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• Uh, our federal government has not been keeping track of amendment proposals for a convention of states
• But the federal government asked this group to do the investigation.
• has not been uh our federal government has not been keeping<00:09:58.800><c> track</c><00:09:59.040>
• asked this group to to uh do government asked this group to to uh do the<00:10:44.560><c> investigation

Bills: HB0105 , HB0107 , SF0002

Committee: Senate Appropriations

Keywords: K-12 education, school facilities, security improvements, public funding, state appropriations, school construction, local government funding, sales tax distribution, municipal funding, economic equity, state revenue, Wyoming Legislature, legislative appropriations, Legislative Service Office, LSO budget, general fund, biennial budget, legislative branch, legislator travel, per diem

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• </c><00:37:45.440><c> The</c> government direct distributions. The government direct distributions.
• </c><00:38:14.000><c> with</c> more funding to local governments with more funding to local governments
• And really what the cost of government is trying to get at is what it costs to maintain government in
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Bills: HB0105 , HB0107 , SF0002

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: K-12 education, school facilities, security improvements, public funding, state appropriations, school construction, local government funding, sales tax distribution, municipal funding, economic equity, state revenue, Wyoming Legislature, legislative appropriations, Legislative Service Office, LSO budget, general fund, biennial budget, legislative branch, legislator travel, per diem

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• We feel like the state already and other government jurisdictions already offer generous benefits, and
• :31:05.520><c> already</c><00:31:05.919><c> and</c><00:31:06.240><c> other</c><00:31:06.399><c> government
• </c> state already and other government state already and other government jurisdictions<00:31:07.679
• gt; Yeah, we we you know we we participate under<01:07:59.760><c> national</c><01:08:00.079><c> governance
• </c> under national governance association. under national governance association.

Bills: SB2198 , SB2140 , SB3055 , SB3090 , SB3091 , SB3092 , SB2761

Committee: House Labor

Keywords: workforce development, craftspersons, skilled trades, artisan, craftsmanship, trade recognition, award program, DLIR, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Meilleur Ouvrier de France, vocational education, career pathways, cultural preservation, workforce excellence, apprenticeship, Hawaii trades, economic diversification, public nominations, governor awards, historically significant venue

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• The Oil and Gas Board is an entity of the government that regulates those matters and controls where
• The Oil and Gas Board is an entity of the government that regulates those matters and controls where
• The Oil and Gas Board is an entity of the government that regulates those matters and controls where

Bills: SB174 , SB174

Committee: Senate Transportation and Energy

Keywords: business taxes, annual reports, Alabama Tax Tribunal, tax appeals, local government, SB174, alternative energy, alternative energy wells, alternative energy facility, geothermal, geothermal energy, subsurface energy, energy storage, energy capture, energy generation, hydropower, solar energy, oil and gas well conversion, well conversion, plugging and abandonment

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• And in the lawsuit, they said the curriculum and presentation of court-ordered BIPs are government speech
• This is another instance where we're blurring the line between government and religion.
• This is another instance where we're blurring the line between government and religion.
• I'm the Director of Policy and Government Affairs at Metashear.
• Please correct the vagueness of the past bill and provide local governments with the clear, reliable

Bills: S0052 , S0502 , S0624 , S0758 , S0834 , S0840

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: places of worship, house of worship, church, mosque, synagogue, religious security, armed security, volunteer security, private security, security guard licensing, licensure exemption, Florida Statutes chapter 493, Class G license, Class C license, security services, faith-based institutions, public safety, military jurisdiction, delinquency, concurrent jurisdiction

Summary: The committee considered several bills and reported each favorably. SB 624, by Senator Yarborough, would allow batterers intervention programs to offer optional supplemental faith-based activities, with no participant required to take part. Supporters said it would expand provider options and help address a shortage of certified programs; opponents raised concerns about mixing government-ordered programming with religion and about the state’s prior rule change. The bill passed 7-2. The committee also approved CS/SB 834, which repeals a 2022 restriction barring licensed insurance agents from partnering with health care sharing ministries to market or sell their programs. The sponsor and supporters argued the bill restores free speech, consumer choice, and access to faith-based alternatives, while opponents warned about consumer confusion, higher commissions, and weak protections because these ministries are not insurance. After extended debate, the measure passed 8-2. Other measures advanced unanimously or near-unanimously. CS/SB 502, as amended, would give Florida concurrent jurisdiction over certain juvenile offenses on military installations so juveniles can be handled in the state system; it passed 9-0. CS/SB 52 would exempt volunteer armed security for houses of worship from Class D or G licensing requirements, and supporters cited rising threats to churches and the need for organized volunteer security; it passed 9-0. SB 840, a cleanup bill to narrow and clarify last year’s emergency-related land-use restrictions after hurricanes, also passed 9-0, and CS/SB 758, which updates the membership of the Justice Administration Commission, passed 9-0 after an amendment restoring two public defenders to the commission.

Bills: HCR98 , HB180

Committee: Senate Border Security

Keywords: counter-unmanned aircraft systems, C-UAS, counter-drone, drone mitigation, unmanned aircraft systems, UAS, border security, U.S.-Mexico border, aviation safety, airspace regulation, federal preemption, Homeland Security, Department of Defense, Department of Justice, Department of Energy, FBI, state-local coordination, tribal and territorial partners, border patrol, cartels

Summary: The Senate Committee on Border Security met with a quorum present and first took up HCR 98, a resolution urging Congress to improve coordination among federal, state, and local authorities on counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) technology for border security. The author and sponsor described increasing drone activity along the border, saying unauthorized drones are used to track agents, identify weaknesses, and smuggle contraband, and argued for clearer procedures to detect, identify, and neutralize such aircraft. There was no public testimony, and the committee voted 4-0 to report HCR 98 favorably to the full Senate; the resolution was also ordered for local and uncontested calendar placement without objection. The committee then heard HB 180, sponsored by Chairman Birdwell, which would authorize the governor to coordinate directly with Mexican officials and individual Mexican states on border security agreements and appoint representatives to implement them. Birdwell said the bill would codify prior border-security cooperation efforts, improve responses to cross-border challenges such as drug and human trafficking, and include a finding that entrants from foreign countries must use a legal port of entry. No questions were asked, and there was no invited or public testimony. After the hearing, the committee left HB 180 pending. The meeting concluded with no further business and the committee standing in recess subject to the call of the chair.

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• To your government taxes or assessment.
• Because of this, we believe the legislation will provide a more efficient, transparent, and equitable

Bills: SB2082 , SB2203 , SB2351 , SB2550 , SCR48

Committee: Senate Natural Resources

Keywords: concrete crushing, hospital proximity, environmental regulation, public health, zoning laws, SB 2203, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, TCEQ, State Office of Administrative Hearings, SOAH, contested case, administrative law judge, ALJ, discovery, scope of discovery, certification, administrative procedure, permit dispute, agency rules, Government Code

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• Members appointed by the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker are responsible for the overall governance
• When you receive government money to perform research, you have to wonder what the incentive is.
• were concerns about the funding mechanism and questions about resources. as a core function of government
• When you talked about those of us who questioned research and the involvement of the government, I was
• State Government Relations for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.

Bills: SB5 , SJR3 , SB 5 , SJR 3

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: dementia, research institute, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, funding, grants, state health initiatives, research funding, state budget, prevention, healthcare, medical research, Dementia Prevention and Research Institute, disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, district apportionment, legislative rules

Bills: SB5 , SB142 , SB158 , SB171 , SB5

Committee: Senate County and Municipal Government

Keywords: archives, history, board of trustees, vacancies, government control, SB142, Alabama, voting, voter registration, election law, Secretary of State, board of registrars, ERIC, Electronic Registration Information Center, National Change of Address, NCOA, voter roll maintenance, address change, voter list cleanup, inactive voter

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• </c><00:04:50.000><c> interference</c> child without government interference child without government
• </c> Health Care decisions trans transparency Health Care decisions trans transparency and<00:05:30.360
• </c> consent no doctor teacher or government consent no doctor teacher or government agent<00:15:38.399
• that to the government.
• that to the government.

Bills: HF22 , HF45

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy

Keywords: parent's bill of rights, parental rights, minor consent, minors, parents, guardians, education rights, school records, home schooling, charter school, private school, health care consent, medical privacy, patient records, exam room access, biometric data, DNA samples, blood samples, mental health, physical health

Bills: SB 2 , SB 10 , HB27 , HB18 , HB17 , SB 9 , SB 7 , SB 17 , SB 4 , HB18 , SR 1 , SR 2 , SR 5 , HB18 , HB17 , SB9 , SB7 , SB17 , SB4 , SR1 , SR2 , SR5 , SB2 , SB10 , HB27

Keywords: HB 18, Texas Legislature, quorum break, quorum-busting, legislative walkout, absent legislators, political contributions, campaign finance, political expenditures, legislative caucus, specific-purpose committee, Texas Ethics Commission, civil penalty, show cause order, district court, Fifteenth Court of Appeals, session fundraising, travel lodging food expenses, legislative session, compelled attendance

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• According to the procedures prescribed by Subchapter B, Chapter 301 of the Government Code and the rules

Bills: SB 2 , SB 10 , HB27 , HB18 , HB17 , SB 9 , SB 7 , SB 17 , SB 4 , HB18 , SR 1 , SR 2 , SR 5 , HB18 , HB17 , SB9 , SB7 , SB17 , SB4 , SR1 , SR2 , SR5 , SB2 , SB10 , HB27

Keywords: HB 18, Texas Legislature, quorum break, quorum-busting, legislative walkout, absent legislators, political contributions, campaign finance, political expenditures, legislative caucus, specific-purpose committee, Texas Ethics Commission, civil penalty, show cause order, district court, Fifteenth Court of Appeals, session fundraising, travel lodging food expenses, legislative session, compelled attendance

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• So I really see this bill as a transparency bill. It's about incentives.
• Our process was deliberate and transparent.
• It comes down to not government intrusion.
• And I want to say this clearly, Representative Owen, this is not about government.
• And I don't understand where the objections were about intrusion of the government.

Bills: HB624 , HB1022 , HB1203 , SB82 , SB206 , SB305 , SB376 , SB441

Committee: House Education

Keywords: school safety, emergency operations plan, crisis management, active shooter, drills, training, classroom security, primary health services, behavioral health, school health providers, medical necessity, student health care, education, school week, instructional time, public schools, performance score, student athletes, cardiovascular health, sudden cardiac arrest

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• One, it honors the government-to-government relationship between the state and tribes by correcting a
• We agree in transparency in the rates for workers' comp risk classification. Thank you.
• We agree in transparency in the rates for workers' comp risk classification. Thank you.
• And I think the problem we're trying to solve here is to ensure that should the federal government loosen
• So I am very concerned about that federal government action potentially and would ask for a yes vote

Bills: SB6134 , SB6136 , SB6188

Committee: House Labor & Workplace Standards

Keywords: unemployment insurance, UI benefits, striking workers, strike, labor dispute, retroactive wages, overpayment assessment, overpayment recovery, Employment Security Department, ESD, claimant notice, benefit recoupment, Washington unemployment law, worker notice, federal unemployment tax credit, state unemployment fund, workers' compensation, industrial insurance, premium rates, rate transparency

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• We support greater transparency for residents.
• To briefly describe something obvious to everybody, the federal government and the state government at
• Any costs incurred by local government entities... Government expenditures are indeterminate.
• It is truly a lifeline for our local governments.
• and accuracy and transparency.

Bills: HB2675 , HB2681 , HB2714 , HB2688 , HB2481 , HB2116 , HB1408

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: accounts, finance, business regulation, transparency, audits, cannabis, license fees, regulatory framework, revenue generation, legalization, HB 2714, caseload forecasting, food assistance, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, state food assistance, budget forecasting, caseload forecast council, caseload forecast supervisor, Washington State

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• or provider organization whose nonprofit designation was revoked to follow the state law process governing
• The proposed substitute provides sets forth provisions governing relocations of human remains from a
• Relatedly, the Department of Archaeology must develop procedures for issuing those permits to govern
• Relatedly, the Department of Archaeology must develop procedures for issuing those permits to govern
• The community has been very adamant around disclosure and transparency of these transactions.

Bills: HB2548 , HB2453 , HB2640 , HB2095 , HB2386 , HB2239

Committee: House Civil Rights & Judiciary

Keywords: health care market standards, hospital consolidation, merger review, health care transaction notice, attorney general review, antitrust, provider organizations, hospital systems, contracting affiliation, material change, nonprofit conversion, for-profit conversion, health care acquisition, asset sale, Washington RCW, health care competition, price transparency, market oversight, premerger notification, antitrust revolving fund

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• David Albert, a professor of government at ACC.
• a very, very clear difference in sharing a home life and a family situation and being real and transparent
• mandating prompt notification. ...if a criminal offense occurs against their child, ensuring full transparency
• because it threatens to erase the hard-won progress we've made towards inclusion, equity, and transparency

Bills: SB12 , SB226 , SB413 , SB1049 , SB1191 , SB2398 , SB571 , SB2920 , SB 12

Committee: House Public Education

Keywords: parental rights, education, social transitioning, diversity, equity, inclusion, school policy, student clubs, residency, public schools, child safety placement, enrollment, education code, school boards, transparency, public meetings, attendance, recording, released time, religious instruction

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• heating assistance, has helped put a provision in this bill which says basically if the federal government
• definition of low-income heating assistance eligible Minnesota is no longer whether the federal government
• <00:18:36.640><c> if</c><00:18:36.880><c> the</c><00:18:37.120><c> federal</c><00:18:37.520><c> government
• </c> basically if the federal government basically if the federal government ceases<00:18:39.039><c>
• </c> no longer whether the federal government no longer whether the federal government has<00:18:51.280

Bills: HF2438

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school

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• Second, governance of policy decision should have been paired with a conversation about governance.
• Governance of tax revenue for metro taxpayers is bizarre, not just by national standards, but also bizarre
• The legislature generally doesn't force other local governments seeking state help for the project to
• is not unprecedented for the legislature to intervene when there is inaction at a local unit of government

Bills: HF2438

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school

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• Second, governance of revenue.
• The huge tax policy decision should have been paired with a conversation about governance.
• Governance of tax revenue from metro taxpayers is bizarre, not just by national standards, but also by
• Governance of tax revenue from metro taxpayers is bizarre, not just by national standards, but also by
• The legislature generally doesn't force other local governments seeking state help for a project to fund

Bills: HF2438

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school