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• Fifteen percent is allocated to local entities, and another 15 percent is designated for the legislature
• one of my next questions is how can we help support getting that information or helping the local entities
• Senator Paxton: ...or getting that information, or helping the local entities get information to you?
• As well as the current pool of local entities that can apply, it doesn't bring them up to 100%.
• All state agencies will report data in the same format.

Bills: SB 1, SB1

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, 1185, senate, all

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• Chiricahua's rock formations are also a biodiversity hotspot that support a variety of wildlife amid
• Long before the formation of the United States and before the U.S.
• Long before<05:50:34.800> the<05:50:34.920> found<05:50:35.240> formation<05:50:
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Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, March 16, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Youth camps are the only child-serving entities in Texas with a statutory cure-for-stress that prevents
• Health care professionals have a duty to report, but the other entity that.
• No other entity has these carve-outs. I appreciate those questions.
• We partner with pediatricians, community health and public health entities, and the Greater Austin YMCA
• I don't know who would be able to answer this question, but what format does ivermectin come in?

Bills: HB 265, HB25

Keywords: youth camp, safety regulations, advisory committee, child welfare, health standards, summer camp, camp safety, child abuse reporting, child neglect, mandatory reporting, background check, criminal history check, sex offender registry, CPR training, first aid, public health, child protection, camp operator, camp counselor, Health and Safety Code

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• measures to prevent minors from checking out sexually explicit material, including through digital formats
• I don't think those entities are working with you. I think your jackboot is on their necks.
• They clarify how government entities must collect sex-related data when enforcing any related policies
• It requires all government entities that collect sex-based data to classify every individual strictly
• Unfortunately, the problems still remain with school districts and local entities still... to redefine

Bills: HB186, HB201, HB229, HB796, HB1506, HB2702, HB2885, HB3225, HB3909, HB4285, HB5138

Keywords: social media, children, account verification, data privacy, parental control, financial crime, card fraud, motor fuel theft, law enforcement, criminal activity, skimmers, prevention, training, biological sex, government information, definitions, sex-based distinctions, public health, federal directives, state authority

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• And then now we have this system and we have these entities and we have law enforcement.
• Now, I have been told that that's going to depend upon whether an entity like the Mayo Clinic allows
• We identified that 21 of them were actually substantive, and the rest of them were formatting.
• We just crossed off the formatting, because the drafter would do that.
• , And it's really specific about when you have authority as an entity to either hire a state employee

Keywords: 996, all

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• And I remember running in formation thinking, "Oh boy, those are really low railings and I don't want
• And I remember running in formation thinking, "Oh boy, those are really low railings and I don't want
• > boy,<00:26:30.640> those<00:26:30.880> are formation thinking, "Oh boy, those
• , either public entity.
• entity either public<00:44:40.280> entity<00:44:41.280> and<00:44:41.440> then<00

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We spoke to, of course, the state entities, like the Department of Health, those departments dealing
• And a number of others, but those are the primary entities.
• And a number of others, but those are the primary entities.
• You know, in individuals or entities who are not there for the best purposes. One more question.
• smaller businesses uh larger entities smaller businesses uh larger entities usually<02:03:58.599

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard Senate Bill 1322, SD2, HD1, a comprehensive measure revising Hawaii’s mental health code. The bill would clarify emergency transportation, examination, and hospitalization procedures for people who may be mentally ill or suffering from substance abuse and deemed imminently dangerous, expand notice requirements, allow certain information-sharing for assisted community treatment petitions, and add liability protections for emergency responders and providers. The Department of the Attorney General supported the bill as a collaborative update to the law, while the Department of Health asked for a copy of provider-generated emergency transport documentation within five days for data and planning purposes. Testimony was sharply divided. Queen’s Health System, Hawaiʻi Pacific Health, HHSC, and the Institute for Human Services supported the measure or parts of it but requested amendments, including clarifying whether a second psychiatric exam is required, restoring a 72-hour rather than 48-hour stabilization window, and adjusting where patients are taken when an MEO cannot be reached. The ACLU of Hawaiʻi strongly opposed the bill, arguing it weakens due process and civil liberties, especially around involuntary commitment, assisted community treatment, emergency transport by police, and reduced procedural safeguards; it urged the committee to hold the bill and consider an interim working group. Louie E.K. of the Hawaiʻi Disability Rights Center also opposed the bill, focusing on immunity from negligence, the use of police for transport, and the reduction of a three-provider review to one in state-hospital treatment orders. Other testimony included support from an individual who said the bill could improve mental health care delivery amid provider shortages, and a comment from Hawaiʻi Health and Harm Reduction Center warning that the substance use portion of the bill lacks evidence of effectiveness and could be misused. In response to committee questions, the Attorney General’s office said the measure was developed with input from multiple stakeholders, including state agencies, hospitals, the ACLU, HHSC, and IHS, and that it aims to make assisted community treatment more accessible and effective by streamlining the legal process and improving consequences for noncompliance. No vote or final action was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.

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• So, I've heard from several entities that they're using innovation zone grants to pay for personnel or
• And so, when it comes to—I'm just wondering—what those entities are telling you, maybe about how they
• All states designate which entities can serve as authorizers and also designate how many are involved
• While SEAs are most common across states, some states have specific entities that are different. entities
• But thank you for your thorough illumination of all these formats. Thank you, Representative.

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• It's eliminating the Rivers Council, which is a non-governmental entity in statute. there there are<01
• We don’t provide that to any other sort of private nonprofit entity, so we thought that was appropriate
• I think it's a different kind of an appellate format than a lot of agencies.
• I think it's a different kind of an appellate format than a lot of agencies. you're saying that these
• than a lot of agencies app pellet format than a lot of agencies yeah<02:57:30.160> yeah<02:57

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard a presentation from the Department of Environmental Services on proposed changes in House Bill 2 and related technical changes in House Bill 1 tied to the governor’s permitting realignment initiative. The proposal would move environmental review staff from Fish and Game and DNCR to DES to create a more centralized “one-stop shop” for applicants needing DES permits, especially for wildlife and natural heritage reviews. DES said the goal is to speed permitting, support a 60-day review clock, and improve coordination among agencies while keeping the substantive review work in place. Members asked about staffing impacts, the scope of the transferred duties, and whether the change would create redundancy or weaken the other agencies. DES said most of the affected staff work primarily on these reviews, though Fish and Game staff also handle other state and federal reviews, which is why the proposal was adjusted to keep one of the four Fish and Game positions there and move three to DES, along with two positions from DNCR. DES also described a new supervisory position in HB 2 to manage the transferred staff within its land resources bureau. Officials said the reviews would still be done by specialists, but under DES supervision, and that the agencies would continue to coordinate recommendations on species impacts and mitigation. The committee also discussed fee increases intended to offset costs, including a 50% increase in wetlands fees and a 100% increase in alteration-of-terrain fees, with the department saying the changes would cover the new positions. Members raised concerns about impacts on private homeowners, possible incentives to work without permits, and whether fines should be used more as a revenue source or for mitigation. DES said wetlands permits are roughly split between homeowner-related and commercial projects, that permit-by-notification already creates a two-tier structure for smaller projects, and that enforcement relies partly on public complaints and online permitting systems. The department also said most fines currently go to the general fund and vary widely year to year, with about $75,000 budgeted, and that the proposal would also create permit-by-notification authority for alteration-of-terrain projects between 100,000 and 150,000 square feet, mirroring language in Senate Bill 110. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion provided.

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• We want to hear from you as we're thinking about outlining our recommendations in this sort of format
• the state is engaging with the public, and we want to hear the feedback, so that we've hired this entity
• image on the right is just a snapshot of the bill draft request limits per member and per authorized entity
• that records relating to a public entity's internal investigation of a complaint against a public entity

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The Legislative Procedure and Arrangements Committee met with a quorum, approved the previous meeting minutes, and heard an update from Garty Consulting on the interim study of legislative term limits. The consultants outlined their research plan and preliminary themes, including loss of institutional knowledge, shifts in power toward executive agencies and lobbyists, reduced long-term policy capacity, faster leadership turnover, and recruitment/support challenges. They also described possible recommendation categories ranging from constitutional and statutory changes to procedural and cultural adjustments. Committee members asked about how other states repealed term limits, how the public survey would address perceptions of term limits, and how stakeholder focus groups would be selected. The committee also heard a presentation from NCSL on term limits in other states, including examples from Nevada, Montana, and Colorado, with discussion of training programs, staffing changes, annual-session debates, bill limits, and impacts on decorum and leadership continuity. Several members requested follow-up data on part-time versus full-time legislatures, taxpayer costs, and nonpartisan staff devoted to oversight. The committee then considered revisions to the legislature’s workplace harassment policy and related forms. Legislative Council explained changes that clarified the definition of harassment, added captions for readability, extended several deadlines, allowed informal resolution before a review panel is appointed, clarified the role of Legislative Council in intake and documentation, and updated confidentiality/open-records language. Members, especially Senator Hogan, said the revisions better formalize the role of counsel and provide a less intimidating path for resolving complaints. The committee adopted the revised policy and forms by roll call vote. Finally, the committee approved a motion to enter executive session at 1:00 p.m. to review the results of a capital threat assessment and discuss legislator security, citing the applicable open-meetings exemptions. Members were instructed to limit discussion to the stated purpose and not take final action until returning to open session.

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• my role as a judge and being able to provide representation or advice to any type of individual or entity
• much as I appreciate everything the judges have done, I think that we need to focus and become an entity
• Creating that foundation is necessary for us to proceed in a legal format to get us to the point of the
• Compliments for that, because we hardly ever compliment governmental entities.

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• I listed any state agency that that license any entity can have the ability to affect that License that
• And again, iodine is not located everywhere in all formations throughout the state.

Bills: SB3, SB1346, SB1509, SB1928, SB2028, SB2071, SB2110, SB2117, SB2127, SB2134, SB259, SB1191, SB1246, SB1314, SB1439, SB1613, SB1930, SB1976, SB330, SB2069, SB2095, SB3, SB1346, SB1509, SB1928, SB2028, SB2071, SB2110, SB2117, SB2127, SB2134, SB259, SB1191, SB1246, SB1314, SB1439, SB1613, SB1930, SB1976, SB330, SB2069, SB2095

Keywords: industrial hemp, program licensing, agriculture, cannabinoids, state regulation, water infrastructure, wastewater, investment program, loans, local government, SB1509, groundwater, water wells, well spacing, water rights, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, OWRB, basin, subbasin, maximum annual yield

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• committee strike-and-insert amendment that makes additional technical corrections concerning the format
• paid out of the mine subsidence insurance fund that's under BRIM, and so BRIM would actually be the entity

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee met with a quorum present and approved the March 4, 2026 minutes by voice vote. The committee first considered House Bill 55, which updates and modernizes workers’ compensation statutes to reflect the privatized system, remove obsolete provisions, and adjust the Workers’ Compensation Board of Review from five members to three. The Insurance Commissioner testified that the bill is part of the cleanup from privatization and would give the governor more flexibility in appointments. After adopting a strike-and-insert amendment and a title amendment, the committee reported HB 55 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass. The committee then took up House Bill 5463, which would reduce BRIM’s required liability coverage for county boards of education from $1.25 million to $1 million per occurrence and eliminate the separate $5 million excess coverage requirement. BRIM’s director testified that the excess market was difficult to access and costly, but several senators raised concerns that lowering coverage could reduce protection for victims and school-related claims. After a divided vote, the motion to report the bill failed, and HB 5463 was not passed by the committee. Next, the committee considered House Bill 4869, creating guaranteed issue rights for Medicare supplement policies, including annual birthday replacement rights and a special right for certain Medicaid recipients losing eligibility. Counsel said the bill would prohibit underwriting barriers during the guaranteed issue periods and require an annual report on premium trends. With no amendments offered, the committee reported HB 4869 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass. Finally, the committee considered House Bill 5462 on mine subsidence insurance. The bill would allow the mine subsidence fund to offset payments by amounts received from other sources and limit lawsuits over claims reported to BRIM. Members debated a proposed strike-and-insert amendment that would have softened the litigation limits and added notice and remedy provisions, but the amendment was rejected. The committee then reported HB 5462 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass, and the meeting adjourned.

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• proposed committee strike-and-insert amendment that makes additional technical corrections concerning format
• out of the mine subsidence insurance fund. ...that is under BRIM, and so BRIM would actually be the entity

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee met with a quorum present and first approved the March 4, 2026 minutes. It then took up Engrossed Committee Substitute for House Bill 55, a workers’ compensation cleanup bill from the Insurance Commissioner’s office. Counsel explained that the bill modernizes outdated code after privatization of the workers’ compensation system, repeals obsolete provisions, updates references to the Insurance Commissioner, reduces the Workers’ Compensation Board of Review from five members to three, and makes related technical changes. The committee adopted a strike-and-insert amendment and a title amendment, and then reported the bill to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass. The Insurance Commissioner and a senior senator both spoke in support, describing the bill as part of the long-term cleanup of the privatized system and noting the reduced caseload on the Board of Review. The committee next considered Engrossed House Bill 5463, which would lower the required insurance coverage for county boards of education from $1.25 million to $1 million per occurrence and eliminate the separate $5 million excess coverage requirement. BRIM’s executive director testified that the agency had difficulty finding a market partner for the excess coverage and that the premium cost exceeded $5 million, creating a burden for county boards. Some senators raised concerns that reducing coverage could limit recovery for victims in serious claims and that the change might reduce protections for school systems. When the motion to report the bill was put to a vote, the result was tied, and the chair declared the bill not passed. The committee then approved Engrossed Committee Substitute for House Bill 4869, which creates guaranteed issue rights for Medicare supplement policies in West Virginia. Counsel explained that the bill allows certain policyholders to replace a Medicare supplement policy during an annual birthday period without medical underwriting, and also grants a guaranteed issue right for certain individuals losing Medicaid eligibility. The bill also requires annual reporting on premium trends and gives the Insurance Commissioner rulemaking authority. The motion to report the bill to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass was adopted. Finally, the committee considered Engrossed Committee Substitute for House Bill 5462 on mine subsidence insurance. Counsel explained that the bill would allow the mine subsidence fund to reduce payments by amounts already received by a policyholder and, as introduced, would bar actions against insurers for claims reported to the board. A proposed strike-and-insert amendment would have replaced the blanket bar with a 90-day pre-suit notice requirement and limits on damages, but after discussion from senators, counsel, BRIM, and the Insurance Federation, the committee rejected the strike-and-insert and also rejected a separate amendment to strike the setoff language. The committee then reported the bill to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass, and adjourned.

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• I'm the Commissioner of Public Safety at DPS, under the umbrella of DPS falls a lot of other state entities
• the Department of Libraries, I can destroy the paper copies of those and maintain them in a digital format

Keywords: 914, all

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• allows the compacts to be nationwide in scope by having a central organization that creates the basic format
• It will be renewed again in 2018 because the compact entity had changed.

Keywords: 996, all

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• allows the compacts to be nationwide in scope by having a central organization that creates the basic format
• It will be renewed again in 2018 because the compact entity had changed.

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• And I'm really proud to be able to stand up and have this format to thank our workers around the state
• Representative Lilly touched on this, but this allowed our work to move forward in comparison to the other entities

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• TTAF is an approved serving entity by the Texas Department of State Health Services to provide maternal
• Would the state's format allow for a patient to... ...remove provisions or disagree with provisions in

Bills: HB18, HB742, HB754, HB1644, HB2187, HB1887, HB 1275, HB37, HB1503, HB1699, HB1700, HB2735, HB1741, HB1731, HB1675, HB18, HB37

Keywords: rural health, hospital funding, healthcare access, mental health services, financial stability, human trafficking, first responders, health care, training, reporting, protection, trafficking prevention, medical assistant training, health care facilities, hospital compliance, clinic compliance, anti-retaliation, whistleblower protection, employee reporting, good faith report

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• amendment ensures that an agency submit materials that will incorporate into rules in a text searchable format
• Encourage partnerships with local governmental entities to create local protection and restoration zone

Keywords: 999, senate, all