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• And we're grateful for the initiatives that have established the TSC and the funding that will foster
• or chapter 2269 of the government code or highway construction under chapter 2223 of the Transportation
• Do I want to go drive into Austin every day as we're about to start construction on 35?
• And it prohibits outside counsel from billing for training time, protecting public funds.
• matching funds to higher education institutions.

Bills: HB3146 , HB3719 , HB3895 , HB3923 , HB4748 , HB4751 , HB4936 , HB4952 , HB4990 , HB4991 , HB5061 , HB5196 , HB5238 , HB5246 , HB5487

Committee: House Delivery of Government Efficiency

Keywords: State Office of Administrative Hearings, SOAH, administrative hearings, contested case, contested case hearing, administrative law judge, ALJ, final decision, proposed decision, agency hearing, hearing continuance, rescheduling, Texas administrative law, Government Code Chapter 2001, workers' compensation, Department of Human Resources, Texas Labor Code, Transportation Code, Agriculture Code, Insurance Code

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• This bill seeks to protect Texas businesses from being charged unnecessary credit card swipe fees on funds
• House Bill 4124 seeks to fix this inequity by ensuring that sales taxes and gratuity funds are legally
• There's no government money involved in the whole construction of this.
• These programs are often funded in part by these... Interchange fees, correct? Correct.

Bills: HB245 , HB245 , HB700 , HB2783 , HB3526 , HB3900 , HB4061 , HB4124 , HB4166 , HB4395 , HB4534 , HB4609 , HB4641 , HB4736 , HB4738 , HB4739 , HB4945 , HB5015 , HJR175

Committee: House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Keywords: property tax, delinquent taxes, ad valorem, penalties, interest cap, military service, retirement, law enforcement, custodial officer, Employees Retirement System, commercial financing, brokers, registration, disclosures, finance, consumer protection, fees, deferred compensation, automatic participation, county employees

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• What restrictions or requirements are on how those funds are invested?
• They can be useful if there's a capital expenditure and funding is delayed.
• I'm the managing partner of Momentum Capital Funding.
• Maybe someone could tell us how much funds currently are invested in banks?
• But in addition, when you're investing funds that...

Bills: HB245 , HB700 , HB2783 , HB3526 , HB3900 , HB4061 , HB4124 , HB4166 , HB4395 , HB4534 , HB4609 , HB4641 , HB4736 , HB4738 , HB4739 , HB4945 , HB5015 , HJR175 , HB245

Committee: House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Keywords: military service, retirement, law enforcement, custodial officer, Employees Retirement System, commercial financing, brokers, registration, disclosures, finance, consumer protection, fees, deferred compensation, automatic participation, county employees, payroll deductions, retirement plans, fiscal transparency, local government, bond issuance

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• And so the funding is also tied to employment.
• So why do we feel the need or the importance to fund, to eventually fund this in the future?
• Because it's already funded now through grant funding.
• But how would this funding assist?
• Why didn't you just ask for funding?

Bills: HB111 , HB103 , HB109 , HB128 , HJM2 , HJM3 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50 , HB49 , HB60 , HB108 , HB120 , HB124 , HB145 , HB154 , HB158 , HB164 , HB180 , HB291 , HJR6 , HJR7 , HR1 , HJM1 , HM13 , HM47

Keywords: water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance

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• The bill also creates the parental leave for educators fund.
• And if I understand what you're doing, you're establishing a fund to fund it, and then we appropriate
• So basically, the bill will establish a fund.
• All we're trying to do at this stage is establish the fund.
• Because I'm showing that it still receives funding.

Bills: HR249 , HR251 , HB395 , HB902 , SB83 , SB132 , SB157 , SB338 , SB450 , SB484 , SB501 , SB507

Committee: House Education

Keywords: artificial intelligence, AI, BESE, State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, content standards, K-12 education, public schools, curriculum, digital literacy, computer science, STEM, technology education, student privacy, ethical AI, workforce development, future-ready workforce, instructional resources, education policy, school standards, Louisiana education

Bills: HB85 , HB94 , HB276 , HB323 , HB374 , HB586 , HB656 , HB998 , HB1204 , SB42 , SB46 , SB51 , SB87 , SB110 , SB154

Committee: House Administration of Criminal Justice

Keywords: animal abuse, registry, law enforcement, felony offenses, public notification, firearms, due process, confiscation, law-abiding citizen, government funding, self-defense, bail, contradictory bail hearing, Gwen's Law, pretrial detention, criminal procedure, child sexual abuse, child rape, sexual battery, oral sexual battery

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• House Bill 366 creates a revolving fund at the healthcare workforce training mission to receive the funds
• So I'm just curious about the timeline of when the state will be receiving the funds and exactly how
• you know setting up this revolving fund at the state health department is entrusted with distributing
• those funds.
• But yes, I think that could lead to a future funding in the future. Follow up. Thank you, Mr.

Bills: HB3976 , HB3000 , HB3001 , HB3003 , HB3004 , HB3066 , HB3904 , HB3644 , HB1687 , HB3920

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: rural hospitals, small hospitals, grant program, healthcare funding, Oklahoma health department, cosmetology, barbering, massage therapy, State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering, Service Oklahoma, license renewal, license reinstatement, licensing fees, sunset extension, board membership, human trafficking, victim services, beauty school, barber school, esthetics

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• Because this bill only applies to if they are receiving federal funds through the state or any state
• funds.
• It would apply to the homeless shelters that are receiving federal funds that come through the state
• Just like every other conversation we're having about revolving funds, if this bill makes it through,
• we'll have to decide whether this is a priority for us or not and put funding into it.

Bills: HB3552 , HB2984 , HB4124 , HB3934 , HB3448 , HB3131 , HB4200 , HB4201 , HB3011 , HB1912 , HB3380 , HB3881 , HB3538 , HB3851 , HB3907 , HB4430 , HB4431 , HB4457

Committee: House Health and Human Services Oversight

Keywords: childcare, differential pricing, Department of Human Services, child care subsidy, licensed providers, emergency legislation, child care, subsidy program, annual report, program integrity, overpayments, ivermectin, over-the-counter medication, pharmacy immunity, healthcare access, FDA approval, prescription, public health, dentistry, licensing

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• It removes cash drawer change fund and expands the permanent school fund investments to include private
• know that you guys are overseeing the school land, and it's very important that how you oversee it funds
• This is simply providing funds to off-formula schools to make sure they have the money and resources
• But we know that afterward, you have to account For how much of that those dollars go into the funding
• They have access to a fund.

Bills: SB843 , SB1733 , SB1476 , SB1237 , SB1410 , SB1894 , SB1272 , SB1204 , SB1721 , SB1725 , SB1735 , SB1337 , SB1339 , SB1461 , SB1975

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: school boards, educational governance, conflict of interest, employee relations, Oklahoma statutes, child abuse, reporting requirements, sexual misconduct, law enforcement, school personnel, confidentiality, student safety, land office, land exchange, investment, education funding, real estate management, Teachers' Bill of Rights, education, teachers' rights

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• And if you watch the three largest hedge funds talk about— And if you watch the three largest hedge funds
• I'm glad we have the funding to pay for this.
• They're about reporting and about the guardrails around these funds.
• these funds.
• Are we talking about matching federal funds?

Bills: SB20 , SB21 , SB166 , SB177 , SB181 , SB189 , SM6

Committee: Senate Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

Keywords: prior authorization, pharmacy benefits manager, PBM, health insurer, prescription drugs, step therapy, formulary, auto-adjudication, electronic portal, appeals, medical necessity, serious mental illness, mental health, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, substance use disorder, addiction treatment, cancer, autoimmune disorder

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• The SNAP E&T, there's different funding levels.
• The SNAP E&T, there's different funding levels.
• rather than the State General Fund.
• From the Health Services Lottery Monies Fund rather than the State General Fund, and that I'd be happy
• Fund from the lottery fund, and would appreciate your support on both.

Bills: SB1017 , SB1149 , SB1162 , SB1192 , SB1249 , SB1253 , SB1331 , SB1333 , SB1334

Committees: Senate Health and Human Services , Senate Senate Health and Human Services COR

Keywords: informed consent, surgical procedures, healthcare professionals, patient rights, regulatory compliance, child welfare, dependency hearings, foster care, court procedures, parental rights, healthcare compliance, behavioral health technicians, licensing, monitoring, administrative burdens, basic first aid, good samaritan, medical licensing exemption, Arizona medical board, A.R.S. 32-1421

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• The bill before you creates a grant program to distribute funds to maintain and operate local law enforcement
• The bill before you creates a grant program to distribute funds to maintain and operate local law enforcement
• It provides reimbursement for search and rescue by aviation support units and provides remaining funds
• It removes sections relating to aerial wildland fire suppression and provides that if specific funding
• and not to drones, but also, of course, fixes the language regarding that this would not supplant funds

Bills: SB6084 , SB6044 , SB5950 , SB6046 , SB5763 , SB6215 , SB6160 , SB6123 , SB6049 , SB6164 , SB6313 , SB5784 , SB5046 , SB5489

Committee: Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections

Keywords: elections, double voting, voting twice, multiple voting, same-day election, primary election, general election, special election, cross-state voting, ballot fraud, election fraud, voter misconduct, RCW 29A.84.660, State v. Padilla, civil infraction, class C felony, Secretary of State, Washington elections, election law, voter eligibility

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• opportunities to... ...and supports research, policy advances, and funding opportunities to support
• So Senate Bill 6269 would better guide alternative fuel projects that draw on state funding, offering
• The funds come from the capital budget, and it assumes approximately $285,000 for the 2025-26 biennium
• The funds come from the capital budget, and it assumes approximately $285,000 for the 2025-26 biennium
• in the mitigation account instead of the Port District Equity Fund, and makes other technical changes

Bills: SB6269 , SB6223 , SB5982 , SB6050 , SB5965 , SB5975 , SB6010 , SB5984 , SB6076 , SB5652

Committee: Senate Environment, Energy & Technology

Keywords: motor fuel, fuel quality act, RCW 19.112, alternative fuel, biodiesel, renewable diesel, ethanol blend, alcohol fuel, diesel fuel, nonhazardous motor fuel, biofuels, clean fuels, transportation fuels, Washington fuel standards, fuel labeling, fuel blending, petroleum products, natural gas vehicles, compressed natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas

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• Without the SMR, these cities would not have funds to maintain these critical components.
• revenue disruptions, the city can avoid shifting the financial burden to property taxes or other funding
• Our four-year reauthorization cycle creates funding uncertainty that can impact project development and
• With the constant increase in construction costs, this funding has enabled proactive measures.
• intended to implement a proposal for the government of Canada that brings the rights and legitimate funds

Bills: SB1277 , SB1531 , SB2452 , SB2520 , SB2521 , SB2529 , SB2538 , SB2539 , SB2541 , SB2873

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: municipal sales tax, street maintenance, local option tax, Tax Code Chapter 327, sales and use tax, street repair, sidewalk maintenance, water infrastructure, wastewater system, stormwater system, local election, ballot language, reauthorization, municipal finance, infrastructure funding, Texas municipalities, street and sidewalk tax, special district tax, public works, property tax

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• Identifying funding gaps and recommending sustainable funding solutions is essential.
• That we're able to serve with the current federal funds.
• streams at the state level to supplement the limited federal funding.
• , and that's why we need to set up a trust fund?
• Medicare changed the way they were funding hospitals.

Bills: HB46 , HB35 , HB4490 , HB4454 , HB2188 , HB3078 , HB4743 , HB2556 , HB46 , HB5342 , HB4783 , HB3785 , HB5278 , HB1639 , HB2581 , HB4224 , HB4070 , HB4099 , HB4882 , HB3794

Committee: House Public Health

Keywords: local government spending cap, expenditure limit, political subdivision, property tax, ad valorem tax, budget cap, taxpayer protection, spending restraint, inflation adjustment, population growth, voter approval, supermajority vote, county budget, municipal budget, school district finance, junior college district, hospital district, special district, attorney general enforcement, local fiscal limits

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• The substitute would require more detailed financial reporting, as well as reporting related to funding
• So in 2020, I secured funding from SAMHSA for the planning, development, and implementation of a community
• So we don't have 100% availability, but based on our current construct, you can call from Dalhart, Texas
• And a lot of patients that I see do not have the funds to cover internet access.
• passed on to the facility and then ultimately to the private payers, the insurers, and even the state. funded

Bills: HB35 , HB4490 , HB4454 , HB2188 , HB3078 , HB4743 , HB2556 , HB46 , HB5342 , HB4783 , HB3785 , HB5278 , HB1639 , HB2581 , HB4224 , HB4070 , HB4099 , HB4882 , HB3794 , HB46

Committee: House Public Health

Keywords: peer support, first responders, mental health, confidentiality, emergency services, disclosure, next of kin, public information, deceased persons, privacy rights, patient solicitation, marketing practices, healthcare regulation, task force, deceptive advertising, nurse aide, certification, Texas Board of Nursing, healthcare workforce, nursing standards

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• Like I said, if you increase the funding for one child, the total available funding for all children
• Increase that one child's funding.
• Local funds that are not tied to the funds that we allocate to boards because we set performance targets
• in funding for those facilities.
• Funding this, I don't like to use the term "funding" because it implies we're just giving away money.

Bills: HB74 , HB175 , HB460 , HB576 , HB2271 , HB2294 , HB2874 , HB3016 , HB3133 , HB3191 , HB3458 , HB3929 , HB4063 , HB4115 , HB4394 , HB74 , HB175

Committee: House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Keywords: Puerto Verde, Port Authority, eminent domain, bonds, tax assessments, economic development, infrastructure, transportation, public welfare, child care, certifications, Texas Rising Star Program, grant program, disability inclusion, family income, affordability, economic impact, state study, cost analysis, government support

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• property the property code chapter 51 by leveraging the definition of person from the Texas Code Construction
• HB 322 by Representative Guillen is relating to the use of funds awarded under the Jobs and Educations
• Particularly because most of the funds are federal funds and the dollars could be absorbed. with the
• We're the only child care providers who do get state funding to support our families through child care
• get a special certification, you can get that, and that certification will help you get additional funds

Bills: HB74 , HB175 , HB460 , HB576 , HB2271 , HB2294 , HB2874 , HB3016 , HB3133 , HB3191 , HB3458 , HB3929 , HB4063 , HB4115 , HB4394 , HB74 , HB175

Committee: House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Keywords: Puerto Verde, Port Authority, eminent domain, bonds, tax assessments, economic development, infrastructure, transportation, public welfare, child care, certifications, Texas Rising Star Program, grant program, disability inclusion, family income, affordability, economic impact, state study, cost analysis, government support

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• Certain counties will be eligible for funding where a county does not have a hospital but has a rural
• How much is the burden to taxpayers to fund health care for people that are in this country illegally
• designation if they do not receive funding.
• There isn't funding for these programs.
• And we have a rider currently that’s 5 million to fund this bill that’s been approved.

Bills: HB18 , HB742 , HB754 , HB1644 , HB2187 , HB1887 , HB 1275 , HB37 , HB1503 , HB1699 , HB1700 , HB2735 , HB1741 , HB1731 , HB1675 , HB18 , HB37

Committee: House Public Health

Keywords: rural health, hospital funding, healthcare access, mental health services, financial stability, human trafficking, first responders, health care, training, reporting, protection, trafficking prevention, medical assistant training, health care facilities, hospital compliance, clinic compliance, anti-retaliation, whistleblower protection, employee reporting, good faith report

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• How, how easily pivoting is this, are these funds? I'll defer to...
• Particular type of case with the designated caregivers the expected outcome would be that those funds
• So how would it impact that, so does the person, do they receive the funding?
• from the state, as well as those additional funds, or do the funds from the state end, or?
• , relative or other designated caregiver funds, they would get both.

Bills: HB26 , HB140 , HB141 , HB142 , HB215 , HB26 , HB140 , HB141 , HB142 , HB215

Committee: House Human Services

Keywords: Medicaid, nutrition support, maternal health, chronic conditions, pilot program, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, child protective services, child abuse investigations, child neglect, child exploitation, advisory committee, Family and Protective Services Council, council abolition, foster care, due process, investigative procedures, child welfare, parental rights, family preservation services