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• <01:03:36.960> projects and whether these are foreign projects and whether these are foreign
• who has uh taken money from foreign who has uh taken money from foreign billionaires<01:21:36.120
• receive money from a foreign national." receive money from a foreign national."
• strong foreign funding election bans. strong foreign funding election bans.
• that, but number three is by any foreign that, but number three is by any foreign national<01:28

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• By far, we have significant use on the river by tribal entities, 11%.
• There's substantial use within the CAP of tribal entities as well.
• Some of the entities like the Navajo Nation are in multiple states, right?
• Not 100... ...some of the entities like the Navajo Nation are in multiple states, right?
• Needless to say, private companies as well as other entities took note.

Bills: HB2042, HB2052, HB2055, HB2056, HB2094, HB2098, HB2185, HB2328, HB2758, HB2798

Keywords: solar radiation management, environment, prohibition, Arizona Revised Statutes, public health, complaint process, Attorney General, groundwater management, water conservation, irrigation, water supply, brackish groundwater, water supply development, desalination, water infrastructure, financial assistance, environmental reviews, brackish water, groundwater, water resources

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• By Representative Valdez: House Bill 271, a bill to be entitled an act relating to foreign and alien
• to be entitled By Representative Valdez: House Bill 271, a bill to be entitled an act relating to foreign
• So alien and foreign insurers, however, are not bound by this rule.
• By Representative Valdez: House Bill 271, a bill to be entitled an act relating to foreign and alien
• what they use this money for in a lot of our counties and cities is to verify business licenses for entities

Summary: The House opened with prayer, a moment of silence for the Reverend Jesse Jackson and Joseph Di Alessandro, the Pledge of Allegiance, and announcements confirming a quorum. Members also adopted the special order report and recognized several guests in the gallery, including former Speaker Dan Webster and law enforcement and civic visitors. The chamber then moved through a long special-order calendar of bills, mostly on third reading, with several measures passing unanimously or by wide margins. Among the bills considered were measures on civil procedure and estates, including C.S. HB 1407 on commencement of civil actions, HB 895 on trustee settlement and discharge, C.S. HB 1337 on estates, HB 131 on curators of estates, and C.S. HB 351 on concurrent legislative jurisdiction over military installations. The House also passed C.S. HB 441 on conservation lands, which would lengthen notice and increase transparency for land swaps involving conservation property, and C.S. CS HB 919 on commercial service airports, which created a statutory definition for major airports and preempted local naming authority for several airports. HB 919 drew extensive debate over the proposed naming of Palm Beach International Airport after President Donald J. Trump, with amendments to delay or alter the naming failing before the bill passed. Other bills approved included HB 409 requiring K-12 schools to observe Veterans Day, CS HB 461 allowing certain students to volunteer at polling places for community service hours, CS HB 1115 creating grants for genetic counseling education, HB 569 revising forensic client services, CS HB 505 regulating virtual currency kiosks to address fraud, and HB 271 on foreign and alien bail bond insurers. The House also passed HB 191 on re-employment assistance eligibility verification after extended questioning about its effects on benefits, appeals, and suitable work standards. One bill, CS HB 243 on electric bicycles, was temporarily postponed, and CS HB 1073 on school districts was also postponed.

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• <00:25:55.279> by<00:25:55.520> the agencies and other entities by the agencies and
• Can you help provide some clarity which entity in your drafting of this would be the entity that would
• <04:06:32.239> Thank<04:06:32.479> you, this entity run itself.
• <04:12:09.359> Senator<04:12:09.840> Young, to a specific entity?
• Senator Young, to a specific entity?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And I know that all the entities are trying to work that matter out, and hopefully we will. Thanks.
• And I know that all the entities are trying to work that matter out, and hopefully we will. Thanks.
• And I know that all the entities are trying to work that matter out, and hopefully we will. Thanks.
• It will include leaders from Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, the Disabled American Veterans
• It will include leaders from Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, the Disabled American Veterans

Summary: The committee first took up HB 74, which would create a Louisiana Spectrum Alert for missing persons with autism spectrum disorder. Representative Eccles said the alert would be modeled on Amber and senior alerts and could be absorbed within existing resources. The committee heard emotional support testimony from a parent describing the dangers of elopement and drowning risks for autistic children, and several members voiced support. HB 74 was reported favorably. Members then considered HB 1033 and HB 1034 by Chairman Bacala. HB 1033 expands the statutory definition of critical infrastructure to include additional facilities such as airports, spaceports, aerospace facilities, mass transit, government facilities, military installations, and oil and gas exploration platforms. It drew mostly support from economic development and law enforcement groups, with one opposition card from the Sierra Club, and was reported favorably. HB 1034 authorizes parish presidents, mayors, sheriffs, police chiefs, and chief executive officers to establish temporary protection zones for public safety for up to 72 hours, with a warning before criminal penalties attach. The committee adopted an amendment clarifying that the bill cannot be used in a manner inconsistent with state firearms preemption law, heard concerns from the ACLU about vagueness and possible overreach, and then reported the bill favorably as amended. HB 59, by Representative Marcel, would require East Baton Rouge Parish and its municipalities to fund the 19th Judicial District public defender’s office in a manner parallel to the district attorney funding structure. The bill drew support from the public defender, the district attorney, and the state public defender, but several members raised concerns that the language could create an unfunded mandate or litigation risk for local governments. Despite those concerns, the committee reported HB 59 favorably. HB 175, as amended, redirected $500,000 annually from Louisiana Lottery net proceeds into a Veterans Service Grant Fund administered by a new board in the Department of Veterans Affairs; testimony emphasized support for veterans programs, treatment courts, homelessness services, and community organizations, and the bill was reported favorably as amended. The committee also advanced HB 568, which increases penalties for drug-free school zone violations involving open marijuana use and other drug activity. Supporters said the bill would give law enforcement and prosecutors a clearer tool to address visible drug use near schools and large events, while opponents warned it could over-criminalize marijuana and create proof problems. The committee reported HB 568 favorably. Finally, HB 525, which requires DPS&C to publish certain incarceration data online, was amended to remove parish jail census data after DPS&C said it would not post that portion; the department said it would publish the remaining data and codebook online. The committee then reported HB 525 favorably as amended.

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• We can produce domestic oil and fuel here, so we don't have to bring it in from foreign Of the world.
• We can produce domestic oil and fuel here so we don't have to bring it in from foreign imports, and we
• I rise today to present SB 1171, which would make any private entity that contracts with U.S.
• I rise today to present SB 1171, which would make any private entity that contracts with U.S.
• Worst of all, these entities are often the least able to afford it.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• by the way, this would be a grant to the Dakota County Historical Society, so it's not some other entity
• <00:10:43.639> or you know some other um en entity or you know some other um en entity or
• :30:08.440> US its peak to collect and defend the US its peak to collect and defend the US foreign
• military interests inside La as foreign military interests inside La as a<00:30:11.960> result
• Sixty percent of our state's labor force and employment growth came from foreign-born workers, which

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Uh, the one sticker I think is still whether foreign packs, whether foreign, and by foreign I mean, you
• :11:14.880> by foreign packs, whether foreign And by foreign packs, whether foreign And by foreign
• <00:11:32.560> pack that a foreign pack that a foreign pack uh<00:11:34.040> can<00
• I'm still honestly struggling with the foreign corporation, foreign pack problem.
• foreign pack foreign corporation foreign pack problem.<00:21:25.360> Um,<00:21:25.760> but

Bills: HB2241, HB1163, HB1514, HB1696, HB2021, SB2135, SB2466, SB2727, SB3082, SB3097, SB2861, SCR100, SB3096, SB99, SB2138, HB2289, HB2319, HB1711, HB2270, SB3138, SB3076, HB1642, HB2338, HB2171, HB1785, SB2881, HB2505, SB2552, HB1518, HB1815, SB3125, SB3234, SCR162, SB2614, SB3118, SB2053, SB2494, SB2851, SB3073, HB1678, HB1721, HB2475, HB2246, HB1667, HB1516, SB2532, SB3131, SB3154, HB2297, HB1737, SB2143, SB2398, SB2623, HB1740, HB1920, HB1682, SB2153, SB3140, HB2158, HB1718, HB2207, HB1801, SB3229, SB2338, SB3069, SB2600, HB2300, HB1800, HB1960, SB2999, SB2060, SB2866, SB2239, HB1741, HB1713, HB2023, HB2417, SB2877, SB2598, SB2921, SB2645, HB2547, HB2275, HB2452, HB2329, HB2339, HB1838, HB1509, HB1661, HB2271, HB2272, HB2344, HB1888, HB1707, SB2340, HB2474, HB1576, HB1853, HB1804, HB1854, HB2095, HB2050, HB472, SB3215, SB2247, SB2400, HB1618, HB1802, HB1969, HB1541, HB2310, HB2498, HB2443, HB2218, HB649, HB2104, HB1710, SB2802, HB1973, HB1974, HB1894, HB1891, HB1890, SB177, SB2101, SB3320, SB2487, HB2429, HB1870, HB1839, HB2583, HB1391, HB2094, SB2671, SB2673, SB2892, SB2057, SB3245, HB306, HB2592, SB3157, SB3204, SB3324, SB2580, SB2074, SB411, SB3025, SB2934, SB2567, SB2125, SB3238, SB2367, SB2599, SB3007, SB2001, SB2756, SB3029

Keywords: renewable energy, income tax credit, solar energy, wind energy, low-income households, energy policy, commercial drivers license, non-domiciled, federal regulations, commercial learner's permit, citizenship, lawful residency, Department of Transportation, workers' compensation, vocational rehabilitation, injury recovery, employment services, return to work, commercial driving, driver's license

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• So that's not foreign to us.
• So that's not foreign to us. office. So that's not foreign to us.
• Ensuring safety is the purpose of third-party nationally recognized certification entities.
• <00:53:51.520> They<00:53:51.640> create certification entities.
• They create certification entities.

Bills: SF0095, SF0107, SF0112

Keywords: driver's license, motor vehicle services, third-party providers, Wyoming, regulatory compliance, motor vehicle, registration, license plate, electronic system, State Department of Transportation, county treasurers, vehicle fees, public records, license plates, replacement cycle, vehicle registration, motor vehicles, state fees, 916, all

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• The bill clarifies that foreign citizens with recognized licenses would not be eligible to register to
• It clarifies that agreements would only be made if the foreign licensing requirements are on par with
• So the foreign countries have to have a reciprocal agreement with each individual state.
• So the foreign countries have to have a reciprocal agreement with each individual state.
• I appreciate, you know, trying to enhance foreign direct investment in West Virginia.

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee met, approved the March 9, 2026 minutes, and then took up the engrossed committee substitute for House Bill 4577 relating to driver's licenses. Counsel explained that the bill would authorize the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to enter reciprocal agreements with Ireland and Japan to recognize each other’s driver’s licenses, provided the foreign licensing standards are at least as stringent as West Virginia’s. The bill also requires drivers using recognized foreign licenses to carry insurance and comply with state financial responsibility laws, clarifies that foreign license holders are not eligible to register to vote through the DMV, and allows the commissioner to set related fees and adopt rules. A strike-and-insert amendment and a title amendment were adopted. The committee heard from DMV counsel Adam Hawley and the bill’s House sponsor, Delegate Mike Hornby. Hawley said the measure would allow citizens of the listed countries to avoid retaking written and skills tests when transferring licenses, and noted West Virginia already has similar arrangements with Taiwan, South Korea, and Germany. Hornby said the bill was intended to support economic development and trade ties, especially with Ireland, where American workers and companies face licensing hurdles; he said Ireland had requested state-level reciprocity and that Japan was added because of West Virginia’s existing trade relationship there. Several senators expressed support, describing the bill as a symbolic and practical step toward foreign investment and job creation. After discussion, the committee voted to report the engrossed committee substitute for House Bill 4577, as amended, with a recommendation that it do pass. The title amendment was then adopted, and the committee adjourned.

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• relocations, is the county, and I know some of the counties have redone this, or the local maintaining entities
• relocations, is the county, and I know some of the counties have redone this, or the local maintaining entities
• transactions by certain dealers to require the Commission to consider certain information when designating a foreign
• It removes nonprofit corporations and foreign nonprofit corporations from the definition of corporation

Summary: The committee first took up HB 703 on utility relocation, as amended by a strike-all. The sponsor said the bill would require government authorities that order communication service providers to move infrastructure to pay the relocation costs, clarify expedited timelines, and align the House bill with the Senate version. Supporters argued the communication services tax should help cover these costs, while cities and counties warned the bill would shift major unfunded costs to local governments and taxpayers, especially in fiscally constrained counties. After public testimony from local government and industry representatives and debate over fairness, coordination, and the tax’s intended use, the committee adopted the strike-all and then passed the bill favorably on a roll call vote. The committee then heard and passed CS/HB 379, a securities package updating Chapter 517. The bill and conforming amendment made several technical and policy changes, including expanding certain exemptions, updating foreign jurisdiction and exchange considerations, revising merger-and-acquisition broker rules, aligning fingerprinting requirements with FBI standards, and adding protections related to financial exploitation of specified adults. Industry and Office of Financial Regulation witnesses supported the measure, and the committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably without opposition. Next, the committee passed CS/HB 867 establishing the Coastal Link Commuter Rail Service Act to create a legal framework for commuter rail operations along Florida’s coastal corridor and to help Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties secure insurance and indemnification for service on the Florida East Coast Railway right-of-way. The Florida Chamber supported the bill, and it was reported favorably without debate. The committee also passed CS/HB 1161, which revises Florida’s deepfake law to require covered platforms to remove altered sexual depictions and copies upon request by the victim; the bill drew emotional testimony from a student victim and broad support from members, and a severability amendment was adopted before the bill passed unanimously. The committee then passed CS/HB 453 on pool and spa contractors, which updates Chapter 489 terminology and scope-of-practice rules and, through amendment, limits certain equipment to commercially available products. Finally, the committee passed HB 955 requiring all private employers to use E-Verify for new hires, removing the small-employer exemption. Supporters framed it as workforce integrity and rule-of-law legislation, while opponents warned about labor shortages, burdens on small businesses, and impacts on immigrant workers. After debate, the bill passed 19-3. The committee then began hearing CS/HB 541 on minimum wage requirements, which would allow voluntary waivers of minimum wage for certain internships, pre-apprenticeships, and on-the-job training; the sponsor presented an amendment limiting the duration and clarifying minor waivers, and the committee heard both support from small business groups and opposition from labor, immigrant, and worker advocates before the transcript ended.

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• It clarifies that agreements would only be made if the foreign licensing requirements are on par with
• It amends a section in Chapter 3 of the code, clarifies that foreign drivers are not eligible to vote
• So the foreign countries have to have a reciprocal agreement with each individual state.
• So the foreign countries have to have a reciprocal agreement with each individual state.
• I appreciate, you know, trying to enhance foreign direct investment in West Virginia.

Keywords: 994, senate, all

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• It tells an private uh or public entity.
• . entities. entities.
• and foreign practices into Minnesota's<00:42:00.560> approach.
• We have suspended or debarred individuals and/or entities 23 times since May of 2025.
• A grant cannot be awarded to an entity A grant cannot be awarded to an entity suspended<01:33:12.520

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Panhandle alone, Just in the Panhandle alone, they're averaging about one attempted incursion by a foreign
• We've got 17 trusted private partners from 17 entities.

Summary: The committee heard two presentations on domestic security. Deputy Commissioner David Binder of FDLE described the state’s domestic security structure, including FDLE’s coordination role, the fusion center system, regional task forces, and private-sector infrastructure partnerships. He emphasized the Domestic Security Oversight Council’s grant-ranking process and warned that federal homeland security funding has dropped sharply over time, with possible future cuts threatening fusion center analysts and other capabilities. Binder also focused on emerging threats, especially drones and counter-UAS issues, noting current legal limits on mitigation authority, concerns about tethered drones and drone use near correctional facilities and military sites, and the need for a turnkey solution if state or federal authority expands. He also highlighted FDLE’s cataloging of critical infrastructure sites through Florida Kicker and the growth of trusted private partners. Director Dave Kerner of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles then outlined the Florida Highway Patrol’s role in domestic security. He paid tribute to a fallen sergeant and discussed FHP’s structure, criminal interdiction work, border integrity and trafficking enforcement, dispatch and communications, aviation and drone use, and immigration enforcement under 287(g). Kerner said troopers have seized large amounts of narcotics and currency this year and have arrested thousands of unlawful immigrants. He also described FHP’s involvement in operations such as Lone Star, Vigilant Sentry, and Faithful Service, and said the agency is working toward expanded counter-UAS authority through federal discussions and Sergeant Dooley’s testimony. Members expressed support for both agencies, discussed the dangers and potential benefits of drones, and the committee adjourned without objection after no public testimony was offered.

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• Under Texas law today, public employees, those working for government entities are protected by whistleblower
• So whistleblower protections in terms of things like corrupt practices, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Bills: SB 240, SB 1183, SB 1184, SB 1577, SB 2043, SB 2051, SCR 42, SJR 68

Keywords: biological sex, gender identity, public facilities, civil penalties, local government, EBT, electronic benefits transfer, food stamps, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, TANF, temporary assistance for needy families, welfare benefits, benefit card fraud, fraud hotline, card replacement, photo ID, recipient photograph, HHSC, Health and Human Services Commission

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• substitutes Senate Bill 17 ruling the purchase or acquisition of real property by certain aliens or foreign
• entities.

Bills: SCR5, SCR13, SB3, SB6, SB10, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB17, SB18, SB19, SB24, SB35, SB57, SB65, SB112, SB284, SB290, SB388, SB400, SB402, SB412, SB495, SB499, SB502, SB509, SB621, SB706, SB740, SB815, SB842, SB854, SB875, SB893, SB917, SB974, SB1025, SB1061, SB1073, SB1106, SB1268, SB1281, SB1300, SB1362, SB1379, SB1447, SB1451, SB1555, SB1902, SJR36, SJR12, SCR13, SCR25, SCR5, SCR22, SCR12, SCR24, SB495, SB412, SB10, SB18, SB565, SB372, SB842, SB765, SB62, SB19, SB666, SB707, SB888, SB687, SB706, SB847, SB290, SB13, SB1248, SB740, SB14, SB1006, SB504, SB917, SB925, SB388, SB1902, SB1121, SB995, SB857, SB305, SB296, SB284, SB35, SB6, SB815, SB3, SB1281, SB1379, SB1300, SB1497, SB1499, SB1498, SB1451, SB1061, SB15, SB65, SB241, SB304, SB402, SB499, SB621, SB974, SB1023, SB1024, SB1025, SB1106, SB686, SB112, SB371, SB204, SB400, SB609, SB1447, SB670, SB502, SB427, SB850, SB854, SB413, SB1555, SB1362, SB1346, SB1033, SB1220, SB1073, SB810, SB987, SB1539, SB893, SB447, SB875, SB406, SB509, SB985, SB965, SB17, SB1119, SB1505, SB12, SB24, SB57, SB1194, SB1253, SB1215, SB1532, SB1268, SB1302, SB856, SB650, SB583, SB673, SB840, SJR57, SCR8, SB213, SB681, SB1172, SB1252, SB378, SB610, SB918, SB1343, SB608, SB487, SB955, SB957, SB988, SB990, SB1019, SB1021, SB1120, SB251, SB958, SB535, SB761, SB1, SB541, SB315, SB379, SB1018, SB1737, SB266, SB1415

Keywords: SCR 5, Senate Concurrent Resolution 5, Texas School for the Deaf, TSD, Robert Rives, gymnasium naming, building naming, honorary resolution, commemorative resolution, deaf education, hard of hearing, Gallaudet University, alumni hall of fame, football coach, school facility naming, education K-16, State Affairs, Texas Legislature, public school tribute, water rights

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• Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered printed. lives.
• <00:07:29.599> activities<00:07:30.240> of specified harmful foreign activities of
• /c><00:08:20.639> of specified harmful foreign activities of specified harmful foreign activities
• <00:09:11.200> policy the national security, foreign policy the national security, foreign
• Referred to the Committee on Foreign Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs<00:09:37.040><

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

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• down the property tax burden from a veto that was upheld by a liberal court that says government entities
• By a liberal court that says government entities no longer have to ask local property taxpayers for permission
• And we did not foresee President Trump illegally invading Iran, launching a foreign attack that has thrown
• regarding a federal law that prohibits Medicaid funding for Medicaid-covered services to a prohibited entity
• A prohibited entity is generally described as an entity that provides abortion services.

Keywords: 970, all

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• Right now, no entity regularly collects statewide data on the availability of clinical sites, which means
• The long-term goal would be for a model, like other state entities have, where the data is aggregated
• Texas A&M Forest Service now work alongside private sector entities like Bear Crop Science, CUSA and
• And when you look... at the fact is those entities which are the largest research and development budgets
• Or schools looking to hire a PhD in a STEM field, they're more likely to be a foreign graduate. or from

Bills: HB 1105, HB1527, HB1787, HB1972, HB2081, HB3296, HB3976, HB4071, HB4234, HB4438, HB4701, HB5092, HB5150, HB5180, HB5265, HB5333, HJR203

Keywords: tuition exemption, paramedics, higher education, laboratory fees, emergency medical services, peace officers, criminal justice, law enforcement, degree programs, public institutions, HB 1787, HPV, human papillomavirus, college health, university health, student health, public health education, prevention program, screening, early detection

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• Well, I presume when they get the license on the front end, they also, an entity would have to also indicate
• Well, I presume when they get the license on the front end, they also, an entity would have to also indicate
• There's supply chain dependence on this and foreign nations currently.
• industry itself has been not just curtailed because of, you know, more inexpensive things coming from foreign
• And as we’ve lost aluminum and we’ve lost steel to foreign manufacturers, we had the story here about

Keywords: 908, all