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• In Christ's name I pray, amen. ...in the gallery as well.
• I think that's a job well done.
• Well, you see a lot of things that are going on right now.
• So, I figured, well, let's start with day one.
• She worked well with them, and they considered her an insider.

Bills: SB 2 , SB 5 , SB 9 , SB 7 , SB 17 , SB 4 , HB4 , HB1 , HB3 , HB20 , HB22 , SB9 , SB7 , SB17 , SB4 , HB4 , SB2 , SB5

Keywords: disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments

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• Sometimes the test well is plugged. They'll plug it with cement back to surface and abandon it.
• Sometimes the test well is plugged. They'll plug it with cement back to surface and abandon it.
• You don't do 43 wells. You don't do 43 wells; it's test wells.
• wells.
• Well, that's the well they're pumping.

Committee: House Natural Resources

Summary: The committee held a hearing on high-capacity groundwater wells proposed in Anderson, Henderson, and Houston counties, with members framing the issue as one of local water supply, fairness, and the need to modernize groundwater law while protecting private property rights. Opening remarks focused on the scale of the proposed Redtown Ranch and Pine Bliss projects, the potential export of tens of thousands of acre-feet of groundwater annually, and concerns that the applications lacked sufficient technical detail and could harm nearby landowners, cities, agriculture, and manufacturing. Members also noted the broader context of the recent flooding tragedy in central Texas and the Legislature’s intent to address water-related loss of life in the upcoming special session. Witnesses from the Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts and the Texas Water Development Board explained the current groundwater management framework. They described groundwater conservation districts as the state’s preferred management method, the role of groundwater management areas and desired future conditions, and how the Water Development Board uses those conditions to calculate modeled available groundwater. They emphasized that districts rely on local data, monitoring wells, and planning processes, but that information is often more limited in areas without a district, where the rule of capture applies. Members pressed witnesses on recharge rates, export permits, subsidence, the effect of pumping on nearby wells, the age and real-time availability of model data, and whether the proposed project would exceed modeled available groundwater in some counties. TCEQ explained its limited oversight role over groundwater conservation districts, including inquiries, compliance actions, and, in extreme cases, dissolution authority. Water Development Board staff also outlined funding programs, saying the New Water Supply for Texas Fund is limited to projects such as brackish desalination, reuse, ASR, and other new-supply projects, and does not fund fresh groundwater exports alone. They said the project at issue had not applied for board funding. A water lawyer then testified on the rule of capture, ownership in place, and district regulation, arguing that districts must use permitting and other tools to manage production within modeled available groundwater and that the Legislature could consider additional authority over groundwater exports under current law.

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• page 30, section 560, this is a combination of cleaned-up language from sections in this chapter as well
• We would then work with the private landowner and our agency, as well as the Department of Agriculture
• We would then work with the private landowner and our agency, as well as Department of Agriculture, to
• I'm willing to make a motion as well.
• Senator Guthrie, well, Mr. Chairman, I'm going to err on the side of voting against the motion.

Committee: Senate Resources and Environment

Keywords: 989, all

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• revenue sources, its funding is from fees received from work contracts from inmate work crews, as well
• Well, predicting so far in advance means that it's difficult to get correct, and frequently that means
• Chairman, I have Idaho State Police as well. Okay. Go ahead.
• We could say, well, let's just use a budget stabilization fund and fill that gap this year.
• Well, committee, we have a couple of RSs we'll be looking at here.

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Rules

Keywords: 989, all

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• Just continuing to offer competitive mortgage rates and we see them well positioned.
• We say, well, if everybody prepays at a 500 Determined, that's why we blend in the taxables.
• The vast majority of all the public housing authorities are doing very well.
• But how long those vacancies have been open as well.
• Well, and now I'll turn it over to Kelly.

Committee: House Mortgage Finance Authority Act Oversight Committee

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• :53:50.720><c> well.
• </c> abandoned vehicle. abandoned vehicle.
• Well, well, I'm not really saying anything that you would disagree with me.
• Well, no reason not.
• Well, no reason not. It's because &gt;&gt; Okay. Well, no reason not.

Keywords: MS House Floor - 12 February, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

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• Well, for agricultural producers, we move equipment from one piece of property to the next, so it's not
• The bill is retroactive relating to the bonds, but it would, well, I shouldn't say, but it would, well
• Relating to the bonds, but it would, well, I shouldn't say retroactive.
• Apartments with more than nine units were included as well.
• Well, thank you, President Passidomo.

Committee: Senate Finance and Tax

Summary: The Finance and Tax Committee met and first heard SB 674, which would allow county property appraisers, like tax collectors already can, to budget for and pay hiring or retention bonuses if approved in their Department of Revenue budget. Support came from property appraiser representatives, who said the bill would help them compete for specialized staff without requiring new funding. The bill was reported favorably. The committee then considered SJR 318, a proposed constitutional amendment on tangible personal property used on agricultural land, along with an amendment clarifying the exemption’s scope and allowing the Legislature to set conditions by general law. Farm Bureau and the Florida Chamber supported the measure, and the committee adopted the amendment and reported the joint resolution favorably. Members also took up CS for SB 1664, which would require voter reapproval of local discretionary taxes when they expire; an amendment changed the bill to require expiration dates and tied reapproval to tax expiration rather than a fixed eight-year cycle. Local government and tourism groups raised concerns about impacts on tourist development taxes, transportation surtaxes, beaches funding, and long-term financing, while supporters argued voters should periodically affirm local taxes. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. Next, the committee considered SJR 1510 and its implementing bill SB 1512, both dealing with a homestead-style property tax benefit for certain long-term leased residential properties. After multiple amendments narrowed the proposal substantially, limiting it to one qualifying property and then to single-family homes, mobile homes, and condominium units, counties and cities still opposed the measures as a tax shift to other taxpayers. The sponsor said the changes reduced the scope and fiscal impact, and both measures were reported favorably. Finally, the committee heard SPB 7034, the Senate tax package, which includes permanent sales tax exemptions, multiple tax holidays, motor vehicle fee reductions, a property tax study, rural investment tax credits, a freeze on local communications services tax rates, and other tax changes, with an estimated $2.1 billion revenue reduction. Testimony was mixed: property appraisers supported the property tax study, while many public commenters opposed the firearm and ammunition tax holiday and urged inclusion of gun safes and locks instead. County, city, tourism, and lodging representatives raised concerns about tourist development tax limits and other local revenue impacts, while supporters emphasized tax relief and the study’s value. After debate, the committee adopted a motion to submit SPB 7034 as a committee bill and reported it favorably.

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• Well, thank you, Mr. Speaker.
• Now they get a payout as well.
• I thank the chairman as well as Chairman LaHood for their support as well. I yield back.
• I thank the chairman as well as Chairman LaHood for their support as well. I yield back.
• </c> close if the ranking member is as well. close if the ranking member is as well.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• wells.
• The P.E.M. says that these are test wells. The design of these wells are not test wells.
• Sometimes the test well is plugged. They'll plug it with cement back to surface and abandon it.
• Of metering agriculture wells and private wells.
• Well, that's the well they're pumping.

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• If one really wants... to do affordable housing well, then they need to raise the dollars for both the
• Well, thanks for covering a lot of the points that I was just going to bring up.
• Well, many people are concerned about phone usage with their kids and how they're affected.
• We've got two more bills we need to get to as well today.
• Well, the other part of the bill is even better, Chair Davids, so thank you very much.

Committee: House Taxes

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• Um, so well before our review in May.
• </c> will mean to both the hospitals as well will mean to both the hospitals as well as<01:02:32.720>
• </c> premium subsidies, as well as HR1. premium subsidies, as well as HR1.
• </c> as well as working here um, part-time. as well as working here um, part-time.
• <c> fine,</c><01:51:51.840><c> but</c><01:51:52.000><c> I</c> Well, my cholesterol was fine, but I Well

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Well, thank you for the question.
• Well, thank you for the question.
• thank you for the their own dime well thank you for the question<00:11:58.920><c> well</c><00:11:59.040
• Now, you might say, okay, well, shut it down, let them dig wells.
• Now, you might say, okay, well, shut it down, let them dig wells.

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Well, I thank the chairman and the ranking member.
• Well, I thank the chairman and the ranking member.
• </c> were lost uh in that Massacre as well were lost uh in that Massacre as well the<03:11:45.200><c>
• You’ve served Florida well through that.
• Either way, I wish you well in this third act.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• It is for $1 million as well.
• <00:43:06.520><c> Senator</c> well Senator well Senator westr<00:43:08.680><c> members</c><00:43:09.160
• </c> and so uh we're unfortunately well and so uh we're unfortunately well prepared<00:47:13.400><c>
• </c> say um and and ask you a favor as well say um and and ask you a favor as well is<01:27:34.280><c
• </c> and I were talking about this as well and I were talking about this as well and<01:28:10.800><c>

Committee: Senate Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• No, you planned that out pretty well. Well, that one I did. There's nobody here one after that.
• </c><03:50:54.040><c> should</c> the pump house for this well should the pump house for this well should
• users these filters get quickly abandoned.
• ><c> abandoned</c><04:18:32.520><c> they</c><04:18:32.640><c> don't</c> filters get quickly abandoned
• So if you have a well on this side and a well on this side of the system and separate treatment systems

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 332, a bill to add protection and remediation of surface waters as a new authorized purpose for New Hampshire village districts. Prime sponsor Rep. Rosemary Rung said the bill is intended to give local voters in lake communities a voluntary tool to address cyanobacteria blooms and other water-quality problems through village districts, including the ability to raise revenue, adopt ordinances, and pursue treatments or watershed management measures. She emphasized that the proposal is meant to complement, not replace, state law and that any district action would still need to comply with existing permitting and environmental requirements. Supporters, including Andrea Laro of New Hampshire Lakes and Elizabeth Harper of the Lake Sunapee Protective Association, said the bill would help municipalities collaborate on lake protection when state resources are limited. They argued that local districts could bring subject-matter expertise, access grants and technical assistance, and respond more quickly to problems such as septic impacts, runoff, culvert repairs, and in-lake treatments. They also suggested clarifying the bill’s wording around “protection and remediation” to better define the scope of authorized activities. Opponents, including Steve Wolf and Chris Norwood of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors, argued that village districts can already be overly broad and sometimes expand beyond their original purposes. Wolf said existing town and state agencies already handle shoreline protection and warned that village districts can impose ongoing taxes and create governance problems. Norwood urged a study bill instead, citing concerns about the scope of village districts and examples where some districts have taken on planning and zoning powers beyond their original mission. No vote or final action on HB 332 was taken in the excerpt.

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• So, so you to 30 something as well.
• </c> as well. as well.
• Several other schools as well.
• </c><01:34:14.080><c> We</c> as well. And so we turn them away. We as well.

Bills: HB1974 , HB1853 , HB1973 , HB1574 , HB2619 , HB1966 , HB1643 , HB1671 , HB2558 , HB1854 , HB2173 , HB1575 , HB2229 , HB1535 , HB1978 , HB2508 , HB1549 , HB2187 , HB1550 , HB1977 , HB2314 , HB1871 , HB2319 , HB1591 , HB1858 , HB1898 , HB2372 , HB1765 , HB2012 , HB1706 , HB1962 , HB1963 , HB1975 , HB2009 , HB2083 , HB2224 , HB1877 , HB1959 , HB1626 , HB1665 , HB2488 , HB2456 , HB2548 , HB2207 , HB1832 , HB2079 , HB1985 , HB1618 , HB2486 , HB2242 , HB2045 , HB1703 , HB2236 , HB2480 , HB1976 , HB2287 , HB2288 , HB1777 , HB276 , HB1660 , HB1676 , HB1605 , HB1751 , HB1967 , HB2383 , HB2340 , HB1946 , HB2268 , HB1950 , HB2156 , HB2118 , HB1859 , HB1863 , HB1996 , HB2114 , HB2423 , HB2429 , HB2475 , HB2534 , HB2545 , HB1813 , HB1941 , HB2474 , HB2583 , HB1576 , HB1886 , HB1939 , HB2540 , HB2590 , HB2000 , HB2163 , HB2386 , HB1691 , HB1680 , HB2516 , HB1993 , HB2442 , HB1510 , HB1958 , HB1692

Keywords: HB1974, hearing loss, audiology, audiologist, hearing screening, hearing aids, cochlear implants, tele-audiology, communication access, assistive technology, speech-language pathology, deafness, hard of hearing, public health, kupuna, keiki, dementia, cognitive decline, fall prevention, State Health Planning and Development Agency

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• Well, that was easy.
• , or run lean and run well.
• Senator Lang: Well, I appreciate it.
• </c> years um what we're looking at as well years um what we're looking at as well is<01:29:44.040><c
• </c> other thing is that Micron said well other thing is that Micron said well they're<01:30:49.320><

Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• Well, Mr.
• Well,<00:16:25.160><c> Mr.
• </c> were well known. were well known.
• </c> can do a sports book bet as well. can do a sports book bet as well.

Committee: Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Well, Miss, no— Mr.
• Well, Miss, no— Mr.
• Well, thank you, Mr.
• </c><00:42:01.760><c> as</c> social Enterprise dollars as well as social Enterprise dollars as well as
• </c> also provide those dollars as well also provide those dollars as well followup followup followup

Committee: Senate Jobs and Economic Development

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Well, thank you.
• The laws worked well.
• Well, thank you, Representative Pinto.
• Well, I'm sorry.
• </c><01:37:49.639><c> as</c> costs associated with those as well as costs associated with those as well

Bills: HF1662 , HF1224 , HF1836 , HF1367 , HF1168 , HF1999 , HF1792 , HF102 , HF2127 , HF104

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Keywords: veterans, veterans affairs, State Soldiers Assistance Program, Veterans Stable Housing Initiative, MAXIS, human services data, data sharing, eligibility verification, informed consent, private data, benefits coordination, veteran housing, veteran assistance, Department of Human Services, Children Youth and Families, state benefits, federal benefits, privacy, public assistance, foreclosure