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• The legislature appropriates trust funds to the Department of Health to provide administrative support
• and fine revenues into banks outside of the state treasuries and can directly access these funds.
• Into banks outside of the state treasuries and can directly access these funds.
• Other states have a mixed model of funding from fees and fines as well as general fund appropriations
• for expenditures in addition to trust funds composed of practitioner-related fees and fines.

Bills: S0428 , S0606 , S0192 , S0162 , S0340

Committee: Senate Health Policy

Keywords: drowning prevention, water safety, swimming lessons, swim vouchers, child drowning, infant safety, toddler safety, pool safety, bath safety, safe bathing practices, postpartum education, newborn care, childbirth education, birth centers, home birth providers, Department of Health, public health, water competency, swim instruction, infant supervision

Summary: The Senate Health Policy Committee heard and advanced several health-related bills focused largely on drowning prevention, surgical smoke, human trafficking training, and chiropractic patient funds. SB 428 would expand Florida’s swim lesson voucher program from children ages 0-4 to ages 1-7; the sponsor and supporters from Nemours and the YMCA emphasized Florida’s high child drowning rates and argued that swim lessons reduce risk and should be more widely accessible. Senator Harrell noted the need to revisit funding levels as eligibility expands. The bill was reported favorably. The committee also considered SB 606, which adds drowning prevention and safe bathing education to postpartum education provided by hospitals, birthing centers, and home birth providers. A mother who lost her daughter to drowning testified in support, describing the bill as an early opportunity to educate parents. An amendment removed home birth providers from the compliance-proof requirement, and the bill was adopted as amended and reported favorably as a committee substitute. SB 162 would require hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to adopt policies for using smoke evacuation systems during procedures that generate surgical smoke. The sponsor said the equipment is relatively inexpensive and already used in many facilities, while several senators raised concerns about the lack of supporting data, possible burdens on rural and smaller facilities, and whether the mandate should be narrower. Despite those concerns, the bill was reported favorably, with the sponsor saying more data would be provided later. The committee also approved SB 340, requiring a two-hour human trafficking course for nursing students before licensure, after amending it to make the requirement apply to students rather than nursing programs. Finally, SB 192, presented by Senator Trumbull for Senator Martin, removed the $1,500 cap on advances chiropractic physicians may collect for examinations or treatment; the Florida Chiropractic Society supported the change, and the bill passed unanimously. The committee also received an OPAGA presentation reviewing Florida’s health care practitioner regulation system and comparing board oversight, rulemaking, funding, appointments, and term-limit models in other states.

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• </c> support of this piece of legislation. support of this piece of legislation.
• For the purpose of proposing the child performance of any of the following.
• For the purpose of proposing the child performance of any of the following.
• For the purpose of proposing the child performance of any of the following.

Bills: SB255 , SB199 , SB47 , HB605 , HB216 , HB621 , HB148 , HB389 , HB509 , HB248 , SB255 , SB199 , SB47 , HB605 , HB216 , HB621 , HB148 , HB389 , HB509 , HB248 , SB336 , SB293 , SB43 , HB420 , HB60 , HB188 , HB106 , HB105 , HB11 , SB336 , SB293 , SB43 , HB420 , HB60 , HB188 , HB106 , HB105 , HB11

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: SB255, cannabinoid, hemp, hemp-derived THC, THCa, delta-8 THC, HHC, CBD, THC, novel cannabinoid products, hemp products, intoxicating hemp, delta-8, retail license, Department of Revenue, Department of Agriculture and Industries, testing and labeling, third-party laboratory, product safety, public health

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• of the aisle.
• Passage of our committee funding resolution is necessary to ensure that we are funded to continue the
• top two inches of the floor of Narragansett Bay.
• It simply states a sense of Congress that the president has to fully follow the law and that funding
• For brownfield funds, it would of course include cleaning up petroleum sites that the federal government

Bills: SB347 , SB351

Committee: Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

Keywords: brownfields, brownfield cleanup, site remediation, environmental cleanup, contaminated property, redevelopment, revitalization, CERCLA, Superfund, EPA grants, state response programs, environmental justice, disadvantaged communities, small communities, local government grants, nonprofit eligibility, community engagement, Alaska Native tribes, Regional Corporations, Village Corporations

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• grow our network in the rural areas of the state all of a sudden having to be redone because of road
• In addition to state funds, private companies have invested hundreds of millions of dollars to reach
• There's a 5% gross receipt tax on contractor payments that generates revenue for the Department of Mental
• of the association as well as the... of the association as well as the Electric Institute of Alabama
• If it's a state project, it should be state-funded and not placed on the backs of the local utility consumers

Bills: HB606 , SB271

Committee: House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure

Keywords: HB606, Alabama, Department of Transportation, DOT, public highways, utility relocation, right-of-way, state right-of-way, road construction, bridge, tunnel, toll road, interstate highway, defense highway, utility facilities, broadband, telecommunications, cable, electricity, gas

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• Well, thank you to all of our staff, all of our pages, and thank you to all of the members for all of
• So it seems to me that, besides being a burden to the taxpayer, it's a waste of resources for the county
• So are we going to provide funding for any of the things you're asking in this bill? Mr.
• get ahead of all the board of equalization and that kind of stuff and really saw attempt to kind of
• It was funding of this was brought up as far as the mailings, and you've mentioned multiple times, and

Bills: HB2016 , HB2104 , HB2105 , HB2288 , HB2289

Committees: House Ways & Means , House House Ways & Means Committee of Reference

Keywords: tax penalties, filing, tax returns, administration, Arizona Revised Statutes, HB2288, foreign dividends, corporate income tax, Arizona tax, A.R.S. 43-1122, subtraction, gross income subtraction, multinational corporations, GILTI, global intangible low-taxed income, subpart F income, IRC 78 gross-up, foreign-source income, international tax conformity, corporate tax base

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• Dear heavenly Father, we thank you for the members of Dear heavenly Father, we thank you for the members
• of this delegation.
• So, in the name of Jesus, we pray and we So, in the name of Jesus, we pray and we pray for the member
• What this would do is allow the county commission to grant an exemption to the mandatory solid waste
• They've evolved our solid waste.

Bills: SB293

Committee: House Lee County Legislation

Keywords: SB293, Lee County, solid waste, waste collection fees, garbage fees, trash collection, county commission, fee exemption, low-income households, poverty level, federal poverty level, public sanitation, local act, municipal services, waste management

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• This is important to rural utilities or Alabama Power, and any of the utility companies because of the
• length of a utility trailer with poles on it.
• Um, and of... ...being against my chairman.
• Um, and of course, in the absence of the amendment for class one municipalities for Birmingham, I can't
• Chair, that is my further explanation of my no vote.

Bills: HB323 , SB271 , SB295

Committee: Senate Transportation and Energy

Keywords: electric utility, transportation, oversize vehicles, transport permits, state highway system, SB271, Alabama, municipalities, city fees, town fees, franchise fees, utility franchise, natural gas, manufactured gas, gas utility, public streets, public places, right-of-way, municipal consent, gross receipts tax

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• from the city of Birmingham.
• They would be locked, and it mentions an effective date of December 31st of 2025.
• And our price index would not be reflective of all of the other smaller municipalities.
• In the bill, even with the vote of the people, all of us know... ...people, all of us know that who is
• I'm with the Alabama Department of Transportation. Um, and... Department of Transportation.

Bills: SB271 , SB295 , SB309

Committee: Senate Transportation and Energy

Keywords: SB271, Alabama, municipalities, city fees, town fees, franchise fees, utility franchise, natural gas, manufactured gas, gas utility, public streets, public places, right-of-way, municipal consent, gross receipts tax, license tax, privilege tax, Public Service Commission, PSC, utility regulation

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• Some of my Sorry.
• So, I don't know the the question of<00:20:13.640><c> our</c> of our of our municipalities<00:20:15.920
• </c><00:23:16.920><c> for</c> billions of dollars off of people for billions of dollars off of people
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Bills: SB59 , SB221 , SB59 , SB221

Committee: House Ways and Means Education

Keywords: military families, immunization, education, public health, school enrollment, Mobile County, judge of probate, compensation, salary, expense allowance, higher education, funding, annual report, state funds, federal funds, budget oversight, sales tax, credit card fees, tax exemption, merchants

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• Here, 3.65 million of that is for design of the facility and the remaining funds would be for construction
• </c> of the facility and the remaining funds of the facility and the remaining funds would<00:08:31.080
• You have done a wonderful job of supporting us and providing the funding necessary to be able to get
• purchasing that land with process of purchasing that land with existing<00:15:14.240><c> funds</c><00
• The site is home of an existing industrial waste landfill.

Bills: HF3599 , HF3761 , HF3523 , HF3515 , HF573

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: water treatment, infrastructure, municipal funding, bond issuance, Becker, sewer improvements, sanitation, Hibbing, state bonds, infrastructure funding, capital investment, safety improvements, mobility, U.S. Highway 12, bonds, transportation funding, trails, Prior Lake, bond funding, recreational improvements

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• And so the way this program works, libraries can apply for grants to fund up to 50% of the cost of the
• up to 50% of the cost of the fund up to 50% of the cost of the project.<00:03:21.560><c> Currently,<
• federal funds on behalf of all of the members of the Minnesota Ports Association.
• :37.280><c> funds</c><00:53:37.760><c> which</c> million of state bond funds which million of state bond
• out of the funding for the new chunk out of the funding for the new projects<00:58:28.320><c> that</

Bills: HF3599 , HF3761 , HF3523 , HF3515 , HF573

Committee: Senate Capital Investment

Keywords: water treatment, infrastructure, municipal funding, bond issuance, Becker, sewer improvements, sanitation, Hibbing, state bonds, infrastructure funding, capital investment, safety improvements, mobility, U.S. Highway 12, bonds, transportation funding, trails, Prior Lake, bond funding, recreational improvements

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• For over a decade, this program has funded one of the state's most important environmental programs of
• For over a decade, this program has funded one of the state's most important environmental programs of
• For over a decade, this program has funded one of the state's most important environmental programs of
• So it's about 5% of state funding and about 4% if all of it was put on to levies, just to give it a perspective
• </c><01:18:23.920><c> those</c><01:18:24.080><c> funds</c> question, but a majority of those funds question

Bills: HF1698 , HF632 , HF1352 , HF2197 , HF618 , HF1248 , HF1697

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: property tax, exemption, leased land, public use, commercial property, HF632, Minnesota property tax, conservation easement, conservation restriction, assessed value, property valuation, tax assessment, real property, land conservation, farmland preservation, natural areas, riparian buffer, water quality, water quantity, county assessor

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• Senator Figures, let me address one of the concerns that you had, the use of physical force.
• </c> that you had, the use of physical force. that you had, the use of physical force.
• That is the flip side of it.
• </c> that the flip side of it. that the flip side of it.
• </c> try to speak to each one of the pages. try to speak to each one of the pages.

Bills: SB293 , SB293

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: SB293, Lee County, solid waste, waste collection fees, garbage fees, trash collection, county commission, fee exemption, low-income households, poverty level, federal poverty level, public sanitation, local act, municipal services, waste management, first responder, interference, criminal law, public safety, law enforcement

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• the great state of Oklahoma.
• She's an RN, BC of Edmond, Oklahoma as Nurse of the Day.
• service to the people of Oklahoma and grant her privileges of the floor.
• Doctorkip is also a sitting member of the Oklahoma State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, and not
• And then I called Adam, and of course, Adam did the rest of the work.

Bills: HB4440 , HJR1067 , HJR1087 , HB4426 , HB3704 , HB4311 , HB3044 , HB4191 , HB3465 , HB3972 , HB3759 , HB3625 , HB1411 , HB2980 , HB3015 , HB3147 , HB3277 , HB3323 , HB3443 , HB3882 , HB3406 , HB2975 , HB3977 , HB3263 , HB2988 , HB3404 , HB1770

Keywords: Medicaid, low-income adults, healthcare, eligibility restrictions, constitutional amendment, Medicaid expansion, SoonerCare, health coverage, federal matching funds, FMAP, Article XXV-A, state question, special election, Title 63, public assistance, healthcare funding, federal-state match, Medicaid eligibility, Oklahoma Constitution, ad valorem

Bills: HR214 , HR213 , HB1692 , HR706 , HJR25 , HB1968 , HR1156 , HR212 , HR211

Keywords: House of Representatives, Ethics, Homeland Security, committee elections, government, House resolution, committee assignments, standing committees, House Ethics Committee, Committee on Ethics, Homeland Security Committee, Committee on Homeland Security, congressional organization, Member appointments, committee membership, legislative procedure, oversight, ethics oversight, national security, ethics

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• A lot of times it's going to exceed $10,000 because of the cost of that.
• And then the fund itself, I think we're raising it to $100,000, from $50,000 to $100,000 for that fund
• of the information online.
• The reality is we're not taking away anything because there is no actual proof of any kind of damage.
• I think the one that I'm most aware of is in Colorado, came out of Boulder. I don't know.

Bills: SB1191 , SB1976 , SB1613 , SB1439 , SB1930 , SB1314 , SB1246

Committee: House Energy

Keywords: SB1191, Oklahoma Energy Initiative Act, Oklahoma Low Carbon Energy Initiative Board, low carbon energy, clean energy, energy policy, renewable energy, board repeal, statutory repeal, administrative board, energy committee, natural resources, Oklahoma statutes, 17 O.S. 802.3, oil and gas, surety bond, financial responsibility, environmental compliance, plugging wells, SB1613

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• , the funds number 1280, and it shows a fund balance of November 25.
• a fund balance of November 25.
• of funding, which is three allocations of the recurring funding, the housing trust funding, and then
• We're not having efficient use of our funds.
• all of the funding and how it's being used.

Bills: SB48 , SB64 , SB100

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

Keywords: State Fairgrounds District, fairgrounds bonds, public financing, bond authorization, gross receipts tax, gaming tax, tax-backed bonds, infrastructure funding, Albuquerque fairgrounds, State Fair Tid, economic development, municipal bonds, revenue pledge, capital projects, New Mexico finance, special education, office of special education, deputy secretary, public education department, IEP

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• We have already lost 27 rural hospitals in Texas because of lack of adequate Medicaid funding.
• We have already lost 27 rural hospitals in Texas because of lack of adequate Medicaid funding.
• We have already lost 27 rural hospitals in Texas because of lack of adequate Medicaid funding.
• We have already lost 27 rural hospitals in Texas because of lack of adequate Medicaid funding.
• Rural hospitals in Texas because of lack of adequate Medicaid funding.

Bills: HJR35 , HR695 , HR469 , HR250

Keywords: environment, EPA, waste emissions, petroleum, natural gas, environmental protection, methane, regulatory disapproval, Charlie Kirk, political assassination, free speech, First Amendment, public safety, official photography, House of Representatives, session, government transparency, public engagement, payment system, Bureau of the Fiscal Service

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• There have been 715 instances of polluting our groundwater from these waste pits.
• waste. which isn't required right now, including providing written notice of the type and volume of
• Standards for other kinds of waste pits.
• I'd ask you to think about whether you'd allow thousands of barrels of oil and gas waste to be permanently
• So here are some of the major issues: there are no minimum construction standards when waste is buried

Bills: HB3619 , HB3652 , HB4572 , HB4891 , HB4941 , HB5103 , HB5105 , HB5106 , HB5224 , HB5600

Committee: House Energy Resources

Keywords: surface estate, well plugging, Railroad Commission, landowner rights, liability, strategic reserve, gas supply, petroleum products, disaster response, Railroad Commission of Texas, energy security, emergency planning, oil and gas waste, environmental regulation, waste management, mining pits, groundwater monitoring, regulation, commercial disposal facilities, environmental standards

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• Again, this would be purely contingent on the outcome of the bill and the amount of funding put behind
• the waste stream that comes out of an oil and gas well.
• They're simply treated as a part of the waste stream and have to either rightfully dispose of it themselves
• Produce the lithium, take it out of the oil and gas waste.
• They wasted hundreds... to thousands of dollars of taxpayer money.

Bills: HB3619 , HB3652 , HB4572 , HB4891 , HB4941 , HB5103 , HB5105 , HB5106 , HB5224 , HB5600

Committee: House Energy Resources

Keywords: surface estate, well plugging, Railroad Commission, landowner rights, liability, strategic reserve, gas supply, petroleum products, disaster response, Railroad Commission of Texas, energy security, emergency planning, oil and gas waste, environmental regulation, waste management, mining pits, groundwater monitoring, regulation, commercial disposal facilities, environmental standards