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• We should take advantage of those opportunities where Birmingham is the hub of the metro area, and they
• So, I think that while I understand the spirit and there were other areas in which this may have been
• Warming shelters, they're often at Boutwell Auditorium or BJCC in that area, and we don't have anything
• Uh, but a look around our specific area, we see that we're more of the exception than the norm. we're

Bills: HB162 , HB376 , HB425 , SB96 , HB426

Committee: House State Government

Keywords: homelessness, homeless individuals, unsheltered, transient, shelter, encampment, street outreach, relocation, displacement, law enforcement, municipal government, county government, local government, interjurisdictional transport, Class A misdemeanor, criminal penalties, public safety, social services, Alabama Code 15-20A-4, environmental regulation

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• We have some of the fastest. growing areas in the state if not the nation in our basin.
• Our members include river authorities, municipalities, all types. water districts, flood irrigation,
• worth of flood mitigation needs.
• We got over $2 billion worth of flood mitigation projects.
• New water, flood of course, and we have money in the fifth, the flood information fund to. continue to

Bills: HB 1089 , HB 1163 , HB 1177 , HB 1238 , HB1318 , HB1400 , HB1407 , HB1532 , HJR7 , HJR7

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: coastal protection, environmental management, Gulf Coast, storm risk management, funding, Texas General Land Office, healthcare, insurance reform, patient access, insurance regulation, affordable care, health insurance, consumer rights, coverage transparency, claims process, insurance regulations, aggregate production, environmental impact, financial responsibility, reclamation

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• know, is a high-growth area.
• . and also greater levels of flooding.
• from that 1% of flood events, that's a good.
• TWA supports planning for drainage and flood.
• in that area and work is continuing today.

Bills: HB 1089 , HB 1163 , HB 1177 , HB 1238 , HB1318 , HB1400 , HB1407 , HB1532 , HJR7 , HJR7

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: coastal protection, environmental management, Gulf Coast, storm risk management, funding, Texas General Land Office, healthcare, insurance reform, patient access, insurance regulation, affordable care, health insurance, consumer rights, coverage transparency, claims process, insurance regulations, aggregate production, environmental impact, financial responsibility, reclamation

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• And those locations could include municipal planning areas, county islands, or unincorporated areas immediately
• Madam Chair and members, House Bill 2955 modifies fuel reformulation rules in Area A and Area C for April
• A and Area C.
• A and Area C.
• A and Area C.

Bills: HB2014 , HB2113 , HB2145 , HB2331 , HB2340 , HB2389 , HB2400 , HB2401 , HB2428 , HB2494 , HB2696 , HB2756 , HB2795 , HB2955 , HCM2008

Committees: House Natural Resources, Energy & Water , House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference

Keywords: air emissions, fuel blends, environmental quality, feasibility study, Arizona Department of Agriculture, utility consumer, rate intervention, public service corporation, Arizona Revised Statutes, residential rates, consumer protection, fuel reformulation, gasoline standards, environmental regulations, ethanol supply, Air Quality, energy reliability, electric service providers, reliable resources, public power entity

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• preserves the natural services. as these ecosystems provide, as John mentioned, clean drinking water, flood
• The area often gets a bad reputation as being trashy.
• I've personally heard people say from other... areas that they won't come to our beaches anymore because
• Area, which really doesn't make much sense since we already have certain protections. Inflammation.

Bills: HB1730 , HB1823 , HB2048 , HB2266 , HB2440 , HB3333 , HB4086 , HB4271 , HB4413 , HB4839 , HB4841 , HB5151

Committee: House Environmental Regulation

Keywords: PFAS, perfluoroalkyl substances, polyfluoroalkyl substances, forever chemicals, public health study, environmental regulation, drinking water, groundwater, surface water, food packaging, chemical exposure, firefighters, chemical manufacturing workers, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, TCEQ, Railroad Commission of Texas, Department of State Health Services, University of Houston, occupational exposure, contaminants

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• This came to my attention because of some issues in the San Marcos area where folks wanted to build new
• flood planning through regionalism.
• It is not to affect the ability to build plants in the outlying rural areas.
• Because you're in a rural area, there's no sliding scale on the quality.
• Then, when somebody wants to build more into that area, develop that area, and that provider can't supply

Bills: HB29 , HB685 , HB1633 , HB1689 , HB1690 , HB1918 , HB2010 , HB2500 , HB2608 , HB2626 , HB29

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: water audit, water loss, water loss mitigation plan, municipally owned utility, municipal utility, water conservation, Texas Water Development Board, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water leakage, leak detection, billing data accuracy, utility validation, water audit validation, water scarcity, water management, infrastructure, public utility, conservation plan, administrative penalty

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• previously from Representative Bell of Kaufman that relates to providing greater accountability to rural area
• relates to a certificate of public convenience and necessity to provide water or sewer service in an area
• 2023, somewhere around 21 billion was the number that came out from under Representative Gardner's area
• That’s the area where Ms.
• Part of the area might develop very quickly and part of the area might develop a decade or more later

Bills: HB29 , HB685 , HB1633 , HB1689 , HB1690 , HB1918 , HB2010 , HB2500 , HB2608 , HB2626 , HB29

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: water audit, water loss, water loss mitigation plan, municipally owned utility, municipal utility, water conservation, Texas Water Development Board, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water leakage, leak detection, billing data accuracy, utility validation, water audit validation, water scarcity, water management, infrastructure, public utility, conservation plan, administrative penalty

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• So, with this track with municipal charges, so no, so as far as municipal, it's a hinky area you're getting
• The area we have is the discharge into a firearm.
• It would also go to acquiring digital forensic technology and investigative tools specific to this area

Bills: SB1936 , SB1612 , SB1543 , SB1260 , SB1988 , SB1859 , SB2041 , SB1257 , HB4272 , HB3277 , HB3148 , HB3651 , HB3323 , HB4287 , HB4105 , HB3304 , HB3345

Committee: Senate Public Safety

Keywords: forfeiture, criminal offenses, law enforcement, Class D1 offenses, property seizure, SB1612, mandatory reporting, violent injury reporting, gunshot wound, stab wound, poisoning, burn injury, explosive injury, medical reporting, healthcare providers, law enforcement notification, evidence preservation, patient video records, confidentiality waiver, misdemeanor penalty

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• We have that in our cities, but we don't have it outside in the unincorporated area.
• 16th outside in the unincorporated area.
• Last but not least, 6013 areas and winter. I'm just kidding.
• Last but not least, 6013 Ski Areas and Winter Sports. Can we have a staff presentation?
• I came prepared that has a list for each ski area that we have.

Bills: SB5820 , SB6064 , SB6077 , SB6101 , SB6013 , SB6066

Committee: Senate Local Government

Keywords: freight rail, rail corridor, short-line railroad, rail-dependent uses, industrial land use, growth management act, GMA, comprehensive plan, transportation element, land use planning, local government, county planning, city planning, critical areas, agricultural lands, forest lands, mineral resource lands, urban growth area, development regulations, notice on permits

Bills: SF3045 , HF2783 , HF1943

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: omnibus, state government, local government, elections, campaign finance, voter registration, absentee voting, election administration, electronic rosters, lobbying, lobbyist disclosure, state budget, appropriations, biennial budget, Minnesota Secretary of State, Minnesota Management and Budget, state personnel, civil service, affirmative action, disability employment

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• particular area of expertise but um so particular area of expertise but um so my<00:09:37.959><c> question
• However, particularly in rural areas where there are limited other identifying structures in an area,
• However, particularly in rural areas where there are limited other identifying structures in an area,
• </c> particularly rural areas where are there particularly rural areas where are there are<00:43:48.640
• </c><00:43:53.920><c> uh</c> structures uh you know in an area uh structures uh you know in an area uh

Bills: HF1379 , HF1596 , HF2260 , HF1429

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Keywords: nonopioid directive, opioid refusal, opioid-free care, pain management, health care directive, advance directive, patient autonomy, informed consent, substance use disorder, opioid epidemic, prescriber immunity, provider liability, emergency medical services, EMS, health record, Minnesota Department of Health, health care agent, medical power of attorney, Metropolitan Council, Minnesota government data practices

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• I've sat on many boards, elected positions in the area. area, actually not far from where you are, but
• For you guys to have meetings within the area that you're serving?
• So what I'm saying is if you're in a bigger area and you come. come from other areas, you don't get what's
• Once the area permit is approved, the permittee may choose specific... specific production areas within
• the permitted mining area.

Bills: HB279 , HB310 , HB365 , HB391 , HB420 , HB422 , HB638 , HB279 , HB310

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: HB 279, uranium mining, uranium permit, production area authorization, production zone, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, contested case hearing, administrative hearing, groundwater restoration, groundwater baseline, water quality, mining permit, restoration values, natural resources, environmental regulation, in-situ uranium mining, permit amendment, public hearing

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• I sit on a Willow Point mud, which is a small mud, 700 connections. the Katy area just just south of
• We've actually had more people come down to, we meet at my attorney's office in the Galleria area of
• I'm a resident director of Willow Point Mud in the Katy area.
• If you're in an economically disadvantaged area and your customers are paying this most they can for
• We still have a lot of areas in rural Texas where this exists. that my members can't comply with.

Bills: HB279 , HB310 , HB365 , HB391 , HB420 , HB422 , HB638 , HB279 , HB310

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: HB 279, uranium mining, uranium permit, production area authorization, production zone, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, contested case hearing, administrative hearing, groundwater restoration, groundwater baseline, water quality, mining permit, restoration values, natural resources, environmental regulation, in-situ uranium mining, permit amendment, public hearing

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• Is that one of the more growing parishes or areas of our state? Lafayette is especially, but yes.
• Literally in every storm, flood, or emergency that unfortunately all of us...
• Would it have to just be a declared emergency or any emergency in the area?
• It indicates how well the area is doing.
• When this bill came to you, were you in your district or were you in another area of the state?

Bills: HB9 , HB10 , HB16 , HB44 , HB46 , HB61 , HB101 , HB126 , HB153 , HB164 , HB233 , HB242 , HB436 , HB455 , HB571 , HB594

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: HB 9, HB9, Act 527, Shreveport, Stuffed Shrimp Capital, state symbol, Louisiana symbols, municipal designation, honorary title, cultural designation, tourism, local pride, seafood, shrimp, stuffed shrimp, cuisine, city branding, Louisiana Revised Statutes 49:170.26, legal holiday, Acadia Parish

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• L&I must classify all occupations or industries according to the degree of their hazards and fix basic
• Senate Bill 5869 relates to notice of hazards on construction sites.
• We know asbestos is an extremely hazardous material, and so this would...
• Asbestos is an extremely hazardous material, and so this would increase worker safety, and I'm asking
• I've been a participant and witness to a couple decades of policy development in this area.

Bills: SB5847 , SB6067 , SB6136 , SB6014 , SB5972 , SB5869 , SB5874 , SB6058 , SB6039 , SB5944 , SB6188

Committee: Senate Labor & Commerce

Keywords: workers' compensation, industrial insurance, injured workers, medical provider network, occupational health, occupational medicine, medical care access, L&I, Department of Labor and Industries, self-insured employers, state fund claims, utilization review, provider credentialing, provider network, treatment guidelines, evidence-based medicine, claims management, claims managers, temporary total disability, permanent partial disability

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• So in the rural areas, this makes lots of sense.
• How does this apply in an urban area where you have local law enforcement more available?
• In the first place, there won't be much urban areas because this is simply our ports of entry and our

Bills: HB3419 , HB4153 , HB3430 , HB3791 , HB3277 , HB4119 , HB4408 , HB3905 , HB3968 , HB3835 , HB3386 , HB2650 , HB3742 , HB3588 , HB3748 , HB4303 , HB4311 , HB3028 , HB4428 , HB4429 , HB4132 , HB1889 , HB3265 , HB1739 , HB4434 , HB3313 , HB3852 , HB4263 , HB3413 , HB3414 , HB3415 , HB3416 , HB3417 , HB3418 , HB3420 , HB2116 , HB2206 , HB3625 , HB2939 , HB3721 , HB1823 , HB2425 , HB4440 , HJR1087 , HB4003 , HJR1077 , HB1770 , HB1675 , HB3627 , HB3891 , HJR1067 , HB3462 , HJR1053 , HJR1054 , HJR1044 , HB3472 , HB1225 , HJR1019 , HB4145 , HJR1081 , HB1746 , HJR1069 , HJR1050 , HB1638 , HB3327 , HJR1055 , HB3127 , HB4488 , HB2955 , HB3781 , HB3783 , HB3802 , HB2471 , HB2937 , SCR16 , HB2960 , HB3466 , HB3262 , HB3269 , HB3152 , HB4140 , HB4142 , HB3148 , HB3378

Keywords: corruption, nonpublic information, government accountability, criminal law, public office, driver license, reading proficiency, minors, education requirements, alternative testing, attendance, remedial reading, public school, oath of enrollment, court financial obligations, cost hearing, payment plan, community service, court compliance program, debt relief

Bills: HB6 , HB27 , HB 123 , HB210 , HB213 , HB222 , HB610 , HB 1085 , HB1481 , HB6 , HB27 , HB123 , HB210 , HB213 , HB222

Committee: House Public Education

Keywords: mental health, telehealth, public schools, discipline management, behavioral interventions, financial literacy, high school education, curriculum requirements, economics, personal finance, HB 123, kindergarten readiness, early literacy, early numeracy, reading screening, math screening, foundational literacy, foundational numeracy, dyslexia screening, reading intervention

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• I am in favor of House Bill 6. areas that I'd like to favor today.
• I'm going to talk about two specific areas.
• The 2023-2024 school year saw record highs in key reporting areas.
• And so I think we might be, I think, flooding courts potentially.
• Another area of concern because we didn't learn from COVID is the JJB.

Bills: HB6 , HB27 , HB 123 , HB210 , HB213 , HB222 , HB610 , HB 1085 , HB1481 , HB6 , HB27 , HB123 , HB210 , HB213 , HB222

Committee: House Public Education

Keywords: mental health, telehealth, public schools, discipline management, behavioral interventions, financial literacy, high school education, curriculum requirements, economics, personal finance, HB 123, kindergarten readiness, early literacy, early numeracy, reading screening, math screening, foundational literacy, foundational numeracy, dyslexia screening, reading intervention

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• But they don't go after the rural areas with the little people.
• It doesn't have the area. And another one is Management Systems LLC.
• It doesn't have the area, but it was 203%.
• That's great that she saved that money, but none of them came from a small rural area.
• in a certain area, or, you know, how do we protect the livestock owners?

Bills: HB2013 , HB2026 , HB2056 , HB2098 , HB2113 , HB2156 , HB2158 , HCM2011 , HCR2057

Committees: Senate Natural Resources , Senate Senate Natural Resources Committee of Reference

Keywords: air pollution, wildfires, environmental standards, public health, Arizona Revised Statutes, assured water supply, groundwater, commingling, commingled water, water supply, Arizona Department of Water Resources, ADWR, active management area, AMA, subdivision plat, development approval, water rights, municipal provider, private water company, certificate of assured water supply

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• We had 33 rivers flood, 18 of them exceeding major flood stage. Three rivers set records.
• in a repeatedly flooded area.
• When I went up and toured Sumas and Everson during the current floods, I drove the same area that I'd
• They are mapping fires, and in this case we're mapping floods and looking to do flood assessments.
• They are mapping fires, and in this case we're mapping floods and looking to do flood assessments.

Bills: HB2579

Committee: House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans

Keywords: public media, digital equity, funding, media access, communication technology