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• although the bill It provides that the Oklahoma Department of Labor works with ODVA to develop and distribute
• They would be distributed directly to them from those two partners.
• request book from DHS so that whenever there's any rule changes for childcare facilities, it can be distributed

Bills: HB3043, HB3044, HB3078, HB3940, HB4117, HB3428, HB4275, HB3257, HB3901, HB4298

Keywords: HB3043, Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, ODVA, seasonal employees, project labor, pro rata jobs, unclassified service, state personnel law, state employee benefits, paid leave, paid holidays, retirement benefits, health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, temporary workers, veterans affairs, Title 72, Oklahoma Personnel Act, budget reporting

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• This is a bill that we heard a few weeks ago that relates to the unlawful production or distribution
• And, uh, uh, Representative Lauderback also offers a committee substitute, uh, which has been distributed
• Cook offers a committee substitute, uh, which has been distributed.

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• This is a bill that we heard a few weeks ago that relates to the unlawful production or distribution
• Which has been distributed to the members.
• Cook offers a committee substitute, which has been distributed. Is there an objection?

Bills: HB867, HB1347, HB1801, HB1820, HB2197, HB2617, HB3110, HB3166, HB3330, HB4237, HB4342, HB4629, HB4933, HJR148

Keywords: criminal case dismissal, attorney discretion, law enforcement misconduct, judicial approval, evidence, judicial consent, transparency, healthcare, Medicare, insurance, elderly, retired, benefits, access, cost, criminal justice, case dismissal, prosecutorial discretion, law enforcement oversight, criminal procedure

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• not doing that in this budget, but we did really try to be fair and take the resources we had and distribute
• lease costs for a lot of the agencies is that as we were trying to figure out how to be fair in distributing
• And then distributed that across pretty much everybody else.

Bills: HF2300

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• Senate Bill 1003 by Blanco, relating to the compensation of a distributed renewable generation owner
• Senate Bill 1018 by Huffman, relating to distribution of state traffic fine revenue received by the Comptroller
• Senate Bill 1103 by Zaffirini, relating to prohibiting the distribution or sale of certain flavored hemp

Summary: The Senate met briefly and referred a large number of first-reading bills and resolutions to standing committees. The measures covered a wide range of topics, including hemp regulation, dementia research funding, parental rights and public education, municipal library funding, tax and local government issues, criminal justice, health care, education, transportation, natural resources, and election law. Several constitutional resolutions were also referred, including proposals related to the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and a severance tax revenue fund. Most of the transcript consists of the reading of bill captions and committee referrals, with no substantive debate or testimony recorded. The listed measures included proposals on school uniforms, charter schools, Medicaid fraud remedies, insurance practices, occupational licensing for people with criminal convictions, water and sewer utility cybersecurity, agricultural protections, public meeting broadcasting, and various local and state governance matters. No votes were taken on the bills in this segment. The only formal action reflected was referral of the bills and resolutions to the appropriate committees, followed by adjournment of the Senate until the next scheduled meeting.

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• Section seven sunsets the direct distribution for licensed manufacturers of malt beverages provision
• an annual total of not more distribute an annual total of not more than<02:29:24.720> 3,000<02
• The Blackback Pub, Farrell Distributing The Blackback Pub, Farrell Distributing Corporation, Corporation
• Section B, a person shall not sell, distribute, or offer for sale any baby food product in the state
• Two, the required testing of infant formula sold and distributed in the state for toxic heavy metals.

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House resumed consideration of H.606 on firearm procedures and first took up Section 3 and its effective dates. A member from Northfield spoke at length in support, arguing the provision is narrowly tailored, based on actual dangerousness rather than mental illness alone, and is more limited than federal law because it applies only to specific court findings and is temporary, with rights restorable upon recovery. The House then approved Section 3 and its effective dates, approved the remainder of the Judiciary Committee report, and ordered third reading. The chamber then moved through third readings and passed H.385 on remedies and protections for victims of coerced debt, H.556 on exceptions to the state minimum wage, H.559 on the parole board, H.723 on posting of land, and H.757 on manufactured homes and limited equity cooperatives. On H.814, relating to neurological rights and AI in health and human services, the House adopted an amendment offered by the member from Burlington that required the advisory council to include proposed definitions for neurotechnology, artificial intelligence, and related terms in its report; the House Health Care Committee reported the amendment favorable 11-0-0, and the bill then passed. H.816, regulating the use of artificial intelligence in the provision of mental health services, also passed, as did H.927, technical corrections for the 2026 session. The House then took up H.930 on chronic absenteeism. The committee member from Manchester described the bill as an AOE proposal responding to high post-pandemic absenteeism rates and their impact on learning, and outlined provisions adding definitions, updating compulsory attendance language, requiring a state model policy, strengthening notification and truancy procedures, and preserving existing penalties. The member said the Education Committee heard from a wide range of education and child welfare witnesses and passed the bill 11-0. After a brief clarification on the absences section, the House proceeded toward third reading of H.930.

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• The House side strikes language requiring that the agency periodically distributes its investment income
• to programs and instead redirects it to annually distributing earnings as provided in a section that
• <00:03:02.959> its agency periodically distributes its agency periodically distributes its
• I will note, however, that we would support amending the geographic distribution language on page R10
• language on page R10 to distribution language on page R10 to instead<00:27:21.200> follow<00:

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The conference committee on the housing omnibus bill began with member introductions and a staff walk-through comparing House and Senate provisions. House Research staff reviewed major policy differences affecting Minnesota Housing Finance Agency operations, including limits on how much the agency may retain from state appropriations for administrative costs, new reporting requirements, restrictions on transfers between appropriated accounts, and House-only language requiring annual expenditure of investment income from state appropriations. Senate provisions were also summarized, including tighter rules on when appropriations may be placed into Housing Development Fund bookkeeping accounts, updated operating-cost reporting, and Senate-only changes to how investment earnings may be used. Staff also described shared and differing provisions on program-money transfers, a lived-experience earnings exemption, and a long list of Senate-only policy changes, including manufactured home park tenant protections, low-income housing tax credit and bond-related changes, a task force on housing taxes and fees, and repealers affecting Housing Development Fund authority and certain older programs. Fiscal staff then reviewed the budget impacts. The House side included one-time appropriations for workforce housing development, family homeless prevention and assistance, a Minnesota Nice Home Share pilot, and homebuyer education, along with debt service for $100 million in housing infrastructure bonds and transfers/cancellations that produced a net zero general fund impact across the budget window. The Senate side noted a fiscal note for the housing taxes and fees task force and a smaller housing infrastructure bond authorization, with corresponding debt service costs and a total Senate budget-window impact of about $1 million in general fund debt service. After the staff presentations, the committee moved to public testimony. Commissioner Jennifer Ho of Minnesota Housing said the bill’s housing infrastructure bonds and continued support for family homeless prevention were important, and she supported the lived-experience earnings exemption, while noting concerns about the interest-earnings provisions. Testifiers from Greater Minnesota groups praised the workforce housing investments and Senate updates to the state housing tax credit and infrastructure grant program, though they suggested changes to the geographic distribution language. HOME Line urged funding for statewide tenant hotline services, citing rising demand and asking for $1 million if additional money becomes available. The Minnesota Consortium of Community Developers supported the bill’s investments and emphasized the need to pair housing development with supportive services. Housing First Minnesota praised housing infrastructure bonds and other investments but criticized the omission of the Minnesota Starter Homes Act. The Minnesota Multi Housing Association began testimony opposing certain rent-control-related provisions in the House bill. No votes or final actions were taken during the portion of the meeting provided.

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• City staff have indicated that the distribution system is functioning with no known breaks, reporting
• looping, and highlight any distribution looping, and highlight any additional<01:01:45.599> needs
• <01:02:18.079> system storage tank and distribution system storage tank and distribution system
• City staff have indicated that the distribution<01:02:24.799> system<01:02:25.200> is<01
• :02:25.520> functioning<01:02:25.920> with distribution system is functioning with distribution

Bills: HF568, HF433, HF1689, HF3135, HF3137, HF3145, HF2887, HF2819, HF2802, HF2664, HF2267, HF799, HF800, HF3049, HF296, HF580, HF1438, HF1237

Keywords: special education, education funding, construction, Minnesota, regional educational programs, HF433, Cloquet Area Fire District, fire station, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, general obligation bonds, public safety, emergency services, fire protection, local infrastructure, Minnesota capital budget, DEED grant, municipal facilities, station construction

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• will be a certain amount of money appropriated for, I guess, each senator and representative to distribute
• Port. ...certain amount of money appropriated for, I guess, each senator and representative to distribute
• I don't think—and we've set precedent before in bond when we distribute dollars, but we distribute dollars
• information back, and I would appreciate information back that's put into epilogue language before we're distributing

Summary: The committee met to finalize the FY27 bond bill, beginning with a roll call and a detailed review of updated appropriation amounts. The Comptroller General walked through major changes across agencies, including additions for OMB, the Department of State, DNREC, Agriculture, Education, and Transportation, and explained the funding sources that would cover the total $1.256 billion package. Members then debated several large items, especially the $110 million appropriation for the Diamond State Port Corporation, the $35 million Legislative Hall addition, the $20 million Community Reinvestment Fund, and the $30 million land and building acquisition line. Questions focused on the port project’s costs, expected jobs, return on investment, and whether the state would face future commitments; Secretary of State Charney Patitofunded Chances and other officials testified that the port expansion would create construction and permanent jobs and support long-term economic growth, while some members remained skeptical and objected to the process and spending priorities. The committee also discussed school construction funding, with officials explaining that additional money would forward-fund projects already in the pipeline and help districts that had been turned down for certificates of necessity. Other items reviewed included funding for park improvements, marina acquisition, the Plummer Center demolition and transfer, the Pyle Center sewer project, the Site Readiness Fund, affordable housing, the Arts Endowment Fund, an unclaimed property task force, and various transportation and community transportation projects. Several members raised concerns about county distribution, minority-party involvement in negotiations, and the scale of certain appropriations, but the majority defended the package as statewide investment and economic development. The committee then voted on the Section 1 addendum and a series of new and replacement epilogue sections, including provisions for the port project, Legislative Hall minor capital improvements, land acquisition, affordable housing, the Community Reinvestment Fund, downtown development districts, the Rite Aid demolition, the Site Readiness Fund, school construction formula review, and enhanced school capital funding. Most motions carried, with a few recorded no votes or abstentions on the main addendum. The meeting concluded with a motion authorizing technical corrections by the Comptroller General’s office, followed by closing remarks thanking staff and members for their work and noting that this was likely the final bond committee meeting for some participants before adjournment.

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• broad request for assistance with the universities, mainly around the recommendation for minimum distribution
• If there were funds added to that, CPE is requesting that there be a minimum distribution where every
• 05:22.160> minimum requesting that there be a minimum requesting that there be a minimum distribution
• where<00:05:23.759> every<00:05:24.160> university<00:05:24.880> gets distribution
• where every university gets distribution where every university gets at<00:05:25.360> least<00

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education met to hear from Morehead State University President Jay Morgan, who outlined the university’s budget and capital priorities. He described Morehead as a Kentucky-serving, largely low-income student institution with an aging campus, and said the university’s long-term plan is to renovate existing facilities, decommission older buildings, and replace outdated space with more efficient construction. He thanked the General Assembly for prior support, especially asset preservation funding, fire and tornado insurance premium support, and a prior university inflationary adjustment. On the operating side, Morgan asked that insurance premium support continue, that the earlier inflationary adjustment roll forward, and that the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education’s request for a minimum distribution in the performance funding formula be supported. He noted Morehead has received little or no performance funding in recent years and said that if no additional formula funds are added, the university would prefer a line-item appropriation. On the capital side, he requested continued asset preservation funding and outlined several construction priorities: a new applied science building, a new agriculture science building, a new space science technology building, and a cost-share replacement for the aging Maze Hall residence hall, with the state covering $10 million of a $20 million project and Morehead matching the rest. Morgan also discussed the Craft Academy, saying the current appropriation supports 200 students and that the university would like to increase the line item to expand enrollment by about 20 students. In response to questions from Chairman Tipton, he said Morehead had previously explored but ultimately rejected a public-private partnership model for housing, preferring to own and control its residence halls to keep housing costs manageable for students. He also explained that the land surveying courses in the applied science proposal are a popular part of related programs and that Morehead’s space science program is a major research-and-contracts-driven operation with about 250 students, federal and private research ties, and graduates working both in Kentucky and elsewhere. The committee then approved the prior meeting minutes and discussed that upcoming postsecondary budget meetings would continue over the next several weeks to gather input on the new budget process.

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• liability of a pharmaceutical manufacturer if they fail... ...adopt and implement a policy to not distribute
• Pardon me, if a pharmaceutical manufacturer is manufacturing, selling, and distributing these drugs for
• And that's why this statute says that you're liable if you manufacture or distribute these to Texas for
• pharmaceutical company must... do is establish a policy that they do not manufacture, ship, or distribute
• Under this bill, a manufacturer— a pharmaceutical company that manufactures, distributes, or sells these

Bills: SB 2, SB 5, SB 10, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB17, HB7, HB7, HB15, HB15, HB27, HB1, HB7, HB15, HB18, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, HB17, HB27, HB1, SB8, HCR13, SB2, SB5, SB10

Keywords: disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments

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• Additionally, we know that new transmission and distribution lines associated with these new energy projects
• However, the relevant statutory sections dealing with pipeline safety refer only to natural gas distribution
• including propane distribution systems.
• House Bill 4042 would incorporate propane distribution systems into the broader field of gas pipeline
• and provisions relating to gas pipeline systems to ensure that propane gas distribution systems also

Bills: SB3074, HB49, HB2440, HB3556, HB3619, HB3866, HB4042, HB4112, HB4271, HB4413, HB4426, HB5033, HB49

Keywords: SB 3074, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Water Code, permit applications, environmental permitting, administrative record, ex parte communications, legislative communications, governor, lieutenant governor, state legislators, district projects, public records, recusal, conflict of interest, substantial interest, agency transparency, environmental regulation, permit renewal

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• AS WE ALL KNOW, QUESTIONS HAVE SURFACED ABOUT CERTAIN CONTRIBUTIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS MADE ABOUT HOPE
• AS FOR THE $10 MILLION OF GRANTS MADE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR THOSE DISTRIBUTIONS ARE MADE AFTER MY REVIEW
• WE CAN ASK HOW WERE THOSE MONIES DISTRIBUTED?
• IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS NOT PERMITTED BY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES TO RAISE FUNDS AND DISTRIBUTE
• CAPACITY IN HOUSE I'M SORRY THE FOUNDATION THAT THERE IS NO WAY WE COULD HAVE EFFECTIVELY MANAGE THE DISTRIBUTION

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• tried to prosecute, there was a loophole in the law, it wasn't the creator of these images who distributed
• removes a loophole in statute that allows for minors to be charged with murder for the unlawful distribution
• crime for individuals younger than 18 who felony for the crime for individuals younger than 18 who distribute
• But if that same 16 year-old distributed deadly drugs like fentanyl normally put lives at risk poisoning
• This is the rise in distribution of things like Fentanyl is is continually go in an uptick.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• this modernization by authorizing the administrator of the telecommunications access system to distribute
• Authorizing the administrator of the telecommunications access system to distribute more modern and updated
• one is in the binder. authorizing the administrator of the telecommunications access system to distribute
• It says the amendment defines Deaf Service Center, a Deaf Service Center Director, Regional Distribution
• Center, and Regional Distribution Center Director.

Summary: The committee considered and reported favorably several bills, most of them sponsored by Senator Rodriguez. CS/SB 164 on vessel accountability was presented as a measure to help law enforcement identify vessel owners, create a free long-term anchoring permit program, increase penalties for derelict vessel violations, and authorize grants for local governments in FWC’s prevention program; it passed without amendment. SB 388, dealing with FWC trust funds, was also reported favorably after Senator Berman asked whether non-game wildlife funds would support immigration enforcement; Senator Rodriguez said they would not. CS/SB 1320 was amended to recreate the Resilient Florida Trust Fund and then passed favorably. CS/CS/SB 344 modernizing the Telecommunications Access System was amended to define new terms and reduce the maximum surcharge from 25 cents to 15 cents, then reported favorably. CS/SB 86 on peer support for first responders expanded eligibility to support personnel and passed with broad support from law enforcement and related groups. The committee also took up CS/CS/SB 92, a hit-and-run accountability bill by Senator Gruters. The adopted amendment added a front license plate requirement, lowered the damage threshold from $5,000 to $2,500, and retained reporting requirements for repair shops. NFIB testified in opposition to parts of the bill, citing concerns about the lower threshold, short reporting deadlines, and potential license revocation, while supporters argued the bill would improve accountability and help solve hit-and-run cases. The bill was reported favorably after debate. The final and most contentious measure was CS/SB 56 by Senator Garcia, which would prohibit geoengineering and weather modification activities in Florida, repeal older weather-modification statutes, create a public reporting system at DEP, and impose penalties for violations. Supporters, including individuals identifying with weather-watch and anti-geoengineering concerns, argued that the bill would address public fears and environmental risks. A cloud-seeding company representative testified that cloud seeding is distinct from solar radiation management and said permitting should exist for responsible weather modification, while warning the bill could hinder beneficial precipitation enhancement. Despite skepticism from some members about the bill’s premise and scope, the committee reported it favorably. The meeting then concluded after members recorded missed votes and the committee adjourned.

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• We must ensure that those who distribute fentanyl and other illicit substances like the emerging trend
• Encourage states to distribute opioid settlement money to help children and caregivers.
• the public policy committee for the American Society of Addiction Medicine and oversaw naloxone distribution
• SAMHSA funding supported a large percentage of our efforts towards naloxone distribution statewide, and
• by just shoving money at the problem and not doing it. a very efficient and intelligent way of distributing

Keywords: opioid crisis, overdose, naloxone, drug trafficking, law enforcement, treatment, prevention, older adults, Medicaid expansion

Summary: The meeting convened to address the dire opioid crisis affecting communities nationwide, with a particular focus on the alarming rise of opioid use disorder among older adults. Key testimonies highlighted the critical need for a comprehensive approach that encompasses prevention, treatment, and strict law enforcement actions against drug traffickers. Sheriff Dennis Lima from Seminole County outlined successful strategies implemented in Florida, including increased access to naloxone and legislative changes to hold drug dealers accountable for overdoses. Various members expressed a united front on tackling this multifaceted issue, advocating for the expansion of Medicaid and better access to treatment as essential steps to curbing the epidemic.

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• We will need 40 copies with your name on each copy and that will be distributed.
• relocation and expansion of audit enforcement field offices and relocation of the controller warehouse distribution
• settlement is executed takes a little bit of time, just because obviously it has to go through the distribution
• think we may have 40 some odd million dollars we have historically, over the last couple of years, distributed
• ...which was if I recall we were getting $3.3 billion of the 42 billion or 43 billion that was distributed

Bills: SB 1, SB1

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

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• That bill was just about the commission, and it took the commission appointments and distributed them
• We do have geographic distribution requirements in both the at-large members and even the position members
• You know we have these distribution requirements for local parties, so if someone, you know, just being
• alliance of grid modernization and transportation electrification as well as advanced metering and distributed
• It is a non-profit independent public organization that facilitates the distribution of public money

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• the Code of Virginia related to owners of sewage treatment works, land application, marketing or distribution
• the Code of Virginia related to owners of sewage treatment works, land application, marketing or distribution
• the Code of Virginia related to owners of sewage treatment works, land application, marketing or distribution
• Speaker. or distribution of sewage sludge, perifluor alcohol or polyfluor alcohol substances, texting
• Bill 1063 now before you is legislation related to the Department of Health's opioid antagonist distribution

Keywords: March 06, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all

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• The lower graph shows New Mexico's average in terms of age distributions.
• That also plays a part in how the funds in the HGAA are distributed.
• This chart simply shows that distribution.
• If you look at the graph to the left, 50 percent of that is supposed to be distributed equally among
• And then the other half to be distributed within broad, what they call broad requirements.