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• studies in Alaska and Ontario, Canada, and Alberta.
• I'm kind of wondering what the time frame was for that study versus what we have today.
• So I'm interested in sort of the granularity of that study.
• Kind of wondering what the time frame for was that study versus what we have today.
• A recent study by Petraika et al.... Hey, Susan, can you send this in?

Summary: The committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 5838, which would add a federally recognized tribal representative to the State Board of Natural Resources. The Department of Natural Resources commissioner and tribal leaders said the change would bring Indigenous knowledge and a voting voice to decisions on trust lands, while preserving existing tribal consultation. Some county and economic interests said they were not opposed to tribal participation but stressed the board’s fiduciary duty to trust beneficiaries and asked for more review of the board’s purpose; one witness questioned whether the beneficiaries had been consulted. The prime sponsor, Senator Claudia Kaufman, said the bill is about inclusion and equity and indicated openness to an amendment adding both eastside and westside tribal representation. The hearing closed with 142 written comments reported: 33 pro, 107 con, and 2 other. The committee then heard Senate Bill 5960, which would require Fish and Wildlife to designate at-risk ungulate populations and take predator mitigation actions when populations fall below specified benchmarks. Senator Shelley Short said the bill responds to declining deer and elk numbers and a lack of management, especially in northeast Washington. Supporters argued the bill would codify existing agency plans and restore balance in wildlife management, while opponents—including conservation groups, the Sierra Club, and several scientists and advocates—said the state’s predator-prey study found wolves were not the main driver of ungulate declines, pointing instead to habitat, forage, weather, disease, and vehicle collisions. Ranching and farm groups supported the overall goal but objected to the bill’s in-state wolf translocation provisions. The Department of Fish and Wildlife said it recognized the bill’s intent but opposed it because some directives were impractical, costly, or would require legislative approval. The hearing closed with 1,197 written comments reported: 843 pro, 352 con, and 2 other. The committee then held a work session on Lake Washington salmon predation. Larry Phillips and Muckleshoot Fisheries Director Jason Schaffler described a coalition effort to reduce predation on juvenile salmon in the Lake Washington system, saying invasive and predatory fish such as walleye, rock bass, American shad, northern pike, yellow perch, and smallmouth bass are harming sockeye and Chinook recovery. They said sockeye returns have fallen from hundreds of thousands to about 18,000 in recent years, ending tribal and sport fisheries, and argued that targeted predator removal, supported by prior state and county funding, could help restore runs. Senators asked about the methods and funding, and the presenters said fishing and netting are being used to suppress larger predatory fish and that more sustained investment is needed. Finally, the committee began public hearing on Senate Bill 1697, which would make federally recognized tribes eligible recipients for county conservation futures funds. Testifiers from the Washington Farmland Trust and the Tulalip Tribe said the bill would expand voluntary conservation partnerships, help tribes steward farmland and habitat, and make it easier to leverage county funds with other grants. They described past projects where tribal participation improved conservation outcomes but said tribes could not directly access conservation futures dollars under current law.

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• “And I'm just opposed to this notion of repudiating the study.
• They talked, DQ started to do some of their own studies.
• Then the USGS was studying it back in 2002.
• So there was actually a total and methyl mercury study on the basin, and why I Methyl mercury study on
• So a bit of the concerns from the bill is addressed in the study and the access to the study.

Committee: House Natural Resources & Environment

Keywords: 965, house, all

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• What you'll see there is 57 programs of study we've identified of relevance to K-12.
• At 25, you see kind of a slightly deeper dive into the programs of study framework.
• you as you pursued your college course study.
• What would be your opinion around that, or the result of any study you've done?
• Right, no, the interim, the interim study that you mentioned.

Committee: House Higher Education

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate Bill 2157 is an approach that we took from an interim study that.
• that was brought out in the interim study.
• That was what came out of that interim study that we held.
• The questions that we asked in our interim study, the chances are extremely low.
• We have studied this and done interim study after interim study after interim study, and what we have

Bills: SB2122 , SB330 , SB2071 , SB2169 , SB2069 , SB2095 , SB2157

Committee: Senate Agriculture and Wildlife

Keywords: poultry, agriculture, out-of-state processing, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, regulation, food safety, elk population, wildlife management, Oklahoma State University, veterinary medicine, ecosystem health, habitat assessment, milk, dairy, dairy farm, milk products, Grade A milk, pasteurization, raw milk, milk inspection

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• committee to look at which was a study committee to look at study<03:32:56.479><c> bullying</c><03:32
• The last thing they would ever ask for me would be to study this more.
• They had no resource, and I think they want action, not studying. Thank you.
• They had no resource, and I think they want action, not studying. Thank you, Madam Chair.
• Um, this is a 2023 study.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Summary: The committee of conference spent most of its time on Senate Bill 96, which deals with educator conduct and when information may be withheld from parents. The main dispute was over the House-amended language on violations and the “compelling state interest” standard. The Senate sponsor objected to extending penalties to third-party medical or mental health contractors and to language suggesting psychological or emotional injury to a child would not constitute a compelling state interest. The House side argued its draft was intended to keep the bill focused on credentialed educators and administrators, to include parents or guardians, and to avoid creating competing standards by relying on existing abuse definitions in statute. The House also added a requirement that any withholding of information be documented and reported to the school board in nonpublic session, and both sides discussed whether educators, administrators, nurses, and guidance counselors would be covered under the statutory definition of educator. The discussion also covered enforcement and penalties. The House draft proposed that an educator found to have willfully violated the law could have a credential suspended for a first offense and would face a minimum one-year suspension for multiple offenses, while the Senate raised concerns that this was too rigid and did not allow enough discretion or address revocation. The House later explained that the department would still have discretion on first offenses and that the one-year rule applied only to multiple offenses. Another point of disagreement was a three-year statute of limitations for investigations, which the House said was meant to prevent “witch hunts,” while the Senate noted New Hampshire’s constitutional prohibition on retroactive laws. After caucusing, the Senate rejected the House amendment, and the House then voted non-concur; the committee of conference adjourned without agreement. The transcript then moved to Senate Bill 87, concerning one-day liquor license requirements and allowing salons and barber shops to obtain on-premise licenses. The members discussed a House amendment that would allow two drinks instead of one, with supporters saying the change reflected the longer time customers may spend in salons and that alcohol service would still be covered by existing training requirements, including the EDGE course. Opponents worried that allowing multiple drinks would create over-serving and enforcement problems and could complicate business practices. After discussion, the Senate member agreed to go along with the House position, and the bill was reported ready for final sign-off.

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• Studi, for your testimony and for your work at USDA.
• Studi, thank you for your testimony.
• Studi, I want to thank you for being here.
• Study after study has shown, and a review of studies has shown that I mentioned in my submitted testimony
• And study after study has shown that kids are... calcium and all the nutrients that are necessary to

Bills: SB222

Committee: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

Keywords: whole milk, school lunch, school meals, National School Lunch Program, Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, Child Nutrition Act, USDA, nutrition standards, dairy, nonfat milk, low-fat milk, reduced-fat milk, lactose-free milk, nondairy beverages, plant-based milk, milk substitution, parental consent, legal guardian, food allergies, allergic reaction

Summary: This meeting of the committee focused primarily on the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, S222, which aims to permit schools to offer a fuller range of milk options, including whole, reduced, and low-fat varieties, that have garnered bipartisan support. Chairman Bozeman opened the session by highlighting concerns over children's nutrition and the obesity epidemic, emphasizing the significance of nutritious school meals in addressing these issues. Experts from various organizations were invited to discuss the implications of this bill as well as the current challenges facing school meal programs, including budget constraints and food supply issues. The meeting included passionate testimonies about the direct impacts of current dietary guidelines and federal funding reductions affecting schools' abilities to provide healthy meal options.

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• We need to study it further.
• We have to study this and figure out exactly.
• Therefore, Stanford University conducted a study, which was a prospective observational study of 30 Special
• were in the normal range following the study. the treatment.
• , including a recent Dutch study.

Bills: HB 44 , HB 2200 , HB 1612 , HB 2747 , HB 2038 , HB 3717 , HB 1431 , HB 3800 , HB 3801 , HB 3560 , HB 3246

Committee: House Public Health

Keywords: HB 44, Life of the Mother Act, abortion exceptions, medical emergency, reasonable medical judgment, pregnancy complications, maternal health, life-threatening condition, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage, spontaneous abortion, fetal survival, Texas abortion law, abortion ban, physician liability, health care provider, disciplinary action, aiding and abetting, emergency abortion, obstetric care

Summary: The meeting of the public health committee focused on the pressing issue of opioid addiction in Texas, with a particular emphasis on House Bill 3717. Chairman Harris detailed the bill's intent to fund a grant program for Ibogaine clinical trials, framing it as a critical response to the ongoing opioid crisis. He shared poignant testimonies highlighting the struggles of families and veterans battling addiction and mental health issues. The conversation underscored the necessity of innovative treatments, like Ibogaine, which showed promising results in studies for reducing symptoms of withdrawal and PTSD.

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• It's just doing a study on this rule.
• And I do think it's complementary to the efforts of the study; should the study come out very favorably
• The study finally came out March '26.
• I supported the study because I think it was important to have that study done.
• that study says is a starting point to see what we can do from... say what that study says is a starting

Committee: House Housing and Community Development

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• That's the study.
• That's the study. So the study, we've selected these 14 project.
• Good luck with your studies.
• No studies have been submitted.
• Studying cluster studies or batch studies of generation, and you may have read over the years long queues

Committee: Senate Business & Commerce

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• </c> um who has been legally um studied um who has been legally um studied status. status. status.
• And that's why this study is It spreads. And that's why this study is so<00:19:37.840><c> important.
• Minnesota</c> This study will help Minnesota This study will help Minnesota understand<00:20:44.680><
• </c> the resources to do that kind of study. the resources to do that kind of study.
• Um, but what's missing from this study, if we're going to do an economic impact study, is what is the

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c> removes several long-standing work study removes several long-standing work study provisions.<01
• </c> talked about to the work study program. talked about to the work study program.
• To the second question about the federal part where state work study overlaps with federal work study
• study overlaps with<01:44:31.840><c> federal</c><01:44:32.560><c> work</c><01:44:32.800><c> study</c
• </c> finding it harder to attract work study finding it harder to attract work study students.<01:46:

Bills: HF4362 , HF4252 , HF4440

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

Keywords: firearms, guns, gun rights, gun control, campus safety, public college, university, postsecondary institution, higher education, visitor carry, concealed carry, open carry, campus policy, Minnesota Statutes 624.714, petty misdemeanor, parking lot carry, firearm possession, public safety, college campus, student carry

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm just curious: this isn't eliminating a previous study. It's adding a new study.
• I'm just curious: this isn't eliminating a previous study. It's adding a new study.
• It's a study bill. It's just a study to look at it.
• It's just a study to it's a study bill.
• </c> from the study? from the study?

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And that is where a study Gilmore.
• The difference between a study commission and a study committee is..." "I do not.
• Representative Gilmore." difference between a study commission difference between a study commission
• </c><01:04:20.720><c> I</c> to study commissions. We know that. I to study commissions.
• study this bill and to study this is to study this bill and this<02:26:50.240><c> issue?

Committee: House Election Law

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Where we are is everybody has already submitted all of the studies, that period to submit studies to
• It was a validated study.
• do endless study bills.
• Third, has it been sufficiently studied? Has this plan been studied?
• It's in the study. It's flat out 11 gigawatts. And so that's in that study.

Summary: The Senate Business and Commerce Committee held its third interim hearing on Texas electric grid reliability and 765 kV transmission lines/private property rights. Chair Schwertner opened by noting record ERCOT summer demand of 91,089 MW and emphasized the committee’s focus on managing rapid load growth, ensuring adequate generation, and protecting homeowners, businesses, landowners, and ratepayers. The committee also adopted strict two-minute limits for public testimony and planned to hear invited witnesses first, then public testimony. PUC Chairman Thomas Gleeson, ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas, and OPUC Chief Counsel Benjamin Barclay testified on Senate Bill 6 implementation, large-load interconnection, transmission cost allocation, and market design. Gleeson said the PUC has adopted or is finalizing rules on net metering/co-location, large load interconnection standards, and a transmission cost recovery rule that would move from 4CP to 12CP, lengthen the interval to 30 minutes, and add a minimum demand charge to better allocate costs to large loads. Vegas explained ERCOT’s new batch process for large loads, saying it provides year-by-year capacity allocations, clearer financial obligations, and a transmission plan; he reported 205 GW eligible for Batch Zero, with 65 GW classified as baseload, 25 GW in an intermediate category, and 114 GW as allocated load. Barclay supported the changes as better protection for residential and small commercial customers, while warning that the minimum demand charge may need an exit-fee concept to address stranded costs if large loads leave. Members pressed witnesses on whether additional market changes are needed to attract dispatchable thermal generation and whether DRS/DRRS Plus could become a capacity-market substitute. Gleeson and Vegas said the current market still favors solar, batteries, and other low-variable-cost resources, and that more incentives may be needed for gas and other thermal generation; Gleeson said the commission’s reliability standard assessment will begin this year and conclude next year with a 2029 outlook. They described DRS as an ancillary service for intraday reliability and DRS Plus as a proposed real-time revenue mechanism for thermal resources during scarcity, not a forward capacity market. Senators also questioned whether 12CP could still be gamed, whether curtailment authority under SB 6 should be expanded from EEA 2 to earlier stages, and whether the batch process should be bifurcated so traditional industrial loads are handled differently from data centers. Witnesses said the batch process is intended to prevent speculative projects from driving transmission costs, that most large-load projects are data centers, and that future rules may need to better distinguish among types of large loads.

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• There are four main study questions, which you can see on the screen, that the study was asked to address
• Now we'll get to some of the study inputs and the data collected throughout the study.
• This was not a study meant to educate the public on things.
• And so thank you for the study because we learned a lot.
• And so thank you for the study because we learned a lot.

Summary: The Legislative Procedure and Arrangements Committee met with a quorum, approved the prior minutes, and then took up a draft bill to make legislators’ and candidates’ residential addresses confidential in public records. Legislative Council and the Secretary of State explained the proposal was prompted by security concerns and would protect residential addresses while still allowing election officials to verify residency and keep candidate names and offices public. Members raised concerns about unintended consequences, transparency, and how the change would affect rural districts and residency enforcement. The Secretary of State suggested an amendment to end the confidentiality when a candidate’s term ends, and the committee agreed to hold the bill over for further discussion at the next meeting. The committee also reviewed follow-up materials on legislator security and best practices, including advice on situational awareness, internet hygiene, varying routines, and reporting threats, along with NCSL materials comparing capitol security practices in other states. Members discussed a recent security incident and the need to keep alert contact information current, and staff said they would continue working with the Highway Patrol on legislative-specific notifications. The bulk of the meeting was devoted to Garrity Consulting’s final report on mitigating the effects of legislative term limits. The consultants summarized survey, focus group, and stakeholder input showing concerns about loss of institutional knowledge, leadership turnover, onboarding demands, and workload pressures, while also noting public support for term limits and annual sessions. Recommendations included considering annual sessions or shifting biennial sessions to even-numbered years, restructuring organizational session and interim committee work, creating office hours and more structured orientation and mentorship, expanding ongoing training and staff support, improving public communication and virtual testimony rules, and addressing barriers to service such as employer support and travel costs. Members discussed the tension between making the legislature more effective and preserving a citizen-legislature model, and the report was received as a roadmap for future implementation rather than immediate action.

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• I feel, with the information that I've seen in the traffic studies, the accident studies, I'd be interested
• And so what would a study that you're suggesting differentiate?
• And so what would a study that you're suggesting differentiate?
• Do you have any studies on how long it takes to stop?
• studies.

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So that is part of the Bieber study that we're working on now.
• And when do you expect that study to be completed?
• Again, we're studying that.
• Additionally, we are currently conducting a study.
• We studied 28 publicly held sites last year, and this year's study is a mixture of publicly held and

Committee: House Investments & Pensions Oversight Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• Members, this is Representative Mary Gonzalez's bill to study the standards for agricultural valuation
• until a thorough study could be conducted on the plan's impact.
• Is Castleberry currently under the PBS study issue? No, we have never had that issue.
• Water hose up and try to explain this and study it.
• Of course, that's what the property value studies are meant to solve.

Bills: HB329 , HB361 , HB546 , HB1547 , HB1745 , HB2786 , HB3235 , HB3370 , HB3575 , HJR83

Committee: House S/C on Property Tax Appraisals

Keywords: appraisal, property value, residential real estate, tax code, appraisal review board, property owners, property tax, homeowners, property owner rights, property appraisal, taxation, Texas Tax Code, real estate, ad valorem tax, homestead exemption, market value, condemnation, tax appraisal, open-space land, land use

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• So we're having those first studies come out.
• One, of the studies we're having today, and the studies are all based on when states legalize.
• It's four years ago the study was done.
• It's four years ago the study was done.
• So, no, I don't think we should dismiss the study.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The session and then we passed a resolution to put a study group together, um, that started meeting last
• And what I mean by that is... study this issue study this issue uh<00:13:16.560><c> and</c><00:13:16.760
• </c> uh either a referral back to a study uh either a referral back to a study commission<00:13:29.760
• Harris said from ALDOT, we talked about it in our commission, our study. Road builders and Mr.
• Harris said from ALDOT we talked about it in our commission, our study. Road builders and Mr.

Bills: HB542 , HB542

Committee: Senate Transportation and Energy

Keywords: HB542, district attorney, prosecutor, supernumerary district attorney, Employees' Retirement System, ERS, Alabama retirement, public employee retirement, pension, retirement benefits, post-retirement employment, salary cap, dual participation, double dipping, District Attorneys' Plan, assistant district attorney, deputy district attorney, state pension, survivor benefits, Office of Prosecution Services