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• essential programming we're also working essential programming we're also working with<00:07:11.039
• to work in a long time.
• They are working off their benefits; at least two people are working off of RSDI.
• to work in a long time.
• They are working off their benefits; at least two people are working off of RSDI.

Bills: HF1380, HF1166, HF487, HF1553, HF1472, HF258, HF1911

Keywords: psychiatric treatment, human services, mental health funding, per diem rate, Clay County, disability services, assistive technology, remote support, advocacy, training programs, HF487, Wellness in the Woods, Minnesota human services, grant funding, general fund appropriation, peer support, substance use recovery, addiction recovery, reentry services, reentry after incarceration

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• We know that's long term, that's not going to work out.
• So he works with automobile dealers all the time and licensing them and making sure they're So he works
• And we'll And we are going to track those.
• work.
• Now, we are working with the MVE.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• That can locate people who need CPR right now.
• group. to create recommendations should the CTC convene their own work group and want to work off there
• But I'd be happy to work with our community partners in figuring out a path how this model would work
• right I would work with amendments if that was I would work with the committee on any additional amendments
• They are working thoughtfully and hard.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Good work, sir. Thank you. Thank you. We'll open public testimony.
• Of course, I'm always happy to work with you.
• We are working to ensure that unauthorized access can't be granted.
• Our office is happy to work with any of y'all to answer any questions.
• I certainly would be glad to work with you on that issue.

Bills: HB186, HB201, HB229, HB796, HB1506, HB2702, HB2885, HB3225, HB3909, HB4285, HB5138

Keywords: social media, children, account verification, data privacy, parental control, financial crime, card fraud, motor fuel theft, law enforcement, criminal activity, skimmers, prevention, training, biological sex, government information, definitions, sex-based distinctions, public health, federal directives, state authority

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• <00:08:10.599> at these Regional Offices are located at these Regional Offices are located
• that with the people that we're working that with the people that we're working with<00:20:32.760
• c> by years of hard work and sustained work by years of hard work and sustained work by our<00:25
• We are located on the Duluth campus.
• So, good, good, good work.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• In Harris County, they have 80 early voting locations. They have 700 Election Day locations.
• In Harris County, they have 80 early voting locations. They have 700 Election Day locations.
• The system works.
• I've seen working moms who can't take off time just to track down a paper form.
• I've seen working moms who can't take off time just to track down a paper form.

Bills: HB311, SB447, SB505, SB2217, SB2753

Keywords: voter registration, electronic, Texas election law, Signature verification, DPS, internet application, Texas Election Code, signature verification, online application, data security, electronic application, Department of Public Safety, information security, electronic voter registration, voting technology, voter access, state election laws, digital signature, election irregularities, audit

Summary: The committee heard several election-related bills. SB 447 would let the City of Mission in Hidalgo County permanently move its municipal elections from May to the uniform November election date if it chooses. The bill was described as permissive and intended to increase turnout and reduce costs. Mission’s mayor testified in support, saying voters had already approved the change by a wide margin in a charter amendment election. The bill was left pending after no objection. SB 2217 focused on standardizing election data reporting and reconciliation across counties to improve transparency and comparability. Testimony was generally supportive of the goal, but Dr. Laura Presley and others flagged technical issues, including a discrepancy between a three-ballot mismatch threshold in existing law and a 1% threshold in part of the bill, plus a definition issue involving central accumulators. Supporters said consistent auditing and reconciliation would help election integrity, while the bill was also left pending. The committee then took up SB 2753, a major proposal to create a continuous in-person voting period that would combine early voting and Election Day into one uninterrupted process, with precinct consolidation and other changes. Supporters said it could simplify administration, reduce equipment changes, and improve security by using one set of machines. Opponents and neutral witnesses raised concerns about cost, staffing, ballot security, reporting changes, weekend voting, and whether the bill was ready for implementation; several urged a pilot or study instead. The committee substitute was withdrawn and the bill was left pending. SB 505 would create a process for election workers, candidates, party officials, and measure proponents or opponents to request explanations of election irregularities, with escalation to the Secretary of State for audit or enforcement if responses were unsatisfactory. Supporters said it would provide a way to resolve irregularities and restore confidence, while opponents argued it was too broad, lacked guardrails against abuse, and could be used by partisan actors to pressure counties. The bill was left pending. Finally, HB 311 would expand Texas’s online voter registration system to first-time registrants and others, with supporters citing efficiency, lower costs, and broader access, and opponents raising concerns about signature verification and implementation details. Testimony was cut short because of the session deadline, and the bill had not been disposed of in the excerpt.

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• , what doesn't work.
• That work is wrapping up.
• You see, this is our work.
• visitation works, and are you working with people who are rulemaking for CARA?
• , it works with their schedule.

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• If they’re working a lot of hours, we have a lot of them servicing, they’re working some extra hours.
• If they're working a lot of hours, we have a lot of them are servicing, they're working some extra hours
• So the money is being put to work.
• How does that work?
• These are rig locations.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee met as the Regulatory Division of the budget section and received updates on several Industrial Commission-related agencies and programs. Legislative Council first reviewed base budget materials, then the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency reported on its current appropriation and staffing, noting that its new FTEs were being filled gradually and that it remained largely funded through special and federal funds. Agency leaders described homeownership lending, loan servicing, and housing incentive fund activity, including below-market mortgage rates, down payment assistance, and a growing servicing portfolio that has increased workload but not yet required additional FTEs. Housing Finance also detailed use of the Housing Incentive Fund and homeless grant dollars. Officials said the multifamily HIF round drew more than $73 million in requests and awarded $25 million, while the single-family program supported rural development and community land trusts. Homeless grant funding was split between emergency shelter, prevention, and rapid rehousing, with performance-based scoring used to renew or reallocate awards. Members discussed housing affordability, aging households, rental assistance, and the need to coordinate housing and site-preparation messaging with Commerce. The agency asked that HIF, single-family, and homeless funding be maintained or increased in the next session. The Department of Mineral Resources then presented its budget and operations update. Staff said the agency was on track financially, had filled most of its new reclamation FTEs, and was not expecting major litigation costs beyond normal late-biennium invoices. The director reviewed agency initiatives including Project North Star IT modernization, organizational restructuring, succession planning, rulemaking, and implementation of the development incentive well tax program and critical minerals rules. He also discussed oil and gas activity, explaining that longer laterals, especially three- and four-mile wells and the first five-mile spacing case, are helping keep production relatively flat even as rig counts ease. Members asked about gas capture, hedging, break-even prices, and the effects of Iran and Venezuela on oil markets. The committee also heard about enhanced oil recovery grants and the Pipeline Authority. The EOR program’s $25 million appropriation was fully allocated to six projects, with total awards reaching about $45.1 million when other fund balances were included, subject to a possible 5% reduction if federal DOE money does not materialize. Officials said the projects are public, reimbursement-based, and will produce results over the next several years. Finally, the Pipeline Authority outlined natural gas transmission projects, including the imminent Bakken Express line and the proposed Bakken East project, which WBI was selected to advance after an Industrial Commission RFI process. The project is moving through open season, survey permission, and regulatory work, with in-service dates projected for 2029 and 2030.

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• Please be sure to register using the electronic witness registration system accessible on the tablets located
• support and coordinate the deployment of counter-unmanned aircraft systems technologies to detect, track
• These drones are increasingly used to locate and track federal border agents, find weaknesses in the
• real risk, since they can evade traditional detection, violate sovereign airspace, and disrupt the work

Bills: HCR98, HB180

Keywords: counter-unmanned aircraft systems, C-UAS, counter-drone, drone mitigation, unmanned aircraft systems, UAS, border security, U.S.-Mexico border, aviation safety, airspace regulation, federal preemption, Homeland Security, Department of Defense, Department of Justice, Department of Energy, FBI, state-local coordination, tribal and territorial partners, border patrol, cartels

Summary: The Senate Committee on Border Security met with a quorum present and first took up HCR 98, a resolution urging Congress to improve coordination among federal, state, and local authorities on counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) technology for border security. The author and sponsor described increasing drone activity along the border, saying unauthorized drones are used to track agents, identify weaknesses, and smuggle contraband, and argued for clearer procedures to detect, identify, and neutralize such aircraft. There was no public testimony, and the committee voted 4-0 to report HCR 98 favorably to the full Senate; the resolution was also ordered for local and uncontested calendar placement without objection. The committee then heard HB 180, sponsored by Chairman Birdwell, which would authorize the governor to coordinate directly with Mexican officials and individual Mexican states on border security agreements and appoint representatives to implement them. Birdwell said the bill would codify prior border-security cooperation efforts, improve responses to cross-border challenges such as drug and human trafficking, and include a finding that entrants from foreign countries must use a legal port of entry. No questions were asked, and there was no invited or public testimony. After the hearing, the committee left HB 180 pending. The meeting concluded with no further business and the committee standing in recess subject to the call of the chair.

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• please be sure to register using the electronic witness registration system, accessible on the tablets located
• coordinate. coordinate the deployment of counter-unmanned aircraft systems technologies to detect, track
• These drones are increasingly used to locate and track federal border agents, find weaknesses in the
• real risk, since they can evade traditional detection, violate sovereign airspace, and disrupt the work

Bills: HCR98, HB180, HB180

Keywords: counter-unmanned aircraft systems, C-UAS, counter-drone, drone mitigation, unmanned aircraft systems, UAS, border security, U.S.-Mexico border, aviation safety, airspace regulation, federal preemption, Homeland Security, Department of Defense, Department of Justice, Department of Energy, FBI, state-local coordination, tribal and territorial partners, border patrol, cartels

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• here, but then when we have other issues or things that we have question on, we really work with, work
• And she works, Melissa works with the folks at NDSU to actually do our payroll.
• We work with their bell schedule.
• They work with all these different institutions, but yet they all work together.
• So how is that program working?

Summary: The committee met at Dakota College at Bottineau, approved the January 15, 2026 minutes, and heard an extensive campus update from Dean Corey Gorder and other DCB leaders. Gorder described the college’s affiliation with Minot State and its growing use of shared services, including business office functions, HR, institutional research, Title IX, printing, financial aid support through UND, and payroll support through NDSU. He said the arrangement lets DCB focus on its core mission while relying on system partners for specialized administrative work, and noted that accreditation concerns were not believed to limit those shared-service arrangements. He also highlighted DCB’s mission, enrollment growth, dual-credit reach across rural schools, and the college’s emphasis on nursing, dental, paramedic, farm management, and other workforce-oriented programs. Committee members asked detailed questions about dual credit, program delivery, and whether DCB’s partnerships were exclusive. Gorder said the relationships are generally collaborative rather than exclusive, that schools can choose other providers, and that many partnerships began through personal outreach and ongoing relationships with rural schools. Lisa Johnson of the university system added that transfer complaints are rare and that dual credit generally transfers well within North Dakota, though highly selective out-of-state institutions may treat credits differently. Members also asked about stipends for high school instructors, the share of K-12 versus DCB instructors, and the capacity limits in dental hygiene and other programs. Gorder said dental hygiene is capped by space and staffing, that there were more applicants than seats, and that expansion is being considered; he also said he would provide follow-up information on the paramedic program and instructor breakdowns. Gorder closed by identifying long-term challenges, including aging residence halls, recruiting faculty and staff, and the need to review low-enrollment programs. He said DCB should consider expanding into more high-demand trades such as welding, HVAC, and electrical work, and should streamline dual credit and strengthen its Minot programming. The committee then heard from the North Dakota Student Association, whose leaders outlined student priorities from the last session and the interim. Their main concerns included campus housing quality and affordability, food insecurity and food pantries, mental and physical health resources, student-led research funding, academic and career readiness, internships, and campus collaboration. They also discussed dual credit, saying it is valuable but uneven across the state, and raised questions about how to better retain students in North Dakota through the system. Members asked follow-up questions about housing, transferability of dual credit, and whether incentives could be used to encourage students to stay in-state for higher education.

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• need a new tracking need a new tracking system<00:28:45.240> is<00:28:45.679> that
• this what are the holds up we're working this what are the holds up we're working on<00:30:34.559
• director David has done most of the work director David has done most of the work on<00:54:01.280
• public hearing um we have worked public hearing um we have worked on<02:00:21.599> um<02:
• <02:33:43.920> or that 65% of the people were working or that 65% of the people were working

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Our farmers, small country work.
• work effectively for American families. work effectively for American families.
• who choose not to work.
• Our work is far from done.
• Our work is far signs of completion. Our work is far from<08:11:30.080> done.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, July 14, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• So, today we have for working with us.
• Admin is a central on admin's work.
• The correction spending addresses needs at roughly nine locations located throughout the state.
• <00:31:18.159> located at roughly nine locations located at roughly nine locations located
• at the Veterans uh affairs locations. at the Veterans uh affairs locations.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I AM PROUD OF MY TEAM AND THE WORK THEY'VE DONE.
• BUT SINCE I HAVE ONE.4 MILLION, WE WORK HARD.
• WE APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE.
• BUT THAT WORK IS ALREADY DONE.
• THESE ARE THE TARGETED INDUSTRIES WE WORK AND.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• And I've got a deep belief in our state college system not only working in the port, but working with
• The instilled in me 3 things as I conclude hard work.
• Are colleges really been on a fast pace track for the last few years?
• The colleges have got to work harder, not that they're not.
• You also mention nonprofit work as well as some work you do with the federal government.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• We presently, our staff will locate, request. We have 3 to 4 staff that work this for us.
• But, uh, I've got a gentleman that, that works for me that we do locates and his salary is $65,000 a
• per locate.
• those locates.
• location and then GPS locating them and then entering that into GIS.

Bills: HB206

Keywords: HB206, school district bonds, bond election, voter approval, Education Code, Chapter 45, Section 45.003, Section 45.0034, Texas schools, school finance, local tax election, bond referendum, school construction, capital improvements, election frequency, five-year waiting period, district bonds, public school funding

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• Often times they are fly by night and hard to track down.
• Senator Truenow: Members, this is a work in progress.
• We will continue to work on this and specifically we will work toward a solution that will strengthen
• If we're working to put everything behind this one project, we should know what works and that it has
• Senator Brodeur: I want to thank staff and crew for outstanding work.

Bills: S0598, S0934, S1260, S1300, S1452, S1510, S1566, S1580, S1668, S7034

Keywords: funeral homes, cemetery law, cremation, embalmer, funeral director, preneed contract, preneed funeral, human remains, unclaimed cremated remains, disposition of remains, hospice, palliative care, end-of-life care, direct disposal, mortuary science, funeral service arts, licensure by endorsement, cemetery license, contiguous acres, consumer services

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• We worked with Voices for Children. Anybody who had an interest, we worked with them.
• I know you work very hard on this bill.
• So, I commend you for your work. Court. So, I commend you for your work.
• I thank you for your work on this.
• Partner is working with that... SB82. Mr. Partner is working with that bill.

Bills: SB210, SB225, HB280, HB287, HB94, HB88, SB157, HB7, HB8, HB42

Keywords: hospital liens, medical billing, government healthcare, insurance claims, patient rights, blood tests, DUI, law enforcement, traffic offenses, chemical analysis, public nuisance, event liability, local government, community health, legal action, transparency, reporting, public safety, regulation, accountability

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• It only works when we work together.
• We work with them.
• The work began.
• All that work.
• I live in Bumblebee Hills, a working class neighborhood located off. 39 in Hunt.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all