Transcript Highlights:

• He graduated from Byron Nelson High School in Denton County in the year 2000 and graduated from Texas
• The stakes were exceptionally high. This operation wasn't simply about seizing weapons.
• I could go on all day, but I want to wind down. I know our time is precious.
• And I'll wind down with this. I'm going to date myself and Christy a little bit.
• you took another one, but I want you to think about the Texas history course that you took in junior high

Transcript Highlights:

• He graduated from Byron Nelson High School in Denton County and then graduated from Texas Tech University
• The stakes were exceptionally high.
• Gage was a good man, a Christian, and a good SEAL, and I could go on all day, but I want to wind down
• And I'll wind down with this. I'm going to date myself, Christy, and Chet here a little bit.
• But I want you to think about the Texas history course that you took in junior high, and I want you to

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• They've ranked up high in the nation, yes.
• We've never asked for a wind tax credit.
• We had no problem with wind tax. We have no problem with tax credits for everyone.
• We had no problem with wind tax. We have no problem with tax credits for everyone.
• We get, We had no problem with wind tax. We have no problem with tax credits for everyone.

Bills: SB206, SB640, SB667, SB1344, SB1380, SB1423, SB1425, SB1436, SB1484, SB1500, SB1502, SB1503, SB1557, SB1562, SB1572, SB1644, SB1645, SB1794, SB1796, SB1806, SB1849, SB1984, SB2007, SB2074

Keywords: SB206, emergency medical services, EMS, ambulance, 911 response, emergency response, essential services, federal funding, grant funding, public health, health care facility, municipality, county, ambulance service district, tribal entity, public entity, contract ambulance service, Oklahoma, 63 O.S. 2021 Section 1-2502, emergency clause

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• For wind installations, it's 1,000 feet.
• a few pictures sent to us showing where we deployed. ...this and that for this tornado or for this high
• wind event, hurricane, or whatever it might have been.
• In a high inflationary time and with budget stress at a maximum, even our sales taxes are trimming out
• I tell you, a lot of us, anytime there's a heavy downpour or heavy winds, I mean, we're still suffering

Bills: SB231, SB584, SB600, SB668, SB841, SB986, SB1003, SB1244, SB1625, SB1960, SB1963, SB1964, SB2026, SB2056, SB2368

Keywords: temporary emergency electric energy facility, temporary generation, emergency power, backup generation, mobile generator, portable generator, grid resilience, power outage restoration, transmission and distribution utility, TDU, Public Utility Commission of Texas, PUCT, Utilities Code Section 39.918, competitive bidding, lease authorization, emergency procurement, bulk power system, locational marginal pricing, reliability model, black start

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• We advocate for the development of wind and solar projects, offshore wind, energy storage, decarbonization
• Same thing with offshore wind. You know, the offshore wind...
• And they're only... ...those wind turbine blades.
• He didn’t like the local wind turbines.
• The minority of the money has anything to do with wind and solar.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Standing Committee on Energy and Telecommunications met under Chair Senator Kevin Parker and considered several bills related to clean energy, transmission, storage, schools, and microgrids. Bill 1456, which would require certain watercraft, aircraft, and trains to be zero-emissions and direct NYSERDA studies and incentives, was discussed as technology-neutral and advanced with one no vote to the Finance Committee. Bill 286, increasing statewide energy storage capacity, drew concerns about battery safety, fire risk, and volunteer fire department training, but was advanced to the floor with two no votes. Bill 2482, the Go Green Schools Act, would let schools convert to renewable energy and keep savings for school operations; it advanced to the floor despite concerns about siting solar on school grounds. Bill 2485 on expanding electric transmission lines and Bill 5510 directing NYSERDA to develop microgrid recommendations were both advanced to the Finance Committee, each with one no vote. The committee then heard testimony from Marguerite Wells, executive director of the Alliance for Clean Energy New York. She argued that wind, solar, storage, and transmission have made New York a leader in clean energy and said renewable energy is increasingly cost-competitive, with much of recent bill increases driven by grid upgrades and gas prices rather than renewables. She also said clean energy helps hedge against volatile fossil fuel prices, pointed to community solar and offshore wind as savings and reliability tools, and said the state’s permitting and interconnection processes have improved. Members questioned Wells about farmland use, decommissioning, recycling of solar and wind equipment, battery storage safety, local control, and misinformation. Wells said utility-scale projects require decommissioning plans and financial assurances, farmland must be restored under agricultural guidelines, and recycling capacity is developing. On battery storage, she said New York has rigorous codes and monitoring requirements, that not all storage is lithium-ion, and that state-level permitting is appropriate for large facilities. Several senators raised concerns about fires, contamination, winter performance, and siting projects in densely populated areas or on farmland, while others emphasized farmland protections and the value of renewable projects to host communities.

Transcript Highlights:

• D.C. is a high cost of living place.
• She always knew which way the wind blew.
• is impossible to be a good courtroom lawyer, as Colleen was, without always knowing which way the wind
• To watch Colleen move from high-stakes negotiations to Capitol Hill, to the kitchen, with her old Wine

Bills: HB1800, HB1860, HB2250, HB472, HB649, HB1391, HB1481, HB1509, HB1511, HB1515, HB1518, HB1541, HB1548, HB1576, HB1618, HB1642, HB1643, HB1661, HB1667, HB1678, HB1682, HB1688, HB1692, HB1707, HB1710, HB1711, HB1713, HB1718, HB1721, HB1728, HB1737, HB1740, HB1741, HB1785, HB1801, HB1802, HB1804, HB1810, HB1815, HB1824, HB1838, HB1839, HB1853, HB1854, HB1864, HB1870, HB1881, HB1888, HB1890, HB1891, HB1894, HB1920, HB1959, HB1960, HB1969, HB1973, HB1974, HB2023, HB2050, HB2078, HB2094, HB2095, HB2104, HB2137, HB2152, HB2158, HB2171, HB2207, HB2218, HB2246, HB2270, HB2271, HB2272, HB2279, HB2282, HB2289, HB2293, HB2297, HB2300, HB2309, HB2310, HB2314, HB2319, HB2329, HB2338, HB2339, HB2344, HB2361, HB2385, HB2395, HB2417, HB2429, HB2443, HB2452, HB2474, HB2475, HB2498, HB2505, HB2547, HB2576

Keywords: supplemental appropriations, state budget, Hawaii budget, biennial budget, capital improvement projects, CIP, general fund, special fund, green fee, special land and development fund, clean energy revolving loan fund, agricultural development revolving fund, community grants, nonprofit grants, Office of Community Services, housing, affordable housing, homelessness, health care, mental health

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• High cost of drugs.
• This adds protections for landowners for wind, solar, and battery storage facilities.
• It's early stage high-risk, and we talk about.
• And we're putting a very high-risk investment in this protected fund.
• No high salaries, investigating those high salaries of our statewides.

Bills: HB4420, HB3974, HB3016, HB3062, HB3021, HB3145, HB4128, HB3131, HB3015, HB3472, HB3453, HB1638, HB4126, HB2696, HB2710, HB3552, HB3031, HB3544, HB3521, HB4490, HB4488, HB1746, HJR1069, HB4428, HB4429, HB1170, HB3538, HB4124, HB3904, HB4106, HB2999, HB3982, HJR1077, HB3464, HB2588, HB3462, HB4440, HB3674, HB3345, HJR1067, HB4326, HB4331, HB4337, HB4338, HB4359, HB4392, HB3557, HJR1076, HB4003, HB3495, HB3497, HB3501, HB3505, HB3749, HB3011, HB4336, HB4346, HJR1087, HB3240, HB3647, HB3796, HB3969, HB3972, HB3983, HB3984, HB3989, HB3383, HB3130, HB4358, HB3327, HJR1055, HB3386, HJR1089, HB3087, HB2970, HB3314, HB4129, HB4199

Keywords: reading, intervention, literacy, education, third grade retention, teacher training, funding, Strong Readers Act, tort claims, inmate housing, government immunity, public trust, private prison, emergency legislation, vision screening, binocular vision, kindergarten, elementary education, health, firearm rights

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• I tried to get a good cross-section, keep it small and also very limited, so that it doesn't wind up
• I'm assuming you're mostly talking about the rules that will wind up coming up.
• Members, what House Bill 1746 does is it allows For juvenile detention facilities for high-risk youth

Bills: HB4420, HB3974, HB3016, HB3062, HB3021, HB3145, HB4128, HB3131, HB3015, HB3472, HB3453, HB1638, HB4126, HB2696, HB2710, HB3552, HB3031, HB3544, HB3521, HB4490, HB4488, HB1746, HJR1069, HB4428, HB4429, HB1170, HB3538, HB4124, HB3904, HB4106, HB2999, HB3982, HJR1077, HB3464, HB2588, HB3462, HB4440, HB3674, HB3345, HJR1067, HB4326, HB4331, HB4337, HB4338, HB4359, HB4392, HB3557, HJR1076, HB4003, HB3495, HB3497, HB3501, HB3505, HB3749, HB3011, HB4336, HB4346, HJR1087, HB3240, HB3647, HB3796, HB3969, HB3972, HB3983, HB3984, HB3989, HB3383, HB3130, HB4358, HB3327, HJR1055, HB3386, HJR1089, HB3087, HB2970, HB3314, HB4129, HB4199

Keywords: reading, intervention, literacy, education, third grade retention, teacher training, funding, Strong Readers Act, tort claims, inmate housing, government immunity, public trust, private prison, emergency legislation, vision screening, binocular vision, kindergarten, elementary education, health, firearm rights

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• you ask anyone where Oklahoma ranks nationally in education rankings, we're lucky if they rank us as high
• as forty-eighth, and it is high time that we as Oklahomans stop accepting failure and outcomes.
• And so, by having the teeth in this bill, the accountability, the high standards in the bill in the third
• don't intervene, if we don't have some interventions, if we don't do summer academies, if we don't do high
• Her son is in the hospital with a really high temperature.

Bills: HB4420, HB3974, HB3016, HB3062, HB3021, HB3145, HB4128, HB3131, HB3015, HB3472, HB3453, HB1638, HB4126, HB2696, HB2710, HB3552, HB3031, HB3544, HB3521, HB4490, HB4488, HB1746, HJR1069, HB4428, HB4429, HB1170, HB3538, HB4124, HB3904, HB4106, HB2999, HB3982, HJR1077, HB3464, HB2588, HB3462, HB4440, HB3674, HB3345, HJR1067, HB4326, HB4331, HB4337, HB4338, HB4359, HB4392, HB3557, HJR1076, HB4003, HB3495, HB3497, HB3501, HB3505, HB3749, HB3011, HB4336, HB4346, HJR1087, HB3240, HB3647, HB3796, HB3969, HB3972, HB3983, HB3984, HB3989, HB3383, HB3130, HB4358, HB3327, HJR1055, HB3386, HJR1089, HB3087, HB2970, HB3314, HB4129, HB4199

Keywords: reading, intervention, literacy, education, third grade retention, teacher training, funding, Strong Readers Act, tort claims, inmate housing, government immunity, public trust, private prison, emergency legislation, vision screening, binocular vision, kindergarten, elementary education, health, firearm rights

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• on our biggest challenges as a state, and the issues that Hawaii families care about the most: the high
• The cost of living in our state is still too high for too many people.
• marshall, deployed wildfire and wind marshall, deployed wildfire and wind sensors<00:40:46.160><
• He said the individual they recognized wanted to play football in high school.
• wanted to play football in high school. wanted to play football in high school.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• response, and in some communities, they're the only field... ...extremely high-acuity emergency response
• , which continue to develop, as well as that half of the ecosystem that is first response, that is high
• up in the emergency department or wind up in detention.
• up in the emergency department or, you know, wind up in detention.
• I think it's a very high percentage.

Summary: The Community Safety Committee held an interim work session on crisis response, with members and witnesses discussing how Washington can better integrate 911, 988, mobile crisis, co-response, and alternative response models for behavioral health crises in public spaces. Travis Parker opened with an overview of the Sequential Intercept Model and the crisis care continuum, emphasizing early intervention, 988 access, regional coordination, navigators and peer support, and the need for sustainable braided funding. Several Washington witnesses then described current programs and system gaps, including the growth of co-response teams, the importance of integrating 911 and 988 rather than treating them as competing systems, and the need to reduce unnecessary emergency room use and improve first responder wellness and training. City, fire, and crisis-system representatives described local challenges and reforms. Kim Hendrickson of Poulsbo said most crisis calls still come through 911 and urged better coordination among field-based teams, more behavioral health training for fire/EMS, and more alternatives to ER transport. Laura Pippen, a designated crisis responder, described a strained involuntary treatment system, fewer DCRs statewide, difficulty getting law enforcement support for transports, and limited facility capacity, especially for substance use disorder. Jennifer Stuber and South County Fire’s Keith Sharp highlighted workforce training, a crisis responder certificate program, and first responder wellness efforts. Research witnesses Evan Lauder and James Pine said the evidence is still developing but generally supports on-scene resolution, reduced ED transport and detention in some models, and the importance of clear dispatch protocols, coordination, and ongoing evaluation. Dispatch and program operators then gave examples of how systems are working in practice. Katie Myers of Washington APCO/NENA said 911 remains essential, but needs evidence-based triage protocols, liability protections, and additional funding if it is expected to take on more crisis-response responsibilities. Whatcom County described embedding a “community connector” in the 911 center to coordinate alternative response, while ValleyCom reported that its 988 diversion pilot transferred 2,165 calls with 98% resolved through 988/211 without returning to 911. National examples included Denver’s STAR program, Albuquerque’s Community Safety Department, and Atlanta’s PAD initiative, each showing different ways to route low-acuity or behavioral-health-related calls away from police and toward clinicians, peers, or civilian responders. The session ended with Washington examples continuing, including Whatcom County’s alternative response team, underscoring the committee’s interest in refining and expanding integrated crisis response systems in the next session.

Transcript Highlights:

• At three and a half minutes, the yellow light will come on for you to wind down your thoughts, and we'll
• It does not account for the uniquely high operational costs of coastal districts.
• Bill 1635 would allow high-wealth coastal districts to reinvest funds currently lost to recapture and
• Senate Bill 1635 and House Bill 3631 specifically. apply to school districts classified as high-wealth
• However, it does not consider the geographic and environmental cost burdens some of these high-wealth

Bills: SB2920, SB2929, SB2398, SB865, SB401, SB2619, SB2927, SB1395, SB1972, SB2540, SB1635, SB1581, SB2008

Keywords: steroids, student athletes, athletic competition, University Interscholastic League, medical purpose, gender transition, school athletics, spectator conduct, referees, ejection policy, extracurricular activities, concussion, brain injury, school policy, academic accommodations, student welfare, cardiac arrest, emergency response, CPR training, automated external defibrillators

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• Actually, the wind and the waves in Oklahoma have...
• Is that when we say high hazard?
• Is that when we say high hazard?
• You know, we have 200 and something high hazard dams in the state of Oklahoma.
• Is that when we say high hazard?

Summary: The meeting began with a budget presentation from the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry. Secretary Blaine Arthur and Deputy Commissioner Jan Lee described the agency’s divisions and recent efforts to improve efficiency, including expanded online licensing, electronic veterinary inspection certificates, and a new laboratory information system. They highlighted youth and workforce programs, local food initiatives for schools, market development efforts, and ongoing animal health concerns such as avian influenza, equine herpesvirus, and the threat of New World screwworm. They also discussed staffing, turnover, and uncertainty around federal cooperative agreement funding, while noting they were not requesting new or additional appropriations for the upcoming fiscal year. Members asked about meat inspection staffing, the use of one-time forestry firefighting funds, biosecurity and national security coordination, and agency staffing levels. The department said meat inspection was currently in good shape but dependent on federal funding stability, and explained that prior firefighting dollars had been used for equipment purchases. They also said they work with state and federal partners, including DHS and FBI, on threat preparedness and have reduced turnover by adjusting salaries and maintaining staffing at or below prior levels. The Oklahoma Conservation Commission then presented its budget and program overview. Staff described the agency’s long history and current work in water quality, flood control, soil health, unpaved roads, wetlands, and woody species control, especially eastern red cedar removal. They emphasized data-driven, voluntary conservation practices, citing stream cleanups, flood-control dam benefits, pond cleanouts during drought, and the Cherry-Peach watershed project as examples of programs that improve water resources and reduce wildfire risk. The agency said its workload has grown significantly and requested funding for critical dam repairs, local conservation district staffing, continued unpaved roads work, and expansion of woody species control statewide. Members asked about county matching for road and dam projects, who to contact about flooding roads, sediment removal from pond cleanouts, and the effectiveness of county training programs. Commission staff explained that county in-kind work can count as match, local conservation districts are the first point of contact, and the road training has produced measurable savings and better maintenance practices. They also clarified that “high hazard” dams are those where failure could threaten people or infrastructure downstream, not necessarily dams that are structurally failing.

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• One is the kind of a lot of numbers—the agency budget requests, high-level department totals—and we'll
• 00:14:52.800> budget<00:14:53.800> um<00:14:54.560> requests<00:14:55.440> high
• <00:14:55.680> level agency budget um requests high level agency budget um requests high level
• F Highway fund is tax the road toll High F Highway fund is the<00:16:38.519> road<00:16:38.800
• up is noted already as a money winds up is noted already as a second<00:33:23.639> committee<

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting was an introductory House Finance Division Two session focused on committee procedures, staffing, and the upcoming budget process. Mickey Landrian, the division analyst, introduced himself and explained that the subcommittee operates more informally than the full committee, does not hold executive sessions or public hearings itself, and makes recommendations back to House Finance. Members were told that public hearings on legislation occur in the full committee, while Division Two will hold work sessions and vote on recommendations such as ought to pass, retain, or ITL. The chair also welcomed new members and a new clerk, and noted that meetings will be recorded and streamed, with microphones required for audio capture. A substantial portion of the meeting covered the division’s workload and schedule. Landrian outlined the agencies assigned to Division Two, including Safety, Fish and Game, Transportation, Education, the Lottery Commission, Police Standards and Training, the University System, and the Community College System. He explained the different fund types the division will handle, especially Education Trust Fund, Highway Fund, and Fish and Game Fund, and reviewed reference materials distributed to members, including agency budget requests, prior recommendation tracking sheets, and surplus statements. He emphasized that the agency budget requests and related handouts are available online and useful for members to review before budget work begins. Members discussed the compressed timeline for the session, with a target date of March 26 for completing Division Two recommendations. Landrian said only a few bills had been referred to Finance so far, none yet to Division Two, but that more bills and amendments were expected, including many amendments to House Bill 2. He noted that the committee would need to move efficiently and frontload meetings. Representative Papich added that Fish and Game may require closer scrutiny than in prior years because of its push for direct general fund appropriations, and members also discussed the importance of getting preliminary budget documents before the governor’s budget is finalized. No votes were taken and no formal actions were reported beyond the procedural overview and distribution of materials.

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• They didn't have very high levels of water loss.
• I mean, that's very high level.
• Solar, storage, wind, zero water.
• Please stop with the data center, solar farms, wind farms, high-voltage transmission lines.
• High-quality drinking water assets should be protected and reserved for the High-quality drinking water

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• salt and very high temperature reactors. salt and very high temperature reactors. small<00:46:21.520
• Is there an unexpected shift in the winds from a large forest fire in Canada that shifts that wind and
• <04:54:59.520> what<04:54:59.760> they wind deficiency based on what they wind deficiency
• <04:55:07.040> from the winds from the winds from uh<04:55:09.600> you<04:55:09.680
• that was probably a very long- winded that was probably a very long- winded answer<04:56:53.840>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Her family is from the colonias between El Paso and Las Cruces, and we met in high school.
• These are two areas of high cost that are the direct results. Of state legislation.
• I was her high-risk OBGYN because she couldn't afford to seek care elsewhere.
• Now, this high cost is driven mainly by our state's legal structure and market policies.
• They started sort of easy with film and television production, wind and solar.

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It's wind. It's distributed energy.
• It is wind. It is distributed energy.
• glasses when it comes to wind and solar. glasses when it comes to wind and solar.
• And that, to me, puts a really high burden of risk.
• Now we say really high burden of risk.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• this year, we are not—we have eaten away at just about almost everything we've done for solar and wind
• this year, we are not—we have eaten away at just about almost everything we've done for solar and wind
• this year, we are not—we have eaten away at just about almost everything we've done for solar and wind
• this year, we are not—we have eaten away at just about almost everything we've done for solar and wind
• We are not—we have eaten away at just about almost everything we've done for solar and wind and climate

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• He graduated from Byron Nelson High School in Denton County and then graduated from Texas Tech University
• The stakes were exceptionally high. This operation wasn't simply about seizing weapons.
• And I could go on all day, but I want to wind down.
• To who Gage was and the things that he accomplished, and I, and I'll wind down with this.
• But I want you to think about the Texas history course that you took in junior high, and I want you to