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• Figure one shows the number of license applications completed within 45 minutes, the percentage of calls
• To help address the high volume of calls and e-mails received and to improve call call center times and
• As population growth increases, demand for driver's license applications and testing DPS is requesting
• improvements to streamline in-person services, including a secure document. portal and an automated application
• Right now, people are writing their... application, they normally don't do it until they come in the

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• believe that they have been prosecuting those individuals according to the federal statutes that are applicable
• Is that applicable to what you’re trying to do here, or do we definitely need to have a new statute to
• So traveling to another country or another state to get an abortion is not applicable here, so I’m not
• When there is no in-person visit, no ID verification and pills can be ordered online and mail to a home
• if it comes visit, no ID verification, and pills can be ordered online and mail to a home if it becomes

Bills: HB2047, HB2136, HB2198, HB2411, HB2662, HB2966, HB2970

Keywords: forcible entry, detainer, writ of restitution, criminal trespass, judgment enforcement, civil terrorism, disorderly conduct, vandalism, political activism, public order, subversion, government security, criminal records, sealing records, civil rights, expungement, rehabilitation, coerced abortion, abortion-inducing drugs, felony

Summary: The committee heard several bills dealing with criminal penalties, probation, record sealing, fraud jurisdiction, reproductive coercion, and family court evidence. HB 2047 would elevate trespass after service of a writ of restitution from third-degree to first-degree criminal trespass; supporters, including the Arizona Constables Association, said the current misdemeanor classification leads law enforcement to deprioritize unsafe eviction-related situations. The bill passed with a do pass recommendation on a 6-2 vote. HB 2136 would create offenses for civil terrorism and subversion, expand racketeering predicates, and increase penalties for certain coordinated disorderly conduct and highway obstruction; supporters said it targets organized intimidation and violent disruption, while opponents from the ACLU and immigrant-rights groups argued it is vague, viewpoint-discriminatory, and would chill protest. After extensive debate over January 6th, ICE protests, and Arizona protest examples, it also received a do pass recommendation, 6-3. HB 2970 would clarify that Arizona can prosecute fraudulent schemes and artifice even if every act occurred outside a single county or subdivision, so long as there is an Arizona nexus. The sponsor said local law enforcement and the FBI often decline smaller mortgage-fraud cases because the bank is out of state; opponents said existing law already provides jurisdiction and warned of forum shopping. The bill passed 6-3. HB 2411 would make secretly administering abortion-inducing drugs to a pregnant woman without her knowledge or consent a class 2 felony; supporters framed it as a protection against coercion and abuse, while opponents said existing assault laws already cover the conduct and warned about unintended effects on access to miscarriage care. It also passed 6-3. HB 2198 would allow people convicted of petty offenses to petition to seal their records immediately after completing their sentence. Supporters described it as a cleanup measure to extend sealing relief to minor offenses like truancy or low-level misdemeanors, and the bill passed unanimously. HB 2966 would prohibit early termination of probation for people convicted of dangerous crimes against children; the sponsor argued that child victims should not have to repeatedly return to court, while opponents raised ex post facto concerns, juvenile-offender issues, and resource burdens. After testimony from victims, defense advocates, and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, it passed 5-4. Finally, HB 2662 would tighten expert-evidence standards in parenting-time cases involving alleged domestic violence or abuse by requiring qualified experts, empirically supported methods, and excluding polygraph-type evidence; the sponsor and a domestic violence advocate said it would reduce reliance on junk science in family court.

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• However, only 51% of the applications were actually granted.
• assumption of ownership within the tax system code has led the comptroller's office to create an application
• Without an owner to sign this form, notices of taxes due will be mailed to the street address of the
• We have something that allows for there to be one application as opposed to 254 applications.
• allowing property owners to pay their first split pay installment at a later date if their tax bill is mailed

Bills: HB511, HB972, HB 1035, HB2481, HB2723, HB2742, HB2894, HB2962, HB3077, HB3093, HB3307, HB3684, HJR67, HJR72

Keywords: ad valorem taxation, caregiver exemption, Medicaid, long-term services, tax relief, assisted living, housing support, property tax exemption, caregiver support, residence homestead, tax exemption, unpaid caregiver, state tax code, property tax, caregiver, waiting list, intellectual disability, developmental disability, ad valorem tax, family support

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• If you are unable to attend this hearing in person, you may submit your comments via e-mail to assemblybudget.org
• That includes our call centers, our benefit applications, our paper applications.
• deposit, implemented text messaging for all our claimants, simplified our unemployment insurance applications
• I wouldn't say a full modernization, but a semi-modernization of PFL application, now that allows our
• again, to all of the state workers that work on these, we know you don't always get cheers or Fan mail

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We filed the strategy, and then to follow is applications to execute the projects in the strategy.
• We do have a pending application right now before us that we're asking for 27%.
• But we would rely predominantly on the filing by the applicant.
• So in this case, the applicant did request GDPI without food or fuel or energy.
• Hey, we don't want to use this particular PPI, so it's the applicant that proposes it.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures, beginning with SB 48 SD2 HD1 relating to combat sports. The Attorney General offered a technical comment on the bill’s effective date, and several testifiers from the combat sports community strongly supported the measure with amendments. They argued that boxing and MMA should be treated separately, that the current regulatory structure has made events too costly and reduced opportunities, and that more local oversight would help revive the sport and give youth a constructive outlet. Committee members questioned whether the bill’s medical staffing requirements would apply to boxing, MMA, or both, and whether the added requirements would increase costs and reduce access. The witness from the combat sports community said amateur boxing is already regulated through USA Boxing, that the DCCA should focus on professional boxing, and that for safety he would support two physicians and one ambulance for boxing and MMA events. The committee then took up SB 117 SD2 HD1 relating to transportation. The Department of Transportation and the Ulon Initiative testified in support, and the bicycling community was listed as supporting as well. Members focused on the bill’s rebate program for electric transportation devices, asking how successful it had been and whether removing the rebate would affect use. DOT said the program began in February 2023 and had issued about 500 rebates totaling roughly $166,000, aimed at helping people without vehicles access transportation options. The department explained that the bill would broaden access and increase the rebate amount, including additional assistance for low-income applicants. Finally, the committee heard SB 897 SD3 HD1 relating to energy and wildfire liability. The Division of Consumer Advocacy, the Public Utilities Commission, the Attorney General, Clearway Energy Group, Ulon Initiative, Kawai K, IBEW Local 1260, and Hawaiian Electric all testified in support, while the Hawaii Association for Justice was listed as opposed but not present. Supporters said the bill would help finance wildfire mitigation and infrastructure improvements through securitization, reduce wildfire risk, and address utility cost and credit concerns. Hawaiian Electric emphasized that the bill is forward-looking, would help protect customers from future wildfire-related cost increases, and requested amendments including a study on a future wildfire recovery fund. In questioning, members pressed Hawaiian Electric on the liability cap, asking whether it would have applied to the Maui wildfires and whether it would cover personal injury or wrongful death; the witness and company counsel clarified that the aggregate cap applies only to qualifying property damage, not personal injury or wrongful death, and said they would follow up on how the cap would calculate in a Maui-type event. Hawaiian Electric also said it would seek financing under the bill if enacted and updated members on settlement funding efforts, including raising the first $550 million in equity and divesting assets to help meet its obligations.

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• This bill gives applicants who would like their absentee ballot mailed to a location other than the address
• This bill gives applicants who would like their absentee ballot mailed to a location other than the address
• of the long-term care application of the long-term care application process.<03:42:42.000> Senate
• This bill makes no, and I repeat, makes no substantive changes to the application of the law.
• substantive changes to the application substantive changes to the application of<04:30:20.479>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Districts to Water Agricultural and Rural Affairs, Senate Bill 1584 by Eckhart relating to early voting by mail
• Senate Bill 1615 by Relating to the application of funds under construction contracts to business and

Bills: SJR60, SJR62, SJR65, SJR66, SJR67, SJR68, SCR27, SCR28, SCR29, SB1576, SB1577, SB1578, SB1579, SB1580, SB1581, SB1582, SB1583, SB1584, SB1585, SB1586, SB1587, SB1588, SB1589, SB1590, SB1591, SB1592, SB1593, SB1594, SB1595, SB1596, SB1597, SB1598, SB1599, SB1600, SB1601, SB1602, SB1603, SB1604, SB1605, SB1606, SB1607, SB1608, SB1609, SB1610, SB1611, SB1612, SB1613, SB1614, SB1615, SB1616, SB1618, SB1619, SB1620, SB1622, SB1623, SB1624, SB1625, SJR60, SJR62, SJR65, SJR66, SJR67, SJR68, SCR27, SCR28, SCR29, SB1576, SB1577, SB1578, SB1579, SB1580, SB1581, SB1582, SB1583, SB1584, SB1585, SB1586, SB1587, SB1588, SB1589, SB1590, SB1591, SB1592, SB1593, SB1594, SB1595, SB1596, SB1597, SB1598, SB1599, SB1600, SB1601, SB1602, SB1603, SB1604, SB1605, SB1606, SB1607, SB1608, SB1609, SB1610, SB1611, SB1612, SB1613, SB1614, SB1615, SB1616, SB1618, SB1619, SB1620, SB1622, SB1623, SB1624, SB1625

Keywords: SJR 60, Texas constitutional amendment, property tax exemption, ad valorem taxation, rainwater harvesting, graywater system, water conservation, water reuse, residential tax incentive, local government finance, county commissioners court, appraisal value, environmental incentive, November 2025 ballot, Article VIII, tax relief, healthcare workforce, education funding, higher education, economic growth

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• Our mail-in kits have been extremely popular.
• Our mail-in kits have been extremely popular.
• Our mail-in kits have been extremely popular.
• Our mail-in kits have been extremely popular.
• Our mail-in kits have been extremely popular.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The bill revises the timeline for mailing of payments for salary and travel expenses of certain field
• It revises requirements and factors for approving applications for organizing banks and trust companies

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• use of payable-on-death and transfer-on-death accounts and to evaluate the need for revisions to applicable
• of payable-on-death and transfer-on-death accounts and to evaluate the need for revision to our applicable
• They basically would allow Louisiana Economic Development to be more competitive with the application
• fees, and all... ...would allow Louisiana Economic Development to be more competitive with the application
• She was simply standing at her mailbox checking her mail when the water trailer came loose from a tractor

Keywords: 974, senate, all

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• One of the most critical applications of this bill is the expansion of telemedicine for prescribing nonopioid
• No consumer is going to shop at the most expensive retail or pharmacy outlet, whether it's mail order
• Pharmacy Outlet expensive retail or Pharmacy Outlet whether<01:02:31.960> it's<01:02:32.119> mail
• order<01:02:33.000> or<01:02:33.319> your<01:02:33.520> local whether it's mail
• order or your local whether it's mail order or your local pharmacy<01:02:34.599> Community<01

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• interests of up to 700,000 homeschool students in Texas and have over 100,000 families on our Texas mailing
• homeschool students all over Texas have stronger high school diplomas, more competitive college applications
• homeschool students all over Texas have stronger high school diplomas, more competitive college applications

Bills: SB 49

Keywords: Galveston County, legal expenses, appropriation, litigation, state funding

Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 heard several higher education bills and took public testimony on each. Senate Bill 60 would let public junior college libraries donate outdated, duplicative, or valueless materials instead of treating them as surplus property; no public testimony was offered, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 49 would expand performance-tier funding incentives so community colleges are also rewarded for student transfers to private four-year universities; it also received no public testimony and was left pending. Senate Bill 365 would allow higher education institutions to choose a transcript lookback period between 5 and 10 years for adult undergraduates seeking to waive older transcripts. Senator Eckhardt and witness Daniel Arrevalo described how old academic records can block adults from returning to college; the bill was left pending after testimony. Senate Bill 895 would expand the FAST dual-credit program beyond public school students to include eligible private school and homeschool students, with support from the Texas Private Schools Association, the Texas Homeschool Coalition, and a coordinating board witness explaining the funding structure; it too was left pending. Senate Bill 1400 would clarify what counts as a transfer for performance-tier funding by allowing students with 30 or fewer prior university credit hours to still be counted as transfer students when moving from a public junior college to a general academic institution. Former Representative Leighton Schubert testified that the change would address funding losses and better reflect modern student pathways; after testimony, the bill was left pending. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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• Those can include things such as soliciting, reviewing, and collecting eligible applicants, executing
• Those can include things such as soliciting, reviewing, and collecting eligible applicants, executing
• Those can include things such as soliciting, reviewing, and collecting eligible applicants, executing
• We mirrored this proposal after our Snowbird application, which is already actively in law.
• But the current stats show that 77% of applicants took their test outside of their home county.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The committee first heard Senate File 75, a pilot project to test autonomous or semi-autonomous mowing and vegetation management along state highways. Senator Jasinski said the bill is intended to reduce traffic delays caused by ditch mowing and improve worker safety by moving crews out of active traffic. An A1 amendment was adopted to shift the funding source from the general fund to trunk highway funds. Testifiers from Bot Crew described robotic mowing technology, including remote piloting, autonomous navigation using LiDAR, cameras, GIS data, and obstacle detection, and said the machines could work at night and potentially reduce labor needs while improving safety. Members asked about mowing around guardrails, bridge features, and sensitive plants; the company said the system could be programmed to identify and avoid certain vegetation and could also be used for seeding. The committee then approved the bill, as amended, and re-referred it to finance. The committee next received the Department of Public Safety’s presentation on the governor’s budget request. Commissioner Bob Jacobson outlined an operating adjustment for DPS divisions, a request for grant administration authority to allow a portion of grant funds to cover oversight costs, and then turned to division-specific items. State Patrol Colonel Christina Bovich presented a request for $48.5 million in each of fiscal years 2026 and 2027 for a new metro headquarters, plus a recruitment proposal that would provide $1 million in each of 2026 and 2027 and $10 million in later years to expand recruiting, advertising, and academy capacity. She also proposed a change to the excessive-speed penalty so that driving more than 35 miles per hour over the limit would trigger a six-month license revocation, regardless of the posted speed zone. Members questioned the headquarters funding source, the cost of recruitment efforts, and academy expenses; Bovich said the academy costs about $350,000 per person and that the recruitment request would support broader outreach, including nationwide recruiting. Office of Traffic Safety Director Mike Hansen then presented a request for an additional $485,000 per year in trunk highway funds for planning and administration. He said the money is needed to cover rising operating costs, maintain the federal match for traffic safety grants, and support new federal public participation and engagement requirements tied to traffic safety funding. No votes were taken on the DPS budget items during the portion of the meeting provided.

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• Was this sent certified mail?
• And people would be in tears about the mail being lost or misplaced in transit.
• Was this sent<00:41:17.440> certified<00:41:17.880> mail?
• And and people sent certified mail?
• <00:41:20.480> um would be in tears about the mail um would be in tears about the mail um

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I think many want their privacy and we have to figure out how to get there, but that's why we have mail
• >> I agree. >> And we have mail and many other different ways to do so.
• >> And<01:04:39.520> we<01:04:39.599> have<01:04:39.760> mail<01:04:40.000
• > and<01:04:40.319> many<01:04:40.640> other >> And we have mail and many
• other >> And we have mail and many other different<01:04:41.039> ways<01:04:41.200> to

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• transformation and advancing application transformation and advancing application modernization.
• And here, one of the services that we provide is getting them their mail through other channels.
• our office that rely heavily on<00:58:42.079> the<00:58:42.240> US<00:58:42.480> mail
• <00:58:42.960> system<00:58:43.839> operational on the US mail system operational on
• provide is getting them their mail provide is getting them their mail through<00:59:31.760> other

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I'm not a scientist, so I was really trying to get through that just as a parent applicant.
• through that just a parent applicant. through that just a parent applicant.
• Service like ours cannot be provided through the mail when we're closed.
• <00:54:03.839> when<00:54:04.079> we're mail when we're mail when we're closed.<00:54:06.079
• Dave fills his brand-name blood thinner via mail order for the same reason, but I help him do it for

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It would only be applicable to this new additional level of transparency that we're adding.
• to this new additional level applicable to this new additional level of<00:51:45.559> transparency
• the postage for mailing them and a charge per page.
• <00:54:01.359> these we you know if we if we mail these we you know if we if we mail these
• them and the C and a postage for mailing them and the C and a and<00:54:07.319> a<00:54:07.480

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Judiciary Committee met in executive session and first corrected a procedural issue by revoting on House Bills 98 and 164, which had already been reported out unanimously. HB 98, concerning professional limited liability company assistant managers, was again voted ought to pass by a 16-0 roll call and placed on the consent calendar. HB 164, concerning local records, was reopened because of a fiscal note amendment; the committee adopted Amendment 2025-0087 unanimously and then voted ought to pass as amended 17-0. Because HB 164 goes to Finance, it will not go on consent, and the chair asked for the updated report that night. The committee then took up HR 6, a resolution condemning the judicial doctrine of disparate impact. Representative Manos moved inexpedient to legislate, arguing the resolution overreached because disparate impact is a judicial doctrine and the legislature cannot bind the courts. Representative Cordelli also supported ITL, citing drafting problems and the need for substantial revision, including an outdated reference to the New Hampshire governor. The committee voted 15-2 to ITL the resolution, and it was placed on consent; the chair asked for the report by the end of the day and noted there would be no minority report. Finally, the committee discussed HB 111, which extends the right-to-know ombudsman position. Representative Kuttab offered an amendment to address concerns raised in testimony about discouraging use of the office and shifting attorney-fee burdens; the amendment was adopted 16-1. The committee then voted 15-2 to ought to pass as amended. Supporters said the ombudsman saves money by reducing court filings and should be continued, while opponents argued the office needs restructuring and that additional funding was not justified. The bill will go to Finance, and the chair requested the report by the end of the day. The committee also began discussion of HB 66 and related bills on right-to-know access, with the chair outlining a proposed amendment to limit remote records requests to people with a New Hampshire connection, but no final action was taken in the portion provided.

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• They also will do all of our processing, so they process all of the mail, all of the payments.
• They also will do all of our processing, so they process all of the mail, all of the payments.
• the fees that we charge for applications the fees that we charge for applications and<05:41:01.280
• It's additional staffing time to process both the mail process, the return mail, and then try to get
• issue the notice both by regular mail issue the notice both by regular mail and<05:52:27.440>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting began with testimony from Charlotte Harding of the Conservation Land Stewardship Program, who explained that the office protects the state’s interests in conservation lands by monitoring conservation easements and related stewardship obligations. She described the program’s funding sources: a land conservation endowment held at the State Treasury and administered by the Council on Resources and Development, plus transfers from Fish and Game for easements not covered by the endowment. Members discussed how the endowment is funded when new easements are created, the program’s staffing, the loss of a state vehicle, and the need to increase in-state travel so staff can use personal vehicles for field monitoring. Harding said the office has two full-time positions and a seasonal employee, that the work is mostly monitoring rather than hands-on land management, and that enforcement issues are referred to the grantee agencies or, if needed, to the Council on Resources and Development. She also noted that the office works directly with landowners to resolve smaller issues and that stewardship has become a greater focus in the conservation community because ongoing oversight requires funding. Members asked about examples of properties under the program, including LCIP lands such as Musquash Headwaters, Hidden Valley Boy Scout Camp, and Nash Stream, and the committee did not take a motion before moving on. The committee then heard from Paul Breen and Susie Anzelone of the Pease Development Authority regarding the Division of Ports and Harbors operating budget. They explained that the authority provides finance, legal, environmental, and engineering support to the division, which operates New Hampshire’s only deep-water berth at Market Street, as well as facilities in Hampton, Rye, the Portsmouth Fish Pier, and navigational waters in the Piscataqua and Great Bay. They described the authority’s history after the closure of Pease Air Force Base, the transfer of roughly 2,400 acres, and the creation of a self-sustaining enterprise fund tied to airport and port operations. They emphasized that the division does not draw on the general fund because revenues from wharfage, dockage, parking, registration, and mooring fees cover operating costs, with any surplus retained for capital improvements and replacement. Members questioned several budget lines, including a sharp increase in overtime and workers’ compensation. Breen said overtime is driven largely by security needs at the deep-water port and fluctuates with vessel traffic, such as salt shipments, while workers’ comp is a DAS-set cost and not something the division controls. He said the budget is conservative and that if revenues fall short, capital projects would be the first items scaled back. The discussion also covered fee-setting, with Breen saying rates are reviewed against the local market and infrastructure constraints, and that some smaller facility fees had recently been increased after being stagnant for years.

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• Annual purges will be expensive for each municipality, additional staff time and mailing cost for the
• cost for the 30-day notices and mailing cost for the 30-day notices and will<01:41:33.880> result
• Will New Hampshire's medical schools and residencies lose applicants to programs in more fair-minded
• Will New Hampshire's medical schools and residencies lose applicants to programs in more fair-minded
• An apology shall be notarized and sent via certified mail.

Keywords: 1189, house, all