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• you began to think of this bill, community policing when President Barack Obama was heading this nation
• According to the CDC in 2024, more children in our nation died from gun violence than from any other
• According to the CDC in 2024, more children in our nation died from gun violence than from any other
• At my first dentist appointment after the shooting, I was told that I need to start wearing a mouth guard
• That's according to the National Transportation Security Center.

Bills: SB156

Keywords: gun violence, firearm safety, special counsel, data collection, community initiatives, grants, Attorney General, public safety, suicide prevention, 909, all

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• It garnered national attention. and sparked widespread grief in our hometown.
• After a massive national search.
• We cannot have a strong nation without having and strong families. Thank you.
• This legislation in Texas is actually based. off of national legislation that our National Association
• Dream.org is a national non-profit. the intersection of poverty, prisons, and pollution, and we will

Bills: HB166, HB2000, HB3248, HB3513, SB155, SB1659, SB1730, SB1778, SB1790, SB1848, SB2017, SB2105, SB2794, SB2917, HB2756, HB353, HB166

Keywords: child endangerment, controlled substances, penalty group, elderly protection, disabled individual rights, child grooming, sex offender registration, criminal justice, reportable conviction, law enforcement, defense, peace officers, local government, security, juvenile board, Moore County, appointments, juvenile justice, county legislation, dangerous dogs

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• I would already say, say for example I'm moving from Arkansas to Texas, our national exam is similar.
• I also appreciate your example Representative Romero. on a national exam.
• There are some of our license types that have national exams and some that don't. don't, but we also
• scheme, hostile foreign nations?
• So I think there's obviously some guard...

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Aren't there already guard chaos? it.
• I guard rails in place for you, right?
• that first grad that first guard rail. that first grad that first guard rail.
• >> in the nation >> in the nation >> in<02:51:25.520> the<02:51:25.680>
• 51:27.040> school >> in the nation that administers um school >> in the nation that

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It may not be an exception regarding the growth of the national trend in dam failures.
• The spirit of this bill, HB 644, parallels the national forest policies.
• The spirit of this bill, HB 644, parallels the national forest policies.
• The spirit of this bill, HB 644, parallels the national forest policies.
• The spirit of this bill, HB 644, parallels the national forest policies.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first discussed scheduling and notice for upcoming executive sessions on a larger slate of bills, including plans to take up eight bills in the morning and possibly the last three bills in the afternoon, with caucus time provided if needed. The chair emphasized advance notice, publication, and flexibility if more bills are added later. The hearing then opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and proceeded to HB 568, a bill allowing local planning boards to request water supply studies for subdivisions to ensure water adequacy as housing density increases. Representative Kat McGee, the prime sponsor, said HB 568 was developed after constituent concerns about private wells being affected by nearby development. She described the bill as narrowly tailored, non-mandatory, and intended to preserve local control while clarifying that planning boards may request studies under local regulations. She noted bipartisan support, an exclusion for community water systems and larger groundwater withdrawals regulated elsewhere, and said the bill would help prevent water shortages and related problems for new and existing homes. Questions from members focused on whether the bill should specify that it applies to subdivisions of four or more lots, since that language had been in an earlier version. Testimony on HB 568 was mixed. Bob Quinn of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors opposed the bill, arguing it lacked a definition of “water supply study,” could lead to expensive hydrology studies, and might raise housing costs; he suggested more work with DES or a study committee. DES administrator Brandon Kernin said the department had worked from a 2010 groundwater commission report, that such problems arise only intermittently in certain areas, and that the bill would make explicit local authority to adopt such ordinances. He also said DES data and homeowner surveys can help identify problem areas and that more robust wells could be considered in the long term. The committee noted 10 online submissions in favor and 3 opposed, plus blue-sheet testimony of 2 in favor and 1 neutral, and then closed the hearing on HB 568. The committee immediately opened HB 582, a bill on safety requirements for operation of personal watercraft. Representative Darby, the sponsor, said the bill responds to the speed and maneuverability of modern personal watercraft, which he described as more like motorcycles on water than traditional boats, and cited a fatal accident on Lake Monomonac as an example of the risks. He said the bill is not intended to restrict ordinary recreation or wake surfing, but to update safety standards for a newer class of larger, quieter three-person PWCs. The hearing began with Darby’s presentation, and no vote or final action was taken in the portion provided.

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• She reminded us that liberty is not the story of one nation alone.
• Sergeant First Class Amore served our nation for more than 20 years in the National Guard and Army Reserve
• Born in 1930, Dolores paved the way for farm workers in every corner of our nation.
• Christine Darden, whose mathematical genius helped propel our nation into space. But, Mr.
• House Bill 286 relates to the Virginia National Guard, the power of the Governor to summon in certain

Keywords: March 12, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all

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• God will guard, look after. Tzitzcha uveyecha. You're going out and you're coming in.
• And to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice

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• calling independent settlements, meaning those actions that we filed directly against the entity, and national
• The other national settlements are managed by an advisory committee that is made up of bipartisan Julie
• So you have direct settlements or independent settlements and national settlements.
• They're nationally recognized.
• We had about 400 people come and there was live music and the National Guard came and they brought their

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• bill to in an Amazon warehouse we had a bill to provide<00:01:58.479> some<00:01:58.640> guard
• <00:01:58.840> rails<00:01:59.119> and<00:01:59.280> protections provide some guard
• rails and protections provide some guard rails and protections for<00:02:00.119> those<00:02:
• <00:04:57.479> rails<00:04:57.880> for we're looking to provide guard rails for we're
• looking to provide guard rails for um<00:04:59.080> but<00:04:59.199> in<00:04:59.360>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to a republic for which it stands, one nation
• A national leader in environmental services, Republic Services proudly calls Legislative District 4 home
• SB 2026, pricing covered guard requirements, Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Additionally, for over 25 years, it has been a Tree City USA, recognized by the National Arbor Day Foundation
• And if you lose 10% of these through the ESA conversations, that's why I'm really guarded. ...10% of
• That's why I'm really guarded on making those money stay with a student and not to an online instruction
• Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1396, relating to prohibiting the adoption or use of national sex

Summary: The Senate opened with a quorum, an invocation, and routine motions to excuse Senator King and dispense with the reading of the previous journal. Members then took up several ceremonial resolutions and recognitions, including honoring Duncanville High School’s boys basketball state championship, recognizing the city of Palestine, welcoming the Texas African American Lawyers Foundation and Barbara Jordan Leadership Institute, acknowledging the Cibolo Chamber of Commerce, and designating Texas County Treasurer’s Day and Mesquite Day. A memorial resolution for Clyde Vance Dunham of Waco was adopted, with multiple senators speaking in tribute to his long legal career and community service; the Senate agreed to adjourn in his memory. The chamber then considered a series of bills, most of which were advanced on expedited motions. Senate Bill 1948, concerning fire prevention standards for certain agricultural facilities, passed after suspension of the rules and the three-day rule. Senate Bill 1394, updating weight and tire-load rules for ready-mix concrete trucks, passed unanimously. Senate Bill 1814, creating an electronic database to provide information to certain veterans, also passed unanimously. Senate Bill 241, tightening enforcement of the public camping ban and authorizing state enforcement and reimbursement mechanisms, drew questions about impacts on unhoused people but ultimately passed. Senate Bill 1147, withdrawing Texas from the Interstate Mining Compact, passed unanimously. The Senate also passed Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 921 on Medicaid ex parte renewals after a narrower vote, and Senate Bill 609, requiring school districts and charter schools to comply with legally required policies, after rejecting an amendment by Senators Menendez and Perry that would have added a good-faith/resource-limitation safeguard for districts. Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 660, requiring bollards or similar barriers near certain hospital emergency rooms, passed with rural exemptions and exceptions for existing protections. Senate Bill 2155, a cleanup bill returning veterinary board authority from TDLR to the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, passed with amendments. Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1209 on election dates and Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1396 prohibiting national sex education standards in public schools also passed. The Senate then received first-reading bills and adjourned until the next day.

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• The Book of Proverbs says, above all else, guard your heart, for everything else flows from it.
• allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation
• West Torrance High Science Olympiad team, found and lead the science club, found and captain the National
• Science Bowl team, and help lead the West High National Honor Society chapter.
• imperialism and global information systems at Oxford, who also performed her poetry at the United Nations

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• allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation
• museum trail dedicated to the Louisiana Maneuvers, and to provide relative to affiliation with the National
• Research Center and expressing appreciation for the preservation of indigenous history of the tribal nation
• House Resolution by Representative McMahon to express support for maintaining and continuing the National
• Guard Youth Challenge Program at Camp Minden and to recognize its importance to youth communities in

Bills: HR320, HR321, HR308, HR309, HR310, HR311, HR312, HR313, HR314, HR315, HR316, HR317, HR318, HR319, SCR65, SCR74, SCR76, HR245, SCR30, SCR40, HB1259, SB4, SB52, SB57, SB83, SB145, SB152, SB194, SB276, SB319, SB333, SB448, SB450, SB465, SB484, SB501, SB509, HR73, HR118, HR144, HR196, HR237, HR249, HR260, HR267, HR272, HR278, HCR85, HCR100, HCR105, HCR107, HCR114, SCR5, SCR29, SCR33, SCR37, SCR63, HB62, HB193, HB210, HB220, HB246, HB364, HB420, HB475, HB584, HB622, HB772, HB784, HB949, HB953, HB1043, HB1070, HB1092, HB1134, HB1162, HB1176, HB1196, HB1214, HB119, HB129, HB233, HB283, HB538, HB789, HB850, HB870, HB1236, HB1241, HB378, HB509, HB1090, SB80, SB131, SB143, SB251, SB254, SB279, SB367, SB384, SB388, SB389, SB398, SB408, SB431, SB468, SB469, SB496, SB149, HB463, HB998, SB123, SB353, SB479, SB495, SB82, SB97, SB283, SB326, SB518, SB197, SB268, HB901, HR20, HR74, HR168, HCR65, HCR71, HCR98, HB284, HB306, HB341, HB366, HB393, HB458, HB577, HB603, HB605, HB614, HB625, HB646, HB733, HB752, HB773, HB798, HB911, HB955, HB996, HB1035, HB1069, HB1113, HB1140, HB1180, HB1191, HB1240, HB1255, SB89, HB74, HB134, HB258, HB359, HB468, HB956, HB1117, SB29, SB42, SB43, SB78, SB217, SB274, SB300, SB379, SB382, SB441, SB449

Keywords: Arsenal, Arsenal F.C., Premier League, English football, soccer, football club, Mikel Arteta, Emirates Stadium, North London, Tottenham Hotspur, Gunners, sports resolution, commendation, celebration, championship, silverware, Louisiana House Resolution, ceremonial resolution, domestic violence, forensic medical examinations

Summary: The House met with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then received a series of Senate messages, conference committee appointments, and enrolled bill reports. The chamber also noted Senate concurrence in several House concurrent resolutions and the adoption of conference reports, while multiple Senate bills and resolutions were signed by the Senate President. Senate Bill 480, dealing with butterfly bottom nets and vessel use/anchorage, was referred to the Natural Resources Committee without objection. Members introduced several House resolutions, including measures to commend Arsenal Football Club, recognize Pope Leo XIV and 4-H honoree Margaret Mimi Stoker, study forensic medical exam protocols for domestic violence survivors, create a task force on second-degree murder sentencing, review miscarriage and pregnancy-loss terminology, commemorate the 250th anniversary of New Orleans, and support the National Guard Youth Challenge Program. Committee reports also moved forward bills on child welfare, water quality, scenic rivers, orphan wells, gravel mining reclamation, groundwater conservation, agricultural production, railroad hazards, and retirement system merger feasibility, along with resolutions on Pope Leo XIV and the LaMelle family. The House took up numerous Senate bills returned from the Legislative Bureau, adopting amendments and advancing many to third reading, including bills on health and welfare, education, insurance, and criminal justice. The chamber also reported favorably on resolutions condemning political violence and honoring public figures and organizations, and it scheduled several committee meetings for the following day, including Health and Welfare, Appropriations, Natural Resources, Civil Law, Transportation, and Ways and Means. The session ended with announcements about upcoming committee agendas and delegation meetings, and the House adjourned on motion to reconvene at 1:00 p.m. the next day.

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• . >> Ben Albritton: PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PRESENTATION OF COLORS BY THE POLK COUNTY HONOR GUARD
• THE ENTIRE SENATE BLACK CAUCUS WE HAVE STUDENTS FROM THE FAMU MARCHING 100 WHO WILL PERFORM THE NATIONAL
• IN FACT I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS WITH USDA BROOKE RAWLINS PLANS TO MAKE OUR LEGISLATION A NATIONAL
• PANDEMIC ERA INFLATION DID AND NUMBER ON THE NATIONAL AND GLOBAL ECONOMY. THE IMPACT IS REAL.
• OUR NATION WAS FOUNDED ON THE VALUE OF FAITH AND SOMETHING BIGGER THAN OURSELVES.

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• When the prison is understaffed, when they have National Guard or after the National Guard left, we will
• When the prison is understaffed, when they have National Guard or after the National Guard left, we will
• six years we are going to call National six years we are going to call National Guard<03:45:35.239
• <03:45:47.199> Guard<03:45:47.439> at<03:45:47.560> the you send the National
• Guard at the you send the National Guard at the prison<03:45:48.080> things<03:45:48.319>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 187, which would allow parents or guardians to seek restraining orders on behalf of a minor child even when the alleged perpetrator is not a family or household member. Tracy Sirles testified that the bill was prompted by her family’s experience after being told by state police to seek a restraining order, only to learn the current law did not allow it because the offender was the child’s best friend’s father. Members agreed the change was straightforward, noted the fiscal note reflected only a small indeterminate cost to the judicial branch, and moved House Bill 187 ought to pass; the motion was approved unanimously. The committee then discussed House Bill 66, a Right-to-Know bill that removes “citizen” language in favor of “person” in some provisions and allows certain New Hampshire-connected requesters to seek records electronically if the records already exist in that format. Members reviewed concerns about defining “member of the media,” the scope of electronic requests, and a sentence stating appeals would have no filing fee or search charge. After debate, the committee voted to amend the bill by removing that fee-waiver sentence, then recommended House Bill 66 ought to pass as amended. The vote was 6-3. Next, the committee heard from the Environment and Agriculture chair about several solid-waste-related bills being folded into trailer bill language, including House Bill 215 and House Bill 171, with discussion of a possible three-year landfill moratorium and the need to address DEES staffing and funding concerns. DEES later clarified that the revised approach would not require new positions or create a fiscal impact because the new solid waste commission would be self-funded through filing fees. The committee voted unanimously to retain House Bill 215. Finally, the committee considered House Bill 566, which requires landfill permit applications to include a detailed leachate management plan and more information about disposal contracts. The sponsor said the bill was developed with DEES to address leachate problems and improve safety oversight. DEES testified that the bill largely reflects current practice and would have no specific fiscal impact, with existing staff able to absorb any review workload. The committee moved House Bill 566 ought to pass, and the motion was approved unanimously. The committee also briefly discussed House Bill 624, a grant program for local river management advisory committees, but no vote was taken in the portion provided.

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• . nation. nation.
• for our state and our nation to endure. for our state and our nation to endure.
• Keep faith, keep watch, take heart, take courage, guard mind, guard spirit, feed love, feed longing.
• Keep faith, keep watch, take heart, take courage, guard mind, guard spirit, feed love, feed longing.
• All politics have become national. All politics have become national.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The meeting was a Senate retirement recognition session held after adjournment sine die, with the presiding officer relaxing decorum so members could speak, applaud, and interact more freely. The chair explained the order of speakers and noted that retiring members would be recognized from their desks, with a plaque presented by Senate leaders and photos taken afterward. The session was framed as a celebration of service for retiring senators and a tribute to staff, families, and colleagues. Senator Mann spoke first, thanking constituents, family, staff, colleagues, and advocates, and highlighting policy accomplishments such as banning non-compete clauses, wage transparency, breast cancer screening coverage, protections for students, expanded health coverage, pharmacy benefit manager reforms, physician workforce changes, the medication repository program, and paid leave. She also used her remarks to criticize racism, sexism, and broader threats to women’s and people of color’s freedoms, urging civic engagement and warning against erosion of democracy. Senator Tou Xiong followed with a personal farewell centered on his mother’s refugee experience, his family’s sacrifices, and gratitude to mentors and colleagues; he emphasized the value of public service, bipartisan cooperation, and the idea that Minnesota should be a model for the country. Senator Howe gave a faith-centered retirement speech reflecting on his path from humble beginnings, his family, military and public service, and the importance of humility, justice, mercy, and listening to constituents. Senator Klein looked back on a decade in the chamber, including the pandemic and the George Floyd unrest, and said the Senate’s decorum and relationships endured through difficult times; he cited a bill he helped pass for a child needing a prosthetic blade as an example of the legislature’s best work. Senator Draheim began his remarks by thanking his wife and children and joking about his discomfort with speeches, then described being recruited to run for office despite never seeing himself as a politician.

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• Guard that has that also.
• That's the State Police, the National Guard, and the USAR all working together under this one umbrella
• That's just adding to that capacity, along with our National Guard that has that also.
• That's the State Police, the National Guard, and the USAR all working together under this one umbrella
• This is the national conference where we sent some of our team members down to be certified in certain

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee received a budget and program update from Kentucky Emergency Management on the state’s urban search and rescue buildout. Eric Gibson and Doug Hargrave said the legislature’s funding was used to create FEMA-type urban search and rescue capacity, including Kentucky Task Force 1 and 2, the incident support team, and the helicopter aquatic rescue/hoist team. They emphasized that the effort is not just equipment purchases but also training, credentialing, warehouse and training-facility development, canine program expansion, and coordination with local search and rescue agencies across the Commonwealth. Gibson reported that the agency executed 99.4% of the $16.175 million appropriation by the end of the fiscal year and said the team met its readiness target ahead of schedule, with equipment already being deployed in recent flood response operations. He also said $500,000 per year was set aside for local search and rescue grants, with about $482,000 awarded to 29 teams in one year and $490,000 to 36 teams in the next, averaging about $20,000 per grant. Several members urged the committee to consider increasing support for local responders in future budgets, noting rising equipment costs and the importance of local teams as first on scene. Members asked about staffing, coverage, and benefits. Gibson explained that the task force is a mixed workforce of full-time fire personnel loaned from local departments, professional service staff such as doctors and engineers, and temporary deployment staff, with workers’ compensation coverage provided through KYEM and/or home agencies depending on the arrangement. He also said local search and rescue members are not currently included in line-of-duty death benefits. In response to questions about coverage and deployment, he described the two task force locations as designed to keep resources within roughly 100 miles of every Kentuckian. The discussion also turned to recent flood response and disaster recovery. Gibson said the state had mobilized up to 24 teams over the weekend, documented roughly 60 to 80 water rescues or assisted evacuations, and was seeing significant damage in counties such as Cumberland, Clinton, and Metcalfe, including agricultural losses. He said several counties were meeting FEMA public assistance thresholds and that the state was preparing a broader relief request that could include FEMA, SBA, and USDA assistance. He also updated members on efforts to claw back and reallocate unused “strained fiscal liquidity” funds by the statutory deadline, saying notices were sent and funds were redirected where possible to unmet local needs.

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• I think the tribes, pueblos, and nations—no, I don't think; tribes, pueblos, and nations have to be at
• But Zuni Pueblo, Pine Hill, Ramah of Navajo Nation, and Dulce for the Hickory Apache Nation all have
• And our schools are now looking to us, Navajo Nation, within the Navajo Nation schools to take over that
• And my My understanding is, you know, up with the National Guard our executive order to bring the National
• Guard up into the area of Española.

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• if you're about to move into an area with oil and gas or pipelines and someone is there, the Coast Guard
• I'm here representing State Armor, which works to find state solutions to national security challenges
• I'm a human rights lawyer by training, and I've spent three decades working on U.S. national security
• I'm here representing state armor, which works to find state solutions to national security challenges
• I'm a human rights lawyer by training, and I've spent three decades working on U.S. national security

Keywords: 974, senate, all

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• When a similar bill was proposed in Mississippi, the Mississippi National Guard wrote a letter in opposition
• > Mississippi,<00:16:00.079> the<00:16:00.320> Mississippi<00:16:00.800> National
• in Mississippi, the Mississippi National in Mississippi, the Mississippi National Guard<00:16:01.440
• Policy Institute that is actually recommending boilerplates of legislation like these across the nation
• First Policy Institute is actually recommending boilerplates of legislation like these across the nation

Bills: HB585

Keywords: Washington County, circuit clerk, compensation, county government, local legislation, 1136, house, all