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• So this should be something that you guys was providing as our government agency to help people work
• So this should be something that you guys was providing as our government agency to help people work
• So this should be something that you guys was providing as our government agency to help people work
• So this should be something that you guys was providing as our government agency to help people work
• So this should be something that you guys was providing as our government agency to help people work

Bills: SB2060, SB2063, SB2062, SB2069, SB2070

Keywords: rental housing revolving fund, HHFDC, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, mixed-income housing, mixed-income rental project, affordable housing, low-income housing, housing finance, housing development, preservation, rehabilitation, pre-development, construction financing, equity investment, credit enhancement, collateral, gap financing, area median income, AMI, perpetual affordability

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• Every county in our state has a shortage of bus drivers.
• Every county in our state has a shortage of bus drivers.
• Every county in our state has a state.
• This is in our county is a tremendous problem, and our superintendent has your own content.
• This is in our county is a Thank you.

Bills: HB245, HB138, HB151, HB152, HB245, HB138, HB151, HB152

Keywords: inhalants, controlled substances, butyl nitrite, nitrous oxide, amyl nitrite, health, public safety, pregnancy, pregnant defendant, incarceration, jail intake, pregnancy test, bail, pre-incarceration probation, supervised probation, electronic monitoring, electronic supervision, perinatal care, prenatal care, maternal health

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• heard previously relating to the collection and confidentiality of information regarding weapons in agency
• Unfortunately, many cities and counties continue to struggle with unregulated group homes that operate

Bills: SB 2041, SB 1777, SB 1681, SB 2311

Keywords: child welfare, foster care, Department of Family and Protective Services, DFPS, Family Code, conservatorship, placement selection, contract residential care, kinship care, relative placement, designated caregiver, best interest of the child, least restrictive setting, placement stability, child protective services, residential treatment, group home, family reunification, Texas foster system, residential care

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• heard previously, relating to the collection and confidentiality of information regarding weapons in agency

Bills: SB2041, SB1777, SB1681, SB2311

Keywords: child welfare, foster care, Department of Family and Protective Services, DFPS, Family Code, conservatorship, placement selection, contract residential care, kinship care, relative placement, designated caregiver, best interest of the child, least restrictive setting, placement stability, child protective services, residential treatment, group home, family reunification, Texas foster system, residential care

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• Do you guys... ...share information with other state agencies?
• You will need to contact whichever agency put them in there.
• You would refer that person to the proper law enforcement agency, the jurisdiction?
• If an agency does not go in there and review the data, attribute the officer's name and their agency
• It also deals with the Internet, and if the agency is not...

Bills: SB659, SB1585, SB2201, SB2514, SB2569

Keywords: smuggling, human trafficking, criminal penalties, felony offenses, law enforcement, foreign adversary, foreign-owned company, scrutinized company, China, national security, cybersecurity, information technology, communications technology, ICT, critical infrastructure, state contracts, government procurement, vendor certification, debarment, civil penalty

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• I've been the County Fire Marshal in Bexar County for 10 years, and I've been in law enforcement for
• , that should have been handled by the regulating agency and by that county and not really have this
• There are different classifications of agencies because we have so many types of law enforcement agencies
• Those are very large agencies. And so the Bexar County Fire Marshal is not wrong.
• We serve 254 counties and 3,000 police agencies, providing day-to-day...

Bills: HB5097, HB5513, SB523, SB857, SB964, SB1101, SB2143, SB2332, SB2383, HB 1108

Keywords: criminal history, background checks, government code, licensing, information access, rural law enforcement, child care grants, community support, law enforcement retention, advisory committee, SB 523, Texas driver’s license, alternative address, residential address, confidential address, address confidentiality, Department of Public Safety, DPS, Transportation Code, Section 521.1211

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• This legislation is focused on protecting the Devil's River in Valverde County.
• The Devil's River, which begins and ends within the boundary of Val Verde County, is one of the last
• The Devil's River in Val Verde County is one of the last truly wild, free-flowing rivers in Texas.
• We have landowners, environmental advocates, and county officials that all support this.
• On behalf of the Harris County Attorney's Office for the bill, is that correct? That's correct.

Bills: HB1730, HB1823, HB2048, HB2266, HB2440, HB3333, HB4086, HB4271, HB4413, HB4839, HB4841, HB5151

Keywords: PFAS, perfluoroalkyl substances, polyfluoroalkyl substances, forever chemicals, public health study, environmental regulation, drinking water, groundwater, surface water, food packaging, chemical exposure, firefighters, chemical manufacturing workers, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, TCEQ, Railroad Commission of Texas, Department of State Health Services, University of Houston, occupational exposure, contaminants

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• Also, the new provision applies to a municipality located in a county described by...
• Dallas County.
• We've been working with Cameron County regarding this.
• also extends into Williamson County.
• Before I retired, I was the Travis County Auditor for 24 years.

Bills: SB1071, SB1444, SB1483, SB1556, SB1703, SB1756, SB1854, SB2036, SB2133, SB2297, SB2622, SB2779, SB2955, SB2979

Keywords: municipality, tax revenue, hotel project, convention center, economic development, hotel tax, municipal authority, local governments, local authority, convention centers, hotel occupancy tax, municipal finance, local tax revenue, tourism, hotel and convention center project, Tax Code Chapter 351, city revenue, special district, Texas municipalities, venue financing

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• I know Tanisha Husbub, our clerk from Harris County, is here.
• Let me tell you, she is running elections. in Harris County unlike anybody else. They are perfect.
• Representative Curry, you're from McClendon County. Is that correct? McClendon County. Yes, sir.
• Dunham law firm there in McClendon County?
• I don't know if he's in McClendon County right now or not. OK. You know who Jim Dunham is? county.

Bills: HJR5, HB39, HB 102, HB 126, HB290, HB300, HB1330, HB2110, HB2143, HCR64, HCR101

Keywords: education funding, Texas State Technical College System, constitutional amendment, capital projects, workforce education, military education, early registration, ROTC, corps of cadets, higher education, military academy, student athletes, name image likeness, compensation, intercollegiate athletics, representation, tuition assistance, military, Texas State Guard, education

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• No, just I'll testify for me and my friends from Cass County and SD1.
• Good morning, I show you registered as Francis Nugent on behalf of Harris County Commissioner's Court
• I'm Francis Nugent from Harris County Intergovernmental Global Affairs.
• reduce flood risk for the people of Harris County.
• Region 6, which includes the San Jacinto River Basin and Harris County.

Bills: HB16, HB16, HB1618, HB2692, HB2712, HB2970, HB3609, HB3628

Keywords: judicial administration, court reform, juvenile diversion, court security, mental health services, drug offenses, constitutional amendments, water infrastructure, Texas Water Development Board, financial assistance, water supply projects, rural municipalities, water access assessment, aquifer storage, Edwards Aquifer, water injection, environmental regulations, groundwater management, San Antonio River, pollution control

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• back, and this will allow two aquifer storage and recovery projects in my district in Williamson County
• If any of you have driven north of the Capitol, you've seen that my district and Williamson County, in
• Especially in Williamson and Bell Counties, we need every tool we can get to meet the water demands in
• Water demands continue to increase in eastern and northern Williamson County.
• So, this would provide an exception for Eastern Williamson County.

Bills: HB16, HB1618, HB2692, HB2712, HB2970, HB3609, HB3628, HB16

Keywords: water infrastructure, Texas Water Development Board, financial assistance, water supply projects, rural municipalities, water access assessment, aquifer storage, Edwards Aquifer, water injection, environmental regulations, groundwater management, San Antonio River, pollution control, flood management, water quality, conservation district, bonds, utility rates, ratemaking, water services

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• During his time as Sheriff of Williamson County, Mr.
• Board and major County Sheriffs of America Foundation Committee.
• We appreciate everything you've done for Williamson County and your Williamson County...
• Texas and the Collin County delegation to recognize and celebrate Collin County days.
• And the county could drive by your business, never look inside.

Bills: HJR1, HJR2, HB9, HB22, HB908, HB1392, HB195, HB 13, HB143, HB135, HJR1, HJR2, HB9, HB22, HB908, HB1392

Keywords: constitutional amendment, property tax, ad valorem tax, tax exemption, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property, equipment exemption, machinery, local government finance, school district revenue, county taxes, Texas Constitution, Article VIII, tax relief, commercial property, death tax, inheritance tax, estate tax, property transfer

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• That's a good Jefferson County representative. House Bill 205 by Representative Underwood.
• I mean, he's a great chair, a good Jefferson County legislator, but it would be nice if he could... .

Bills: HB315, HB152, HB205, SB184, SB209, HB309, SB280, SB267

Keywords: sales tax, local exemption, Consumer Price Index, tax holiday, clothing tax exemption, school supplies, sales tax exemption, baby supplies, baby formula, maternity clothing, menstrual hygiene products, use tax, exemption, tax conformity, tangible personal property, Alabama Department of Revenue, retail tax, consumer use tax, nonresident, religious publications

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• I'm excited to do another agency bill. Thank you for entrusting me with this.
• It seems like when people see me up here, I'm doing an agency bill.

Bills: HF2601, HF2607, HF2027, HF2608

Keywords: financial institutions, insurance regulation, insurance holding company, group capital calculation, liquidity stress test, NAIC, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, insurer solvency, affiliate transactions, groupwide supervision, internationally active insurance group, lead state commissioner, policyholder protection, hazardous financial condition, deposit or bond, contract for deed, conventional loan, cooperative apartment loan, mortgage interest rate cap, average prime offer rate

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• It just requires agencies to share the data they already have.
• Likewise, especially in your bigger counties, you're going to have specialty criminal courts, and we
• I'm the District Attorney for Galveston County, Texas.
• In 1995 amendments were to add statutory county courts and statutory probate court judges.
• Some of our counties, they handled child support, they handled child protective services.

Bills: SB16, SB76, SB310, SB311, SB396, SB505, SB827, SB964, SB1209, SB1210, SB1386, SB1470, SB2035, SJR37

Keywords: voter registration, proof of citizenship, Election Code, criminal offenses, limited federal ballot, transportation, infrastructure, funding, public safety, state regulation, election, polling places, voter access, state oversight, electronic voting, voting, polling place, elections, countywide program, election integrity

Summary: The Senate Committee on State Affairs met and heard several bills related to legislative process and court jurisdiction. Senate Bill 1386, by Senator Huffman, would change compelled legislative testimony from blanket transactional immunity to testimonial immunity, allowing compelled statements or documents to be used against a witness in criminal prosecution only if not derived from the compelled testimony, while preserving protection against perjury and false statements and retaining the right to counsel. No public witnesses testified, and the bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1470, by Chairman Hughes, which would require DPS to share existing data on cross-state driver’s license cancellations with the Secretary of State for voter-roll maintenance. Hughes said the bill does not create new data collection and is intended to improve list maintenance. A DPS resource witness was present, there was no substantive opposition, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1210, also by Hughes, would address conflicts between the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals on constitutional questions by making the Supreme Court the final arbiter in limited circumstances. Chris Hilton supported the bill, but Allen Place, Jack Rohde, and Philip Furlow opposed it, arguing it was unconstitutional, unnecessary, and could create practical problems in criminal post-conviction litigation. The bill was left pending after testimony. The committee also heard Senate Bill 311, which would conform the Government Code to the Texas Constitution by clarifying the Supreme Court’s original writ authority against lower courts and officials other than the governor. Justice Evan Young and Chris Hilton supported the bill as a clarification of existing authority, while no one testified against it; the bill was left pending. The committee then recessed to allow the chamber to rearrange for the Senate session.

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• County and tribal social service agencies are tasked with responding to reports of child maltreatment
• Homestead County, along with other counties in the state of Minnesota, rely upon scholarships to fund
• But not every organization, municipality, or county social service agency would have that same attitude
• But not every organization, municipality, or county social service agency would have that same attitude
• Like uh for different agencies.

Bills: HF2362, HF2136, HF1316, HF2009, HF1918, HF1614

Keywords: youth intervention, funding, mental health, education, community programs, HF1316, child support, new hire reporting, centralized work reporting system, independent contractors, payors, employers, payor of funds, withholding orders, income withholding, child support enforcement, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, gig economy, rideshare drivers, delivery drivers

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• It's a local bill for my constituents, specifically in Carroll County.

Bills: SB8, SB650, SB667, SB779, SB1349, SB1355, SB1378, SB1585, SB1721, SB2312, SB 8

Keywords: immigration enforcement, ICE agreements, sheriff grants, law enforcement, county jail, federal immigration law, China, Chinese-affiliated entities, Chinese military companies, People's Republic of China, Chinese Communist Party, divestment, state pension funds, public retirement systems, Teacher Retirement System, Employees Retirement System, Permanent School Fund, Texas Comptroller, foreign investment, national security

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Bills: HF2066, HF340, HF341, HF566, HF2107, HF2130

Keywords: electric bicycles, tax rebate, transportation, environment, local economy, fleeing peace officer, culpable negligence, traffic laws, public safety, motor vehicle offenses, driving violations, penalties, license suspension, traffic enforcement, all-terrain vehicle, ATV, class 1 ATV, class 2 ATV, road rights-of-way, public roads

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• There are counties in Texas that there are no neurologists.
• DPRT will provide the resources we need to expand our research efforts, reaching more counties and more
• These services have reached major cities and rural counties from El Paso to Amarillo.
• Memory Clinic at the Garrison Institute on Aging. being new, we've already expanded to serve over 20 counties
• So agencies like the OSHA and CDC and providing organizations like the one I represent, ARN, the American

Bills: HB5, HJR3, HB155, HB513, HB5, HB155

Keywords: dementia, research, health care, Texas Institute, grants, medical breakthroughs, oversight, prevention, funding, healthcare, Texas, autopsy, confidentiality, public records, medical examiner, law enforcement, HB 513, surgical smoke, surgical plume, smoke evacuation

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• Judge Lewis went from Circuit Court—I forgot what county—to the Court of...
• And then the last one is line 149 on page six, replacing it with the agency and Department of Revenue
• Because if they only have to work 120 days a year, the county may be open more than that.
• The county may be open more than that, so those are the three parts. And Mr.
• You know, we've got a lot of agencies around here, and nobody in there looks like...

Bills: HB37, HB187, HB177, SB63, HB82, SB48, HB33, HB37, HB33

Keywords: judicial compensation, salary increase, court system, Alabama legislation, judges, HB187, court fees, docket fee, sheriff's fund, sheriff's office, jail operations, law enforcement, county sheriff, court filing fees, Alabama Code 12-19-312, solicitor's fund, clerk's fund, forensic services trust fund, budget flexibility, public safety