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• That's now obviously the homeless housing facility.
• On converting a facility that they own into a homeless housing facility. that those individuals most
• In close partnerships with our city, SAM and Haven and others operate a number of facilities.
• These converted facilities have guards. They have a strict entrance requirements.
• This bill will amend the Texas Education Code. to add construction or maintenance work zone safety to

Bills: SJR 12, SCR 39, SB 7, SB 8, SB 27, SB 29, SB 125, SB 241, SB 371, SB 396, SB 406, SB 464, SB 568, SB 578, SB 608, SB 617, SB 660, SB 689, SB 693, SB 707, SB 731, SB 732, SB 763, SB 779, SB 836, SB 854, SB 857, SB 875, SB 878, SB 879, SB 906, SB 920, SB 921, SB 922, SB 942, SB 965, SB 985, SB 996, SB 1029, SB 1035, SB 1036, SB 1059, SB 1084, SB 1098, SB 1101, SB 1185, SB 1188, SB 1321, SB 1332, SB 1366, SB 1388, SB 1396, SB 1453, SB 1484, SB 1494, SB 1536, SB 1563, SB 1596, SB 1610, SB 1619, SB 1737, SB 1738, SB 1741, SB 1816, SB 1822, SB 1841, SB 1939, SB 2155, SB 2188, SB 2230

Keywords: parental rights, education, constitutional amendment, school choice, child education, border security, southern border, federal immigration policy, illegal immigration, cartels, transnational cartels, fentanyl, drug trafficking, human trafficking, Operation Lone Star, Texas border, National Guard, state guard, border wall, border barriers

Summary: In this meeting, significant discussions revolved around the passage and modification of various Senate Bills, including SB1388, which pertains to family support services under the Health and Human Services Commission. Senator Kolkhorst advocated for the bill, emphasizing its focus on pro-life, family-centered care. The committee passed the bill after thorough examination, showcasing a collaborative effort among the members to ensure its alignment with successful past initiatives. In another session, Senator Hughes presented SB942, aimed at retroactive child support linked to prenatal care, which sparked a constructive dialogue reflecting bipartisan support for maternal and child welfare.

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• And as you say, those facilities bring back lots of nostalgia for generations worth of residents.
• I mean, I can't say enough about some of the repairs and the bathrooms and the maintenance people.
• I appreciate Senator Ellison acknowledging the hard work of our maintenance staff.
• I appreciate Senator Ellison acknowledging the hard work of our maintenance staff.
• So in this section, we have the flood control facility, which references 244-276. is 244-276.

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• It is equal to about 180 school facilities statewide.
• then we have the police department that would have their boxes, and you know it's very minimal maintenance
• <00:06:42.840> minimal and you know it's very minimal and you know it's very minimal maintenance
• 43.840> at<00:06:43.960> the<00:06:44.080> school<00:06:44.560> but maintenance
• at the school but maintenance at the school but if<00:06:46.560> police<00:06:46.919> officer

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The other thing is, this includes maintenance.
• The majority of the maintenance money—millions, hundreds of millions of dollars—is done through price
• So, where are your nearest training facilities? Are they only in Albuquerque?
• can't be used for maintenance.
• I could see the concern, especially in rural areas, for maintenance of those roads.

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• She said that is partly an age and maintenance issue, and also a concern about the "guppy" standpoint
• He said Representative Spinski knows there are hydro facilities in his district in Granite Falls, and
• He said that if a large hydro facility were proposed in Minnesota, where there is a lot of renewable
• <00:46:13.119> and turns turbines uh the facility and turns turbines uh the facility and Granite
• the the smaller nuclear facilities the the smaller nuclear facilities particularly<00:46:42.280>

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The House Energy Finance and Policy Committee met to approve the January 16 minutes and then heard House File 9, which was referred to the Committee on Taxes after the committee’s action. The bill was presented as an energy policy measure aimed at reliability and affordability. It would expand hydroelectric power’s eligibility under the state’s energy standard, delay certain carbon-free compliance requirements for utilities that do not meet a retail rate benchmark, prohibit local permits to demolish fossil fuel plants under certain conditions, state support for carbon capture and sequestration without creating a state funding obligation, end the nuclear moratorium, and expand the sales tax exemption for residential natural gas and electricity used as primary heat year-round starting after June 30, 2026. The committee also took up and adopted the A1 author’s amendment, which clarified that the carbon capture language does not obligate state spending. The bill’s sponsor argued that Minnesota’s current energy policy is driving up costs and threatening reliability, especially during extreme cold, and said the bill would create “off-ramps” from existing mandates to protect ratepayers and businesses. He cited reliability concerns, MISO/NERC risk assessments, rising utility rates, and the need for an all-of-the-above energy approach, including hydro and nuclear. He also said the bill would reduce taxes by broadening the sales tax exemption for residential heating. Testimony was mixed but generally focused on reliability, affordability, and the role of nuclear power. The Minnesota Rural Electric Association and the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce supported the bill’s emphasis on keeping power reliable and affordable, with both saying Minnesota needs dispatchable, carbon-free resources and noting concerns about high electricity costs and future demand from data centers and AI. The Prairie Island Indian Community opposed lifting the nuclear moratorium without a viable waste solution, describing the long-term burden of spent nuclear fuel on its community and asking for more consultation. Xcel Energy said its nuclear plants have operated safely and reliably for decades, support low-cost and low-carbon power, and could be part of the state’s energy transition, but it emphasized the need for tribal participation and said decisions about retiring fossil plants should remain within the existing Public Utilities Commission resource planning process.

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• Between the two facilities, and look forward to that facility opening sometime this summer.
• Long-running project to get our new cesarean section suites completed on campus, the parking garage facility
• We’ve heard a lot about recently the abandoned ros umro facilities where we’ve revoked the license and
• It took a little while because of construction and working with OMES on their deferred maintenance.
• We have 19 labs and 8 waste disposal facilities.

Keywords: 914, all

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• So, allowing these counties, since they run the county facilities.
• perhaps they just need transportation back to a family member, transportation back to a drug treatment facility
• The county is spending at least that much or more in maintenance and mowing to turn it back into a property
• bill to aid in communication between counties and states for voter registration and voter roll maintenance

Keywords: 914, all

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• And then also the mainframe and maintenance hosting is $400,000.
• And then also the mainframe and maintenance hosting is $475,000.
• If I think two or three of these people were in facilities, the $7.3 million would be utilized amongst
• Department of Corrections covers air quality, water quality, division of chemistry, and municipal facilities

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee met to consider three measures, beginning with Senate Bill 2016 for Job Service. Testimony described Job Service’s workforce, unemployment insurance, and labor market functions, its long-term reduction in FTEs and budget, and its reliance on federal funding that does not keep pace with inflation. The bill included funding for an additional FTE for the H-2A housing inspection program, continued support for the JP3 offender placement pilot, and one-time funding for IT and mainframe costs tied to a system modernization effort. The committee approved the bill 20-0, with Representative Swiontek named as carrier. The committee then discussed Senate Bill 2305, which would allow family members to be paid as caregivers for certain young people with disabilities instead of only licensed outside providers. Members noted the specialized, 24-hour nature of the care, workforce shortages, waiting lists, and the potential to avoid more expensive institutional care. Questions focused on how the program would be structured, including certification requirements and whether it would remain a pilot or become part of the broader human services budget. The committee passed the bill 20-0, with Representative Roar as carrier and Representative Nelson available as backup. Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 2024 for the Department of Environmental Quality. The House change was limited to increased special-fund support for water and wastewater operator certification testing to expand availability, while the Senate version already included added FTEs for emerging contaminants and fuel inspection work. Members discussed federal funding uncertainty, including IIJA and ARPA-related concerns, but the department said its major projects, including the new laboratory, were not currently in jeopardy. The committee adopted the amendment and then passed the bill as amended 22-0, with Representative Berg as carrier.

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• However, they don't realize the maintenance and time that it takes to keep these vessels afloat and operating
• Are they destroyed or the house where their house where the the who pays for the the maintenance and
• keeping that in a storage facility stuff like that?
• got a new power lines sometimes and there's limited places on the water to store or waterfront facilities

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• be used as shelter I don't facilities be used as shelter I don't have<00:22:33.240> the<00:22
• <00:23:12.520> so the need to open school facilities so the need to open school facilities
• And then I'm kind of skipping ahead to the second piece there: maintenance of effort. really involved
• of the second piece there maintenance of effort<01:11:40.920> so<01:11:41.280> some<01
• of effort it may result in maintenance of effort it may result in reduced<01:12:02.239> federal

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting began as a Division 3 work session on HB 71, but much of the early discussion focused on whether a previously discussed non-germane amendment could be considered or voted on that day. Members and the chair debated process and notice requirements, and the clerk’s guidance was that the amendment needed a separate public hearing before the full Finance Committee. The amendment was described as requiring DHHS contracts and addenda to include compliance with the Patient Bill of Rights, with a repeal date so the requirement would expire on November 30, 2026. The motion to move OTP on HB 71 with the amendment was withdrawn, and the committee agreed the amendment would be scheduled for a future full Finance hearing instead. The committee then turned to HB 71 itself and heard testimony from DHHS representatives John Williams and Jenny O’Higgins on the fiscal note and policy implications. Members questioned the estimate that the bill could put $12 million to $18 million per year in federal funding at risk, including HUD and Office of Refugee Resettlement funds. DHHS explained that the estimate was based on a broad reading of the bill’s term “specified alien,” which they said was not clearly defined in the bill, so they analyzed it using the federal definition of “alien” and assumed the bill could affect lawfully present non-citizens as well as undocumented individuals. They said the figure represented a worst-case scenario and that they were not claiming the loss was certain. Members also pressed DHHS on whether the bill could affect emergency sheltering in schools, public academies, or institutions of higher learning during disasters. DHHS said the language could create conflicts with federal funding conditions because emergency shelter programs generally cannot impose barriers on who may be sheltered, and they warned that excluding certain people could affect refugee-related and HUD funding. Questions were raised about whether the bill’s language would apply to private institutions as well as public ones, and whether the state could still use schools in short-term emergencies. DHHS said the language was broad, that they could not answer every legal question definitively, and that they would need input from public health and legal staff. No final vote on HB 71 was taken in the portion provided; the committee remained in discussion/work session mode after the amendment motion was withdrawn.

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• . $5.6 billion is needed for roadway fixes, maintenance, and new growth in the coming years.
• Instead, about $65 million went to maintenance alone.
• the year, and you have six commission districts that spread $65 million was divided up just for maintenance
• We provide maintenance, predictive maintenance, and processing like that, as well as fuel and idling
• So we do predictive maintenance and modeling.

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• packaging facility and you see the robotics and automated machines that are picking up those boxes,
• Does it look like we should have an express lane on this toll facility?
• Are those express lanes, are the revenues from those express lanes going for the maintenance of I-95?
• And are those revenues from those express lanes going towards the maintenance or improvements of I-95
• So we do offer the use of express lanes along a facility; it really offers drivers choices regardless

Summary: The committee heard two informational presentations: one from the Department of Commerce and one from the Florida Department of Transportation. Jason Mahon of Commerce outlined the state’s economic development strategy and tools, emphasizing Florida’s GDP growth, business formation, and strengths in manufacturing, high-tech, defense, life sciences, and international trade. He described programs such as the State Small Business Credit Initiative, the Rural Community Investment Program, the Florida Opportunity Fund, the Rural Infrastructure Fund, the Job Growth Grant Fund, performance-based tax credits, and disaster recovery loans, and cited examples including ServiceNow, Williams International, NeoCity, and Point Blank Enterprises. Members asked about small-business grants, foreign investment interest, workforce needs, and whether additional tools are needed; Mahon said most Commerce programs are loan-focused and noted ongoing workforce and site-readiness challenges. Jennifer Marshall of FDOT then reviewed major transportation projects and the Moving Florida Forward initiative, highlighting congestion relief, express lanes, bridge and interchange work, and accelerated delivery methods. She cited projects such as Golden Glades, I-95 improvements, the NASA Causeway Bridge, the DuPont Bridge, I-4 corridor work, the First Coast Expressway, the Howard Frankland Bridge, A1A seawall work, and Turnpike projects, along with examples of cost savings and schedule acceleration. Senators asked about how express lane locations are chosen, toll revenue use in South Florida, the status and cost of the I-395 downtown Miami project, and whether EV and rideshare access to express lanes should be preserved. FDOT said it would follow up on several of those questions, and the committee adjourned without taking any legislative action.

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• waters for wastewater storm water reuse and then of course drinking water. for our drinking water facilities
• with active authorizations, four new pending applications. for a total of six wastewater treatment facilities
• one pending application for a water right for active water right permits for proposed desalination facility
• state. are in good repair to protect lives, property, and infrastructure by providing operations maintenance
• agency is the flood control dam program which is separated into two kinds of grants operation and maintenance

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Um, it's also for, um, maintenance things like, uh, vehicle gas, maintenance, repairs, and equipment.
• We talked about this in the facility?
• That kind of maintenance.
• And so I think we're just facilities.
• Um, if it's a school initi— maintenance from 2018 to 2024. maintenance from 2018 to 2024.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• of the Minnesota Sports Facilities of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority<00:08:53.200>
• of the facility.
• What you should also be assured of is that remember that there capital maintenance of of the facility
• . capital maintenance of of the facility.
• <01:00:23.119> to a regional correctional facility to a regional correctional facility to

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Maintenance to the existing economic assistance programs.
• This would combine our current family group in a home and our residentially based group in a facility
• Facilities described the increasing severity and need for residential services, which the caregivers
• Our intermediate care facilities are not categorized by children or adults.
• Do you use the CIS with children in DD facilities? I'm sorry, what?

Summary: The committee first heard an update on North Dakota’s Interagency Council on Homelessness and Continuum of Care funding. Jennifer Henderson of the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency reported that homelessness remains driven by tight housing markets, low incomes, rising rents, and barriers to rental assistance, public benefits, and disability determinations. She said the state’s one-time North Dakota Homeless Grant is serving all regions but reaches far fewer households than the former Rent Help program, and that aging homelessness, shelter staffing shortages, and limited affordable units are growing concerns. Members discussed the need for more housing supply, better coordination with Health and Human Services, landlord engagement, reentry housing, and possible continued one-time funding for the $10 million Homeless Grant and $25 million Housing Incentive Fund. Henderson also warned that federal Continuum of Care funding is uncertain, with HUD expected to issue a new notice June 1 and possible shifts away from permanent supportive housing toward transitional housing and other models. The committee then took testimony on accessibility of government services for people who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, or hard of hearing. Paul Olson of North Dakota Vision Services School for the Blind described the school’s services for infants, children, and adults, including screenings, mobility training, assistive technology, and outreach across the state. He said the agency works closely with Vocational Rehabilitation and is also involved in improving website and document accessibility, especially for PDF materials. Public testimony highlighted barriers such as inaccessible CAPTCHA systems, online forms, driver’s license requirements on job applications, and limited transportation in rural areas. A deaf resident urged broader use of video remote interpreting and video relay services, along with training so people know how to use them effectively. Finally, Kay Larson presented the final report on the child care provider licensing study. The report recommended streamlining North Dakota’s child care licensing structure into three provider types plus a preschool designation, while preserving health and safety standards and maintaining eligibility for child care assistance. The committee discussed simplifying training and qualification rules, revising ratio and group-size requirements, and adjusting age bands for infants and toddlers. The report also noted that some changes would require statutory amendments and later administrative rule changes, with a transition period likely extending through 2029. No formal votes were taken in the transcript, but the committee accepted the updates and scheduled follow-up presentations for a later meeting.

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• collection facilities tend to work best. collection facilities tend to work best.
• <00:20:16.000> there, the mattress recycling facility there, the mattress recycling facility
• it to a a local recycling facility. It it to a a local recycling facility.
• or recycling facility.
• or recycling facility.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Another common practice is to extract value from the facilities, neglect maintenance and infrastructure
• <00:25:28.480> neglect<00:25:28.960> maintenance<00:25:29.520> and facilities neglect
• maintenance and facilities neglect maintenance and infrastructure<00:25:30.640> to<00:25:30.880
• facilities in my district.
• who lives in one of those facilities. who lives in one of those facilities.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• community-based care in our foster care system, $35.2 million to establish a residential treatment facility
• Maintenance and operation tax rates by an additional 6.8 cents in fiscal year 27, and then $3.9 billion
• And so the local property tax revenues were disproportionately funding the maintenance and operations
• And then that's also the reason why you see in this next biennial Maintenance and operations, and then
• The Senate version exempted facilities with total revenues of less than $7 million.

Summary: The House met in a late-session floor session that began with prayer, pledges, quorum, and a series of excused absences and Senate messages reporting action on numerous bills, conference committee appointments, and conference reports. Members also adopted a memorial resolution honoring Mark James Hanna, a Capitol lobbyist and advocate for nurses, and a congratulatory resolution for Rishi Tarumalasetti, an eighth-grade civics bee winner from Katy. The chamber also received and recorded a parliamentary colloquy about an unusual Senate request on SB 293, with the Chair stating the House could not recede from only part of its amendments and could not suspend the rules because the bill had not been returned from the Senate. The bulk of the session was devoted to taking up conference committee reports and related procedural resolutions, especially the state budget. The House adopted a resolution allowing the SB 1 conferees to go outside the normal bounds, then adopted the SB 1 conference report on a 107-21 vote. Debate on the budget centered on public education funding, tax relief, health care, corrections pay, and judicial compensation, with supporters calling it a responsible compromise and opponents arguing it was overly expansive and insufficient on property tax relief. The House also adopted a technical correction resolution tying judicial pay increases in SB 1 to the House version of SB 293, and members discussed at length the relationship between judicial salaries and legislative pensions. The chamber then adopted a long series of conference reports on measures covering topics such as school library review and book challenges (SB 13), SNAP restrictions on sweetened drinks and candy (SB 379), hospital price transparency (SB 331), nursing home accountability (SB 457), school district personnel compensation conflicts (HB 3372), property notice rules (HB 2011), research and development tax credits (SB 2018), and several other bills affecting elections, permits, education, and criminal justice. Most reports passed by wide margins, though some drew significant opposition, especially SB 13 and SB 379. The House also granted several Senate requests for conference committees and introduced additional resolutions to suspend conferee limits on various bills as the session moved toward adjournment.

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• It's not easy to just access the other facilities in their network, and they often don't know that they
• The solution is a simple semantic change to the insurance code to reclassify the three maintenance taxes
• What we're doing here is simply making a semantic change, converting those maintenance taxes for workers
• important because, let's say you work for a school district and hypothetically you work in the maintenance
• So going back to that worker maintenance department over at the school district, hypothetically in the

Bills: HB875, HB1667, HB2369, HB3844, HB4415, HB4479, HB4483, HB4676, HB5118, HB5400, HB5545

Keywords: workers' compensation, municipal construction, bidding requirements, small municipalities, contracting policies, first responders, PTSD, mental health, emergency services, medical expenses, injury claims, insurance carriers, opportunity youth, workforce development, employment, education, federal funds, employment discrimination, immunity waiver, public employees