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• energy production facilities.
• The Commission's Energy Facility Citing Act may represent, The Commission's Energy Facility Citing Act
• energy production facilities.
• Is not a priority.
• They're actively licensing their facility there.

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• They amass fees from courts, storage facilities, landlords. People are at higher risk of job loss.
• Below that level, a priority.
• There's a system of priorities that go down from the top.
• That's our local priority here as well.
• I'm a facility engineer at the Oregon Department of Energy in our energy efficiency and conservation

Keywords: 907, all

Summary: The committee met for a series of information sessions focused on housing stabilization, rental assistance, senior housing, and heat resilience. In the first panel, OHCS and NOAA described the state’s affordable housing preservation work, including the $35 million in 2025 stabilization funding used to reduce debt and keep distressed affordable rental projects operating, plus manufactured home park preservation efforts. OHCS said the portfolio remains under strain, with about a third of projects at debt coverage ratios of 1.0 or less and rising insurance and operating costs. NOAA urged faster closings on the stabilization awards, more funding in 2027, and broader rent assistance and process reforms. Committee members asked about the gap between current appropriations and need, and OHCS explained that the new Article 11-Q bond preservation program is structured differently and requires full refinancing rather than simple cash infusions. The committee then heard a detailed discussion of the state’s eviction prevention and rental assistance program, ORDAP. OHCS said the program is administered through community action agencies, prioritizes households at imminent risk of eviction, and is now funded at a much lower level than in the prior biennium, reducing expected service to about 8,200 households this biennium. The Oregon Law Center, a county community action agency, and Multifamily Northwest all agreed the program prevents homelessness and is effective, but they differed on whether assistance should be tied so closely to eviction court. Legal aid and community action witnesses said the current system is underfunded and that eviction filings are the clearest indicator of need, while Multifamily Northwest argued the process can push people into court unnecessarily and should be moved earlier when possible. Legislators raised questions about whether a pre-eviction model could be developed and about the costs of court involvement; one member shared a personal story about how rental assistance helped keep their family housed. Next, the governor’s office, OHCS, and OHA presented on the new senior housing initiative and healthy homes work. The governor’s housing director said Oregon is making progress on homelessness and housing production, with reductions in homelessness outside Multnomah County and an estimated 50,000 future units added to the pipeline through recent state actions. OHCS outlined the senior housing programs launched in May: a debt-financing program using elderly and disabled bond authority, an older adult housing development program funded through the senior property tax deferral revolving account, and a rehousing program for older adults that will use bridge funding and services to move at least 400 unsheltered older Oregonians into housing. OHA also described its Healthy Homes Grant Program, including $24.6 million already awarded, a new $5 million grant round for seniors and people with disabilities, and examples of home repairs and weatherization that help people remain safely housed. The final information session focused on home cooling and heat resilience. OHA presented data showing rising extreme heat days, more heat-related emergency visits, and likely undercounted heat deaths, especially among older adults, people with disabilities, low-income communities, and people without access to healthy homes. ODOE reviewed implementation of Senate Bill 1536, including a cooling needs study that found 58% of surveyed households in the studied housing types needed permanent cooling, with estimated statewide costs of $582 million to $1 billion. ODOE said its rental home heat pump and community heat pump programs have supported 4,638 installations so far, with a temporary reopening planned using remaining funds. The session ended with a remote presentation from a Community Action Partnership of Oregon representative, continuing the discussion of how community action agencies help deliver energy and anti-poverty services.

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• This is the top priority for Greater St.
• It's still a priority for them to be able to continue to sell those. Okay.
• It's a strategic priority of the auditor's office.
• So we own this facility? Yes, this is state-owned. People and visitors to the building.
• So we own this facility. Yes, this is a state-owned office building and parking garage.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Those were a priority under the previous administration.
• They are now not a priority at all under this administration.
• And with that, I can hand it to the facility if there's anything to add. Thank you.
• We do have the three facilities. We have our Fire Academy in Socorro.
• And obviously, there's quite a few other big priorities related to water.

Keywords: 996, all

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• everything that goes in that area, it is a big priority.
• It's going to be a priority to work on, assuming this passes.
• The Tier One is our priority right now, and that's going to be 136 and 273.
• County is really interested in completing that roadway and making it a county facility.
• Then we understand how these come priorities.

Keywords: 996, all

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• The bill provides districts are going to control over their facilities which removes prescribed 5 year
• 10 year and 20 year facility plan mandates allow allowing school boards to develop local Taylor plans
• allows districts to excuse me allows districts the locally funding water range of vehicles and facilities
• What is going to be allowed at some of these these facilities. Now they can.
• They also pay for inspections, conservation and facilities that he's them.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• facility.
• We are practically at capacity with our current facility. Thank you.
• We are practically at capacity with our current facility and the annex facility that the agency received
• I expect to begin moving into the new facility by the fall of 2026.
• Over 50 of those locations are in VA facilities.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• I rise in strong support today of the Pets Act, which includes one of my priority bills, which is the
• And what's also true, Madam President, is that it's a shared priority for all of the members of this
• Now, certainly there need to be guardrails around what that pet ownership and those facilities look like
• , and this bill contemplates what the... ...what that pet ownership in those facilities look like.
• Madam President, we passed that legislation that requires that the testing operations, the facilities

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, adopted a resolution congratulating Grant Marshall on earning Eagle Scout, and then passed two local/private bills to enactment: a sick leave bank for a Department of Correction employee and a measure waiving the Boston Police Department’s maximum age requirement for Luis Cabral. The chamber also received and journalized a communication from Senator Rush stating he would have voted yes on S. 3014 while away on Navy training. The Senate then took up several committee rule-suspension and extension orders. It approved extensions for the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security on two late-filed matters until July 31, 2026, and approved two Health Care Financing extension orders, one extending 15 bills to March 31, 2026 and another extending six bills to May 1, 2026. Senators explained the delays as needed for hearings, stakeholder input, and mandated benefit reviews. The chamber also advanced local bills for Rutland recall elections, Boxford liquor licenses, Boston police age waivers, and Milton school construction timing, and adopted a resolution recognizing Endometriosis Awareness Month. A major portion of the session was devoted to H. 3014, the omnibus “Pets Act,” which combined provisions on animal welfare, pet shop sales, housing, insurance, and enforcement. Senators supporting the bill described it as banning the retail sale of dogs and cats from puppy mills, strengthening anti-cruelty enforcement, expanding access for animal control officers, limiting breed discrimination in housing and insurance, and protecting pet ownership in subsidized housing. Several amendments were debated: some were withdrawn or rejected, including proposals on renters’ insurance, nuisance barking, and property damage; others were adopted, including a compromise expanding protections for domestic animals, standards on animal welfare, and reporting/adoption requirements for research animals. The Ways and Means amendment was adopted as amended, and the bill was ordered to a third reading and then passed to be engrossed by roll call, with 38 members voting in the affirmative and none in the negative.

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• And then the big one is the Phase 2 RCRA Facility Investigation.
• fuels facility is one of those sites.
• we follow for all of our priority groundwater contamination sites.
• Owning carbon capture facilities.
• that's A forever facility.

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• I think at the full budget hearings, it certainly was clear that this is a priority.
• It's a priority for the legislature, so understood that, and we'll be continuing those conversations.
• A private facility and having to lease four point three million for the prior budget year and now we're
• going to a facility which is owned by the state that's correct but we're paying more for that why are
• Other sort of lower priority projects.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• President Trump's priorities, alongside the priorities of the American people, are interwoven within
• 02:27:34.800> working Democratic priorities will help working Democratic priorities will help
• And that we will have those facilities And that we will have those facilities in<02:48:51.600>
• <04:23:32.080> Within national security priorities. Within national security priorities.
• <05:09:01.920> I protect key democratic priorities. I protect key democratic priorities.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• The committee substitute for Senate Bill 1 reflects our highest priorities as session.
• CJ facilities, and have done so for many years.
• In fact, over the past four years, private facilities operate... at 10% more efficiently.
• That's why we use private facilities, and as to your other about employees and savings.
• The vacancy rate for private facilities is 20 percent, for the state of Texas is 24 percent.

Bills: SB1, HB500, SB1, HB1400, HB 1094, HB365, HB 1109, HB647, HB500

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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• For all of these reasons, the Healey-Driscoll Administration has made housing a priority since day one
• It should come as no surprise that our top priority today is ensuring that local housing authorities
• Also included in your packets is a list of MassNAHRO’s priority pieces of legislation, all currently
• One of our priorities is to raise additional low-cost capital to meet this demand.
• HIF, Housing Innovations Fund, FF, Facilities Consolidation Fund, and community-based housing provide

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Housing opened its second hearing of the session with remarks from Chairs Haggerty and Cyr emphasizing that the hearing was a broad look at Massachusetts’ housing crisis rather than a single bill. They highlighted topics including zoning, permitting, rental assistance, public housing, homelessness prevention, and housing production. The first witness, Housing and Livable Communities Secretary Augustus, reviewed implementation of the Affordable Homes Act and the state’s new housing plan, citing a 1.6% vacancy rate, a projected need for 222,000 new homes over 10 years, and ongoing efforts such as ADUs by right, fair housing enforcement, eviction record sealing, seasonal communities planning, and new funding for affordable housing, public housing, and the Momentum Fund. He also discussed infrastructure support for municipalities, technical assistance for ADUs, and concerns about possible federal funding cuts. Committee members questioned the secretary about ADU financing and technical assistance, the likely unit yield from the Affordable Homes Act, infrastructure barriers in suburban and rural communities, public housing waitlist management, supportive housing, and federal budget risks. MassNAHRO then testified that public housing authorities are facing rising operating and capital costs, a statewide waitlist nearing 300,000, and uncertainty over federal Section 8 and HUD funding. Witnesses described recent state support for operating subsidies, capital improvements, vacancy turnover teams, and resident service coordinators, while warning that proposed federal cuts could sharply affect voucher issuance and agency operations. CDAC’s executive director Roger Herzog described the agency’s role as a quasi-public source of early-stage financing and technical assistance for nonprofit housing developers, noting its loan capital, supportive housing bond programs, home modification loans, and preservation work under Chapter 40T. He said CDAC has helped produce or preserve more than 55,000 units and stressed the importance of patient capital and preservation tools. CHAPA CEO Rachel Heller urged the committee to focus on production, preservation, planning, and political will, supporting goals for affordability, supportive housing, and homeownership, and endorsing policy changes such as YIGBY, clearer site plan review rules, stronger fair housing funding, and more support for vouchers and public housing. MassHousing then outlined its financing role, including mortgage lending, down payment assistance, the Community Climate Bank, and the Momentum Fund, while noting that permitting delays, capital gaps, and possible federal changes could affect production. Members also asked about transparency, prevailing wage compliance, and a recent internal restructuring related to diversity and business engagement.

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• When you're considering what are low priority, high priority, moderate, what are some of the metrics
• Where's our economic priorities in North Dakota?
• Reesot, this is helpful because I never knew when you did high priority, moderate, low priority, whether
• They've got facilities at risk.
• They've got facilities are at risk.

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• An entity that was empowered to convene and align competing stakeholders' agendas and priorities across
• To be a stakeholder-informed workforce priority-setting process in developing action plans with some
• <01:18:55.159> and agencies treatment fa facilities and agencies treatment fa facilities and
• <01:27:11.600> list to the top of their priority list to the top of their priority list because
• We currently have 17 licensed facilities in the city.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So, the more I forget, because I usually do, but thank you to Boeing for opening the facility.
• So that being said, one of my priorities for the year, this year, is that last session we had Senate
• And so my priority is... ...I want to see about repealing those two.
• So we're going to see if we can't... that's my priority for this year.
• So this is a map of where our major facilities are in the state.

Summary: The meeting was an Aviation Caucus gathering hosted at Paine Field and Boeing, with introductions from legislators, aviation organizations, airport officials, and industry representatives. Speakers emphasized the importance of aviation and aerospace to Washington’s economy and the need to better educate lawmakers and the public about the sector’s value. Several participants also highlighted the role of airports in business activity, emergency response, wildfire support, and medical services, and urged attendees to build relationships with legislators to protect and expand aviation funding. A major topic was opposition to the aviation-related tax provisions in Senate Bill 5801, described by speakers as a luxury and privilege tax on aircraft. Legislators and industry advocates argued the tax would discourage aircraft ownership and use in Washington, drive aircraft and business operations out of the state, and harm jobs and tax revenue. They said the caucus would continue working toward repeal of the aircraft tax provisions and broader solutions for aviation infrastructure funding, though they acknowledged the state budget situation makes new funding difficult this year. John Dobson presented data estimating aviation’s large share of state GDP, jobs, wages, and tax revenue, and also raised concerns about aviation fuel tax revenues being diverted away from aviation purposes. The meeting also featured updates on mental health efforts in aviation, with Brian Baumoff of the Pilot Mental Health Campaign describing federal legislation to improve access to treatment and transparency around medications, and a prior state bill aimed at helping pilots navigate medical leave and treatment costs. Haley Coffey of the Aerospace Futures Alliance encouraged participation in its upcoming Hill Day to strengthen aerospace advocacy in Olympia. Boeing representatives gave an overview of company safety and culture changes after recent incidents, workforce and supplier numbers in Washington, production plans including a permanent Moses Lake site and a future Everett narrow-body line, and workforce development programs such as Core Plus Aerospace and tuition support. The caucus also adopted a House resolution honoring Harry R. Anderson for becoming the first person to fly and sail solo to all seven continents, and attendees toured the Boeing facility after the meeting.

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• But it is a priority for the court with the most region.
• Petersburg, we have a facility that's in the heart of the food.
• One of Commissioner Commissioner glasses priorities for FDLE was to create a strategic vision to help
• But these are the priorities that we focus on. You'll see the list there.
• The number of inmates, the per diem and the budget of the facility contributors include the clerk of

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• California is varying references to commercial, industrial, and other facilities across 12 different
• California is varying references to commercial, industrial, and other facilities across 12 different
• One, that municipal stormwater permits do not directly regulate CII facilities.
• use or priority development projects.
• , assisted living facilities, and patients needing internal nutrition for home use.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee heard a large regular-order agenda and took up several bills with mostly brief presentations and no major debate. AB 2215 by Calderon would extend the time for the Department of Water Resources to fully develop State Water Project water rights to 2046; supporters said it would protect water reliability and affordability for 27 million Californians, while opponents argued it would bypass the Water Board process, set a precedent for other water-rights holders, and potentially enable costly projects like Delta Conveyance. The committee also approved a set of unanimous-support bills for consent and suspense-file measures, then moved through a series of policy bills with generally favorable testimony from sponsors and allied organizations. Among the bills discussed, AB 2038 would extend insurance protections for wildfire victims facing nonrenewal or cancellation of home insurance; AB 2322 would standardize the definition of commercial, industrial, or institutional sites for municipal stormwater permitting; AB 1794 would allow enteral nutrition formulas to be shipped directly to patients’ homes; AB 1696 would clarify that nurse midwives do not need physician supervision within their licensed scope; AB 1860 would let county offices of education use design-build and progressive design-build; AB 1876 would codify nondiscrimination protections in health care coverage; AB 2281 would direct the Office of Election Cybersecurity to consult with researchers and assess resources; AB 2448 would require technology to protect sensitive medical records, including reproductive health data; AB 1994 would require local law enforcement to provide victims information on federal immigration relief options; and AB 1829 would expand allowable uses of CalWORKs student-parent support funds for basic needs and related services. Testimony was largely in support, with a few targeted concerns raised on AB 1696 and AB 2281. The committee took roll-call votes on the bills presented and advanced them, with some members recorded as not voting or voting no on selected measures. It also approved the suspense calendar as read and then opened public comment on bills not presented that day; no members of the public came forward, and the meeting adjourned.

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• These amendments are consistent with Cal Cities' priority and advocacy related to property...
• These amendments are consistent with Cal Cities' priority and advocacy related to Proposition 36 and
• And it's a priority because the residents, the voters in California, told us it's a priority.
• , and specifically beds and inpatient facilities so that people could be properly diverted.
• Case law has reaffirmed that the priority of the Murphy conservatorship is public safety.

Summary: The committee met without a quorum and operated as a subcommittee while hearing several bills, with members repeatedly noting that votes would be taken later once a quorum was established. Early in the meeting, the committee heard SB 1446 on parole en banc review and SB 1278 on elderly parole eligibility for certain sex offenses. SB 1446’s author said the bill would give commissioners more discretion in en banc review, make votes public, and allow referral for sexually violent predator evaluation in certain cases; supporters included the California District Attorneys Association, while opponents from Uncommon Law, the Ella Baker Center, and public defender groups argued it would add confusion, create constitutional and litigation concerns, and duplicate existing safeguards. SB 1278 would exclude certain rape, child sexual abuse, and habitual/serial sex offense convictions from elderly parole eligibility; district attorneys and police chiefs supported it as a victim-safety measure, while civil rights and defense organizations opposed it as unnecessary, costly, and inconsistent with evidence on aging and recidivism. Both bills were discussed but not voted on due to the lack of quorum. The committee then heard SB 1354, which would bar out-of-state military or law enforcement personnel from entering California to perform such functions without the Governor’s permission. The author and supporters framed it as protecting state sovereignty and limiting unauthorized armed incursions; the committee accepted an amendment removing a criminal penalty and leaving enforcement to the Attorney General. No opposition testimony was offered, and members expressed support, but no vote was taken because quorum was still lacking. The committee also heard SB 926, a bill to fund implementation of Proposition 36. Supporters, including sheriffs, district attorneys, probation officials, and the League of California Cities, said local agencies need funding for treatment, supervision, and administration; opponents argued the proposal was fiscally reckless, lacked accountability, and overemphasized incarceration. Amendments removed a specific appropriation and shifted funding decisions to the budget process, but the bill was also held pending quorum. Later, the committee heard SB 874, which would require background checks for unlicensed providers of Medi-Cal behavioral health treatment services, create a stakeholder workgroup, and direct DHCS to issue guidance and report on program integrity. Support came from local health plans and behavior analysis providers, who said the bill would improve safety and consistency; there was no opposition testimony. The committee then heard SB 1210, which would extend CalGang oversight and due process protections to local gang databases as well as shared ones. Supporters described privacy abuses, racial disparities, and personal harm from inaccurate gang labels; law enforcement opposition argued the bill would impose CalGang standards on informal investigative files and would significantly change the gang definition. The author said the bill closes a loophole and preserves prior reforms, but no vote was taken. The committee also began hearing SB 1019 on creating a California Cargo Thief Task Force, with strong support from BNSF, trucking, shipping, port, and supply-chain representatives who described organized, multi-jurisdictional cargo theft and rail sabotage; no opposition was heard, and members indicated support, but action was deferred pending quorum. The meeting then moved to SB 1217 on a non-consensual intimate image clearinghouse, with the chair and author describing privacy-related amendments and the bill’s focus on helping survivors remove exploitative images; the transcript cuts off as that presentation began.

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• Also on these slides, you will see what key activities are the priorities for this implementation period
• I mean, it was one of the first priorities.
• On line 156, this shows the long-term facilities maintenance aid for charter schools being eliminated
• It seeks to address a focused set of urgent and high-priority needs while offering a thoughtful approach
• What's the underlying thought that's driving these particular priorities for reductions and eliminations

Bills: HF2430, HF2433

Keywords: education finance, teacher training, Read Act, state aid, school funding, education funding, children with disabilities, transition aid, special education, school district consolidation