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  • assets in which the fund can hold, we should see a higher rate of return because we're taking some of
  • Speaker, is how we use the distributions of the fund.
  • Looking at up to 10%, which is not a conservative number for these kinds of funds.
  • This is a prohibition on the state fund. Aspect of it.
  • I just wanted to touch back on the Funding part of it.
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  • A lot of the smaller communities don't have those kinds of resources or that kind of expertise.
  • the definition of this, then that aspect of it would be under the purview of this law.
  • But do we have any examples of any other state-funded or facilitated entities where we reduce or remove
  • of codes.
  • Our The amendment basically creates a workforce development fund within the Department of Commerce to
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  • of doctor and nurse of the day, correction of previous day's journal, House and Senate bills and joint
  • So funding has come up many times as it should. It's part of the conversation.
  • A lot of money is wasted right now, frankly, because I believe we have over a dozen different assessments
  • So if Mississippi can do it with worse poverty, worse scores over generations, the same amount of funding
  • Third reading of the bill House Bill 4420 by Hilbert of the House and EWH of the Senate, an act relating
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Energy Resources Apr 14th, 2025

Energy Resources

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  • There have been 715 instances of polluting our groundwater from these waste pits.
  • waste. which isn't required right now, including providing written notice of the type and volume of
  • Standards for other kinds of waste pits.
  • I'd ask you to think about whether you'd allow thousands of barrels of oil and gas waste to be permanently
  • So here are some of the major issues: there are no minimum construction standards when waste is buried
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Energy Resources Apr 14th, 2025

Energy Resources

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  • Again, this would be purely contingent on the outcome of the bill and the amount of funding put behind
  • the waste stream that comes out of an oil and gas well.
  • They're simply treated as a part of the waste stream and have to either rightfully dispose of it themselves
  • Produce the lithium, take it out of the oil and gas waste.
  • They wasted hundreds... to thousands of dollars of taxpayer money.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Apr 1st, 2026

Ways and Means Education

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  • on the amount of state and federal<00:07:30.919><c> funds</c><00:07:31.160><c> they</c><00:07:31.280
  • Some of my Sorry.
  • So, I don't know the the question of<00:20:13.640><c> our</c> of our of our municipalities<00:20:15.920
  • </c><00:23:16.920><c> for</c> billions of dollars off of people for billions of dollars off of people
  • </c><00:24:58.440><c> uh</c> to talk her out of uh to talk her out of uh doing<00:24:59.520><c> of</c
Bills: SB59 , SB221 , SB59 , SB221
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 2nd, 2026 at 02:03 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

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  • outlay is the funding full funding for the doubling of our University of New Mexico Medical School,
  • As part of the first kind of pillar, there's a coordinated set of appropriations that are designed to
  • fund portion of capital outlay would leave reserves at about 30.
  • In total, you know there's a lot of focus on the general fund portion of both the recurring and the non-recurring
  • And I think we need to do a much better job of supplying the funding so they can have the personnel to
Bills: HB2 , SB48 , SB64 , SB100
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 2nd, 2026 at 09:02 am

Senate Finance

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  • So, kind of in a roundabout Way, aren't we taking money out of the general fund for that because those
  • Chairman, that kind of Does take money out of the general fund.
  • First of all, some of it will purchase part of that land.
  • This bill does not change any of the funding, the structure, the The ability to have regular diagnostic
  • When the law was created, they agreed that they would provide 40 percent of the funding, and they're
Bills: SB48 , SB64 , SB100 , HB2 , SB48 , SB64 , SB100
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

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  • to use 1.8% of those funds.
  • Funding would be used exclusively for sourcing and distribution of food.
  • He said that meant about 85% of their funding was coming from the state of Minnesota and only 15% from
  • > be</c> uh, the entirety of the funding would be uh, the entirety of the funding would be used<01:18
  • of excess that we live in and the amount of waste that's created and the amount of packaging and junk
Bills: HF2078 , HF777 , HF841 , HF1112 , HF1098 , HF1926
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Mar 19th, 2026

Judiciary

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  • Senator Figures, let me address one of the concerns that you had, the use of physical force.
  • </c> that you had, the use of physical force. that you had, the use of physical force.
  • That is the flip side of it.
  • </c> that the flip side of it. that the flip side of it.
  • </c> try to speak to each one of the pages. try to speak to each one of the pages.
Bills: SB293 , SB293
Committee: Senate Judiciary
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, February 26, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

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  • We have already lost 27 rural hospitals in Texas because of lack of adequate Medicaid funding.
  • We have already lost 27 rural hospitals in Texas because of lack of adequate Medicaid funding.
  • We have already lost 27 rural hospitals in Texas because of lack of adequate Medicaid funding.
  • We have already lost 27 rural hospitals in Texas because of lack of adequate Medicaid funding.
  • Rural hospitals in Texas because of lack of adequate Medicaid funding.
Bills: HJR35 , HR695 , HR469 , HR250
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation May 19th, 2025

Transportation

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  • Weight of full fuel trucks.
  • that type of work, the majority of the work.
  • It's almost two-thirds of the market. Design-build is almost half of the market.
  • amounts of growth.
  • care of our customers, and take care of the community.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 2/26/26

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

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  • And through a series of giant cataclysmic mistakes, the Department of Health and the Department of Youth
  • Nicole Freeman from the Office of the Secretary of State.
  • I'm going to do a really quick walkthrough of the sections of each section of the bill, and then Diana
  • </c><00:10:41.760><c> identity</c> proof of residence not proof of identity proof of residence not proof
  • of that.
Bills: HF3676 , HF2959 , HF3233
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Environmental Regulation Apr 3rd, 2025

Environmental Regulation

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  • I show you registered as Chris McComb on behalf of Waste Management of Texas Inc., and that you are for
  • I'm the Governmental Affairs Director for Waste Management of Texas, and I'm testifying in support of
  • We have to address how we're going to... going to be able to dispose of their waste.
  • As a matter of policy, we do encourage... the state to limit the interstate transport of wastes, especially
  • It is supposed to eliminate high-level waste, to dramatically reduce the amount of high-level waste that
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Jan 27th, 2026

Judiciary

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  • The existence of and terms of the litigation funding agreements are discoverable in litigation.
  • But this is also not about getting rid of litigation funding where it's needed.
  • funding, protection of cases in all cases.
  • But then the foreign funding piece is just the notice that there is the existence of funding and who
  • But then the foreign funding piece is just the notice that there is the existence, right, of funding
Bills: S0144 , S0192 , S0332 , S0532 , S0620 , S0694 , S0820 , S0888 , S1000 , S1224 , S1396 , S1500
Committee: Senate Judiciary
Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard and advanced a series of bills on candidate disclosure, litigation financing, professional liability, public meetings, problem-solving courts, probate, wrongful conviction compensation, public records, and housing fraud. Senate Bill 620, by Senator Mayfield, would require candidates for federal, state, county, district, judicial, and school board offices to disclose any citizenship in countries other than the United States; it drew one waived-in opposition from Common Cause and was reported favorably 8-0. Senate Bill 1396, by Vice Chair Burton, would regulate litigation financing, including limits on funders’ recovery, restrictions on funder control, and disclosure of foreign entities involved; it received support from several business and tort-reform groups, opposition from the Florida Justice Association, and was reported favorably 7-2 after questions about the purpose and scope of the disclosures. Senator Martin’s bills also moved forward. SB 192 would remove the $1,500 cap on patient funds chiropractic physicians may hold in trust for prepaid services; it was supported by the Florida Chiropractic Society and reported favorably 7-0. SB 888 would extend to private contracts the current limits on indemnity and insurance requirements for architects, engineers, surveyors, and landscape architects, and it was reported favorably 7-0 after testimony from engineering and design professionals. Senator Bradley’s CS for SB 332, as amended, would create a narrow public meetings/public records exemption for pre-suit Burt Harris litigation strategy discussions by local governments; it was adopted and reported favorably 7-0. SB 820 would require quarterly reporting on problem-solving courts, including participant counts, offenses, completion, failure, and recidivism data, and it was reported favorably 10-0. SB 1500 would update uncontested probate procedures, raise certain small-estate thresholds, clarify safe-deposit-box authority, and strengthen enforcement provisions; it was reported favorably 10-0. The committee also advanced several other measures. CS for SB 694, by Senator Bracey Davis, would compensate the descendants of the Groveland Four; it was amended to divide any appropriation equally among the four family branches, received extensive emotional testimony in support, and was reported favorably 10-0. SB 144 would create a public records exemption for personal information of Judicial Qualifications Commission employees and their families due to harassment concerns, and it was reported favorably 9-1. CS for SB 1224, as amended, would make fraudulent entry into a rental dwelling a third-degree felony when done through false statements, counterfeit documents, or impersonation; it was supported by Florida Realtors and the Florida Apartment Association and reported favorably 10-0. SB 1000 would set a floor and ceiling for interest rates on law firm trust accounts tied to the Wall Street Journal prime rate, and it was reported favorably 10-0 after stakeholder compromise. The committee also took up SB 532 only to temporarily postpone it, and at the end members recorded additional affirmative votes on selected bills before adjournment.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 05-01-2026 06:30pm

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

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  • On behalf of the...
  • year's law, and also to add a special fund for the office of the state fire marshal.
  • </c><00:21:29.320><c> all</c><00:21:29.440><c> of</c> And I think that takes care of all of And I think
  • that takes care of all of our<00:21:29.600><c> agendas.
  • in A funds.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 016 Conference PM - 04-30-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

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  • </c> take the vote on behalf of the House? take the vote on behalf of the House?
  • ><c> as</c><00:05:01.000><c> Chair,</c> behalf of Senate, myself as Chair, behalf of Senate, myself as
  • On behalf of the Senate, Constitution.
  • And on behalf of the House, we member.
  • On behalf of the and Senator Wakai.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

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  • /c> I'm the chief of police for the city of I'm the chief of police for the city of Richfield.<00:13:
  • ><c> of</c><00:43:02.319><c> people</c> of all, this concept of people of all, this concept of people
  • </c><01:05:06.079><c> their</c> of an individual in front of their of an individual in front of their
  • </c> of some of those elements. of some of those elements. Absolutely.
  • even sort of a this of of judges, um, even sort of a number<01:26:45.440><c> of</c><01:26:45.600><c>
Bills: HF1567 , HF2809 , HF3380