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• Members, just so you're all aware, right now today, any active county judge, district judge, or federal
• we're doing is giving them the same right we've already given to retired judges, as well as their active
• I actually went into that same location, but at least in the Arlington, Texas area, I know of at least
• Area allows owners to openly carry pistols, rifles, and shotguns.
• It's in the highest crime rate area of Dallas.

Bills: HB259, HB 1128, HB1337, HB1506, HB1794, HB2215, HB2470, HB2771, HB2882, HB2993, HB3053, HB3428, HB3669, HB3789, HB3924, HB4201, HB4675, HB259

Keywords: healthcare, insurance, patient rights, medical expenses, access to care, affordability, legislation, firearms, penal code, regulation, short-barrel firearms, ammunition, gun control, public safety, Texas law, short-barrel, law enforcement, election judges, concealed handgun, polling places

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• They don't have any law enforcement arresting powers except in... the event of an active shooting or
• So, although active shooter situations are very dramatic, I think that if we're not very, very...
• for law enforcement, particularly in less friendly urban areas.
• Just this one area.
• I come from a rural area.

Bills: HB259, HB259, HB 1128, HB1337, HB1506, HB1794, HB2215, HB2470, HB2771, HB2882, HB2993, HB3053, HB3428, HB3669, HB3789, HB3924, HB4201, HB4675

Keywords: redistricting, Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission, Texas Legislature, elections, district boundaries, voter representation, healthcare, insurance, patient rights, medical expenses, access to care, affordability, legislation, firearms, penal code, regulation, short-barrel firearms, ammunition, gun control, public safety

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• boomers many of them are actively boomers many of them are actively retiring<00:10:22.680> from
• absent special circumstances manageable absent special circumstances a<00:15:54.440> manageable
• So all of my districts had managed a way to figure this out.
• This is happening in some other areas throughout the state.
• This is happening in some other areas throughout the state.

Bills: HF827, HF1258, HF2387, HF2388, HF2534, HF2016

Keywords: education, school funding, consolidation aid, financial support, Minnesota Statutes, education finance, ice arena, school districts, cooperation agreement, equal sports opportunities, school milk program, nutrition, food waste, kindergarten, public schools, supplemental revenue, charter schools, funding, state appropriations, general education funding

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• The Animal Damage Management Board is a perfect example.
• And then also to cover associated administrative expenses for the management of that committee.
• And then also to cover associated administrative expenses for the management of that committee.
• <01:18:40.239> Um It's uh the gateway to those areas.
• Um It's uh the gateway to those areas.

Bills: SF0025, SF0027, SF0043, SF0066

Keywords: landowner licenses, hunting, wildlife management, quota hunt areas, game and fish commission, game management, hunting regulations, black bear, tracking dogs, wildlife conservation, conservation, contracting, supervisor, funding, districts, hunting licenses, donated licenses, life-threatening illness, vision impairment, nonprofit organizations

Bills: SF0025, SF0027, SF0043, SF0066

Keywords: landowner licenses, hunting, wildlife management, quota hunt areas, game and fish commission, game management, hunting regulations, black bear, tracking dogs, wildlife conservation, conservation, contracting, supervisor, funding, districts, hunting licenses, donated licenses, life-threatening illness, vision impairment, nonprofit organizations

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• c><00:09:10.480> area<00:09:10.640> is every area limited quota area is every area limited
• single areas. I don't know if it's 20%. single areas. I don't know if it's 20%.
• Certain specified areas.
• by area. >> Okay.
• to do this area by area. to do this area by area.

Bills: SF0025, SF0027, SF0043, SF0066

Keywords: landowner licenses, hunting, wildlife management, quota hunt areas, game and fish commission, game management, hunting regulations, black bear, tracking dogs, wildlife conservation, conservation, contracting, supervisor, funding, districts, hunting licenses, donated licenses, life-threatening illness, vision impairment, nonprofit organizations

Bills: SF0050, SF0068, SF0084, HB0087, HB0029, HB0061, HB0090

Keywords: groundwater, water resource management, state engineer, aquifer study, corrective controls, monitoring wells, public reporting, irrigation, water management, funding, maintenance projects, tax assessments, state law, water conservation, Colorado River, drought, water rights, voluntary program, interstate agreements, water development

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• <00:04:34.880> in team as well as our project managers in team as well as our project managers
• Got that permitted through the Bureau of Land Management.
• the area we're talking about, west of Hyattville, east of Manderson.
• Got that permitted through the Bureau of Land Management.
• So that state in the different areas.

Bills: SF0050, SF0068, SF0084, HB0087, HB0029, HB0061, HB0090

Keywords: groundwater, water resource management, state engineer, aquifer study, corrective controls, monitoring wells, public reporting, irrigation, water management, funding, maintenance projects, tax assessments, state law, water conservation, Colorado River, drought, water rights, voluntary program, interstate agreements, water development

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• This investment will help local emergency managers carry out critical activities such as planning, training
• of Minnesota Emergency Managers.
• Minnesota Emergency Managers.
• With continued cuts to the federal Emergency Management Performance Grant, local emergency management
• manager.

Bills: HF1354, HF1901, HF2124, HF2130, HF2260, HF2099, HF104, HF134, HF1769

Keywords: public safety, school safety, active shooter, active shooter drill, violence prevention, threat reporting, anonymous tip line, See It, Say It, Send It, Minnesota Fusion Center, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, officer-involved death, missing person, endangered missing person, criminal background check, national background check, FBI fingerprint check, adult entertainment license, massage license, correctional facilities

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• context of the bill but um the active context of the bill but um the active shooter<00:29:53.480
• This investment will help local emergency managers carry out critical activities such as planning, training
• > out help local emergency managers carry out help local emergency managers carry out critical
• critical activities such as planning critical activities such as planning training<00:47:20.920>
• of Minnesota Emergency Managers.

Bills: HF1354, HF1901, HF2124, HF2130, HF2260, HF2099, HF104, HF134, HF1769

Keywords: public safety, school safety, active shooter, active shooter drill, violence prevention, threat reporting, anonymous tip line, See It, Say It, Send It, Minnesota Fusion Center, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, officer-involved death, missing person, endangered missing person, criminal background check, national background check, FBI fingerprint check, adult entertainment license, massage license, correctional facilities

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• All these areas are growing.
• Um all these areas are growing. Newport. Um all these areas are growing.
• And is it adjacent to this area? added? And is it adjacent to this area?
• build-out of transit in our metro area. build-out of transit in our metro area.
• in in the metro area. in in the metro area.

Bills: HF3373, HF4449, HF3486, HF4180, HF4227, HF2505

Keywords: transportation, interchange, funding, bonds, St. Paul Park, transit, Metropolitan Council, Twin Cities, metro area, high-frequency transit, bus rapid transit, busway, guideway, transportation policy plan, transit performance measures, regional transit benchmarks, transit-oriented development, TOD, zoning, land use

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• I'm from the Madison area, but I go to school at UAV, and I study psychology and criminal justice. psychology
• Under the jurisdiction, there were other areas of that parent company that were not in regulated areas
• Different areas where it is, but it also provides a framework for the rest of the state.
• This legislation proposes specific updates to align Alabama law with present-day Emergency Management
• Any occasion that, if not adequately managed, poses a threat to the health and safety of Alabama.

Bills: HB68, HB140, HB168

Keywords: foreign investment, agriculture, property rights, critical infrastructure, sanctions, HB140, private sewer systems, wastewater utilities, Public Service Commission, PSC jurisdiction, utility regulation, rate setting, rate consolidation, affiliated systems, common ownership, private utilities, sewer rates, wastewater management, Alabama utilities, Jefferson County Board of Health

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• I’d like to say that we are that white area that Mr.
• Water management in Texas is critical, 301 Water management in Texas is critical, not just for urban
• , and manage all of those different things.
• That come from urban and come from rural and come from suburban areas, you've got to be able to manage
• “For the future pumping that the groundwater management areas put into their model runs, they will typically

Bills: HB24, HB27

Keywords: groundwater, conservation, water permits, sustainability, resource management

Summary: The committee met to hear House Bills 27 and 24 on groundwater issues in East Texas, with members and witnesses focusing on a proposed large-volume groundwater export project and the need for more science before major permitting decisions are made. HB 27, which was within the special session call, would direct the Texas Water Development Board to conduct a hydrogeologic study of the aquifers in the affected area and temporarily pause new export permits while the study is underway. HB 24, a separate bill that would limit certain production and export permits to 5% of modeled available groundwater, was laid out but the chair said it would not be moved out of committee. Testimony on HB 27 was largely supportive, though some witnesses were neutral. Supporters, including representatives from a water supply corporation, the Trinity River Authority, Environmental Defense Fund, and the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, said the region lacks enough hydrologic data, that the proposed pumping could affect private wells, surface water, and local economies, and that the state needs better information on sustainable yield and groundwater-surface water interaction. Several witnesses emphasized that groundwater conservation districts need clearer tools and better data, while also noting concerns about property rights and the rule of capture. Committee members discussed the scale of the proposed project, the absence of a groundwater conservation district in Houston County, and the possibility that the study should examine desired future conditions and maximum sustainable pumping rather than only modeled available groundwater. The committee adopted the committee substitute for HB 27 and voted it out favorably to the full House with a recommendation that it do pass, be printed, and be sent to the Committee on Calendars. The roll call was unanimous, 11 ayes and 0 nays. After the vote, members briefly reflected on the complexity of the issue and the need to continue working on broader groundwater policy in the interim and next session. HB 24 was discussed later in the meeting, but no final action on that bill was taken in the portion provided.

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• So it had previously been an area more rural. Um-hum.
• We still have areas that may be.
• Some of those areas became very in. Industrial.
• They've been actively looking for a, um, the property owner had been actively looking for a new lessee
• The population in the unincorporated area tripled.

Bills: HB24

Keywords: groundwater, conservation, water permits, sustainability, resource management

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• Resource management will come to order. The clerk will call the roll. Chairman Gates.
• To those I'm gonna defer that to our city manager.
• for the life, for basically however long that area was within the city limits.
• most cases, they're, they're service areas that fire departments will serve no matter what.
• Hearing none, the chair moves to adjourn the Committee on Land and Resource Management.

Bills: HB24

Keywords: groundwater, conservation, water permits, sustainability, resource management

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• have management on the land.<00:12:19.160> Um land.
• showing um the effects of well-managed showing um the effects of well-managed rangeland,<00:12:39.960
• > well-managed<00:12:40.480> grazing<00:12:40.800> lands, rangeland, well-managed
• grazing lands, rangeland, well-managed grazing lands, and<00:12:41.560> what<00:12:41.720>
• can be mitigated by well-managed can be mitigated by well-managed rangelands.<00:13:15.520> Um

Bills: SCR120, SCR71, SCR164, SCR41

Keywords: rangelands, pastoralists, pastoralism, ranching, ranchers, paniolo, livestock, grazing, grasslands, land management, conservation, sustainable agriculture, agriculture, Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity, University of Hawaii, ecosystem services, carbon sequestration, wildlife habitat, Hawaii counties, International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists

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• House Bill 3479 by Representative Matt Morgan relates to the Rio Grande Vegetative Management Program
• Furthermore, our past use of selective hunting and controlled areas has not achieved the necessary management
• Current law does not recognize preserve management as a qualifying activity for this type of permit.
• This bill will allow for management as a qualifying activity for this type of permit.
• the world's cotton production comes from our area.

Bills: HB43, HB519, HB 1275, HB1592, HB2842, HB3088, HB3479, HB4163, SB823, HB609

Keywords: agriculture, finance, young farmers, financial assistance, pest control, honey production, beekeeping, food safety, local regulation, bovine producers, dairy farms, permits, bovine tuberculosis, public health, wildlife management, disease prevention, alert system, Texas A&M, white-tailed deer, public safety

Summary: The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs met with only four members initially present, so quorum was not established until later in the hearing. The committee heard several agriculture-, wildlife-, and food-labeling-related bills, including HB 3479 on expanding the Rio Grande vegetative management program beyond carrizo cane to other noxious vegetation, SB 823 on shrimp origin labeling and restrictions on misrepresenting imported shrimp as Texas or Gulf shrimp, HB 3088 on giving Texas Parks and Wildlife more flexibility to procure resale goods for park gift shops, HB 1275 on permits for non-bovine dairy farms in certain TB-affected areas, HB 519 on honey production and packaging rules, HB 609 on cleaning oyster cages in-bay with bay water only, HB 1592 on a voluntary AgriLife pest and disease alert system, HB 2842 on targeted urban deer depredation permits, and HB 4163 on limiting city requirements that agricultural operators maintain roadside rights-of-way. Testimony generally came from industry groups, agency resource witnesses, and affected producers, with most witnesses supporting the bills and several bills drawing questions about enforcement, labeling responsibility, and the scope of local authority. The most extensive discussion centered on SB 823, where Vice Chair Hancock and others questioned why wholesalers would be covered if they cannot relabel products. The bill author and restaurant association witness said the measure was intended to improve transparency and allow enforcement against intentional mislabeling, while preserving a good-faith defense and clarifying that the bill does not create a private cause of action. HB 519 also drew supportive testimony from beekeepers and a family farm, who argued that current rules treat honey extraction and bottling too much like food manufacturing and burden small operations. HB 609 was presented as a way to save time and resources for cultivated oyster mariculture by allowing cage cleaning in the bay without soaps or chemicals, and HB 1592 was described as a voluntary opt-in alert system for pests and diseases coordinated through AgriLife and other state agencies. HB 43 generated the most detailed policy debate. The bill would restructure and expand the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority, update grant and loan programs, and create a pest and disease control depredation program. The committee substitute reduced some funding caps, changed references from predators to depredating animals, and made the financial provisions contingent on appropriations. Supporters from Texas Farm Bureau, cotton growers, grain and feed interests, and young farmers described severe drought, inflation, land loss, rising input costs, and shrinking infrastructure as major threats to agriculture, while one witness urged preserving priority for young farmers. After testimony, the committee adopted the committee substitute and reported HB 43 favorably. The committee also voted HB 519, HB 609, HB 1275, HB 1592, HB 3088, HB 3479, HB 2842, and HB 4163 favorably, with several recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. SB 823 was reported from committee on a 6-2 vote after adoption of the committee substitute. The meeting ended with notice that the committee would tentatively reconvene Friday morning and then recessed subject to the chair's call.

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• Across the metro area, 40 in Minnesota.
• Director Warner. that's a good thing for our area. So I that's a good thing for our area.
• And over the last the metropolitan area.
• a regional reputation within our area. a regional reputation within our area.
• And now we're Louisville Swamp area.

Bills: HF1972, HF229, HF1090, HF1084, HF1307, HF1274, HF1609, HF2110, HF211, HF216, HF222, HF224, HF225, HF203, HF206, HF207, HF208, HF227, HF246, HF427, HF466, HF502, HF680, HF971

Keywords: community center, Breckenridge, capital investment, state bonds, economic development, HF229, North Branch Area Hockey Association, Stacy Ice Arena, Chisago County, general fund appropriation, grant, ice arena, hockey rink, youth sports, recreational facility, community arena, nonprofit, DEED, Department of Employment and Economic Development, local infrastructure

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• > for<00:03:10.000> the area agency on aging for the area agency on aging for the metropolitan
• <00:03:26.000> Agencies Minnesota Association of Area Agencies Minnesota Association of Area
• difficulty with daily living activities. difficulty with daily living activities.
• Now, area agencies on aging the same.
• . management. management.

Bills: HF4210, HF4212, HF4549, HF4464, HF4546, HF4447

Keywords: senior nutrition, older adults, aging services, home-delivered meals, congregate dining, meal delivery, grocery delivery, food insecurity, nutrition support, area agencies on aging, Minnesota Board on Aging, human services, special revenue fund, nonprofit grants, SNAP outreach, medically tailored meals, rural nutrition, food access, transportation services, elderly

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• Fish Department, including the appointment of the director, the creation of policies for wildlife management
• , and the regulation, management, and transaction of wildlife, hunting, fishing, and wildlife conservation
• Senator, the gray wolf, as you know, is protected under the Endangered Species Act, and that management
• We have the ability to do that to get the actual commissioners to manage our animal resources.
• I'm Daniel Harris, the Government Relations Manager for the Arizona Farm Bureau.

Bills: SB1082, SB1200, SB1335, SB1336, SB1559, SB1761, SB1762, SB1785, SCM1007

Keywords: petting zoos, animal encounters, public health, handwashing, supervision, sanitization, safety regulations, civil penalties, water supply, groundwater, Phoenix, certificates, long-term storage credits, water conservation, municipal provider, replenishment obligation, water banking, annual report, Arizona Water Banking Authority, water supply management