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• Um, Senator Dibble will not be with us, and he will be replaced, um, we believe, by Senator Klein
• Madam Chair, uh, the A6 would have replaced the A5. The A6. Okay. Thank you.
• But the leaders' agreement does not include the requirement that the credit is in the status of being
• is<00:16:49.680> uh<00:16:49.920> in<00:16:50.240> the<00:16:50.880> status
• <00:16:51.279> of<00:16:51.519> being The credit is in the status of being refundable

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Schools are able to cycle in and out of probationary status, spending up to five years at a time with
• It removes the option for the Board of Nursing to extend the program's probationary status.
• They made a replacement in one of their deans, and all of a sudden, they're way back up again.
• They made a replacement in one of their deans, and all of a sudden, they're way back up again.
• programs, which are private schools and a handful of the technical schools that are also in approved status

Summary: The Careers and Workforce Subcommittee heard three bills. HB 919 on nursing education programs would tighten accountability for nursing schools with low NCLEX pass rates by shortening the probation period, requiring remediation plans, mandating free remediation for students who fail, and requiring tuition reimbursement for programs with very low pass rates. The sponsor argued Florida’s nursing pass rates are unacceptably low and that stronger consequences are needed; opponents warned the bill could shut down programs, worsen the nursing shortage, and unfairly target private schools, while supporters said it would protect students and improve outcomes. After debate, the bill was reported favorably by a vote of 18-0. The committee then heard PCS for HB 1261, the “Smart Living Act,” a student-driven proposal from Jefferson High School in Hillsborough County to expand personal financial literacy and practical life-skills instruction in high school. Students and school officials testified that the bill would better prepare graduates for adulthood by covering topics such as budgeting, credit, loans, FAFSA, resumes, interviews, and basic household skills. Members praised the students’ work and the bill’s practical focus, and the PCS was reported favorably 18-0. Finally, the committee considered HB 809, which would exempt school social workers from educator certification requirements for general and subject-area knowledge. Supporters from Lee and Broward counties said the current testing requirement is unrelated to social work, creates financial and recruitment barriers, and has contributed to staffing shortages. Members from both parties supported the measure as a simple way to remove an obstacle to hiring and retaining school social workers. HB 809 was also reported favorably by a vote of 18-0, and the meeting adjourned after all agenda items were completed.

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• It's a formula-driven appraisal methodology with a statutory preference for cost approach on replacing
• However, this bill goes beyond recognition and moves us toward assigning special treatment and status
• However, this bill goes beyond recognition and moves us toward assigning special treatment and status
• status of the staffing agency, that's not even, I don't want to say relevant.
• AB 46 replaces that framework with a clearer standard, focused on whether someone poses a...

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, offered a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then proceeded through gubernatorial appointments and third-reading measures. Three appointments to the California Housing Finance Agency Board and the State Mining and Geology Board were confirmed by unanimous or near-unanimous votes. The body then considered a series of bills on criminal procedure, military authority, housing, refinery safety, land use, music festivals, homelessness planning, solar tax assessment, HOA assessments, privacy, utility accounts, refrigerant disposal, law enforcement training, natural gas planning, school transfers, and regional transportation planning. Among the more debated measures, SB 1173 on lesser related offense instructions passed 25-10 after opposition centered on judicial discretion and consistency. SB 1354, limiting out-of-state military or law enforcement activity without the Governor’s permission, passed 29-9 after supporters framed it as a sovereignty measure and opponents argued federal command authority controls. SB 1090, the Altadena disaster-speculation bill, passed 29-9; supporters said it would curb predatory investor purchases after wildfire disasters, while opponents raised concerns about property rights and market effects. SB 966 on refinery worker participation in safety standards passed 30-9 amid a dispute over worker protections versus regulatory burden, and SB 1256, a local housing/subdivision bill, passed 32-0 despite concerns about fire-safety amendments. The Senate also approved SB 865 on music festivals, SB 866 on homelessness planning with a commitment to exempt smaller cities, SB 1007 on HOA assessment transparency and homeowner approval thresholds, SB 923 on privacy deletion rights, SB 1098 on utility balancing accounts, SB 1010 on refrigerant recovery, SB 937 on flashbang and breaching-device restrictions, SB 1082 on inter-district transfer timelines, and SB 1087 on modernizing regional transportation planning. SB 1329 on solar farm property tax assessment drew extensive debate over county revenues, solar development certainty, and fairness to rural communities, but ultimately passed after the call was lifted. Several measures were supported by authors and committee chairs as balancing consumer, worker, or local government protections against concerns about costs, regulatory stability, and local control.

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• Public Safety Initiative, and we already did our 130, which was the Juvenile Justice Evaluation Report status
• In some counties, a large proportion of referrals consisted of status offenses or misdemeanors, while
• A lot of states have moved to remove status offenses from the delinquency system so that young people
• It doesn't change the status. It doesn't change what they could do in their community.
• , truancy and other status offenses should be handled outside of the juvenile justice system.

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• benefits<01:50:03.239> have 54% wage replacement and benefits have 54% wage replacement and
• maintain the existing wage replacement maintain the existing wage replacement rates<01:50:50.280
• $86,000 a year that's a wage replacement $86,000 a year that's a wage replacement rate<01:54:10.119
• <02:11:05.079> rate<02:11:05.320> of replacement rate of replacement rate of 50%<02:11:
• we want to maintain a wage replacement we want to maintain a wage replacement rate<02:20:59.240>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Regardless of income or insurance status, have the ability to make timely informed choices about their
• because we understand that today's AI technologies can enhance human intelligence, but they cannot replace
• Allowing for an AI system to claim physician status could be dangerously misleading.
• continues to intensify as laboratory scientists in this industry retire without any adequate pipeline to replace

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• from discriminating against someone based on race, sex, color, religion, national origin, marital status
• This amendment simply strikes Gulf of Mexico and replaces a... Rules suspended.
• This amendment simply strikes Gulf of Mexico and replaces a I think, Mr.
• President, members, this amendment simply strikes “Gulf of Mexico” and replaces it with “Gulf of America
• And so you're, I guess it's here at the very end, you're replacing the last lines of your original bill

Summary: The Senate took up and passed Senate Bill 945, which concerns political shareholder proposals by insurers and insurance holding companies. Senator Hughes argued the bill would protect Texas-based insurers from activist shareholder pressure, especially proposals aimed at limiting insurance coverage for oil and gas companies for ESG or political reasons. The motion to suspend the regular order was adopted over objection, and SB 945 passed to engrossment on a 20-10 vote with one present not voting. The chamber also passed Senate Bill 1117, allowing any Texas-licensed dentist to administer botulinum toxin in oral or maxillofacial regions for aesthetic purposes, and House Joint Resolution 98, renewing Texas’s application for an Article 5 Convention of States to propose amendments on fiscal restraints, federal power limits, and term limits. Both measures advanced after debate and roll-call votes; SB 1117 passed unanimously after suspension of the three-day rule, and H.J.R. 98 was adopted on a 17-14 vote. Members then approved several other measures, including the committee substitute for House Bill 142 on HHSC’s Office of Inspector General and Medicaid overpayment recovery, Senate Bill 2373 on AI-enabled financial fraud and deepfake/phishing schemes, Senate Bill 2221 on fraudulent UCC financing statements, and Senate Bill 2681 on the basis for third-party voter-registration challenges. The Senate also adopted a resolution authorizing a Texas Life Monument replica at the Capitol complex, and passed S.J.R. 59 creating funds for Texas State Technical College capital needs. The body debated and passed Senate Bill 946, which would bar credit discrimination against organizations based on social, political, religious, or similar value-based considerations and require credit decisions to rest on creditworthiness. Senators raised concerns that the bill could create a special protected class for non-human entities or conflict with existing state policies, but the bill advanced to engrossment on a 20-11 vote. The Senate also passed Senate Bill 2477 to ease office-to-residential conversions in large cities after adopting an amendment negotiated with municipal stakeholders, and began consideration of Senate Bill 715 on ERCOT reliability requirements for generators, including existing generation, with extensive debate over impacts on renewables, power purchase agreements, and grid reliability.

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• Army Corps of Engineers, so the state has no bearing on those sites whatsoever. replace replace infrastructure
• <00:42:21.079> of mowing brush cutting replacement of mowing brush cutting replacement of
• One of the challenges we always face is upgrading and replacing equipment.
• <02:10:59.639> or let me tell you um replacing or let me tell you um replacing or upgrading
• necessary and there's no in replacement necessary and there's no in replacement and<02:28:55.200

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• quo is not has to change the status quo is not working<00:29:34.799> um<00:29:35.080> and<
• Article 1 of the bill has been deleted and replaced with some additional language that I'll highlight
• with some additional language replaced with some additional language that<01:15:22.320> I'll<
• <01:24:21.480> due that all our roofs would be replaced due that all our roofs would be replaced
• 96 roofs why were there no was replacing 96 roofs why were there no was there<01:24:34.880> no

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Speaker, I hope it will get to the floor where we will for the first time put the statue of an Aggie
• HB 4531 by Bo Johnny Ring, the status of certain documents or instruments purporting or conveyed title
• HB 4532 by Oliverson Eling, the endorsement of the roofs replacements to comply with certain standards
• HB 4923 by Moody relating to the Status Offenses.
• By a child, including the repeal of the status offense of a child voluntarily running away from home

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• We'd be happy to answer any questions, but primarily we would like to keep the current status that we
• We'd be happy to answer any questions, but primarily we would like to keep the current status that we
• We will amend page two, line two, to replace $400 with $5,040.
• We'll also replace application year with benefit year.
• term claim and application we replace term claim and application we replace the<00:49:12.079>

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Cyber Command to unified combatant status during his first term.
• Members, by enabling the use of AI to replace outdated systems or to build new programs or tools, the
• This approach ensures that AI drives operations... ...operational efficiency, replacing labor-intensive
• We're most known for our work repairing and replacing smartphones and other handheld devices, but we
• has clear authority to take action. ...authority to pursue bad actors, no matter their licensing status

Bills: HB146, HB150, HB1500, HB1545, HB1562, HB2067, HB2520, HB2818, HB3214, HB3250, HB3466, HB3512, HB3623, HB4063, HB4395, HB4464, HB4668, HB4690, HB5331, HB3833, HB146, HB150

Keywords: HB 146, Texas Capitol, State Capitol, State Preservation Board, Congress Avenue, Travis County, traffic lanes, lane closure, road closure, municipal authority, local control, Capitol area, downtown Austin, special events, construction traffic plan, pedestrian safety, public works, transportation policy, government code chapter 443, cybersecurity

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• giving you to prove that status? giving you to prove that status?
• non residents um based on their status. non residents um based on their status.
• citizenship status. citizenship status.
• I replace the incorrect replacement. Oh, let me fix that. Okay, sorry. Uh, where am I? Oh, yes.
• I replace the incorrect um replacement. replacement. replacement.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• local governments to purchase cybersecurity commodities through the program, regardless of their status
• or cardholder becomes a U.S. citizen and timely updates his or her legal status.
• Therefore, there isn't a verifiable status. Senator Arrington: Thank you, Madam President.
• This is the replacement for 1220. Is that correct? Senator Massullo, thank you, Mr. President.
• And how will security screening staff be notified of their guardian status?

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and included several member introductions recognizing guests, interns, firefighters, and a doctor of the day. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar and began taking up a series of bills, often substituting House companions for Senate measures before final passage. The first major bill, health care patient protection, required hospitals with emergency departments to adopt pediatric emergency care policies, training, a pediatric emergency care coordinator, and readiness assessments; it passed 36-0. A public records bill protecting victim identities and temporarily exempting the name of a law enforcement officer who is a victim also passed after questions about access for victims of police misconduct, with a 33-4 vote. The Senate next approved a local government cybersecurity bill creating a state-administered program through Florida Digital Service to help counties and cities strengthen cyber defenses, with priority for rural and fiscally constrained governments; after amendments, it passed 37-0. A clerks of court bill allowing clerks to retain all revenue above projections and, through a House amendment, revising legal notice and traffic citation distribution provisions, passed 38-0 despite debate over impacts on municipalities and law enforcement. The chamber also passed a trademark modernization bill and a septic system permit bill intended to reduce delays for builders; the septic bill was amended to align the House and Senate versions and passed 38-0. The longest and most contested item was the elections bill, which updated citizenship verification procedures using REAL ID and state databases, changed candidate qualification rules, and altered election administration provisions. Numerous amendments were offered and rejected, including proposals to exempt certain seniors, preserve student and retirement-center IDs, allow attestations in place of documentary proof of citizenship, and require human review over automated systems. One amendment to delay implementation until July 1, 2027, was also debated. The transcript ends while debate is still underway on the elections measure, with no final vote shown in the excerpt.

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• to another status.
• Who are these employees being replaced with?
• So this is who we're replacing our 21,000 with.
• How has there even been time to replace that many people?
• So I will say that. have they replaced them?

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• political division is strong, especially as they consider laws affecting Arizona's families with mixed status
• Maintain the status quo.
• president, appointing Senator Farnsworth to the Committee on Judiciary and Elections to temporarily replace

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then heard several introductions of guests and proclamations. Members recognized a Sierra Vista justice of the peace, the doctor of the day, representatives connected to Lobo Week and the endangered Mexican gray wolf, McDonald’s officials and operators visiting for the McDonald’s All-American Games, and labor representatives for AFL-CIO Day. A proclamation was read honoring Lobo Week and encouraging support for Mexican gray wolf recovery, and another proclaimed March 25–31, 2026 as McDonald’s All-American Games Week, citing the event’s youth athletics, charitable, and economic impact in Arizona. Senator Gonzalez also submitted a statement criticizing Senate rules as undemocratic and unconstitutional. The chamber then took up House Bill 2874, relating to campaign contributions and expenses. Senator Mesnard moved to reconsider the Senate’s prior third-reading passage of the bill, and the motion carried by a 16-12 vote. On reconsideration, the Senate voted on the bill without the emergency clause; Senator Gonzalez spoke against the emergency clause and the reconsideration process, arguing there was no emergency and objecting to the majority’s ability to bring the bill back. The bill passed on reconsideration without the emergency clause and was transmitted to the House. The Senate also handled routine calendar items, including recording governor and House messages, committee reports, and notices of caucus and committee meetings. The body adjourned until Tuesday, March 31, 2026, at 1:15 p.m.

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• Our pensions are all but replaced with 401(k)s.
• For a major knee replacement, you know, Baylor St.
• So for a major knee replacement, you know, Baylor St.
• You either got the knee replacement or you didn't.
• And they didn't need that knee replacement in the first place.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Work and Family Mobility Act allows all residents of the Commonwealth, regardless of immigration status
• the intrusion of the administration into Massachusetts in particular when it comes to immigration status
• And I've used this example of the Orange Line shutdown in 2022... ...where we only replaced 6,000 feet
• transportation, under the Healey-Driscoll administration, we’ve secured more than $1.7 billion to replace
• improving transit options. $143 million to lay the groundwork for West-East Rail. $472 million to replace

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Transportation held an informational hearing with invited testimony from MassDOT leadership, the MBTA, Massport, and the state’s Federal Funds and Infrastructure Office. MassDOT officials outlined work across highways, rail and transit, the Registry of Motor Vehicles, and aeronautics, emphasizing major capital spending, bridge and roadway programs, transit grants, rail expansion, airport safety, and modernization efforts. They highlighted Chapter 90 and municipal grant programs, the Compass Rail and West-East Rail efforts, RMV upgrades such as electronic titles and driver licensing systems, and aeronautics work on airport pavement, drones, and advanced air mobility. Committee members focused on safety, service access, and project implementation. Questions to MassDOT covered automated enforcement and rising roadway fatalities, the Allston multimodal project’s federal funding, Complete Streets access for rural communities, and South Coast Rail staffing and future electrification. The RMV was asked about the Work and Family Mobility Act, Real ID demand, and appointment access, especially in Metro West. Members also raised concerns about South Coast Rail operations, Keolis staffing, and whether the Stoughton route remains part of future plans; MassDOT and MBTA officials said they are working on staffing, service reliability, and long-term expansion, while noting that nothing is off the table for future rail improvements. MBTA General Manager Phil Eng reported progress including workforce growth, elimination of subway speed restrictions, expanded reduced-fare access, bus network redesign, South Coast Rail launch, and commuter rail signal upgrades. He said the agency is pursuing a new commuter rail operating contract designed to support future regional rail, electrification, and higher-frequency service, while maintaining service and workforce stability amid funding uncertainty. Members also asked about fare collection data privacy and the impact of state funding levels; Eng said the MBTA needs the governor’s proposed funding to preserve service and staffing, and that the fare system’s data are encrypted and handled through a secure vendor system. Massport CEO Rich Davey reported record activity at Logan, Worcester, and the cruise and maritime facilities, along with major capital and climate investments such as sustainable aviation fuel planning, shore power at Flynn Cruiseport, renewable diesel, and expanded ground transportation. He said Massport is planning for continued passenger growth and managing congestion through parking, HOV, and curbside changes, while monitoring federal policy, tariffs, and air traffic control staffing issues. Federal Funds Director Quentin Palfrey described the administration’s efforts to secure federal infrastructure dollars, citing about $9 billion in federal awards since the start of the administration, including major transportation grants for the Cape Cod Bridges, Allston, West-East Rail, North Station drawbridge replacement, roadway safety, and clean school buses. He warned that changing federal policies, grant delays, and possible future congressional actions create uncertainty, but said the office is working case-by-case with municipalities and agencies to protect awarded funds and find alternative financing where needed.

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• So the next one is adds funds to replace the 2325 new FTE pool.
• The next item adds funding to replace the vacant FTE pool, I don't know.
• Next item is adding funding for the non-highly rural transport van replacement program.
• What is the status over the last few years? Mr.
• You're almost up to representative status now. Well, you earn that, you know.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee took up Senate Bill 2025, the Veterans Home/Veterans Affairs budget, and worked through the long sheet line by line. Members discussed base payroll, salary and health insurance increases, FTE pool adjustments, IT rate increases, operating expenses, transportation grants, the PTSD service dog program, salary equity requests, temporary help/intern funding, a Veterans Benefit Specialist FTE, accrued leave, and several one-time or carryover items including the Fisher House, document scanning, and veterans medical transportation. The committee also reviewed proposed policy language that would shift governance authority for the Veterans Home and Department of Veterans Affairs from the Administrative Committee on Veterans Affairs to the governor, and would remove board authority over salary-setting and related hiring powers. A major portion of the meeting focused on clarifying the commissioner salary equity line and how the agency had shifted operating dollars to fund the commissioner’s current salary increase. After discussion with agency staff and Lonnie, the committee voted to remove the separate commissioner salary equity increase line and instead restore operating funding, ultimately setting the operating line at $50,000 above the prior amount rather than fully funding the executive request. The committee also approved funding for the Veterans Benefit Specialist FTE, approved a carryforward/exemption for accrued leave, approved authority to accept $200,000 in federal transportation grant funds, approved the $500,000 transfers related to veterans homelessness, and approved the exemption language for certain federal/state fiscal recovery funds after discussing whether the funds were properly obligated. On the governance amendment, members expressed concern about making a major policy change in an appropriations bill, but also frustration over the board’s salary actions. After debate, the committee adopted the amendment transferring governance authority to the governor by a 7-1 vote. The committee also approved a smaller amount for veteran service officer salary equity than requested, and rejected funding for temporary salaries and an intern. The chair then directed staff to prepare the amended bill for further action, with the committee planning to revisit it once the revised version was ready.

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• Have you all ever been challenged with market value being not appropriate and maybe replacement value
• something you'd entertain cause when you do market value, we know you, they're not going to be able to replace
• So, I'm just wondering if anybody's approached you all about changing it to look at replacement value
• Coming and replacing your St.
• They have pulled this property out of a tax status for, say, ag exempt and agricultural status, and all

Bills: HB24

Keywords: groundwater, conservation, water permits, sustainability, resource management