahoma Civil Rights Trail, Black history, African American history, racial justice, commemorative resolution, Black excellence, state history, heritage month

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer, and then spent much of the session on recognitions and floor introductions. The chamber honored the undefeated Jones High School Longhorns football team for winning the Class 2A-I state championship, recognized Miss Oklahoma 2025 Tessa Darrell, and celebrated the Murray State College bass fishing team for winning its second consecutive national title. The Senate also adopted SR-29, a resolution recognizing February as Black History Month and highlighting Black Oklahomans’ history, civil rights contributions, and achievements; the resolution passed without opposition. The Senate then took up several bills. SB 667, requested by the Board of Chiropractic Examiners, updates chiropractic licensure language, moves to an online licensure portal, and repeals an obsolete consultant position; it passed 45-0. SB 1466 extends the sunset date for the advisory committee on midwifery to 2036; it passed 41-4 and was advanced as an emergency measure. SB 1942, dealing with dental insurance and provider pricing for services not reimbursed by insurance, prompted extended debate over free-market principles, patient costs, and insurance contract limits; it passed 40-3. SB 1989 modernizes the Oklahoma College Savings Plan by allowing contributions through digital payment platforms such as Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, Zelle, and digital wallets; it passed 44-0. The Senate also heard gallery introductions for FCCLA students, including the Bristow chapter and Adair High School students, and welcomed former Senator Judy Easton McIntyre for Black History Month events. Committee and floor announcements followed, including upcoming meetings of Business and Insurance, Administrative Rules, and Technology and Telecommunications. The chamber then adjourned until Monday, February 23, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.

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• before the white man settled. even the Indians before the white man settled.
• I've seen a lot of Indian artifacts there. You know that there was a burial there.
• How does the $844 million that you have there tie into the reserves?
• So it doesn't necessarily include any particular reserves, existing reserves, or existing revenue.
• So when we looked at it from a river basin level, it really did pretty much...

Committee: Joint Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee

Keywords: 985, all

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• We have Mark Thompson, the treasurer, with the Indian Affairs Department.
• He's the Indian Affairs Department appointee.
• We have Mark Thompson, the treasurer with the Indian Affairs Department.
• He's the Indian Affairs Department appointee.
• We have a room reserved in case there's anything urgent that comes our way.

Committee: Senate Senate Conservation

Summary: The committee heard several water-related bills and one memorial in a Saturday session near the end of the legislative term. House Bill 63, the annual NMFA Water Project Fund authorization bill, would authorize grants and loans for 113 eligible water projects across 28 counties. NMFA and municipal interests supported the bill, and members emphasized the need to move water infrastructure funding quickly. The committee voted unanimously do pass. House Bill 109 would temporarily remove the requirement for the legislature to separately authorize Water Trust Board-vetted projects through 2029, allowing the New Mexico Finance Authority and Water Trust Board to move projects forward more quickly. Sponsors and witnesses said the change would reduce a six- to 12-month delay, improve access for small and tribal systems, and allow more flexible application periods and technical assistance. Some members raised concerns about transparency, legislative authority, and equitable access, but the bill also received broad support from local governments, tribes, and advocacy groups. The committee voted unanimously do pass. House Bill 111 would modernize water enforcement penalties by increasing fines for illegal water use, including unlawful diversions, unlicensed well drilling, and failure to meter, while exempting valid water-right holders from monetary penalties for simple over-diversion and preserving existing adjudication orders. Support came from environmental groups, irrigation districts, the Interstate Stream Commission, the Pueblo of Laguna, and others, who said stronger penalties are needed to deter illegal use. Members questioned how the bill would affect farmers, acequias, service of notices, and existing water-right disputes, and sponsors said the bill had been revised to address prior concerns. The committee voted unanimously do pass. The committee also approved Senate Memorial 27, which urges state agencies to help publicize expanded federal RECA benefits for New Mexicans exposed to Trinity radiation fallout; supporters said the memorial would help eligible residents learn about and apply for compensation before the deadline.

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• Madam Chair and members, House Bill 2177, access waivers, American Indians service, authorizes the director
• year to authorize the state to make payments for coverage services that are provided to American Indian
• Madam Chair, members, House Bill 2177 access waivers, American Indians service authorizes the director
• You know, you think that people are only using one at a time, but right now the Federal Reserve just
• Geological Survey to compile available data and create a map of all minerals and metals in their reserves

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The committee worked through a very long minority caucus calendar covering a wide range of bills, with many items being described and then either left on consent, pulled from consent, or noted for votes. Topics included bullion and state depository proposals, a produce incentive appropriation, a biennial budget change, veterans services funding, driver licensing and traffic enforcement measures, procurement and public records changes, school board and school facilities rules, SNAP work requirements and verification, child welfare and juvenile justice provisions, housing and homelessness measures, energy and fuel policy, election administration, and several tax, commerce, and licensing bills. Members repeatedly raised concerns about constitutionality, federal preemption, duplication of existing law, and whether some measures were policy priorities that had been vetoed in prior sessions and were returning unchanged. Several bills drew extended debate. Members objected to English-proficiency requirements for commercial drivers and motor carriers, arguing federal law and the supremacy clause would bar them. Earned wage access regulation prompted strong opposition over consumer harm, overdraft cycles, and high effective APRs. School-related bills were criticized for overregulating public schools while not imposing similar requirements on ESA/private-school programs, especially on fingerprint clearance and reporting. SNAP-related bills were also opposed as setting unrealistic mandates and repeating vetoed proposals. Other contested measures included a drag-show criminalization bill, a bill restricting photo enforcement, a bill limiting local regulation of unmanned aircraft, and a bill conforming Arizona tax law to federal changes, which members said would benefit wealthy taxpayers and corporations without a clear funding source. The committee also heard a number of supportive or less controversial measures, including bills on veterans awareness, dementia care telemonitoring, Braille transcription funding, CPA licensure pathways, cash acceptance by retailers, and some child safety and court administration changes. Several bills were pulled from consent for further discussion, while others were noted as having unanimous or near-unanimous votes. The meeting ended with caucus announcements, including an affordability award presentation, an upcoming Latino Caucus discussion on community land trusts, and an invitation to African American Legislative Day activities, followed by adjournment.

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• you're looking at moving for no reasons that have anything to do with the company, Wall Street gets wind
• 03:48.520><c> gets</c> do with the company, Wall Street gets do with the company, Wall Street gets wind
• ><c> the</c><00:03:49.360><c> company's</c><00:03:50.000><c> stock</c><00:03:50.520><c> tanks,</c> wind
• of it, the company's stock tanks, wind of it, the company's stock tanks, we<00:03:51.440><c> don't</
• was sorry and corrected herself again: it is not Minnesota Renewable Energy Society, it is Missouri River

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We have a presentation for the Colorado River water update.
• But again, today focusing on Colorado River management.
• This is a graphic of the Colorado River watershed.
• That came from the Colorado River and probably the San Juan River.
• Colorado River Indian tribes are a big one.

Bills: HB2042 , HB2052 , HB2055 , HB2056 , HB2094 , HB2098 , HB2185 , HB2328 , HB2758 , HB2798

Committee: House Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Keywords: solar radiation management, environment, prohibition, Arizona Revised Statutes, public health, complaint process, Attorney General, groundwater management, water conservation, irrigation, water supply, brackish groundwater, water supply development, desalination, water infrastructure, financial assistance, environmental reviews, brackish water, groundwater, water resources

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• So, we'll get you more information on the Strategic Water Reserve Fund and what exactly That does.
• I attended the Colorado River Forum with my colleagues here as well.
• Chairman, acknowledged how important this is for the Indian Water Rights Fund.
• And when I was at the Colorado River with Senator Lanier at the water users, all the other tribes The
• On line 115, just because it was mentioned earlier, there's an executive recommendation to the Indian

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: 996, all

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• ,</c> Meredith from Rock Springs Green River, Meredith from Rock Springs Green River, Mr.<00:01:58.880
• Representative Angelos was then recognized. wind turbines. Uh what what do you see wind turbines.
• </c> that everything comes out of the reserve that everything comes out of the reserve account.<00:15
• </c> of expenditures out of the reserve of expenditures out of the reserve account.<00:19:05.120><c>
• </c> Thermopoulos to Duboce, you know, Wind Thermopoulos to Duboce, you know, Wind River<00:24:23.360

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Keywords: 916, all

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• It also still ensures that counties can maintain a prudent reserve.
• Having a prudent reserve is not mandatory. It is optional for counties.
• put funds toward prudent reserve.
• And once again, these transfers out of the prudent reserve can be used...
• and making it harder to access those reserves.

Summary: The subcommittee heard presentations from the Department of State Hospitals (DSH), the Commission for Behavioral Health, and the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) on budget proposals and implementation updates. DSH outlined its proposed 2026-27 budget, including funding for patient operating expenses, IST solutions savings, conditional release program costs, LPS bed allocation changes, electrical infrastructure projects at Napa and Patton, SB 380 transitional housing feasibility work, and expanded dental services at Metropolitan and Patton. DSH also reported that it has met court-ordered IST treatment benchmarks in the Stiavedi v. Clinton case, with average time to initiate treatment down to about five days and pending placements reduced to roughly 250, while noting that Proposition 36 could increase referrals and SB 1323 may divert some individuals earlier into community-based treatment. Members asked about rising outside hospitalization costs, Medicare enrollment, the timing and structure of capital projects, and whether IST solution funds are being fully used; DSH said the savings reflect slower-than-expected ramp-up of community programs and that the Central California FACT replacement program is still on track for January 2027 activation. The Commission for Behavioral Health described its role under the Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA), including data, evaluation, grantmaking, technical assistance, and transparency work. It highlighted the new statewide Innovation Partnership Fund, a five-year, $20 million-per-year program with small and large grant categories; the first RFA drew strong interest, with more than 400 questions and over 1,000 bidders’ conference participants. The Commission also discussed a proposed extension to spend down about $4.1 million remaining for the Alcove Youth Drop-in Center grants so sites can finish implementation and Stanford can complete the final evaluation. Members asked about grant duration, whether projects can be renewed, what qualifies as innovation, and whether the fund could support service delivery rather than awareness campaigns or training; the Commission said awards are expected to be three-year contracts and that proposals must be new or meaningfully expanded approaches that support BHSA priority populations. DHCS reviewed major behavioral health changes under CalAIM and BH Connect, including peer support, mobile crisis, contingency management, traditional health care practices for tribal members, updated specialty mental health access criteria, and new substance use treatment standards based on ASAM’s fourth edition. DHCS reported strong contingency management results, with more than 13,000 members served and 95% testing negative for stimulant use during treatment, and said 21 Indian health care providers have been approved to offer traditional health care practices. It also described BH Connect initiatives such as the $1.9 billion access reform and outcomes incentive program, workforce investments, evidence-based practice expansion, IMD participation by four counties, and transitional rent services. On BHSA implementation, DHCS said it is not tracking individual county contract cuts but is monitoring county plans and statewide outcomes, while stakeholders raised concerns about local prevention and service gaps. DHCS also outlined its H.R. 1 implementation strategy, including outreach, streamlined renewals, exemptions for disabled, substance use, and medically frail individuals, and proposed clinic navigator and outreach funding; it said it has not yet produced a focused estimate of H.R. 1 impacts on behavioral health populations. The discussion ended with DHCS noting that B-CHIP bond funding has supported 437 infrastructure projects, creating 546 new or expanded facilities and more than 9,500 residential beds across the state.

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• So they have that funding as well in addition to the prudent reserves.
• Having a prudent reserve is not mandatory; it is optional for counties.
• Having a prudent reserve is not mandatory. It is optional for counties.
• They could put funds toward prudent reserve.
• and making it harder to access those reserves.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• In Kent, that river caused a lot of damage.
• I am the executive vice president of the Seattle Indian Health Board.
• I am the Indigenous Data Sovereignty Fellow at the Seattle Indian Health Board.
• I am the Indigenous Data Sovereignty Fellow at the Seattle Indian Health Board.
• reservation.

Bills: SB6294 , SB6211 , SB5650 , SB6033 , SB6297 , SB6343 , SB6067 , SB6082 , SB6323 , SB6324 , SB5862 , SB5923 , SB6151

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: local government finance, Washington state, RCW, real estate excise tax, REET, sales and use tax, property tax levy, county tax, city tax, affordable housing, housing services, behavioral health, mental health, developmental disabilities, children and families services, youth services, utility tax, low-income utility assistance, veterans assistance, homelessness

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• The unabashed leader in oil and gas, wind, solar, hydrogen, and geothermal energy. many other flourishing
• Members, I ask that you reserve your questions until the end of each panel.
• Now and so this water flood is unlocking some reserves, but this is being accomplished via holes that
• More typically, it can back up wind or solar, and it turns wind or solar. into 24-7 dispatchable.
• Electrolytic hydrogen from solar and wind resources and that is being stored on site as well.

Committee: House Energy Resources

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• It's um, one who resists the wind.
• </c> Indian Food Sovereignty Grant. Indian Food Sovereignty Grant.
• </c> acres of the Red River Valley. acres of the Red River Valley.
• </c> American Indian food sovereignty grant. American Indian food sovereignty grant.
• Programs like Big River Farm and years.

Committee: Senate Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• , the Mississippi River system.
• A river A river does not create prosperity. A river alone does not create opportunity.
• I reserve the balance of my time. >> Gentleman from Georgia reserves.
• Speaker, I reserve. >> Gentleman reserves.
• And with that, I reserve. >> Gentleman reserves.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• You're the wind beneath our wings, and we are grateful for all that you do. Thank you.
• Linked to the wind energy rights and the wind energy development agreements for the Committee on state
• HB 4941 by Curry relating to the establishment of a strategic fuel reserve program in the state for the
• The Board of Directors by San Jacinto River Authority referred the Committee on Natural Resources. 8
• 5,006 by Matt Caffer in the recommendations of the appointment of directors of the San Jacinto River

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• of Powell Quinn College, which is the oldest histo- Berkeley Black College west of the Mississippi River
• You are the wing for all of us down here, you're the wind beneath our wings and we are grateful for all
• energy rights and the wind energy development agreements were put to the committee on state affairs.
• By corporation of the Angelina Nueces River Authority or for the Committee on Natural Resources.
• Item 5, by Matt Kauferling, the election of the Board of Directors by the San Jacinto River Authority

Bills: HB9 , HB22 , HB908 , HB1392

Keywords: property tax, ad valorem tax, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property, tax exemption, local government finance, appraisal district, chief appraiser, rendition statement, property tax relief, small business, commercial property, leased property, related business entity, unified business enterprise, tax situs, Texas Tax Code, local taxing unit, constitutional amendment

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• Michael Moran here today with the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.
• This is Michael Moran with the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.
• Or around my home, where I live on the Colville Confederated Reservation, the reservation of the Colville
• I didn't chime in due to time, but I personally have seen sea lions in the Cowlitz River.
• I saw three of them in the river. We've never seen them there before.

Summary: The committee heard public testimony on House Bill 2619, which would create a joint legislative task force to review and recommend ways to reduce regulatory burdens in agriculture, and on House Joint Memorial 4009, which asks Congress to ensure federal wildfire response agencies remain capable of protecting communities, natural resources, and firefighter safety. On HB 2619, the prime sponsor and supporters from the Washington State Department of Agriculture, cattle, wheat, potato, onion, and dairy interests said the bill responds to farm stress and suicide concerns by examining regulatory overload; WSDA supported the concept but noted a fiscal note, and members discussed whether the task force scope and cost could be reduced before policy cutoff. On HJM 4009, staff and the sponsor described the memorial as a request for stronger federal wildfire capacity and coordination, with testimony from tribes, counties, forest landowners, conservation groups, and public employees emphasizing wildfire risk, smoke impacts, and the importance of federal-state cooperation; the committee also repeatedly tied the memorial to support for state wildfire funding under 1168 and heard broad support for restoring that funding. The committee then took up House Bill 2221, which would require the Department of Fish and Wildlife to designate at-risk ungulate populations and begin predator mitigation when certain population declines occur, while also requiring annual reporting and white-tailed deer surveys. The sponsor argued the bill addresses rapidly declining deer and elk herds, predator pressure, food security, and rural economies in northeast Washington. Supporters included some local residents, ranchers, sheriffs, county officials, and the Colville Tribes, who said predators, livestock conflicts, and reduced hunting opportunity are harming communities and that the state should act more aggressively. Opponents included WDFW staff, Washington Wildlife First, the Sierra Club, the Animal Legal Defense Fund, and other conservation voices, who said the bill is not scientifically supported, would be costly, and wrongly blames predators rather than habitat, forage, weather, disease, and vehicle collisions; several said predator control would have limited value and could undermine wolf recovery. Some agricultural and sportsmen groups supported the bill in principle but asked for amendments, especially to remove or revise the in-state wolf translocation provision. No final votes or executive action were taken in the hearing.

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• We wanted to keep some in reserve. We spent a big chunk of it on that.
• , the Cotterway River, the St.
• Francis River, and then eventually the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.
• My entire eastern border is the Mississippi River.
• My entire eastern border is the Mississippi River.

Committee: House Conservation and Natural Resources

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• GO bond rating in the prior 18-month period is double-A or higher, and is limited to 15% of their reserve
• entities in Minnesota and, at the current duration level of many Minnesota entities with long-term reserves
• many Minnesota entities<00:29:50.880><c> with</c><00:29:51.200><c> long-term</c><00:29:51.760><c> reserves
• </c><00:29:52.240><c> under</c> entities with long-term reserves under entities with long-term reserves

Bills: HF4348 , HF4186 , HF4202 , HF4455 , HF3884 , HF3883 , HF3882 , HF3881 , HF2688 , HF3295 , HF3862 , HF3362 , HF4242 , HF3798

Committee: House Elections Finance and Government Operations

Keywords: HF4186, Minnesota local government finance, housing and redevelopment authority, HRA, public investment authority, qualifying government, State Board of Investment, SBI, index mutual fund, multifamily housing development, long-term equity investment, investment-grade fixed income, federally insured securities, government-sponsored entities, municipal investing, local government investments, housing finance, public funds, investment policy, risk of loss