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• from this committee is seeing where the issues that my constituents have brought to my attention intersect
• its time and where we have the greatest amount of power to make an influence in your community by improving
• Public improvement districts, which have always, I think, been authorized since, as far as I can remember
• It's about $6 million that they're looking to make energy efficiency, uh, improvements in particular
• probably never see a AAA from Moody's on our public project revolving fund until the state's overall improvement

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• We strongly support Bill 3892 because we think it's going to improve affordability and remove legacy
• Of the county, many of those areas, the reason the road improvements are needed are because of new municipal
• to work collaboratively with the author's office and this committee to address these concerns and improve
• Texas Appleseed is a nonpartisan research-driven organization working at the intersection of advocacy
• To improve the lives of Texans, um, I'm here on HB 5137.

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• comprehensive effort to obtain council and voter approval of an economic development authority and capital improvement
• authorities to hear the question and understand the dynamics because, look, we're getting a lot of improvement
• Because if you're, again, if you step back and realize there are points of intersection between socioeconomic
• Governor Abbott and the legislature have charged the commission to execute improvements to the Texas
• community officials across the state in our common efforts to fulfill the governor's directives to improve

Summary: The Senate Committee on Nominations met to consider several gubernatorial nominees and first approved a slate of nominees left pending from the March 31 agenda. The committee voted 5-0 to favorably report those nominees to the full Senate for confirmation. Public testimony was then opened and later closed, with some listed witnesses not appearing. The committee heard testimony on Jerry K. Weldon II for the Brazos River Authority Board of Directors. Senators focused on stewardship of the Brazos River, the authority’s relationship to the legislature and the public, Sunset review, water quality and nutrient runoff, impaired waterways, and possible uses of constructed wetlands for aggregate mine reclamation. Weldon emphasized collaboration, transparency, and keeping the citizens of Texas as the authority’s primary customer. Commissioner Robert Vaughn was considered for reappointment to the Texas Transportation Commission. Discussion centered on TxDOT’s management, rural funding, population growth, project delivery, and the commissioner’s role on the audit committee. Doug McCreakin was considered for the Texas Tech University Board of Regents, with questions about legislative priorities, compliance with DEI-related state law, workforce development, rural medical education, and university partnerships. Jody Giles was considered for reappointment to the University of Texas Board of Regents, and Bernadette Carrasco Coleman for reappointment to the Texas Woman’s University Board of Regents; both discussed higher education priorities, PUF funding, compliance with state law, and student support programs. John Rutherford was considered for reappointment to the Teachers Retirement System Board of Trustees, with questions about fiduciary oversight, investment understanding, and keeping the retirement system solvent. Brigadier General Michael Boyd was also considered for appointment to the Texas Military Preparedness Commission, where discussion focused on military retention, child care, spouse licensing, base infrastructure, and grant funding for Texas installations. The committee did not take final votes on these later nominees during the hearing and left them pending subject to the call of the chair.

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• partnerships, and led the way for a more cohesive, integrated. healthcare environment in Central Texas to improve
• are rapidly transforming healthcare, but many practitioners are unprepared. to use those tools to improve
• from that program as we go forward are going to be doctors really more at the forefront of these intersections
• Hospitals known as UT Health East Texas Health System to enhance educational opportunities, improve health
• nasal spray which has shown promising results in animals by clearing harmful tau protein buildup. improving

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• examples of AI communicating with AI, AI escaping in an air-gapped environment, recursive self-improvement
• a lot of studies have been passed by state legislatures to analyze ways that AI can be used for improving
• It talks about disrupting and dismantling transnational crime networks, improving coordination across
• Yeah, I think, committee, it runs into an interesting intersection.
• So what is, is there an intersection or what can you share in regards to artificial intelligence and

Keywords: 908, all

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• However, you know, the need for improved enforcement to combat the illicit market is a big factor in
• However, you know, the need for improved there's growth in the amount going through the license market
• However, you know, the need for improved enforcement to combat the illicit market is a big factor in
• But the department does have a role in improvement.
• . ...to enforcement activity, we're always looking for opportunities to refine and improve, working with

Summary: The joint informational hearing focused on the Department of Cannabis Control’s report on the condition and health of California’s cannabis industry. Department staff reviewed the evolution of state cannabis law, the creation of the current regulatory framework, licensing and compliance efforts, and enforcement against illicit cannabis and hemp-derived intoxicating cannabinoids. The department said the licensed market has grown in production and retail units sold, while active licenses and retail sales value have declined, and that the illicit market remains a major competitive factor. The department also highlighted consumer education efforts, product testing and recalls, and coordination through the state enforcement task force and other agencies. The department’s economist said the data show continued growth in licensed production and a rising share of consumption through the licensed market, but falling wholesale and retail prices have reduced overall industry value. He identified major headwinds as taxes and fees, illicit-market competition, local prohibitions that limit retail access, regulatory costs, and broader business pressures, while noting opportunities in product innovation and possible hemp-market changes. Committee members pressed the department on enforcement, public health concerns, equity ownership and employment, delays in grant administration, pesticide testing, and whether the legal market is truly viable for small businesses and farmers. Several members argued that stronger enforcement and lower costs are needed, while one member raised concerns about cannabis-related health harms and said the hearing focused too narrowly on supply-side issues. Public commenters from industry groups and advocacy organizations largely echoed concerns about high taxes, regulatory burdens, limited retail access, and the size of the illicit market. Many urged the Legislature not to let the excise tax rise from 15% to 19% and called for tax relief, compliance reform, more enforcement, and broader retail access. Some speakers said the report was too optimistic and did not reflect business failures, debt, and closures, while others emphasized the need to protect small farmers, address wildfire insurance, and support equity businesses. No votes or formal actions were taken; the hearing was informational only.

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• As to their experience and what steps we can be able to do to help improve.
• An improvement plan with metrics?
• Here you can see side-by-side the intersection of the number of test takers compared to the pass rate
• So there are also additional indicators that are showing we are closing the gap and making improvements
• Of course, there's always opportunities to improve and we want to get to that 100%.

Summary: The subcommittee met to examine Florida’s nursing education pipeline and the state’s persistently low NCLEX passage rates. Chair Tuck opened by noting the projected nurse shortage and Florida’s ranking near the bottom nationally for first-time NCLEX pass rates. The Department of Health explained the Board of Nursing’s approval process for nursing programs, including application requirements, probation standards, and termination for programs that repeatedly fail passage-rate benchmarks. The Florida Center for Nursing then presented statewide data showing Florida has more test takers than most states, but still trails the national average; the gap has narrowed in recent years, though Florida remains below average. Members focused heavily on why the state continues to underperform, with discussion of faculty shortages, clinical placement constraints, accreditation, student preparedness, and the large share of newer private for-profit programs among those placed on probation. Committee members asked about how probation works, what happens when programs improve, and whether the board requires corrective plans. They also questioned the relationship between program type and outcomes, the effect of Operation Nightingale, and how many students fail and retest. The Florida Center for Nursing said first-attempt pass rates are the standard measure and that students who fail are expected to remediate and retest, though costs vary. The center also said Florida’s data shows accredited programs outperform approved or probationary ones, and that the state’s nursing workforce challenges are tied to broader issues such as faculty vacancies, clinical site competition, and student demographics, including many students balancing work, family, and language barriers. A panel of nursing school leaders from public, private nonprofit, and private for-profit institutions then described strategies used to improve outcomes. These included transparent recruitment, early orientation, tutoring, success coaching, stronger faculty development, curriculum mapping to NCLEX standards, higher course benchmarks, mandatory remediation, simulation labs, and commercial NCLEX prep tools such as ATI, Kaplan, and HESI. Several panelists said their programs had improved after probation or had very high passage rates, and they emphasized that student success depends on academic preparation, clinical experience, and support services. Members also asked about tuition, program length, translation into other languages, and faculty recruitment; panelists said costs vary widely, faculty hiring is difficult because hospitals pay more, and some schools are considering medical Spanish and immersion options rather than full curriculum translation.

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• That experience improved my confidence, my grades, and my outlook on life.
• That experience improved my confidence, my grades, and my outlook on life.
• He's trying to improve me. It's nice that you brought your own ballet with you. Yeah.
• To improve me. It's nice that you brought your own ballet with you. Yeah, that's right.
• And capital improvement. Senator Garcia, you're recognized. Thank you, Chair.

Summary: The Appropriations Committee considered a large agenda of bills and reported several measures favorably. Early action included SB 6, a settled claim bill involving the Department of Children and Families and a trust for Leila Estrada and Sapphire Williams, and CS/CS/SB 1266, which creates a cybersecurity experiential learning and clearance-readiness program through the Department of Commerce and Cyber Florida. The committee also approved SB 532 on clerks of court funding, allowing clerks to retain all excess Article V revenue rather than returning half to the state and clarifying foreclosure sale procedures. In addition, the committee passed CS/CS/SB 1602 and CS/CS/SB 1604 to create and fund a pilot housing program for veterans through the Florida Housing Finance Corporation, and CS/SB 1110 to expand Medicaid and private insurance coverage for medically necessary orthotics and prosthetics, including testimony from affected families and advocates. The committee also adopted an amendment and then favorably reported CS/CS/SB 1012 on inmate services, removing the bill’s medical-services compensation provisions while retaining changes to the inmate welfare trust fund and related facility uses. It also adopted a delete-all amendment and then favorably reported CS/CS/CS/SB 1614, which was narrowed to remove a provision allowing local governments to use excess fees to construct new buildings. The committee spent substantial time on CS/SB 17, a Medicaid oversight and transparency bill. The sponsor said the measure would create a joint legislative Medicaid oversight committee, authorize the Legislature to retain its own actuary, modernize Medicaid statutes, strengthen managed-care performance standards, and increase accountability for pharmacy benefit managers and related entities. After amendment, the committee adopted changes removing several PBM-related provisions while retaining the broader oversight framework. Testimony from supporters emphasized transparency, fraud prevention, and cost control, while a PBM trade association asked to continue working on affiliate-manufacturer, network, and payment issues. The bill was reported favorably. The most extensive discussion centered on CS/SB 1758, which proposes major changes to Medicaid and SNAP. The sponsor described five reforms: stronger fraud and overpayment recovery authority, a Medicaid work requirement for certain able-bodied adults, expanded behavioral-health services through Medicaid waivers, pharmacy-program changes to obtain rebates and reduce institutional costs, and SNAP/EBT reforms including photo IDs and work requirements. The committee adopted two amendments: one adding a transitional “glide path” for people who gain employment but risk losing Medicaid, and another exempting hospice patients with six months or less to live. Supporters argued the bill would reduce fraud, improve accountability, and encourage work, while opponents warned it would increase administrative burdens, push eligible people off coverage, and conflict with federal law or guidance. The bill remained under debate with extensive public testimony from advocates, providers, and affected families, and the transcript ends before final disposition on the measure.

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• Correa was lawfully crossing Southwest 40th Street, also known as Bird Road in Miami, at the intersection
• We pride ourselves in providing high-quality representation for parents and we are endeavoring to improve

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• You see them when you drive through an intersection.
• Increased funding to the designated trauma facility and emergency services account would lead to improvements

Bills: HB104

Keywords: property tax, ad valorem tax, tax rate election, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, de minimis rate, local government, special district, tax increase, tax notice, public hearing, tax code, Health and Safety Code, Texas property taxes, taxing unit, election threshold, two-thirds vote, majority vote, budget approval

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• These scenarios improve with greater adoption.
• What kind of infrastructure has to be built or improved in each of these situations?
• So that's another aspect I wanted to add regarding improving or increasing the places to park in the
• Chairman, Representative Brown, it has improved in one regard, and that's thanks to the NMDOT.
• If you turn to page 7, this is our current four-year statewide transportation improvement program.

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• share with you around the work that we are doing, the Office of Equity is leading, is that we are improving
• working throughout, just even outside of the data audit, looking at data privacy and protection improvements
• mentioned on the last slide human trafficking, and I was wondering if you could briefly talk about the intersection

Keywords: 904, all

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• We have major improvements at our airport and street funding. So I guess that's all I have.
• This MSD, this Main Street District Road Surface Improvements, was funded by the New Mexico Finance Authority
• Across the intersection and another block, it is cursed.

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• For example, if it goes from an intersection to a roundabout, the utilities are going to have to adjust
• legislative action aims to provide municipalities with greater financial flexibility in managing and improving
• there was case law from when I was two years old that prevents us from spending money on making improvements

Summary: The Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee heard several transportation and infrastructure bills. HB 1239, Energy Infrastructure Investment, would let the Public Service Commission create a mechanism for utilities to recover costs for renewable natural gas infrastructure; supporters said it could diversify energy supply and help agriculture, while members raised concerns about consumer rates and asked whether savings from RIN credits should be passed to customers. The bill drew supportive public testimony and was reported favorably after debate, with members noting the PSC would set costs and that the sponsor was open to further discussion on consumer protections. The committee then took up HB 313, which exempts Purple Heart recipients from paying Florida tolls. With no questions or opposition, it passed unanimously. The committee also considered HB 567, a broad transportation omnibus/strike-all bill covering EV tax revenue for roads, airport and MPO changes, workforce funding, traffic signal modernization, speed limits, and a pilot to streamline airport permitting. A major amendment added utility right-of-way notice, response, and incentive/penalty provisions, and another amendment authorized local governments to set age and ID rules for e-bikes, scooters, and other micromobility devices after testimony about a fatal crash. The bill was reported favorably after extensive debate and public testimony from transportation and utility stakeholders. HB 112, dealing with municipal sewer collection systems, would allow cities to use sewer revenues to expand wastewater infrastructure. Sponsors said it was aimed at helping cities like Hollywood reduce septic use and improve water quality; testimony supported the measure as a way to unlock funding for sewer expansion, and the bill passed unanimously. The committee also approved HB 7009, preserving public records and meeting exemptions for 911 and public safety radio communications systems and expanding them to next-generation 911. Finally, PCS for HB 1397, a large transportation package addressing airport, seaport, spaceport, and workforce issues, was amended and passed 14-1 after questions about federal testing notifications, removal of certain business preference language, and a provision redirecting some transit funds to highway projects if not timely used.

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• One of the pieces of the framework of Reproductive justice is the recognition of the intersection of
• Both versions aim to improve employee benefits but raise significant fiscal, administrative, and operational
• Proposition 123, a $300 million annual housing funding source conditioned upon local governments improving

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• One of the pieces of the framework of reproductive justice is the recognition of the intersection of
• Both versions aim to improve employee benefits, but raise significant fiscal, administrative, and operational
• Prop 123, a $300 million annual housing funding source that's conditioned upon local governments improving

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• with Hehiwa Streets to improve pedestrian safety near Ala Wai Elementary School in the surrounding community
• <01:05:54.480> or and concluded without improvements or and concluded without improvements
• of Transportation and City and County to utilize artificial intelligence to mitigate traffic and improve
• of Transportation and City and County to utilize artificial intelligence to mitigate traffic and improve
• of Transportation and City and County to utilize artificial intelligence to mitigate traffic and improve

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on March 31 and heard a series of resolutions focused on roadway safety, transportation access, and infrastructure coordination. Early measures included HCR 104/HR 96 on advancing coastal trails on O‘ahu’s North Shore and HCR 63/HR 57 on clarifying responsibility for Honouliuli Bridge and addressing safety, wildfire, and emergency access concerns. The Department of Transportation supported both, and a resident testified that the Honouliuli bridge is a single-lane emergency replacement on state land that has limited access for fire protection, heavy vehicles, permits, and repairs. DOT said it was working with DLNR and that jurisdiction may ultimately lie with the County of Maui, with research ongoing. The committee also heard HCR 62/HR 56 on alternative vegetation management along Hana Highway, HCR 43/HR 39 on raised crosswalks near Ala Wai Elementary, and HCR 52/HR 48 on integrating the safe system approach into county road design; these drew support testimony and no opposition. The committee then considered HCR 120/HR 112 on regulating transportation network companies under motor carrier law. DOT and the Public Utilities Commission offered comments, while Lyft opposed, arguing the legislature already created a TNC-specific framework in 2022 and that motor carrier law is not a good fit for app-based ride platforms. In questioning, PUC explained that TNCs would fall under both PUC motor carrier jurisdiction and DOT permitting, and DOT said it would follow up on enforcement questions. Members also discussed HCR 119/HR 111 on an indirect traffic disruption grant program, with the chair asking DOT to clarify how it enforces penalties when contractors or others fail to follow road closure requirements. Other measures discussed included HCR 96/HR 88 on moving to a demerit-point driver licensing system, which DOT supported; HCR 128/HR 120 on coordinating capital improvement planning for Hawaiian Home Lands developments, which DOT and DHHL supported; HCR 127/HR 119 on a state highway police force, which DOT supported; and HCR 125/HR 117 on a statewide plan for derelict utility poles and lines, which drew support from DOT, Hawaiian Electric, and Hawaiian Telcom, with DOT acknowledging it lacks current statutory authority to force immediate removal. The committee also heard HCR 58/HR 54 on school crosswalk safety for Mililani Elementary, HCR 55/HR 51 on using artificial intelligence to mitigate traffic and improve road safety, and HCR 54/HR 146 on expanding the Hele-On Shared Ride program on Hawai‘i Island. Supporters of the Hele-On measure said expanded service would help rural residents, kupuna, and people with disabilities reach medical appointments and daily activities, while noting cost and technology-access concerns; they said missed or delayed appointments are a real issue in remote areas. The final item discussed in the excerpt was HCR 64/HR 58 on minimizing rumble strip dimensions on Kūhiō Highway on Moloka‘i, with DOT saying it had already removed some strips where large emergency vehicles were affected on narrow curves.

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• The intersection. You know what my concern about this is.
• Our research shows that social mobility of ACE families improves.
• He is now reading at grade level, and his math skills have improved remarkably.
• It involves every stakeholder, and it drives improvement really in an incredible way.
• It involves every stakeholder, and it drives improvement really in an incredible way.

Bills: SB 2

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Um, I'd like to recognize here that this timeline for disposal has been meaningfully improved through
• Um, I'd like to recognize here that this timeline for disposal has been meaningfully improved through
• So where's the intersection of all those things coming together and then in a place that somebody wants
• > all<00:28:57.440> those where's the intersection of all those where's the intersection
• when it may saves money or improves when it may saves money or improves functionality. functionality

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• My mission today is to quickly brief you on the critical intersection of agriculture and distilling over
• My mission today is to quickly brief you on the critical intersection of agriculture and distilling over
• brief you on the critical intersection brief you on the critical intersection of<01:42:14.800>
• We really want to continue to improve international trade and reopening of Canada to Kentucky bourbon
• really want to continue to improve really want to continue to improve international<01:48:54.239

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:20 Approval of June 4, 2026 Minutes 00:03:09 Prioritizing Kentucky Agriculture: Medical Cannabis 00:03:38 Prioritizing Kentucky Agriculture: Bourbon 01:41:03, 958, all