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• capital in the general fund. capital in the general fund.
• general operating funds? general operating funds?
• <00:13:03.519> operating over to um to their general operating over to um to their general
• that aid that's calculate and distribute that aid that's generated<00:23:35.679> by<00:23:36.080
• those that generate waste to Newport? those that generate waste to Newport?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Thank you. our water supply distribution system for four days.
• It enables two-for-one solutions: flood mitigation plus potable water generation.
• I'm the general manager of a county district number one.
• We were asked to attend their general in-person meeting on May 31, 2024.
• I'm the CEO, general manager of the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority.

Bills: SB863, SB1190, SB1261, SB1413, SB1624, SB1662, SB1663, SB1855, SB1967, SB2124, SB2204, SB1623

Keywords: Edwards Aquifer, water conservation, reclaimed water, aquifer storage, environmental protection, water loss, municipally owned utilities, Texas Water Development Board, administrative penalties, water audit, water infrastructure, water supply, state water plan, water management strategies, water financing, municipal bonds, revenue bonds, public debt, obligations, TWDB

Summary: The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs heard several water-related bills, with testimony focused on drinking water quality, groundwater contamination notice, flood infrastructure funding, water rights conservation, and utility service areas. SB 1662 would limit TCEQ’s advance notice to public water systems to no more than 24 hours before testing after a consumer complaint, to reduce the chance of temporary treatment affecting results. SB 1663 would allow TCEQ to notify private well owners, groundwater conservation districts, and nearby residents by direct means about known groundwater contamination, rather than relying mainly on first-class mail and annual reporting. SB 2124 would move the deadline for publishing the Texas Groundwater Protection Committee’s annual report from April 1 to June 1. Witnesses on the first two bills described long-running water quality problems and delayed notice in their communities and supported the measures. No opposition was recorded, and each bill was left pending for a later vote. The committee also heard SB 1967, which would expand eligibility for Flood Infrastructure Fund financing to multipurpose projects that both reduce flooding and create water supply. Senator Hinojosa and Hidalgo County representatives described the Delta Reclamation Project as a shovel-ready example that would capture flood and drainage water, treat it, and produce new potable supply while also providing detention and flood mitigation. A Sierra Club witness also supported the bill, saying such projects could help manage floodwaters and reduce polluted discharges to bays and estuaries. The bill was left pending. A lengthy and divided discussion followed on SB 1413, which would expand the streamlined expedited release process for landowners seeking removal from a water or sewer CCN in additional counties. Senator Nichols said the bill was a property-rights measure aimed at legacy monopolies and bad actors who use CCNs to hold landowners hostage, while supporters described cases where developers could not get timely service, including fire flow, or were asked to fund infrastructure without reasonable recoupment. Opponents from rural water corporations and utility associations argued the bill would undermine investment in water infrastructure, strand debt, and weaken the return on planned expansion. PUC and TCEQ resource witnesses explained that compensation is handled case by case through appraisal and can include stranded costs, planning, design, construction, and some legal fees, but members noted the statute is unclear and discussed possible committee substitute language. Public testimony was closed with the bill left pending. Later, SB 1624 would allow the Texas Water Trust within the Texas Water Bank to hold donated water rights for conservation purposes and protect them from use-it-or-lose-it cancellation, and SB 863 would address Edwards Aquifer utilities that straddle the aquifer boundary by allowing them to continue using Edwards water within their certificated areas under specified conditions. Both bills were laid out, received no public opposition in the hearing, and were left pending.

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• There was no indication in the bill how that would be distributed. And HIRF is already hurting.
• hospital or rural general hospital immediately after the birth of an infant.
• energy generation systems, and with that I'm happy to answer any questions.
• energy generation systems, and with that I'm happy to answer any questions.
• Madam Chair: Members, the current process is that the county party chair generally does it.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The caucus reviewed a long list of Senate bills covering elections, transportation, health care, land use, water, criminal justice, and local government. Several election-related measures were described, including SB 1037 on voting equipment custody and internet/port restrictions, SB 1568 on election system software timekeeping, and SB 1687 moving the primary date to May starting in 2028. Members also discussed bills on photo enforcement fines, roadable aircraft registration, motor vehicle booting, assisted living occupancy limits, and municipal permit and exaction rules. A number of measures were noted as third-read consent items, while others were flagged for further discussion or amendments. Health and public safety bills drew substantial discussion. The committee heard bills on insurance coverage for breast cancer screening, safe-haven hospital surrender of newborns, dialysis documentation, behavioral health licensing compliance, naturopathic IV drug administration, traumatic event counseling for public safety employees, sex offender registration limitations, and probation rules for dangerous crimes against children. Members raised concerns or requested removal from consent on several items, including SB 1095 and SB 1094 related to gender-affirming care for minors, SB 1346 on AHCCCS claims processing, and SB 1178 on naturopathic drug administration. There was also debate over SB 1520 on immigration data sharing and SB 1635 on warning someone about an imminent arrest, with objections citing civil liberties and First Amendment concerns. The committee also considered multiple property, water, and development bills. These included measures on effluent water use for landscaping, groundwater fee diversion in Pinal County, increasing the Water Supply Development Revolving Fund loan cap, creating a foreign entity review commission for real property transfers, and restricting transport of Mexican gray wolf pups into Arizona. Members discussed SB 1419 on solar roof inspections and financing disclosures, and SB 1787 on municipal exactions and appeals, with an amendment proposed to limit it to commercial property. Several members explained their votes or asked to pull bills from consent, and some items were noted as having split votes or anticipated floor amendments. The caucus ended with Rhonda’s election-related bills and a note that the group would move immediately into a closed caucus afterward.

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• OVER 321,000 WATER BOTTLES AND 18,000 TARPS ARE DISTRIBUTED OUT OF OUR POD. POINT OF DISTRIBUTION.
• BUT JUST SHELFSTABLE MEALS, BOTTLED WATER, TARPS, GENERATORS, CHAINSAWS, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT COME
• THIS PLAN IN AND OF ITSELF IDENTIFIES THE GENERAL LOCATION IN SQUARE FOOTAGE OF EXISTING GENERAL POPULATION
• THE GENERAL KNOWS THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THEIR OWN DIVISION AND SO WE LOOK AT THE COUNTIES IN
• WE ARE TRYING TO USE TECHNOLOGY TO GET US BETTER AND FASTER AND USE GENERATIVE AI TO HELP US READ OUR

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• These musicians not only broke artistic ground, but also opened doors for future generations of Black
• <00:25:15.520> of opened doors for future generations of opened doors for future generations
• is by which all of the the distributes is by which all of the the heat<00:40:16.240> on<00:40
• <00:41:45.119> the<00:41:45.440> general >> No ma'am you are correct. the general
• >> No ma'am you are correct. the general the<00:41:46.319> general<00:41:46.720> policy

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, approved the journal, and then moved through announcements about committee schedule changes, caucus events, and visiting student groups. Members also made brief housekeeping announcements, including committee meeting locations and bill order changes for several committees. The chamber then took up third reading and final passage on several bills. House Bill 1071, allowing a local government to locate an automated vehicle identification system on an interstate highway, passed 37-12 with six excused. House Bill 1034, modifying environmental standards for certain irrigation equipment, passed 59-1. House Bill 1070, concerning third-party network lease agreements for dental services, passed 48-12. House Bill 1136, creating the Pathways to Public Service Program in the Department of Personnel, passed 40-21. Senate Bill 10, clarifying definitions used in the taxation of agricultural property, passed unanimously 61-0 with four excused. The most extended debate was on Senate Bill 52, which would create hiring preferences for coal transition workers in coal transition communities and expand how public entities may invest just transition money. Supporters argued the bill was a necessary, if limited, response to job losses and economic disruption in coal-impacted rural communities, emphasizing the hardships facing workers, schools, roads, and local economies. Opponents said the measure was an inadequate “band-aid,” criticized the broader energy transition policies that led to coal job losses, and objected to the bill’s requirements on private businesses and perceived government overreach. Several members from rural districts spoke in favor of the bill as a practical way to help affected communities, while others said it would not solve the underlying problems and would not truly help workers. The transcript ends during this debate without showing the final vote on Senate Bill 52.

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• And that's demonstrated by her years of service as general counsel to Governor Perry and her 15 years
• People don't generally associate Kentucky with that.
• Families that have had farms for five, six generations in America are really struggling.
• Should be necessary is distributed equitably. Yes, sir. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I yield back.
• I cannot overstate how critical it is for USDA to distribute this assistance. ...disaster assistance

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• I will move that House File 3454 be recommended to be placed on the General Register.
• I will move that House File 3454 be recommended to be placed on the General Register.
• I will move that the House fell. 34 54 be recommended to be placed on the General Register.
• House File 3917 is recommended to be placed on the General Register as amended.
• Plants in general. And I'm curious about the bill.

Bills: HF3454, HF3917, HF2906, HF3832, HF3769

Keywords: social work, licensure, employment titles, health occupations, professional standards, medication repository, drug donation, healthcare, Minnesota Statutes, pharmacy, public health, controlled substances, psilocybin, psilocin, psychedelic, psychedelic medicine, hallucinogen, mushrooms, magic mushrooms, therapeutic use

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• We will need 40 copies with your name on each copy and that will be distributed.
• Item A is an increase of about $96 million in general revenue for exceptional item two for mixed beverage
• The second rider directs the comptroller to transfer 1.3 billion from general revenue to the Broadband
• Those that are appointed to us via either the governor, lieutenant governor, or the attorney general,
• It would be a general list of the 24 counties we're targeting, yes.

Bills: SB 1, SB1

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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• >> Well, so are you not want any discussion on it generally then? We're just going to pull it.
• Therefore, I'm asking for it now so that when it's procured, it can be distributed. >> So then if the
• procured,<00:02:37.680> it<00:02:37.840> can<00:02:38.000> be<00:02:38.160> distributed
• procured, it can be distributed. procured, it can be distributed.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• requiring additional registration fees for electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and distributing
• Road Fund, and adjusting certain formulaic distributions of motor vehicle fees.
• requiring additional registration fees for electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and distributing
• the additional fees to the State Road Fund, adjusting certain formulaic distributions of motor vehicle
• An act authorizing a transfer from the general fund to the Medicaid Trust Fund.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Just generally, is someone not familiar with how it's delineated? Yes, so Madam...
• And so it all comes from the general fund, but I can verify that for you. Yeah, thank you.
• Medication-assisted treatment, but just in general, how they broke that out.
• So, we have to pick up more with the state general fund for our costs for Medicaid.
• Slide 7: Insurance coverage for GLP-1s in general...

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• Okay, please come forward and fill the seats. from the general fund and $1,300,000 from the general fund
• This 1.3 million from general a loss.
• back to you, Brigadier General. back to you, Brigadier General.
• Its primary through the adjunct general.
• They're going finally distribute funds.

Bills: HB0122, SF0004, SF0012, SF0013, SF0067, SF0070, SF0124

Keywords: healthcare, rural health, transformation program, funding, incentives, training, access, perpetuity fund, Medicaid, emergency medical services, ground ambulance, healthcare funding, reimbursement rates, military, national guard, reenlistment, extension bonus, Wyoming, Wyoming National Guard, recruitment

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• Those are revenue to the general fund.
• Those are revenue to the general fund.
• the state of Minnesota, some uh general the state of Minnesota, some uh general fund<00:21:30.320
• , criminalize the creation, distribution, criminalize the creation, distribution, and<00:38:09.040
• <00:57:14.480> enforcement, permits attorney general enforcement, permits attorney general

Keywords: 1183, house

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• They are now on the general ballot.
• Will it be distributed evenly? What is that distribution? Madam Chair and Senator Charley.
• SB 78 would allow nuclear generation to count toward the RPS compliance.
• I'm with the group Demand Nuclear Abolition, and I am a multi-generational New Mexican.
• This will have effects on our generations to come as New Mexicans.

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

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

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• So the SNAP benefits are distributed.
• funds, which is allowable, and those general funds will be used to support the contract.
• funds, which is allowable, and those general funds will be used to support the contract.
• funds, which is allowable, and those general funds will be used to support the contract.
• funds which is allowable and general funds which is allowable and those<00:25:55.679> general

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Fiscal Committee met with replacement members noted at the start and took up one emergency item from the Department of Health and Human Services: approval to accept and expend $2 million to support SNAP recipients during the federal shutdown. Commissioner Lori Weaver and CFO Nathan White explained that USDA/FNS had notified the state it would not receive November SNAP funds, affecting about 74,000 recipients. The department said it activated a contingency plan to contract with the New Hampshire Food Bank to expand mobile food pantries, targeting SNAP households and prioritizing locations based on need, with evening and daytime access and outreach through mail, text, email, social media, partner organizations, and a shutdown webpage. Committee members asked about timing, locations, reimbursement, and whether the state would be repaid by the federal government. Department staff said the food bank would likely need about a week to mobilize once the contract was approved, and that the contract would be cost-reimbursement based, with faster turnaround than usual but not advance payment. White explained the money would come from excess Medicaid Enhancement Tax revenue from state fiscal year 2025, which can be used only for Medicaid purposes under state law and SB 249, allowing general funds to be shifted to the food bank contract. Members also asked about other affected programs; the department said WIC had funding through November 10, energy assistance was expected to continue through December, and school breakfast/free and reduced lunch were not impacted. Members discussed broader public outreach, including a possible PSA and use of the New Hampshire Food Bank’s network of 417 partners, and one member suggested religious leaders or the governor might be better positioned to make donation appeals. The committee then voted unanimously to adopt the item (motion by Senator Gray, second by Senator Waters). The meeting ended with notice of the next meeting on November 21 at 11:00 and a motion to adjourn, which was approved.

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• There are two types of concurrent enrollment, two general types.
• So, rest assured, on career technical education as well as general education courses or general programming
• So there's that general focus.
• So there's that general focus. We've been focused on it as a system for a while.
• In terms of the allocation, we know it's approximately $250 million, one-time General Fund.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance heard an overview of the governor’s new Career Education Master Plan and related budget items. Labor Secretary Knox described the plan as an effort to reduce fragmentation across K-12, community colleges, workforce boards, and other systems by improving statewide and regional coordination, data sharing, skills-based hiring, career pathways, and wraparound supports such as child care, housing, food, and transportation. Members asked how success would be measured, how the plan would serve disconnected youth and adults, and whether the proposed data integration would rely on Cradle to Career; the secretary said it would. The Department of Finance said it was available to answer questions on the education side. The committee then reviewed existing CTE funding and oversight. The LAO, CDE, and Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office described the major ongoing programs, including CTIG, Perkins, K-12 Strong Workforce, and Community College Strong Workforce, and noted that many programs overlap in purpose and administration. Members repeatedly raised concerns about duplication, annual applications and reporting burdens, lack of clear outcome metrics, and whether funding incentives should be better aligned to regional collaboration. CDE and the Chancellor’s Office said they support alignment and dual enrollment, and Finance and CDE said LCFF/local match dollars are part of the funding structure. The committee also discussed child care as a barrier to participation and the need for better tracking of enrollment, completion, and job outcomes. On the consolidated application proposal, Finance proposed a study directing CDE to examine whether three long-standing CTE grant programs—Specialized Secondary Programs, CTIG, and California Partnership Academies—could be streamlined into a single application and reporting process. The LAO supported reducing administrative burden but noted that the largest programs, CTIG and K-12 Strong Workforce, were excluded from the proposal even though districts most often cite them as burdensome. CDE said it did not oppose the study but warned that statutory differences may limit consolidation. Members said the proposal should better address regional coordination, multi-year funding stability, and outcome measures rather than only simplifying paperwork. Finally, the committee heard a proposal for a $5 million ongoing California Education Interagency Council. GovOps said the council would provide a neutral venue for statewide coordination across education and workforce systems. The LAO opposed the proposal, arguing that existing bodies already provide coordination, the proposal does not change agency incentives, and the council would lack authority to implement decisions. Members expressed mixed views, with some supporting a coordinating body and others questioning whether it would differ from past efforts. No votes were taken during the portions summarized here, and the committee indicated it would hold some items open for further discussion.

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• The lower graph shows New Mexico's average in terms of age distributions.
• I mean, generally speaking, they need to operate with some collaboration.
• That also plays a part in how the funds in the HGAA are distributed.
• This chart simply shows that distribution.
• And then the other half to be distributed within broad, what they call broad requirements.

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• HB 303 by the suit relating to the authority of a Type A, Type B general law municipality to change the
• Type C general law municipality referred to the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, HB 304 by GAN
• HB 387 by Leo Wilson relating to the unlawful production and distribution of the sexually explicit images
• Means, HB 401 by Gonzalez of El Paso relating to creating a criminal offense for creating and distributing
• HB 449 by Gonzalez of El Paso relating to an unlawful production of a distribution of sexually explicit

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• We are starting to see less general visitation.
• <00:35:37.760> or Hampshire or New England in general or Hampshire or New England in general
• We are generally turned down because the people on the lake, it's their lake.
• We are generally turned down because the people on the lake, it's their lake.
• <01:30:22.800> Uh those general fund contributions. Uh those general fund contributions.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a public hearing on SB 63, a bill described by Senator Tim Lang and other supporters as a technical correction to the rooms and meals tax distribution formula. Lang said the bill would clarify that the Division of Travel and Tourism’s 3.15% promotional allocation is taken from gross rooms-and-meals revenue before the 30% municipal reimbursement fund is calculated, which he argued restores the intended 2009/2021 structure and avoids an unintended loss to tourism marketing. Committee members raised questions about whether the bill actually changes section one or instead addresses DRA’s interpretation, and whether the measure could be affected by the budget process or HB 2. Jessica Keeler of Ski New Hampshire testified in strong support, saying the bill would preserve the promotional budget formula that had been in place since 2009 and that the 2019 revision effectively reduced the promotional allocation by placing the municipal share first. She said tourism promotion has helped increase visitation, revenues, and jobs, and warned that without a fix, the joint promotional program and other tourism efforts could be cut in future budgets. She also said the bill would not change the current year’s tourism budget but would matter for future cycles. Mike Summers of the New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association also supported SB 63, calling it a correction to the 2021 changes and arguing that state tourism marketing is essential because small businesses cannot reach distant markets on their own. He said the industry has benefited from state promotion, especially after COVID, but is now facing softer occupancy rates, lower Canadian visitation, and financial strain from debt and operating costs. Summers said the industry cannot make up for major tourism budget cuts on its own and urged maintaining or increasing travel and tourism funding. No vote or final action was taken at the hearing.

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• That's one or two generations.
• That's one or two generations.
• Nobody's making a dairy generations.
• will be wherever the next generation will be wherever the next generation takes<00:09:19.200>
• We did increase our stocking rate. generation is still here. I'm the generation is still here.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all