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• Chair, what I committed to the sponsor is that I'm happy to continue conversations about the ADU component
• I am going to be a yes today, but reserve the right to change my mind on the floor if I need to.
• it's hard to have a conversation without moving the bill forward I am going to be a yes today but reserve

Bills: HB2107, HB2588, HB2946, HB2950

Keywords: SNAP, nutrition assistance, fast food, vitamins, waiver, food policy, municipal planning, homeowner association, building permits, single-family home, property rights, design standards, development fees, municipalities, infrastructure, public services, annual reporting, property development, tourism improvement area, TIA

Summary: The Rural Economic Development Committee first took up HB 2950, which would allow governing bodies to approve tourism improvement areas to promote lodging and tourism as an economic development tool. Supporters from the Arizona Lodging and Tourism Association, Visit Yuma, and Visit Phoenix said tourism is a major economic driver, especially in rural communities, and argued the bill would give local areas a voluntary, industry-led way to market themselves, attract visitors, and support jobs without raising taxes on residents. Members discussed tourism in places such as Yuma and other rural destinations, and the committee voted 7-0 to give HB 2950 a do pass recommendation. The committee then heard a presentation on rural economic development centered on Lucid Motors’ investment in Pinal County and its partnership with Central Arizona College. Speakers from the Arizona Commerce Authority, Central Arizona College, and Lucid described workforce training programs, including the Drive48 accelerator, which they said has helped train workers for advanced manufacturing jobs and raised local incomes. The committee read proclamations recognizing both Lucid Motors and Central Arizona College for their contributions to job creation, workforce development, and economic growth in rural Arizona. Finally, the committee considered HB 2946, which would revise development fee requirements, including changes affecting the timing and administration of fees and a prohibition on charging development fees for accessory dwelling units. The sponsor and housing advocates said the bill was intended to help address housing affordability and give developers more predictable costs, while city and league representatives opposed it, arguing it would shift costs from growth to existing taxpayers and interfere with local infrastructure planning. After adopting an amendment that removed county-related provisions and made clarifying changes, the committee passed HB 2946 on a 4-1 vote with two members present, and the meeting adjourned.

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• Chair, those are the organizational components. I stand for questions.
• We have significant reserves to give bond investors a surety of repayment.
• session. responsible action you will take in this session, along of course with maintaining strong reserves

Bills: SB2

Keywords: SB 2, State Highway Project Bonds, highway funding, transportation bonds, state road fund, motor vehicle fees, vehicle registration fees, electric vehicle fee, EV surcharge, plug-in hybrid fee, weight distance tax, road construction, infrastructure financing, Department of Transportation, State Transportation Commission, bonding authority, county road funds, municipal road funds, transportation improvement program, state highways

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• Chair, that is the organizational component. I stand for questions.
• We have significant reserves to give bond investors a surety of repayment.
• fiscally responsible action you will take in this session, along, of course, with maintaining strong reserves

Bills: SB2

Keywords: SB 2, State Highway Project Bonds, highway funding, transportation bonds, state road fund, motor vehicle fees, vehicle registration fees, electric vehicle fee, EV surcharge, plug-in hybrid fee, weight distance tax, road construction, infrastructure financing, Department of Transportation, State Transportation Commission, bonding authority, county road funds, municipal road funds, transportation improvement program, state highways

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• As I mentioned earlier, one component of why districts may struggle to make ends meet is because they're
• as a parameter to start collecting those numbers for the next school year, and then 20% was then reserved
• flyer about hotels availability and things like that if people would like to start making your reservations

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• In fact, E-Verify is so effective that a study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas concluded that universally
• We are still taking Texas jobs that should be reserved for Texans, and we don't know what future presidents
• One of the key components of a hospital is the integrity of the medical gas system. And that...

Bills: SB324, SB1978, SB2139, SB2401, SB2587, SB2610, SB2858, SB3016

Keywords: E-verify, employment verification, state contracts, immigration, labor compliance, ERCOT, Texas electric grid, interconnection, Public Utility Commission, PUC, Public convenience and necessity, electric cooperative, municipally owned utility, electric utility, transmission, generation facilities, grid reliability, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC, SERC

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• that legislation was. to direct the PUCT, P-U-C-T and RCOT to develop a new dispatchable reliability reserve
• Other legislation, as you note on that slide, directs. some of that money is reserved for grants outside
• Yes, essentially they were looking for necessary component parts for their plant that they weren't able

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• alongside local, state, and federal law enforcement to investigate tax issues that have a criminal component
• So what we have is a loan loss reserve program and we encourage residential, business, and multifamily
• like, if you want to get a new hot water heater, so we would incentivize, put money into a loan loss reserve

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• <03:17:03.840> Gentleman reserve. Gentleman reserves. Gentleman reserve.
• I reserve. from Florida is recognized. I reserve. Gentleman<03:51:53.680> reserves.
• I uh and with that I<05:22:28.878> reserve. I reserve. I reserve.
• Gentleman reserves. Gentleman time. Gentleman reserves. Gentleman reserves.
• Gentleman from Montana reserve. Gentleman from Montana reserves. reserves. reserves.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, June 23, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• <01:00:44.039> PCA are are component PCA are are component PCA Services<01:00:46.280> it's
• The last component of this model is the registry tool.
• uh specialty care for people reserves uh specialty care for people with<01:43:56.119> more<01
• So I would hope that it could tackle at least a component of that, and we can figure out a way to do
• <02:15:58.040> that that has some really key components that that has some really key components

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I've negotiated many of the collective bargaining agreements in my community, and one of the components
• I've negotiated many of the collective bargaining agreements in my community, and one of the components
• Well, we license racetracks because there is a public safety, public health, and safety component to
• component to the operation<00:32:15.200> of<00:32:15.320> a operation of a operation of
• financial reserves financial reserves available<01:01:31.119> so<01:01:31.319> I'd

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• the World Bank and all that, provide a possible source of revenue and a stable, stabilized currency reserve
• 10:21.920> currency uh and a stable stabilized currency uh and a stable stabilized currency reserve
• Is this information physical structure components that could change the tax that the DRA or anybody else
• Is this information physical structure components that could change the tax that the DRA or anybody else
• c><01:06:06.720> structure information physical structure information physical structure components

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The hearing focused on House Bill 302, which would allow the state treasurer to invest public funds in precious metals and digital assets. The sponsor was not present, so Representative Urs introduced the bill briefly and said he did not know much about it. No one from the Treasury Department testified, and members repeatedly noted the treasurer’s absence. Susan Elme testified against the bill, arguing that these investments are highly volatile and contrary to the treasury’s duty to remain stable and liquid. She said the bill should be killed. In questioning, she estimated the 5% cap in the bill would amount to roughly $10 million, depending on available funds, and said such investing would be more appropriate for an individual day trader than for the state treasury. Members also discussed prior legislative experience with Bitcoin-related proposals and raised concerns about whether the treasury had the staff expertise to manage commodity or digital asset investing. The committee did not take a final vote; instead, it agreed to hold a work session and seek additional information from the treasurer, with a plan to revisit the bill on April 1.

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• There are also some other components.
• We are just coming out of a pandemic that decimated our workforce, our reserves, and the spirit of many
• pandemic that decimated our Workforce pandemic that decimated our Workforce our<01:02:27.559> reserves
• and the spirit of many of our reserves and the spirit of many of our<01:02:29.839> caregivers
• nemt services are important components nemt services are important components of<01:09:19.040>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• subcommittee on Defense and Veterans Affairs AP 1079 by Curry relating to the inclusion of the Junior Reserve
• capital needs of educational programs offered by the Texas State Technical College System and certain component

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• AB 1079 by Curry relating to the inclusion of the junior reserve officer training corps and the leadership
• capital needs of educational programs offered by the Texas State Technical College System and certain component

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• He was placed on injured reserve in 24 He was placed on injured reserve in 24 2024 2024 2024 uh because
• are submitted to show that our reserves are submitted to show that our reserves are in place. in place
• So you don't need the other component. But if you don't need other component.
• But if you don't need the other component, why the the people the other component, why the the people
• , you know, certifies the plan reserve, you know, certifies the plan reserve, you know, that has to be

Bills: SB 1, HB 500, SB 1, HB 1400, HB 1094, HB 365, HB 1109, HB 647, HB 500

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, state budget, mental health funding, education funding, infrastructure improvements, public safety, groundwater, water conservation, financial assistance, Texas Water Development Board, innovation fund, local conservation districts, transportation protection agreement, funeral services, insurance exemption

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• provisions than they are for loan fraud provisions than they are for loan loss<00:04:08.960> reserves
• > meaning<00:04:09.880> they<00:04:10.040> lose<00:04:10.280> more loss reserves
• , meaning they lose more loss reserves, meaning they lose more money<00:04:10.720> to<00:04:10.840
• 07:39.400> two and the reinsurance bill um, has two and the reinsurance bill um, has two components
• One asks the state of components to it.

Bills: HF4502, HF3388, HF4106, HF400, HF4138, HF4118, HF4203

Keywords: trusted contact, financial exploitation, elder abuse, elder financial abuse, fraud prevention, financial institution, banking, credit union, broker-dealer, account security, dormant account, consumer protection, scam, suspicious activity, protective services, law enforcement reporting, Minnesota Statutes chapter 45A, HF3388, Minnesota premium security plan, reinsurance

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• are, but I would propose that we open this up so that we can utilize some of our largest resource reserves
• utilize some of our largest<01:10:47.040> resource<01:10:48.000> uh<01:10:48.800> reserves
• ,<01:10:49.600> which<01:10:49.840> is largest resource uh reserves, which is largest
• resource uh reserves, which is coal,<01:10:50.400> which<01:10:50.560> has<01:10:50.719
• <01:29:13.280> they're component of Wyoming DCI. they're component of Wyoming DCI. they're

Bills: HB0120, HB0043, HB0128

Keywords: energy production, natural gas, industrial sovereignty, manufacturing, tax exemptions, money laundering, illegal investment, financial institutions, criminal activity, Wyoming legislation, severance tax, oil production, tax exemption, energy sector, economic impact, 916, all

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• In order to spend that money, they required them to put $142 million in reserves.
• And so this is the time to right-size with that $142 million in reserves, potentially another $142 million
• after this year in reserves, where they would really be able to function on somewhere between $25 million
• rates in the bill, plus whatever they are able to generate off of potentially what they have in reserves
• and gas within rural areas of opportunity that are within 10 miles of national estuary research reserves

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions and moments of silence, including tributes to those affected by the Florida State University shooting and recognition of Coach Amir Abdur-Rahim, John Thrasher, student advocacy groups, conservation organizations, and visiting school groups. Members also adopted Senate Resolution 1878 honoring Coach Abdur-Rahim. The chamber then moved into special order business and considered a series of bills, many of them with House companions substituted in and passed by wide margins or unanimously. Among the measures passed were bills updating child care and early learning provider regulation, imposing costs on false swatting reports, extending protections against extraordinary hospital collection actions, expanding hazardous walking conditions for schoolchildren, creating young adult housing support for foster and homeless students, clarifying school choice disclosure requirements under the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program, adjusting interest rules for trust accounts supporting legal aid, revising transportation and traffic enforcement provisions, expanding public records exemptions for certain judicial and health care investigators and appellate clerks, changing municipal water and sewer utility rates in Miami-Dade, strengthening motor vehicle offenses involving impersonation and obscured plates, increasing trespass penalties at certain law-enforcement-controlled sites and large ticketed events, requiring refunds of patient overpayments, authorizing certain stem cell therapies, allowing relatives and direct support professionals to administer insulin in group homes, addressing rideshare impersonation and transit funding rules, and updating the Uniform Commercial Code for digital assets and emerging technologies. Several bills drew notable debate. The trust fund interest bill prompted extended discussion over legal aid funding, bank participation, and whether the measure would reduce support for legal services; it ultimately passed 28-10. The transportation bill was heavily amended, including removal of speed-limit increases and changes to school bus camera enforcement and micromobility rules, and passed 37-0. The Miami-Dade water and sewer rate bill sparked debate over fairness, fiscal impact, and accusations of racism, but passed 36-2. Public records bills protecting agency investigators and JQC employees also drew questions about accountability and transparency before passing. Most other measures passed with little or no opposition, and a few bills were temporarily postponed or set aside.

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• The travel industry is a vital component of the Texas economy, generating significant economic benefits
• So in other words, that would reserve 75% of the athletic program and scholarships for citizens.
• And as we know, public funds for higher education in this case should certainly be reserved for citizens
• This ensures that public funds are reserved for students with legal standing in the United States and
• It's the affidavit component. It's something that might need to be fixed.

Summary: The committee heard several education bills, with most of the discussion focused on Senate Bill 1835, Senate Bill 784, Senate Bill 1049, Senate Bill 2942, and Senate Bill 2928. SB 1835 would raise from 5% to 20% the cap on nonresident students who can receive resident tuition and fees through competitive scholarships at certain regional universities in slower-growing workforce development areas, provided the schools have capacity as determined by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Supporters, including West Texas A&M University, said the bill would help fill underused capacity, attract students who may stay and work in Texas, and support regional workforce needs. SB 784 would strengthen a prior law allowing peace officers’ children to transfer between public school districts for safety reasons by requiring both districts’ approval, making clear that districts of innovation are not exempt, and prohibiting tuition charges. SB 1049 would require districts and open-enrollment charters to excuse students, at a parent’s request, for religious release-time instruction for up to one hour per day and five hours per week; witnesses said the program is constitutional, voluntary, and already operating in other states and some Texas districts. Each of these bills was left pending after testimony, with no public witnesses opposing them. SB 2942 would expand and adjust the state’s adult charter high school pilot program. Senator Creighton said the bill is intended to help the estimated 7 million Texas adults without a high school diploma by removing barriers to expansion, aligning legal protections with ISDs, changing TEA’s disapproval window for expansion amendments to a 30-day period after receipt, and updating funding to reflect part-year attendance. A committee substitute kept the upper enrollment age at 50 and removed a proposed testing change. Testimony from New Heights students and leadership described the program as life-changing, emphasizing that it combines diplomas with career credentials, childcare, transportation, and other supports to help adults stabilize their families and enter better-paying work. TEA witnesses explained the expansion process and said adult charter schools are overseen by the commissioner rather than the SBOE. The committee substitute was adopted, public testimony closed, and the bill was left pending. SB 2928 would set a uniform school start date for public school districts at the third Wednesday in August, while preserving existing district-of-innovation flexibility for current DOI districts and allowing year-round systems to continue. Senator Creighton argued the bill would reduce the patchwork created by DOI exemptions, support students and families, and preserve summer employment and tourism revenue. A committee substitute was adopted. Testimony came largely from tourism, hospitality, and recreation interests, including hotel, water park, zoo, chamber of commerce, and camp representatives, who said later start dates would extend the summer travel season, improve staffing and revenue, and give students more opportunities for summer jobs and camps. Several witnesses cited large economic impacts from tourism and said early school starts reduce August business. Some senators raised concerns about charter schools being excluded and about year-round calendars, but the bill was left pending after testimony.

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• It has a generating component, an inverter, a regulatory component, and so I just, for the sake of consistency
• , and and regulatory regulating component, and and so<00:47:01.840> I<00:47:02.160> just
• I suspect it will go towards let's make sure every single component works and that they can work with
• others, but we'll still look at the component level.
• others, but we'll still look at the component level.

Bills: SF0095, SF0107, SF0112

Keywords: driver's license, motor vehicle services, third-party providers, Wyoming, regulatory compliance, motor vehicle, registration, license plate, electronic system, State Department of Transportation, county treasurers, vehicle fees, public records, license plates, replacement cycle, vehicle registration, motor vehicles, state fees, 916, all