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• Good afternoon, my name is Ellen Bizanson, and I'm with the Sacramento Central Labor Council.
• Hello, good afternoon, my name is Romal Vasquez from Valley Voices, Kings County area, Central California
• There's a light rail station right across the street from it, but as a result because it's in a different
• We hotel stations because there's not enough room.
• I'd like to remind DGS here that as part of the RTE departments were required to submit position counts

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We've been in stadiums, we've been in front of Gas stations, BFWs, we've been everywhere trying to get
• come up in like a title research or the real estate agents don't understand, and I could probably count
• One of our central focuses of our organization is to maintain high standards for licensed Texas engineers
• Hi, I'm Vince Core with XL Towing out of Bryan College Station.
• We're a chain of 23 convenience stores in South Central Texas based in Uvalde, and I'm in strong support

Committee: House Licensing & Administrative Procedures

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• These stations exist, and these stations are critical and produce necessary research-based information
• Repairs are going on, including the coffee station—that's Kona station.
• Repairs are going on, including the coffee station—that's Kona station.
• Others by the university, repairs are going on, including the coffee station—that's Kona station.
• </c> the second time by having this count the second time by having this count against<02:02:19.719><

Committee: House Higher Education

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Higher Education met at the University of Hawaiʻi’s Bachman Hall and heard testimony on several UH-related bills. HB 542 would expand the Hawaiʻi Promise Program to provide unmet-need scholarships at four-year UH campuses. UH system officials, the UH Student Caucus, and a Honolulu Community College student testified in support, emphasizing college affordability, student retention, and workforce needs. Committee members asked about current program data, eligibility, transfer patterns, and cost; UH said it had data available, noted about 10% of current Hawaiʻi Promise students transfer to four-year campuses, and estimated the full expansion would cost about $12 million. UH also suggested a possible alternative of focusing on transfer opportunities from two-year to four-year campuses. The committee then heard HB 840, which concerns athletics appropriations for UH. UH Mānoa and UH Hilo supported the bill. UH officials said the funding would help cover recurring athletics operating costs, women’s sports travel and recruiting, Austin Awards, and a new nutrition fueling station, while Hilo said the money would help with travel, per diem, and conference-related costs. Members asked about the history of the athletics funding, the difference between Austin Awards and special talent waivers, NIL planning, and whether the appropriation should be restored to the base budget. UH explained that a $4 million athletics appropriation was originally made in 2018 or 2019, later removed from the base, and has been reappropriated annually since then. Finally, the committee heard HB 842, which would fund three additional permanent mental health practitioner positions at UH Mānoa’s Counseling and Student Development Center. UH supported the bill, and Academic Labor United and a high school student testified in favor, citing student stress, overwork, and the need for more counseling access. In questions, members discussed the current counselor-to-student ratio, recruitment challenges in a tight labor market, and strategies for hiring, including looking at candidates on soft-money grants who may be seeking stable employment. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the portion of the meeting provided.

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• There were no unbranded stations or regional brands in that group.
• So one in two stations, if you're a Californian driving in your neighborhood, one of two stations will
• to lower-price stations.
• They've expanded the number of stations that they have.
• California has the most branded stations.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy held a hearing on the impact of the Iran conflict and global oil supply disruption on California fuel markets. Committee members and administration witnesses from the California Energy Commission and the Division of Petroleum Market Oversight described California’s heavy reliance on imported crude and refined products, the state’s shrinking refining base, current inventory levels, and how global supply tightness is affecting gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel prices. CEC officials said near-term supply looked adequate for roughly the next six weeks, but warned that continued disruption would likely raise prices further and increase competition for imports. DPMO said the conflict is a real supply shock, but also emphasized a separate, longstanding problem of unusually high California retail gasoline prices, especially among major branded stations. Witnesses and members debated the causes of high prices and the state’s longer-term fuel strategy. Professor Severin Borenstein argued that much of the price gap beyond taxes and environmental costs comes from a “mystery gasoline surcharge” downstream of refineries, while also noting that California’s shrinking number of refineries creates market-power and supply-resilience concerns. Western States Petroleum Association CEO Jody Mueller argued that state policies have weakened California’s refining system and made it more vulnerable to global shocks, urging the state to protect remaining refining capacity and improve infrastructure for imports. United Steelworkers Local 675 Vice President Norman Rogers stressed the need for safe, reliable refinery operations and adequate staffing. Several members pressed witnesses on whether California should rely more on imports, how to manage inventories and port/storage capacity, and whether the state needs clearer authority and better data collection to coordinate fuel policy. Discussion also covered branded versus unbranded gasoline pricing, the role of California fuel specifications, and whether a floating gas tax or other policy tools could buffer consumers from global price spikes. No formal votes or committee actions were taken during the hearing.

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• I serve five counties in West Central Minnesota, kind of west of St.
• I serve five counties in West Central Minnesota, kind of west of St.
• I serve five counties in West Central Minnesota, kind of west of St.
• and things like that so energy stations and things like that so energy is<00:03:55.480><c> kind</c><
• Minnesota kind of west of St Central Minnesota kind of west of St Cloud<00:04:25.160><c> out</c><00:

Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• And then the last one, another 3rd line of effort for structure stationing.
• And that will likely be station in the Homestead area to support that area.
• But as a dune for structure stationing, they have to consider population demographics and a domestic
• And he had everybody come to us and we met in the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville that I thought that
• All the the simulator expertise, the University of Central Florida full sale university.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• The Legislature funded the purchase of a warehouse in central Florida to better and more rapidly meet
• moving into that warehouse over May and June and fully occupying and running all of our operations for Central
• The legislative funded the purchase of a warehouse in central Florida to better and more rapidly meet
• moving into that warehouse over May and June and fully occupying and running all of our operations for Central
• fire department, now a 35-station fire department in Pasco County.

Summary: The Economic Development Budget Subcommittee received a lengthy presentation from Kevin Guthrie, Executive Director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, on disaster costs, recovery operations, sheltering, and major capital projects. He reviewed the 2024 hurricane season impacts from Debby, Helene, and Milton, explaining how FEMA public assistance and state reimbursement work, how cost shares can shift from 75/25 to 90/10 after a federal threshold is reached, and how Florida uses prior storm data and inflation to estimate recovery costs. He also described the state’s faster reimbursement timelines, crediting legislative investments in technology and digital field documentation, and said the division is working to reduce disaster closeout timelines from decades to about seven years. Members asked about debris removal, FEMA de-obligations, local preparedness, and whether regional shelters or co-located emergency operations centers could be used more efficiently. Guthrie said debris assistance is complicated and should generally remain tied to local contracts and planning, though the state will help fiscally constrained communities when needed. He explained de-obligations as FEMA clawing back previously approved funds after later review, and said Florida’s FROC program is helping local governments reduce those risks through standardized documentation, procurement review, and training. He also urged more mandatory emergency-management training for local and state officials and cautioned against weakening the FEMA 50% rule for rebuilding damaged structures. Guthrie provided updates on the new central Florida warehouse in Auburndale and the new State Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee. He said the warehouse will improve logistics, include cold and ultra-cold storage, and be run by a private vendor with virtual inventory tracking, while the new EOC is designed for Category 5 conditions and expanded partner capacity. He acknowledged budget pressures that reduced the size of the EOC project and said an additional IT request was needed because those costs were not originally included. The meeting ended with praise for FDEM’s work and no votes or formal actions beyond adjournment.

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• do it all the time with the state of Massachusetts to have the ability to check the Massachusetts central
• </c><04:08:09.640><c> registry</c><04:08:10.520><c> before</c> Massachusetts uh central registry before
• Massachusetts uh central registry before the<04:08:11.680><c> Department</c><04:08:12.040><c> of</c>
• </c><06:21:42.320><c> moves</c> permanent change of station moves permanent change of station moves military
• </c><06:24:03.478><c> to</c> the country from one duty station to the country from one duty station to

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up HB 662, which would require discussion of abortion procedures and the viewing of certain videos in public school health education. Members argued the bill went too far by naming specific videos and involving the Attorney General in enforcement, and they said curriculum decisions should be left to educators. The committee voted ITL on HB 662 by a unanimous 18-0. The committee then considered HCR 6, a resolution calling for the removal of the superintendent of District 67. Members said the resolution targeted an individual and that the underlying dispute was already in court, so the matter should be left to the legal process. The motion to ITL passed 18-0. Next, HR 9, urging the Department of Education to emphasize STEM education, received broad support as a nonpartisan statement of priorities, and it also passed 18-0. HB 440, concerning educator licensing and shortages in Career and Technical Education, was amended to clarify that the bill applies to initial licensure only. After discussion about whether the amendment was necessary, the committee adopted Amendment 0188 unanimously and then voted OTPA on the bill as amended, 18-0. HB 222, which repealed the requirement for an MOU between charter schools and districts on services for students with disabilities, drew testimony that districts already provide substantial oversight through IEP processes and that the MOU requirement was burdensome and largely unenforced; the committee voted OTP 18-0. The committee then took up HB 719, which would repeal the right of first refusal for charter schools to purchase or lease unused district facilities. Supporters said the existing law had not generated complaints and could impede charter expansion, while opponents said the issue had not proven to be a problem and local control should be preserved. The committee voted ITL 17-1, with one member opposed and no minority report. The chair then postponed HB 184, a study committee bill on school start times, because it was scheduled for the next day, and the committee moved into a work session on bullying-related bills, discussing HB 108, HB 384, and HB 673 without taking final action in the portion provided.

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• Central Standard Time, where...
• Central Standard Time, where...
• The not count toward adverse possession.
• </c> members are stationed away from home. members are stationed away from home.
• </c> report PPE inventory up to the central report PPE inventory up to the central office. office. office

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, September 15, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Tarr: University of Massachusetts Gloucester Marine Station housing collaboration.
• Tarr: University of Massachusetts Marine Station and the city of Gloucester coastal erosion work.
• I just spoke to the University of Massachusetts Marine Station in Gloucester relative to housing.
• worked to, I would argue, circumvent Chapter 62F and say that, oh no, this form of revenue doesn't count
• And we're going to say that, oh no, that doesn't count. That's not revenue of the Commonwealth.

Keywords: 1212, all

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• I couldn't count when I was on Survivor, but I can count. account now.
• The presumption of innocence is central.
• We usually count survival time.
• I count it for diseases, but I count it for domestic violence, because it is truly a survival.
• And they walked over to the- nearby bridge at the gas station.

Bills: HB36 , HB75 , HB76 , HB166 , HB799 , HB 1135 , HJR15 , HJR16 , HB36 , HB75 , HB76 , HB166 , HJR15 , HJR16

Committee: House Criminal Jurisprudence

Keywords: family violence, global positioning monitoring system, victim resources, electronic monitoring, protective orders, magistrate, criminal procedure, probable cause, written findings, law enforcement, bail bonds, bail fund, charitable bail fund, nonprofit bail organization, public funds, local government spending, political subdivision, county, city, taxpayer lawsuit

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• So what we do is we count the number of... visitors that are being reported by the Spaceport America
• We count that as 40 visitor days. We multiply the ten visitors by the four days.
• Stationed at Vandenberg and Cape Canaveral as an Air Force officer doing Titan's facelift, as you know
• some of those things don't produce enough. ...immediately produce revenue, or the revenue might be counted
• I'm thinking about that large bank building on Central and San Mateo, which I think they're stating could

Committee: House Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee

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• Please identify yourself and proceed. serve as a central gathering space for serve as a central gathering
• </c> all members who have toured our station. all members who have toured our station.
• ><c> Highway</c><00:50:56.960><c> 62</c> station is situated along Highway 62 station is situated along
• </c> a crash just east of our station on 62. a crash just east of our station on 62.
• And so the central to that solution.

Bills: HF333 , HF2712 , HF1064 , HF1069 , HF1113 , HF2207 , HF204 , HF2867 , HF2924 , HF746 , HF1530 , HF2587 , HF1078

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: HF333, Duluth, Lot D, redevelopment, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, bond proceeds, public infrastructure, seawall repair, utility connections, demolition, debris removal, transportation improvements, site preparation, soil correction, economic development, DEED, capital appropriation, general obligation bonds

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• Both graduates of Central Washington. Eric Schaus died at home. Ryan Pleasance died on duty.
• Both graduates of Central Washington University, firefighters, paramedics deemed healthy by physicians
• very similar circumstances, being essentially built around the store and using it as an anchor centralized
• hearing, or you may have heard, like me, or read random articles about what youth can buy at gas stations
• not from fentanyl, not just from fentanyl or heroin, but from things that they can buy at the gas station

Bills: SB5379 , SB6106 , SB6147 , SB6180 , SB5927 , SB6287

Committee: Senate Labor & Commerce

Keywords: interest arbitration, parks and recreation, public employees, labor relations, employee rights, laid-off employees act, WARN notice, mass layoff, business closure, plant closing, worker adjustment and retraining notification, employment security department, employee notice, layoff notice, worker protections, job loss, employment loss, public records exemption, privacy, employee names and addresses

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• allows administrators who earned proficient or higher ratings in three of the previous five years to count
• administrator that would then allow you to move on the career ladder, would those years also then count
• On the career ladder, would those years also then count towards that 25 years of service for the lifetime
• Military families face frequent permanent change-of-station moves, deployments, and training rotations
• My family is currently stationed at Mountain Home Air Force Base.

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Maui. yeah no you do have Central Maui oh yeah no you do have Central Maui oh right<01:43:44.440><c>
• </c><01:53:20.880><c> Maui</c><01:53:21.280><c> School</c> building Central Maui School building Central
• </c><01:53:38.159><c> Maui</c> need for school capacity in Central Maui need for school capacity in Central
• Mai but before you only thing is Central Mai but before Central<01:59:51.599><c> Mai</c><01:59:51.920
• </c> then you're going to use it for Central then you're going to use it for Central no<02:09:56.760>

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Service can come in varied forms such as your on-site school kitchens. some central kitchens like APS
• Some districts, including Albuquerque, use a central or shared kitchen between multiple schools.
• So, does Albuquerque, does APS have a centralized kitchen for all or some of their food, and do some
• Albuquerque Public Schools produces their food at a central kitchen.
• And again, folks, if you can take your conversation... stations out of the room as we're trying to get

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• It's a privilege of Central Florida Board of Trustees.
• Central Receiving Facility.
• Central Receiving Facility.
• We're very interested in what your goals are as a trustee for the University of Central Florida.
• Time Zone, maybe three trustees who live in the Central Time Zone on the UWF Board.

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Higher Education

Summary: The committee first heard a confirmation from UCF trustee reappointee Mr. Christie, who described his background in medical devices and prior board service and said he wanted to help UCF strengthen its financial foundation, workforce alignment, and engineering and technology pipeline. Members asked about UCF’s direction, and he emphasized the university’s role in producing engineers and supporting Florida’s space and technology sectors. The committee then moved to the higher education budget for fiscal year 2025-26, which was presented as an $11.5 billion total budget including local funds and focused heavily on workforce education, nursing, agriculture technology, tutoring, student aid, and university initiatives. Chair Harrell highlighted increases for school district workforce education, Florida College System operations, career and technical education grants, the GATE program, nursing education through USF’s Florida Center for Nursing, UF/IFAS rural and agricultural programs, UCF’s Community School Grant Program, UF’s literacy and tutoring initiatives, autism and neurodevelopment services, full funding for major scholarship programs, and $250 million for state universities through the Board of Governors. Senator Davis asked about line grant flexibility, and Harrell said a conforming bill would address the details. The budget proposal was adopted as a recommendation to the full Appropriations Committee, with staff authorized to make technical corrections. The committee then took up a series of confirmations, beginning with Florida State University reappointee Peter Collins, who emphasized his long FSU ties, leadership on the board, and goal of keeping FSU on a path toward top-10 status and AAU membership. Rebecca Matthews, a new University of West Florida appointee, discussed her education-related volunteer work, Florida Education Foundation service, and interest in supporting UWF’s continued excellence; senators questioned her on Title IX and she said she would support student protections and compliance. Rachel Moyah, another UWF appointee, highlighted her education, school board experience, and priorities of student safety, fiscal discipline, and workforce readiness; she also said she would comply with Title IX and other applicable rules. Ashley Ross, also nominated to UWF, said she would focus on university advancement, military ties, cybersecurity, civil engineering, and strong governance, and agreed that Title IX protections should be preserved and advanced. The most extensive questioning came during the confirmation of Adam Kessel, a UWF appointee and Heritage Foundation fellow, who was asked about prior writings on privatizing public universities, his comments about the GI Bill, and his views on free speech and Project 2025. Kessel said he did not recommend privatizing Florida universities, clarified that his comments about the GI Bill and over-enrollment were about broader higher education policy, and said he supports veterans and the GI Bill. He described his higher education work as focused on civic education, accreditation, student success, tenure, and free speech, and said trustees should improve campus culture through policies, training, and institutional neutrality. Public testimony on UWF was sharply divided: former UWF leaders and community members warned that the new slate of trustees and their vote to make Scott Yenor chair had chilled donations, enrollment, and community trust, while a James Madison Institute representative praised Kessel’s scholarship and thoughtful approach. The committee also heard from FAMU reappointment Belvin Perry, who cited his judicial career and board service and said his goal is to support student success, retain strong faculty and staff, and help FAMU continue rising in national standing. Finally, the committee began hearing from remote appointees, including UCF nominee Mark Philburn, who emphasized his construction, affordable housing, and higher education board experience, and FSU nominee Peter Jones, who described his finance and investment background and long service to FSU boards and committees. The last nominee heard before the transcript ended was Florida Gulf Coast appointee Paul Applegarth, whose audio issues delayed his remarks; he began by noting his prior federal confirmation, military service, and GI Bill-supported education.

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• humbly started in 1977 in a mobile home, and we now have four locations, including in Bryan College Station
• So, not counting those, there are approximately 500 wineries that actually make wine or attempt to make
• marking the ballot unless there is a second election officer present, just like inside the polling station
• The bill brings the same logic to inside the polling station by requiring anyone, including election
• now in support of Williamson County Sheriff's Office, Texas Department of Public Safety, and the Central

Bills: HB223

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: municipal budget, county budget, local government finance, spending cap, expenditure limit, inflation plus population growth, taxpayer impact statement, budget transparency, property tax, fees, Legislative Budget Board, voter approval, disaster spending, fiscal restraint, Texas Local Government Code, city budget, county expenditures, 1185, senate, all

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• that we have the 10, 20 counts.
• It's not an fte count to membership count, but it does give us enough information to be able to go to
• We also extend that crosscheck process to even the preliminary survey to count the October survey count
• Your reported in a in a in a survey count once we get to the final survey to count if there is a match
• The adus stations from the schools.