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• Yes, I've done lots of food distributions. I've done lots of volunteer work in various food lines.
• Yes, I've done lots of food distributions. I've done lots of volunteer work in various food lines.
• Yes, I've done lots of food distributions. I've done lots of volunteer work in various food lines.
• It's just distributed in a way where it's not a line item. Um, so it is very confusing.
• It's just distributed in a way where it's not a line item. Um, so it is very confusing.

Bills: HB2117, HB2155, HB1832, HB1601, HB2297, HB2397, HB1893, HB2533, HB1890, HB2004, HB1810, HB2323, HB1691, HB1671, HB2619, HB1481, HB2314, HB2319, HB2214, HB2488, HB2009, HB2007, HB1964, HB2218, HB1535, HB1977, HB2054, HB2046, HB146, HB2094, HB2181, HB2515, HB2444, HB2385, HB1724, HB1733, HB2416, HB2001, HB1603, HB1753, HB2140, HB1962, HB1963, HB2096, HB1959, HB1960, HB2293, HB2288, HB1752, HB1573, HB469, HB2091, HB1851, HB1688, HB1696, HB2417, HB2375, HB2333, HB2152, HB1881, HB2395, HB1721, HB1921, HB1730, HB1697, HB1824, HB2282, HB2078, HB2321, HB2279, HB1522, HB2097, HB2433, HB2106, HB2274, HB2452, HB1764, HB2438, HB1860, HB2604, HB2118, HB2017, HB2216, HB1934, HB2454, HB2427, HB2207, HB1840, HB1644, HB1645, HB1946, HB1648, HB2324, HB1509, HB1514, HB1515, HB2164, HB2165, HB2283, HB2386

Keywords: arts education, data mapping, task force, creative economy, cultural preservation, workforce development, geographic information systems, agriculture, data collection, statistical program, sustainable practices, Hawaii, aquaculture, biosecurity, food security, sustainable seafood, regulatory framework, interagency coordination, environmental stewardship, invasive species

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• distributing the photos or videos of it. distributing the photos or videos of it.
• On line 12, page five, distribute or facilitate access to sexually explicit material, which would be
• or facilitate access line 12, distribute or facilitate access to<01:24:32.080> sexually<01:24
• <01:32:50.080> um<01:32:50.480> distribution more concise distribute um distribution
• more concise distribute um distribution of<01:32:51.280> materials<01:32:51.679> that<

Bills: HB0008, HB0009

Keywords: stalking, minors, felony, protection orders, criminal penalties, grooming, sexual offenses, child protection, 916, all

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• It just would not be constitutionally dedicated to the highway user tax distribution fund. we were all
• distribution fund. distribution fund.
• And I think the distribution fund.
• fund when considering the distribution fund when considering the equivalent<01:16:32.640> paid
• Commissioner, just noting I also shared my direct email with Austin to distribute to the group.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The meeting was the first session of the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s Electricity as a Vehicle Fuel Working Group. Commissioner Nancy Doenberger opened with introductions from members representing state agencies, legislators, utilities, local governments, industry groups, advocacy organizations, and others. The group then elected its leadership: Senator Anne Johnson Stewart was nominated and unanimously elected chair, and Representative Steve Elkins was nominated and unanimously elected vice chair. Senator Johnson Stewart said she would ensure all viewpoints are heard and asked MnDOT to continue running the meeting for practical reasons. Austin Turman of the Legislative Coordinating Commission reviewed the authorizing legislation. He explained that the working group must analyze electricity used as vehicle fuel infrastructure opportunities and barriers, develop a roadmap with policy and funding recommendations for sustainable transportation funding consistent with the Minnesota Constitution, and study other states’ approaches to equitable fuel assessment methods for electric vehicles. The group’s report is due February 13 and will go to the governor and legislative transportation leaders. Turman also briefly reviewed open meeting law requirements, noting the group must operate publicly when a quorum discusses official business, though public comment is not required. Members then discussed the purpose of the group and the need to find a fair replacement or supplement for declining gas tax revenue as EVs increase. Senator Johnson Stewart emphasized balancing system funding needs with user-based fairness, including differences in vehicle weight and road use. Representative Murphy stressed the need to consider rural Minnesota, taxpayer impacts, and current science, including climate and CO2 issues. Drive Electric Minnesota said EV drivers should pay their fair share and not be overburdened, while the Department of Revenue said it wants to administer the new EV charging-station tax fairly. A trucking representative highlighted that passenger vehicles and freight vehicles have very different operating and charging needs, suggesting the group consider those differences in any fee structure.

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• It clarifies an employee's role in distributing medical cannabis.
• First of all, the paper distributed on our desks does not comport with Senate traditions.
• <00:53:01.200> Uh, their name on these distributions.
• Uh, their name on these distributions.
• Hillgard regarding this letter which he sent to me today to be distributed on the floor.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This is not a commingled product that goes through mass distribution.
• It's not the store, but they distribute the product.
• You said it's not a business model or distribution model, is there a limit?
• Like they say, you can only Distribute 50 at a time or 100 at a time?
• Things: Number one, very important, 100% distribution.

Bills: HB3000, HB2622, HB2283, HB541, HB1776, HB1803, HB1669, HB2588, HB220, HB3415, HB50, HB1314, HB 107, HB220, HB50, HB107

Keywords: ambulance service, rural healthcare, grants, financial assistance, qualified counties, mental health, patient transport, female attendants, security measures, healthcare regulation, epinephrine, anaphylaxis, health care, school safety, training, emergency response, direct patient care, healthcare, physicians, medical services

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• to producers happy properly distributed to producers happy to<00:19:34.840> answer<00:19:35.080
• They provide the middle of the supply chain type distribution from the farm to the consumer.
• They provide the middle of the supply chain type distribution from the farm to the consumer.
• all and the food and the distribution all and the food safety<00:41:08.599> all<00:41:08.760>
• <01:04:27.520> the marketing and distribution the marketing and distribution the Restriction

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Agriculture and Environment hearing on January 27, 2025, took up multiple measures, beginning with a proposed constitutional amendment, HB 559, to recognize a right to clean water and air, a healthful environment, climate, native ecosystems, and beaches. The Attorney General’s Office testified with concerns that the amendment’s broad language could create challenges for future legislatures and environmental enforcement, while the Climate Commission and DLNR supported it. Environmental and advocacy groups, including Climate Protectors Hawaii, 350 Hawaii, Greenpeace Hawaii, and others, strongly supported the measure, arguing it would strengthen decision-making and protect Hawaii’s natural resources. Committee members raised questions about how the amendment would interact with existing constitutional protections and recent litigation, and the AG’s office said the proposal could lead to broad judicial interpretation and possible liability issues. The hearing then moved on without a recorded vote on this bill. The committee next heard SB 552, which would establish a healthy soils program in the Department of Agriculture and require annual reporting and funding. The Climate Change Commission supported the bill, and the Department of Agriculture said it stood on its submitted testimony but noted existing commissions and the greenhouse gas sequestration task force already address similar objectives, suggesting SB 552 may duplicate current efforts. Agricultural and environmental advocates, including the Hawaii Farmers Union, Hawaii Farm Bureau, and others, supported the concept of a consolidated healthy soils program, saying it would better organize existing efforts, improve access for producers, and support conservation practices. The Agribusiness Development Corporation said it would support either DOA or ADC administering the program, and committee discussion focused on implementation, program overlap, and whether the bill should better integrate existing compost reimbursement and related efforts. The final measure discussed in the excerpt was SB 678, which would create an Agricultural Development Food Security Special Fund, dedicate a portion of the environmental response, energy, and food security tax to it, and appropriate funds equal to 3% of the state budget for agriculture. The Department of Agriculture strongly supported the bill, saying the funding would align with its goals and help support farmers and ranchers. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii and the Department of Budget and Finance raised concerns that the proposed special fund may not meet statutory criteria. Farm and industry groups generally supported the measure but suggested changes, including adding uses related to local food sourcing, distribution, and biosecurity. Committee members questioned the scale of the appropriation, noting it could amount to roughly $250 million and a major increase in DOA’s budget, and discussed whether the department could realistically implement such a large program. The hearing ended with testimony counts noted for the measures heard, and the chair indicated the committee would reconvene later for any unfinished business.

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• Speaker, can the copies be... ...distributed? These are both of the amendments that I spoke about.
• So the first one that’s been distributed starts off ahead of what Legislative Council has drafted...
• Well, if you're looking at the paper that was distributed, it's under number four.
• labor organization membership recruiting information or political materials. ...to distribute labor
• Is it distributed? Okay. Thank you. All right, Representative Gutierrez. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Summary: The committee met to review and adopt Legislative Council ballot measure analyses, with members repeatedly reminded that the hearing was limited to the accuracy, clarity, and impartiality of the summaries and not the merits of the underlying proposals. Steve Premack explained the statutory role of the analyses in the publicity pamphlet, and staff presented draft language for several measures. The committee considered and voted on multiple amendments, often debating whether proposed wording was clearer or instead crossed into advocacy or added unnecessary legal detail. For SCR 1004, members debated amendments to more closely mirror the measure’s text and to add language about electric vehicles and mileage, but several proposed changes were rejected. The analysis was ultimately adopted by an 8-6 roll call. HCR 2021 was then adopted without amendment by the same 8-6 margin. For HCR 2055, members debated whether the summary should say the Department of Homeland Security must “do everything” or “use all lawful means available,” and whether to add language about cartels acting “individually or collectively”; both amendments were rejected and the analysis was adopted 8-6. The committee next took up SCR 1004 on photo enforcement systems, where members proposed amendments to clarify that the measure would apply to red light cameras, to add “thereafter” regarding recurring voter approval, and to specify that approval would occur at the general election; those amendments failed, and the analysis was adopted 8-6. On SCR 1032, dealing with instructional expenses and classroom site fund reductions, members debated adding a definition of the Classroom Site Fund and spelling out the waiver process in more detail; both amendments failed, and the analysis was adopted 8-6. Finally, on HCR 2001 regarding citizenship identification and early voting, members rejected amendments that would have added background on current law, clarified that mail voting would be affected, added severability and revenue-source language, and struck the measure’s short title; the discussion was lengthy and at times contentious, but the transcript ends before a final roll-call vote on that measure is shown.

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• What are your thoughts on electronic distribution? I think it's available pretty much.
• The first year was, now just as a reminder, we've only had two years, two full distribution years.
• Now, just as a reminder, we've only had two years, two full distribution years.
• So the first year was, we had more distributions because we had more issues.
• The first year that we did it, the back and forth was really tough because we'd do a distribution and

Summary: The subcommittee of the Tax Reform and Relief Committee met to begin its study of the feasibility and desirability of revising the content of the real estate tax statement to improve property tax transparency. Legislative Council staff reviewed the study directive under House Bill 1176 and the statutory requirements for tax statements, including required line items such as true and full value, mill levy, legislative tax relief, primary residence credit, and the Legacy Fund portion of that credit. The Tax Department then explained how the current uniform statement is prescribed and approved, and noted that changes are typically driven by statute and implemented collaboratively with counties and vendors. County officials from the North Dakota Association of Counties described the full annual tax cycle, from county budgeting and valuation notices to budget hearing notices, levy certification, cap calculations, and final tax statement mailing. They emphasized that counties and auditors do extensive coordination with taxing districts and neighboring counties, and that the process is labor-intensive and often manual. Members discussed the limited public response to budget notices and tax statements, the difficulty of explaining the legislative tax relief line, the 3% cap and valuation issues, and whether more frequent assessments or different timing would improve understanding. Several members and witnesses noted that many taxpayers only engage when they receive their final bill, and that clarity may be more important than adding more detail. NDACO also presented a rough cost survey from eight counties, estimating an average tax statement cost of about 74 cents and a statewide total near $600,000 for printing and mailing tax statements alone, with outsourcing generally cheaper than in-house printing. Witnesses noted that House Bill 1176 added other mailings and notices, increasing county workload and cost beyond the statement itself. The committee then heard from software vendors, who explained how their systems handle tax billing, budget notices, valuation notices, primary residence credit processing, and tax levy calculations, and they identified the 1600/1685 primary residence credit and discount interaction as a current programming challenge. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational and focused on gathering testimony and identifying issues for possible future recommendations or bill drafts.

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• In closing, I want to emphasize that as operators of a gas distribution gas transmission infrastructure
• <00:05:00.440> gas operators of a gas distribution gas operators of a gas distribution gas
• Alaina alone represents 800 to 1,000 members who do their main work on our gas distribution system and
• You know, they wanted gas utilities to know their transmission pipes and their distribution pipes and
• integrity programs, distribution integrity management programs.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So those gases can be distributed onto the grid.
• Kabalan: When it comes to the capacity of the increase of distributed energy resources on the grid, we
• energy resources and micro distributed energy resources and micro grids,<00:38:18.079> enabling
• ,<00:39:25.599> investing<00:39:26.000> in<00:39:26.079> the power distribution
• , investing in the power distribution, investing in the center<00:39:26.480> will<00:39:26.720

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• pilot to see exactly what that coverage did and then have recommendations whether that should be distributed
• pilot to see exactly what that coverage did and then have recommendations whether that should be distributed
• So the RFP was actually distributed to our board last night.
• They will be reviewing it and approving it, Distributed to our board last night.
• Committee, this bill draft is related to in-service benefit distributions. Beth, thank you, Mr.

Summary: The Employee Benefits Committee met to approve prior minutes, hear presentations on state employee health insurance, compensation, leave, and related policy issues, and then recess for lunch. PERS reviewed the history and structure of the state health plan, noting the long-standing state-paid family coverage, cost-control measures, wellness incentives, the current grandfathered PPO and high-deductible options, and the effects of recent benefit mandates such as insulin caps, prosthetic coverage, medication management, prescription copay changes, and ambulance balance-billing limits. Committee members questioned the fiscal impact of adding benefits and the possible cost of moving to a non-grandfathered plan, while PERS and HRMS emphasized that health insurance remains the top-ranked employee benefit and that any major plan changes should be considered carefully. HRMS also presented compensation comparisons showing state pay generally below private-market benchmarks, discussed targeted market equity adjustments, identified ongoing recruitment and retention concerns in fields like nursing, IT, engineering, and attorneys, and reviewed leave policies, tuition reimbursement, and family leave comparisons with neighboring states. Job Service provided labor market data showing low unemployment, high labor force participation, and wage growth that still trails some neighboring markets, and OMB explained that prevailing wage requirements apply to federally funded projects under Davis-Bacon, not to ordinary state contracts. After lunch, the committee took up the required process for health insurance mandate bills and adopted an amendment to Joint Rule 211. The amendment clarified that the deadline for submitting mandate measures is intended to allow time for all required reports, including both the cost-benefit analysis and any Employee Benefits Committee actuarial report, while leaving the existing deadline unchanged. The amendment was adopted on a roll call vote, with several members voting yes and a few no votes recorded. The committee then moved into its jurisdiction review of bill drafts, beginning with a bill that would automatically renew pre-tax dental and vision elections; members debated whether it had any actuarial or administrative impact on PERS or the state, and the chair explained that the committee’s role was only to decide whether further analysis was needed before later testimony and recommendations.

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• We tend to use our partners to distribute. Get the funds across the state.
• We work with them on our adventure guide, which 300,000 copies are distributed around the country each
• Though there is concern, I think that's been raised about how the funds are being distributed across
• the state and how they are being equally distributed.
• How do we not use them all up on the front end and distribute?

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• Madam Chair, Madam Secretary, can you tell me what the total SNAP distributions were for 2024?
• Senator, distributions of... I'm sorry.
• The total SNAP distributions, that is, how much money went out the door to these 457,000 participants
• Madam Chair, Senator, yes, that is on the second bullet, but in full distribution, I have that number
• At $1.3 billion of distribution, and... At a 15 percent error rate, we're very near that.

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• Our nearly 600 members produce, process, and distribute the majority of the nation’s energy.
• members produce our our nearly 600 members produce process<00:09:19.320> and<00:09:19.480> distribute
• <00:09:19.920> the<00:09:20.040> majority<00:09:20.360> of process and distribute
• the majority of process and distribute the majority of the<00:09:20.519> nation's<00:09:20.959
• establish maintain and distribute establish maintain and distribute consensus<00:09:37.760> standards

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• HB 3904 by Derazio relating to the billing and payments associated with distributed renewable generation
• HB 3905 by Derazio relating to the interconnected or deployment of distributed generation for the retail
• Davis of Dallas relating to the certain distributions from deferred retirement option plans established
• the authority of the Railroad Commission of Texas to impose an administrative. on the propane distribution
• provisions in the regulatory administered by the Texas Department Railroad Commission of Texas to gas distribution

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• We essentially change the distribution formula away from accelerating implementation of the new funding
• formula and instead distribute it according to the funding formula.
• the 3.6 6... received $64,000 as opposed to the 3.6 6 million that they receive under this new distribution

Keywords: 981, all

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• I think this has been distributed to offices prior to this. Senator Menendez. Thank you, Mr.
• I think this has been distributed to offices prior to this. Senator Menendez. Thank you, Mr.
• This has been changed to have all the Big Three approve it before it can be distributed as a grant regarding

Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce met with a quorum and took up a long list of House bills as pending business, voting to report many of them favorably to the full Senate. Bills reported favorably included HB 705, 1094, 2037, 3005, 3112, 3320, 3388, 3516, 3923, 4134, 4214, 4233, 4350, 4559, 4748, 4765, 5093, 5129, and 5196, with several also recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. Some measures were reported with committee substitutes, including HB 3516, HB 3848, HB 4211, and HB 14. HB 2488 and HB 3320 had some dissenting votes, while most other bills were approved unanimously or near-unanimously. The committee spent the most time on HB 14, which Senator Schwertner explained would create the Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office in the governor’s office and the Texas Advanced Nuclear Development Fund. The substitute would appropriate $350 million this biennium for reimbursement-based grants to support nuclear generation, supply chain development, pre-construction work, and construction-stage costs, with approval from the lieutenant governor, speaker, and governor. Senators Menendez and Nichols asked clarifying questions about whether the program involved grants rather than loans, how reimbursable grants would work, and who would evaluate applications; Schwertner said the program was modeled on the Enterprise Fund and that the grants would not be loans. After the committee had recessed, Senator Zaffirini asked to change her no votes on HB 4211 and HB 4233 to ayes so those bills could be placed on the local and uncontested calendar, while still registering no votes there. Senator Kolkhorst similarly asked to change her vote on HB 2488 to an aye for calendar purposes, while preserving her no vote. The committee then recessed again after completing its actions on the bills before it.

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• As we talked about last time, in every one of these, you'll see Narcan distribution because we distribute
• Narcan wherever. because we distribute Narcan wherever we can.

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• It's all about the distribution of weight to the ground. I'll get you, Representative. No, you...
• We're talking basically about the rear axle because of the way the logs distribute weight.
• The mills kind of dictate how they want to see that load, you know—how the loads are distributed for

Bills: SB46

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• From a pounds-of-food standpoint, in 2022, we distributed just over a million.
• individual pounds per person distributed individual pounds per person distributed when<00:47:56.400
• <02:09:28.800> a distribution.
• We have added a distribution.
• senior distribution specifically for senior distribution specifically for senior citizens<02:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all