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• Ladies and gentlemen, we're going to call this meeting to order of State Government.
• to have to disclose "No, you're going to have to disclose where<00:05:56.400><c> you're</c><00:05:56.560
• </c><00:06:36.400><c> meet</c> be let to the extent necessary to meet be let to the extent necessary
• </c> making it clear to everybody. making it clear to everybody.
• This is estimated to be about 4 million license plates uh in 2027 that'll have to be produced.

Bills: HB136 , HB137 , HB220 , HB213 , HB256 , HB136 , HB137 , HB220 , HB213 , HB256

Committee: House State Government

Keywords: Teacher's Retirement System, TRS, DROP, Deferred Retirement Option Plan, retirement benefits, teacher retirement, classroom teacher, Tier I, Tier II, public pension, pension reform, education employees, retirement system, sick leave, cost-of-living adjustment, COLA, beneficiary, lump-sum payout, rollover, service retirement

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• to the parent and child's library materials for the Committee on Public Education.
• SB 69 by Betancourt relates to the provision of virtual education in public schools, adjustments for
• SB 710 by Eckhardt relates to the establishment and use of electronic communication systems accessible
• to the parent and child's library materials for the Committee on Public Education.
• To attend mental health care appointments for the Committee on Public Education.

Bills: HJR99 , HB1399 , HB1400 , HB 1094 , HB365 , HB 1109 , HB647 , HCR35 , SB14 , HB 12 , HB1522 , HB422 , HB675 , HB204 , HB748 , HB912 , HJR99 , HB1399 , HB1400 , HB 1094 , HB365 , HB 1109 , HB647 , HCR35 , HCR123 , HCR124 , HR57 , HR87 , HR111 , HR228 , HR230 , HR322 , HR624 , HR625 , HR626 , HR627 , HR628 , HR630 , HR631 , HR634 , HR635 , HR636 , HR637 , HR638 , HR639 , HR640 , HR645 , HR646 , HR648 , HR649 , HR651 , HR652 , HR653 , HR654 , HR664 , HR665 , HR668 , HR675 , HR676 , HR678 , HR679 , HR680 , HR683 , HR686 , HR688 , HR689 , HR694 , HR695 , HR697 , HR698 , HR699 , HR472 , HR622 , HR632 , HR633 , HR643 , HR655 , HR657 , HR660 , HR661 , HR662 , HR663 , HR667 , HR670 , HR674 , HR681 , HR682 , HR696

Keywords: animal feed, tax exemption, ad valorem taxation, retail, constitutional amendment, retail sale, tangible personal property, Texas tax code, groundwater, water conservation, financial assistance, Texas Water Development Board, innovation fund, local conservation districts, transportation protection agreement, funeral services, insurance exemption, regulation, deceased transportation, HB 365

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• On April 27th, the city council voted unanimously to authorize the mayor to file a petition to seek..
• . ...unanimously to authorize the mayor to file a petition to seek permission from the legislature to
• What I would like to speak about is just the thorough process that we had to get to this point to bring
• Nice to see you. Nice to see you.
• They don't want to have to vote, find new members of the commission to...

Bills: H5426 , H5434 , S3084 , S3087 , S3088 , S3092

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Keywords: North Attleborough, town charter, home rule charter, municipal government, local option, charter amendment, Parks and Recreation Commission, Park Commission, write-in candidate, sticker candidate, ballot access, town election, bylaw, ordinance, board membership, local approval, Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, planning board, associate members

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• If I make a mistake here, I'm going to rely on Kirk to fix it or correct me.
• If I make a mistake here, I'm going to rely on Kirk to fix it or correct me.
• If I make a mistake here, I'm going to rely on Kirk to fix it or correct me.
• them<00:10:59.360><c> to</c> them to them to bring<00:11:00.240><c> them</c><00:11:00.400><c> up</c>
• We're going from 125 from 195 We're going from 125 from 195 to to to 313. 313. 313. Okay.

Bills: HB224 , HB591 , HB609 , HB614 , HB224 , HB591 , HB609 , HB614

Committee: Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund

Keywords: HB224, Alabama, obstructing governmental operations, first responder, emergency responder, police, firefighter, EMT, paramedic, public safety, harassment, interference with emergency personnel, crime, Class A misdemeanor, law enforcement, emergency scene, scene control, 100 feet, stay back order, public safety and homeland security

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• </c> want to do that. want to do that.
• have to report the money that they are using to give to candidates.
• knows, if you want to give to a candidate and you don't want anybody to know, well, you just give to
• </c> they are using to give to candidates. they are using to give to candidates.
• </c> they're going to give to campaigns. they're going to give to campaigns.

Bills: HB168 , HB220 , SB187 , SB270 , SB265 , SB220 , SB242 , SB277

Committee: Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Keywords: loitering, mask policies, school safety, crime prevention, public health, board appointments, governor authority, multi-member boards, state governance, legislative authority, Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code, Title 10A, corporate governance, nonprofit governance, business corporations, nonprofit corporations, LLC, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership

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• Then the other issue is who has access to the information.
• Then the other issue is who has access to the information.
• I think the point is taken about not being able to access your own data, right?
• Access is neutral. Do you need to say anything to support your ambivalent position?
• But we also are very keen on making sure that everyone pays for access to the roads.

Bills: SB1072 , SB1111 , SB1114 , SB1116 , SB1122 , SB1179 , SB1250 , SB1308 , SB1455 , SB1456 , SB1457 , SB1487 , SB1547 , SB1549 , SB1551 , SB1552

Committee: Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Keywords: reimbursement rates, intellectual disabilities, community services, economic security, funding appropriations, automated license plate readers, law enforcement, privacy, data access, public records, behavioral health, patient brokering, appropriation, state funds, Maricopa County, claims review, medical necessity, American Indian health program, healthcare regulations, healthcare

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• And also adding education and cessation to the uses of the Foundational Health Services Account.
• What we have to think about is the access to grocery stores and pharmacies to people across the state
• I think it is important that we sync up our efforts, that as we are aiming to restrict access to tobacco
• It isn't going to get them to stop smoking.
• That's going to lead to not just cleaner skies, but also... ...that's going to lead to not just cleaner

Bills: HB2713 , HB2730 , HB2297 , HB2487 , HB2382 , HB2089 , HB2431 , HB2451 , HB2590 , HB2325 , HB2278 , HB2224 , HB2322

Committee: House Finance

Keywords: private detention facilities, business tax, occupation tax, financial impact, state revenue, aerospace, tax preferences, effectiveness, economic impact, grocery stores, underserved communities, food access, incentives, economic development, insurance tax, state regulation, insurers, taxation, budget impact, excise tax

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• reviewing decisions to deny access to records and penalties for noncompliance with the disclosure requirements
• to access public records.
• Public documents belong to the people and they should have access to them.
• be to put roadblocks in the way of the public's access to the public's information.
• It's going to be to put roadblocks in the way of the public's access to the public's information.

Bills: HB2514 , HB2661 , HB2637 , HB2632 , HB2499 , HB2198 , HB2520

Committee: House State Government & Tribal Relations

Keywords: HB 2514, global war on terror, GWOT, war on terror memorial, Capitol campus memorial, Washington veterans, fallen service members, military memorial, post-9/11 veterans, Iraq War, Afghanistan War, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation New Dawn, veterans memorial, capitol grounds, state memorial, Secretary of State, Capitol Committee, Department of Veterans Affairs

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• Access to that system is provided if somebody requests authorization to access it as a law enforcement
• They'll identify a target that has certain access, whether that's going to be access inside the TOC.
• to the public.
• OK, so you're able to keep up with, you know, we went from 35 to 50,000.
• This bill relates to the access and use of certain criminal history record information, the procedure

Bills: SB659 , SB1585 , SB2201 , SB2514 , SB2569

Committee: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Keywords: smuggling, human trafficking, criminal penalties, felony offenses, law enforcement, foreign adversary, foreign-owned company, scrutinized company, China, national security, cybersecurity, information technology, communications technology, ICT, critical infrastructure, state contracts, government procurement, vendor certification, debarment, civil penalty

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• However, to maintain access to national criminal history data from the FBI, we must meet... ...including
• I'm just curious to see if this is something that you're trying to use to attract more people to rural
• You never stop educating, training, and bringing awareness to different situations that might occur out
• We just want to have this conversation and do our due diligence to educate. to educate the agencies so
• April 1st, I went to speak to my commissioners again and was denied access to my public meeting and subsequently

Bills: HB5097 , HB5513 , SB523 , SB857 , SB964 , SB1101 , SB2143 , SB2332 , SB2383 , HB 1108

Committee: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Keywords: criminal history, background checks, government code, licensing, information access, rural law enforcement, child care grants, community support, law enforcement retention, advisory committee, SB 523, Texas driver’s license, alternative address, residential address, confidential address, address confidentiality, Department of Public Safety, DPS, Transportation Code, Section 521.1211

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• Finally, House Bill 16 creates the Water Access Assessment Account to fund utility assessments, preventing
• Are you going to continue to sell to use that same million acre-feet for hydro? No, sir. Okay.
• And I'll plead to the committee and to the chair to consider that. Thank you, Mr. Hill.
• To ensure the growth in economic competitiveness of Texas, every community must access the water supply
• to grow.

Bills: HB16 , HB1618 , HB2692 , HB2712 , HB2970 , HB3609 , HB3628 , HB16

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: water infrastructure, Texas Water Development Board, financial assistance, water supply projects, rural municipalities, water access assessment, aquifer storage, Edwards Aquifer, water injection, environmental regulations, groundwater management, San Antonio River, pollution control, flood management, water quality, conservation district, bonds, utility rates, ratemaking, water services

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• I'm going to go ahead and turn it over to some of our witnesses here unless you have questions.
• Currently, plant capacity is about 13 million gallons a day, or MGD, and we are looking to expand to
• The Army Corps came to us in the summer of '21 to make a presentation on on the project.
• to maintain two-way traffic.
• to close.

Bills: HB16 , HB1618 , HB2692 , HB2712 , HB2970 , HB3609 , HB3628 , HB16

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: water infrastructure, Texas Water Development Board, financial assistance, water supply projects, rural municipalities, water access assessment, aquifer storage, Edwards Aquifer, water injection, environmental regulations, groundwater management, San Antonio River, pollution control, flood management, water quality, conservation district, bonds, utility rates, ratemaking, water services

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• They keep trying to— ...they keep trying to tell me to be quiet, so we just need to check them.
• whatever else, to find some funds to put together to finish.
• Are those available to us to be... issues. Are those available to us to be able to see?
• Cures for it, which includes research, and then access to care.
• we have to pass a bill to allow this to be sold?

Bills: HB30 , HB263 , HB357 , HB359 , SB60 , SB102 , HB30

Committee: House Ways and Means General Fund

Keywords: elections, post-election audit, election audit, risk-limiting audit, ballot audit, election integrity, voter confidence, Secretary of State, judge of probate, canvassing board, poll watchers, ballot containers, manual tally, recount, county election, statewide election, general election, absentee ballots, provisional ballots, election transparency

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• We're trying to make sure that we get universities, businesses, and industry to partner together to improve
• our R&D and continue to position us to be a high-tech hub.
• This is trying to save Oklahomans $153 per day per resident, allowing them to not have to go into nursing
• But to run sewer, water, roads to those places is very costly.
• All third graders have to take that, but they would not be subject to retention if they were to fail

Bills: SB1530 , SB1579 , SB1778 , SB1847 , SB1990 , SB1992 , SB2060

Committee: House Appropriations and Budget

Keywords: research funding, development rebate, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, tax incentives, higher education partnerships, property tax, valuation increase, taxpayer rights, homestead, protest process, reading instruction, literacy, educational equity, intervention services, third grade retention, Strong Readers Act, Medicaid, ADvantage Waiver, home-based services, eligibility criteria

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• We have to stop at 10 to go to floor and then come back. So I'm trying to consider everyone's time.
• HOA to take action to not allow these offenders to be living there.
• So this bill aims to restrict the safest and most accessible form of care, and so it's not about safety
• The right to access abortion was more popular on the ballot than legislative Republicans, and yet legislative
• To that point... To that point.

Bills: HB2244 , HB2364 , HB2573 , HB2749 , HB2862 , HB2870 , HB4117 , HCR2004

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Elections

Keywords: evictions, judgment satisfaction, tenant rights, landlord obligations, court procedures, abortion-inducing drugs, medical abortion, pharmaceutical regulation, felonies, state law, DUI, ignition interlock, substance abuse treatment, driving privileges, alcohol education, felony conviction, misdemeanor designation, court judgment, criminal justice reform, rehabilitation

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• What we like to do is to set it for January 1, 2036. So that's the question from committee members?
• </c> to do is to set it for January 1, 2036. to do is to set it for January 1, 2036.
• to second. second. second.
• </c><00:03:05.599><c> the</c><00:03:05.840><c> to</c> to talk about uh improvements to the to to talk
• uh</c><00:03:20.239><c> this,</c><00:03:20.800><c> you</c> to make improvements to uh this, you to make

Bills: SB95 , HB322 , SB95 , HB322

Committee: House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure

Keywords: underground facilities, excavation safety, One-Call Notification System, utility protection, public safety, underground damage prevention, notification system, construction safety, pipeline protection, utility management, Alabama Municipal Electric Authority, director compensation, municipality, electricity supply, board of directors, postpartum depression, postnatal care, maternal mental health, perinatal depression, postpartum screening

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• We're going to go back out to the audience.
• Currently, we're asking you to support an education memorial. May I add to that?
• We're going to go to Comments now.
• There is a fund that can still accept this, so we still have access to fill that.
• Believe me, I'm in education. I understand all the delays in getting money to you.

Bills: HM26 , HB243 , HB109

Committee: House House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources

Keywords: insects, ecosystem, education, public awareness, wildlife conservation, state agency involvement, New Mexico, equine welfare, animal rescue, shelter funding, trust fund, veterinary care, water project fund, water project finance act, New Mexico Finance Authority, water infrastructure, water grants, water loans, regional water planning, water rights adjudication

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• to update state code. about the need to update state code.
• Currently, under current law, they cannot buy or purchase promotional material to educate the public
• But now we can continue to look at it as long as you want to.
• Well, I know, but I'm trying to get to the point that this...
• Get to the point that this destruction is going to have to be paid for in full by Alabama taxpayer money

Bills: HB207 , SB269 , SB279 , SB291 , SB266

Committee: Senate State Governmental Affairs

Keywords: cybersecurity, Office of Information Technology, data management, telecommunications, state government, emergency management, public awareness, promotional materials, education, state funding, Alabama State House, Montgomery, Legislative Council, demolition, state capitol, state capitol building, historic preservation, state property, inventory removal, fixtures

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• It's a much more advantageous to be able to go ahead and contact the people that you need to contact
• and trying to get hospices to move with that.
• Senate Bill 1383 cleans up language related to the healthcare authority's diabetes management education
• The purpose of this program is to increase patient access to affordable insulin in this state and.
• We are just trying to help solve a problem to get low-cost drugs to the market.

Bills: SB1423 , SB1426 , SB1502 , SB1377 , SB1983 , SB1466 , SB1645 , SB1647 , SB1847 , SB1565 , SB1562 , SB1329 , SB1383 , SB1833 , SB1555 , SB1344

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: Oklahoma Hospital Advisory Council, hospital licensure, public health, State Department of Health, State Board of Health, hospital regulations, healthcare regulation, hospital standards, hospital construction, hospital operations, stroke care, stroke system, emergency medical services, EMS transport, psychiatric treatment, chemical dependency treatment, substance use disorder, drug storage, pharmacy, quality indicators

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• 01:17.520><c> to</c><00:01:17.759><c> our</c> want to welcome everybody to our want to welcome everybody
• &gt;&gt; I'd like to move to give the bill a &gt;&gt; I'd like to move to give the bill a favorable<00
• annually to reduction to the &gt;&gt; $52,000 annually to reduction to the ETF.
• Based on education, we'll be looking to get some, a bill draft to the committee soon, and again, this
• Based on education, we'll be looking to get some, a bill draft to the committee soon, and again, this

Bills: HB87 , HB96 , HB28 , HB87 , HB96 , HB28

Committee: House Ways and Means Education

Keywords: HB87, Marengo County, coroner, deputy coroner, county commission, expense allowance, mileage allowance, travel reimbursement, local act, local legislation, county general fund, public official compensation, county office, Section 45-46-60, Alabama Code, salary increase, allowance increase, National Signing Day, athletic scholarships, military enlistment