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• House Bill 1197 is a bill for a legislative study of correctional facilities.
• . is a bill to provide for a legislative amendment study of correctional facilities.
• They’re stored on site at the facilities. Thanks, Mr. Speaker. Representative Nelson.
• That you have to have a storage facility for your own nuclear waste.
• They converted an old decommissioned coal power plant to be this kind of facility.

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Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present, then approved journal corrections and recognized visiting students from Underwood School. The chamber also handled several conference committee appointments after failing to concur with Senate amendments on House bills 1022, 1049, 1229, and 1029, and after the Senate failed to concur on House amendments to Senate bills 2010 and 2113. The House then concurred in or passed a series of amended measures, including House Bills 1481 (dental insurance loss ratio and reporting), 1511 (physician guidance on abortion law, with an emergency clause), 1562 (mandated reporter training), 1197 (correctional facilities study), 1095 (child protective services liaison work group), 1317 (barber licensing board changes), 1549 (corrections facility grants and reentry-related provisions), 1354 (appraiser evaluations), 1374 (open meeting exemption for township supervisors during on-site inspections), 1355 (abbreviated notice for administrative rulemaking), 1025 (advanced nuclear energy study), 1470 (Game and Fish fee changes), 1592 (Lignite Research Council updates), and 1375 (alcohol service/photo ID provisions). Final passage votes were recorded on each bill, with most passing comfortably and some drawing notable opposition, especially HB 1470 and HB 1549. The House spent substantial time on Senate Bill 2011, the Highway Patrol appropriation. Members discussed shifting one-time funding from the general fund to the Electronic Motor Carrier Permit Fund, including body armor, preliminary breath tests, an emergency vehicle course, resurfacing, fleet costs, and handgun/taser replacement, while also noting a federal grant and no new FTEs. Questions focused on salary-line increases and the new-and-vacant FTE pool, with Appropriations explaining that those dollars had been moved back into agency budgets from OMB. The bill passed 84-6. The House also passed Senate Bill 2013, the Commissioner of University and School Lands appropriation, after discussion of Trust Lands operations, unclaimed property staffing, and distributions from the Common Schools Trust Fund; one member was excused for a conflict, and the bill passed 67-22. Senate Bill 2023, the Racing Commission appropriation, passed 65-25 after a brief explanation of the agency’s responsibilities and funding. A major policy debate centered on Senate Bill 2385, which revises mobile home park regulation. Supporters said it creates receivership procedures if a license is revoked, requires clearer tenant notices, limits certain fees, and strengthens protections against eviction and utility overcharges. Two members were excused from voting due to conflicts tied to mobile home park ownership, and the bill passed 84-4. Another extended debate occurred on Senate Bill 2159, which allows the State Energy Research Center to study nuclear-related projects with approval from the Industrial Commission and consultation with the radioactive waste advisory council. Supporters said it is meant to help study advanced nuclear energy while preserving existing prohibitions on high-level radioactive waste storage; opponents raised concerns that the language could weaken prior protections and open the door to waste-related research or storage. The transcript ends during that debate, before a final vote on SB 2159 is shown.

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• Where you restrict certain kinds of facilities to be located within an area.
• It is a great facility.
• But these are facilities which are largely underground.
• and any school, church, or public facility.
• Yeah, this seems to be one facility. Yes, sir.

Bills: HB551, HB 1281, HB1378, HB1617, HB2868, HB2881, HB3374, HB4439, HB4726, HB4732, HB4878, HB4914, HB4921, HB4958, HB5200, HB5318, HB5360, HB5402, HB5568, HB5573, HB5623, HJR218

Keywords: political contributions, address privacy, Texas Ethics Commission, election transparency, campaign finance, international organizations, World Health Organization, jurisdiction, state law, enforcement, United Nations, World Economic Forum, attorney general, Texas attorney general, state sovereignty, legal enforcement, Texas Attorney General, electric energy storage, municipal regulation, county regulation

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• peak power distribution. peak power distribution.
• control the distribution. control the distribution.
• local distribution system.
• >> on a single facility. >> on a single facility.
• distribution side that would impact. distribution side that would impact.

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• <00:14:25.959> in<00:14:26.120> our facilities in our facilities in our communities<00:
• get to other facilities.
• Parks syst Legacy funds are distributed Parks syst Legacy funds are distributed by<01:33:25.679>
• of our facilities there and make things, those facilities and those trails and those special feature
• of our facilities there and make things, those facilities and those trails and those special feature

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• It is a comprehensive and safe regulation of metal shredding facilities in California.
• by facility basis.
• This bill will require both existing and new facilities to receive a permit and the facilities must meet
• The facility can do 90 percent of the work on those plans.
• I do want to emphasize that the bill includes distribution and a distribution ban.

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• To support the Naloxone distribution project and distribute it to communities in need of the medication
• I'm also a congregate living facility owner.
• I represent Congregate Living Health Facilities.
• Hi, I'm Miriam again with the Congregate Living Health Facilities.
• for the facilities?

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• Distributions. Again, this will sound familiar.
• This is a surcharge on skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities based on their number
• Nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities are paying the surcharge, and the revenues are appropriated
• It's about $30 million. per year from this is coming and distributed to two funds: the health care facility
• fund and the disability health care facility fund.

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• through those facilities.
• facility.
• COPEG facility in Panama.
• the facility.
• So who owns the facility?

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• in peaking facilities as carbon-f free. in peaking facilities as carbon-f free.
• , including peaking facilities.
• Thank you. peaking facilities. Changes to the law peaking facilities.
• <00:43:23.520> And energy generating facilities. And energy generating facilities.
• > resources<00:57:47.520> are because distributed energy resources are because distributed

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• control the distribution a distributor control the distribution of<00:10:08.839> alcoholic<00
• <01:04:51.680> they manufacturers can self-distribute they manufacturers can self-distribute
• have to use the wholesale distribution have to use the wholesale distribution tier<01:04:55.400>
• <01:13:19.520> tier through the wholesale distribution tier through the wholesale distribution
• <01:13:57.800> that but that was an unlicensed facility that but that was an unlicensed facility

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• How to distribute more electrons effectively.
• Uh, great facility.
• Deploying distributed energy resources and operating our Apollo Air platform.
• or any church or any public facility.
• Yeah, this seems to be that facility.

Bills: HB 551, HB 1281, HB 1378, HB 1617, HB 2868, HB 2881, HB 3374, HB 4439, HB 4726, HB 4732, HB 4878, HB 4914, HB 4921, HB 4958, HB 5200, HB 5318, HB 5360, HB 5402, HB 5568, HB 5573, HB 5623, HJR 218

Keywords: political contributions, address privacy, Texas Ethics Commission, election transparency, campaign finance, international organizations, World Health Organization, jurisdiction, state law, enforcement, United Nations, World Economic Forum, attorney general, Texas attorney general, state sovereignty, legal enforcement, Texas Attorney General, electric energy storage, municipal regulation, county regulation

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• athletic facility in our community. athletic facility in our community.
• >> But, Senator uh Hoffman, what facilities >> But, Senator uh Hoffman, what facilities
• > these<00:21:31.920> children do What facilities do these children do What facilities
• users of the facility. users of the facility. >> Thank<00:28:50.720> you.
• ,<01:18:19.880> um, be distributed, um, be distributed, um, uh,<01:18:21.240> tomorrow<

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• for staff to distribute.
• <00:09:38.800> the facilities for staff to distribute the facilities for staff to distribute
• or intoxication in the facilities or intoxication in the facilities<00:10:15.040> from<00:10:
• doing Correctional fac facilities were doing Correctional fac facilities were doing pretty<00:14:
• some Contraband coming into facilities some Contraband coming into facilities because<00:18:11.320

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Summary: The committee took up House File 327, which would increase penalties for introducing contraband into correctional facilities, especially drugs and other dangerous items sent through the mail or brought in by outside actors. Representative Ingan described the bill as a response to a sharp rise in violations and staff exposures in DOC facilities, arguing that stronger felony penalties are needed to deter people from sending in illicit substances. The bill was laid over for possible inclusion in the committee omnibus because it has a fiscal note. The committee adopted the DE1 author’s amendment after Representative Ingan explained it was intended to clarify language that could otherwise create a catch-22 for people arrested or booked into jail who already have contraband on them. Members then raised concerns about the breadth of the bill, including overlap with an existing DOC statute and the possibility that the language could sweep in incarcerated people in situations involving prescription medication or minor exchanges. House nonpartisan staff and members suggested the DOC provisions should be reconciled with existing law before moving forward, and some suggested narrowing the bill to focus more specifically on jails. Sheriff Brad Wise of the Minnesota Sheriffs Association testified in support, saying contraband in jails threatens staff, inmates, visitors, and administrators and that current penalties are not enough to deter smuggling. Commissioner Paul Schell of Corrections also testified, noting that DOC already has a separate statute with a higher felony penalty for certain contraband, described the department’s mail-scanning contractor process, and said it has reduced suspected drug incidents by about two-thirds. An A2 amendment tied to medication intake practices was offered by Representative Curran but then withdrawn after discussion, with members agreeing the issue of medication access in facilities should be handled separately.

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• , the facility... ...via the legislative appropriations each year to cover the expenses at the facilities
• the agency is currently providing in our forensic facilities in Chattahoochee and Marianna.
• Our four facilities still use paper records, and so we want to catch up with the rest of health care
• Those were voted on by the Legislature here in Florida, how we should distribute those funds.
• So we go from a... ...decide on an equitable basis how those funds are distributed.

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services heard presentations on the governor’s proposed fiscal year 2026-2027 budget for the health and human services agencies. Kendall Kelly outlined the overall HHS budget at $48.5 billion, with AHCA accounting for the largest share, and agency heads then highlighted major proposals for Medicaid behavioral health redesign, APD waiver enrollment and facility needs, DCF child welfare, opioid, and mental health investments, DOEA funding for Alzheimer’s, home care, and community services, DOH funding for cancer research, public health initiatives, and lab capacity, and VA funding for facility improvements, cybersecurity, and medication management. Several members praised specific proposals, including increased reimbursement for private duty nursing, Alzheimer’s supports, and the Florida FIRST blood-in-ambulance initiative. Senators also questioned the proposed changes to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), with the Surgeon General explaining that the department expects a reduction in covered patients from about 30,000 to about 20,000 because of funding pressures tied to rebates, federal changes, and premium tax credit issues. Public testimony strongly criticized the ADAP changes, citing lack of transparency and warning that many patients could lose access to medications. Other questions focused on the Office of Minority Health and Health Equity, DCF’s substance abuse and mental health data dashboard, Kids Care/CHIP expansion implementation, APD bed and facility planning, and the FX Medicaid technology project. DCF said about $7 million is set aside for the dashboard system, and AHCA said the governor’s budget includes $124.4 million for FX maintenance and continued module development, with $13.5 million to begin claims processing work. The committee did not take a substantive vote on the budget presentations and adjourned after questions and public testimony.

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• Vermont's second largest distribution Vermont's second largest distribution utility<01:28:22.040
• single facility.
• So an existing facility single facility.
• small facilities that just have multiple small facilities that are<01:29:47.080> operating<01
• facilities here in the state of Vermont. facilities here in the state of Vermont.

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• <00:08:26.000> to uh for revenue sharing to distribute to uh for revenue sharing to distribute
• facility and then what we hope to go to. facility and then what we hope to go to.
• ,<01:26:40.400> customer have passenger facility charge, customer have passenger facility
• <01:39:17.440> of you approximately the distribution of you approximately the distribution
• future advanced air mobility facilities. future advanced air mobility facilities.

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Summary: The committee received an update from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet on the FY 2025 road fund. Officials reported road fund revenues came in $38.5 million above the enacted estimate, but were down about $11 million from FY 2024, largely because a motor fuels tax rate reduction took effect at the start of FY 2025. Motor vehicle usage tax receipts were stronger than expected, and the cabinet said the road fund ended the year with a $61.6 million surplus, which the budget bill directs to state highway construction. Members also discussed how the motor fuels decline affects formula distributions to cities, counties, and rural/secondary roads, with officials saying about $122.8 million had been planned for revenue sharing but was not distributed because receipts were lower than forecast. Members asked about broader revenue trends, including fuel efficiency, electric vehicles, and the removal of a hybrid fee. Cabinet officials said improved fuel efficiency and CAFE standards reduce gasoline consumption and therefore fuel tax receipts, while EVs and plug-in hybrids are subject to a user fee. They also said toll revenues from the Louisville bridges are covering bills and commitments, though they did not have detailed figures at hand. On project delivery, officials said delays are often caused by right-of-way acquisition, utility relocation, and the large volume of projects in the highway plan, and that much of the work happens behind the scenes before construction begins. The committee also reviewed the cabinet’s cash management approach, which was adopted after 2000 to avoid setting aside full project costs all at once and to keep the road fund cash balance above a required minimum. Officials said the balance typically rises in winter and falls in summer as project bills come due, and that the current balance was about $166 million. They also reported that project awards for the year were nearing $998 million and expected to exceed last year’s total. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken beyond approving the prior meeting minutes.

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• And that's going to be distributed throughout all the facilities and apparently including the county,
• And that's going to be distributed throughout all the facilities and apparently including the county,
• And that's going to be distributed throughout all the facilities and apparently including the county,
• And that's going to be distributed throughout all the facilities and apparently including the county,
• And that's going to be distributed throughout all the facilities and apparently including the county,

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• Once it gets back to the county level, it's distributed at that point per capita.
• As was stated, due to the shift in GRT distributions from business location to destination-based, the
• Every community in the state would benefit from these distributions. And Mr.
• Let's move on to Senate Bill 112. 112, higher education housing facility property tax.
• An additional $2 million for a skilled nursing facility in Rio Arriba was also awarded.

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• nuclear natural gas and distributed nuclear natural gas and distributed generation<00:15:34.240>
• And when you consider that, the nature of these facilities are 24/7 facilities that need to be up and
• you're in future uh facilities that you're in future uh facilities that you're going<00:46:17.240
• <00:47:27.680> and uh by air uh depends on the facility and uh by air uh depends on the facility
• <00:48:15.359> are the the nature of these facilities are the the nature of these facilities

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• This measure authorizes state facilities to wheel electricity that is produced by their own facility
• from renewable energy sources to another state facility pursuant to rules established by the PUC.
• from renewable energy their own facility from renewable energy sources<00:01:50.079> to<00:01
• facility sources to another state facility pursuant<00:01:52.640> to<00:01:52.799> rules
• energy resource systems and distributed energy resource systems and exempt<00:04:02.680> the

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Summary: The Hawaii State Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection met in decision-making session and took up a series of previously heard bills. SB 21 on water carriers was passed with amendments to make the inflationary cost-indexed adjustment mechanism permissive rather than required, along with technical changes and a non-defective effective date. SB 133 on energy was passed with amendments adopting PUC recommendations and changing the effective date to July 1, 2050. SB 391 on recycling, creating an end-of-life lithium-ion battery management working group, was passed unamended. SB 532 on DOE medication administration in public schools was passed with amendments incorporating Hawaii State Center for Nursing proposals and a defective effective date. SB 230 on wild game meat donations was passed with technical amendments and a July 1, 2050 defective date. SB 1279 on pharmacists and telehealth supervision under the 340B program was also passed with a defective effective date of July 1, 2050. SB 1494 on optional hearing aid coverage was passed with technical amendments and a defective effective date of July 1, 2050. The committee deferred action on SB 588, which would allow self-certification for certain behind-the-meter solar systems and exempt them from FEA no-rise/no-impact declarations, citing the testimony submitted. It also deferred SB 281 on telehealth conformity with federal Medicare rules and SB 49 on prior authorization data reporting, both until Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. in Conference Room 229. SB 838 on health insurance coverage for continuous glucose monitors was passed with amendments adopting technical changes and Department of Human Services proposals, plus a defective effective date of July 1, 2050; one member noted support but urged future consideration of including Medicaid managed care. All measures acted on were adopted without objections or reservations, with Senator Richards excused from voting on the measures discussed.