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• So signatures were gathered, then the governor chose what ballot to place it on, not the legislature.

Bills: HB4028, HB4029, HB4059, HB4063, HB4073, HB4074, HB4075, HB4076, HB4077, HB4078, SB1130, SB1131, SB1132, SB1133, SB1134, SB1142

Keywords: tax deduction, venture capital, economic development, Oklahoma, investment, ALS, funding, healthcare, State Department of Health, emergency declaration, public finance, state budget, financial regulations, monetary policy, referendum, constitutional amendments, special election, Oklahoma legislature, public voting, recovery fund

Summary: The committee considered a series of bills largely focused on reappropriating and closing out ARPA-related funds, transferring interest earnings, and filling funding gaps in existing state projects. Measures included funding for the Health Care Workforce Training Commission, juvenile services in Rogers County, rural hospital rebuild projects, DHS-related projects for Boys and Girls Clubs and the YWCA, water and wastewater projects through the OWRB, ALS grant limits for OSDH, pandemic relief accounting, administrative costs for ARPA projects, pediatric cardiology and OSU-related projects, rural industrial park and port water/wastewater gaps, and emergency response grants through the Department of Emergency Management. Most of these bills were presented by Rep. Newton, Chairman Caldwell, Speaker Hilbert, Rep. Osborne, Rep. Hill, and others, with committee substitutes adopted without objection where noted. One bill, House Bill 4028, drew the most discussion. It would extend the sunset on the qualified equity investment deduction for venture capital investments. Members questioned the lack of program-specific evaluation data, including return on investment, jobs created, and how much of the tax deduction had actually been used. The sponsor said the program had helped grow Oklahoma venture capital and that he would seek better data, but argued the sunset should be extended for now. The bill passed 23-6. Another extended exchange centered on House Bill 4063, which combined measures related to placing state questions on the August ballot, including HJR 1024 and a bill tied to House Bill 1440. Members raised concerns about single-subject issues, ballot timing, voter turnout, and whether combining the measures limited legislators’ options. The Speaker defended the approach as election-related and noted prior precedent. The bill passed 23-6. The remaining bills were approved overwhelmingly, generally by votes of 27-0, 28-0, or 29-0, and were reported out with due pass recommendations before the meeting adjourned.

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• Chair, Representative Contreras, the pot is there, and it can only be spent when the legislature says
• The pot is there, and it can only be spent when the legislature says it can be spent on that purpose.
• It's the legislature that needs to say you will take this money out of this pot and then you will do
• So why should we, that being the legislature, the state, be paying for this study? Madam Chair...
• I trust these programs and resources that the city and the legislature, just my city, provides.

Bills: SB1059, SB1209, SB1273, SB1332, SB1452, SB1456, SB1549, SB1552, SB1818, SB1826, SB1827

Keywords: appropriation, Department of Transportation, right turn lane, traffic improvement, infrastructure funding, nonoperating identification, homeless exemption, veterans, emancipated minors, Arizona Department of Transportation, transportation, infrastructure, pavement rehabilitation, funding, Arizona, SB1332, light rail, light rail expansion, Maricopa County, Phoenix

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• >> Well, we are going to say that the legislature is going to develop a more detailed methodology so
• a joint the legislature through a joint resolution<00:17:48.480><c> will</c><00:17:48.799><c> appoint
• Leam represented the state legislature in a mock convention of states, and he can give you firsthand
• </c><00:38:59.760><c> That's</c><00:39:00.079><c> all</c> the legislature decides.
• That's all the legislature decides.

Bills: HB433, HB443, HB433, HB443

Keywords: tax distribution, Talladega County, economic development, public safety, rural infrastructure, HB443, Underground Damage Prevention Program, One-Call Notification System, 811, utility locate, dig law, excavation safety, damage prevention, underground utilities, pipeline safety, public utilities, buried facilities, excavation notice, demolition notice, Alabama Public Service Commission

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• members' discussions, the Department of Social and Health Services must issue a final report to the legislature
• This was demonstrated in a Milliman study commissioned by the legislature that showed a 10% gap between
• saying that they couldn't raise our wages and instead would be cutting benefits, even though the legislature
• create a rate structure that guarantees supported living workers are paid adequately and as the legislature
• by our upper management, who stonewalled anyone seeking a raise, often bidding us to lobby our legislature

Bills: HB1873, HB2600, SB5957

Keywords: child care, Working Connections Child Care, WCCC, graduate students, professional students, higher education, full-time student, affordable child care, subsidized child care, child care subsidy, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, DCYF, income eligibility, state median income, copayment, copay waiver, family support, workforce participation, working families, special needs child care

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• Meaning, if the legislature had retained our progressive income tax system and not increased urban revenue
• Congress, that's too many for Congress; it's too many for the legislature.
• Congress, that's too many for Congress, it's too many for the legislature.
• It's a problem that plagues state legislatures all over the country.
• It's a problem that plagues state legislatures all over the country.

Bills: SB1433, SB1434, SB1435, SB1567, SB1571, SB1686, SB1745, SCR1024, SCR1025, HB2671, HB2676, HCR2044

Keywords: county boundaries, Maricopa, Gila, Pinal, Yavapai, Yuma, La Paz, local governance, Arizona Revised Statutes, Maricopa county, county division, new counties, intergovernmental agreements, special election, shared use agreements, education, explicit material, parental consent, student protection, library access

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• The report would also contain the amount of state and federal appropriations by the legislature listed
• send the reports to the executive budget office, which consolidates reports for submission to the legislature
• </c><00:15:12.800><c> listed</c> appropriations by the legislature listed appropriations by the legislature
• </c><00:15:31.440><c> Requires</c> submission to the legislature.
• Requires submission to the legislature.

Bills: HB3, HB116, HB165, HB178, HB3, HB116, HB165, HB178

Keywords: illegal alien, enhanced sentencing, criminal offenses, minor victims, felonies, Alabama legislature, HB116, Alabama Sunset Law, sunset bill, sunset review, Alabama Professional Bail Bonding Board, bail bonding, bail bonds, bail bond industry, professional bail bondsman, licensing board, state agency continuation, agency reauthorization, regulatory board, criminal justice

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• I think the legislature is doing everything that we can do.
• $1.5 billion those are state revenues, and in the current biennium and upcoming biennium, the legislatures
• Um, if you're going to answer that particular problem, that is an authorization the legislature must
• many areas of the state remain vulnerable to extreme weather events, and we appreciate that the legislature
• And I want to know what's been done and what hasn't been done, and what's required of the legislature

Bills: HB1, HB 2, HB18, HB19, HB20

Keywords: youth camps, emergency preparedness, safety standards, health regulations, camp licensing, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace, medical examiner, county judge, sheriff, mayor, emergency coordinator, emergency manager license

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• Just to provide brief background on the bill, as you're all aware, the Legislature is only in session
• The Legislature is only in session for 120 days of every odd-numbered year.
• However, during the interim period between legislative sessions, interim committees of the Legislature
• of the Nevada Legislature.
• , both for our constituents and for the staff and for all the members of Legislature.

Bills: AB534, AB562, AB595, AB597, AB600, SB74, SB226, SB422, SB488

Keywords: election reform, voter accessibility, conditional ballots, voter registration, mechanical voting systems, election audits, voter access grants, provisional ballot, voting technology, AB562, Nevada, Secretary of State, elections, elections management system, HAVA, Help America Vote Act, automatic voter registration, AVR, election technology, state appropriations

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• My answer to that is, those authorities have been given their authority by... ...by this legislature.
• So if we had a Space Force veteran get called into service and they remembered the legislature, they
• House Bill 2426 would create a game plan so the legislature can ensure we are capitalizing on our resources
• make it through, to figure out what the recommendations are going to be and how we can help as a legislature
• Services is a legislatively mandated entity that gathers together to provide recommendations to the legislature

Bills: HCR7, HB1557, HB1608, HB2061, HB2201, HB2210, HB2426, HB2754, HJR165, HB2513, HCR7

Keywords: Veterans of Foreign Wars, veterans, commemoration, military service, recognition, September 29, waiver programs, toll roads, discount programs, transportation, affordable housing, land bank program, low-income households, Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation, HB 2061, Texas Transportation Code, Chapter 225, State Highway 242, Interstate Highway 69, Montgomery County

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• Clearly, the legislature thought that, you know, some water utilities were. are using their CCN to leverage
• Over the last couple of sessions, the Texas legislature has stepped up to help.
• I apologize for y'all having to get to this point of trying to figure out what legislation the legislature
• Since our creation in the Texas legislature in 1937. and we have worked alongside communities, local

Bills: HB 1089, HB 1163, HB 1177, HB 1238, HB1318, HB1400, HB1407, HB1532, HJR7, HJR7

Keywords: coastal protection, environmental management, Gulf Coast, storm risk management, funding, Texas General Land Office, healthcare, insurance reform, patient access, insurance regulation, affordable care, health insurance, consumer rights, coverage transparency, claims process, insurance regulations, aggregate production, environmental impact, financial responsibility, reclamation

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• Members, this legislature and this committee has the opportunity and I would argue the duty to address
• Texans are fortunate to have a legislature that is actively engaged. water issues and recognizes the
• The 88th legislature established the financial mechanism to tackle our water infrastructure challenges
• The Texas Water Supply Partners look forward. to working with you and the 89th legislature to secure
• I think it's obvious we have a historic opportunity to do exactly what this legislature. needs to do

Bills: HB 1089, HB 1163, HB 1177, HB 1238, HB1318, HB1400, HB1407, HB1532, HJR7, HJR7

Keywords: coastal protection, environmental management, Gulf Coast, storm risk management, funding, Texas General Land Office, healthcare, insurance reform, patient access, insurance regulation, affordable care, health insurance, consumer rights, coverage transparency, claims process, insurance regulations, aggregate production, environmental impact, financial responsibility, reclamation

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• or using public funds to travel... to Austin to testify before the legislature, because there is an
• I urge this legislature to stand with the people and pass SB 19 to end taxpayer-funded lobbying once
• I've been working at the legislature and I still depend heavily on our contracted legislative experts
• And then, you know, we did pass that in the legislature.
• So it's time that we finally in both chambers in this legislature put a fence around that money tree

Bills: SB 18, SB 19, SB18, SB19, SB666, SB688, SB707, SB888

Keywords: Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water permit, water appropriation, dam permit exemption, reservoir, flood control, floodwater control, erosion control, sediment control, watershed protection, flood prevention, Natural Resources Conservation Service, NRCS, USDA, local sponsor, district, authority, water infrastructure

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• The bill grants the legislature the authority to challenge the constitutionality of a federal directive
• prohibit state employees and officers from enforcing or assisting in enforcing any mandate in the legislature
• approve a resolution prohibiting the enforcement of unconstitutional federal directives and Utah legislature
• So SB 707 is a vehicle through which the legislature can assert that responsibility.
• the most effective tool possible, and I don't the other thing is about this approach is if this legislature

Bills: SB18, SB19, SB666, SB688, SB707, SB888, SB 18, SB 19

Keywords: municipal libraries, state funding, gender identity, public events, children's literature, SB 19, Texas, political subdivision, local government, county, city, municipality, taxpayer-funded lobbying, lobbying ban, public funds, registered lobbyist, Chapter 305, Government Code, Local Government Code, county association dues

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• Now, therefore be it resolved by the legislature of Alabama, both houses thereof concurring, that Coach
• Be it resolved by the Senate of the Legislature of Alabama that immediately upon the adoption of this
• Changing the law requires us to get it through the legislature and have the governor sign it, and we
• Members, last year the legislature passed.
• [Applause] And also, we want to recognize members of the Mobile County legislature.

Bills: SJR 1, SB 9, SB 40, SJR 36, SJR 1, SJR 5, SB 9, SB 40, SR 61, SR 91, SR 97, SR 103, SR 104, SR 112, SR 115, SR 116, SCR 16, SB 26, SB 26

Keywords: bail denial, illegal aliens, felony offenses, constitutional amendment, law enforcement, bail reform, defendants, pretrial detention, public safety, criminal justice, charitable bail organizations, bail bonds, public funds, political subdivision, injunctive relief, taxpayer rights, bail, criminal justice reform, Texas Music Advocacy Day, music industry

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• in the hands of the governor the power to call. and set the agenda for special sessions of the legislature
• whereas pursuant to a gubernatorial proclamation issued on August 15, 2025, the members of the 89th Legislature
• was so appropriate, I thought I would go ahead and remind people of what our role is here in the legislature
• But this legislature... ...and this Senate will speak unanimously to take that responsibility off of
• You have reminded all of us in this legislature of why we serve.

Bills: SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, SB 1, HB4, HB4, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, SB1, SB2, SB5

Keywords: school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments, through-year assessment, diagnostic reports, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plans

Bills: SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, SB 1, HB4, HB4, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, SB1, SB2, SB5

Keywords: school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments, through-year assessment, diagnostic reports, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plans

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• Guillen moves that the House of Representatives of the first called session of the 89th Legislature stand

Bills: HB4, HB1, HB2, HB18, HB19, HB20, HB4, HB1, HB 2, HB20, HB19, HB18, HB 4, HB 1, HB 2, HB 18, HB 19, HB 20

Keywords: redistricting, congressional districts, Texas Legislature, elections, 2020 Census, disaster response, emergency management, mass fatality, justices of the peace, training programs, emergency manager license, volunteer management, justice of the peace training, criminal history checks, state health services, emergency communication, interoperability, grant program, first responders, state council

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• of the Honorable Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, I call the House of Representatives of the 89th Legislature

Bills: HB4, HB1, HB2, HB18, HB19, HB20, HB4, HB1, HB 2, HB20, HB19, HB18, HB 4, HB 1, HB 2, HB 18, HB 19, HB 20

Keywords: redistricting, congressional districts, Texas Legislature, elections, 2020 Census, disaster response, emergency management, mass fatality, justices of the peace, training programs, emergency manager license, volunteer management, justice of the peace training, criminal history checks, state health services, emergency communication, interoperability, grant program, first responders, state council

Bills: SB191, HB84, HB79, SB132, HB108, HB109, HB110, HB114, HB118, HB120, HB122, HB124, HB126, HB128, HB129, HB131

Keywords: postpartum depression, mental health, Medicaid, screening, education, maternal health, Chiropractic, Board of Chiropractic Examiners, license renewal, continuing education, election procedures, off-label, pharmacists, medical treatment, state board of pharmacy, employment protection, SB132, Alabama, controlled substances, Schedule I

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• The purpose of bringing the Texas legislature to a halt.
• I think you mentioned that, that we guarantee members of the Texas Legislature.
• And so it says the legislature shall meet.
• All you need is the provision that says the legislature shall meet.
• Legislature. Tell my page two or page one. I'm on page one.

Bills: HB18, SB 54, SB 10, HR 76, HR 77, HR 78, HR 82, HR 83, HR 88, HR 89, HR 93, HR 94, HR 95, HR 98, HR 101, HR 102, HR 104, HR 105, HR 107, HR 108, HR 109, HR 110, HR 111, HR 112, HR 113, HR 123, HR 125, HR 79, HR 80, HR 81, HR 84, HR 85, HR 86, HR 87, HR 90, HR 91, HR 92, HR 96, HR 97, HR 100, HR 103, HR 106, HR 114, HR 115, HR 116, HR 117, HR 118, HR 119, HR 120, HR 121, HR 122, HR 124, HB 18, SB 54, SB 10, HB 8

Keywords: HB 18, Texas Legislature, quorum break, quorum-busting, legislative walkout, absent legislators, political contributions, campaign finance, political expenditures, legislative caucus, specific-purpose committee, Texas Ethics Commission, civil penalty, show cause order, district court, Fifteenth Court of Appeals, session fundraising, travel lodging food expenses, legislative session, compelled attendance