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• 100-year floods and a 500-year flood in one particular neighborhood, and we went through the water loss
• . ...property and casualty loss that causes everybody's premiums to go up.
• One was to develop and adopt minimum statewide design standards to reduce flood-related damage and loss
• And shortly after I came into office in 2019, there was a loss of life in my precinct as well.
• The event itself traumatizes individuals and families: the loss of life, the loss of property.

Bills: HB48, HB 66, HB 68, HB71, HB75, HB164, HB171, HB254, SB 3, SB 18, HB123, HB149, HB117

Keywords: HB 48, Texas alert notification systems, emergency alerts, public warning systems, alert fatigue, notification fatigue, Texas Division of Emergency Management, Department of Public Safety, DPS alerts, emergency management, State of Texas Emergency Assistance Registry, STEAR, disaster notifications, weather alerts, Amber Alert, Silver Alert, Blue Alert, missing persons alerts, accessible alerts, hearing impaired

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• It's a $33 million loss to the state. A $33 million biennial gain to the local taxing entities.
• Uh, Chairman Caprillon, uh, let me refresh everyone's memory.
• The loss of adorum tax revenue must be equal to or greater than 2% of the local government's general
• Many other communities facing significant revenue losses are left without assistance and risk cutting
• In the current year, revenue loss represents a 14 cents. On the tax roll.

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• Petitions, memorials, and other papers.
• <00:02:08.440> Petitions,<00:02:09.080> memorials,<00:02:09.679> and So we have
• So, you're straining my memory a little bit because this bill does not really change current law about
• evaluation are not in Magruder Memorial evaluation are not in Magruder Memorial Act,<01:21:06.200
• for loss of diminution credits.<01:25:38.560> Requires<01:25:39.840> a<01:25:39.960>

Keywords: House streaming session for Thursday, March 19, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House convened with 122 members present, opened with prayer, and approved the previous day’s journal. The chamber then took up two congratulatory resolutions: one honoring Layla Wishard of Hagerstown for winning gold with Team USA at the Junior Roller Derby Association World Cup in Australia, and another recognizing Delores Millhouse as the 2026 Maryland Mother of the Year. Both resolutions were read and adopted with applause. The House then considered a series of committee reports, primarily from the Committee on Economic Matters, and advanced multiple bills to third reading after adopting committee amendments and favorable reports. Measures included consumer contract protections in House Bill 103, workers’ compensation presumptions for hypertension in House Bill 347, broadband access and affordability in House Bill 382, housing and land-use changes in House Bills 548 and 894, data privacy in House Bill 711, franchise law changes in House Bill 730, a blockchain-based real property title pilot program in House Bill 810, bankruptcy exemptions in House Bill 1098, and telecommunications infrastructure protections in House Bill 1100. Several bills drew questions and were special ordered for further review. House Bill 711, the Data Privacy Act, prompted extended discussion about whether its geolocation provisions could affect stadium and venue security tracking; the sponsor said the bill was intended to close loopholes around cell phone and vehicle location data and would not change existing permission-based rules, but the bill was still special ordered until the next day. House Bill 894, the transit-oriented development bill, also drew questions about local government concerns and was special ordered, with the floor leader saying county and municipal groups were generally satisfied with the amendments. House Bill 1100 was also taken up after the amendments were adopted, and the title amendment process began as the transcript ended.

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• And Nate has a really good memory: we're getting about $60 million a year in lunch subsidies from the
• about really good memory we're getting about 60<00:37:51.480> million<00:37:52.160> a<
• We've seen adults who now have six-figure incomes come to tears when they're talking about their memories
• We've seen adults who now have six-figure incomes come to tears when they're talking about their memories
• We've seen adults who now have six-figure incomes come to tears when they're talking about their memories

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 707 on the College Savings Program. Members discussed a suggested amendment from the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities to include the Hawaii ABLE Savings Program. The chair said the Department of the Attorney General advised there was no title problem, so the bill could be broadened to cover both the College Savings Program and the ABLE program. The committee also noted technical, non-substantive changes and a defective date of July 1, 3000 for further discussion. HB 707 HD1 was then voted on and the recommendation to pass with amendments was adopted unanimously by the members present, with two members excused. The committee then heard House Bill 424, which would provide free breakfast and lunch beginning the next school year to students who currently qualify for free and reduced-price meals. The Department of Education supported the measure, and testimony in favor came from teachers, public health and food security advocates, and several organizations. Supporters described students being denied meals because of unpaid balances, said school meals should not depend on family debt, and argued that the bill would reduce stigma and help hungry students learn. Committee questions focused on meal pricing, the impact of raising prices on families who pay full price, and whether portion sizes could be increased; DOE said breakfast costs less than lunch, full-price students would bear any increase, and portion sizes must follow USDA rules. Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute and Hawaiʻi Children’s Action Network said many families above the free/reduced thresholds still cannot afford meals, citing estimates that the DOE collects about $20 million a year in meal payments and that federal reimbursement totals are much larger. The committee then heard House Bill 757, the universal free school breakfast and lunch bill. DOE and the Department of Health supported it, and testimony was overwhelmingly in favor from county officials, teachers, students, food banks, advocacy groups, and community organizations. Witnesses argued that universal meals would eliminate stigma, reduce paperwork and debt collection, and ensure students do not fall through the cracks because of income cutoffs, language barriers, or administrative hurdles. Several students from Castle High School described classmates asking for food and families struggling to keep meal accounts funded, while teachers said they regularly see negative meal balance notices and hungry students. Advocates also said the bill is the better equity vehicle because it avoids means testing and reaches students who are not currently receiving meals despite needing them. The hearing on HB 757 was still ongoing at the end of the transcript, and no final vote on that bill was shown.

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• So I'm not sure what chairman you were talking to because in my memory was the bill that I sent back
• Once they start paying it, then it potentially could raise the minimum loss ratio. Okay.
• conversation of of minimum loss ratio. conversation of of minimum loss ratio. Okay?
• And minimum loss ratio, as you Okay?
• potentially could raise the minimum loss potentially could raise the minimum loss ratio. ratio.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I'm sure glad that Memorial hasn't closed their maternity service, because our daughter-in-law would
• It's about 22 miles, I think, to Memorial Hospital for me.
• <00:42:28.800> Hospital<00:42:29.160> a had to go to Memorial Hospital a had to go
• uh have already as as uh um losses uh have already as as uh um representative<00:43:24.680> mlan<
• I think to Memorial Hospital for me<00:44:38.520> uh<00:44:38.839> the<00:44:39.119>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Uh, Memorial Park in Houston's built a new land bridge, and these kinds of, uh, crossings have been found
• road segments where building a crossing would more than pay for itself by avoided property damage and loss

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• San Antonio has a land bridge over Phil Hardberger Park, and Memorial Park in Houston has built a new
• segments where building a crossing would more than pay for itself by avoiding property damage and loss

Bills: HB370, HB738, HB2935, HB3227, HB4103, HB5259, SB519, SB1350, SB1247, SB1248, SB2112, HCR81, HCR83, HCR84, HCR59, HCR109, HCR111, HCR135, SCR6

Keywords: HB 370, Events Trust Fund, Texas events funding, sports eligibility, women's sports, girls' sports, biological sex, transgender athletes, sex-segregated sports, athletic competition, event subsidies, tourism funding, site selection organization, anti-trafficking plan, female athletes, public funding, economic impact, sports policy, Rosenwald Schools, historical preservation

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• So, it prevents the loss of the home.
• And we're going to move to Senator Westlin's bills. loss of the home.
• You know, most people loss of the home.
• Um, yet family knows that somebody’s having, you know, memory issues because they know this.
• Um, yet family knows that somebody’s having, you know, memory issues because they know this.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Here, because we're going to have a memorial resolution. So please see Mike before you do.
• We have a memorial recognition.
• time to share with the hundreds who were in attendance from all over North Texas at Officer Burks' memorial
• If my memory serves, and I could be wrong about this, but in 2008, which was 15 years ago, I was in..

Bills: SB27, SB1494, SB2121, SB2373, SB2431, SB1, SB8, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB30, SB37, SB260, SB268, SB331, SB379, SB441, SB447, SB457, SB568, SB650, SB763, SB1405, SB1506, SB1540, SB1566, SB1610, SB1637, SB1660, SB2018, SB2024, SB2217, SB2308, SB2337, SB2601, SB2753, SB2878, SB2900, SB2972, SB3059, HB4, HB40, HB46, HB119, HB145, HB300, HB493, HB705, HB1545, HB2011, HB2017, HB2067, HB2516, HB2885, HB2963, HB2974, HB3071, HB3372, HB3556, HB3595, HB3642, HB3909, HB5138, HB5246, SJR36, SJR50, SJR63, SCR12, SCR39, SB2023, SB62, SB666, SB847, SB284, SB854, SB810, SB1505, SB583, SB507, SB1434, SB1772, SB2016, SB1122, SB731, SB397, SB508, SB1436, SB287, SB1882, SB393, SB1791, SB209, SB2429, SB1085, SB1975, SB2717, SB1262, SB636, SB2056, SB884, SB1200, SB1845, SB2458, SB801, SB3014, SB3013, SB758, SB2797, SB2076, SB2876, SB1640, SB1449, SB1181, SB1234, SB2926, SB2841, SB1528, SB1854, SB317, SB1250, SB2082, SB1237, SB2819, SB629, SB2608, SB1602, SB2009, SB867, SB640, SB1698, SB2680, SB913, SB1071, SB1086, SB1087, SB1483, SB1444, SB1553, SB1556, SB1703, SB2133, SB2297, SB2298, SB2622, SB2955, SB2334, SB1367, SB2044, SB2363, SB2565, SB1888, SB3036, SB3057, SB3043, SB3063, SB3035, SB203, SB2688, SB2522, SB2459, SB2655, SB2251, SB1884, SB2928, SB2566, SB2549, SB2553, SB2919, SB1944, SB1232, SB1798, SB2603, SB2607, SB2683, SB1319, SB3045, SB3071, HB796, HB1523, HB5294, HB748, HB3395, HB180, HB3171, HB146, HB5596, HB5694, HB1135, HB3225, HB186, HB1449, HB3793, HB112, HB104, HB3336, HB3520, HB3320, HB5663, HB2399, HB111, HB3483, HB4580, HB3748, HB632, HB4730, HB5690, HB5689, HB3385, HB4359, HB5381, HB123, HB5606, HB1057, HB3664, HCR141, HCR40, HCR59, SR634, SR687, SR703, SR709, SR715, SB1494, SB2121, SB2373, SB2431, HB46, SB1, SB8, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB37, SB260, SB331, SB379, SB441, SB447, SB457, SB568, SB763, SB1405, SB1540, SB1566, SB2018, SB2308, SB2337, SB2878, SB3059, HB705, HB2017, HB2067, HB3071, HB3372, HB3556, HB3595, HB3909, HB5246

Keywords: elections, local governance, political subdivisions, general elections, Texas Election Code, data brokers, personal data, regulation, business entities, consumer protection, financial exploitation, artificial intelligence, phishing, legal liability, criminal offense, civil penalty, foreign language, study abroad, higher education, language credit

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• to Medicaid coverage for certain medications, to require Medicaid coverage of FDA-approved weight loss
• to Medicaid coverage for certain medications, to require Medicaid coverage of FDA-approved weight loss
• SB 433 would require the Louisiana Department of Health to provide coverage for FDA-approved weight loss
• It's a loss that can't be reversed. But every future one should be prevented.
• And so this bill memorializes what was already agreed upon between the department and the ombudsman's

Summary: The committee first heard SB 145, which would require adult residential care providers, especially assisted living centers, to have generators or other backup power arrangements and to submit preparedness plans to LDH. After technical amendments and testimony from the sponsor, LDH, and the assisted living industry clarifying the bill’s scope and cost concerns, the committee adopted the amendments and reported the bill favorably. It then took up SB 433, which would require Medicaid coverage of medically necessary FDA-approved weight loss drugs, including GLP-1 medications, subject to appropriations and fiscally sustainable coverage criteria; the bill was reported favorably after discussion of current Medicaid coverage and costs. The committee also approved SB 52, which requires better coordination between DCFS and LDH so SNAP and Medicaid benefits can follow children more quickly when they are removed from or returned to a home. Technical amendments changed reporting deadlines and required written notice, and the bill was reported favorably. SB 4 on public water fluoridation was amended to allow local governments or voters to opt out through a petition and election process, with support from the Louisiana Dental Association and others after compromise language was adopted; it was reported favorably with amendments. SB 152, which would prohibit the sale of cultured or lab-grown food products for human consumption, was also reported favorably with amendments after brief testimony in support and opposition. The committee next approved SCR 37, which asks the Surgeon General to review Louisiana’s informed consent laws and report back on any gaps, after discussion that the existing medical disclosure panel had not met since 2018. It then considered SB 194, a public assistance bill aligning Louisiana Medicaid and SNAP rules with recent federal changes on non-citizen eligibility and tightening Medicaid’s reasonable opportunity period for citizenship verification. After extensive debate over immigration, emergency care, and whether the bill could harm eligible applicants or rural hospitals, the committee adopted an amendment allowing LDH discretion for emergency health care services and reported the bill favorably by an 8-3 vote. Finally, HCR 113 created a task force to study gestational carrier agreements and assisted reproductive regulation; after debate over surrogacy, ethics, and referral to Civil Law, the committee rejected the referral motion and then reported the resolution favorably, and the meeting moved on to SB 333 on child-in-need-of-care proceedings and legal representation funding.

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• We are asking for $275,000 for a grant to the Forest Lake Veterans Memorial to construct a memorial down
• We are asking for $275,000 for a grant to the Forest Lake Veterans Memorial to construct a memorial down
• Memorial Park.
• <00:43:13.079> Park memorial site in Lakeside Memorial Park memorial site in Lakeside Memorial
• The community has shown its commitment to honor our veterans through the sale of memorial pavers.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• and blessed memory who came to<00:06:35.039> these<00:06:35.280> shores<00:06:35.600><
• May her memory be a blessing. Mr.
• May her memory be a all Americans.
• Gia's memory will forever shine brightly in the hearts of all who were blessed to know her.
• Unscathed except for loss of dignity, self-respect, and honor. Mr.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, March 27, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• One of my earliest memories was when I was five or six and I was sitting on an apartment patio wearing
• 04:02.560> five<00:04:02.720> or<00:04:03.200> six<00:04:04.200> and memories
• was when I was five or six and memories was when I was five or six and I<00:04:04.400> was<00
• So I have one family that might survive the loss or a reduction.
• future where I so directly face the loss future where I so directly face the loss of<01:10:06.560

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So, take a trip down memory lane.
• The speaker then added that, going back to memory care, sometimes when someone has dementia or memory-care
• you have dementia or you have issues with memory care, I don't want to call it elderly porn. issues
• So I think that's the biggest concern: not necessarily the development that comes after, but the loss
• That's why we're not here seeking an exemption on the ADU bill for historic districts; it's the loss

Bills: SB1041, SB1088, SB1118, SB1128, SB1168, SB1176, SB1189, SB1207, SB1250, SB1272, SB1274, SB1286, SB1428, SB1457, SB1461, SB1503, SB1519, SB1537, SB1582, SB1618, SB1654, SB1713, SB1827, SCR1012, SCR1020

Keywords: electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, cybersecurity, homeland security, artificial intelligence, state appropriation, VPN security, zero trust, housing, zoning, middle housing, urban development, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes

Summary: The committee began with Senate Bill 1272, which would provide $5 million for the City of Douglas as a state match for the Douglas Port of Entry project. The chair adopted a Livingston amendment changing the funding source from the General Fund to the Water Supply Development Revolving Fund. Senator Gowen, Douglas Mayor Jose Grijalva, and city staff testified that the project could unlock $678 million in federal funding, create jobs, improve trade and national security, and generate future tax revenue. The bill passed 15-0 with three present and one not voting. Senate Bill 1503 was then amended with a strike-everything to expand the state death benefit for first responders to include pilots employed by law enforcement agencies, retroactive to January 1, 2026, and subject to voter approval. Senator Gowen and DPS Director Colonel Jeffrey Glover said the change would ensure the family of a DPS aviation supervisor killed in a helicopter crash would qualify for the benefit. The committee approved the bill 18-0 with one not voting. Senate Bill 1274 was converted by strike-everything amendment into a timeshare salesperson licensing measure, creating a separate license and training path focused on timeshare sales. Supporters said the change would better prepare salespeople and streamline licensing, while the sponsor said it would make government more efficient. The bill passed 17-1 with one not voting. Senate Bill 1286, dealing with veterinary telemedicine, was also approved after negotiated changes extended most telemedicine prescription periods to 30 days, kept antimicrobials at 14 days with no renewal, and allowed longer flea-and-tick prescriptions; supporters said it would help rural and disabled pet owners. It passed 18-0 with one not voting. The committee next considered Senate Bill 1519 on off-highway vehicles. A hostile strike-everything amendment proposing paid family and medical leave failed 7-11 with one not voting. The committee then adopted a Lopez amendment and advanced the underlying bill, which raises the OHV weight threshold from 2,500 to 3,500 pounds and adjusts registration and funding provisions. Supporters said it reflects newer enclosed and electric vehicles and helps trail funding, while opponents warned of trail damage and said the issue should wait for the study committee. The bill passed 10-7 with one present and one not voting. Senate Bill 1618, which updates the Military Affairs Commission, expands its membership and duties, and creates a military affairs fund, drew mixed testimony about whether it would strengthen Arizona’s ability to attract and retain military missions or shift the commission away from its traditional support role; it passed 10-6 with two present and one not voting. Finally, Senate Concurrent Resolution 1020, which would send to voters a CPI-based annual adjustment to legislative salaries, passed 9-8 with one present and one not voting after members debated legislative compensation, citizen-legislator concerns, and whether the change would broaden access to public service.

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• So we are really focused on also trying to preserve or mitigate coverage and mitigate coverage losses
• We think we can sort of mitigate those losses to Much fewer New Mexicans.
• Can I just clarify, are you asking about the Medicaid losses or the marketplace losses, or both?
• You know, they can consider this a loss or they can consider this a debt.
• These are pretty big losses and pretty big policy impacts, really generational changes.

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• It's to reduce the loss of life and property and identify potential solutions.
• Again, we are focusing on water loss and conservation projects for tiny communities with populations
• Solicitation to try to pull in as many of our small entity conservation and water loss projects.
• The outbreak, as the virus spreads rapidly, causes high death loss. loss in peridomestic birds and poultry
• When the tariff wars hit with China, 49 states experienced a loss in agricultural exports.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

Bills: SB1287, SB1983, SB1796, SB1806, SB1558, SB2135, SB483, SB1198, SB1265, SB2154, SB2139, SB1552, SB2118, SB1775, SB259, SB1344, SB1380, SB2007, SB1572, SB2074, SB1423, SB1425, SB1502, SB1503, SB1833, SB1561, SB1555, SB2044, SB1749, SB904, SB1565, SB1500, SB667, SB1484, SB1562, SB1644, HR1045, SB227, SB1627, SB1475, SB1966, SB2049, SB1531, SB80, SB1734, SB1630, SB1894, SB1975, SB1432, SB1437, SB1812, SB346, SB710, SB1489, SB1614, SB2045, SB1250, SB1304, SB1501, SB1946, SB592, SB65, SB1257, SB444, SB640, SB2178, SB1242, SB1642

Keywords: abstraction, licensing, Oklahoma Abstractors Board, criminal background, good moral character, SB1983, foster care, resource family partner, resource family partners, Department of Human Services, DHS, child welfare, foster homes, foster children, placement data, data sharing, de-identified data, aggregated data, sibling groups, placement disruptions

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• Yes. 2016 17 which was Harvey for us 18 and 19 Memorial Day floods tax day floods Fifteen sixteen.
• Currently 752 dams are classified as high hazard. meaning failure could result in the loss of life.
• Another was focus on water conservation and water loss projects.
• They do a water loss survey, they send that to us, we are now. moving into a second level of water loss
• We've heard a lot of interest in water loss and leaky pipes in this.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• For children in the U.S., and this is a step we can try to take to prevent senseless loss of life.
• I hope to never see any more Hawaii victims memorialized there. Thank you very much.”
• I hope to never see any more Hawaii victims memorialized there. Thank you very much.”
• I hope to never see any more Hawaii victims memorialized there. Thank you very much.”
• I hope to never see any more Hawaii victims memorialized there.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee hearing covered House Bill 279 and House Bill 392, both relating to firearms. HB 279 would restrict carrying or possessing firearm parts except at or between certain locations and in an enclosed container, define firearm parts and prohibited persons, and increase penalties for violations. The Department of Law Enforcement strongly supported the bill, saying it would close a loophole involving disassembled or “ghost gun” parts and help law enforcement charge people who carry weapons in pieces. Most public testimony opposed the measure, with speakers arguing it was unconstitutional, vague, hard to enforce, and would burden lawful gun owners, gunsmiths, and firearm dealers; several also said existing laws already cover the conduct. One supporter, Dennis Dunn, said additional firearm security could reduce theft and suicides. The chair noted the committee had received 270 testimonies on HB 279, with 39 in support, 234 in opposition, and one comment. The committee then heard HB 392, which would prohibit the possession, transfer, and sale of ghost guns and establish mandatory minimum sentencing for using a ghost gun in a felony. The Department of Law Enforcement and the Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney’s office supported the bill, saying unserialized firearms are difficult to trace and that prosecutors need clear laws to address them. Supporters argued the measure would help prevent untraceable weapons from circulating and align penalties with other firearm offenses. Opponents, including several gun owners and association representatives, said the bill was unnecessary because existing state and federal laws already prohibit unserialized firearms, and warned it could create confusion, criminalize lawful owners of antique or self-built firearms, and be difficult to administer. No votes or final committee action were taken in the portion provided.