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• we want to be in control of all the parts of the process, right?
• And so, of course, this happens on a holiday weekend, right?
• Commission Shift Action is the advocacy partner of Commission Shift Action, which mobilizes the public
• , taking out hidden costs in terms of affordability, right?
• We think it is the right thing to do, and we are very much in support of it.

Bills: HB2766 , HB2891 , HB3334 , HB3791 , HB3911 , HB4021 , HB4041 , HB4042 , HB4384 , HB4426

Committee: House Energy Resources

Keywords: inactive wells, oil and gas regulation, environmental protection, Railroad Commission of Texas, well plugging, Railroad Commission, penalties, violations, pipeline safety, civil penalties, criminal penalties, wildfire prevention, oil and gas, safety inspections, administrative penalties, excavation, notification, utilities, underground facilities, regulatory compliance

Bills: SB243 , HB338 , SB265 , SB233 , HB302

Committee: Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Keywords: Jefferson County, pistol permit, gun permit, firearm license, concealed carry, carry permit, sheriff, permit fee, local bill, county revenue, school funding, school security, retirement system, Sheriff's Fund, legislative delegation office fund, Gardendale, Birmingham, firearms regulation, Second Amendment, local government finance

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• of Public Safety, Texas A&M University, the University of Texas, and the Texas Department of Transportation
• We show you registered as Alan Craddick on behalf of the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers
• Unfortunately, the rigors of the end of session and the importance of House Bill 471's passage prevented
• It would consist of approximately 17 members of both the public and private sector.
• And so this bill allows that continued maintenance, the acquisition, software, hardware, right, all of

Bills: HB322 , HB331 , HB673 , HB 1147 , HB 1154 , HB2488

Committee: House S/C on Workforce

Keywords: JET Grant Program, career education, technical education, community colleges, technology solutions, high demand jobs, first responders, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, benefits, compensation, presumption of disability, emergency services, healthcare, Medicaid, mental health, substance abuse, treatment access, cost, insurance coverage

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• Timing of it, they might be planning on running for reelection, and then all of a sudden a vacancy is
• If something happened with the most likely vacancy, of course, any of us could die at any minute, and
• Do one of y'all want to come up and give a highlight of what it is? Whichever...
• The project of music albums means we have a lot—of course, in North Alabama, there's a good portion of
• Two million of that 30 million...

Bills: SB45 , SB73 , SB169 , HB243 , SB177

Committee: Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Keywords: driver licenses, validation, identity, state laws, regulations, K-12 education, athletic associations, student-athlete eligibility, Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, governance, manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, motor vehicle crimes, restitution, law enforcement, HB243, Devinee Rooney and John Wesley Safe Streets Act, DUI, drunk driving, impaired driving

Bills: HB145 , HB279 , HB292 , SB35 , HJM1 , HM7 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM32 , HM51 , HM1 , HM39 , HM29 , HM43 , HM30 , HM52 , HM64 , HM65 , HM66 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50 , HM17 , HM46 , HM13 , HM20 , HM54 , HM31 , HM35 , HM36 , HM59 , HM2 , HM16 , HM47 , HM53

Keywords: high-wage jobs, tax credit, job creation, New Mexico, economic development, healthcare privacy, electronic medical records, reproductive health, gender-affirming care, data protection, location tracking, confidentiality, sexual abuse, prison safety, correctional facilities, inmate rights, investigation procedures, judgeship, judiciary, court system

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• What you do is that sheet of paper I gave you? Oh, right here. Quorum is present.
• I am in favor of this bill. All right, thank you.
• All right, so that designation included some bilingual street signs that the City of Dallas did.
• All right, so just as a note to that, for a little bit of information, my understanding is that a lot
• And then, of course, the private sector businesses have to survive, and they have to produce.

Bills: HB137 , HB283 , HCR114 , HB137 , HB283 , HB1398 , HB1960 , HB2153 , HB2431 , HB2638 , HB2699 , HB2999 , HB3208 , HB3389 , HB3413 , HB3510 , HB3642 , HB3859 , HB3974 , HB3986 , HB4142 , HB4173 , HB4174 , HB4542 , HB4605 , HB4663 , HB4731 , HB5064 , HB5216 , HB5218 , HB5332 , HB5453 , HB5577

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: state budget, fiscal biennium, budget repeal, financial management, state funding, Medicaid, healthcare access, Affordable Care Act, federal funding, low-income individuals, insurance coverage, memorial, pedestrian bridge, Houston, Sergio Ivan Rodriguez, city council, oversize vehicles, transportation permits, Hidalgo County, port authority

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• If not by the grace of God and my mother's heroic actions that night, I would not even be standing in
• Naming a portion of State Highway 345, a highway that runs right through the heart of the city of San
• Designating this stretch of Highway 67, right through the heart of the district she faithfully represented
• Chairman and members of the committee. I reserve my right to close. Are there any questions?
• We know this, and it will stand as a symbol of how heartbreak turned into action.

Bills: HCR114 , HB137 , HB283 , HB1398 , HB1960 , HB2153 , HB2431 , HB2638 , HB2699 , HB2999 , HB3208 , HB3389 , HB3413 , HB3510 , HB3642 , HB3859 , HB3974 , HB3986 , HB4142 , HB4173 , HB4174 , HB4542 , HB4605 , HB4663 , HB4731 , HB5064 , HB5216 , HB5218 , HB5332 , HB5453 , HB5577 , HB137 , HB283

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: memorial, pedestrian bridge, Houston, Sergio Ivan Rodriguez, city council, oversize vehicles, transportation permits, Hidalgo County, port authority, highway routes, healthcare, insurance, mental health, treatment access, state funding, transportation, axle weight, aggregates, regulations, Texas law

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• That's right. Many of them do. Mm-hmm. Thank you. Thank you. Any more questions for this panel?
• All right. Good morning, Madam Chair and members of the committee.
• All right, so we're going to take a brief recess for purposes of caucus.
• this bill is doing is removing some of those. ...in terms of exposure.
• All right. I was getting ahead of myself. All right. So we voted on the proposed substitute.

Bills: SB6290 , SB6282 , SB5379 , SB6197 , SB6158 , SB6302 , SB5882 , SB6303 , SB6180 , SB6195 , SB6196 , SB6204 , SB6287

Committee: Senate Labor & Commerce

Keywords: liquor regulation, cannabis board, reorganization, state agency, governance, apprenticeship, behavioral health, construction trades, workforce training, wellness, interest arbitration, parks and recreation, public employees, labor relations, employee rights, SB 6197, plumbing contractor, plumber, contractor licensing, licensing enforcement

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• I do believe that at the end of the day, right now what's happening is when you have these larger water
• So we respect the right of OCL customers to utilize the rate of appeal process at the PUC.
• So there's absolutely the light at the end of the tunnel is brighter than we can imagine right now.
• We have a resolution of support from Kendall County, and this will ensure that private landowners who
• the ownership rights of the Woodlawn Water Supply Corporation to the Chairman: Angelina and Neches River

Bills: HB3115 , HB5671 , HB5693 , SB790 , SB1055 , SB1302 , SB1504 , SB1625 , SB1663 , SB2692

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District, groundwater, water wells, domestic well, livestock well, exempt well, metering device, well meter, groundwater conservation district, Special District Local Laws Code, Water Code, Section 36.117, groundwater regulation, water rights, aquifer management, municipal utility, retail public utility, groundwater export, water supply contract, election

Summary: The Committee on Natural Resources heard testimony on a series of water, utility, and groundwater-related bills. Early items included HB 5693, which would let Drainage District 7 hold board elections in November of odd-numbered years when a countywide election is occurring, and HB 5671, which would update the Johnson County Special Utility District by clarifying board eligibility, allowing bond issuance, and removing redundant TCEQ approval language to reduce costs and delays. Both bills were left pending after brief testimony from bill sponsors and local witnesses. The committee also heard SB 1504, which would update the Gulf Coast Authority to allow video-conference participation in meetings, and SB 1302, aimed at closing a TCEQ permitting loophole that allowed dischargers with prior denials or suspensions to reapply through an automated process without meaningful review. SB 2692 drew substantial discussion: it would change the signature threshold for outside-city-limits customers appealing municipal utility rates to the PUC by customer class. Valero supported the bill as a way to avoid requiring large-volume users to gather signatures from unrelated residential customers, while the City of Corpus Christi opposed it, arguing that lowering the threshold to one customer could trigger expensive appeals costing $500,000 to $1 million. A PUC witness said such cases are increasing and that the agency would need additional staff under the fiscal note. SB 790, creating a simplified PUC complaint process for small water and wastewater billing disputes, and SB 1663, expanding TCEQ notice requirements for nearby residents when groundwater contamination is discovered, were also heard and left pending. Additional bills included HB 3115, clarifying that the Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District cannot require meters on exempt domestic or livestock wells; SB 1055, raising the Southeast Texas Groundwater Conservation District’s production fee cap from 1 cent to 7 cents per 1,000 gallons; and SB 1625, requiring private water and wastewater utilities to report cybersecurity incidents to TCEQ and DIR. The committee then took up pending business and adopted a substitute for SB 7, which made several changes to water fund use, eminent domain coordination, and EDAP-related provisions, and voted 10-0 to report it favorably. The committee also adopted a substitute for HB 2347, a county water conservation program bill, and reported it favorably 9-1. HB 5675 and SB 2476 were each reported favorably 10-0. The meeting concluded with adjournment.

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• All right. Sorry. Get an idea of where this project was. Sure. Members, any other questions?
• creation and validate all actions taken by the Board of Directors of the district in relation thereto
• Right, so would they then charge them another fee if they had to do it again? Is it kind of a game?
• So then this bill affects that traffic study, and you're right at the end of that time frame of when
• We generally only do around the boundaries for the right-of-ways that are touching.

Bills: HB447 , HB897 , HB993 , HB2673 , HB3671 , HB3680 , HB3897 , HB4506 , HB4753 , HB4812 , HB4894 , HB5148 , HB5437 , HB5650 , HB5652 , HB5654 , HB5656 , HB5661 , HB5665

Committee: House Land & Resource Management

Keywords: traffic impact studies, municipal utility district, bonds, road projects, eminent domain, HB 897, Texas land sale, state property, Austin real estate, Travis County, General Land Office, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, HHSC, Health and Human Services Commission, state records facility, archives building, library funding, capital improvements, lease of state land, public land disposition

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• Howard Cohen with Schwartz, Page, and Harding, on behalf of Java Interest LLC. Right. Right.
• I'm in the middle of one right now, as a matter of fact. It cannot be redeveloped.
• funding rights for the citizens of the state of Texas.
• Right. That kind of it?
• No rights have been taken away of the city, or this would not take away rights of the city.

Bills: HB447 , HB897 , HB993 , HB2673 , HB3671 , HB3680 , HB3897 , HB4506 , HB4753 , HB4812 , HB4894 , HB5148 , HB5437 , HB5650 , HB5652 , HB5654 , HB5656 , HB5661 , HB5665

Committee: House Land & Resource Management

Keywords: traffic impact studies, municipal utility district, bonds, road projects, eminent domain, HB 897, Texas land sale, state property, Austin real estate, Travis County, General Land Office, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, HHSC, Health and Human Services Commission, state records facility, archives building, library funding, capital improvements, lease of state land, public land disposition

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• Article 7, Section 26 of the Constitution requires a minimum of $90 million annually.
• A set of amendments before you.
• A set of amendments before you. A set of amendments before you.
• All right. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. ACR3 is a hospital of stabilization resolution.
• All right. Okay. All right. I'll need a motion to adjourn. I'll make that motion.

Bills: HB1 , HB2 , HB3 , HB312 , HB313 , HB314 , HB383 , HB983 , HB1126 , HCR3

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: state budget, appropriations, education funding, public health, social services, government operations, state institutions, capital outlay, budget, infrastructure, appropriation, general obligation bonds, bond authorization, capital improvement, financial management, state treasury, funding, state general fund, local government, fiscal year

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• Right? Has nothing to do. Has nothing to do with the doctor. Out of the network, right?
• You asked a couple of questions, kind of, how do we break this down to make it simple, right?
• It came about a great piece of legislation, right?
• Is that right? One of you said there would be some leakage.
• One of them is the insurance company, and one of them is the health plan, right?

Bills: HB12 , HB145 , HB222 , HB291 , HB430 , HB821 , HB874 , HB909 , HB951 , HB979 , HB1193

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: survivor benefits, law enforcement, reserve officer, auxiliary officer, public safety, firefighters, medical expenses, dental expenses, disability benefits, Medicaid, dental coverage, healthcare access, medical necessity, Louisiana Department of Health, health insurance, provider agreements, contracting actions, participating facilities, network status, survivors benefits

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• And you're right; at another place in the bill, certain actions could result in a misdemeanor.
• This is the The results of a lot of long hard work over the summer involving a very large group of individuals
• November of 2022.
• The provisions of this section shall be in addition to the provisions of Section 140 of Title 61 of the
• If you look at the list of authors in the House, in This kind of reads like a who's who of experts of

Bills: HB3002 , HB3416 , HB3417 , HB3418 , HB3419 , HB3463 , HB3919 , HB3985 , HB4303

Committee: Senate Local and County Government

Keywords: counties, county officers, education, training, sunset law, county purchasing, procurement practices, budget management, public accountability, emergency procurement, reverse auction, bidding process, competitive bidding, public procurement, city council regulations, public works, bidding procedures, construction contracts, transparency, public trust

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• So this would be 90 on top of that. If they earn it. Right, right. Thank you. Yes, sir.
• We should have thousands of people here right now in this committee room, advocates, people with disabilities
• them, as if it were a legitimate threat or action. ...of them as if it were a legitimate threat or action
• Chiefs of Police; and Scott Kirkpatrick on behalf of the Chiefs of Police.
• Hayes on behalf of the Chiefs of Police, and Scott Carpatrick on behalf of the Chiefs of Police.

Bills: HB53 , HB57 , HB64 , HB100 , HB102 , HB106 , HB111 , HB137 , HB152 , HB155 , HB337 , HB957

Committee: House Administration of Criminal Justice

Keywords: racketeering, gambling crimes, law enforcement, public safety, criminal justice, temporary restraining orders, abuse prevention, evidence, court procedures, legal protections, felony speeding, traffic laws, penalties, elderly, infirmities, abuse, neglect, crime of violence, criminal liability, caregiver

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• scope of practice.
• I am an owner of multiple med spas within the state of Massachusetts, and I am owner of a school called
• pioneer study of Dr.
• I was diagnosed at the age of 42, just days shy of my 43rd birthday.
• It affects some of the highest rates of cities in the world are in North Africa and Northern India, of

Bills: H5013 , H5087 , H5115 , S2928

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Public Health

Keywords: celiac disease, gluten intolerance, autoimmune disorder, pediatric screening, child health, public health, screening pilot, early detection, 12-year-olds, cholesterol screening, lipid screening, health care providers, Department of Public Health, patient advocacy, family support, Massachusetts, preventive care, diagnostic screening, nutrition, gastroenterology

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• Uh there's been a lot of input on this bill and I know last year we passed a version of it.
• for the type of dog.
• >> All right. >> All right. >> All right.
• That’s part of the exception.
• </c><00:13:22.320><c> I</c> period of time? I don't I don't know. I period of time?

Bills: HB446 , HB446

Committee: House Agriculture and Forestry

Keywords: HB446, Daphne, Baldwin County, annexation, municipal boundary, corporate limits, local act, municipal incorporation, city limits expansion, zoning, land use, property tax, municipal services, Section 11-42-6, Judge of Probate, County Road 54 W, County Road 64, Rigsby Road, Highway 181, Alabama State Highway 181

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• &gt;&gt; All right. All right. Thank you. All &gt;&gt; All right. All right. Thank you.
• All those in favor of giving SB 15 a favorable report say aye. >> Those opposed. >> All right.
• This has been exacerbated by lack of action regarding healthcare premium subsidies, as far as the Obamacare
• Because of lack of federal action in this particular instance, states began enacting their own legislation
• This same bill. >> Right? >> Where were you the 17th of February?

Bills: HB55 , SB15 , SB247 , HB55 , SB15 , SB247

Committee: House Financial Services

Keywords: fishing, licensing, jubilee, Marine life, Alabama, regulations, sex offenders, employment restrictions, first responders, public safety, juvenile offenders, local laws, registration requirements, picketing, protesting, residential protest, noise amplification, amplified sound, residential picketing, harassment

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• Madam Chair, members of the committee, Tammy Felon, on behalf of the Department of Labor and Industries
• Members of the committee, Tammy Felon, on behalf of the Department of Labor and Industries, here to support
• I'm Mike Ennis here on behalf of the Building Industry Association of Washington, also in support of
• But the focus of the bill is to make sure that the users of the program are aware of the trade-offs,
• Tammy Fellon, on behalf of the Department of Labor and Industries.

Bills: SB6136 , SB6188 , SB5944

Committee: House Labor & Workplace Standards

Keywords: workers' compensation, industrial insurance, premium rates, rate transparency, actuarial rates, contingency reserves, Department of Labor and Industries, L&I, risk classifications, employer premiums, insurance regulation, rate setting, premium increase limits, workers' compensation advisory committee, retrospective rating, state insurance fund, accident and medical aid funds, SB 6188, asbestos, asbestos training

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• One piece I'd like to highlight right now for my colleagues at the University of New Mexico is their
• We're not played all the way, right? My bad. I forgot. We don't have that level of power.
• If they're not here on time, we're out of here. That's right, Senator Ezzell.
• How do I become one of you guys and stuff? That's right. Senator, welcome. It's no problem.
• so we're working all angles of this opportunity to provide some private donation funds as well.

Bills: HB30 , HB120 , HJR1 , SB210 , SB306 , HB30 , HB120 , HJR1 , SB210 , SB306

Committees: Senate Senate Education , Senate House Education

Keywords: teacher residency, Teacher Residency Act, public schools, teacher preparation, educator pipeline, teacher recruitment, teacher retention, student teachers, apprenticeship, co-teaching, mentor teachers, residency stipend, teacher salary, level one teacher, charter schools, school districts, New Mexico education, teacher workforce, principal stipend, cohort model