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• Develop and put your stamp of approval on the General Appropriations Act, as well as analyze all the
• A lot of that work has helped inform budget development in these documents; they look at how much you
• So, very data-driven, evidence-informed budget development.
• Then you start developing a budget over time, incrementally funding it.
• , including $75 million for the match fund. $35 million for site characterization and pre-development

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

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• This is funded out of it primarily federally funded and it's a child care development block grant that
• There were some child care development funds one year when code during COVID that where we were able
• Now from us Hitler standpoint, we do have classes, too, teach people how to develop IEP.
• Warren are on ACCESS POINT standards and there is an assessment specifically developed to measure students
• She's develop online tools for families to either screen their own children with with metrics that are

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• The only way we were able to do that was to put everything with the development project on hold.
• The only way we were able to do that was to put everything with the development project on hold.
• Our developers have to do these back-end pulls. That's very costly. It takes a lot of time.
• not the developers.
• But just on development, risk mitigation... Yes. I mean, I think those are all...

Committee: House Elections

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• When data is collected by assessing offices, it may be entered into a spreadsheet or a model to develop
• This is how value is created, or, you know, the opinion is developed through analyzing market inputs,
• You develop the amount of expenses that are associated with that.
• ><c> expenses</c> develop the amount of expenses develop the amount of expenses uh<00:43:10.880><c> that
• </c><00:43:47.680><c> what</c> very important in trying to develop what very important in trying to develop

Bills: HF3676 , HF2959 , HF3233

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Keywords: Safe at Home, address confidentiality, domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, harassment, victim privacy, survivor protection, confidential address, protected address, secret address, identity protection, residential confidentiality, program participant, nondiscrimination, court disclosure, protective order, service of process, driver's license, state ID

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• Uh, Department of Human Resources Development, uh, Brena Hashimoto, and I believe she's with City and
• Thank you. uh Department of Human Resources<00:07:59.360><c> Development,</c><00:08:00.800><c> uh</c>
• <00:08:00.960><c> Brena</c> Resources Development, uh Brena Resources Development, uh Brena Hashimoto
• </c><01:14:32.320><c> is</c> its research and development is its research and development is incentivized
• </c><01:14:50.560><c> phase</c> in its research and development phase in its research and development

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Committee on Transportation heard several bills, beginning with SB 2010, which would authorize impoundment of motor vehicles for certain alleged or committed traffic violations. The Department of Transportation supported the bill, while the Department of the Attorney General asked for clarification in section 4 on who could seek remedies and what remedies would be available. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the measure, citing unclear officer-initiated impound criteria, potential strain on judicial or administrative resources, and concerns about hardship for families and indigent owners; the Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office supported the bill with amendments, saying it should be limited to traffic offenses and could serve as an alternative to fines or imprisonment. The chair then recessed before moving to the next items. The committee next heard SB 2527 on commercial driver licensing, which would require state and county firefighters exempt from CDL requirements to be subject to an alcohol and substance abuse policy equivalent to or stronger than federal DOT standards. DOT, the Department of Human Resources Development, county officials, and the Hawaiʻi Firefighters Association all indicated support. SB 2697, which would prohibit driving on roadway shoulders except in limited circumstances, also drew DOT support, with the Attorney General, judiciary, and others submitting comments. SB 2812, requiring driver license applicants to be tested on the dangers larger vehicles pose to pedestrians and bicyclists, was supported by DOT but opposed by the Public Defender, who argued the excessive-speeding portion was too broad for first offenses and that the DUI-related language was unnecessary because DUI relicensing already requires re-examination. SB 291, clarifying that drivers whose licenses were revoked for certain alcohol-related offenses must undergo re-examination before relicensing, received DOT support. The committee then took up SB 3044, which would remove references to pedestrian countdown timers and the requirement that pedestrians begin crossing before the timer starts. DOT opposed the bill, but Hawaiʻi Appleseed supported it, arguing the current rule is confusing and can lead to citations even when pedestrians can safely cross. The Department of Health submitted late comments emphasizing the importance of pedestrian-friendly infrastructure and physical activity, and the chair noted the split in testimony. Finally, SB 2995 proposed a zero-emissions rideshare rebate program funded by a rideshare fee and administered by DOT. Earthjustice strongly supported the bill, describing it as a fee-and-rebate structure to help rideshare drivers transition to zero-emissions vehicles. A witness for Tom Yamachika suggested that if the state wants to tax ridesharing, it should amend existing tax law instead of creating a new chapter, but the bill’s supporters said DOT was better suited to administer the rebate program and that similar models exist in California and Washington. The committee also heard SB 3153, which would authorize DOT to designate airport special district zones at airports statewide to improve security and enforcement; DOT’s airports deputy director supported the measure, saying it would clarify jurisdiction and help address trespassing and hazards, and senators asked about boundaries, mapping, and coordination with the Attorney General. No votes were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

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• The bill before you, the Iagain Treatment Drug Development Grant Program Act, creates a highly controlled
• </c><00:19:34.240><c> Grant</c><00:19:34.640><c> Program</c> Treatment Drug Development Grant Program
• Treatment Drug Development Grant Program Act,<00:19:35.919><c> creates</c><00:19:36.240><c> a</c><00
• Respectfully, I ask for your support for the Icane drug development grant program. Mr.
• </c> support for the Icane drug development support for the Icane drug development grant<00:26:06.400

Keywords: MS House Floor - 21 January, 2026; 2:00 PM, 925, all

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• The Workforce Housing and Development Program right now does not have income limits.
• The Workforce Housing and Development Program right now does not have income limits.
• The Workforce Housing and Development Program right now does not have income limits.
• program right now does not Development program right now does not have<00:46:24.400><c> income</c><00
• <00:46:40.240><c> program</c> development program development program Awards<00:46:43.640><c> then</c

Committee: House Housing Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• A key part of developing the relationship is a required educational effort on the part of all parties
• Wind River to develop many lifelong friendships.
• Wind River to develop many lifelong friendships.
• </c> closest to the reservation to develop closest to the reservation to develop those<00:41:01.920><
• </c><01:47:23.360><c> on</c> because we want economic development on because we want economic development

Committee: Joint Select Committee on Tribal Relations

Keywords: 916, all

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• of a baby, development of a fetus.
• He explained that in Potter syndrome the child never develops kidneys and, as a result, never develops
• fully developed lungs.
• kidneys and, as a result, never develops fully developed lungs.
• </c><01:32:23.320><c> kidneys</c> never develops kidneys never develops kidneys and<01:32:24.679><c>

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I developed a severe form of asthma, and I came home and was trying to figure out what to do when I was
• a severe form of asthma and I developed a severe form of asthma and I came<00:28:29.480><c> home</c>
• As a brief overview, we are a statewide nonprofit organization that works to develop and maintain high
• </c> partners with the Dr and helping develop partners with the Dr and helping develop good<03:08:06.200
• </c> bet there's the research and development bet there's the research and development tax<03:16:14.199

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting was an introductory Ways and Means Committee orientation led by Chair John Janigian. Members went around the room introducing themselves, with several returning legislators and several freshmen describing their backgrounds in business, education, public service, finance, transportation, journalism, military service, and nonprofit work. Janigian explained his own legislative history and professional background, and other members, including Bill Bolton, Fred Doucette, Mary Ford, Jim Tierney, Scott Brier, Thomas Oppel, Mary Murphy, Representative Spar, Susan Elberger, Dennis Malloy, Jordan Ulery, and Julius Soti, briefly described their prior experience and reasons for serving on the committee. The chair then outlined the committee’s role. He said Ways and Means is responsible for revenue estimates that Finance will use to determine how much the state can spend over the next biennium, and that the committee would spend the next five to six weeks developing its best revenue estimate, due around February 15. He also explained that the committee hears from state agencies and departments about how taxes are created, collected, and performing against expectations, and that it reviews bills affecting state revenue, including tax increases, tax decreases, tax removals, and fee-related measures. Janigian noted that the committee had five bills at the time of the meeting and expected more to be referred. He explained that most would be first-committee bills, though some second-committee bills could come over if they involved taxes or fees after passing policy committees. He used marijuana-related legislation as an example of a bill that might first go to another committee and later reach Ways and Means if it had fiscal implications. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational, and members were told how to participate in hearings and follow-up questions during regular committee work.

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• </c> health uplifting Community Development health uplifting Community Development and<00:38:03.640><
• </c><06:22:11.120><c> all</c> rules that took years to to develop all rules that took years to to develop
• It was then, and during this time, he developed a passion for music.
• </c> then and during this timer he developed then and during this timer he developed a<07:14:18.520><
• Wyoming: increased regulatory hurdles for energy development.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• And we developed, along with the supervisors and other staff at the school, a criminal justice program
• And we developed, along with the supervisors and other staff at the school, criminal justice program
• Not only did I develop the program and the frameworks, we wrote the teacher testing.
• We’re being unfairly treated for this because we developed the program, it seems like.
• It seems like we developed the program. And I think that explains it as best as I can right now.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Public Service

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Service held its third hearing of the 194th General Court session, taking testimony on several individual bills and home rule petitions, mostly involving retirement and pension-related relief. The committee chair outlined hearing procedures, including three-minute limits for individuals, ten-minute limits for panels, livestreaming, and the deadline for written testimony. At the end of the hearing, the chair noted that House matters heard that day must be reported by Friday, July 11, 2025, subject to extensions, and the committee adjourned after testimony concluded. Several witnesses supported bills seeking retirement credit or pension adjustments for public employees. These included H. 2917 for Dedham-Westwood Water District employees seeking pension buy-in credit; H. 2976 for Eileen Mullen to purchase creditable service for teaching in a criminal justice pilot program; H. 2996 for Virginia Cummings, a retired Department of Correction lieutenant seeking greater pension parity; H. 2977 for Wendy Lopieri to buy back part-time community college service; and H. 2989 for Wayne Taylor, who said he was mistakenly credited for fewer years of select board service than he expected. Testimony emphasized long public service, injuries, and what witnesses described as unfair denials or flawed interpretations of retirement law. The committee also heard testimony on bills involving post-retirement earnings and disability-related relief. Kevin Blanchett testified in opposition to H. 2931, arguing it would improperly reduce money owed to a regional retirement system and its members, while the bill’s sponsor argued the retirement board was seeking an excessive recovery based on law firm gross earnings rather than the individual’s earnings. Jamie Magarian described severe injuries from a 2018 crash and urged favorable action on his bill, with support from the State Police Association. Michael Palmer testified in favor of S. 1841, seeking to extend prior violent-crime retirement income-cap relief to his case after being shot on duty and later finding that even part-time private-sector work exceeded his retirement earnings limit.

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• Part of that funding was going to be to develop another dashboard.
• So those parties had a dispute over who was going to own the data and who was going to develop the dashboard
• and who was going to own the dashboard that got developed.
• So those parties had a dispute over who was going to own the data and who was going to develop the dashboard
• and who was going to own the dashboard that got developed.

Keywords: 904, all

Summary: The Washington State Office of Administrative Hearings held oral argument before the Legislative Ethics Board in the matter of Tara Simmons, docket 401-645, on a respondent-filed motion for summary judgment. Judge T.J. Martin identified the issues as whether Simmons violated the Ethics Act by using her legislative position for the benefit of others and by holding outside employment that conflicted with her official duties, under RCW 42.52.070 and RCW 42.52.020, and, if violations were found, what penalties or sanctions would be appropriate. The judge clarified that board staff had not filed its own summary judgment motion, only a response to Simmons’ motion. Attorney Doug McKinney argued that the complaint and board staff’s allegations were legally insufficient because they did not allege a personal benefit to Simmons, only benefits to her employer, EEC, or to others. He contended that the Ethics Act has historically required a benefit to the legislator herself, that employees do not automatically have a disqualifying interest in their employers, and that the board’s position would create a new bright-line rule and unfairly change the law as applied to Simmons. He also addressed allegations involving a contract provision, a campaign surplus donation to AEG, a subcontract dispute involving AEG and EEC, and text messages with Anthony Powers, arguing none showed a special privilege or conflict of interest for Simmons. Assistant Attorney General Julia Eisenhower, for board staff, argued the motion should be denied because the record sufficiently alleged violations of both statutes. She said Simmons’ involvement in securing funding for EEC, her employment duties involving stakeholder and legislator connections, her donation of campaign surplus funds to AEG to help secure a job for someone she knew, her role in the AEG-EEC subcontract dispute, and her text messages referencing her official capacity all supported the allegations. A board member asked whether the allegations were sufficient to show a special benefit, and Eisenhower responded that the facts were enough at the summary judgment stage. After rebuttal by McKinney, the ALJ closed the hearing and the board went into deliberations; no ruling was announced during the transcript.

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• Without the full development of DWR's water rights, DWR will be capped at its capacity to appropriate
• rights holder of the State Water Project, has been attempting to extend the time it has to fully develop
• the department and the millions of California ratepayers certainty that they will have more time to develop
• address housing, energy, and water scarcity, why would we preclude the State Water Project from developing
• like commercial, industrial, and they'll sometimes use the words priority land use or priority development

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• for their hearing on Wednesday, April 22nd, pending re-referral from the Housing and Community Development
• hearing on Wednesday, April 22nd: AB 2163, Jeff Gonzalez, pending re-referral from the Economic Development
• for their hearing on Wednesday, April 22nd, pending re-referral from the Housing and Community Development
• AB 2163, Jeff Gonzalez, pending re-referral from the Economic Development and Growth and Household Impact
• fight for independence in ancient times and into modern times, they have been instrumental in the development

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• response to rising burnout and workforce strain, the collaborative advances research, leadership development
• solutions. ...to rising burnout and workforce strain, the collaborative advances research, leadership development
• Councilwoman Lisette Servin, Council Member Esteban Rosales, Armando Esparza, the Director of Economic Development
• And what will happen is that developers will buy those lots that are pretty expensive right now in some
• With the Speaker's permission, the Committee on Rural Economic Development will be meeting at 9 a.m.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Tenants, landlords, homeowners, developers, you know, they don't always agree, and too often our elected
• However, I want to briefly provide context for just how this petition was developed and how it was structured
• The petition was developed...
• The petition was developed through extensive meetings of the council's Committee on Government Operations
• Furthermore, it should be stated that Boston's home rule petition was developed prior to the committee's

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Election Laws

Summary: The Joint Committee on Election Laws held a hearing on ranked choice voting, focusing primarily on H. 4262 for Boston and H. 4916 for Bedford. Committee chairs Dan Hunt and Senator Keenan opened the hearing, limited testimony to three minutes per person, and heard from a long list of advocates, local officials, and organizations. The hearing ended with no further registered speakers and the committee adjourned after inviting additional written testimony. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support of ranked choice voting. Supporters included RepresentWomen, Reclaim Roxbury, the Boston Teachers Union, Veterans for All Voters, MassVOTE, the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts, Our Revolution Massachusetts, and Bedford residents and organizers. Speakers argued that ranked choice voting would reduce the spoiler effect, encourage coalition-building and less negative campaigning, improve majority support for winners, and expand voter participation and representation, especially for women, young voters, and historically marginalized communities. Several speakers emphasized local control and said Boston and Bedford should be allowed to decide for themselves through their home rule petitions. Boston City Councilors and the City Council president also testified in favor, describing the city’s low municipal turnout, the council’s approval of the petition, and the fact that Boston voters previously supported a statewide ranked choice voting measure. Councilor Rutsi L. Jean explained the petition’s development through council hearings and working sessions, while Council President Ruthzee Louijeune said the proposal would be subject to a binding referendum if enacted and urged the legislature to let Boston residents pursue top-four ranked choice voting. Bedford speakers similarly said their town meeting supported the idea but that legislative approval was still needed. No opposition testimony or votes were taken during the hearing.

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• But when I reactivated the Greater Arizona Development Authority, we unlocked the opportunity for places
• We can continue to be the model for the nation when it comes to water conservation and economic development
• We have approved over 60,000 single-family homes for development in the West Valley, with more to come
• We can craft water policy that protects our most precious resource while advancing economic development
• While advancing economic development and security.

Summary: The transcript is the opening joint session of the Arizona Legislature’s 57th Second Regular Session, featuring remarks from House and Senate leaders and Governor Katie Hobbs. House and Senate leaders emphasized a Republican governing agenda focused on affordability, public safety, parental rights, tax cuts, election integrity, school choice, and holding government accountable, while also highlighting cooperation on water policy and border security reimbursement. Senate President Warren Petersen said the legislature would pursue a major tax cut, send an election integrity measure to voters, defend women’s sports and school choice, and continue negotiations on Colorado River guidelines. Governor Hobbs framed her agenda around the “Arizona Promise,” stressing affordability, public safety, water security, housing, and economic opportunity. She highlighted prior-year accomplishments including job growth, medical debt relief, lower costs for child care and housing, public safety investments, and major business recruitment. She called for an immediate middle-class tax cut, more efficient government spending, and new initiatives including a Colorado River Protection Fund, elimination of the data center tax exemption, a housing acceleration fund, and an Arizona Affordability Fund financed in part by a nightly fee on short-term rentals. Hobbs also announced a new active management area for La Paz County to address groundwater depletion, defended her administration’s water and housing policies, and urged renewed funding for public schools while criticizing the ESA program for lack of accountability. She called for bipartisan action on disaster relief after floods in Globe and Miami, and condemned political violence. No legislative votes were taken; the joint session concluded with the governor’s address and the session was dissolved.

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• . >> Uh, Economic Development Workforce Investment Committee will not meet this week. >> Members take
• House Bill 325, an act relating to economic development incentives. Representative Layman.
• House Bill 325, an act relating to House Bill 325, an act relating to economic<00:14:15.279><c> development
• </c> economic development incentives. economic development incentives.

Keywords: Convene 00:00 Motions, Petitions, and Communications 05:54 Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 12:03 Recess for ConC and Rules Meeting 16:14 CoC and Rules Report 18:21 Adjournment 18:57, 958, all

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• Good morning and welcome to this morning's Assembly Economic Development Growth and House Hope Impact
• assistance, uplift best practices and encourage small business contracting as part of local economic development
• Facilitating the development of local procurement programs, and four, creates temporary relief for the
• resources, our small business and diverse businesses. require collaboration with local agencies that develop
• SB 769 is fiscally responsible, aligns with our climate and work enforcement development goals and ensures

Committee: House Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact

Keywords: 988, house, all