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• Senator Hughes, if you could explain the regional measure and the differences in the substitute language
• legislature passed Senate Bill 1273. 1665 by Senator Hughes which directed each university system regions
• That's an expectation on those boards and regions. It's manageable.
• Statute the newly confirmed regions go through a orientation process. says that the coordinating board
• I'm well aware of the groundbreaking work my mentors have brought to various regions of the globe.

Bills: SB37, SB1489, SB452, SB724, SB1067, SB1741, SB1273

Keywords: higher education, curriculum review, governing board, faculty council, ombudsman, faculty governance, decision-making, transparency, public meetings, department head, employment approval, public institutions, institutional oversight, education, funding, accountability, state budget, school performance, employment, Texas legislation

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• One other aspect I'd like to raise is, I'm also a member of the RTC, Regional Transportation Council.
• But we don't know what the true impact will be to the region.
• County region.
• And I'll point out since others had previously I do serve on the Regional Transportation Council as well
• busier because of the amount of construction and building activities happening in our part of the region

Bills: HB134, HB135, HB 1109, HB 1243, HB1392, HB1399, HJR99, HB134, HB135

Keywords: sales tax, use tax, local tax, municipal tax, county tax, tax sourcing, place of business, principal business location, small business, retailer, marketplace seller, economic development agreement, Chapter 321, Chapter 323, Tax Code, Texas Comptroller, local sales and use tax, tax jurisdiction, order consummation, ship-to location

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• are offering aggressive incentives to attract film and TV projects, and the infrastructure in these regions
• This bottom-up regional approach told us that the creative economy, as film, television and the arts,
• To try to be able to support more regions of the state that can benefit this because the workers are
• Invested in looking at key industries within our Southern California region.
• I'm the Western Region Director for the Cinematographers Guild Local 600.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• The bill we are with the region.
• Strengthening economic opportunity in Haiti promotes regional stability.
• opportunity in Haiti promotes regional opportunity in Haiti promotes regional stability.<05:43:43.280
• Indeed, this is a region that the United States must be engaged in.
• Indeed, this is a region that the United States must be engaged in.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, January 12, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• for legislation to provide equal opportunity for residents to vote on establishment of Great River Regional
• endorsement that it had been referred under suspension of Rule 12 to the Committee on Municipalities and Regional
• Regional Government. Question comes on concurrence. All those in favor say aye; opposed, no.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House began with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several committee reports and procedural orders. It adopted a resolution commending the Endometriosis Alliance of Massachusetts for recognizing March 2026 as Endometriosis Awareness Month. The House also adopted multiple orders extending committee reporting deadlines, including for the Committees on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities; Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure; Health Care Financing; Revenue; and Transportation. In addition, the House concurred with a Senate referral on legislation concerning Great River Regional School Districts and suspended Joint Rule 12 to send two petitions to committee, one on retirement benefits for Suzanne Garcia and another on senior property tax credits. The Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling recommended a slate of bills for House consideration, including measures on call firefighter rights, foreclosure protection for recently widowed spouses, wage protections for electronic wage cards and hospital workers, a minimum wage for airline catering employees, incentives for donations to local nonprofits, limits on prison labor, and a sick leave bank for a DCF employee. After suspending Rule 7A, the House gave these bills second reading and ordered them to a third reading. On third reading and final action, the House passed to be enacted a sick leave bank bill for a Department of Correction employee, concurred in a Senate amendment to a land conveyance bill for Brockton, and passed to be engrossed several local and special legislation bills, including measures involving Conway police and fire department employees and an Arlington firefighter civil service exception. The House then adopted an order to meet again Monday at 11 a.m. and adjourned to that time in informal session.

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• Speaker Pro Tem, members, it provides relative to a regional juvenile justice district to remove certain
• At one point, the bill had a law enforcement person in every region.
• I think in appropriations, we discussed the idea of having a physician at every site or every region.
• I think in appropriations, we discussed the idea of having a physician at every site or every region,
• in every region.

Bills: HB410, HR310, HR314, HR316, HR317, HR321, HR275, HR276, HR279, HR282, HR286, HR289, HR292, HR295, HR302, HR319, HR307, HR273, SCR59, SCR61, SCR62, SCR68, SCR69, SCR70, SCR54, SCR55, SCR64, SCR75, HCR32, HB776, HB42, HB119, HB159, HB302, HB1017, HB1028, SB217, SB283, HB953, SB208, HR74, HB998, HB901, HR20, 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, SB82, SB89, SB97, SB123, SB237, HB36, HB74, HB75, HB258, HB259, HB414, HB459, HB784, HB848, HB956, HB1095, HB1220, HB1252, SB469, SB479

Keywords: recording, privacy, notification, direct conversation, law enforcement, first responder, penalties, oil and gas, orphan wells, inactive wells, shut-in wells, marginal wells, plugging and abandonment, well decommissioning, site remediation, site restoration, Oilfield Site Restoration, OSR program, financial security, bonding

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• reappropriation of $1 million originally appropriated in the 2022 Budget Act for the California Regional
• reappropriation of $1 million originally appropriated in the 2022 Budget Act for the California Regional
• , to maximize homelessness outcomes and preserve regional investments.
• So we see that as part of what we'd like them to be working towards in terms of regionally coordinated
• housing homelessness action plans, so extra effort has been taken there in the HAP regions.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The committee heard a series of May Revision budget items, beginning with the State Controller’s Office. SCO described requests for Fiscal Book of Record stabilization, payroll system implementation, ACFR reporting support, and unclaimed property outreach funding. Members focused on the Fiscal system’s July go-live, the improved timeliness of the ACFR, and the unclaimed property program’s roughly $15 billion balance and outreach efforts. The Department of Finance and LAO raised no major concerns, and the item was closed after discussion of how the new outreach funding would be used. The committee then considered several revenue proposals. Finance presented a proposal to tax pre-written digital software and SaaS, with estimated General Fund gains of $450 million in 2026-27 and $900 million ongoing; LAO suggested broader digital tax changes and a business-use exemption, while industry groups opposed the measure as a tax on essential digital tools. CDTFA also presented an administrative request tied to the software tax, and later a $10 million budget reduction reflecting lower operational needs. The committee then heard a federal conformity proposal for new children’s tax-deferred accounts, which LAO supported, and a proposal to cut the first-year LLC/LP minimum tax from $800 to $400, which Finance said would aid small business formation but LAO argued was poorly targeted and would reduce revenue. Another major item was a permanent business tax credit limitation beginning in 2027, capping credits at the greater of $5 million per corporation or 50% of pre-credit liability. Finance said it would raise about $850 million in 2026-27 and more in later years, while LAO noted it would mainly affect large firms using the R&D credit and could also touch California Competes and other programs. Public testimony split sharply between business groups opposing the cap and advocates supporting it as a progressive revenue measure. The committee also heard FTB’s CalFile realignment proposal, which would retain a smaller staff to continue improving the free filing system and return most of the prior funding to the General Fund. The hearing concluded with the California Arts Council’s request to reauthorize the Keep Arts in Schools voluntary contribution fund, which brings in about $221,000 to $266,000 annually for arts grants and teacher stipends. Members and advocates supported the item but also urged larger arts funding, including the Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund. The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development then presented proposals for the California Civic Media Program, CA RISE reappropriation, and a reversion of unused Chips for America facility funds; LAO supported the latter two but was cautious about new civic media spending. Members raised concerns about the civic media program’s scope, including the exclusion of broadcast and the lack of a specific ethnic media set-aside, while GoBiz said funds would begin going out in the fall if approved.

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• we provided some material to the committee, and some of that discussed our economic impact in the region
• Um, we did a study that resulted in $3.8 billion in economic regional impact, about $62 million in state
• uh our economic impact uh in the region. uh our economic impact uh in the region.
• <00:01:31.200> impact $3.8 billion in economic regional impact $3.8 billion in economic regional
• And we've gotten the $600,000 Southern Crescent Regional Commission grant.

Keywords: Appropriations - Room 210; 20 January, 2026: 8:45 AM, 925, all

Summary: The committee heard an update from the Mississippi State Port Authority at the Port of Gulfport on operations, finances, and recent developments. The port emphasized that it is an enterprise agency that does not seek state general fund support, and reported a regional economic impact of $3.8 billion, about $62 million in state and local taxes, and thousands of direct and indirect jobs. The witness highlighted growth in refrigerated cargo, especially efforts to bring more Mississippi poultry through Gulfport, along with continued container traffic and intermodal work. Several major investments and new business lines were discussed. Ports America is required under its lease to invest $43 million, and the port recently received a fourth crane, a $20 million investment that allows two vessels to be worked simultaneously. The port also announced American Cruise Lines stops in Gulfport, which is expected to bring high-end cruise passengers spending time and money locally. Additional updates included growth in technology and blue economy activity at the Roger F. Wicker Center, NOAA’s autonomous vessel operations center, Oceanero’s workforce expansion, and military moves that generated about 70,000 man-hours of local labor. Committee members asked about the FY27 budget, travel, and capital outlay requests. The port said the travel increase was for flexibility and that it spends conservatively, and explained that the larger capital figures reflect a strategic plan and potential private-sector and grant-funded projects rather than expected annual spending. The FY27 request was described as a slight decrease from the prior year, with the main salary increase tied to PERS and health insurance costs, and no special appropriations language was requested. Members also discussed the effort to regain chicken exports through Gulfport, including plans for a future freezer warehouse and the impact of the Kansas City Southern railroad merger, which the port said has had some hiccups but may help in the long run.

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• This request also covers increases in lease payments for some of our regional offices.
• These are often frontline employees who deploy from our regions and work long hours responding to them
• Yes, Chairman, in our Houston regional office. Okay. I feel you want to say something.
• The fund still uses transfers from general revenue for studies and. and regional water planning group
• Allows communities to rightsize their projects and optimize the development of regional projects.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• It may be instances where it may make sense to have folks regionally located versus, you know, in St.
• folks regionally located versus you<01:29:55.920> know,<01:29:56.200> in<01:29:56.520>
• If it means that having a regional<01:30:22.440> approach<01:30:23.480> is<01:30:23.920
• here that I think will create regional here that I think will create regional equity<01:40:23.600
• CCRI does in our community in our region CCRI does in our community in our region is<01:48:33.840

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And page 442 is the regional collective impact hubs section.
• Regional collective impact hubs are the infrastructure for our home visiting system.
• So that, the regional collective impacts are as a million dollars and the No, so the regional collective
• Page 617 is the Regional Planning Commission section.
• This is grant funding for the Regional Planning Commissions throughout the state.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• The actual recycled use out in the Permian region started to take off in 2020.
• This is for a big region, but the bill, the tax bill, is just assessed to Bexar County.
• We are the level one trauma center for adults and pediatric in a 22 county region. cover virtually all
• We take the vast majority of the trauma, though. for that region and that's a state-designated trauma
• region. 40% of our patients are either under... funded or Medicaid.

Bills: HB19, HB30, HB851, HB1663, HB1681, HB1769, HB1937, HB1979, HB2428, HB2433, HB2825, HB3159, HB3424, HB3486, HB3487, HB3504, HB3605, HB3879, HB3994, HB4382, HB4752, HB5444, HB5446, HB5447, HB3199, HB4847, HB19

Keywords: local government debt, property tax, ad valorem tax, bond election, certificate of obligation, anticipation note, school district tax rate, voter-approval rate, debt service cap, municipal finance, county bonds, flood control district, hospital district, public works, tax transparency, property tax notice, November uniform election date, general obligation bonds, local debt reform, taxpayer notice

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• able to continue to keep these quality affordable housing available for our communities across the region
• able to continue to keep these quality affordable housing available for our communities across the region
• able to continue to keep these quality affordable housing available for our communities across the region
• able to continue to keep these quality affordable housing available for our communities across the region
• development or redevelopment activities, job creation, or job preservation within a community or region

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• If, however, the Mari region is not able to reestablish itself in time, then the Oahu region is very
• , is communicating with Maui region.
• And so he's been well aware of the communications between Oahu region and Maui region.
• <04:22:12.720> and communications between Oahu region and communications between Oahu region
• and Mari<04:22:13.439> region.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• <00:48:10.240> electrical a dur loan for regional electrical a dur loan for regional electrical
• Now, Honolulu and the airport, that entire region, when we looked at water services for the regions of
• Now, Honolulu and the airport, that entire region, when we looked at water services for the regions of
• Now, Honolulu and the airport, that entire region, when we looked at water services for the regions of
• Now, Honolulu and the airport, that entire region, when we looked at water services for the regions of

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• They were the heart and soul of that event, which draws visitors from not only across the region and
• <07:21:46.798> These Northeast Ohio region informed.
• These Northeast Ohio region informed.
• It's been a few years since a major storm hit our region.
• We're due and local and our region.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• hubs um so that you creating Regional hubs um so that you have<00:09:21.680> uh<00:09:21.839>
• <00:10:43.600> Hub haven't um Advanced the the regional Hub haven't um Advanced the the regional
• around the state things in the regions around the state where<00:37:30.520> you<00:37:30.599>
• We used to have nine regional offices. We now just have two.
• <00:56:20.599> Offices<00:56:21.119> we we used to have nine Regional Offices we we

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I mean, we'd like to think regional.
• <04:39:03.760> market be there to give a regional market be there to give a regional market
• And that's a uh component this region.
• I to the region of of having you there?
• How about how about New England region.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• infrastructure, and planned environmental and economic benefits to the City of Concord and the East Bay region
• excuse me, is the 2,600 acres of the 5,000 acres that has already been transferred to the East Bay Regional
• Park District as a regional park and as a conservation area, where we have and will be improving breeding
• , and looking forward to this bill coming into fruition and turning into reality for the East Bay region

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard several bills related to energy, environmental regulation, recycling, and border pollution. SB 925 would direct the California Energy Commission to develop a statewide roadmap for fusion energy; the author and co-sponsor said it would help California retain fusion investment and jobs, while supporters emphasized the state’s leadership in fusion and the need for a future regulatory and permitting strategy. SB 1350 would allow renewable portfolio standard credit for power plants using green hydrogen, and testimony split between supporters who said it would support reliability, emissions reductions, and jobs, and opponents who warned about greenwashing, resource shuffling, and NOx emissions from combustion. SB 1145 would streamline CEQA and federal base-closure review for qualifying projects in the Concord Reuse Project Area; the author said it would advance a long-planned housing and mixed-use redevelopment with substantial prior environmental review, and the committee chair noted amendments limiting streamlining to projects consistent with existing plans. SB 1341 would let CalRecycle reduce processing fees for wine and spirits bag-in-a-box containers if collections exceed what is needed for recycling-center payments; supporters said the current fee increase was abrupt and excessive, while opponents argued the fee should remain tied to recycling costs and warned against giving CalRecycle too much discretion. SJR 13 urged the federal government to seek enforceable commitments to eliminate transboundary sewage pollution at the upcoming USMCA review, with strong support from border and farmworker advocates and no opposition heard. SB 1033 would require protein product manufacturers to test for and disclose heavy metals; supporters cited Consumer Reports findings of lead, cadmium, and arsenic in protein powders and shakes, while opponents sought narrower scope, QR-code labeling, and thresholds tied to health standards. SB 1010 would create a manufacturer-funded system for refrigerant recovery from discarded appliances; supporters said it would reduce greenhouse gases and shift costs away from local governments, while opponents argued existing federal and state rules already address the issue and that the bill could raise appliance costs and disrupt recycling markets. The committee took up votes after a quorum was established. SB 1010 was voted out 3-1 and kept on call, with the chair and several members supporting it and one member voting no. The consent calendar, including SB 899, SB 1313, SB 1253, and SB 1300, was approved and kept on call. SJR 13, SB 981, SB 1033, SB 925, SB 1350, SB 1145, and SB 1341 were each moved out on committee votes and kept on call. The chair repeatedly noted that several bills would be voted formally once the committee had a quorum, and the author of SB 1183 was heard after the voting sequence. SB 1183 would require the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation to study the environmental, land-use, and economic impacts of industrial solar in the Central Valley and make recommendations to ensure local communities benefit. The author and supporters, including the California Farm Bureau and American Farmland Trust, said the bill is meant to assess how large-scale solar development affects agricultural land, farmworker communities, and local economies. Opponents from the solar industry argued the bill duplicates existing work, understates the benefits of utility-scale solar, and should instead build on prior state studies; the author responded that the Valley is already seeing major solar siting pressure and that the study is needed to understand impacts as groundwater constraints and land-use changes accelerate.

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• You can move money with reserves from the light-shaded regions to the dark-shaded regions.
• If the state does not have enough reserves on hand to be able to cover the sort of dark-shaded regions
• much in these red, well they would be red if they were in color, but how much in these dark shaded regions

Keywords: 988, house, all