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• That's a perfect example; when people go to a hotel and leave their gun or something in the hotel, that's
• The final video shows me jumping into the water in a backyard pool where you can see the pressure of
• I recognized that pool as I had been swimming there for many years—my stepdad's parents' pool.

Bills: HB33, HB45, HB48, HB1261, HB1465, HB1778, HB2596, HB5238, SB2969, HB45, HB48

Keywords: HB 48, oilfield theft, organized theft, petroleum products, oil and gas equipment, DPS, Department of Public Safety, Texas, Railroad Commission, criminal justice, energy resources, theft prevention, organized crime, border region, El Paso, law enforcement task force, asset recovery, pipeline theft, drilling equipment, equipment theft

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• At this time, like I said, in Louisiana, perfect example when people go to a hotel and you leave your
• The final video shows me jumping into the water in a backyard pool where you can see the pressure of
• Kaylee Rush: I recognized that pool as I had been swimming there for many years.
• It was my stepdad's parents' pool.

Bills: HB 33, HB 45, HB 48, HB 1261, HB 1465, HB 1778, HB 2596, HB 5238, SB 2969

Keywords: HB 48, oilfield theft, organized theft, petroleum products, oil and gas equipment, DPS, Department of Public Safety, Texas, Railroad Commission, criminal justice, energy resources, theft prevention, organized crime, border region, El Paso, law enforcement task force, asset recovery, pipeline theft, drilling equipment, equipment theft

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• The mission and the money pool in the same direction.
• <00:07:42.440> and<00:07:42.560> the<00:07:42.640> money<00:07:43.000> pool
• <00:07:43.280> in<00:07:43.320> the The mission and the money pool in the The mission
• and the money pool in the same<00:07:43.640> direction.
• Um, well, do they arrive at the school at 8:00 and leave and go to NKU and come back at 3:00?

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Votruba Young Scholars Academy 00:01:55 Taxation of Financial Deposit Institutions 00:36:50, 958, all

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• to be able to utilize their home pools for swimming education.
• Representative Schultz has a bill to allow private pool owners to be able to utilize their home pools
• You can leave them on the table.
• You can leave them on the table. Uh, a question, Mr. Chair.
• You can leave them on the table.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Sandra Poole, on behalf of Western Center on Law and Poverty, in support. Good afternoon.
• I just want to leave you with one more example: a young lady who was shot several times, ended up in
• I just want to leave you with one more example: a young lady who was shot several times, ended up in
• Trainees and faculty are leaving research right now.
• Sandra Poole with the Western Center on Law and Poverty in support.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• And we're all hearing from our constituents about how worried they are about their doctors leaving.
• And we're all hearing from our constituents about how worried they are about their doctors leaving.
• And you thought you could leave. Senator Brandt? No. Senator Brandt votes no. Senator Campos? Yes.
• We can leave a $20 million line for them and then make everybody else eligible.
• We can leave a $20 million line for them and then make everybody else eligible.

Bills: SB151, HB8, SB177

Keywords: corporate income tax, franchise tax, gross receipts tax, tax credit, tax deduction, controlled foreign corporation, CFC, bonus depreciation, interest expense, apportionment, unitary group, high-wage jobs tax credit, local journalism, news media, newspaper printer, physician incentive, health care workforce, affordable housing, multifamily housing, construction materials

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• I have one question right now: how large is your pool of Spanish-speaking caregiving support, and who's
• And retaining that pool.
• Because I'd like to just go really deep into, specifically, why these people are leaving.
• Leaving the state?
• When someone leaves, I could just replace them. That's no longer the case.

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• And they score every institution, uh, and we have a pretty good deal of capacity and to me, uh, to leave
• session, I was looking at some of the stats associated with the number of Texans that's actually leaving
• These funds are pooled and redistributed to provide financial assistance to other students enrolled at
• So basically you're saying that this bill would, would, uh, leave it up to the universities and they
• with us, Doctor Goodwin, and he is leading the way when it comes to this, but he is not in a large pool

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• And to me, to leave those seats unfilled is a... not the best use of state resources if out-of-state
• These funds are pooled and redistributed to provide financial assistance to other students enrolled at
• This bill would leave it up to the universities and they could still continue with.
• Get their degree here, just as our students leave the state and they go get their degree.
• Goodwin, and he is leading the way when it comes to this bug. but he is not in a large pool.

Bills: HB3032, HB3434, HB3574, HB5339, HB5646

Keywords: nursing education, clinical sites, health facilities, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, legislative study, healthcare training, tuition, financial assistance, higher education, public institutions, student support, nonresident students, Texas Education Code, resident tuition, scholarships, regenerative agriculture, grants, sustainable farming, soil health, bioremediation

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• And we hate to see you leave. And thank you for your testimony. Thank you.
• The statistic that I mentioned a little little bit about we think about 25% of Central Texans leave for
• Podolsky, only about 3% of Dallas residents leave. for care, and most of those go to MD Anderson.
• Admission to the program is highly competitive in the first- cohorts were selected from a pool of more
• This initiative will... will help expand the talent pool and support regional economic growth.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• toys, lawn accessories, maple sugaring components, unusual pets and pet merchandise, and patio and pool
• toys, lawn accessories, maple sugaring components, unusual pets and pet merchandise, and patio and pool
• toys, lawn accessories, maple sugaring components, unusual pets and pet merchandise, and patio and pool
• toys, lawn accessories, maple sugaring components, unusual pets and pet merchandise, and patio and pool
• toys, lawn accessories, maple sugaring components, unusual pets and pet merchandise, and patio and pool

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House opened with a devotional by Representative Ken Wells, who reflected on his father’s approach to news and argued that reducing time spent watching it could improve people’s well-being. After the Pledge of Allegiance, the chamber took up five new bills: H.891 on the definition of harassment in Title 16, H.892 on school attendance requirements, H.893 creating a municipal emergency shelter program and reimbursing municipalities for emergency housing costs, H.894 prohibiting snowmobiles on the BB Spur Rail Trail, and H.895 on secondary enforcement of certain motor vehicle violations. Each was read for the first time and referred to the appropriate committee; H.566, concerning sealing postcharge court diversion records, was referred to Ways and Means under House Rule 35A. The House also read H.C.R. 166, a congratulatory resolution honoring the Pick and Shovel in Newport City on its 50th anniversary. A member from Newport City spoke in support, describing the store’s history and the Hamlet family’s long service to the community, and invited the family to the chamber. Additional announcements recognized Vermont Law and Graduate School’s 50th anniversary and congratulated Vermont athletes, including Ben Ogden and Paula Moltzan, with one member correcting the record on Moltzan’s event. The House also voted to move H.403, relating to fair labor and housing standards for agricultural workers, from General and Housing to Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry. In the day’s only floor action on legislation, H.611, miscellaneous provisions affecting the Department of Vermont Health Access, was taken up on third reading and passed. The House then announced caucus meetings and other events, including a producer night hosted by the Agency of Agriculture, and adjourned by motion until Wednesday, February 11, 2026 at 3:30 p.m.

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• The word 'and' is clear there, which means you can't take one element and leave the other two out.
• This amendment does one simple thing. some of our pools, so I want to recognize the Florida Swimming
• Pool Association, their state director, and one of my constituents, Belke-Squietra.
• It's going to leave children vulnerable and feeling isolated because oftentimes they don't speak out
• had access to. ...but we should not leave an exposure to all the other children whose parents don't

Summary: The House convened with prayer, moments of silence for former member Terry Fields and the Parkland victims, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of guests and visitors. The chamber then adopted the Rules and Ethics Committee’s special order report setting the day’s calendar and debate times. The main measure taken up was HB 1119, relating to materials harmful to minors in public schools and charter schools, which the sponsor described as a clarification of existing law to keep pornographic or sexually explicit material away from minors and to give districts clearer standards for review and objection processes. The bill drew extensive debate over constitutional concerns, local control, litigation risk, and the scope of the definition of “harmful to minors.” Members supporting the bill argued it was needed to close loopholes and protect children, while opponents warned it could lead to overbroad book removals, conflict with federal court rulings, and costly lawsuits. A series of amendments sought to narrow or redirect the bill: proposals by Gant, Aristide, Bartleman, Eskamani, Nixon, Rainer, Woodson, and Harris would have preserved literary value review, protected educational and abuse-prevention materials, exempted LGBTQ-inclusive books, limited objections, preserved funding for districts, or delayed enforcement during ongoing litigation. Supporters of the amendments framed them as protecting parental choice, academic value, student safety, and district finances; opponents said they would weaken the bill’s child-protection purpose. All of the amendments failed. After the amendment process, the House waived rules, read HB 1119 a third time by title, and entered structured debate on final passage. Debate continued along the same lines, with opponents emphasizing book removals, First Amendment concerns, and the impact on students and schools, and supporters reiterating that the bill was intended to prevent minors from accessing obscene material. The transcript provided ends during structured debate and does not include the final vote on HB 1119.

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• That also lowers the pool.
• How many educators or teachers are we looking at when this windfall comes and everybody decides to leave
• So how many are we looking at that may be leaving? I know Dr.
• She's doing this because we have so many leaving. How many are we getting?
• That would max out and leave.

Bills: SB45, SB73, SB169, HB243, SB177

Keywords: athlete agents, commission, state regulation, Alabama, higher education, athletics, membership diversity, catastrophe savings account, catastrophe fund, storm savings, disaster savings, hurricane, windstorm, floodwaters, hail, tornado, property insurance, homeowners insurance, insurance deductible, FORTIFIED

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• For context, during FY 25, the pool of 128 communities is required to pay $193 million, so I have some
• Again, this is a total of 128 in the total pool.
• She cherished her time with family above all else and leaves behind a legacy of love, laughter, and faith
• That leaves only one more amendment and the technical amendment.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate considered a fiscal year 2025 close-out supplemental appropriations bill and a series of amendments, many of which were withdrawn, adopted, or rejected. Early debate focused heavily on funding for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Massachusetts, with Senators O’Connor and Feeney arguing for restoring money for transportation, safety, and event readiness, citing projected ridership surges, economic benefits, and the need for Boston and the Commonwealth to invest. Senator Driscoll also won adoption of an amendment directing the MBTA to study and report on its local assessment formula, using Milton and Quincy as examples of perceived inequities in how communities are charged relative to service received. The Senate then took up several other amendments, including measures on fire survivor support, vaccine liability, mental health and sidewalk projects, council on aging and public safety items, disaster relief, service dogs, and MBTA assessments. Senator Tarr offered amendments on driver record transparency and energy cost reporting, but those were not adopted. A major roll-call vote rejected Tarr’s amendment to restore a larger share of excess capital gains to the stabilization fund; supporters argued for stronger rainy day reserves, while the Ways and Means chair defended the bill’s use of a deficiency reserve fund and warned of revenue losses from federal tax changes. The Senate also adopted an amendment on shelter and Home Base spending transparency, requiring renewed reporting on emergency shelter and housing assistance programs. Later, the chamber adopted Senator Edwards’ amendment creating a Massachusetts Federal Employee and Service Member Civil Relief Act to protect federal workers and service members in the event of a shutdown, including relief from eviction and foreclosure-related harms. The Senate also adopted Senator Rodrigues’s Ways and Means amendment, then approved the underlying supplemental budget as amended and ordered it to third reading. After the final roll call, the bill was passed to be engrossed by a 39-0 vote. The Senate concluded by agreeing to adjourn and by honoring Mrs. Anne Lee in memory, with a brief communication from Senator Cyr noting a prior remote-vote error for the journal.

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• It's a limited workforce; it's a small pool, and a lot of agencies are going after that same pool of
• When you get ready to leave with this budget request, are you going to feel confident walking out the
• And so I feel when I leave, whoever the relief is, and as you know, the relief is picked by the governor

Keywords: 914, all

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• really require this type of income, and it's their only job, it wouldn't take them out of the employee pool
• Of the employee pool, so to speak. So we had to be very careful about that.
• I'll leave that image. ...exactly planned, but he did, and he was exercising.
• I'll leave that image to you.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• I'm going to leave enough samples here for you to share whenever you get a chance.
• I'm going to leave it at that. I'll call to your bill, Representative Lilly.
• Lillie, is this particular bill that Representative Hussain has tied into your idea of creating a pool
• Isn't there already a pool of money that is set aside for the improvement and upgrades of the Capitol

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• <00:04:16.000> that around whether they can uh leave that around whether they can uh leave
• non-competes were forcing them to leave non-competes were forcing them to leave their<00:25:26.960
• <01:02:24.160> 3T that you then go into a warm pool 3T that you then go into a warm pool 3T
• You panic when you're in the swimming pool. You panic.
• You panic when you're in the swimming pool. You panic.

Bills: HF1355, HF1469, HF1768

Keywords: commercial diving, scuba diving safety, aquatic plant management, workplace safety, environmental regulations, HF1469, Minnesota, workforce development, job training, job skills training, reentry, reentry services, formerly incarcerated, ex-offenders, inmates, recently released inmates, felony conviction, felony-level offense, corrections, prison release

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• don't want it too late where they're not getting the early interventions necessary before we see them leave
• So it draws down from the broader pools of new construction or modernization funding, depending on which
• data system that's going to be better tracking employees who commit misconduct, as well as those who leave
• , clinically rich preparation... ...tracking employees who commit misconduct, as well as those who leave
• additional $40 million proposed to support the implementation of reading screenings and expand the pool

Summary: The Senate Budget Subcommittee on Education heard the Governor’s proposals on dual enrollment, reading difficulty screeners, special education, school facilities, and Commission on Teacher Credentialing programs. On dual enrollment, the Department of Finance described a $100 million one-time Proposition 98 investment to expand the Dual Enrollment Opportunities Grant Program, along with changes to make regional occupational centers eligible, add funding for justice-involved youth, prioritize higher-need LEAs, support teacher professional development, and reduce daily instructional minute requirements for some dual enrollment students. The LAO recommended rejecting the new funding as not clearly addressing implementation barriers, while CDE supported the proposal and suggested reserving $10 million for technical assistance. Committee members and public commenters generally supported the expansion, with some asking for technical assistance and broader access, including adult dual enrollment. The committee also reviewed a $40 million one-time Proposition 98 proposal for reading difficulty screener implementation and related trailer bill language that would require screening after 91 school days for kindergarten and 46 school days for grades 1-2. Finance said the timing was intended to reduce over-identification and align with evidence from preliminary data; the LAO recommended rejecting the funding and redirecting it to a discretionary block grant. CDE supported the funding and the general approach but acknowledged the need for local support and training. Several committee members and public witnesses raised concerns that the proposed timing restrictions were too rigid and could delay early intervention, while others supported the delay as a way to improve accuracy and avoid misidentification. For special education, Finance proposed ongoing Proposition 98 increases to adjust for COLA and enrollment changes and to raise the statewide special education base rate to $99 per ADA, equalizing rates across SELPAs. The LAO said the proposal should be adopted but estimated it could be funded for less than the Governor’s figure. CDE and multiple local education representatives strongly supported the increase, citing rising special education enrollment, cost pressures, and large local funding gaps. The committee also heard a brief overview of the school facilities proposal, which continues $1.5 billion in Proposition 2 bond funding for the School Facility Program; OPSC reported significant remaining bond authority but also substantial pending demand, and explained that natural disaster school rebuilding draws from the broader new construction and modernization pools. Finally, the committee reviewed Commission on Teacher Credentialing proposals, including the already-funded $300 million Student Teacher Stipend Program, new state operations resources for misconduct investigations and grant administration, and a $250 million one-time continuation of the Teacher Residency Grant Program. CTC said its grants management system is ready and that it expects better data tracking; public testimony broadly supported the educator workforce investments and urged continued funding for the Golden State Teacher Grant Program and additional support for rural and leadership pipeline programs. No votes were taken, and the hearing adjourned after public testimony.

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• When I was growing up, one of my neighborhood families, they had many children and they had a pool.
• They had many children and they had a pool.
• And a duck, like many other birds, never leaves a flock behind. They never separate.
• I would not want to leave my current work without solutions or without it being assigned to someone else
• I would not want to leave my current work without solutions or without it being assigned to someone else

Keywords: 996, all