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• Speaker, I move that the House grant permission for the Committee on Homeland Security, Public Safety
• The Committee on Homeland Security, Public Safety and Veterans Affairs will meet today at 1 p.m. in Room
• Security, Public Safety, and Veterans.
• Go to supporting border security efforts through the local border security program or Operation Lone
• When the Homeland Security Committee held one of the first meetings of this session, are you aware that

Bills: SB31, SB33, SB20, SB217, SB264, SB269, SB650, SB681, SB528, SB502, SB740, SB916, SB995, SB10, SB2581, SB2570, SB3031, SB24, SB379, SB1171, SB1121, SB1120, SB1061, SB1036, SB1019, SB890, SB11, SB868, SB1188, SB1254, SB2778, SB2543, SB2443, SB1333, SB1259, SB1401, SB1404, SB2139, SB2165, SB2237, SB2268, SB1202, SB1198, SB1212, SB1451, SB1470, SB1498, SB965, SB1547, SB1667, SB1818, SB1902, SB2129, SB2078, SB2069, SB1737, SB1589, SB1318, SB387, SB1150, SB1574, SB2127, SB3034, SB860, SB1278, SCR5, SCR32, SB4, SB23, SB1762, SB34, SB60, SB706, SB1814, SB1220, SB523, SB565, SB1253, SB840, SB764, SB2383, SB2155, SB1535, SB1423, SB1566, SB1804, SB1728, SB1816, SB1952, SB75, SB2068, SB1455, SB213, SB627, SB2037, SB670, SB896, SB917, SB1184, SB971, SB1255, SB1261, SB1283, SB991, SB1733, SB21, SB231, SB739, SB1252, SB1371, SB646, SB3, SCR27, SB552, SB1405, SB1948, SB243, SJR1, SB31, SB33, SB20, SB217, SB264, SB269, SB650, SB681, SB528, SB502, SB740, SB916, SB995, SB10, SB2581, SB2570, SB3031, SB24, SB379, SB1171, SB1121, SB1120, SB1061, SB1036, SB1019, SB890, SB11, SB868, SB1188, SB1254, SB2778, SB2543, SB2443, SB1333, SB1259, SB1401, SB1404, SB2139, SB2165, SB2237, SB2268, SB1202, SB1198, SB1212, SB1451, SB1470, SB1498, SB965, SB1547, SB1667, SB1818, SB1902, SB2129, SB2078, SB2069, SB1737, SB1589, SB1318, SB387, SB1150, SB1574, SB2127, SB3034, SB860, SB1278, SCR5, SCR32, SB546, SB647, SB648, SB1493, SB1709, SB2001, HB5669, HB3115, HB5655, HB5675, HB5689, HB5690, HB5653, HB3228, HB2802, HB45, HB1318, HB5560, HB2894, HB4344, HB2775, HB33, HB 12, HB148

Keywords: SB 31, Life of the Mother Act, Texas abortion law, medical emergency, reasonable medical judgment, pregnancy complications, maternal health, life-threatening condition, ectopic pregnancy, spontaneous abortion, miscarriage, unborn child, abortion exception, abortion ban, physician liability, health care liability claim, aiding and abetting, Texas Medical Board, State Bar of Texas, continuing medical education

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• Hawaii has always been seen as a safe and secure destination.
• always been seen as a safe and secure always been seen as a safe and secure destination.<00:47:37.359
• Department of Hawaiian Homelands. Department of Hawaiian Homelands. Thank<02:55:47.040> you.
• Thank you very of Hawaiian Homelands.
• always appreciated wine homelands always appreciated wine homelands because<05:40:59.520> this

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• <02:35:03.600> Security officer with Homeland Security officer with Homeland Security investigations
• of assigned to Homeland Security as part of assigned to Homeland Security as part of the<02:35:12.880
• > an of Homeland security I'm also an of Homeland security I'm also an auxiliary<02:35:21.840>
• > hand<02:38:28.040> you Homeland Security they'll just hand you Homeland Security they'll
• <04:19:53.439> Security Homeland Security Homeland Security officials officials officials charged

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• I'm a former Homeland Security Policy Coordinator and intelligence analyst with OES, and I support SB
• We assume they are federal agents from Homeland Security or ICE or California Border Patrol.
• We assume they are federal agents from Homeland Security or ICE or California Border Patrol.
• We have no idea if those officers are members of the Department of Homeland Security, of CBP, or of ICE
• bill, this is a necessary investment for schools to be able to prevent panic, promote a sense of security

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on August 20, 2025, and considered a large number of bills, with most of the discussion centered on election redistricting and several health, labor, environmental, and government-operations measures. The first major item was ACA 8, a constitutional amendment tied to a proposed November special election and temporary mid-decade congressional redistricting in response to partisan redistricting efforts in other states. Supporters, including Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, a 2020 redistricting commissioner, labor groups, and allies of the measure, argued it was necessary to defend democracy, protect representation, and respond to federal actions affecting California. Opponents, including Assemblymember Tom Lackey reading a statement for Assemblymember Gallagher and Assemblymember Dixon, argued the measure would undermine the independent redistricting commission, amount to a partisan power grab, and cost taxpayers roughly $230 million. Committee members also focused heavily on fiscal questions, including litigation costs and county election funding, and Department of Finance staff said counties would be made whole and funding would be advanced. The committee ultimately voted the measure out on a B roll call. The committee then heard SB 280, the implementing bill for the special election and related redistricting process. Supporters repeated the argument that California needed to respond to Texas and other states, while opponents again emphasized the cost, the strain on county budgets, and the state’s broader fiscal pressures. Department of Finance witnesses said the election funding would be provided in advance and that the state would work with counties and the Secretary of State. The bill was moved out on a roll call after extended debate. The committee also advanced several other bills, including SB 283 on battery storage safety standards, SB 470 extending remote participation and open-meeting flexibility for state boards and commissions, SB 697 modernizing stream adjudication procedures, SB 513 requiring more accessible employee training records, SB 30 restricting transfer of older diesel locomotives, SB 841 and SB 81 creating protections for vulnerable facilities and health care spaces from immigration enforcement, SB 358 revising traffic impact fee standards, and SB 630 streamlining state parks land acquisitions. Other measures discussed included SB 62 expanding health coverage benefits, SB 68 requiring restaurant allergen disclosures, and the committee heard both support and opposition on SB 68 from the California Restaurant Association and consumer advocates. Supporters of the health and immigrant-protection bills emphasized patient safety, reproductive health, immigrant rights, and access to care, while opponents on the restaurant bill warned of added mandates and litigation risk for small businesses. Across the hearing, committee members frequently returned to fiscal impacts, county implementation burdens, and whether the bills would save money, cost money, or shift costs to local governments. Several bills were reported out of committee, often on A or B roll calls, with some members not voting on particular measures.

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• This was all at the behest of the U.S. government for national security.
• This was all at the behest of the US government for national 74 security.
• This is a matter of security for our state.
• This is a matter of security for our state.
• or homeland defense and chip sector needs in the, in the US.

Summary: The committee first took up SB 2203, relating to certification of discovery issues in TCEQ contested cases referred to SOAH. The chair noted the House had already passed the companion HB 3249, then moved SB 2203 without amendments. The motion prevailed on a 5-0 vote, and the bill was reported favorably to the full House. The committee then heard SB 1898, which would prohibit the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam for testing and training, while still allowing it in emergency firefighting. The sponsor described PFAS as “forever chemicals” and said the bill would protect firefighters, water supplies, and public health. Testimony in support came from Environment Texas, which cited contamination concerns and noted other states and federal actions restricting PFAS foams. No one testified against the bill, and after closing testimony the committee left SB 1898 pending. The remainder of the hearing focused on SB 1758, a Grayson County pilot program aimed at addressing potential conflicts between Global Wafers’ semiconductor wafer facility and a proposed Black Mountain Cement/aggregate operation. Supporters, including Global Wafers, Grayson County officials, and manufacturing groups, argued that vibration from mining or blasting could threaten a major national-security semiconductor investment and that an independent BEG study was needed to set safe parameters. Opponents from Black Mountain Cement and related industry groups argued the bill would improperly interfere with a lawful permitting process, pick winners and losers, and harm Texas’ pro-business climate; they also said they had already revised operations and removed blast mining. The discussion included extensive questioning about geology, vibration, the permitting timeline, and whether the issue was really about mining rather than the air permit. No vote was taken on SB 1758 in the portion provided.

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• Just last week, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced that the Department of Homeland
• Just last week, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced that the Department of Homeland
• <00:49:54.920> Security<00:49:55.240> Christine<00:49:55.599> Nome Homeland Security
• Christine Nome Homeland Security Christine Nome announced<00:49:56.280> that<00:49:56.400>
• Homeland Security DHS will resume Homeland Security DHS will resume construction<00:50:00.440>

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• Homeland Security claims he was never in their custody despite multiple credible eyewitnesses who say
• We should not have to chase down Homeland Security, call hospitals, or even the morgue just to get them
• Homeland<01:51:26.400> Security<01:51:26.880> claims<01:51:27.199> he<01:51:27.440
• > was<01:51:27.600> never<01:51:27.760> in Homeland Security claims he was never
• > call<01:51:45.520> hospitals, down Homeland Security, call hospitals, down Homeland Security

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, December 4, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• :17.200> are Augsburg security personnel, who are Augsburg security personnel, who are unarmed
• Homeland Security and ICE, Augsburg Homeland Security and ICE, Augsburg received<00:32:16.360>
• We are meeting only days removed from the firing of former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen
• Until January 2025, the policy of the Department of Homeland Security, which was what was outlined in
• Until January 2025, the policy of the Department of Homeland Security, which was what was outlined in

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• discourages long-term service and drives away mid-career leaders, weakening our state's ability to meet homeland
• Mid-career leaders weaken our state's ability to meet homeland defense, wildfire, disaster response,
• Additionally, over 810,000 national security jobs depend on our ability to attract and keep these highly
• This includes creative tax and accounting gimmicks to secure various government subsidies and tax breaks

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• cost-saving opportunities across the entire executive branch again except for the Department of Hawaiian Homelands
• Homelands. Savings totaled over $60 million in the budget.
• These investments uplift local farmers and entrepreneurs that improves food security here at home, while
• Support for food security and agriculture, $86 million, with $64 million dedicated to repairing and improving

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• appropriates $11,645,266 from the unappropriated balance of general revenue surplus to the Department of Homeland
• Security, Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, correctional units, in the following manner: $6,642,874
• appropriates $11,645,266 from the unappropriated balance of general revenue surplus to the Department of Homeland
• Security, Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, correctional units in the following manner: $6,642,874

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Summary: The Senate Finance Committee met with a quorum present and first approved the minutes from the prior meeting. It then reconsidered Committee Substitute for House Bill 5212, noting that an Education Committee amendment had been inadvertently omitted the day before; the vice chairman withdrew the prior motion to report the bill, and the committee returned to the bill with the technical Education Committee amendments pending. The transcript then moved through a long agenda of bills and supplemental appropriations, with the committee generally hearing brief explanations from counsel, occasional member questions, and then voting to adopt amendments and report measures to the full Senate. Among the substantive policy bills, the committee advanced House Bill 4007 on the Industrial Access Road Fund, allowing an additional possible $3 million transfer in a fiscal year, expanding eligible uses, and increasing county/municipal spending limits; House Bill 4765, which raises salaries for state police, teachers, and school service personnel and, via a strike-and-insert amendment, creates a market pay enhancement tied to county and regional income data; House Bill 5162, recodifying tax lien sale procedures and clarifying ownership and government-property tax treatment; House Bill 5382, extending the Neighborhood Investment Tax Credit Program to July 1, 2031; House Bill 5685, authorizing up to $150 million in revenue bonds backed by excess lottery funds for State Culture Center improvements; House Joint Resolution 42, placing a constitutional amendment on the ballot to raise the homestead exemption from $20,000 to $40,000; House Bill 4010, creating an airport hangar grant program and fund; House Bill 4404, increasing from $500 to $5,000 the amount volunteer fire departments may spend on training and fire prevention materials; House Bill 4592, requiring standardized campus safety mapping data for higher education institutions; House Bill 4784, extending and making retroactive a qualified opportunity zone business tax modification; and House Bill 5088, increasing retirement benefits for Division of Natural Resources police officers, with a one-time $4.25 million cash injection. The committee also reported several supplemental appropriations and originating bills, including Senate Bill 842 for the Spay Neuter Assistance Fund, Senate Bill 846 for Culture and History capital repairs, Senate Bill 872 for Natural Resources capital repairs (reduced to $10 million in committee substitute), Senate Bill 876 for Department of Health facilities, Senate Originating Bills 1 through 5 covering Culture and History, road funds, corrections IT and services, tobacco education, and the Adjutant General’s armory board transfer, respectively. Most items were adopted by voice vote; House Bill 4765’s strike-and-insert amendment was adopted after a division vote of 10-6. The committee then adjourned.

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• Currently, 305 applications have been submitted to FEMA and are sitting with the Secretary of Homeland
• Security for final funding determination.
• Currently, 305 applications have been submitted to FEMA and are sitting with the Secretary of Homeland
• Security for final funding determination.

Summary: The Committee on Community Affairs met with a quorum present and heard several housing and disaster-recovery items. The committee heard SB 48 by Senator Gates, which would require local governments to allow voluntary accessory dwelling units, preserve homestead treatment for the owner-occupied portion of the property, limit undue parking restrictions, require 30-day minimum rentals, extend certain density bonuses for military families, and allow reusable tenant screening reports. The bill drew strong support from the Florida Association of Mortgage Professionals and several others, and it was reported favorably. The committee also heard SB 34 by Senator Sharif, creating a historic cemeteries program to help preserve historic African-American cemeteries and allow sale of excess vacant land if proceeds are used for long-term maintenance; it was also reported favorably. The committee then considered and recommended confirmation of Fox Henderson to the Board of Directors of the Florida Housing Finance Corporation. Members also received a presentation from the Department of Commerce on the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program and Rebuild Florida. Deputy Secretary Justin Domer described the state’s administration of HUD disaster recovery funds, including more than $4.3 billion received since 2017, housing repair and replacement programs that have completed 5,271 homes, and infrastructure and mitigation projects such as sewer conversion in Alford, the new Calhoun-Liberty Hospital, and the Florida Keys desalination plant. Members asked about average project costs, contractor oversight, corrective actions for deficient work, and audit procedures; Domer said the department uses inspections, vendor oversight, and financial penalties, and noted stricter contract consequences in newer programs. The Division of Emergency Management also presented on Elevate Florida, a federal mitigation program that allows homeowners to apply directly for elevation, reconstruction, acquisition/demolition, or wind-mitigation projects, with a 75/25 federal-homeowner cost share and no state funds. Director Kevin Guthrie said the program is designed to reduce repetitive flood losses and keep homeowners in place, and that it has received more than 12,000 applications, with about 1,500 prioritized, 500 on a wait list, and 305 submitted to FEMA for final approval. Members asked about the 25% match for seniors, the wait list, contractor procurement, and how projects are classified; Guthrie said the program uses insurance proceeds where available, has competitively procured 27 contractors, and may shift projects from elevation to reconstruction depending on damage and flood rules. The committee adjourned after the presentations and discussion.

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• Page 95 is—just real quick on that, on 93, on the security, is there any follow-up?
• So this is to help security with the unmanned aircraft at the World Cup.
• So the $14 million appropriation is coming from the federal government, Department of Homeland Security
• It comes from the federal government through us, the Department of Public Safety, our Homeland Security
• Office, ...through us, the Department of Public Safety, our Homeland Security Office grant managers

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• Security Task Force operations.
• Homeland Security Task Force Operations. This bill appropriates $250 million for the grant program.
• This bill discourages that, making communities less secure.
• We have reached Tab 3, which is Senate Memorial 6C, Secretary of Homeland Security, by Senator Gruters
• Senate Memorial 6C is a memorial to the Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security

Summary: The Senate Appropriations Committee met to hear SB 2-C, a major immigration enforcement bill sponsored by Senator Gruters and co-introduced by Senator Fine. The sponsor described the bill as a response to federal immigration priorities and said it replaces a single immigration officer with a State Board of Immigration Enforcement, expands local-federal cooperation, increases penalties for crimes committed by unauthorized immigrants, requires detention in certain cases, broadens information sharing, funds detention-bed expansion and law-enforcement training, and ends in-state tuition waivers for undocumented students. The bill also includes provisions related to sanctuary policies, voter fraud, transport of unauthorized aliens, and driver’s license-related offenses. The sponsor said the bill appropriates roughly $300 million overall, including $250 million for grants and $48 million for the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for interdiction and border-related enforcement work. Committee members questioned the bill’s scope, costs, and implementation. Senators focused heavily on the tuition-waiver repeal, asking how many students would be affected and whether the bill would harm students who have long lived in Florida. They also pressed on whether the bill should include stronger E-Verify provisions, how sanctuary-policy enforcement would work, whether local officials could be penalized for policy choices, and how immigration status would be verified in court and jail settings. The sponsor and Senator Fine said the tuition waiver would be removed for undocumented students, that the bill does not address E-Verify, and that the measure is intended to make immigration status a factor in detention and sentencing. Questions also addressed detention-bed capacity, reimbursement rates, and whether corrections staff would receive bonuses or salary increases; sponsors said bonuses are included for participating law enforcement, while broader salary issues would be handled in the regular budget process. Public testimony was sharply divided. Supporters and information-only witnesses, including Sheriff Bob Gualtieri and former officials, said the bill would help Florida coordinate with federal authorities, expand bed space, and close loopholes in existing immigration enforcement. Opponents from the Southern Poverty Law Center, ACLU of Florida, Florida Policy Institute, labor groups, and immigrant advocates argued the bill is unconstitutional, likely to trigger litigation, and harmful to families, schools, and the economy. They warned that the pretrial detention provisions could lead to wrongful detentions and that the tuition changes would reduce access to higher education and cost the state tuition revenue. No final vote is reflected in the transcript excerpt, but the committee continued through public comment and extended the meeting to complete the agenda.

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• The bill also corrects some language that Homeland Security Emergency Management suggested so that it
• corrects some language that Homeland corrects some language that Homeland Security<03:09:50.600>
• Rob Buckton, Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management for the State of New Hampshire.
• <03:20:33.199> Security<03:20:33.479> and buckton director Homeland Security and buckton
• director Homeland Security and Emergency<03:20:33.920> Management<03:20:34.279> for<03

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Summary: The Finance Division 2 hearing took testimony from the director of New Hampshire Police Standards and Training on the agency’s budget request and operations. He described the agency’s role in setting hiring, education, certification, and discipline standards for police, corrections, probation and parole, and court security officers, and noted that the agency runs the full-time, part-time, corrections, and court security training programs. He also outlined the agency’s staffing, facility, and budget request for FY 2026-27, including a request to keep funding level with the governor’s recommendation while shifting funds to support an IT manager position by defunding a vacant administrative slot. The agency requested several statutory changes in Chapter 106, including clarifying the definition of police misconduct, allowing a temporary member on the Conduct Review Committee, clarifying reporting requirements for misconduct allegations, and codifying the Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission. The director also reviewed new responsibilities added in recent years, including crisis intervention training, statewide accreditation, the Conduct Review Committee, and increased annual in-service training requirements. He explained that crisis intervention funding is carried in a continuously appropriated, non-lapsing account and that some budget lines were reclassified, including software and janitorial services, to reflect actual spending needs. Members asked about national standards, the different academy tracks, crisis intervention funding, maintenance and contract changes, temporary positions, and the court security training program. The agency said it coordinates with national peers through IADLEST, that the part-time and corrections academies are longstanding programs, and that the new court security academy can be delivered either as a full academy or as in-service training depending on resources. The director also said the agency has been running extra full-time academies because of high vacancy rates, but expects to return to three full-time academies this year, with two corrections academies and one or possibly two part-time academies. He also explained the current approach to misconduct records and public disclosure, saying sustained findings under RSA 106-L are heard by the council and published, replacing the older, less standardized exculpatory list process.

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• Security.
• Department of Homeland Department of Homeland Security.<01:09:58.719> The<01:09:58.960>
• one of the permanent secured perimeter. one of the permanent secured perimeter.
• So the fencing requirements around the stadium, is that required by the Department of Homeland Security
• Uh, Madam Chair and Senator Housley, the designation from the Department of Homeland Security is something

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• I was the vice chair when the art project came through and helped secure the funding for that, as well
• Cogg Transportation Board, and also see if there's any funding to secure for safety.
• Chair, Senator, take that idea to... ...of Homeland Security because the comment was made earlier about
• I'd like to task Homeland Security with maybe bringing us together with the emergency managers to kind

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• They work most closely with the Department of Homeland Security.
• <04:29:08.880> Office an office of homeland security.
• Office an office of homeland security.
• closely with the Department of Homeland closely with the Department of Homeland Security.<04:29:
• > Security<04:29:43.520> here Office of Homeland Security here Office of Homeland Security

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• The tribe established their rightful homelands in southwestern New Mexico.
• The tribe established their rightful homelands in southwestern New Mexico at Akela Flats between Las
• NASA, the Department of War, Homeland Security, Labor, Army, and the Navy.
• While that's a long name, it now recognizes more of where their actual homeland and their roots are in
• I'm just wondering if you guys have looked at that for the security...

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• While security is important, there are fundamental things we need to answer.
• That's allowing them to be proactive about securing citizens' data.
• So I guess my overarching question is: are we secure? Are we secure at this time?
• We cannot assure 100% security and resilience is what we should strive for.
• In energy and homeland security, we work primarily with the Department of Homeland Security.