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• My name is Michael Norton, and I serve in local government as the parish administrator for the DeSoto
• are producing as far as oil and gas in Louisiana and what the parishes' effects are on parish transportation
• And I want to say that I respect the chairman, and I have talked to the administration at length about
• But I would be okay with just unfunded mandates as the state puts on us and transportation.
• Yeah, but it's administrative cost. You're not actually giving them anything. Well, 20% is money.

Bills: HB156 , HB474 , HB602 , HB633 , HB852

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: severance tax, parish revenue, constitutional amendment, natural resources, local government funding, HB 474, Act 400, Louisiana income tax, tax refund checkoff, refund donation, alumni association, Grambling University National Alumni Association, Louisiana Tech University Alumni Association, Department of Revenue, Title 47, voluntary contribution, tax return designation, state tax refund, nonprofit donation, higher education

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• And it also defines that 10% may not be used for administrative fees, which some governments in the state
• level but then also on a legislative level to just For the Board of Finance, both on an administrative
• And this amendment just provides basically additional detail on the administrative side for the Board
• And this amendment just provides basically additional detail on the administrative side for the Board
• And essentially, on the administrative side, the executive did not have authority to freeze those funds

Bills: SB190 , HB247 , HB8 , SB190 , HB247 , HB2 , HB8

Committees: Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: cancer treatment, revenue bonds, Gila Regional Medical Center, Nor-Lea General Hospital, healthcare funding, capital outlay, capital projects, appropriations, reversion, encumbrance, reauthorization, reappropriation, general fund, capital development and reserve fund, tribal infrastructure project fund, Department of Finance and Administration, DFA, state board of finance, severance tax bonds, tax-exempt bonds

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• According to an update made by the Department of Homeland Security in December, the Trump administration
• I mean, I'm certain they have social security numbers and some.
• the social security number against the other information from the I-9 form.
• So, the follow-up is social security numbers.
• It's when they're a fake social security number. So, E-Verify doesn't check for.

Bills: HB3725 , HB3260 , HB3660 , HB3369 , HB3370

Committee: House Business

Keywords: labor, e-verification, immigration, employers, employment eligibility, Department of Labor, penalties, funeral licensing, continuing education, Oklahoma Funeral Directors Association, professional development, licensing requirements, HB3660, natural organic reduction, human composting, soil reduction, green burial, funeral services, cremation, burial permit

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• , which is mandatory under this bill, and gives administrators the crucial training that they need to
• Implementation of dual language programming depends on administrators' decisions that are made through
• I believe that this bill gives guidance and opportunity for us to provide guidance to administrators.
• By defining it clearly, we give students a voice to speak up for themselves and provide administration
• Rather than providing education— Educators and administrators need a clear guide about what is and is

Bills: HB295 , HB824 , HB1579 , HB1581 , HB2189 , HB295

Committee: House S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education

Keywords: bullying, antisemitism, school policies, school discipline, education, education policy, Texas Education Code, hate speech, student rights, civics education, high school curriculum, government, voting process, elected officials, Texas Seal of Biliteracy, biliteracy, bilingual education, multilingual, language proficiency, high school diploma

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• disorder programs, increasing funding for mobile crisis teams, and establishing a task force on transport
• She said they may need more secure beds, both in the community and in state-run hospitals, to better
• 34:08.399><c> strict</c> and onetoone Care often with strict and onetoone Care often with strict security
• and safety measures best suited security and safety measures best suited for<00:34:10.480><c> State<
• He added that forcible medication administration should be an absolute last resort, and that positive

Bills: HF2196 , HF2586 , HF2187 , HF2037

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: mental health, emotional disturbance, terminology update, statutory cleanup, conforming amendments, children's mental health, serious mental illness, severe emotional disturbance, case management, residential treatment, outpatient services, crisis services, health plan coverage, antipsychotic drugs, medical assistance, Medicaid, foster care, juvenile court, school discipline, county board

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• I coined the phrase, tax churn, because there's parasitic loss in the administration. administration,
• So go down for the state of having to assess that and administrate that.
• I guess I had a question regarding the comptroller's administrative fee.
• Small Business Administration, is independently owned and operated.
• In general, where there's a failure of the APA, the administration... the Administrative Procedure Act

Bills: HB134 , HB135 , HB 1109 , HB 1243 , HB1392 , HB1399 , HJR99 , HB134 , HB135

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: sales tax, use tax, local tax, municipal tax, county tax, tax sourcing, place of business, principal business location, small business, retailer, marketplace seller, economic development agreement, Chapter 321, Chapter 323, Tax Code, Texas Comptroller, local sales and use tax, tax jurisdiction, order consummation, ship-to location

Bills: SSB1141 , SSB1129 , SSB1128 , SSB1106 , SSB1061 , SF234

Committee: Joint State Government

Keywords: certified public accountant, CPA qualifications, state regulations, accounting education, professional experience, address confidentiality, domestic abuse, voting rights, program participants, elections, ranked choice voting, instant runoff voting, RCV, alternative voting methods, election reform, ballot tabulation, majority vote, preference voting, local elections, municipal elections

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• And last, the transportation need.
• We have amazing teachers, administrators, and programs every corner of the state.
• :11.160><c> every</c><01:16:11.360><c> corner</c> administrators and programs every corner administrators
• The rest of transportation to an extent.
• Transportation policy is attendance policy. Housing policy is attendance policy.

Bills: HF4213 , HF4198 , HF3930 , HF3585 , HF3451

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: education finance, school funding, K-12, prekindergarten, pre-K, early childhood education, general education aid, special education, literacy aid, school meals, free school meals, school breakfast, school lunch, charter school lease aid, charter schools, nonpublic pupil aid, private school aid, transportation aid, desegregation aid, integration aid

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• Now to move them to another facility, we don't have transport vehicles.
• President, the school administration, Administrators, and superintendents organization, the same thing
• That office was not that secure.
• This was years back, years before the Boone Nygren administration.
• on the property to secure the loan. Mr.

Bills: SB273 , SB37 , SB100

Keywords: SB273, appropriations, general fund, hold harmless, local government finance, municipal revenue, county revenue, correctional facility, jail contract, private prison, detention facility, immigration detention, revenue bonds, clawback, child welfare, juvenile justice, protective services, school improvement, New MexiCare, aging services

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• At that point, when it is complete, we deem it administratively complete.
• At that point, when it is complete, we deem it administratively complete.
• If it was contested, it goes to the State Office of Administrative Hearings.
• So we will take that alphabet soup of programs and combine it into one for ease of administration and
• Air pollution mainly stems from industrial activity and transportation.

Bills: HB5057 , HB4519 , HB5033 , HB3997 , HB 1237 , HB1904 , HB4400 , HB 1227

Committee: House Environmental Regulation

Keywords: solid waste management, exclusive contracts, public agency, contract amendment, notification requirements, Texas Health and Safety Code, Texas Emissions Reduction Plan, TERP, air quality, emissions reduction, clean fleet, alternative fuel, natural gas vehicles, hydrogen fuel, hydrogen infrastructure, diesel replacement, fleet grants, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, clean school buses

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 1904, which would classify intentionally released helium balloons as litter and create criminal penalties for balloon releases. The author and supportive witnesses argued that balloon releases harm wildlife, livestock, waterways, and infrastructure, and that the bill would close a loophole in current litter law. Several members questioned whether criminal penalties were appropriate, and the author said he was willing to work toward civil penalties and fines instead. No vote was taken, and HB 1904 was left pending. The committee then took up several pending bills and reported them favorably to the full House, including HB 3249, HB 3866, HB 4112, HB 1768, HB 1499, HB 573, and HB 464. These measures dealt with topics such as TCEQ contested-case procedures, outdoor storage containers, high-level radioactive waste, concrete plant permitting and grants, unannounced concrete batch plant inspections, and a scrap tire grant program. Most were adopted with substitutes and passed on recorded votes, generally with unanimous or near-unanimous support. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 3997, which would create expedited permitting timelines for LNG facilities and related wastewater permits. Industry witnesses said the bill would provide certainty for multibillion-dollar projects without eliminating public participation, while environmental groups opposed parts of the bill that they said could limit contested-case participation and be unrealistic for SOAH timelines. TCEQ staff described the current wastewater permitting process and said some of the bill’s timing provisions could be workable, especially with an expedited fee. The bill was left pending after the author said he would continue working on committee substitute language. The committee also heard HB 1237 on extending the renewal window for expired TCEQ occupational water licenses, and HB 4519, a TERP consolidation bill that would combine several clean transportation grant programs into fewer programs. HB 1237 was left pending without testimony, while HB 4519 drew broad support from environmental and industry witnesses who favored simplifying the program, though some asked for stronger emphasis on particulate matter and hydrogen funding. The committee withdrew the substitute on HB 4519 and left it pending. Finally, HB 5033, which would eliminate the motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program if federal authority changes, drew opposition from environmental and inspection-industry witnesses who warned it would weaken air-quality protections and could remove an important enforcement tool. The author said the bill was intended as a trigger mechanism and would be refined, and HB 5033 was left pending. The committee also heard HB 1227 on municipal solid-waste franchise fees and private-provider access; the author said he would bring a substitute after hearing concerns from cities, and the bill was left pending.

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• Chair and members, Senate Bill 1280 prohibits the Arizona Game and Fish Commission from transporting
• wolf pups into state boundaries or from spending or using public monies or resources for the transportation
• The University of Mexican Gray Wolves and the wild and undermines the science-based administration of
• So, um, and to say that—is it legal or illegal to transport a gray wolf across state lines, and what
• SB 1280 would prohibit the Arizona Game and Fish Commission from transporting Mexican gray wolf pups

Bills: SB1075 , SB1144 , SB1280

Committees: House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs , House House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee of Reference

Keywords: foreign ownership, land sales, review commission, national security, property rights, veterinary technicians, certification, education alternative, Arizona Revised Statutes, veterinary education, Mexican gray wolf, Mexican wolf, Mexican gray wolf puppies, Arizona Game and Fish Commission, Arizona Game and Fish Department, endangered species, wolf reintroduction, wolf translocation, cross-fostering, wildlife management

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• , because ultimately it was a group of individuals that overtook a building and literally it had security
• to label everyday Americans as terrorists for expressing political views critical of the Trump administration
• They took over security guards. They were there. Some were not just injured. Some were killed.
• where victims may be secretly drugged or manipulated by explicitly criminalizing non-consensual administration
• petitioning to modify the terms at taxpayer expense, and he kept coming back again and again trying to secure

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

Committees: House Judiciary , House House Judiciary Committee of Reference

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

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• I mean, if they pay per officer because of what the security that is needed, yeah.
• If security is required or Needed, then yes, that would be on top of that.
• This is specific to the security fees.
• You know, but having that be relatively the same to provide the proper security that way.
• It's just not security. I'll give you a follow-up. This is just my final question.

Bills: HB3700 , HB3315 , HB3242 , HB3379 , HB3129 , HB3132 , HB2950

Committee: House Postsecondary Education

Keywords: education policy, grading system, student assessment, academic integrity, state funding, opinion conduct, higher education, bachelor's degree, feasibility study, Oklahoma State Regents, accreditation, credit hours, emergency declaration, gender, privacy, public schools, sleeping quarters, restrooms, criminal history, admissions process

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• It treats foreign land ownership as a systemic and national security enforcement problem, and it's just
• But to get more detailed in the critical minerals and protecting our national security and our supply

Bills: HB3840 , HB3431

Committee: House State Powers

Keywords: foreign ownership, land acquisition, military installation, critical infrastructure, affidavit requirements, state law, penalties, Attorney General, foreign ownership of land, foreign adversary, foreign government adversary, foreign government enterprise, foreign government entity, foreign terrorist organization, specially designated national, SDN, FTO, critical minerals, land ownership, real property

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• Under the security officer's statute. Can you get closer to them? Sure, sure.
• licenses and statutes, and I'd like to ...of the security agency licenses and statutes.
• If you're an armed security officer, you have an academy of two days If you're an armed security officer
• I'd ask you to look toward Arizona Administrative Code, Section R13-4-106, subsection C.
• Security guards can't do that.

Bills: SB1048 , SB1071 , SB1092 , SB1314 , SB1391 , SB1400 , SB1401 , SB1452

Committees: Senate Public Safety , Senate Senate Public Safety Committee of Reference

Keywords: juvenile services, Coconino county, rehabilitation, detox center, financial appropriation, Arizona Rangers, statutory repeal, security, state law, regulatory changes, probation, dangerous crimes, children, Arizona Revised Statutes, criminal justice, juvenile offenses, appropriations, salary increase, corrections, public safety

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• The Committee on Appropriations, Transportation and Technology is called to order.
• This is protection for administrators and for students.
• Thank you. ...is protection for administrators and for students.
• General Services Administration provides an award of $678 million. Mr.
• Beyond the economy, this is a matter of national security.

Bills: SB1041 , SB1050 , SB1131 , SB1138 , SB1249 , SB1267 , SB1272 , SB1317 , SB1461 , SB1488 , SB1504 , SB1517 , SB1523 , SB1580 , SB1582 , SB1584 , SB1585 , SB1602 , SB1630 , SB1654 , SB1672 , SB1673 , SB1718 , SB1761 , SB1819 , SB1826 , SB1827

Committee: Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Keywords: electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, veterans, lifetime pass, state parks, Arizona, access, disabled veterans, cardiac arrest, defibrillators, school safety, emergency response, CPR training, Arizona education funding, automated license plate readers

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• And I think that's the concern of the administration and of the author.
• They still have to come to the transportation...
• We were on transportation, and we heard C-MAR projects, weren't you on transportation?
• There's a lot of that goes on in the Transportation Committee.
• I'm looking for the chairman of Transportation to see.

Bills: HR320 , HR321 , SCR55 , SCR69 , SCR75 , SCR77 , SCR78 , SCR79 , SB259 , SB295 , SB312 , SB348 , SB444 , SB485 , HR73 , HR118 , HR144 , HR196 , HR237 , HR249 , HR260 , HR267 , HR272 , HR278 , HCR85 , HCR100 , HCR105 , HCR107 , HCR114 , HR245 , SCR5 , SCR29 , SCR33 , SCR37 , SCR63 , SCR30 , SCR40 , HB62 , HB193 , HB210 , HB220 , HB246 , HB364 , HB420 , HB475 , HB584 , HB622 , HB772 , HB784 , HB949 , HB953 , HB1043 , HB1070 , HB1092 , HB1134 , HB1162 , HB1176 , HB1196 , HB1214 , HB119 , HB129 , HB233 , HB283 , HB538 , HB789 , HB850 , HB870 , HB1236 , HB1241 , HB54 , HB137 , HB321 , HB368 , HB386 , HB414 , HB431 , HB552 , HB555 , HB578 , HB590 , HB593 , HB618 , HB638 , HB670 , HB692 , HB707 , HB708 , HB715 , HB718 , HB732 , HB741 , HB748 , HB776 , HB796 , HB807 , HB822 , HB848 , HB856 , HB887 , HB888 , HB917 , HB921 , HB1082 , HB1243 , HB1246 , HB378 , HB509 , HB1090 , HB1259 , SB80 , SB131 , SB143 , SB251 , SB254 , SB279 , SB367 , SB384 , SB388 , SB389 , SB398 , SB408 , SB431 , SB468 , SB469 , SB496 , SB4 , SB52 , SB57 , SB83 , SB145 , SB152 , SB194 , SB276 , SB319 , SB333 , SB448 , SB450 , SB465 , SB484 , SB501 , SB509 , SB149 , HR168 , HB463 , HB998 , SB123 , SB353 , SB479 , SB495 , SB82 , SB97 , SB283 , SB326 , SB518 , SB197 , SB268 , HB901 , HR20 , HR74 , HCR65 , HCR71 , HCR98 , HB284 , HB306 , HB341 , HB366 , HB393 , HB458 , HB577 , HB603 , HB605 , HB614 , HB625 , HB646 , HB733 , HB752 , HB773 , HB798 , HB911 , HB955 , HB996 , HB1035 , HB1069 , HB1113 , HB1140 , HB1180 , HB1191 , HB1240 , HB1255 , SB89 , HB74 , HB134 , HB258 , HB359 , HB468 , HB956 , HB1117 , SB29 , SB42 , SB43 , SB78 , SB208 , SB217 , SB274 , SB300 , SB341 , SB379 , SB382 , SB387 , SB401 , SB441 , SB449 , SB487

Keywords: Arsenal, Arsenal F.C., Premier League, English football, soccer, football club, Mikel Arteta, Emirates Stadium, North London, Tottenham Hotspur, Gunners, sports resolution, commendation, celebration, championship, silverware, Louisiana House Resolution, ceremonial resolution, domestic violence, forensic medical examinations

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• Uh, but security has been a concern.
• able to do that when I had the stalker who came to my house with the gun some years ago to put a security
• So, >> But this would also, if you put that security system in, would say that you don't have to dismantle
• c><00:20:56.320><c> system,</c><00:20:57.520><c> you</c><00:20:57.760><c> know,</c> ago to put a security
• system, you know, ago to put a security system, you know, around<00:20:58.400><c> my</c><00:20:58.640

Bills: HB41 , HB149 , SB230 , SB87 , SB169 , SB238 , SB233 , HB72 , HB41 , HB149 , SB230 , SB87 , SB169 , SB238 , SB233 , HB72

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: sexual offenses, penalties, rape, sodomy, criminal justice, Judicial Branch, Alabama State Bar, legal profession, commissioners, government agency, campaign finance, security measures, candidates, elected officials, legislative protection, civil procedure, statute of limitations, real estate appraisers, legal complaints, appraisal board

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• While these projects are critical to our state's security, they should not place an unexpected and unfair
• All right, so House Bill 247 ensures that land owners who allow border security infrastructure on their
• This bill respects those principles by ensuring security, infrastructure, will not increase a property's
• And it would exempt land dedicated for border security infrastructure through a recorded easement from
• transactions or an occupation tax on a registered securities market operator.

Bills: HB195 , HB247 , HB255 , HJR2 , HJR4 , HJR6 , HJR31 , HJR34 , HB195 , HB247 , HB255 , HJR6 , HJR31 , HJR34

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: school district, ad valorem tax, local revenue, tax collection, education funding, border security, tax exemption, ad valorem, real property, infrastructure, Texas-Mexico border, ad valorem taxation, farm products, livestock, timber, death tax, inheritance tax, estate tax, property transfer, constitutional amendment

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• efforts to eliminate dependence on imported food, energy, and other commodities, and consider the security
• efforts to eliminate dependence on imported food, energy, and other commodities, and consider the security
• efforts to eliminate dependence on imported food, energy, and other commodities, and consider the security
• <c> there</c><00:27:00.480><c> was</c><00:27:00.800><c> an</c><00:27:00.920><c> article</c> Food security
• </c> food security. Mahalo. food security. Mahalo. Thank<00:28:21.400><c> you.</c> Thank you.

Bills: SCR120 , SCR71 , SCR164 , SCR41

Committees: House Agriculture & Food Systems , House Agriculture and Environment

Keywords: rangelands, pastoralists, pastoralism, ranching, ranchers, paniolo, livestock, grazing, grasslands, land management, conservation, sustainable agriculture, agriculture, Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity, University of Hawaii, ecosystem services, carbon sequestration, wildlife habitat, Hawaii counties, International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists