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• The hard truth is government interference is perhaps more of the problem than the government resources
• The federal government should not dictate a one-size-fits-all housing program.
• Now keep in mind, government itself is not an effective housing developer.
• Eighty percent of the land is owned by the federal government.
• Let me be clear, government can also get in the way, especially local government. Dr.

Keywords: affordable housing, government investment, barriers, legislative solutions, public testimony

Summary: The committee meeting focused on addressing the significant issue of affordable housing in America. Members expressed concern over the persistent barriers faced in the housing sector, despite substantial government investment aimed at alleviating these issues. It was highlighted that government interference plays a critical role in complicating the housing landscape, and discussions revolved around potential legislative approaches to mitigate these challenges. Several witnesses provided testimony, contributing to a thorough exploration of the topic.

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• In my opinion, this is the way you do efficient government, where you can share resources for the same
• It shouldn't just be much government off like we need to have seats at the table as well.
• But nothing— It just says functioning pursuant to Section 34-41-24 inclusive code of Alabama 1975 has

Bills: HB25, HB108, HB109, HB111, HB112, HB113, HB117, HB118, HB119, HB120, HB121, HB122, HB124, HB126, HB127, HB128, HB129, HB130, HB131, HB25

Keywords: emergency services, 911, local districts, joint operations, contracting, HB108, Alabama Sunset Law, sunset reauthorization, board continuation, speech-language pathology, audiology, licensing board, professional regulation, healthcare regulation, occupational licensing, speech therapist, speech pathologist, audiologist, Sunset Committee, Code of Alabama 1975

Bills: HB1, HB312, HB313, HB314, HB383, HB983, HB1126, HCR3

Keywords: state budget, appropriations, education funding, public health, social services, government operations, state institutions, budget, funding, state general fund, local government, fiscal year, economic development, state treasury, emergency response, education, voting technology, sustainability, revenue sharing, fund distribution

Bills: SB 8, HB7, HB15, HB 265, HCR 13, SB 8, HB 7, HB 15, HB 265, HCR 13

Keywords: sex designation, restroom access, civil penalties, private civil right of action, women's privacy, abortion, healthcare, jurisdiction, civil action, qui tam, prohibition, state law, youth camp, safety regulations, advisory committee, child welfare, health standards, summer camp, camp safety, child abuse reporting

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• Members, if you support a small government... ...want to prevent government overreach and if you support
• Small government and have decided that expanding government fits the bill, and they will do so at the
• Civil service cities, those that have adopted Chapter 143 of the Local Government Code, currently maintain
• They are governed by their own specific code, and so they would not fall into the department file.
• Code.

Bills: SB 8, HB7, HB15, HB 265, HCR 13, SB 8, HB 7, HB 15, HB 265, HCR 13

Keywords: sex designation, restroom access, civil penalties, private civil right of action, women's privacy, abortion, healthcare, jurisdiction, civil action, qui tam, prohibition, state law, youth camp, safety regulations, advisory committee, child welfare, health standards, summer camp, camp safety, child abuse reporting

Bills: HB241, HB267, HB467, HB673, HB744, HB798, HB1026, HB1027, HB1091, HB1096, HB1103, HB1212, HB1230

Keywords: financial records, consumer protection, banking law, disclosure, service of process, home inspectors, board membership, licensing, term limits, Louisiana State Board, residential roof, coastal zone, fortified roof, building standards, construction code, insurance, hurricane resilience, safety, security cameras, abandoned property

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• think it’s like form 53 or something like that that we fill out when you go to the government.
• When they tried to, when the federal government, the government gave the tribe the Navajo Nation money
• The governing body of the Navajo Nation is the Navajo Nation Council.
• results identify and describe problems and how government is working and their outcomes.
• So I'm just trying to understand the tax code.

Bills: SB273, SB37, SB100

Keywords: SB273, appropriations, general fund, hold harmless, local government finance, municipal revenue, county revenue, correctional facility, jail contract, private prison, detention facility, immigration detention, revenue bonds, clawback, child welfare, juvenile justice, protective services, school improvement, New MexiCare, aging services

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• Nonprofit hospitals, there's government hospitals. They're owned by the government.
• We're talking about non-government but nonprofit hospitals.
• Common Cause was founded on the principles of open and transparent government.
• We're often referred to as the people's lobby or a government watchdog.
• Having transparency in our government processes is a tool that we all use.

Bills: HB99, HB49, HB164, SB30, SB43, SB50, SB136

Keywords: medical malpractice, malpractice reform, patient's compensation fund, PCF, health care liability, tort reform, damage caps, punitive damages, hospital liability, physician liability, nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, outpatient facility, ambulatory surgical center, urgent care, free-standing emergency room, insurance surcharge, superintendent of insurance, New Mexico hospitals, medical review process

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• Currently TSRA collects brand information from county governments.
• has a mechanism in their database to control and track for disease and location. we know about government
• It's not requiring the farmers to do it yet, but we all understand. the slippery slope of government?
• How many times have you ever known government?
• Please decide to take government out of our farms. Thank you.

Bills: HB147, HB 1113, HB 1203, HB 1269, HB 1276, HB 1277, HB1437, HB147

Keywords: livestock, brands, marks, earmarks, tattoos, electronic registry, Texas Animal Health Commission, county clerk, Agriculture Code, cattle, hogs, sheep, goats, horses, animal identification, brand registry, livestock traceability, electronic filing, rerecording, law enforcement access

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• Yesterday in Government Affairs, we passed a bill allowing.
• Yesterday in Government Affairs, we passed a bill allowing dealing with notifications and matters of

Bills: SB60, SB103, SB60, SB103

Keywords: prison modernization, corrections finance, bonding authority, state debt, capital improvement, Department of Corrections, Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority, prison construction, prison renovation, prison replacement, bed space, overcrowding, women's prison, men's prison, Escambia prison, Tutwiler, Kilby, Elmore, Staton, St. Clair Correctional Facility

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• order, there's really nothing that changes other than that we are removing outdated administrative code
• prior to the passage of Senate Bill 1100 and the governor's executive order, Oklahoma's administrative code
• Very simply, members, we are simply aligning outdated administrative code with legislation and legislative

Bills: HJR1032, SB1314, SB1257, SB1326, SB1365, SB1932, SB169, SB1991, SB1992, SB1204, SB1339, SB182, SB1847, SB1360, SB1346

Keywords: HJR1032, House Joint Resolution 1032, Service Oklahoma, administrative rules, rule repeal, joint resolution, Oklahoma Administrative Code, OAC 670:15-1-10, OAC 670:15-1-14, agency regulation, legislative oversight, Secretary of State, Oklahoma Register, rulemaking, permanent rules, administrative code, groundwater, indemnity fund, well drilling, pollution prevention

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• So, You want to amend the Galveston Code, and I think 66.002 amends the Houston code.
• It's about safety, fairness, and good governance.
• We are begging you to please consider this simple change to existing transportation code.
• Is that, is that one way that they do it now and that's currently in the code?
• I don't have the code up in front of me.

Bills: HB 2065, HB 2462, HB 2621, HB 3187, HB 3539, HB 3563, HB 3726, HB 4164, HB 4207, HB 4368, HB 4706, HB 4916, HB 4950, HB 4967, HB 5177, HB 4429, HB 5597

Keywords: commercial vehicles, parking regulations, residential areas, local governance, land use, traffic safety, high occupancy vehicle lane, pregnant operators, transportation, parental rights, motor vehicle regulations, live video feed, state agency, transparency, public safety, regional transportation, mobility program, sales tax, public infrastructure, local government

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• I spend my day reading the local government financials and writing about them.
• This is Transportation Code 284.0031.
• The other thing too is that I did want to point out that the code, the transportation code on what was
• Isn't that two separate entities, two governing entities?
• And again, the governance—there are separate bills filed on that—but you have eight governing board members

Bills: HB2065, HB2462, HB2621, HB3187, HB3539, HB3563, HB3726, HB4164, HB4207, HB4368, HB4706, HB4916, HB4950, HB4967, HB5177, HB4429, HB5597

Keywords: commercial vehicles, parking regulations, residential areas, local governance, land use, traffic safety, high occupancy vehicle lane, pregnant operators, transportation, parental rights, motor vehicle regulations, live video feed, state agency, transparency, public safety, regional transportation, mobility program, sales tax, public infrastructure, local government

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• straightforward bill that updates the definition of a Galveston County Port in the Transportation Code
• work with you in looking at this. ...bill, and one of the things up here on my phone looking at the code
• So you want to amend the Galveston code, and I think 6.6.002 amends the Houston code.
• If the bill moves forward, we will put a substitute and put that in the right section of the code. 100%
• Additionally, as you can see in the color-coded route handout, several navigation routes in the region

Bills: HB2065, HB2462, HB2621, HB3187, HB3539, HB3563, HB3726, HB4164, HB4207, HB4368, HB4706, HB4916, HB4950, HB4967, HB5177, HB4429, HB5597

Keywords: commercial vehicles, parking regulations, residential areas, local governance, land use, traffic safety, high occupancy vehicle lane, pregnant operators, transportation, parental rights, motor vehicle regulations, live video feed, state agency, transparency, public safety, regional transportation, mobility program, sales tax, public infrastructure, local government

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• authorized by this section and shall be budgeted and allotted in accordance with its sites in the code
• According to its sites in the code section, there is money available.
• It allows cooperative agreements between counties and local government for enforcement matters.
• We have to pass a law to say that local governments can work together.
• to govern themselves.

Bills: HB43, SB81, SB178, SB138, SB89, SB183, HB27, HB188, HB199, HB190, SB117, HB43, HB27

Keywords: criminal procedure, split sentencing, probation, Class A felony, Class B felony, minimum confinement, custodial sexual misconduct, sexual misconduct, inmate abuse, prisoner exploitation, correctional staff, jail staff, detention center, probation officer, parole officer, Department of Corrections, Department of Youth Services, sheriff, county jail, municipal jail

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• I think that could also include... ...there under any current code.
• In the criminal code, so we don't need to define it again here.
• Okay, but the other three classifications are defined in the code here.
• Law enforcement officer is defined in code; we just don't need to say what code provision because Title
• So what's currently in the code?

Bills: SB231

Keywords: school social workers, salary supplement, LCSW, mental health, education funding, Delaware Code, certification, professional standards

Summary: The House Administration Committee met and first considered Senate Bill 231, which would extend the existing 6% salary supplement for school-based mental health professionals with advanced credentials to school social workers who hold licensed clinical social worker credentials and have passed the national exam. The bill sponsor and multiple witnesses described school social workers as essential to student mental health, crisis response, attendance, and family support, and argued the measure corrects an oversight and inequity in the current salary supplement structure. Public testimony was uniformly supportive, and the committee voted to release the bill. The committee then heard Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 212, a constitutional amendment to protect the rights to hunt, fish, and trap. Supporters, including sportsmen’s groups and individual residents, said the amendment would preserve longstanding traditions, support wildlife management, and guard against future threats to hunting and trapping. An opposing witness argued there was no current threat in Delaware and said the Constitution should not be used to protect trapping or elevate hunting and trapping over other wildlife management approaches. Despite the opposition, the committee voted to release the substitute bill. Finally, the committee took up Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 284, the First State Emergency Response Act, which would create a 25-foot buffer around first responders at emergency scenes after warning, with misdemeanor penalties for knowingly entering or remaining in the zone to interfere with duties. Supporters said the bill would protect police, firefighters, EMTs, and paramedics from interference, while opponents from the ACLU and the Office of Defense Services raised concerns about vague terms, potential First Amendment impacts, enforcement clarity, and jurisdictional issues. Committee members also questioned how the buffer would be marked and enforced. The sponsor and staff said they would continue working on the language, and the committee voted to release the bill.

Bills: HB1057

Keywords: teacher salary, retirement benefits, career education, work experience credit, Texas Education Code, 1185, senate, all

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• It's policy good governance, right?
• So, with that, I'm entire government.
• something that's just good governance. something that's just good governance.
• , on regulated parties, local governments, on regulated parties, local governments, and<01:03:31.440

Bills: SF856, HF4482, HF3672, HF1234, HF4591, HF3554, HF936

Keywords: Inspector General, fraud prevention, state audit, public funds, misuse, transparency, government accountability, HF4482, Minnesota Historical Society, state historic sites, historic site management, historic preservation, county historical society, local historical society, municipality, county government, admission fees, grants-in-aid, site operations, site maintenance

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• Section 16 requires or mandates that government grants would be removed if the reporting requirements
• The defendant's court already has discretion under Article 43.09 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to
• The current penalty scheme for the Penal Code is based on weight.
• You probably know criminal negligence is already defined in the penal code, so this is not a new type
• The Code of Criminal Procedure allows this treatment to occur in different counties if the necessary

Bills: HB47, HB171, HB285, HB305, HB449, HB908, HB1024, HB1306, HB1443, HB1445, HB1741, HB1866, HB1902, HB2001, HB2282, HB2355, HB2492, HB2637, HB2697, HB3464, HB4263, HB4996, HB5667, HB47, HB171, HB285, HB305

Keywords: sexual assault, victim rights, forensic examination, medical care, trauma-informed care, crime victims compensation, evidence retention, chemical dependency, court-ordered treatment, mental health, health care, treatment facility, juvenile justice, criminal justice reform, animal cruelty, nonlivestock, prosecution, veterinary defense, animal welfare, pretrial hearings

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• We're hoping that this will make it much easier for property owners; it will force our government offices
• I'm the Vice President of Government Relations at the Texas Association for Business. of Business here
• Yet in practice, some local governments have imposed unauthorized criteria that. distort the law's intent
• Our primary concern is that this bill eliminates the local elected governing body's oversight role for
• Senate Bill 1030 removes a significant obstacle in the tax code to allow further expansion of Texas's

Bills: SB263, SB467, SB850, SB1030, SB1352, SB1453, SB2064, SB2206, SB2779, SJR84

Keywords: SB 263, Texas franchise tax, cost of goods sold, COGS, broadcasters, television broadcasting, radio broadcasting, media tax, broadcast license, FCC, 47 C.F.R. Part 73, 47 C.F.R. Part 74, film production, television production, tax deduction, margin tax, Texas Tax Code, depreciation, amortization, broadcast rights