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• Page three of your bill, lines 21 through 24.
• Line 12 of the amendment.
• That came through that line were actionable.
• the restroom and put the boys in one line and the girls in another line. her daughter would always go
• Page 4, line 23. Yes, ma'am. All right. Page 4, line 23. Yes, ma'am.

Bills: SB 8, HB7, HB15, HB 265, HCR 13, SB 8, HB 7, HB 15, HB 265, HCR 13

Keywords: sex designation, restroom access, civil penalties, private civil right of action, women's privacy, abortion, healthcare, jurisdiction, civil action, qui tam, prohibition, state law, youth camp, safety regulations, advisory committee, child welfare, health standards, summer camp, camp safety, child abuse reporting

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• that that member is saying no to that line item. Yes or no?
• I put no in the journal that that member is saying no to that line item.
• So many people who are instrumental in helping Senator Hughes and I get this across the finish line.
• Backgrounds and beliefs may differ, but we cannot allow those differences to cross the line. of common
• By Mendelsohn relating the arbitration provisions a certain surplus line said insurance contracts are

Bills: HB630, HB420, HB767, HB1708, HB2842, HB1404, HB2457, HB140, HB333, HB227, HB913, HB201, HB2198, HB 109, HB2763, HB519, HB 1261, HB 1135, HB1318, HB2358, HB2415, HB2765, HB2735, HB3307, HB1373, HB694, HB 1242, HB272, HB1437, HB1888, HCR78, HCR12, HCR128, HR7, HR11, HR37, HR69, HR83, HR89, HR100, HR123, HR129, HR137, HR254, HR258, HR289, HR293, HR318, HR324, HR350, HR368, HR370, HR372, HR379, HR406, HR407, HR432, HR445, HR471, HR504, HR506, HR507, HR528, HR567, HR572, HR591, HR592, HR593, HR603, HR614, HR621, HR673, HR684, HR685, HR687, HR700, HR701, HR711, HR712, HR754, HR757, HR758, HR760, HR764, HR765, HR766, HR767, HR768, HR769, HR770, HR771, HR772, HR774, HR776, HR777, HR778, HR779, HR780, HR783, HR784, HR784, HR6, HR6, HR17, HR17, HR18, HR18, HR49, HR49, HR170, HR170, HR236, HR236, HR247, HR275, HR355, HR356, HR364, HR672, HR690, HR690, HR755, HR755, HR756, HR756, HR759, HR759, HR762, HR762, HR763, HR763, HR781, HR781, HR785, HR785, SB2, SB260, SB569, HB2, HB2000, HB213, HB222, HB645, HB1458, HB 1022, HB141, HB643, HB3093, HB1700, HB 117

Keywords: outboard motors, certificate of title, vessel regulation, Texas Parks and Wildlife Code, marine documentation, HB 420, Texas Water Code, special district, water district, board meetings, meeting location, teleconference, videoconference, remote meeting, public hearing, tax rate hearing, special districts, Cedar Creek Reservoir, county boundary, local government

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• We're proud of the foundational through lines that really serve as a foundation.
• things we pride ourselves on in the college is to really cohere around those foundational through lines
• Along these lines, we have multicultural education dispositions through our accredited teacher education
• Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), which you hear people refer to often as TEFAP, along with surplus
• So, yeah, I think the trend was in line with what we expected.

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• We have healthcare workers on the front line, faith leaders, community organizers, and first generation
• Speaker, members, this bill allows property tax lines to be postponed if a taxi union office is closed
• disabled individual part of the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence, HB 4786 by Schatz line
• HB 4968 by Shatz line relating.
• option exemption from a forum taxation and political subdivision for the total market value of the surplus

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• in line with Senator Scott's.
• But somehow, I guess my bottom line, Madam Chair, and I'll finish up, is...
• So that's the line of questioning, but anyway, thank you very much for your answer.
• I agree with a lot of what Representative McQueen said in his line of questioning.
• That concludes my line of questioning, and thank you all once again.

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• property assistance, which manages motor vehicle operations in addition to acquiring and disposing of surplus
• their evidence and their calculations and their information wherever they've procured it, falls in line
• And again, Madam Chair, if this is out of line, In regards to My Safe Florida Home, there we go, thank

Summary: The State Administration Budget Subcommittee met for an introductory overview of the agencies under its jurisdiction and their current-year budgets. Chair Vicki Lopez welcomed members and staff, and each member briefly introduced themselves and identified areas of interest, with recurring themes including fiscal restraint, insurance regulation, revenue administration, condominium issues, and government efficiency. The chair then outlined the subcommittee’s overall budget, about $3.1 billion, and noted major recent policy areas affecting the budget such as condominium legislation and emergency communications funding. Agency heads then presented high-level summaries of their missions and budgets. The Department of Revenue described property tax oversight, tax administration, and child support enforcement; the Department of Management Services reviewed state purchasing, telecommunications, fleet, state insurance, retirement, and digital services; DBPR highlighted licensing, enforcement, condominiums, and building code work; DFS covered insurance consumer services, risk management, unclaimed property, fire marshal functions, and criminal investigations; the Gaming Control Commission discussed pari-mutuel and tribal gaming oversight and enforcement; OIR explained insurer solvency and rate review; the Lottery emphasized education funding and record sales; OFR described regulation of banking, securities, lending, and money services; DOAH outlined administrative and workers’ compensation adjudication; PSC covered utility rate regulation and consumer complaints; PERC described labor relations and career service appeals; and FCHR summarized discrimination complaint investigations and outreach. Several members asked questions about utility returns, insurance regulation staffing, DMS’s state employee health plan deficit and prescription drug formulary management, agency recommendations for reducing regulatory burden, and state facilities usage. Responses generally emphasized that utility rates and insurer filings are determined through evidentiary and actuarial processes, that OIR has reduced vacancies but still seeks specialized staff and a Tampa office expansion, and that DMS acknowledged rising health plan costs and said the issue likely requires broader budget-level discussion. The chair also pressed multiple presenters to stay focused on agency operations and budgets rather than broader policy issues. No votes or formal actions were taken in the meeting.

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• The line that you see on that slide reflects the weighted average funding level of roughly 130 public
• On the next slide, you'll see that same line that we were just looking at.
• You can see that sharply increasing line in Fiscal 21 that illustrates the increase in funding that the
• If you go back and look at this line, this data back in the 70s and 80s for public pension plans, there
• Where are we with creating opportunities along the lines of critical risks?

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• But how does the Texas Medical Board say stop if a practitioner crosses the line to practice medicine
• “Say stop if a practitioner crosses the line to practice medicine without a license.
• The medical board would have no purview to say he or she has crossed this line.
• And then ultimately, we’re going to have a surplus with APRNs.
• The bill makes changes along those lines.

Summary: The Senate opened with an invocation and then took up several recognitions and memorial resolutions, including honoring retiring Senate staffer Kelvin Bass and Secretary of the Senate Patsy Spaw and her staff. Members also adopted a series of local and honorary resolutions, including designating Rockport as the Redfish Capital of Texas, San Antonio as Military City, Texas, and Bridge City as the Corn Dog Capital of Texas, along with memorial and medal-of-honor resolutions for Texans and service members. The chamber also received messages from the House reporting passage of various measures and conference committee actions. The bulk of the meeting focused on conference committee reports and related procedural resolutions. The Senate adopted reports and/or out-of-bounds resolutions on SB 293, SB 1610, HB 46, HB 145, HB 1545, SB 650, SB 1660, HB 40, SB 2217, HB 119, HB 493, HB 3642, HB 2963, SB 2024, SB 2972, HB 2516, HB 2885, and SB 2753, among others. Topics included the Texas Civil Commitment Office, the T-Cup prescription program, wildfire mitigation and utility liability, sunset scheduling, alcohol ID swiping at retail and package stores, business court jurisdiction, election administration and data consistency, foreign adversary lobbying, poll watcher qualifications, road naming, right-to-repair, disguised vape pens, and campus expressive activity rules. Several measures passed with near-unanimous votes, while others drew more opposition, including SB 268 on medical board enforcement and SB 2753 on election procedures. There was extended debate on SB 268, which would shift enforcement authority for scope-of-practice complaints to specialty boards rather than the Texas Medical Board. Senators raised concerns about whether the bill would weaken the Medical Board’s ability to stop unlicensed practice of medicine, while supporters argued that specialty boards should police their own licensees and that criminal referrals remain available for unlicensed practice. The Senate also discussed SB 2972 on expressive activities at public universities, with questions about content-neutral restrictions, who counts as the university community, and whether the bill provides a mechanism to challenge campus time, place, and manner rules. Both bills ultimately passed their conference reports, and the Senate later adopted a large package of resolutions by voice vote before adjourning further business.

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• That includes funding for the linking industry to nursing education, the line funding as we call it,
• And my door is always open to go in-depth with you line by line as we move forward.
• it to the budget and not. >> We had some of our schools here earlier in the year talking about that line
• You tell us more about your thoughts along those lines. >> Thank you, Senator.
• Much of his thinking was very much in line with those of others that we that I was interacting with.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• I'm happy to answer any additional questions you have about this line item.
• All changes to recapture are rolled into line 9.
• And that's outlined on line 8 as well.
• We're a line item in the TEA budget. You're a line item in the budget. Okay.
• We have three main lines of business at the Teacher Retirement System.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• passed out of this body on February 5 on a vote of 70 to 28, and the Governor's substitute strikes lines
• passed out of this body on February 5 on a vote of 70 to 28, and the Governor's substitute strikes lines
• The substitute also includes new language on lines 33 to 34 that restricts each new battery facility
• The question I have, and I don't want to be too technical, but I sort of am, is that lines 513 to 514
• If I back up about 20 or 25 lines on line 495, it says this fund is created as part of the state treasury

Keywords: April 22, 2026 - Reconvened Session, 976, house, all

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• The bottom line is, even if the Prop 36 and the increased penalties do create a successful incentive
• So to Judge Cooper, if you're still on the line...
• And so redirecting the funding to trial court projects that are next in line to be funded or facilities
• And you have some pending cost pressures that are coming down the line.
• And again, the bottom line is earning the trust of the community.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Unfortunately, we have been unable to get this important tool over the finish line.
• Judge Huffman's day and my day as a line prosecutor, we saw these cases tried within 18 months.
• While there is a surplus obviously of these horrific stories, victims, and tragedies that precede this
• will focus on the most recent occurrences, like the seven San Antonio police officers shot in the line
• The second part that I'd like to talk about is there's a line on page 11 line 7 there's a word to modify

Bills: SB9, SB1047, SB1048, SJR17, SJR49, SB40, SJR1, SJR5, SB 9, SB 40, SJR 1

Keywords: bail reform, defendants, pretrial detention, public safety, criminal justice, charitable bail organizations, criminal procedure, public safety report, victim notification, family violence, bail bonds, public funds, political subdivision, injunction, taxpayer rights, violent crimes, sexual offenses, community safety, constitutional amendment, trafficking

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• While that is one way to limit water use, the reality is that water crosses town and city border lines
• Instead of a patchwork of inconsistent... ...conservation measures in line with the level of drought
• Every year there is a financial surplus that is used in part to defeat future rates for MWRA water and
• It was responsibly covered, capped with clay, but never lined. It is unlined to this day.
• I've worked for 40 years on forest protection, and Melissa's comments are right in line with some of

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing covered a broad set of environmental and water-related bills, with much of the testimony focused on blue economy and circular economy proposals, drought management, drinking water safety, flood resilience, and water infrastructure funding. Supporters of bills such as H. 987 and H. 988 described grant programs for blue economy workforce development, research, small businesses, and public education about a circular economy. Other speakers backed measures on coastal erosion research, recreational boating dredging, cranberry water-right transfers, sand mining oversight, and a voucher program for home water filtration in PFAS-impacted communities. Several elected officials and advocates also urged passage of bills to require private well testing, improve school drinking water safety, and address sand mining pollution and PFAS contamination. Water supply and drought issues drew extensive testimony. Senator Eldridge and others supported legislation to let the state, through DEP and the drought management task force, impose regional water-use restrictions during droughts and make the task force permanent in statute. Advocates from watershed groups, farms, and environmental organizations said the current town-by-town approach is inconsistent and ineffective, and they described drought impacts on rivers, farms, private wells, and wildfire risk. A related bill on private wells was supported as a way to help homeowners test and remediate contaminated wells, especially in rural areas without public water. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to allow the Lynnfield Water District to join the MWRA, with local officials saying the move would help address PFAS and other contamination and improve supply reliability. Another major panel supported a water infrastructure funding bill, arguing that aging drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater systems need major new investment, including support for PFAS treatment, sewer rate relief, biosolids research, and regional interconnections. Members asked about costs, funding sources, and the relationship to existing revolving loan funds; witnesses said the bill would need to be paired with future bond funding and new revenue ideas. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chairs repeatedly invited written testimony and noted the large number of speakers.

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• California except we have held the line California except we have held the line on<03:13:22.120>
• <03:18:06.680> with<03:18:07.160> the this amendment would be in line with the this
• amendment would be in line with the explosive<03:18:07.920> momentum<03:18:08.360> around<
• lines 12 and 26 of the amendment. lines 12 and 26 of the amendment.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• So it doesn't change the spending line one iota. The maximum number is still the maximum number.
• from a song was thinking about a line from a song and<00:59:04.319> I<00:59:04.480> I<
• We're a surplus generator of electricity in New Hampshire because of Seabrook.
• c><02:36:24.240> in<02:36:24.479> New surplus generator of electricity in New surplus generator
• Um, as it alters a less than a one-and-a-half-page bill with 41 lines.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• SB 2321 SD1, relating to the two lines rule book. Recommendation to move as is.
• But otherwise in line with HB 2616. Any questions or comments?
• So, on page four, line 21 of the bill, you suggest changing that date to March 31, 2027.
• I learned, and it's like a lot of people again, hunters us, and we have to walk that line.
• over the person in the bill; page nine, lines 20 and 21; and page 10, lines one and two.

Bills: HCR93, HCR14, HR85

Keywords: image-based sexual abuse, working group, gender-based violence, Hawaii Commission on the Status of Women, prevention efforts, survivor protections, new technologies, legal reform, HCR14, House Concurrent Resolution, perpetual easement, non-exclusive easement, state submerged lands, submerged lands, shoreline easement, drainage outfall, stormwater outfall, lagoon outfall, pipelines, Kahala Hotel & Resort

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• It clarifies that non-resident surplus line brokers are not required to carry a bond in favor of the
• But as I read this, all of this is you're starting on line 248, and remember now, well, it's line 252
• So only if they're going outside of their boundary lines... Going outside of their boundary lines.
• And so then when you read on line 59, it talks about other... ...line 59, it talks about other acquisitions
• L 40 line. Amendment, which I had... L 40 line.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• there's over 40 million bottom line there's over 40 million hungry<00:29:34.200> people<00:29
• The bottom line is this is the beginning of a process; it is not the end of a process, and again, this
• I mean, the bottom line is this is the beginning of a process.
• The rest of the budget has a $9 trillion surplus.
• They did that, and it was along party lines. All of the Republicans voted to change the rules.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, January 9, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Section 3, beginning on line 3.20; Section 4, beginning on line 4.15; Section 5, beginning on line 4.29
• beginning on line beginning on line 2.15<00:07:44.039> this<00:07:44.199> change<00
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• Section 1 begins on line 28.22.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all