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• the time limit and reporting. the time limit and reporting.
• It’s an administrative process, hopefully quicker and less expensive than a complete judicial process
• You go through that process.
• She also asked that a report be filed with the A Committee.
• reports reports providing<01:26:20.000> an<01:26:20.239> an<01:26:20.560> appropriation

Bills: SF0050, SF0084, HB0133, HB0116, HB0011, HB0044

Keywords: groundwater, water resource management, state engineer, aquifer study, corrective controls, monitoring wells, public reporting, water conservation, Colorado River, drought, irrigation, water rights, voluntary program, interstate agreements, conservation districts, supervisors, elections, agriculture, local governance, beneficial use

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• as it relates to uh mandatory reporters as it relates to uh mandatory reporters across<00:03:20.040
• This is where mandated reporters come in. Mandated reporters play a critical role.
• Robust training for mandated reporters is essential; however, after reviewing the state's mandated reporter
• <00:11:37.000> of defense nearly 880,000 reports of defense nearly 880,000 reports of potential
• robust training for mandated reporters robust training for mandated reporters<00:11:49.120> is

Bills: HF1346, HF1169, HF1276

Keywords: mandatory reporting, training requirements, child maltreatment, abuse detection, local welfare agency, child protection, child welfare, paperwork reduction, social services information system, SSIS, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, foster care, children in placement, county social services, Tribal governments, private child placing agencies, case management, administrative burden, information technology, human services

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• This is where mandated reporters come in. Mandated reporters play a critical role.
• This is where mandated reporters come in. Mandated reporters play a critical role.
• This is where mandated reporters come in. Mandated reporters play a critical role.
• This is where mandated reporters come in. Mandated reporters play a critical role.
• This is where mandated reporters come in. Mandated reporters play a critical role.

Bills: HF1346, HF1169, HF1276

Keywords: mandatory reporting, training requirements, child maltreatment, abuse detection, local welfare agency, child protection, child welfare, paperwork reduction, social services information system, SSIS, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, foster care, children in placement, county social services, Tribal governments, private child placing agencies, case management, administrative burden, information technology, human services

Bills: SB 8, HB7, HB15, HB 265, HCR 13, SB 8, HB 7, HB 15, HB 265, HCR 13

Keywords: sex designation, restroom access, civil penalties, private civil right of action, women's privacy, abortion, healthcare, jurisdiction, civil action, qui tam, prohibition, state law, youth camp, safety regulations, advisory committee, child welfare, health standards, summer camp, camp safety, child abuse reporting

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• We are not getting those reports.
• So we think about reports that come along with police interaction, such as incident reports.
• Reports, the traffic stop reports, they have to file use of force reports, etc.
• the traffic report, the use of force report, the body cam video, the dash cam video, and the recording
• Do you know why our report...?

Bills: SB 8, HB7, HB15, HB 265, HCR 13, SB 8, HB 7, HB 15, HB 265, HCR 13

Keywords: sex designation, restroom access, civil penalties, private civil right of action, women's privacy, abortion, healthcare, jurisdiction, civil action, qui tam, prohibition, state law, youth camp, safety regulations, advisory committee, child welfare, health standards, summer camp, camp safety, child abuse reporting

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• It shifts the reporting from two years to four years to come in line with the public side of reporting
• I don't have a copy of the latest report in my file. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
• So I'm just trying to understand if we are redefining low-income reporting.
• I have read the recent reports.
• the number of days that I've ever had to report.

Bills: HB2210, HB2398, HB2959, HB3006, HB3026, HB3151, HB3315, HB3372, HB3467, HB3590, HB4268, HB4359, HB4427

Keywords: youth apprenticeship, career education, workforce development, high school programs, mentorship, vocational training, state oversight, credential of value, education, labor market, government reporting, school abuse reporting, child abuse, neglect, mandatory reporting, student safety, school employee misconduct, administrator reporting, superintendent, law enforcement notification

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• Chairman moves that House Bill 146 as substituted be reported favorably.
• Chair moves that House Bill 229 without amendment be reported favorably.
• Representative Garre moves that House Bill 3784 as substitute be reported favorably.
• Campaigns would still be required to report those residential campaign addresses.
• Well, elaborate a little bit on that because, you know, we're in the process of, or there's a process

Bills: HB 551, HB 1281, HB 1378, HB 1617, HB 2868, HB 2881, HB 3374, HB 4439, HB 4726, HB 4732, HB 4878, HB 4914, HB 4921, HB 4958, HB 5200, HB 5318, HB 5360, HB 5402, HB 5568, HB 5573, HB 5623, HJR 218

Keywords: political contributions, address privacy, Texas Ethics Commission, election transparency, campaign finance, international organizations, World Health Organization, jurisdiction, state law, enforcement, United Nations, World Economic Forum, attorney general, Texas attorney general, state sovereignty, legal enforcement, Texas Attorney General, electric energy storage, municipal regulation, county regulation

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• We are in the process of federal recognition. process.
• There are reports of free Apaches into the 1850s.
• So one is reporting wasteful spending, and then one is, how can we make the process more efficient?
• House Bill 4878 is a bill that would require a report.
• recent quarterly reports. financial reports.

Bills: HB551, HB 1281, HB1378, HB1617, HB2868, HB2881, HB3374, HB4439, HB4726, HB4732, HB4878, HB4914, HB4921, HB4958, HB5200, HB5318, HB5360, HB5402, HB5568, HB5573, HB5623, HJR218

Keywords: political contributions, address privacy, Texas Ethics Commission, election transparency, campaign finance, international organizations, World Health Organization, jurisdiction, state law, enforcement, United Nations, World Economic Forum, attorney general, Texas attorney general, state sovereignty, legal enforcement, Texas Attorney General, electric energy storage, municipal regulation, county regulation

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• The chair moves that House Bill 146, as substituted, be reported favorably.
• The chair moves that House Bill 229, without amendment, be reported favorably to the full House with
• Representative Geren moves that House Bill 842, without amendment, be reported favorably to the full
• Processing is limited by electrons. That's it, period, full stop.
• The DOE did a report with ERCOT and ENCOR that showed that...

Bills: HB551, HB 1281, HB1378, HB1617, HB2868, HB2881, HB3374, HB4439, HB4726, HB4732, HB4878, HB4914, HB4921, HB4958, HB5200, HB5318, HB5360, HB5402, HB5568, HB5573, HB5623, HJR218

Keywords: political contributions, address privacy, Texas Ethics Commission, election transparency, campaign finance, international organizations, World Health Organization, jurisdiction, state law, enforcement, United Nations, World Economic Forum, attorney general, Texas attorney general, state sovereignty, legal enforcement, Texas Attorney General, electric energy storage, municipal regulation, county regulation

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• And then Representative Nash, or Chair Nash, has also several reports that are in this bill as well.
• It tends to be a really fraught process.
• It tends to be a really fraught process.
• It tends to be a really fraught process.
• It tends to be a really fraught process.

Bills: HF2431, HF2438, HF2783, HF1943

Keywords: higher education, college affordability, student aid, state grants, North Star Promise, scholarships, financial aid, Minnesota State, University of Minnesota, Office of Higher Education, tuition relief, work-study, child care grants, hunger-free campus, food insecurity, student parents, pregnant students, parenting students, sexual misconduct, Title IX

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• They also cited instances where AI helped process IT invoices, improving the processing time from some
• The banks have nothing to do with that process. Card networks have nothing to do with that process.
• government fraud losses on BSA and CTR reports.
• They have to investigate the process.
• They had to report... let's see.

Bills: SB231, SB584, SB600, SB668, SB841, SB986, SB1003, SB1244, SB1625, SB1960, SB1963, SB1964, SB2026, SB2056, SB2368

Keywords: temporary emergency electric energy facility, temporary generation, emergency power, backup generation, mobile generator, portable generator, grid resilience, power outage restoration, transmission and distribution utility, TDU, Public Utility Commission of Texas, PUCT, Utilities Code Section 39.918, competitive bidding, lease authorization, emergency procurement, bulk power system, locational marginal pricing, reliability model, black start

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• The committee substitute for Senate Bill 1405 is favorably reported.
• Senate Bill 1968 is favorably reported.
• Come up with a process to, in fact, already begun a process.
• Payment processing is... I don't have a place here. Yeah.
• They had to report, let's see...

Bills: SB231, SB584, SB600, SB668, SB841, SB986, SB1003, SB1244, SB1625, SB1960, SB1963, SB1964, SB2026, SB2056, SB2368

Keywords: temporary emergency electric energy facility, temporary generation, emergency power, backup generation, mobile generator, portable generator, grid resilience, power outage restoration, transmission and distribution utility, TDU, Public Utility Commission of Texas, PUCT, Utilities Code Section 39.918, competitive bidding, lease authorization, emergency procurement, bulk power system, locational marginal pricing, reliability model, black start

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• It says that a consumer reporting agency that buys data from another consumer reporting agency or third
• It says that a consumer reporting agency that buys data from another consumer reporting agency or third
• As it relates to the due process protections, this bill requires the petitioner to use due process to
• process.
• It does deal with better notice, better process.

Bills: SB231, SB584, SB600, SB668, SB841, SB986, SB1003, SB1244, SB1625, SB1960, SB1963, SB1964, SB2026, SB2056, SB2368

Keywords: temporary emergency electric energy facility, temporary generation, emergency power, backup generation, mobile generator, portable generator, grid resilience, power outage restoration, transmission and distribution utility, TDU, Public Utility Commission of Texas, PUCT, Utilities Code Section 39.918, competitive bidding, lease authorization, emergency procurement, bulk power system, locational marginal pricing, reliability model, black start

Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce met with a quorum and first took up several pending and uncontested bills. It favorably reported SB 1405, SB 1762, SB 1977, SB 2077, SB 2148, and SB 1968, and also moved SB 2321 to the local and uncontested calendar. The committee then heard SB 819, which would change how the Public Utility Commission reviews proposed utility-scale solar and related interconnection projects. The committee substitute would shift the default so interconnection is allowed unless the PUC affirmatively prohibits it within 180 days, limit denial to cases where harm substantially outweighs benefits, remove public meeting requirements, retain setback and financial assurance provisions, add optional application materials such as national security and environmental information, and restore local control over county tax abatements. The substitute was adopted and SB 819 was favorably reported to the full Senate on a 7-3 vote. The committee then took up SB 231, focused on CenterPoint’s use of large emergency generators after Hurricane Beryl. Senator King explained that the original bill was intended to prevent customers from being charged for non-mobile generators that were leased at great cost and did not match the bill’s emergency-response purpose. CenterPoint’s Jason Ryan apologized for the company’s communication failures and said the company would make customers whole through a combination of rate reductions, foregone storm-cost recovery, and a donation of the 15 large generators to ERCOT for about two years to address a San Antonio-area reliability issue, with the company absorbing the associated costs. PUC Executive Director Connie Corona said the commission could enforce the agreement through its contested-case process. Public testimony included consumer and reliability advocates, one of whom argued utility-scale microgrids should be preserved as a policy option. SB 231 was left pending. The committee also heard SB 986, which would create an alternative process for routine Public Information Act requests so local governments can make initial redactions without sending every routine exception to the Attorney General, while preserving an appeal path and training requirements. Supporters said it would reduce backlog and speed access to records; opponents argued it would shift the burden to requesters and encourage delay. The AG’s office testified that the process could improve efficiency and still fit within current timelines if used promptly. SB 986 was left pending. Finally, SB 584 was briefly laid out to require consumer reporting agencies that buy data from others to ensure the information complies with Texas law on excluded items such as bankruptcies, judgments, and tax liens, and SB 600 was heard on heir property. SB 600’s substitute would strengthen notice, require an attorney ad litem, add an heir’s bill of rights, allow settlement conferences, and require fair-market-value sales protections; supporters said it would curb predatory partition practices, while opponents warned some provisions could burden or diminish minority heirs’ property rights. SB 584 and SB 600 were left pending after testimony.

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• That's what this is about—it's changing the thought process here.
• ' plans but did not report it.
• That combination of training and a reporting system is critically important to saving lives.
• We now have good data to show that anonymous reporting increases that reporting.
• Different reports have not found that to be the case.

Bills: HF1354, HF1901, HF2124, HF2130, HF2260, HF2099, HF104, HF134, HF1769

Keywords: public safety, school safety, active shooter, active shooter drill, violence prevention, threat reporting, anonymous tip line, See It, Say It, Send It, Minnesota Fusion Center, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, officer-involved death, missing person, endangered missing person, criminal background check, national background check, FBI fingerprint check, adult entertainment license, massage license, correctional facilities

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• but did not report it.
• <00:18:50.880> systems Anonymous threat reporting systems Anonymous threat reporting systems
• <00:20:11.039> information requires schools to report information requires schools to report
• We now have good data to show that anonymous reporting increases reporting.
• We now have good data to show that anonymous reporting increases reporting.

Bills: HF1354, HF1901, HF2124, HF2130, HF2260, HF2099, HF104, HF134, HF1769

Keywords: public safety, school safety, active shooter, active shooter drill, violence prevention, threat reporting, anonymous tip line, See It, Say It, Send It, Minnesota Fusion Center, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, officer-involved death, missing person, endangered missing person, criminal background check, national background check, FBI fingerprint check, adult entertainment license, massage license, correctional facilities

Bills: SF0069, SF0084, SF0050, SF0109, HB0069, HB0098

Keywords: wastewater, stormwater, infrastructure, environmental quality, public data, data collection, funding, study, water conservation, Colorado River, drought, irrigation, water rights, voluntary program, interstate agreements, groundwater, water resource management, state engineer, aquifer study, corrective controls

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• I don't think they understand the difference in a civil process and a criminal process.
• I don't think they understand the difference in a civil process and a criminal process.
• I don't think they understand the difference in a civil process and a criminal process.
• I don't think they understand the difference in a civil process and a criminal process.
• I don't think they understand the difference in a civil process and a criminal process.

Bills: SF0069, SF0084, SF0050, SF0109, HB0069, HB0098

Keywords: wastewater, stormwater, infrastructure, environmental quality, public data, data collection, funding, study, water conservation, Colorado River, drought, irrigation, water rights, voluntary program, interstate agreements, groundwater, water resource management, state engineer, aquifer study, corrective controls

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• So, thank you, sir, for taking this on and being willing to work through the process with Miss Hollis
• <00:06:31.039> moving her um through this process moving her um through this process moving
• So, thank you, sir, for taking this on and being willing to work through the process with Miss Hollis
• And HB 104 receives a favorable report."
• And HP 104 uh receives a favorable<00:10:05.920> report. favorable report. favorable report.

Bills: HB55, HB104, HB55, HB104

Keywords: mortgage, payments, financial institutions, borrowers, principal, escrow, homeownership, abandoned property, digital assets, state treasurer, unclaimed property, liquidation, finders, contracts, electronic reporting, fishing, licensing, jubilee, Marine life, Alabama

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• Alaska is the only other state not to have this process. Even the IRS has it.
• For context, the IRS has over 50 pages of procedures about their private letter ruling process.
• The rule will need to be researched, a process created, then the rule will need to be written with drafts
• private letter ruling program, including devoting significant legal and policy resources to create a process
• The department is prepared to process and respond to private letter ruling submissions.

Bills: HF2048, HF2360, HF2006, HF950, HF912, HF3140, HF2931

Keywords: individual income tax, retirement contributions, tax corrections, annuity contracts, tax year attribution, tax credit, economic development, community investment, data disclosure, Minnesota regulations, tax increment financing, municipal authority, job creation, transferred increment, public hearing, nonresident employees, income tax exemption, Minnesota taxation, employment duties, tax withholding

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• Clark, please report. House there too. Clark, please report.
• Cler, please<01:26:13.040> report. please report. please report.
• Clerk, please report. Mr. Clerk, please report.
• Clerk, please<01:47:06.639> report. please report. please report.
• Speaker, would you have the clerk report report report the<02:02:45.599> veto<02:02:46.480>

Bills: SB141, SB124, SB56, SJR116, SB94, SB37, SB127, SB197, SB66, SB70, SB133, SB160, SB214, SB312, SB52, SJR62, SJR75

Keywords: legal advertisements, tax rates, public hearings, transparency, local government, sick leave, education, teacher retirement, benefits, employee compensation, Medicaid, nonopioid analgesics, pain management, health care regulation, utilization controls, physician shortage, health care access, medically underserved areas, medical education, workforce development