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• This body has talked a lot about reforming the ad valorem reimbursement program.
• And I'm sure to manage the distributions from that program.
• In Midwest City, for instance, you have the city, the county, the local schools, the college, and the
• So some of the very small entities it wouldn't apply to. In terms of...
• So some of the very small entities, it wouldn't apply to.

Summary: The committee heard and advanced a series of bills and resolutions, many involving taxes, education funding, health policy, and election rules. Representative Newton’s HB 1823, on the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency’s home-building activities, passed 10-0. Speaker Hilbert’s HB 2425, which would align Oklahoma election dates more closely with Texas and move some elections to March, passed 9-2 after debate about turnout and accountability. HB 4440, requiring Medicaid work requirements to track federal law, passed 10-2 amid discussion of chronic unemployment and the limits of changing Medicaid expansion because it is in the Constitution. HJR 1087, a major proposal to restructure the T-SET tobacco settlement trust and redirect funds toward higher education and related uses, passed 12-0 after extensive debate over venture capital investing, public health spending, and whether the trust should be modernized. The committee also took up several property-tax measures. HJR 1053 would create a revenue-neutral ad valorem framework, requiring local approval for increases beyond prior-year levels; it passed 9-2. HJR 1054 would exempt business inventory from ad valorem taxation, and after questions about scope and possible abuse it passed 9-2. HJR 1044 would lower the annual cap on growth in assessed value for homestead and agricultural property from 3% to 2%; it passed 9-2. HB 4145 would raise the homestead exemption from $1,000 to $7,000 and passed 9-1. HJR 1081 would freeze ad valorem taxes for qualifying seniors and passed 8-1. The committee also advanced HB 3891, a county commissioner pay bill, after title was struck and members discussed its impact on small counties; it passed 9-2. Other measures included HB 1770, directing an elk population study by Oklahoma State University, which passed 11-0; HB 1675, requiring youth camps to complete site-specific hazardous assessments, which passed 11-0; HB 3627, allowing the State Committee of Blind Vendors to meet by video conference due to quorum issues, which passed 11-0; HB 3472, expanding tire-recycling fund eligibility, which passed 10-1; and HB 1225, barring changes to the biological sex designation on birth certificates, which passed 8-2 after debate over medical, legal, and equal-protection concerns. The committee also advanced HJR 1019, a heavily amended proposal concerning party nominations for general elections, after striking title and narrowing the scope to federal, state, and county races; it passed 8-1 with two not voting. HB 3462, updating plumbing licensing law and aligning exam standards with other trades, passed 9-0 after title was struck to accommodate further negotiations.

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• Policies that create legal risk for hospitals, clinics, and training programs may further discourage
• Even a loss of a small number of providers or a seemingly minor impairment of recruitment efforts in
• Policies that create legal risk for hospitals, clinics, and training programs may further discourage
• programs we have in Idaho.
• And so my 13 little cities would probably never see...

Committee: Senate Health and Welfare

Keywords: 989, all

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• care programs in the single rate system for future fiscal years.
• Multifamily Housing Program and 500 million for the Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention Program
• Better Protect Children served in the Adoption Assistance Program.
• stipends to students in teaching certification programs and funds numerous important programs and services
• . served by the program that are intended to protect and strengthen the program for future years.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• So I just Googled it from the big city of Felt, Oklahoma, to my friend's city, Tulsa.
• So I just Google it from the big city of Felt, Oklahoma, to my friend's city, Tulsa.
• And you described that they, that the city, that municipality Tulsa, denied a permit, The city, the municipality
• Well, there's some very small producers that we put a real hardship on.
• Well, there's some very small producers that we put a real hardship on.

Bills: SB1246 , SB1510 , SB1979 , SB1929 , SB1930 , SB1976

Committee: Senate Energy

Keywords: environmental permitting, Oklahoma, Department of Environmental Quality, public participation, regulatory framework, administered applications, energy, wind energy, financial assurance, property restoration, environmental regulation, mining, blasting, residential protection, buffer zone, Department of Mines, public utilities, electric transmission lines, landowner rights, payment regulations

Summary: The committee heard several energy, mining, and environmental bills. Senate Bill 1246, a DEQ request bill, was described as a permitting reform measure intended to reduce delays, increase transparency, and improve public notice; members discussed newspaper publication and digital alerts, and the bill passed 11-0. Senate Bill 1929 proposed a new framework for transmission lines that would compensate landowners with recurring payments for lines crossing their property; members raised concerns about eminent domain, ratepayer impacts, existing easements, and whether payments would transfer with land sales, but the bill passed 6-5 after the author said it was an idea to start a broader conversation. Senate Bill 1510 addressed bonding requirements and reclamation standards, with the author saying the goal was to make bonds meaningful and ensure funds are available for cleanup if operators fail to reclaim sites. Members discussed bond levels, acceptable financial instruments, and the need to balance industry viability with land restoration; the bill passed 11-0. Senate Bill 1979, the Mining and Blasting Residential Protection Act, would create an 800-foot buffer around residences and sensitive facilities near mining and blasting operations and require notifications/signage; the author said it was a constituent-driven good-neighbor bill, but members worried it could affect existing mines, raise costs, and potentially be read to restrict current operations. After title was struck, the bill failed 2-8. The committee also passed Senate Bill 1930, which creates a framework for compensating surface owners when iodine is recovered from produced water for commercial use, and Senate Bill 1976, which phases in surety requirements for small oil and gas producers to soften the impact of prior regulatory changes. Both bills passed unanimously or near-unanimously after brief discussion about balancing regulation with economic impacts. The meeting ended with adjournment.

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• You may know this as the ugly orange haze that you see when you're in the city.
• You see when you're in the city. This is from light pollution.
• Do you need the funding for your education and your programs and your communities?
• And so apparently it's just going to be city limits all the way from St.
• And so apparently it's just going to be city limits all the way from St.

Committee: House Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources

Summary: The Agriculture Committee met with 11 members present and heard no bills for public hearing or executive action. Instead, the committee received a presentation from the Montgomery County R-2 FFA ag issues team on proposed data centers in their county, framed as a mock town hall discussion. The students and panel discussed the project’s scale, including roughly 1,760 acres across two sites, and debated concerns about eminent domain, noise, light pollution, water use, electricity demand, soil and wildlife impacts, recycling of equipment, and tax abatements versus projected school district revenue. The presentation featured sharply divided viewpoints: a county/economic development perspective emphasizing jobs, utility planning, and major tax revenue for schools; a community and environmental perspective raising concerns about farmland loss, groundwater and well impacts, property values, and long-term ecological effects; and a farmer’s perspective opposing the project to protect agricultural land and rural life. The panel cited figures such as about 50 million gallons of water annually, potential school district revenue of about $11 million in the first year of the initial phase and roughly $43 million annually when fully built out, and discussed PILOT payments and the Powering Missouri Growth Plan as ways to offset costs. Committee members then praised the students’ preparation and public speaking, and several offered policy and practical suggestions, including considering local construction labor, emergency service capacity, backup generator noise, and clearer context for water-usage numbers. One member asked what legislation could help, and the students suggested setting environmental-use limits such as water or light-pollution restrictions. No votes were taken, and the committee adjourned after the presentation and discussion.

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• the employees' retirement system, the teacher retirement system, and the uniform group insurance program
• On one of these DBC programs.
• incentives to keep experienced police officers on the job and allow better police services to the city
• The city would continue to pay the minimum corridor rate established in the 2017 reform and would then
• Uh, there's contributions from the members and from the city and of course from investments.

Committee: House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

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• Thank you. ...that an individual could spend on one of these DPC programs.
• incentives to keep experienced police officers on the job and allow better police services to the city
• The city would continue to pay the minimum corridor rate established by the 2017 reform and would then
• He has presented their assumptions to the city of Houston and the pension review board actuaries for
• There are contributions from the members and from the city, and, of course, from investments.

Bills: HB3015 , HB3521 , HB5632 , HJR182 , SJR57

Committee: House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Keywords: healthcare, direct primary care, insurance deductibles, Texas Health Benefit Plans, telemedicine, police retirement, disability pension, municipalities, law enforcement, retirement benefits, retirement, beneficiary, Employees Retirement System of Texas, divorce decree, beneficiary designation, Veterans' Land Board, general obligation bonds, constitutional amendment, veterans, housing assistance

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• in Teaching Fellowship Program.
• We're small.
• I mean, do we have people in these small schools that are going for this merit program?
• This specific program, the teacher fellowship program, was to…” “The teacher fellowship program was to
• So the program we’re highlighting today is a very, very, very small subset of a much larger picture when

Keywords: 1204, all

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• These cuts are going into program.
• </c> treasured cornerstone of both the city treasured cornerstone of both the city of<00:10:47.360><c
• I spoke to a small tax exemption.
• What began as a small family legacy.
• </c> excellence in all of their programs. excellence in all of their programs.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, September 11, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• SENATORS WE HAVE A PROGRAM REVIEW THIS AFTERNOON ON THE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, FEMA REIMBURSEMENT
• TODAY MORE THAN 1000 DISPLACED HOUSEHOLDS HAVE BEEN SHELTERED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM FROM HOPE FLORIDA.
• A FEW PROGRAMS ARE TIED TO THAT SERVICE FOR OUR COUNTIES.
• GRANTS WE MANAGE ALL OF THAT 15.3 ALL OF THAT IS TIED TO THAT GRANT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
• BY THE WAY THERE'S A SMALL BUSINESS LOAN AND EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE NOT A SMALL BUSINESS AS AN INDIVIDUAL

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• They can make a program.
• We had a prior program pre-pandemic that didn't last the pandemic. That was a leadership program.
• for small and rural LEAs.
• for small and rural LEAs.
• for small and rural LEAs.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• As that program grows, the savings increase as well.
• so far, the in-state program.
• investment program maps directly to the policy specific to the in-state investment program... ...maps
• What this in-state investment program is.
• has now: an in-state investment program.

Committee: Joint Legacy and Budget Stabilization Fund Advisory Board

Keywords: 908, all

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• So, in an off conversation, Oklahoma's getting ready to do a K-3 reading program.
• That was a city choice because that's a city library.
• The fifth is student programs and initiatives.
• Small Rural hospital, 20 beds.
• CAs that completed the program but couldn't afford the cost of the certification.

Committee: House Oklahoma Education Commission

Keywords: 914, all

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• </c><01:38:56.000><c> apartment</c> sixes, dignified small apartment sixes, dignified small apartment
• Uh the city of Memphis, the city this.
• city water. If you're on a well, there city water.
• </c> dollars to invest in this program? dollars to invest in this program?
• USA program and uh which I I mentioned USA program and uh which I I mentioned that,<04:14:33.520><c>

Committee: House Executive Departments and Administration

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I am a commissioner with the city of North Miami Beach.
• But from what I understand from cities who of my cities do a really good job with their series of the
• Florida League of Cities and Wellness Cruises.
• Chairman David Cruz, Florida League of Cities, Syria's are incredibly valuable tool to our cities to
• address affordable housing and help out small businesses.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Some stays with the state, some go to cities, some go to counties.
• ... ...expense of hardworking families, small businesses, and investors.
• The Colorado opportunity zone program is administered, of course, by OEDIT.
• rather than leave for the city.
• That is state transportation funding, that is county and city funding, that is county and city transportation

Keywords: 981, all

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• My name is Michaela Hatfield, and I serve on the Tualatin City Council.
• </c> Chanhassen City Council. Chanhassen City Council.
• We had 3,000 microtransit rides last year just in the city of Carver. It's an important service.
• I'm a council member in the city of Plymouth. I'm here representing Plymouth Metro Link.
• </c> council member in the city of Plymouth. council member in the city of Plymouth.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Good morning, Isha Ayur, on behalf of the City of Burbank, in support.
• Good morning, Kendra Begley on behalf of the City of Stockton, respectfully in opposition.
• Our CalWORKs programs accumulated unspent funds during COVID-19 and now are looking for ways that they
• The bill does not add any additional students to the program.
• It only allows our programs to serve the students they already have in a better way and provide them

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• /c><00:37:12.560><c> a</c><00:37:13.200><c> medically</c> program, we can cover a medically program,
• </c> By the way, I think I have a small By the way, I think I have a small solution.<01:18:17.520><c>
• program? program?
• Yeah, it's not just to the city, but it's to the city or county. Right, yeah, okay.
• </c> that this was a safe stations program. that this was a safe stations program.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Division 3 work session focused largely on amendment 1176 to HB 2, which would have incorporated the substance of HB 548FN, a House-passed bill creating a direct-pay or membership-based model for health care facilities. Representative Mlan described the proposal as a way to increase competition in health care by extending the direct-care model used in primary care to facilities, arguing it could encourage innovation and that concerns about widespread harm to critical access hospitals were overstated. He pointed to Oklahoma’s long-standing Surgical Center model as evidence that the approach had not spread broadly or displaced hospitals there. Several members and witnesses raised concerns. Representative Stringham questioned whether the model would shift profitable services and patients away from existing hospitals, potentially worsening their finances and affecting Medicaid-related funding. David Ross, speaking for county nursing homes, opposed the language because it also removed moratoriums on nursing home, skilled nursing, inpatient rehabilitation, and self-pay beds, warning that it could increase pressure on Medicaid rates and undermine community-based care. Ben Bradley of the New Hampshire Hospital Association said the proposal appeared to create a separate regulatory framework for direct-pay facilities and raised concerns about patient safety, CMS participation rules, and a separate patient bill of rights. The chair concluded that, because HB 548 was already moving through the Senate, the HB 2 process was not the best vehicle for the policy and that the issue should be left to the Senate’s more deliberative committee process. Representative Ferski moved to not accept or remove amendment 1176 from the agenda, and the committee approved the motion by roll call, 9-0, withdrawing the item from HB 2.

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• For example, maybe discounts on premiums, grant programs around mitigation standards.
• And the fire, you know, programs could be instituted to help, you know, clear away.
• For example, maybe discounts on premiums, grant programs around mitigation standards.
• And the fire, you know, programs could be instituted to help, you know, clear away.
• There are entities that are working off FEMA grant programs.

Summary: The committee heard a work session on earthquake insurance, beginning with background from the Office of the Insurance Commissioner. OIC staff explained that earthquake and earth movement are generally excluded from standard property policies, that earthquake coverage is usually purchased through endorsements or standalone policies with high deductibles and relatively high premiums, and that surplus lines are a limited backstop market not covered by the state guarantee fund. They also described parametric insurance and captive insurance as more specialized products generally suited to commercial or governmental buyers rather than ordinary consumers. A second panel of insurance and banking experts focused on commercial earthquake exposure, especially for older buildings, collateralized loans, and potential knock-on effects to banks and consumers if a major quake caused widespread damage. Members asked about consumer impacts, mitigation incentives, inventories of vulnerable buildings, and whether legislation such as prior work on unreinforced masonry could help reduce risk. The Washington Bankers Association said earthquake insurance is expensive and that affordability is a major concern, while also noting banks participate in disaster-recovery planning and would be affected by major regional losses. No votes or formal actions were taken. The committee then received a presentation from the Washington State Institute for Public Policy on its cannabis and Initiative 502 research. WSIPP staff described the agency as a nonpartisan research institute that conducts legislative-directed studies and explained that its long-term I-502 assignment includes periodic reports leading to a final benefit-cost evaluation in 2032. Staff summarized findings from a 2023 report showing that cannabis possession convictions fell sharply after legalization, though some racial disproportionalities persisted, and that closer retail access was associated with higher reported adult cannabis use, more fatal traffic crashes involving drivers from nearby areas, and higher rates of cannabis use disorder diagnoses among Medicaid enrollees. A 2023 youth-focused report found that students attending schools near retailers were more likely to report cannabis use, had more unexcused absences, and were less likely to graduate on time. In the newest 2025 Medicaid study, staff said retail access was associated with higher probabilities of cannabis use disorder diagnoses, related hospitalizations, inpatient treatment, and co-occurring mental health diagnoses, with event-study analysis suggesting the increases appeared after retailers opened rather than before. Members asked about racial disproportionality, the meaning of cannabis use disorder diagnoses, THC and impairment, whether the findings reflected medical versus recreational use, and how the results should be interpreted in light of broader trends and data limitations. No formal committee action was taken.