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• Ingestion of psilocybin may produce changes in perception, mood, and cognitive processes common to other
• Under this bill, subject to appropriation, the Department of Health must contract with a training entity
• And that is particularly exciting about this particular process.
• Throughout that experience, I was finally able to process trauma rather than relive it.
• Throughout that experience, I was finally able to process trauma rather than relive it.

Bills: SB5921 , SB5185 , SB6182 , SB6115 , SB6258 , SB5916 , SB5981 , SB5985 , SB6019 , SB6161 , SB6183

Committee: Senate Health & Long-Term Care

Keywords: psilocybin, mental health, therapy, decriminalization, legalization, international medical graduates, preceptorship, hardship pathways, medical practice, licensure, abortion, reproductive health, pregnancy termination, clinic access, abortion access fund, abortion savings account, health carrier assessment, insurance assessment, health insurer tax, Department of Health

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• eliminate that and encourage the development and higher use of these properties out there and in the process
• And you're sending now, you, you just lost the Maverick County, uh, contract, uh, for the appraisal district
• does not currently have the in-house technical expertise to develop this format and may need to contract
• This redundant and inefficient process forces property owners to spend excessive time and efforts simply
• which streamline data sharing between counties and third-party vendors, reducing redundant data processing

Bills: SB 4 , SB 23 , SJR 2

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: redistricting, election, Texas legislature, district composition, political representation, congressional redistricting, Texas House of Representatives, U.S. House, Congressional districts, district map, district boundaries, gerrymandering, voting rights, election law, apportionment, representation, special committee, PLANC2308, redistricting plan, elections

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• eliminate that and encourage the development and higher use of these properties out there, and in the process
• Now you just lost the Maverick County contract for the appraisal district, Representative Perez, and
• does not currently have the in-house technical expertise to develop this format and may need to contract
• This redundant and inefficient process forces property owners to spend excessive time and effort simply
• to the taxing entity, and to the— I guess my question is, it still allows for that competitive bid process

Bills: HB485 , HB1367 , HB1370 , HB1827 , HB1879 , HB2032 , HB2133 , HB2357 , HB3581 , HB3830 , HB4060 , HB4085 , HB4270 , HB4979 , HB5217 , HB5268 , HB5478 , HJR96 , HJR97 , HJR119 , HJR195 , HJR209 , SB4 , SB23 , SJR2 , SJR85 , SB 4 , SB 23 , SJR 2

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: healthcare, insurance, access, affordability, public health, emergency services district, sales tax, gas and electricity, residential use, tax exemption, emergency services, gas, electricity, HB 485, ESD, use tax, residential utilities, utility tax, local option tax, Texas Health and Safety Code

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• Well, we are in the process of building a huge prison facility, and we have to put in new equipment and
• That over a period of time we are committed to making that process.
• We work with campuses to help them with their processes, you know, better customer service, things like
• That contract with digital journals and things like that is to provide that information so you save a
• Macky, do you know how many teachers we have currently on the teams contract?

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• We can get up to 95% of the CO2 out of whatever volume that we're processing.
• What that means is that the process of linkage is somewhat divorced from the process of consideration
• Some of them use industrial waste heat as part of the process.
• What liability protections are there for these processes?
• We spend over $6 million a year on labor and disposal contract costs.

Committee: House Environment & Energy

Keywords: 904, all

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• </c><00:14:52.880><c> could</c> the proposed statutory process could the proposed statutory process could
• But it is an absolute bear of a process.
• But it is an absolute bear of a process.
• But it is an absolute bear of a process.
• But it is an absolute bear of a process.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard testimony on House Bill 437, which would change New Hampshire law on undischarged mortgages by creating a shorter period after which certain old mortgages would be treated as unenforceable. Prime sponsor Representative Bill Boyd said the bill was developed with input from bankers, lawyers, realtors, the Attorney General’s office, and the Banking Department, and he noted a drafting correction needed on line 18. He explained that the proposal would replace current law with a new framework modeled partly on Massachusetts, including a five-year expiration after a stated maturity date and a 35-year period for mortgages without an expiration date. Supporters said the bill would help clear obsolete title defects, reduce costly quiet-title litigation, and make real estate transactions easier for consumers, attorneys, and conveyancers. Representative Mary Hakken-Phillips, Susan Cole of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors, and Michelle Coffin all testified in support, describing the bill as a consumer protection measure. They said undischarged or improperly discharged mortgages often surface during title searches, causing delays, legal expenses, and failed or delayed closings. Coffin and Hakken-Phillips emphasized that many of these cases involve old, effectively obsolete mortgages and that the current process often requires expensive court action even when no one contests the title. Cole described a recent transaction in which a title defect caused a buyer to walk away and later restart the financing process, creating costs for both buyer and seller. A committee member asked about notice to mortgage holders; the response was that the lender bears responsibility for recording and extending the mortgage, and that due process rights would remain if a lender later contested the discharge. Ryan Hill of the New Hampshire Bankers Association said the banking industry had reviewed the bill and was generally comfortable with it, while requesting a delayed effective date so members would have time to adjust their recording practices. He said the bill’s January 1, 2028 effective date reflected that request. After closing the hearing on HB 437, the committee opened a hearing on House Bill 721, the Gold and Silver Legal Tender Act. Representative Juliet Harvey-Bolia introduced it as a bipartisan economic justice bill intended to recognize gold and silver as legal tender, protect against inflation, and address concerns about trust, taxes, and government taking. She argued that gold is a stable store of value and discussed tax treatment in neighboring states, federal history, and digital gold platforms. The hearing on HB 721 was still in progress when the transcript ended, with the chair limiting questions because of time.

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• In our case, we had a long-term contract, a 30-year contract, set in the 1990s, and a lot of us on the
• So that's why, when we had to go back out for a new contract, we saw those disposal costs go up 40%.
• Farvar for her commitment to food access and for the very collaborative stakeholder process she has led
• This bill will override settled law, raising major due process concerns, and I won't waste time repeating
• This bill will override settled law, raising major due process concerns, and I won't raise time repeating

Bills: HB2038 , HB2297 , HB2382 , HB2487 , HB2018

Committee: House Finance

Keywords: HB2038, Washington, B&O tax, business and occupation tax, social media tax, platform tax, youth behavioral health, mental health, adolescent mental health, children's mental health, telebehavioral health, behavioral health account, state treasury, digital services tax, internet platform, social media companies, youth services, depression, anxiety, public health funding

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• We were in the process of the court, but they had to go through the court process for that.
• So by the time they got around to the court process, we'd already been able to run the record checks.
• </c><00:07:17.199><c> for</c> had to go through the court process for had to go through the court process
• So by the time they got around to the<00:07:19.759><c> court</c><00:07:20.000><c> process,</c><00:07:
• </c> contracts follow the state fiscal year. contracts follow the state fiscal year.

Bills: HF2233 , HF1524 , HF1893 , HF1396 , HF2456 , HF2959 , HF2300 , HF2412 , HF3022 , HF2825 , HF1862 , HF1373 , HF1039 , HF3070

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Keywords: Uniform Special Deposits Act, special deposit, banking law, financial institutions, escrow, escrow account, trust account, security deposit, beneficiary, depositor, creditor process, garnishment, attachment, levy, setoff, recoupment, financial market infrastructure, retirement benefits, compensation, earnest money

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• We're in the process of making process.
• So that being said, it comes down to process. Process is everything.
• So that being said, it comes down to process. Process is everything.
• So that being said, it comes down to process. Process is everything.
• . process. process.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee held an informational briefing on the Public Utilities Commission’s performance-based regulation (PBR) framework and the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ whistleblower complaint process. Chair Jared Kohole opened the meeting, noted it was informational only with no public testimony, and explained that members would hear presentations and then have an opportunity for questions. The committee heard first from Ulupono Initiative, which provided background on why utilities are regulated, how Hawaii’s cost-of-service model and rate cases work, and why PBR was adopted to shift utility incentives away from a capital-investment bias and toward performance, efficiency, cost control, and policy goals such as renewable energy and reliability. Ulupono described Hawaii’s PBR structure as a five-year multi-year rate plan with annual revenue adjustments, a customer dividend, a Z factor for extraordinary exogenous events, and an exceptional project recovery mechanism for large projects. It also outlined performance incentive mechanisms tied to renewable portfolio standard progress, interconnection speed, reliability, and shared savings. The presentation said the current docket is evaluating a possible hybrid approach that would combine forward-looking forecasting with historical results, and Ulupono advocated for stronger incentives, arguing the current rewards are too small relative to utility revenues and should be more meaningful to better align utility behavior with legislative intent. The PUC then presented its own overview, emphasizing that the PBR docket is open and active and that the briefing was limited to the record to avoid ex parte concerns. The commission described the development of PBR in Hawaii through multiple phases beginning in 2018: an initial collaborative phase to set goals, a formal contested-case phase that produced the initial framework, later phases adding scorecards, reported metrics, and additional performance incentive mechanisms, and subsequent refinements including sunset of some mechanisms and adjustments after the August 2023 Maui wildfires. The PUC said the framework is intended to be customer-centric, administratively efficient, and protective of utility financial integrity, and that current work includes evaluating how to balance forward-looking and historical test-year approaches within the rebasing process. No votes or formal actions were taken at the briefing.

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• Can you tell me what that process would look like? Do you even know what the process will be?
• Do you even know what the process<01:19:52.560><c> will</c><01:19:52.800><c> be</c> process will be process
• </c> Not the process of approval, but the process of capping and repurposing.
• They will then of this process.
• </c> process for all legislators. process for all legislators.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• And so I vehemently am opposed to the process that we took in this.
• And so it's the same process. They have that ability.
• The process is still happening.
• through the ICE process?
• We have a duty to protect our civil processes.

Summary: The House first approved the journal and then received several Senate messages, including enrolled bills and resolutions sent onward for gubernatorial action. It also concurred in Senate amendments to House Bill 516 after a lengthy debate over process and committee referral; members argued both that the bill had been handled through the rules and that it had been routed around the Education Committee and public input. The concurrence passed 41-23-6, and a later motion to send HB 516 to the Education Committee failed 20-45-5. The chamber then suspended rules to take up Senate Bill 1254, which would allow chiropractors with a clinical nutrition certification to acquire certain vitamins, minerals, fluids, epinephrine, and oxygen for office use. Supporters described it as a narrow deregulation to reduce barriers and costs, while opponents said it expanded scope and raised patient-safety concerns. The bill passed the House 43-22-5 and was transmitted to the Senate. The House next debated Senate Bill 1247, a 287(g) immigration-enforcement bill requiring local law enforcement agencies to apply for participation or explain why they could not. Supporters said it would strengthen immigration enforcement, bring federal reimbursement, and align with constituent concerns; opponents said it would impose an unfunded mandate, undermine local control, and force agencies into federal arrangements they did not want. After extensive debate, the House passed the bill 47-13-4. The House then moved to House Bill 621, a firearms/preemption measure affecting county buildings and courthouses, with supporters arguing it protected constitutional carry rights and opponents warning of major local costs and safety risks; debate was interrupted by a recess and continued when the transcript ended.

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• Clarity and streamlined statute language is provided for court processes and case staffing processes
• HB 437 offers flexibility, protection. and compliance with the judicial process.
• health issues and clarifies the decision-making processes for incompetent inmates.
• Remember, we passed Marcy's Law through the constitutional amendment process.
• Remember, we passed Marcy's Law through the constitutional amendment process.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including guests from Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Clay County, and a moment of silence for Pope Francis. Members then moved to the special order calendar after adopting a motion to reconsider the earlier failed vote on CS/SB 1080, which was temporarily postponed. The chamber also temporarily postponed several bills during the day, including measures on social media use by minors, veterans’ nursing homes, Parkinson’s disease, mental health and substance use disorders, education, educator preparation, benefits for certain officers injured in the line of duty, Brownfields, and school social workers. The Senate passed a series of bills with little or no opposition, often substituting House companions for Senate bills. These included expedited DNA testing grants for law enforcement; additional aggravating factors in capital felony sentencing; fertility preservation coverage for cancer patients; commuter rail indemnification; disposition of migrant vessels; specialty license plates; an Alzheimer’s and dementia awareness campaign; relocation of the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys to Florida Memorial University; charter school changes; registration rules for sexual predators and offenders; assault and battery penalties for utility workers; juvenile justice revisions; reporting of student mental health outcomes; foster home licensure transfers; water access facilities and boating-related funding; Florida Virtual School changes; school readiness program improvements; protections against lewd sexual images of children; age-related criminal offense provisions; tampering with electronic monitoring devices; certified recovery residences; and codification of the FSU Election Law Center. Most of these bills passed overwhelmingly, though the charter school bill and the aggravating factors bill drew more divided votes. One of the most debated measures was SB 820, codifying the Office of Faith and Community. Senator Polsky offered an amendment to bar political activity by office employees while on duty and using government resources, citing alleged election-related emails and concerns about mixing government and religious influence. Supporters argued the amendment was needed as a guardrail; opponents said existing law already covered the conduct and that the amendment could be confusing or overly broad. The amendment failed 13-23, and the underlying bill passed 27-9 after extended debate about faith, politics, and the office’s role. Another notable debate involved SB 954 on certified recovery residences, where senators emphasized the need for stable housing in addiction recovery and the bill passed unanimously after supportive remarks from members who had personal experience with recovery. The Senate also passed SB 674 on bonuses for county tax collector and property appraiser employees after questions about safeguards and the purpose of the bonuses.

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• In a room with one infectious person, nine out of 10 unvaccinated individuals will contract the disease
• In a room with one infectious person, nine out of 10 unvaccinated individuals will contract the disease
• Due to the California alternate assessment's narrow selection process, including students who qualify
• Again, I appreciate your question, and I'm hoping that this is the process of my passing the baton to
• for updating their referral processes for grade 7 through 12.

Summary: The Assembly Education Committee heard a lengthy agenda of education-related bills, with quorum established at the start and several measures taken up on consent or special order. The committee also announced that AB 1644, AB 2362, and later AB 2197 were pulled from the hearing. Members reminded the public of hearing rules and limited testimony to two witnesses each in support and opposition. AB 2651, by Assemblymember Bonta, would require schools to notify parents when school vaccination rates fall below herd-immunity thresholds. Supporters, including physicians, the California State PTA, public health groups, and school employee organizations, argued that families need timely, school-specific information to protect children and vulnerable community members. Opponents raised concerns about privacy, stigma, and whether school-level snapshots could be misleading. The bill passed the committee 5-1 and later 7-1 on the roll call. AB 2509, by Assemblymember Schultz, would allow districts to use a five-year rolling average for ADA funding calculations; supporters said it would stabilize funding amid attendance declines, while one member noted concerns about masking long-term enrollment problems. It passed 5-1 and later 7-2. The committee also approved AB 2430, which would expand after-school access, especially for high school students, improve funding and transparency, and create a work group on program quality. Testimony emphasized the value of expanded learning for youth development and working families, and members discussed the need to address middle school access as well. AB 2526, focused on special education funding, would expand the low-incidence fund to include students qualifying for the California alternate assessment; supporters said it would better align funding with student need, while some concerns remained about over-identification. AB 2325, the Pathways to Bilingual Teaching Act, would create a grant program to build bilingual teacher pipelines through partnerships among schools, community colleges, and universities; it received strong support and passed unanimously. AB 2460, presented by Assemblymember Pellerin for Assemblymember Celeste Rodriguez, would update school mental-health referral protocols to address trauma related to immigration enforcement; it also passed unanimously. AB 2404, which sought to require Central Valley representation on several governor-appointed bodies, drew debate over geographic representation and board composition and ultimately failed on a 2-5 vote.

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• I have a bigger picture question about this process.
• It is a frustrating process.
• It is a frustrating<00:08:09.360><c> process.
• They you know frustrating process.
• And I think the folks, you know, who are the beneficiaries of the contract or the co-parties to the contract

Keywords: 1183, house

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• </c><01:27:23.120><c> five</c> duties handles firearms processes five duties handles firearms processes
• ,</c><02:57:38.479><c> we</c> said during the stakeholding process, we said during the stakeholding process
• </c> has to go through some due process has to go through some due process protections<03:44:32.720><
• We slow the process.
• We slow the process. We examine this. We slow the process.

Keywords: 981, all

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• </c><00:42:57.080><c> those</c> the comments, and then process those the comments, and then process those
• that if that streamlined the process, that if that streamlined the process, but<01:06:37.680><c> to</
• early in the trail planning process.
• </c> early in the trail planning process. early in the trail planning process.
• and ORVs after a multi-year process with and ORVs after a multi-year process with extensive<01:39:32.840

Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• To resolve this problem by contracting with Equifax in order to do something similar.
• SB 354 commingles the sharing and processing in a way that subjects processing to the same stringent
• It's about data selling, data sharing, and data processing.
• So processing won't be treated as sharing. The conversations are very, very fruitful.
• The other tranches are how we process it and how we release it. Got that part.

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• So we're looking at a lot of process efficiency within what we are currently doing and establishing processes
• And also, it takes less time to process.
• That is currently in process.
• This is a long process.
• It's a long process, and I get that.

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• We do have a process.
• We do have a process.
• Well, we're under contract with basically an industry partner, Perpetua Resources, to process stibnite
• complete the process?
• it and processed it.

Committee: Joint Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee

Keywords: 908, all

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• Yeah, random sampling process. A random sample. Tell me how that works.
• That's the only people who would be, who need to fear this process.
• What is the process to find that out and to either take them off or keep them on?
• And the point of this also is because of the process that we have: we get a complaint.
• Or while you are drafting law, posting a notice is part of that process.

Committee: House House and Governmental Affairs

Summary: The committee first heard HB 1071, which creates a public records exception for certain aerospace facility and activity records, including blueprints, plans, technical data, operational documents, and security information tied to federally regulated work and contracts with the U.S. Department of War or intelligence agencies. The sponsor and several members emphasized protecting Louisiana aerospace and defense-related work, and the bill was reported favorably without objection. The committee then took up HB 181, as amended, which authorizes the legislative auditor to review confidential income tax records to help LDH verify Medicaid eligibility, and, after amendment, SNAP eligibility as well. Supporters said the bill would help identify ineligible recipients, reduce fraud, and improve the state’s error rate to avoid federal penalties; opponents argued tax returns are outdated and unreliable for current eligibility, could create false flags, and might burden or discourage eligible low-income residents. After extensive debate, the committee adopted Amendment Set 2633 and reported HB 181 favorably by a 10-6 vote. Later, the committee considered HB 250, which removes the requirement that immediate family members of appointed board or commission members disclose certain employment information, while leaving existing ethics prohibitions in place. The Ethics Board said the bill would not change substantive conflict-of-interest rules, only the disclosure requirement, and the bill was reported favorably as amended. HB 544, authorizing a citizen’s advisory referendum election, was briefly explained as a nonbinding, petition-driven local ballot question process, but the sponsor deferred it for further consideration and the committee deferred the bill. The committee also heard HB 1036, which clarifies when a group is considered a “committee” for campaign finance purposes by using a more objective spending threshold rather than the current “primary purpose” standard. Ethics officials said the change would give clearer investigative guidance without changing other disclosure rules, and the bill was reported favorably. Finally, HB 210 was amended to address retroactivity concerns in a prior ethics-related provision affecting school board and local governing authority members employed by entities with contracts or business before June 5, 2024; the amendment grandfathered earlier situations while requiring disclosures going forward, and the bill was reported favorably as amended.