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  • First, why is a state program important?
  • Some of the things that we have suggested, as I mentioned, are converting the program into a loan program
  • So a session ago, we were looking to pass a low-to-no-interest loan program just to encourage new programs
  • If it were a loan program or something like that, it'd be different. Thank you.
  • I believe the current number is 203, over 38 different programs. 38 different programs, 203 license types
Summary: The committee first took up pending business and quickly reported several measures favorably, including HB 12, SB 1361, SB 1705, SB 1749, SB 1897, SB 2344, SB 2566, HB 3809, and HB 4215, with most sent to the Local and Uncontested Calendar. HB 12’s substitute clarified a limited midterm review of regulatory agencies tied to Sunset Commission recommendations. SB 2696’s substitute changed med spa regulation from a license to a certificate, with training instead of an exam, plus background checks, continuing education, and two-year renewals. HB 3809 dealt with battery energy storage decommissioning and recycling, and HB 4215 was reported without a substitute. SB 1978, concerning interconnection of electric facilities in ERCOT and federal jurisdiction concerns, was reported out on a 5-3 vote after debate, but then the chair later announced the bill was withdrawn and left pending subject to the call of the chair. HB 1899 was also reported favorably, with one nay. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 14, the advanced nuclear energy bill. Senator Schwertner described it as creating a Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, a nuclear permitting coordinator, a development fund, a completion grant program, and a workforce development program. Testimony was sharply divided. Supporters, including representatives from Fermi America, Dow/X-energy, CPS Energy, Paragon Energy Solutions, Bridge to Nuclear, Aalo Atomics, and the Texas Association of Business, argued that Texas should lead in advanced nuclear, citing future baseload demand, data centers, industrial power needs, supply-chain development, and long-term energy diversification. Opponents, including Public Citizen, Texas Nuclear Watchdogs, Sierra Club, and individual citizens, argued the bill would subsidize unproven, expensive technology, create grants rather than loans, and expose taxpayers to major risk while doing little to meet near-term energy needs. Several members questioned whether the state should fund projects that may not produce grid power for years, and whether the bill’s grant structure and new office were justified. The committee also heard HB 5061, which Senator Schwertner said would prohibit unethical surveillance and misuse of confidential information by state contractors, create a confidential reporting system through the State Auditor’s Office, authorize Texas Rangers investigations, protect whistleblowers, and impose penalties including contract termination, fines, and contracting bans. No public testimony was offered, and the bill was left pending. HB 132, sponsored by Senator Hughes, would extend confidentiality protections for sensitive information to hostile acts by foreign adversaries; it was also left pending after no testimony. HB 1584 was then laid out, with Senator Schwertner explaining it would require utilities to maintain and update priority restoration lists for critical facilities after Hurricane Beryl exposed communication failures, but the transcript cuts off before any action on that bill.
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  • learning apprenticeship grant program. learning apprenticeship grant program.
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  • to support the program. to support the program.
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  • This is our emergency powers bill and our resilience hub program bill.
  • This is our emergency powers bill and our resilience hub program bill.
  • This is our emergency powers bill and a resiliency hub program.
  • So, House position will be to let's see if we can move the community resiliency hub program that's in
  • And Leeward Oahu care home community resilience pilot program and an effective date.
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  • Yeah, just to reiterate, the new CD1 that we're agreeing on is to make the state rent supplement program
  • Community Development Authority Transit-Oriented Development Infrastructure Improvement District Program
  • Community Development Authority Transit-Oriented Development Infrastructure Improvement District Program
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  • fund and for cost of the program. fund and for cost of the program.
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  • coverage continuity program. Yes. coverage continuity program. Yes.
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  • that they don't have to put themselves into debt to go to school, but instead they can go into a program
  • that they don't have to put themselves into debt to go to school, but instead they can go into a program
  • responsibility, but are properly trained through registered apprenticeships or structured employer-based programs
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  • Okay, we will be moving on to HB 2468, relating to internship programs.
  • This is a certification of available funds with a threshold amount and, of course, a position for the
  • >> Next, we have HB 2468 relating to internship programs. For the House, we have myself, Rep.
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  • This is the UH Agricultural Science Bachelor's Program.
  • Agricultural Science Bachelor's Program. Agricultural Science Bachelor's Program.
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