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• Assembly Bill 534, by the Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections, revises provisions
• relating to elections, referred to Legislative Operations and Elections.
• relating to elections, referred to Legislative Operations and Elections.
• relating to legislative affairs, referred to Legislative Operations and Elections.
• Legislative Operations and Elections, over by the stairs there—Legislative Operations and Elections for

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• I'm a co-founder of Reunity Resources, which is a composting operation in Santa Fe.
• They have to comply with the Governmental Conduct Act.
• I'm assuming that the operational dollars for operating this is coming from a local fund and local dollars
• operations.
• nuclear operations, I just wanted to make a quick point because this bill is not about operations, this

Bills: SB47, SB195, SB196, SB197, SB198, SB78

Keywords: food recovery, composting, waste management, solid waste surcharge, organic waste reduction, environment, grants, advisory group, soil conservation, water resources, training services, outreach programs, environmental protection, animal care, veterinary services, spay and neuter, Las Vegas, community funding, animal welfare, animal shelter

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• and receiving payment for any costs and/or damages incurred as a result of a delay caused by the governmental
• mirror and line up this camera policy with other public records exemptions that deal with other governmental
• Rural and Family Lands Protection Program and further provides that easements granted to other governmental
• Governmental entities would be granted without charge. All right. Any questions on that amendment?
• But they are embedded in this legislation that will operate completely outside of the county's comprehensive

Summary: The committee heard and advanced several bills. SB 330, by Sen. Bradley, clarified the heart disease presumption for firefighters, law enforcement, and correctional officers, including allowing a prior physical exam to count if a transferring officer is not given a new one; an amendment declaring the act an important state interest was adopted, and the bill passed favorably. SB 594, by Sen. Burton, would make mobile home residents eligible for local housing assistance programs such as SHIP for lot rent and home repairs; it received supportive testimony from manufactured-home advocates and passed favorably. SB 840, by Sen. DeSigley, revised hurricane-related land-use restrictions from prior legislation by shortening the affected area from 100 miles to 50 miles, ending certain temporary limits on June 30, 2026, and exempting some water, flood, and state/federal planning matters; it passed favorably after supportive comments from local-government interests and members noting the need to fix unintended consequences of prior law. The committee also approved SB 526, by Sen. Grawe, which addresses no-damages-for-delay clauses in public construction contracts, creates a uniform commercial permit application, requires permit fee reductions when private providers are used, and adds mitigation to statewide product approval categories. County representatives testified with concerns about the contracting language, unfunded mandates, and fee reductions, but the bill passed favorably. SB 504, by Sen. Burgess, creates a statewide framework for code inspector body camera use, and SB 506, its linked public-records bill, exempts certain sensitive content from disclosure; both passed favorably with support from the sponsor and no opposition in committee. The most heavily debated measure was SB 354, by Chair McLean, which creates a “blue ribbon project” framework for very large developments that trade state preemption over local land-use regulation for reserving at least 60% of the land for conservation, agriculture, recreation, utilities, and related uses. The bill drew significant testimony from environmental groups, counties, smart-growth advocates, and local residents who argued it could weaken local control, reduce public review, and allow sprawl or inadequate infrastructure planning; supporters argued it could help address housing needs and preserve large amounts of land. The committee adopted two amendments clarifying reserve-area easements and requiring certain easements to be granted without charge, and the committee then reported the bill favorably, with some senators noting they supported it in concept but wanted further changes before later stops.

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• The issuing authority or any other governmental entity has no visibility into when, where, or how an
• So just from my small trips to the RGV and talking to Border Patrol and Operation Lone Star personnel
• So it, it poses a Threat to numerous aspects of things that are going on in Operation Lone Star.
• Could a, could a, a non-governmental organization, could they rent or use these shelters?
• We're not operating independent of ourselves.

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• Not the least of which is NCIC, the National Crime Information Center that the FBI operates.
• So it poses a threat to numerous aspects of things that are going on in Operation Lone Star.
• Could a non-governmental organization, an NGO, could they, could they use or rent these shelters?
• Could a non-governmental organization, could they rent or use these shelters?
• We're not operating independent of ourselves.

Bills: HB2034, HB2436, HB3010, HB3033, HB3138, HB3177, HB3426, HB3686, HB3858, HB4176, HB4257, HB4264, HB4804, HCR98

Keywords: groundwater, foreign ownership, national security, water permits, environmental health, deadly conduct, firearm, recklessness, peace officer, prosecution, Penal Code, Texas laws, disaster recovery, infrastructure, rural communities, grants, state funding, emergency management, HB 3033, Texas Department of Public Safety

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• leveraging incentives to attract private capital, modernize building practices, and reduce long-term operating
• provides that clarity while tying incentives to end-state production, job creation, and sustained operations
• sort of key state agencies and... ...public entities to get together with other interested non-governmental
• We are committed to improving the planning process so that we can make better use of our governmental
• Representative Abeyta, I'd be happy to add Indian Affairs to the list of other governmental entities,

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• This bill updates how municipal utilities operate when providing water, wastewater, or electric services
• This bill updates how municipal utilities operate when providing water, wastewater, or electric services
• This particular way is through legislation that seeks to ensure that, at a minimum, the owner-operator
• This particular way is through legislation that seeks to ensure that at a minimum, the owner-operator
• In doing so, towing operations have limited space, and so we're recognizing that we're asking them to

Bills: S0018, S0028, S0260, S0848, S0934, S1014, S1102, S1264, S1566, S1622, S1724

Keywords: negligence, compensation, child welfare, law enforcement accountability, personal injury, police negligence, law enforcement, monetary compensation, civil rights, city liability, electric vehicle, EV, battery fire, lithium-ion battery, towing, wrecker service, vehicle storage, submerged vehicle, saltwater damage, fire marshal

Summary: The committee heard and advanced a wide range of bills focused on water safety, utilities, housing, transparency, and claims relief. CS/SB 848 on stormwater treatment was presented as a follow-up to prior water-quality legislation and reported favorably with one support waiver. SB 28, a claims bill for Reginald Jackson against the City of Lakeland, was also reported favorably. CS/SB 658, a bipartisan child-drowning prevention bill for rental properties, drew extensive testimony from child advocacy and drowning-prevention groups in strong support; amendments required rental license applicants to certify compliance and removed local-government add-on authority, and the bill was reported favorably. CS/SB 18, a claims bill involving the estate of a deceased minor and the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, prompted questions about settlement and responsibility but was ultimately reported favorably despite opposition from a waiver form. Several utility and infrastructure measures were considered. CS/SB 1724 would regulate municipal utility service outside city limits, limit revenue transfers, require public meetings, and cap rate differences; an amendment added gas utilities, and the bill was reported favorably after testimony from municipal utility representatives and small-county advocates. CS/SB 1014 would require municipal utilities to extend water and wastewater service to certain nearby residential properties without conditioning service on annexation; an amendment narrowed the bill to residential uses and clarified capacity and grandfathering provisions, and it passed favorably. CS/SB 1102 would allow local infrastructure surtax revenue to fund body camera programs, with an amendment making the surtax authorization prospective and requiring a new referendum; it was reported favorably. CS/SB 260 on electric-vehicle storage in towing yards was amended to focus on storage only and to tie the higher fee to the period before fire-risk inspection, then reported favorably after testimony from insurers, fire officials, and EV industry representatives. The committee also advanced education, housing, and ethics-related bills. SB 1264 would ease zoning and code barriers for small private schools and micro-schools, with supporters arguing it would expand school choice and opponents raising implementation concerns; it was reported favorably. SB 934 on Florida Keys areas of critical state concern was amended to remove a tax-exemption section that conflicted with the Live Local Act, then reported favorably. SB 1622 would provide a one-time waiver of late financial-disclosure fines under specified conditions and was reported favorably. Finally, CS/SB 1566 on local government spending and transparency required online posting of budgets and related materials, and an amendment added utility revenue reinvestment and other changes while removing DEI spending restrictions; the bill drew support for transparency but concern from small cities and counties about cost and workload, and it was reported favorably. The meeting ended with adjournment after senators recorded votes on selected bills.

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• If you look at the specifications for Bluetooth devices, their radius of operation is 1,000,000,000,
• to enforce the 100-foot exclusion zone, but they have the discretion to allow cell phones to be operated
• It's a class A misdemeanor to obstruct a watcher. It's 33.061.

Bills: HB1968, HB2279, HB2739, HB2803, HB3909, HB3918, HB4253, HB4475, HB5115, HB5430

Keywords: election services, contracting, political subdivisions, county elections, election code, voter registration, citizenship status, election law, cancellation, disqualification, Texas Election Code, voter identification, registration, election integrity, identification documents, election, watcher, polling place, removal, Texas Elections Code

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• I've been doing governmental audits here in the state for almost 35 years, and I'm here to talk about
• I've been doing governmental audits here in the state for almost 35 years, and I'm here to talk about
• This is standard operating procedure in Senate Finance. It removes the appropriation.
• Because there are two governmental agencies... ...see what the amendments are.
• We come in over $400 million in the operating reserve, which is a much more liquid reserve.

Bills: SB145, SB143

Keywords: auditing, financial reporting, state auditor, public agencies, capital outlay, compliance, federal audits, agriculture, New Mexico Department of Agriculture, fee update, regulatory fees, egg inspection, egg grading, egg dealer, pesticide control, pesticide registration, pesticide applicator, pest management consultant, plant protection, nursery license

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• The RSA allows employees of private abortion businesses to operate in these zones.
• The RSA allows employees of private abortion businesses to operate in these zones.
• He's operating in the same justice.

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• know, the industry, the hotel industry could choose to voluntarily assess without any sort of governmental
• The bill aims to modernize these thresholds to better reflect current economic conditions and operational
• So by implementing these changes, House Bill 1998 allows local governmental entities greater flexibility
• The Texas Tenant Readiness and Landlord Incentive Program will allow Texas to operate its own housing
• So you can't just go and investigate the operations of an agency.

Bills: HB158

Keywords: public funds, lobbying activities, political subdivision, government spending, transparency

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• Assembly Bill 444, by Assembly Member Haven and Senator Neal, revises provisions relating to governmental
• Assembly Bill 444 by Assembly Member Haven and Senator Neal revises provisions relating to governmental
• Assembly Bill 540, by the Assembly Committee on Government Affairs, revises provisions relating to governmental
• Senate Bill 428, introduced by the Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections, revises
• Our small retailers, many of them local, family-run operations, don't have a reliable way to know what's

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• I'll go ahead and call the Governmental Organization Committee meeting at 1:30 p.m.
• I want to welcome Assemblymember Chen to the Governmental Organization Committee. Thank you.
• California state agencies all operate under different and complex rules and processes.
• The commission is an independent bipartisan oversight agency charged with investigating state operations
• We provide over 60 to 70 percent of the local revenue for the city to operate on, and this sign helps

Summary: The Governmental Organization Committee met as a subcommittee for much of the hearing because a quorum was initially absent, and it heard several bills focused on nonprofit support, alcohol regulation, immigration-related funding restrictions, outdoor advertising, and green building standards. SB 1240 by Senator McNerney would create an Office of Nonprofit Empowerment to help nonprofits navigate state procurement, grants, and reimbursement processes; supporters, including the Child Care Resource Center and the Little Hoover Commission, said nonprofits provide essential services but face delayed payments and burdensome bureaucracy. Committee members raised accountability concerns, but the author emphasized the bill does not dispense grants and would cost about $1.7 million in the first year. The bill was later approved and sent to Appropriations. The committee also heard SB 917 by Senator Laird, which would remove the estate-grown grape requirement for wineries selling at farmers markets, allowing more family wineries to participate; winery and grape grower representatives said the change would help direct-to-consumer sales and local growers. SB 1171 by Senator Caballero would make private entities that contract with ICE ineligible for state-funded loans or grants; supporters from immigrant-rights groups described ICE detention and raids as harmful and inhumane, while some members spoke in favor of using state funds to avoid indirectly supporting ICE-related activity. Both bills advanced on party-line or near-party-line votes and were sent to Appropriations or Local Government as noted in the roll calls. Senator Rubio presented SB 1195, which would expand tied-house exemptions for certain entertainment, convention, and sports venues in specified counties, and SB 1228, which would allow a small number of existing outdoor advertising displays to continue operating despite a statutory sunset. Supporters said SB 1195 would create economic opportunity and clarify current law, while SB 1228 was described as a narrow fix to preserve legally permitted signs and local revenue; both bills passed the committee and were sent to Appropriations. The committee also considered SB 1398, which would recognize Green Globes as an alternative green building certification for state projects alongside LEED; supporters argued it would add flexibility and competition, while the U.S. Green Building Council opposed bypassing the Department of General Services’ equivalency review. The bill was approved and sent to Appropriations. The committee also took up a consent calendar and adjourned at 2:55 p.m.

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• I'll go ahead and call the Governmental Organization Committee meeting at 1:30 p.m.
• I want to welcome Assembly Member Chen to the Governmental Organization Committee. Thank you.
• California state agencies all operate under different and complex rules and processes.
• The commission is an independent bipartisan oversight agency, charged with investigating state operations
• We provide over 60 to 70% of the local revenue for the city to operate on, and this sign helps us, helps

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• appeal the Republican and Democrat chairmen's decisions so that you can rule on whether the House will operate
• To the operation and signature verification, Committee for the Committee on Elections, HB 3775 by Paul
• HB 3824 by King relates to the fire safety standards and emergency operation plans for the operation
• HB 3842 by Schatzline relating to the to the display of certain flags in governmental buildings or on
• governmental property, providing a civil penalty, referred to the Committee on State Affairs.

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• effective HEPA purifiers for enrollees who are pregnant, diagnosed with asthma, or have chronic obstructive
• Unfortunately, some utilities are operating from a reverse approach where customers are responsible for

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• , members, number nine, that repeal of the new employment tax credit relates to a program that’s operated
• members number nine that repeal of the new employment tax credit this relates to a program that's operated
• It also permits a parent to sue any governmental entity, employee, or official that interferes with these
• The new amendment says that within six months of the general effective date, a governmental entity must
• The new amendment says that within six months of the general effective date, a governmental entity must

Summary: The meeting began with a JLBC presentation on the state budget proposal. Staff reviewed revenue changes from the April forecast, which lowered expected growth slightly, and then walked through major tax policy provisions. Those included full conformity with HR1 for the current tax year, a shift to the provisions of SB 1106 for future tax years, new deductions for retirement/pension distributions and Roth IRA contributions, an increase in the dependent credit, and a child and dependent care subtraction. Staff said the tax changes had an overall fiscal impact of about $1.4 billion over four years. They also described offsets from repealing several tax credits and exemptions, including solar-related tax breaks, a renewable energy production credit, a new employment tax credit, a refundable R&D credit for smaller employers, and a pollution-control device credit, totaling about $75 million in added revenue. Another budget item would redirect Arizona Commerce Authority Competes Fund lottery distributions to the general fund. Members asked questions about the budget’s effect on ACCESS eligibility checks, state employee health insurance funding, and cuts to one-time funding for area agencies on aging and Alzheimer’s programs. The committee then moved to caucus items on several bills. HB 2249, as amended by the Senate, would expand the parents’ bill of rights to include access to a child’s complete educational record and notice if school staff facilitate social transitioning, and would require investigation of prior violations; the sponsor concurred with the amendment. HB 2035 would require DCS and courts to identify and consider extended family for kinship foster care placement, with Senate changes shortening a reporting deadline and adding adopted family members to the definition. HB 2170 would bar state contracts for electronic or IT goods with PRC-controlled companies, with a certification requirement added in the Senate. HB 2573 would remove a waiting period for ignition interlock restricted licenses after DUI revocation and adjust psychotherapy language. HB 2415 on kratom would classify synthetic kratom as a narcotic drug and add advertising, packaging, and retail restrictions, but the sponsor intended to refuse the Senate changes. HB 2873 would let local petition sponsors withdraw municipal referendum petitions retroactively, which members noted could affect the Marana data center petition effort. The final bill discussed, SB 1798, would create a Financial Aid Awareness Program in the Department of Education to recognize schools that support FAFSA completion. Members questioned whether the department would need additional staff or resources, but no fiscal note had been provided. The meeting ended with recognition of interns and a brief photo opportunity before the caucus moved into closed session.

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• Do the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act.
• Wyoming Governmental Claims Act.

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• The Chair called this meeting of the Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee to order.
• For safety reasons, standing or sitting in walkways and aisles, or standing or obstructing at your chair
• Co-Chair, and members of the Election Finance and Government Operations Committee. Good afternoon.
• We are a model of efficiency on the Elections, Finance and Government Operations Committee, and this
• We are a model of efficiency on the Elections, Finance and Government Operations Committee, and this

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• Section 9 directs board's operations.
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Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 1596, which Senator Johnson explained as a companion to another crypto-kiosk bill. He said the measure was being used to open the code and remove new kiosk language temporarily while lawmakers work on a regulatory framework for crypto kiosks, which are being used in scams involving callers posing as law enforcement and directing victims to deposit cash into kiosks. Members discussed the lack of reporting and registration data, the estimated number of kiosks in the state, and whether regulation might require identification and registration of the devices. The committee adopted the motion for title sufficient, do pass as amended, and reported the bill out. The committee then considered House Bill 859, which would eliminate the in-person absentee voting envelope while keeping the 45-day in-person absentee voting period and existing excuse requirements. Senator England said voters would still complete an affidavit and cast the ballot directly into an OMR machine, and he noted that circuit clerks preferred this version. The committee asked a few clarifying questions and then passed the bill, reporting it out. Next was House Bill 925, the CLEAR Act, which Senator McMahan described as a revised PEER-related bill that had been worked on with the governor’s office after a prior veto. He outlined provisions creating a PEER review program for agency rules, Medicaid transportation evaluations, a State Board of Health Professions, changes to the corporation work initiative program, and PEER subpoena and enforcement language. An amendment was adopted to delete the subpoena-related sections that had raised constitutional concerns and to retain the reverse repealer. After questions about the advisory role of the new board, the committee passed the bill as amended. The committee also heard House Bill 1171, a strike-all that Senator Sparks said would mirror a Senate bill on grant transparency. The measure would require clearer grant objectives, objective eligibility criteria, disclosure of conflicts and board relationships, reporting by grantees and subgrantees, and signed documentation under penalty of perjury with CPA review. Members asked about enforcement, and Senator Sparks said improper reporting could lead to loss of funds, audits, and possible criminal consequences. The committee adopted the strike-all and reported the bill out. Finally, the committee considered House Bill 1393, which would create an energy development fund at the Mississippi Development Authority for long-term infrastructure planning tied to large industrial energy users. Members asked whether the fund would cover water resources as well as electricity; the sponsor said it was intended for energy infrastructure, not water, and was aimed at large industrial projects such as steel mills. The committee adopted the strike-all and moved to report the bill out.