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• Uh, so, right now we are working through the committee process to try to develop a bill in the normal
• Uh, so, right now we are working through the committee process to try to develop a bill in the normal
• I don't know how many hearings we have to have with the same exact fact pattern.
• <00:25:42.320> with<00:25:42.440> the<00:25:42.560> same<00:25:43.000> exact
• <00:25:43.560> fact have to have with the same exact fact have to have with the same exact

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Under our current statute, residents have very limited options to hold community development district
• on this uniform document, we ensure that defendants across all judicial circuits are receiving the exact
• believe the Juvenile Welfare Board has an important role in supporting efforts that help children develop
• So it's..." "...to have an exact list of what is acceptable.
• I can't speak at this moment to that exact conversation and process between the SOEs and the Department

Bills: S0460, S0748, S1180, S1334

Keywords: special elections, vacancy, Governor authority, election timeframe, judicial determination, voting rights, felony, sentencing, civil rights, criminal justice, rehabilitation, elections, voter registration, citizenship, provisional ballots, election fraud

Summary: The Committee on Ethics and Elections met with a quorum and took up several election-related bills. CS/SB 1180 by Senator Arrington, which creates a recall framework for elected community development district board members and also addresses synthetic turf regulation and CDD eligibility, was presented briefly and then approved unanimously. SB 460 by Senator Polsky, requiring the governor to call special elections within set deadlines after vacancies and allowing judicial relief if deadlines are not met, also passed unanimously after members discussed flexibility for emergencies and the cost of delayed elections. The committee then heard SB 748 by Senator Bracy Davis, which would add constitutional voting-rights restoration language to the sentencing score sheet given to felony defendants. Supporters said it would improve clarity and notice without changing eligibility, and the bill was favorably reported unanimously. The committee also confirmed several appointees, including Jim Milliken and Alicia McShea to the Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County, Robert P. Estalas as Director of the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, and additional gubernatorial appointees listed on the agenda, all by favorable votes. The longest discussion centered on Senator Grall’s strike-all amendment for SB 1334, an elections bill dealing with citizenship verification, Real ID and SAVE database use, paper-ballot voting, candidate qualification rules, and related election administration changes. Supporters argued it would streamline verification and ensure only citizens vote, while opponents warned it would create burdens, disenfranchise eligible voters, and impose costs and administrative confusion. After extensive public testimony both for and against, the committee adopted an amendment to allow supervisors of elections to observe holidays when not otherwise required to be open, then approved the strike-all as amended by a 6-2 vote, with Senators Polsky and Bernard voting no. The meeting then adjourned after members recorded their votes on earlier items.

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• our elected body and over the past two years we have spent over 50 hours and nine public meetings developing
• She said, well, we did professional development all day. I said, okay.
• When we took a deep dive looking at foster care, this is the exact mechanism that we used was we.
• You had a business development person from the hospital.
• It's hard enough for kids to develop trusting relationships with adults.

Bills: HB367, HB497, HB549, HB983, HB 1188, HB 1290, HB1368, HB2243, HB2310, HB2849, HB3099, HB3546, HB3629, HB3627

Keywords: education, absences, severe illness, life-threatening, school policy, verification, healthcare, insurance, affordability, coverage, patient rights, school health, respiratory distress, airway clearance devices, medication training, public health, HB 983, Texas Education Agency, TEA, educator privacy

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• I like the idea of increasing walkability, to not have big walls around the perimeter of a development
• The problem is that developers make these decisions, not homeowners.
• It's the developers, and that is... Cost. But they don't get to decide. It's the developers.
• It sounds like the exact same law as what you alluded to in committee.
• It sounds like the exact same law as what you alluded to in committee.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Senate convened, approved the journal, received House messages and first-read a large number of bills, then moved through several Committee of the Whole calendars. On Calendar 2, SB 1419 on solar energy inspection contractors was amended with a Carroll floor amendment and passed; a Sundareshan amendment aimed at requiring utilities to shield residential ratepayers from costs tied to large loads such as data centers was debated at length, but failed on a 12-15 division. SB 1498 (Department of Public Safety appropriation) and SB 1502 (unlawful flight/reckless endangerment) also received do-pass recommendations. The Committee of the Whole report was adopted, and the Senate later rejected an attempt to add the failed data-center amendment to the report by a 13-14 vote. On Calendar 3, the Senate advanced SB 1165 (insurance cost sharing for breast exams), SB 1206 (storm-related insurance claims), SB 1212 (health insurance reimbursement rates for vaccines), SB 1215 (firefighters’ occupational disease/workers’ compensation), SB 1290 and SB 1291 (agricultural property notices/classification), and SB 1347 (fertility preservation coverage), with committee amendments adopted on most of them. A Warner substitute floor amendment to SB 1347 was adopted to address insurer concerns by allowing prior authorization with a 72-hour processing requirement and clarifying storage-cost responsibility. The Senate also retained SB 1503 on the calendar. On Calendar 1 and the additional calendars, the Senate advanced SB 1013 (public employees merit hiring), SB 1108 (cash transactions and rounding, with an emergency clause added), SB 1178 (naturopathic physicians), SB 1186 (document retention/proposals/donations), SB 1286 (veterinary visits and prescriptions), SB 1366 (commercial buildings and telecommunications), SB 1431 (municipal design prohibitions), SB 1671 (gaming/racing/boxing conflict-of-interest continuation), SB 1004 (ESA students’ interscholastic activities), SB 1116 (AHCCCS access/claims review/behavioral health), SB 1162 (health care institution licensing complaints), SB 1179 (group home monitoring), SB 1475 (school district governing boards/eligibility), SB 1821 (DCS training and child placement), and SCR 1012. Several floor amendments were debated and adopted or rejected, including a Kavanaugh emergency-clause amendment to SB 1108, a failed Sears amendment to SB 1178 on prescription drug price gouging, a failed Sundareshan transparency amendment to SB 1186, a failed Kavanaugh amendment to SB 1286 on veterinary prescriptions, a Gowan amendment to SB 1366, a Payne amendment to SB 1077, a Carroll amendment to SB 1479, a Petersen amendment to SB 1566, and an Angius amendment to SB 1018 expanding the definition of foreign law to include certain harmful practices. The Senate adopted the Committee of the Whole reports and properly assigned the bills after each calendar.

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• As our state looks at the budget, I think we better ask, "Are we for economic development?"
• <01:05:13.240> You<01:05:13.359> can but it's the same exact thing.
• You can but it's the same exact thing.
• testifying today, they used the exact testifying today, they used the exact same<01:15:37.040>
• And so I will leave to that exact topic.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I'm the Chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business, and I have the honor
• Having two Latinos from Gateway Cities working on community development has been truly historic and a
• remarkable process, and we appreciate... ...development has been truly historic and a remarkable process
• We think this is generational, and part of developing these plans is developing a development strategy
• And part of developing these plans is developing a development strategy of how you're going to raise

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business held its final hearing of the session on H. 5187 and S. 3022, the Enough Act, with Chair Andy Vargas and Senator Adam Gomez opening by thanking committee members and stakeholders for their work during the session. The bills were described as a grant-based, place-based anti-poverty initiative intended to support cradle-to-career services by funding local nonprofits, schools, community organizations, and backbone entities that can coordinate housing, education, health, workforce, and family supports in high-poverty neighborhoods. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support of the bills. Speakers including Strategies for Children, Chelsea Public Schools, Bunker Hill Community College, Senator Sal DiDomenico, Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian, Rep. Antonio Cabral, the Harlem Children’s Zone’s Kwame Owusu Kesse and Jeffrey Canada, former Education Secretary Paul Reville, AFT Massachusetts, United Way, the Boston Foundation, Give Black Alliance, Eastern Bank Foundation, and others argued that poverty is a systems issue that schools alone cannot solve. They emphasized the need for local control, community voice, coordinated services, and long-term public-private investment, often citing examples from Chelsea, New Bedford, Springfield, Lowell, Boston, and other communities, as well as the Harlem Children’s Zone and Maryland’s similar model. Committee members asked several questions about how the bill would function in practice, including what organizations would do on day one, how it would interact with existing efforts like community schools, McKinney-Vento, and the Student Opportunity Act, and how it would be sustained over time. Witnesses said the act would help create or strengthen backbone organizations, reduce duplication, align existing resources, and leverage philanthropy and future revenue sources for long-term sustainability. No vote was taken during the hearing, but multiple speakers urged the committee to report the bill favorably and quickly.

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• It is a very effective means of developing our Commonwealth.
• It is a very effective means of developing our Commonwealth.
• We'd be happy to follow up with those exact numbers. All right.
• We'd be happy to follow up with those exact numbers. All right.
• Some use it for professional development and never call.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Ways and Means Committee held its final public hearing on the FY26 state budget, with chairs and members emphasizing that public testimony would help shape the budget and asking speakers to keep remarks brief. Committee leaders introduced members, explained the hearing process, and repeatedly thanked residents, students, and advocates for participating. No votes were taken during the hearing. Testimony focused heavily on education funding and the Chapter 70 formula. Students from Amherst, Northampton, Gateway Regional, Chester Elementary, and other districts described budget-driven cuts to electives, special education supports, paraprofessionals, counselors, transportation, and building maintenance. They urged higher Chapter 70 aid, increased minimum aid, rural school aid, and a reopening or restructuring of the funding formula, arguing that current formulas leave many districts unable to meet student needs and force local layoffs and overrides. Other speakers urged funding or protection for a range of programs and facilities, including the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute for homicide survivor services, the Museum of African American History, the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and CART/interpreter services, the Access to Counsel housing legal aid program, the Department of Mental Health and Pocasset Mental Health Center, and Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children. One speaker opposed offshore wind-related spending and urged a reset of the state’s energy approach, while another advocated ending the aircraft sales tax exemption. Committee members responded sympathetically to many speakers, asked a few follow-up questions, and several expressed support for maintaining or expanding the programs discussed.

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• will put on my hat as a developer will put on my hat as a developer working<00:31:52.399> with
• training programs Workforce Development training programs Workforce Development programs<00:42:23.640
• <00:43:02.079> through through War Force development through through War Force development
• /c><00:43:04.280> energy Economic Development using these energy Economic Development using these
• happening if you're a smaller developer happening if you're a smaller developer and<01:36:10.960

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• developer developer are are are risks<01:02:03.920> of<01:02:04.040> added<01:02:04.360
• , developers, developers, larger<01:03:23.720> and<01:03:23.840> more<01:03:24.080>
• <01:14:41.080> to provisions is requiring developers to provisions is requiring developers
• When you mandate a builder, a developer, an industry developer to build the buildings in a certain way
• for the exact same stuff. for the exact same stuff.

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, approved the journal, and then spent much of the early portion of the meeting on recognitions and announcements. Members welcomed the Sikh community of Colorado for Baisakhi and Sikh Awareness and Appreciation Month, noted a langar lunch at the Capitol, and announced a governor’s proclamation later in the day. Other tributes highlighted Jackie Robinson Day, Golf Day at the Capitol, an upcoming Colorado Religious Freedom Day event, and an Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority legislative day and youth leadership program. After announcements, the chamber moved to business and adopted a motion making Senate Bill 109, Senate Bill 104, House Bill 1245, and Senate Bill 121 special orders for April 15. The House then began consideration of Senate Bill 109, concerning building code standards for accessible housing supported by public money. The committee report was adopted, and debate focused on an amendment offered by Representative Soper to exempt counties that have not adopted international building codes. Supporters argued the amendment would protect rural counties, preserve local control, and avoid higher housing costs and budget strain; opponents said it would undermine uniformity. Several members spoke in favor, and the amendment was still under discussion when the transcript ended. Committee announcements also noted that Judiciary would hear Senate Bill 1283 and Senate Bill 85, Education would hear Senate Bill 153, and Health and Human Services would hear Senate Bill 60, House Bill 1347, and House Bill 1314 for action only. The House also heard that House Bill 1250 would be pushed to the following week.

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• To ensure if Walker County does not develop the Justice Center within 10 years, ownership of the property
• It's hard to put a real exact number on what it costs for the juveniles, the parole violators, and the
• I know there have been, I don't, I don't know the exact number, but, but more than a handful of instances
• I have friends who have been through this exact same situation.
• For the exact same thing.

Bills: HB153

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• House Bill 3773 includes a provision to ensure that if Walker County does not develop the Justice Center
• It's hard to put a real exact number on what it costs for the juveniles, the parole violators, and the
• I know there have been instances, but I don't know the exact details. ...more than a handful of instances
• Friends who have been through this exact same situation, their children's killers are behind bars.
• For 45 years for the exact same thing.

Bills: HB153, HB1410, HB1461, HB1760, HB1762, HB3261, HB3773, HB153

Keywords: education, funding, student resources, technology access, equal opportunity, veterans treatment court, mental health, criminal justice, rehabilitation, eligibility criteria, veterans, treatment court, military service, legislation, private prisons, inmate confinement, criminal justice reform, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, government contracts, inmate housing

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• Senate Bill 384 by Senator Harris, Innovation and Economic Development; provides for a pilot innovation
• House Bill 549 by Representative Burrell provides relative to workforce development, create the Bayou
• I have not heard an exact yes or no from her on either side.
• I believe his exact words were, “The timing stinks.” I think were his exact words.
• Clark, members, I object to the amendment pretty clear on the exact statement.

Bills: HR192, HR193, HR194, HCR80, HCR81, HCR82, HCR83, HCR84, HCR85, HR188, HR189, HR190, HR191, SB134, SB140, SB281, SB331, SB384, SB389, SB415, SB451, SB458, SB479, SB504, SB523, HR38, HR96, HR160, HCR31, HCR61, SCR19, HB316, HB549, HB578, HB646, HB748, HB798, HB824, HB988, HB989, HB1001, HB1032, HB1081, HB1108, HB1129, HB1140, HB1157, HB1186, HB1192, HB1195, HB1198, HB1222, HB1244, SB73, SB89, SB128, SB149, SB191, SB196, SB238, SB318, SB340, HB225, HR1, HR17, HCR5, HCR4, HCR47, HCR32, HB362, HB893, HB990, HB1007, HB1153, HB1243, HB12, HB42, HB205, HB222, HB267, HB324, HB325, HB350, HB478, HB610, HB617, HB745, HB749, HB752, HB797, HB807, HB821, HB896, HB979, HB992, HB1000, HB1024, HB1050, HB1166, HB1172, HB1173, HB1207, HB1218, HB1223, SB162, SB349, SB350, SB382, SB383, SB127, SB244, SB256, HB911, HB306, HB366, HB1161, HB1230, HB59, HB481, HB772, HB897, HB1003, HB1008, HB1112, HB1180, HB1189, HB181, HB1118, HB901, HR20, HR74, HB284, HB393, HB458, HB459, HB525, HB577, HB582, HB605, HB614, HB682, HB733, HB773, HB864, HB996, HB1035, HB1058, HB1082, HB1113, HB1234, HB1240

Keywords: ACOG, maternal health, healthcare professionals, patient-physician relationship, obstetrics, gynecology, condolences, military service, veteran, community, memorial, visual acuity, student health, de-identified data, longitudinal analysis, education policy, property rights, carbon dioxide sequestration, expropriation, Landowner Bill of Rights

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• Jill Clark, director of development. Angel Angel Toa, of development.
• program, several leadership development program, several leadership development program, several graduates
• The Economic Development Rellos. The Economic Development Rellos.
• a license plate with $182 to develop a license plate with $182 to develop a license plate with about
• development from middle school to that development from middle school to that development from middle

Bills: HJR 4, HJR 6, HB 195, HB 13, HB 143, HB 135

Keywords: occupation tax, securities, financial regulation, tax exemption, legislative amendment, capital gains tax, realized gains, unrealized gains, investment income, asset sale, capital assets, wealth tax, estate tax, trust tax, tax limitation, constitutional amendment, Texas Constitution, Article VIII, property tax, sales tax

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• We'll develop a statewide inventory.
• , the manufacturing of that equipment being developed in New Mexico, and people wanting to come into
• I can't remember the exact number.
• Just like we developed a theory for.
• We do not have at the Environment Department an office of research and development, if you will.

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• But go ahead and tax the labor on custom software development.
• And so go ahead and tax a limitation of research and development credits.
• The exact same product. On it because it's a physical good.
• We wanted software development. We wanted those corporations to stay...
• We wanted software development. We wanted those corporations to stay here.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, we develop powerful technology, which has been a significant tool
• I have the great honor of leading an incredible team of technologists, programmers, and developers being
• We are reacting to the ever-changing landscape, plugging new holes as they develop, gaps the Stop CSAM
• Solove also developed an online relationship with a 13-year-old girl in a different state.
• This is the exact thing.

Keywords: Stop CSAM Act, child exploitation, online safety, reporting requirements, tech accountability, NCMEC, survivor support, legislative testimony

Summary: The committee meeting centered around the urgent need to address child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online, focusing primarily on the testimony and discussions surrounding the Stop CSAM Act. Several witnesses, including representatives from law enforcement and advocacy organizations, highlighted the significant drop in reports of child exploitation cases despite an alarming increase in actual incidents. Concerns were raised about tech companies' reporting practices, with calls for more stringent requirements to ensure timely and accurate reporting of suspected abuse. The legislation aims to fortify protections for child victims by imposing stricter obligations on tech platforms to report incidents and support law enforcement in investigations.

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• Development partners, the state industry, and others.
• We are the state's science and tech economic development office within the Economic Development Department
• Comprehensive economic development services and coordination.
• Yes, this is kind of the exact purpose of this technology.
• I'd have to look at the exact number, Madam Chair. Thank you. Okay.

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• They had developed an app.
• They<00:09:48.040> had<00:09:48.160> developed<00:09:48.600> an<00:09:48.760>
• They had developed an app. They had developed an app.
• So, I would come as a county commissioner all those years ago to the Capitol to lobby for this exact
• So, I would come as a county commissioner all those years ago to the Capitol to lobby for this exact

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House took up Senate File 334, a bill to modernize Minnesota’s county-administered human services technology systems, including those used for Medicaid, SNAP, and related programs. The author described the current systems as outdated “green screen” platforms from the late 1980s and early 1990s that are cumbersome for county workers, slow service delivery, and make it harder to retain staff. The bill would create an integration layer over legacy systems, establish a long-term technology modernization fund with about $90 million in spending over time and a $50 million cap, and place MNIT in charge of holding and disbursing funds. It also creates governance structures, including an interagency group with county representation and a legislative working group, and includes a $15 million fund for the Office of the Inspector General’s technology needs. Several members spoke in strong support, emphasizing that modernization would improve efficiency, help counties serve residents better, and strengthen fraud detection and data sharing. Representatives from Winona, Washington, Olmsted, Stearns, Hennepin, and others cited local experiences with hacked county systems, obsolete software, and the difficulty of recruiting workers to outdated systems. One member urged that the effort be made enterprise-wide and suggested adding the Office of Legislative Auditor to oversight. Another noted the bill’s potential to improve identity verification tools and support broader agency collaboration. No amendments were offered. After third reading and debate, the clerk called the roll and the House passed the bill with 134 ayes and 0 nays; the title was agreed to.

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• ensure responsible stewardship of our natural resources, particularly in the face of growth and development
• is what this contemplates, that we have given actual notice to the party to avoid the problem, the exact
• is what this contemplates, that we have given actual notice to the party to avoid the problem, the exact
• I'm the division director for the Marketing and Development Division at NMDA.
• I would need to talk to NMDA about the exact number.

Keywords: 996, all

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• You want to a quick exact session? You want to a quick exact session?
• <00:53:47.040> So take a motion to go into exact. So take a motion to go into exact.
• it would I I don't remember her exact it would I I don't remember her exact words.<01:15:36.160>
• another week we should be able to exact another week we should be able to exact this,<01:28:08.240
• I'll take a motion to come out of exact. I'll take a motion to come out of exact.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all