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• Saline Water Conservation Board.
• and is not meeting standards.
• Unfortunately, wiped out 100 homes.
• The Texas Water Development Board.
• Keep them out of nursing homes and institutions, and that the state will have to cover anyway.

Bills: SB1 , SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Where we have to have a standard. I love the national standard conversation, by the way.
• It's not an easy thing, but it bothers me that we have a standard here and a standard there, and it's
• or STAAR is the standard.
• He is also the chairman of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice and the Wyndham Board of Trustees.
• The State Board for Educators...

Bills: SB1 , SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• "Technical workforce training.
• information with the Higher Coordinating Board and the Texas Workforce Commission to try to funnel people
• in nursing faculty.
• Providing a Bachelor of Science in Nursing aligns students' skills with nursing workforce needs in South
• for nurses and the growing enrollment in our nation. nursing program.

Bills: SB1 , SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• In the 88th legislature, we have established a strong and sustainable critical care nursing workforce
• On the coordinating board standards, what difference did it make for you financially to have that reclassification
• in the workforce.
• This is addressing Texas's growing healthcare workforce needs, especially in nursing.
• We expanded workforce education programs and welcomed the inaugural class of nurses at the UNT Health

Bills: SB1 , SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• I'm going to go into the workforce.'
• One is to the coordinating board.
• Then there's the nursing faculty grant program, which would create incentives for clinical nurses to
• I wanted to thank you for your investments in workforce in the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
• Thank you for your investments in workforce in the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, especially

Bills: SB1 , SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• It costs 15 to 20% less than nursing home care while providing better health outcomes.
• In the group home for nine years, she attributes the decline in care to the current workforce crisis.
• Would that be different than what we do for nursing homes?
• It costs 15 to 20% less than nursing home care while providing better health outcomes.
• In-home host homes, there's a lot of nursing oversight that goes towards that. that really is kind of

Bills: SB1 , SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Jessica gets better care with her nurses than any local hospital or nursing home.
• Home health nurses play many roles in keeping my Jessica healthy.
• skilled nursing homes in Texas.
• We need to pay caregivers more, whether it's the care provided in a nursing home or a group home. home
• I left my nurse manager position at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio and became a nurse home visitor

Bills: SB1 , SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• And then we pass an across-the-board raise, the across-the-board... raise that we give goes to A, B,
• national board.
• New foster homes, let's see, finding new foster homes and providing new places. for the children.
• We anticipate that those new standards... standards will roll out in the fall.
• A few months later, a judge sends the baby from a new couple's home. home where they've taken care of

Bills: SB1 , SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Okay, we'll move on to the State Preservation Board.
• The TPFA board, the staff, and the board-selected legal and financial service providers must be sharp
• The Board of Directors...
• We're building the workforce of the future.
• Again, Charlie Smith, Legislative Budget Board.

Bills: SB1 , SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Pension Review Board.
• for the Pension Review Board.
• We've had this conversation with our board.
• Or are they just at home answering calls? Mr.
• I'm Charles Smith, Legislative Budget Board.

Bills: SB1 , SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• I'm Charlie Smith, Legislative Budget Board.
• I'm Charlie Smith, Legislative Budget Board.
• That would reduce our workforce by roughly about four and a half percent.
• Do you have a permanent at home workforce now? Any component? No, we have.
• So there's a bit of flexibility for some staff to be working from home?

Bills: SB 1 , SB1

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, 1185, senate, all

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• The $0.60 per pound standard served as a minimum liability for movers.
• That would allow them to enforce the state's commercial motor vehicle safety standards? Yes.
• Of their community members and ensure that everyone has a safe and stable place to call home.
• Bringing home delivery to Texas...
• It is time for Texas to offer home deliveries as an option for new specialty plates.

Bills: HB341 , HB469 , HB971 , HB1624 , HB2721 , HB2959 , HB3365 , HB3731 , HB3793 , HB3861 , HB3946 , HB3966 , HB4348 , HB4401 , HB4402 , HB4924 , HB4966 , HB5563

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: affordable housing, zoning, development, community support, local regulations, bicycle lanes, traffic collisions, Texas Department of Transportation, study, public safety, bicycles, electric bicycles, scooters, road safety, transportation study, commercial vehicle, safety standards, enforcement, Texas counties, transportation

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• Um, the target for the workforce, labor, and economic development committee was a reduction of $50 million
• Um, that was accompanied by a prohibition on spending anything net from the workforce development fund
• </c> spending anything net from the workforce spending anything net from the workforce development<00
• Um, but in particular in this area we have programs that do a lot of excellent workforce development
• excellent uh workforce development fund workforce<00:04:36.880><c> development</c><00:04:37.199><c>

Bills: SF1832 , HF2440

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: economic development, small business, workforce training, grants, entrepreneurship, equity, community support, labor market, employment, funding, data analysis, 1183, house

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• The federal workforce has ballooned to over 2 million civilian employees, not including contractors,
• Today we are indeed considering nominees for two positions that are critical to the federal workforce
• Including attracting and retaining top talent to serve in the federal workforce.
• And cool enough in their homes during a blazing summer.
• For more than three years, a Social Security employee was running a home inspection business.

Committee: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Keywords: nominations, Scott Cooper, Eric Ulan, federal workforce, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Management and Budget, accountability, collective bargaining

Summary: The committee convened to discuss the nominations of Scott Cooper for Director of the Office of Personnel Management and Eric Ulan for Deputy Director at the Office of Management and Budget. This meeting highlighted the critical roles both positions play in managing the federal workforce, which comprises over two million civilian employees. Concerns were raised regarding the current administration's approach to federal employment, citing issues like mass firings and the undermining of collective bargaining rights. Members expressed the need for better accountability and transparency within the federal system, emphasizing the importance of attracting talented public servants.

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• The board is Jean Mills is here in favor of Louisiana Family Form. The board is clear.
• Well, the board is clear again. This must be everybody's lucky day, because I want to go home.
• Well, the board is clear again. This must be everybody's lucky day. Because I want to go home.
• Roberts on HB 1112. ...and welfare standards to school pre-kindergarten programs, to revise the standards
• The board is clear. There’s an amendment. There’s an amendment, 3852.

Bills: SR119 , SCR65 , HCR47 , HB196 , HB218 , HB256 , HB325 , HB352 , HB434 , HB448 , HB476 , HB608 , HB624 , HB626 , HB632 , HB749 , HB818 , HB1059 , HB1112 , HB1242 , HB1249

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: SR119, Senate Resolution 119, D-D Breaux, Sara Breaux, LSU gymnastics, LSU Gymnastics Training Center, LSU Board of Supervisors, facility naming, honorary resolution, public buildings and grounds, women's athletics, Title IX, college gymnastics, SEC gymnastics, Louisiana State University, Tiger Athletic Foundation, women in sports, coach recognition, sports legend, campus naming

Summary: The Senate Education Committee met with four members present and took up a long agenda of education-related bills. Early items included SCR 65, which would create a K-12 student success task force to study statewide career and academic pathway advising; the committee adopted a substantive amendment adding designees and then reported the resolution favorably. The committee also reported favorably on SCR 119, honoring Coach D.D. Breaux, after brief remarks about her LSU gymnastics legacy and the request that LSU study naming its gymnastics training facility in her honor. Several bills affecting school operations and student support were heard and reported favorably, including HB 434 on probationary school bus driver employment and superintendent authority over dismissal; HB 484 expanding scholarship benefits for children and spouses of fallen or disabled firefighters and police officers; HB 749 and HB 1059 on savings accounts and TOPS math eligibility alignment; HB 218 adding food insecurity questions to student questionnaires, which was amended and reported favorably; HB 325 expanding TOPS Tech eligibility through dual enrollment and part-time use; HB 476 requiring Safe Haven law postings in middle and high school restrooms; HB 1249 clarifying access to school-based health centers, with an amendment adopted; HB 1242 allowing more than one early learning center license at the same location under certain circumstances; HB 632 improving data protections and functionality for LA First; and HB 352 on behavioral health services for public school students, which was amended to address IEP and dispute-process concerns before being reported favorably. Two bills drew extended debate over transparency, privacy, and school autonomy. HB 608 would create confidentiality for intercollegiate athletics revenue-sharing documents; LSU representatives argued the bill was needed to protect student-athletes and competitive information, while PAR and the Louisiana Press Association opposed it as an improper secrecy carve-out for state-generated revenue. Despite the opposition, the committee reported HB 608 favorably. HB 1112, which would exempt BESE-approved non-public pre-K programs from certain licensure and safety requirements and adjust related definitions, was amended and then heard with testimony from the Pelican Institute in support, arguing it corrects overreach from prior law and protects private school autonomy and parental choice.

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• state chartered credit unions to disallow geographic or membership overlap consideration allows the board

Bills: SB1623 , SB2067 , SB2132

Committee: House Banking, Financial Services and Pensions

Keywords: credit union, Oklahoma State Credit Union Board, membership, loans, investments, board compensation, financial regulations, financial exploitation, protected adults, financial institution, notification, temporary hold, credit card, surcharge, discounts, consumer protection, payment methods

Summary: The Banking, Financial Services, and Pensions Committee heard three bills. Senate Bill 2132, presented by Rep. Geis, would raise the allowable credit card processing fee cap from 2% to 3% and preserve consumer protections requiring notice to customers. During discussion, members raised concerns about whether 3% was enough to cover actual merchant costs; Geis said she had spoken with the Senate author and was prepared to amend the bill to 4%, which she said would better match average costs and cover most businesses. The committee agreed to let the language be handled before Oversight, and the bill passed 8-0. House Bill 1623, also presented by Geis, updates the state charter for credit unions to give state-chartered institutions more flexibility similar to federally chartered credit unions. It revises field-of-membership rules, removes geographic or membership overlap considerations, and allows the board to add association categories for individuals in underserved areas below 150% of the poverty level. The bill received no questions and passed 8-0. Senate Bill 267, presented by Rep. Lepak, carries the same language previously passed in House Bill 3020 and deals with protection of vulnerable adults. Lepak said bankers and credit unions were working together on the measure. The committee took no substantive debate and passed the bill 8-0. The meeting then adjourned.

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• I'm a nurse practitioner.
• registered homes, licensed family homes and licensed group homes, permitted by right in all residential
• Having uniform fees, taxes, and zoning regulations across the board for child care homes and centers
• A child's care home has to be a residence-based home, so it has to be a family that lives in the home
• Before you get to center, there's a registered home, a licensed family home, and a licensed group home

Bills: SB20 , SB53 , SB86 , SB96 , SB129

Committee: Senate Senate Health & Public Affairs

Keywords: prior authorization, pharmacy benefits manager, PBM, health insurer, prescription drugs, step therapy, formulary, auto-adjudication, electronic portal, appeals, medical necessity, serious mental illness, mental health, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, substance use disorder, addiction treatment, cancer, autoimmune disorder

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• A home goes on the market.
• So there are limitations that a realtor can kind of, or a home seller can put around how their home is
• I am also a sitting board member for the King County Association of Realtors.
• We believe in the public marketing of all homes for sale.
• It doesn't just help us create more homes. It helps us create more homeowners.

Bills: HB2477 , HB2501 , HB2465 , HB2512 , HB2240 , HB2624 , HB2536 , HB2476

Committee: House Consumer Protection & Business

Keywords: real estate, appraisal, consumer protection, business operations, regulatory compliance, HB 2501, real estate disclosure, seller disclosure notice, residential property, home heating oil tank, oil tank insurance, pollution liability insurance agency, PLIA, heating oil contamination, remediation assistance, Washington real estate, property sale, buyer disclosure, seller obligations, oil heat

Bills: HB 112 , HB 199 , HB 621 , HB 1349 , HB 2214 , HB 3466 , HB 3698 , HB 3699 , HCR 9

Committee: House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Keywords: science park district, economic development, technology innovation, higher education collaboration, infrastructure development, Texas Economic Development Office, workforce development, unemployment benefits, state average unemployment rate, benefit year, economic support, Texas Workforce Commission, property owners' association, free speech, assembly rights, government officials, political candidates, floodplain, landlord, tenant

Bills: HB 112 , HB 199 , HB 621 , HB 1349 , HB 2214 , HB 3466 , HB 3698 , HB 3699 , HCR 9

Committee: House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Keywords: science park district, economic development, technology innovation, higher education collaboration, infrastructure development, Texas Economic Development Office, workforce development, unemployment benefits, state average unemployment rate, benefit year, economic support, Texas Workforce Commission, property owners' association, free speech, assembly rights, government officials, political candidates, floodplain, landlord, tenant