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• Um, the substitute is a combination of, uh, a lot of edits, and I have to give a lot of credit to the
• Chairman, that’s the, um, kind of the crux of the substitute.
• Um, the substitute is a combination of, uh, a lot of edits, and I have to give a lot of credit to the
• Um, the substitute is a combination of, uh, a lot of edits, and I have to give a lot of credit to the
• </c> supportive of this. supportive of this.

Bills: SB292 , HB351 , HB141 , HB273 , SB292 , HB351 , HB141 , HB273

Committee: Senate County and Municipal Government

Keywords: education oversight, subpoena authority, investigation, State Superintendent, school misconduct, ad valorem tax, road funding, local government, referendum, Choctaw County, HB141, Alabama, state employees, salary deductions, payroll deduction, State Comptroller, membership dues, voluntary contributions, insurance premiums, financial instruments

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• The goals of the care fund are to optimize the use of public funds by giving priority to research using
• The goals of the care fund are to optimize the use of public funds by giving priority to research using
• Tobacco use is one of the most expensive and preventable causes of health care costs in Washington State
• Tobacco use is one of the most expensive and preventable causes of health care costs in Washington State
• death, and so it's one of the largest drivers of health care costs, but it's also one of the most preventable

Bills: SB6073 , SB6113 , SB6116 , SB6129 , SB6162 , SB6114 , SB5857

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: SB 6073, LEOFF, Law Enforcement Officers' and Fire Fighters' Retirement System, retirement system, pension, public safety retirement, wildland firefighter, aviation firefighter, wildland fire, forest firefighter, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, firefighter benefits, retirement benefits, service credit, disability retirement, survivor benefits, employer contributions, Washington RCW, public employees

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• Obviously, our worthy chairman is not here today, so I'll be taking care of State Government.
• </c><00:03:53.360><c> First,</c> taking care of state government.
• First, taking care of state government.
• </c> contract of the purchasing agency is in the executive branch.
• ><c> is</c><00:06:28.639><c> in</c> contract of the purchasing agency is in contract of the purchasing

Bills: HB136 , HB137 , HB220 , HB213 , HB256 , HB136 , HB137 , HB220 , HB213 , HB256

Committee: House State Government

Keywords: Teacher's Retirement System, TRS, DROP, Deferred Retirement Option Plan, retirement benefits, teacher retirement, classroom teacher, Tier I, Tier II, public pension, pension reform, education employees, retirement system, sick leave, cost-of-living adjustment, COLA, beneficiary, lump-sum payout, rollover, service retirement

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• I'm in favor of a bill that would protect the families of Texas in the case of catastrophic events.
• For the record, my name is Mark Bell, on behalf of AECT, the Association of Electric Companies of Texas
• I will say that at the end of the day, I look forward to working with each of you... ...every one of
• Mark Bell is testifying on behalf of the Association of Electric Companies of Texas and you're new.
• Those operators need to be taken care of.

Bills: SB34 , SB75 , SB330 , SB1535 , SB18 , SB 18 , SB 34

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: wildfire, wildfire mitigation, wildfire prevention, volunteer fire department, Texas A&M Forest Service, West Texas A&M University, prescribed burning, fuel loading, fuel reduction, firefighting equipment database, emergency communications, disaster preparedness, rural fire protection, asset hardening, natural resource management, emergency management, large wildfire risk, fire grant funding, fire suppression, Texas Legislature

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• And they come in and take care of it.
• They come in and they take care of it.
• We take very good care of our children.
• of those who cannot take care of themselves.
• But we took care of my entire precinct, all of it. We took care of my entire precinct, all of it.

Bills: HB1455 , HB1777 , HB2101 , HB2136 , HB2609 , HB3142 , HB3552 , HB3846 , HB4155 , HB4514 , HB4879 , HB4995 , HB5014 , HB5139 , HB5228 , HB5436 , HCR40

Committee: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Keywords: mental health, jail diversion, law enforcement, reporting requirements, criminal justice, data collection, criminal justice reform, intellectual disability, mental illness, data reporting, public safety, reporting, substance abuse, sex offender, driver's license, identification, gunshot detection, unreported gunshots, municipal police, crime investigation

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several public safety, criminal justice, and regulatory bills. HB 4995 would create a training and certification program allowing licensed physicians and certain EMS personnel assigned to tactical units to carry firearms during high-risk deployments, with supporters saying it would let tactical medical staff protect themselves while providing immediate care; the bill was left pending. HB 2609 would repeal the failure-to-appear-or-pay/OmniBase license-hold program, with the author and advocates arguing it creates compounding debt and unnecessary barriers to driving, while judges and municipal court representatives said the program is a voluntary, cost-effective tool that improves court appearances and reduces warrants; the bill was also left pending. HB 4879 would create a grant program to help local law enforcement pay for lab testing of suspected hemp/Delta-9 THC substances, and HB 5436 would let licensed auto recyclers buy certain untitled vehicles for scrap or parts to curb illegal sales, VIN cloning, and chop shops; both measures were left pending after brief testimony in support. The committee also heard HB 1777, which would require a discrete designation on driver’s licenses and state IDs for people required to register as sex offenders. The author and supporters argued the marker would help law enforcement and businesses quickly identify potentially dangerous offenders and prevent harm, while opponents called it a stigmatizing “scarlet letter” that would increase harassment, family harm, and reintegration barriers. The bill was left pending. HB 4155 would create a two-year Family Violence Criminal Homicide Prevention Task Force in the Governor’s Office to study family violence homicides, gather stakeholders, and recommend policy changes; the author, HHSC, the Texas Council on Family Violence, and a survivor testified in support, and the bill was left pending. The committee also heard HB 4514, which would authorize DPS to use facial image verification, with consent and privacy safeguards, to help businesses confirm identities and combat fraud; supporters from the lumber and identity-verification industries said it would reduce theft and fraud, and the bill was left pending. Finally, HB 5139 would clarify that peace officers and jailers are justified in using less lethal force weapons when acting within training and official duties; law enforcement groups supported the measure as a way to encourage use of less lethal tools without fear of prosecution, and testimony was underway when the transcript ended.

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• We all rose this morning out of bed just because of you. You give us life. You give us grace.
• So in the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. So in the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Thank you.
• Wit Pool is the youngest of the three Pools and we've had, I think, all of them.
• One is the county definition of rural... One is the county definition of rural.
• So this amendment, the second amendment did take care of that. Any other questions for the sponsor?

Bills: HB46 , HB379 , SB22 , HB487 , HB273 , HB525

Committee: House Ways and Means Education

Keywords: rural physician, tax credit, healthcare access, physician recruitment, Alabama, HB379, Alabama income tax, nonresident exemption, remote workers, traveling employees, mobile workforce, withholding tax, state tax reciprocity, multistate employees, temporary work, work location tracking, time and attendance system, remote work taxation, professional athlete, professional entertainer

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• Page 3 of the digest gives an overview of all...
• I mean, it's part of our job. It's part of their job.
• But we do have a better local following, and it would give local people more of an opportunity to purchase
• care of in their branch of government.
• care of in their branch of government.

Bills: HB27 , HB143 , HB205 , HB308 , HB311 , HB417 , HB430 , HB562 , HB812 , HB1129

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: inmates, department of public safety, per diem, local correctional facilities, jail funding, insurance premiums, Municipal Fire and Police, dedicated fund, assessments, Louisiana legislation, hazardous waste, cleanup fund, environmental protection, state treasury, Consumer Price Index, law enforcement, firefighters, health insurance, survivors benefits, Lafayette

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• So do you see some overlap there since that was taken care of last year? Thank you.
• We kind of want to use this as a kind of a somewhat of a pilot program to see how many uninsured vehicles
• a party of.
• of the House.
• of some sort.

Bills: SB1966 , SB175 , SB1475 , SB1950 , SB2049 , SB2052

Committee: Senate Aeronautics and Transportation

Keywords: memorial highways, bridge designations, Oklahoma Statutes, commemorative markers, transportation, uninsured vehicles, reimbursement fund, towing services, commercial vehicles, public safety, memorial, infrastructure, dedication, Toby Keith, aviation, aircraft, surveillance, regulations, fees, Oklahoma statutes

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• their cost of quality child care study survey and analysis related to some of those specified fixed
• their cost of quality child care study survey and analysis related to some of those specified fixed
• I'm Jennifer Ziegler here today on behalf of Child Care Aware of Washington State, testifying in favor
• about how do we determine the actual cost of care.
• about how do we determine the actual cost of care.

Bills: SB5109 , SB5835 , SB6065

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: mortgage lending, fraud, prosecution, financial regulations, consumer protection, retirement, lump sum payment, benefits, pension, financial security, SB 6065, school district transportation, transportation vehicle fund, pupil transportation, school buses, electric school buses, zero-emission buses, bus fleet electrification, charging stations, vehicle replacement

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• of this trespass.
• America was part of the facts of the prosecution.
• And there's a lot of gray area in the law, and that's part of the job of us is to determine and how to
• For coercion of abortion. Yes. It would be a form of assault. It would be a form of assault, right?
• And we're here today in support of 2198 on behalf of the Justices of the Peace.

Bills: HB2047 , HB2136 , HB2198 , HB2411 , HB2662 , HB2966 , HB2970

Committees: House Judiciary , House House Judiciary Committee of Reference

Keywords: forcible entry, detainer, writ of restitution, criminal trespass, judgment enforcement, civil terrorism, disorderly conduct, vandalism, political activism, public order, subversion, government security, criminal records, sealing records, civil rights, expungement, rehabilitation, coerced abortion, abortion-inducing drugs, felony

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• I was unaware, and I think both of us were unaware we were presenting similar bills.
• based on our working together for the next piece of legislation, hopefully.
• Andres, Representative, since we know that some sort of an amendment is coming.
• Can you go ahead and just kind of outline that for us of what to expect between here and the next version
• of the bill?

Bills: HB3840 , HB3431

Committee: House State Powers

Keywords: foreign ownership, land acquisition, military installation, critical infrastructure, affidavit requirements, state law, penalties, Attorney General, foreign ownership of land, foreign adversary, foreign government adversary, foreign government enterprise, foreign government entity, foreign terrorist organization, specially designated national, SDN, FTO, critical minerals, land ownership, real property

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• That the power of the many outweighs the hubris of the few, and that for our sake and the sake of our
• Sixth order of business, second reading of bills.
• It's a place of unity. It's a place of community.
• of your neighborhood, in the middle of your block.
• And how do we discern between those goods that we care about and to incentivize more co-location of industrial

Bills: HB1175 , HB1376 , HB1500 , HB1796

Keywords: HB1175, small business, residential zoning, land use, zoning reform, neighborhood store, neighborhood cafe, convenience store, minimarket, corner store, mixed-use, local government, city zoning, town zoning, code city, parking regulations, hours of operation, alcohol service, food requirement, commercial use in residential areas

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• the state of Washington.
• the state of Washington.
• May the common goal of serving all the people of Washington guide all of their actions. Amen.
• With the consent of the House, the minutes of the preceding day will stand approved.
• Fourth order of business.

Bills: HB1175 , HB1376 , HB1500 , HB1796

Keywords: HB1175, small business, residential zoning, land use, zoning reform, neighborhood store, neighborhood cafe, convenience store, minimarket, corner store, mixed-use, local government, city zoning, town zoning, code city, parking regulations, hours of operation, alcohol service, food requirement, commercial use in residential areas

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• Provisions of this bill scale with employee sizes.
• We show Sarah Horne registered on behalf of the National Federation of Independent Businesses.
• I'm the assistant state director of NFIB.
• Members of the Committee, as the owner of Alcon DTS, a Texas small business that has been offering managed
• In previous testimonies, we have spoken of instances of harassment, criminal, and inappropriate situations

Bills: SB1540 , SB2610 , SB2373

Committee: House Delivery of Government Efficiency

Keywords: election officials, confidentiality, personal information, government transparency, public safety, cybersecurity, data breach, breach of system security, exemplary damages, punitive damages, liability shield, safe harbor, small business, mid-sized business, Texas Business & Commerce Code, sensitive personal information, personal identifying information, identity theft, fraud prevention, NIST

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• Members, we're going to vote on a couple of pieces of legislation before we go.
• To the origin of the delivery of. Representative Cole? Aye. Representative DeAyala? Aye.
• We don't have to purchase an out-of-state license to hunt or to have a field trial in these other states
• We want to bring them to Texas and not have them bear the burden of having to purchase a hunting license
• There's not many because, due to the out-of-staters having to come and purchase a license, we don't get

Bills: SB2801 , SB2232 , SCR18

Committee: House Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Keywords: SB 2801, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Parks and Wildlife Code, field trial permit, hunting dog field trial, coonhound trial, dog trial, squirrel hunting, fur-bearing animals, nongame animals, hunting license exemption, wildlife management, public land permit, private land hunting, game fish and water safety account, permit fee, commission rules, Parks and Wildlife Department, Unplug Texas Day, digital detox

Bills: HB462 , HB8 , HB8

Committee: Senate Healthcare

Keywords: emergency medical services, military training, licensure, public health, veterans, tobacco regulation, vaping, sales restrictions, youth protection, tobacco compliance, education programs, electronic nicotine delivery systems, campus chaplain, chaplain, school chaplain, volunteer, public K-12 schools, public schools, public charter schools, education policy

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• of.
• Scott testifying on behalf of yourself and testifying for the bill it's on behalf of the city of Austin
• I kind of think of it a little bit as a doge type of bill because it screams efficiency.
• property in the paper of of general circulation.
• that person or as a family member take care of the problem.

Bills: HB33 , HB298 , HB 1024 , HB 1234 , HB 1261 , HB1696 , HB298

Committee: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Keywords: electronic monitoring, parole supervision, law enforcement, warrant execution, public safety, handgun license, judgment evaluation, medical advisory board, application denial, gun law procedures, abandoned property, unclaimed property, disposition, handgun, driver's license, commercial driver's license, weapon carry, gun rights, Texas legislature, legislative attendance

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• This stuff deprives your brain of oxygen, and it's just become... ...brain of oxygen, and it's just become
• There have been several of these since I've... ...there have been several of these issues since I've
• People don't care.
• We have the privilege today of Senator Chestine to... ...the privilege today of Senator Chestine to be
• of our package of bills pertaining to our military.

Bills: HB245 , HB278 , SB59 , SB78

Committee: House Health

Keywords: inhalants, controlled substances, butyl nitrite, nitrous oxide, amyl nitrite, health, public safety, HB278, ivermectin, pharmacist, standing order, prescription drug, pharmacy, State Board of Pharmacy, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, CRNP, medical licensure, drug dispensing, adverse events

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• And, of course, workforce is an important aspect of that.
• Health care, you can just name any of those.
• Purchase about 20 total tons of tobacco from Louisiana farmers here in Louisiana to the natural American
• I've kind of got, you know, on both sides of the landowner, on both sides of the fence.
• I've kind of got, you know, on both sides of the landowner, on both sides of the fence.

Bills: HCR77 , HB81 , HB512 , HB663 , HB717 , HB1194

Committee: Senate Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development

Keywords: crawfish, agricultural labor, H-2B program, H-2A program, labor shortage, temporary workers, Louisiana economy, HCR77, crawfish industry, H-2B visa, seasonal labor, agriculture, immigration, arborist, property disputes, tree trimming, neighborhood, landowner rights, Delta Economic Research and Sustainability District, board of commissioners

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• Representative of 29 and zero nay were reported out with the do pass.
• Representative of 29 and zero nay were reported out with the do pass.
• is the upfront cost of infrastructure.
• would have allowed the levying of millage to support the stuff.
• the citizens of that county by that municipality, and it is subject to a vote of 60% threshold.

Bills: SB1530 , SB1579 , SB1778 , SB1847 , SB1990 , SB1992 , SB2060

Committee: House Appropriations and Budget

Keywords: research funding, development rebate, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, tax incentives, higher education partnerships, property tax, valuation increase, taxpayer rights, homestead, protest process, reading instruction, literacy, educational equity, intervention services, third grade retention, Strong Readers Act, Medicaid, ADvantage Waiver, home-based services, eligibility criteria