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• , repairs, indoor air quality measures, and health and safety improvements.
• Indoor air quality measures, and health and safety improvements.
• Meetings Act and the Public Records Act.
• The bill increases public work contract thresholds for public utility districts for certain energy projects
• The bill increases public work contract thresholds for public utility districts for certain energy projects

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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• I do want to say that, you know, there are things that are done to improve people's lives, to do the
• And with that, we will go to public hearing, starting with And with that, we will go to public hearing
• defender, or prosecutor if that publication poses an imminent and serious threat to the public officer
• Thank you all, and with that we conclude the public hearing on Senate Bill 6086.
• Thank you all, and with that we conclude the public hearing on Senate Bill 6086.

Bills: SB5837 , SB6011 , SB6009 , SB5868 , SB5974 , SB5720 , SB5833 , SB5936 , SB5993 , SB6070 , SB6002 , SJM8014 , SB6086

Committee: Senate Law & Justice

Keywords: guardianship, conservatorship, protective arrangement, protective arrangements, supported decision-making, supported decision making, court visitor, adult guardianship, limited guardianship, full guardianship, adult conservatorship, less restrictive alternative, capacity, legal capacity, respondent rights, due process, vulnerable adults, disability rights, elder abuse, estate management

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• We have on our agenda today five bills that are up for public hearing.
• With that, the committee will exit executive session and move into our public hearings scheduled today
• We will now move to the first bill listed on our agenda for public hearing today.
• Additionally, by way of background, the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, OSPI, is
• Additionally, we offer Cascade Care Select public option plans in 23 counties.

Bills: SB5985 , SB6019 , SB6161 , SB6183 , SB6210 , SB6194 , SB6102 , SB6103

Committee: Senate Health & Long-Term Care

Keywords: endometriosis, healthcare, reproductive health, patient education, awareness campaign, home care, home care services, home care agency, home care worker, caregiver, direct care, consumer directed employer, consumer-directed care, Medicaid, long-term care, aging services, disability services, personal care, respite care, vendor rate

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• Public testimony is limited to two minutes.
• Yes, I understand the argument that APRNs improve access.
• What it doesn't do is improve patient access.
• So, that can improve over time.
• Public safety is what we need.

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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• We'll begin public testimony.
• public.
• of placing one in each public health region.
• Take public testimony.
• We will take public testimony now.

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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• perspective, I'm incredibly grateful for the Legislature's LEAP Committee and OFM and the amount of public
• Line-item details are not publicized online.
• And with that, we will close the hearing on House Bill 5931 and we'll open up the House hearing public
• So Senator Nobles is not able to be here today, so we'll go right on to public testimony unless folks
• With that, we're going to conclude the public hearing on Senate Bill 5963. That's it?

Bills: SB5963

Committee: House Postsecondary Education & Workforce

Keywords: SB 5963, passport to careers, Washington College Grant, financial aid, higher education, student aid, need-based aid, college affordability, postsecondary education, workforce development, apprenticeship, foster youth, homeless students, unaccompanied youth, low-income students, public assistance, state financial aid account, scholarships, Washington student grants, grant eligibility

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• Senator Vivian Figures, who sponsored the initial version of this bill last year to ban smoking in public
• Senator Vivian Figures, who sponsored the initial version of this bill last year to ban smoking in public
• and it's not as much as the states it touches, but we believe it is enough to make a significant improvement
• Data collection: EMS providers shall submit annually to the Alabama Department of Public Health a report
• The Alabama Department of Public Health shall contract with a consultant with expertise in health care

Bills: SB9 , HB400 , SB9 , HB400

Committee: House Health

Keywords: Alabama Athletic Commission, Attorney General, criminal penalties, unarmed combat, regulation, boxing, mixed martial arts, civil fines, dental insurance, benefit rollover, healthcare, insurance policy, annual maximum, smoking ban, vaping, public health, indoor air quality, clean air, ambulance services, health insurance

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• This bill asks one basic question: if a project is truly in the public interest.
• I mean, you could look at the public sector like you are now and even the private sector.
• Public entities are no different. They've also been facing the same issue.
• And so what House Bill 3075 does is address this problem in the Public sector only.
• And obviously not between state agencies, but between the public and state agencies.

Bills: HB3310 , HB4311 , HB3841 , HB3024 , HB3075

Committee: House General Government

Keywords: purchasing, compliance, state employees, longevity pay, contract management, unclaimed property, service charges, property fund, accountability, government transparency, local development, economic impact, voter approval, tax increment financing, review committee, public finance, blight, salary increase, bonus limits, job performance

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• Carlos Lucero, with the Public Service Company of New Mexico.
• Only 306,500 students, and it's 835 public schools.
• , especially public speaking, for something that means a lot to me.
• We do at the Zuni Public Library.
• They will come from the Public Education Department.

Bills: SB83 , SB106 , SB107 , SB123 , SJR1 , SB83 , SB106 , SB107 , SB123 , SJR1

Committees: Senate Senate Education , Senate House Education

Keywords: ecological monitoring, sustainability, tribal engagement, education, research funding, graduate scholarship, higher education funding, New Mexico, appropriation, financial aid, out-of-school programming, education funding, youth programs, affordability, nonprofit organizations, defibrillators, public schools, health and safety, emergency response, school elections

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• This bill makes two important improvements.
• I'm representing FCCLA from Las Cruces, New Mexico, and I'm in public relations.
• I'm representing FCCLA from Las Cruces, New Mexico, and I'm in public relations.
• I'm from New Mexico, and I'm also representing FCCLA, and I'm a public relations officer.
• The Public Education Department is in strong support. Thank you. All right. Thank you.

Bills: SB83 , SB106 , SB107 , SB123 , SJR1

Committee: House House Education

Keywords: ecological monitoring, sustainability, tribal engagement, education, research funding, graduate scholarship, higher education funding, New Mexico, appropriation, financial aid, out-of-school programming, education funding, youth programs, affordability, nonprofit organizations, defibrillators, public schools, health and safety, emergency response, school elections

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• Adrian Shelley on behalf of Public Citizen for the bill. Is that correct? Yes, sir.
• Thank you, Adrian Shelley, Public Citizen, in favor of House Bill 1341.
• Adrienne Shelley is here on behalf of Public Citizen for the bill, and now you can talk.
• This will result in significant increases in wastewater rates paid by the public.
• Adrian Shelley on behalf of Public Citizen for the bill, is that correct? That's correct.

Bills: HB1341 , HB1674 , HB4028 , SB2321

Committee: House Environmental Regulation

Keywords: hydrogen sulfide, public health, environmental regulation, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, ground level concentrations, emissions limit, emissions limits, ground-level concentrations, air quality, PFAS, agriculture, environmental protection, health risks, criminal offense, chemical regulation, preproduction plastic, water quality, pollution control, industrial waste, emissions

Bills: HB241 , HB381 , HB241

Committee: House S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Keywords: healthcare, insurance, vaccine, public health, emergency response, vaccine distribution, healthcare legislation, state coordination, veterans, disability, employment preference, state agency hiring, supplemental security income, PTSD, mental health, grants, treatment protocols, pilot program, personalized treatment, neuroinflammation

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• All right, I know we're not having the public hearing, but I ask Commissioner...
• Where it would be understandable for the public, for the officers in the field, for the prosecutors that
• just feel like taking a tool away from our officers and putting the judge, the prosecutor, and the public
• This bill would require persons engaging in the business of cutting aquatic plants in public waters to
• Ill grass that is cut but not removed from the water floats in residential and public use areas and becomes

Bills: HB55 , HB212

Committee: House Agriculture and Forestry

Keywords: fishing, licensing, jubilee, Marine life, Alabama, regulations, HB212, aquatic plants, public waters, state waters, waterways, water management, aquatic vegetation, weed removal, vegetation control, lake management, river management, environmental regulation, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, DCNR

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• We've had a dramatic improvement in We've had a dramatic improvement in the quality of life in our cath
• Quality of life matters, and improved quality of life will improve compliance to the medications.
• We absolutely understand that Access's DFSM needs to improve, and we are dedicated to making improvements
• This bill improves coordination.
• Improving access to treatment strengthens public health and community safety simultaneously.

Bills: SB1052 , SB1115 , SB1118 , SB1120 , SB1121 , SB1124 , SB1171 , SB1172 , SB1174 , SB1175 , SB1214 , SB1233 , SB1235 , SB1316 , SB1345 , SB1372 , SB1399 , SB1458 , SB1494 , SB1496 , SB1564 , SB1602 , SB1621 , SB1628 , SB1630 , SB1631 , SB1668 , SB1672 , SB1814 , SB1821

Committees: House Health & Human Services , House House Health & Human Services Committee of Reference

Keywords: assisted living, health care, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, physician orders, informed consent, AHCCCS, remote work, state agency, employment, public health, housing, zoning, middle housing, urban development, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, townhomes, historic preservation, radiation protection

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• I would like to maybe at this point enter the amendments that should have been made public, I believe
• It helps safeguard the public by certifying that psychologists meet acceptable standards of practice.
• It is important for the profession as well as for the protection of the public.
• This amendment has been made public and is available online and has been distributed to the members.
• I'm the Chief Medical Officer for the Office of Public Health.

Bills: HB62 , HB124 , HB182 , HB193 , HB198 , HB203 , HB223 , HB237 , HB469 , HB486 , HB574 , HB779 , HB796 , HB919 , SCR2 , SB4 , SB36 , SB38 , SB109 , SB152 , SB168 , SB195 , SB216 , SB221 , SB236 , SB404

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Keywords: Louisiana Women's Policy, gender equality, policy research, commission membership, women's representation, Domestic Violence, judicial experience, legislation, criminal law, family law, HB182, sexual assault, rape kit, forensic examination, forensic medical exam, sexual assault survivor, sexual assault nurse examiner, SANE, emergency department, hospital staffing

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• </c> public hearing now. public hearing now.
• We're going to have a public registry of licensed camps.
• Uh, next up we're going to have a public hearing on HP25.
• Okay, we uh we're gonna have a public hearing.
• We'll go into the public hearing now.

Bills: SB174 , SB39 , SB40 , SB206 , SB200 , HB169 , HB345 , HB381 , HB25 , SB174 , SB39 , SB40 , SB206 , SB200 , HB169 , HB345 , HB381 , HB25

Committee: House State Government

Keywords: business taxes, annual reports, Alabama Tax Tribunal, tax appeals, local government, board governance, occupational licensing, Sunset Law, public accountability, training requirements, SB40, Houston/Hunter Act, firearm hold agreement, gun storage, temporary firearm storage, firearms dealer, federal firearms licensee, FFL, civil immunity, gun owner

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• Of the public on each agenda item in our hearings, comments are open until the end of the hearing and
• County commissioners, the legislature, or the general public.
• Seeing none, we'll proceed to public testimony. Thank you. The chair calls up Denise Siebert.
• Seeing none, we'll move on to public testimony. At this time, the Chair calls up... Denise Seibert.
• We're going to move on to public testimony. The chair calls up Nelson Linder.

Bills: HB370 , HB738 , HB2935 , HB3227 , HB4103 , HB5259 , SB519 , SB1350 , SB1247 , SB1248 , SB2112 , HCR81 , HCR83 , HCR84 , HCR59 , HCR109 , HCR111 , HCR135 , SCR6

Committee: House Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Keywords: HB 370, Events Trust Fund, Texas events funding, sports eligibility, women's sports, girls' sports, biological sex, transgender athletes, sex-segregated sports, athletic competition, event subsidies, tourism funding, site selection organization, anti-trafficking plan, female athletes, public funding, economic impact, sports policy, Rosenwald Schools, historical preservation

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• We heard public testimony on. HB4811 was heard in committee on April 15th.
• We do have Why don't we have public comments on this item?
• This bill represents a critical step. ...and protecting wildlife and improving driver safety in the state
• Seeing none, we will move on to public testimony. This time, the chair calls Matt Wagner.
• While this infrastructure has improved access for Texans, it has unintended consequences.

Bills: HB370 , HB738 , HB2935 , HB3227 , HB4103 , HB5259 , SB519 , SB1350 , SB1247 , SB1248 , SB2112 , HCR81 , HCR83 , HCR84 , HCR59 , HCR109 , HCR111 , HCR135 , SCR6

Committee: House Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Keywords: HB 370, Events Trust Fund, Texas events funding, sports eligibility, women's sports, girls' sports, biological sex, transgender athletes, sex-segregated sports, athletic competition, event subsidies, tourism funding, site selection organization, anti-trafficking plan, female athletes, public funding, economic impact, sports policy, Rosenwald Schools, historical preservation

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• I've dealt with substitute bills, and they get improved along the way.
• Louisiana is a public records doctrine state, which means we rely on what happens in the public records
• And that public road is the access. My driveway.
• Your driveway or road to your house is access to the public road. It's not a public street.
• Have we ever had any public meetings or whatever to confirm that?

Bills: HR217 , HB66 , HB204 , HB208 , HB326 , HB472 , HB483 , HB484 , HB793 , HB1051 , HB1080 , HB1087 , HB1111 , HB1215 , SB78 , SB148

Committee: House Municipal

Keywords: rent stabilization, affordable housing, cost burdened, Louisiana housing, housing policy, emergency rental protections, Alexandria, municipal ordinances, administrative adjudication, code enforcement, housing violations, building codes, zoning, nuisance ordinances, vegetation ordinances, sewerage, drainage, licensing, permits, local government

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• appeals process for all of your tax assessors and authorities throughout the state, as well as for public
• They're the tax commissioner, or your tax assessor for a public service utility.
• But wouldn't the simpler answer be to just renew it at a lower rate since it's hard for the public to
• But for decades, we have told the public economic development is good for everyone because it's going
• If we're going to really do what's best for the public. It shouldn't always be the same number.

Bills: HB287 , HB340 , HB412 , HB440 , HB514 , HB515 , HB521 , HB543 , HB553 , HB570 , HB961

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: HB 287, Louisiana Tax Commission, ad valorem, property tax, property assessment, assessment fees, fee extension, sunset extension, public service property, utility property, insurance company property, financial institution property, tax administration, R.S. 47:1838, Act 296, reappraisal, ad valorem tax, valuation, Louisiana tax law, homestead exemption