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• amount or large influx of illegal amount or large influx of illegal immigrants<00:42:32.000>
• lawful immigration and not illegal lawful immigration and not illegal immigration.<00:42:51.920>
• I haven't seen that exact survey, but anyone, any illegal alien or illegal immigrant that enters this
• I haven't seen that exact survey, but anyone, any illegal alien or illegal immigrant that enters this
• become a sanctuary for illegal become a sanctuary for illegal immigrants.<01:08:22.400> Thank

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• cases, and it's going to ensure that all suspected child abuse cases to DCFS is going to have a one-entry
• Under current law, veterans only receive five additional points on entry-level fire and police civil

Bills: SB525, SR112, SR109, SCR61, SCR62, SCR12, HB175, HB276, HB437, HB456, HB457, HB459, HB488, HB579, HB656, HB804, HB818, HB841, HB981, HB1052, HB1089, HB1101, HB1154, HB1166, HB1193, HB1194, HB1203, HB1209, HB1244, HB1249, HB221, HCR69, HCR58, SB57, SB405, SB414, HB62, HB193, HB203, HB205, HB210, HB220, HB222, HB228, HB246, HB420, HB475, HB486, HB574, HB584, HB750, HB799, HB813, HB815, HB826, HB870, HB949, HB953, HB1045, HB1092, HB1151, HB1162, HB1176, HB1177, HB1196, HB1214, HB1236, HB1241, SB106, SB206, SB248, SB441, SR86, SCR30, SB83, SB135, SB143, SB155, SB157, SB202, SB237, SB276, SB295, SB388, SB450, SB465, SB35, SB65, SB215, SB246, SB249, SB269, SB282, SB296, SB323, SB363, SB369, SB474, SB484, SB490, SB492, SB500, SB501, SB513, HCR31, HB301, HB358, HB359, HB384, HB413, HB428, HB450, HB462, HB547, HB613, HB631, HB657, HB669, HB675, HB680, HB691, HB712, HB716, HB720, HB723, HB727, HB728, HB735, HB747, HB759, HB825, HB845, HB846, HB903, HB904, HB907, HB923, HB929, HB941, HB962, HB965, HB1036, HB287, HB370, HB515, HB521, HB570, HB1200, HB29, HB39, HB58, HB67, HB73, HB76, HB77, HB82, HB112, HB121, HB125, HB132, HB134, HB151, HB154, HB155, HB161, HB166, HB187, HB191, HB207, HB211, HB224, HB238, HB241, HB242, HB250, HB260, HB265, HB275, HB300, HB320, HB338, HB339, HB349, HB379, HB399, HB427, HB463, HB464, HB468, HB545, HB550, HB551, HB565, HB588, HB639, HB725, HB782, HB805, HB808, HB834, HB847, HB853, HB858, HB861, HB883, HB916, HB937, HB977, HB1012, HB1027, HB1044, HB1054, HB1091, HB1117, HB90, HB127, HB138, HB150, HB201, HB268, HB273, HB285, HB315, HB354, HB355, HB360, HB376, HB445, HB506, HB606, HB649, HB665, HB681, HB721, HB746, HB757, HB781, HB835, HB844, HB857, HB872, HB886, HB889, HB892, HB972, HB982, HB987, HB1037, HB1068, HB1072, HB1078, HB1085, HB1132, HB1137, HB1167, HB1174, HB1232, HB1238, HB23, HB136, HB36, HB119, HB126, HB129, HB245, HB271, HB280, HB337, HB351, HB677, HB726, HB789, HB850, HB956, HB966, SB149, SB382

Keywords: unclaimed property, abandoned property, escheat, state treasurer, administrator, claimant, purchase agreement, assignment, property recovery, owner verification, documentation requirements, fraud prevention, bankruptcy, bankruptcy court, court order, Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, Louisiana Revised Statutes, R.S. 9:167.1, Chennault International Airport, 40th anniversary

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• Charles Chapman: These fees are not a barrier to entry into the state, but what they help to provide
• is important to always look at the bigger picture and of course we never want it to be a barrier to entry

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• Dennis had cerebral palsy, very traumatic entry into this world.
• If the goal of this measure is to help inmates prepare for re-entry, we should be focusing on job training

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• some landlords that don't know that they must give tenants 24 hours advance notice of the intended entry
• We do have similar data entry issues, I do know, in DFL caucuses as well and certainly want to make something

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• JOB GROWTH WAS RANKED 25TH AND THAT LOOKS AT ALL THE JOB OPENINGS AND JOB AVAILABILITIES WE HAVE IN ENTRY-LEVEL
• NOT JUST THE ENTRY-LEVEL JOBS BUT THOSE JOBS THAT HAVE AN ASSOCIATED SKILL LEVEL OF EFFICIENCY WITH THEM

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Surely the 1,000 detained, 1,500 residential commitment, are not just conveniently, you know, upon entry
• Surely the 1,000 detained, 1,500 residential commitment are not just conveniently, you know, upon entry

Summary: The committee heard a presentation from Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary Eric Hall on the Florida Scholars Academy, a new unified education model for youth in residential commitment programs. He explained that the academy replaced the prior decentralized district-run system with a contracted model through Florida Virtual School, allowing individualized blended learning, real-time progress monitoring, expanded special education services, and a broader course catalog including dual enrollment, CTE, GED testing, and postsecondary pathways through the Florida Youth College partnership with Tallahassee State College. Hall said the department is using data to focus on academic achievement, workforce credentials, and peer-group change as strategies to reduce recidivism, and reported early results including 60 diplomas or GEDs, a 5.5% teacher vacancy rate, and progress-monitoring gains for most students. Hall also reviewed implementation of House Bill 1181 on swift accountability and juvenile justice reforms. He said the law strengthened pre-arrest delinquency citation use, raised the target for eligible citations to 70%, required written justification for releasing youth charged with certain felony firearm offenses, and directed the department to develop a firearm-offending curriculum focused on avoidance and consequences. He described a new statewide graduated sanctions matrix for probation technical violations, intended to provide quicker and more consistent responses without overburdening courts. He said early data showed reductions in weapons/firearm offenses and auto theft, and that the department had conducted circuit-level outreach to law enforcement, courts, and providers to support implementation. Members asked about the number of unauthorized alien children in detention or residential care, teacher vacancies and whether instruction continues when staff are absent, screen-time and supervision concerns with laptops, and whether students are reentering local schools with improved academic performance. Hall said he did not have data on immigration status, that FLVS and classroom staff provide continuity when teachers are absent, that devices are checked in and out and security has been tightened, and that the department is still early in implementation but is hearing positive anecdotal feedback from parents. Vice Chair Smith asked for more detail on the firearm curriculum, and Hall offered to provide it. The committee took no formal votes and adjourned after no public testimony was offered.

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• > drugs prison if they weren't on illegal drugs prison if they weren't on illegal drugs to<02:
• and be randomly tested for uh illegal and be randomly tested for uh illegal drug<02:34:42.440>
• remember when you're buying illegal remember when you're buying illegal drugs,<02:44:06.000>
• The illegal drug pushers. The illegal drug pushers.
• stay off the addiction of illegal drugs. stay off the addiction of illegal drugs.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened under a call, established a quorum, received a chaplain’s prayer and the pledge, and then proceeded through routine business. Members adopted the committee reports except those relating to Senate Concurrent Resolution 6, gave second reading to Senate File 203 and several House files, and referred Senate File 5200 to Rules and Administration. The chamber also adopted a motion to return Senate File 4390 from the general orders calendar to the Finance Committee. The main floor activity centered on a series of motions to send withdrawn executive appointments back to their originating committees under Senate Rule 8.2. Senator Putnam moved to return appointments from the Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development Committee, including the Board of Animal Health, the Veterans Affairs commissioner, and the Rural Finance Authority. Senator Swadzinski moved a similar action for Education Policy appointments, and Senator Her did so for Environment, Climate, and Legacy appointments, including the DNR commissioner, the PCA commissioner, the Clean Water Council, and related boards. Senator Wicklund later moved to return Health and Human Services appointments, including the Children, Youth and Families commissioner, Health commissioner, VNSHUR Board, and EMS director. These motions prompted extended debate. Supporters of returning the appointments argued that the Senate has a constitutional advice-and-consent duty and that committee hearings should occur before floor consideration. Opponents, mainly Republicans, argued that sending the appointments back without floor action avoided accountability and transparency, especially in light of fraud concerns in state programs and agencies. Some authors said hearings had not yet been scheduled or that the committee process should come first; others noted at least one hearing had already occurred on a health nomination. The debate repeatedly focused on whether the Senate was fulfilling its constitutional role or delaying confirmation review. Roll-call votes were requested on the appointment motions. The Putnam, Swadzinski, Her, and Wicklund motions were each adopted by narrow 34-33 margins, returning the appointments to committee rather than leaving them on the confirmation calendar for floor action.

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• <00:03:22.360> and that contain mercury is illegal and that contain mercury is illegal and
• <00:05:20.400> imported general and these are illegally imported general and these are illegally
• So these products are already illegal, and I think that was due to the good work that you and Senator
• don't realize they're selling illegal don't realize they're selling illegal products<00:13:08.920
• realize that they're they have illegal realize that they're they have illegal products<00:17:19.880

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• would punish whoever adults are that buy these products for children and, you know, anything that's illegal
• Well, it's, you know, there's illegal bootlegging and products on these tribal reservations.
• reservation but I'm not opposing this but whether it's I'm opposing it well it's you know there's illegal
• bootlegging and it's you know there's illegal bootlegging and Well, it's, you know, there's illegal

Summary: The caucus reviewed several bills and Senate or conference committee amendments, with members generally noting whether the sponsor intended to concur. HB 2749 would let courts enter a Class 1 misdemeanor conviction for certain lower-level felony convictions, with the Senate amendment requiring at least five years since completion of sentence before eligibility. HB 2082 would create a childhood cancer and rare childhood disease research commission and adjust funding rules, including a five-million-dollar threshold tied to appropriations or federal grants. HB 2096 would allow counties to seek WIFA assistance for cesspool remediation, with the Senate adding an alternative compliance path using ADEQ’s nonpoint source management plan. HB 4001 would regulate alternative nicotine products through the Department of Liquor Licensing and Control; members discussed whether some tobacco-related products remain outside the bill, tribal enforcement limits, and the absence of a tax provision. The presenter said the AG and governor support the bill. The caucus then shifted to conference committee bills. HB 2003 would lower the learner’s permit age from 15.5 to 15 and increase supervised driving time, but several members raised safety concerns and questioned whether the change was needed; the conference amendment would let current instruction permit holders qualify for a license after six months, while still requiring age 16 for licensure. HB 2133 would impose content-verification requirements for commercial websites publishing sexual material, with conference changes exempting pre-effective-date motion pictures and television programming. Members noted the Motion Picture Association still had concerns, though the changes addressed some retroactivity issues. HB 2874 would change campaign finance penalty rules, including a five-day publication requirement for committees owing late-filing penalties, a $5,000 cap on penalties per late report, and retroactive relief for certain inactive committees that filed no-contribution/no-expenditure reports and later terminated; one member said they still had not received the outstanding fee totals requested on the floor. HB 2010 would regulate digital goods sellers and refunds for revoked access to licensed digital content; the conference version kept a five-year refund structure but changed the refund amount to 20% per year, clarified refund procedures, and removed the refund requirement if alternative access is provided. The caucus took no votes in the transcript and ended after the bill presentations and questions.

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• expected to run away, but just holding the pointy end of your keys between your fingers would be illegal
• expected to run away, but just holding the pointy end of your keys between your fingers would be illegal
• <00:01:46.200> fingers<00:01:46.560> would<00:01:46.759> be<00:01:47.159> illegal
• <00:01:48.159> as between your fingers would be illegal as between your fingers would be illegal

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We did have a late<00:16:37.839> entry<00:16:38.480> Sarah<00:16:38.800> Ortiz<00
• :16:39.199> from<00:16:39.360> Open late entry Sarah Ortiz from Open late entry Sarah Ortiz
• And so even if we could prove that somebody was illegally voting in New Hampshire, they weren't a U.S
• And so even if we could prove that somebody was illegally voting in New Hampshire, they weren't a U.S
• And so even if we could prove that somebody was illegally voting in New Hampshire, they weren't a U.S

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• We have A designated human resource team that works from entry to exit of every employee.
• rate, they would have to commit to being open 10 hours a day, five days a week, and also to pay their entry-level
• That's the enhanced rate where they're open 10 hours and they're paying those entry-level wages.

Keywords: 996, all

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• mentioned that we are working on an update to our environmental impact statement, which will include re-entry
• We will need to obtain a license from the FAA for re-entry.
• Again, working on the re-entry license. So the second bullet: working on a diversity of customers.

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• is a similar Program which we called a spinoff, Semillas de Esperanza, is that now here's another entry
• recovery, that this will be another stream for us of health care workforce, particularly those Those entry
• Our biggest need since I've been here... is across the country with healthcare, more focused on entry-level

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• As the number one port of entry in the United States, logistics and transportation are the largest industries
• Obviously that would be directly related to Laredo as a port of entry providing much needed skills for
• increases to agency employee salaries in fiscal year 24, 25 have greatly helped to recruit and retain entry-level

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• As the number one port of entry in the United States, logistics and transportation are the largest. industries
• civil engineering and computer science obviously that would be directly related to Laredo as a port of entry
• increases to agency employee salaries in fiscal year 24-25 have greatly help to recruit and retain entry-level

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• You said a couple times that it was illegal. Things that were done were illegal.
• You said a couple times that it was illegal. Things that were done were illegal.
• You said a couple times that it was illegal. Things that were done were illegal.
• You said a couple times that it was illegal. Things that were done were illegal.
• You said a couple times that it was illegal. Things that were done were illegal.

Keywords: Discussion of BR 25 (2026 RS) 04:15 Presentation on voting systems by ES&S 48:14 Presentation on voting systems by Hart InterCivic and Harp Enterprises 01:13:07, 958, all

Summary: The committee met, approved the October 21 minutes, and then took up BR 25 for the 2026 regular session, a proposal to prohibit the use of tax dollars and public resources to advocate for or against ballot questions, including constitutional amendments. Senator Rawlings and the other presenters argued the current law already bars such advocacy but lacks meaningful enforcement, citing the 2024 school choice amendment campaign and other examples where public officials and school systems allegedly used taxpayer-funded resources to influence voters. They said the bill would add civil and criminal penalties, while preserving First Amendment rights for public employees acting in their personal capacities. Much of the discussion focused on whether the bill should be limited to school districts or broadened to cover other public entities, and on how to define terms such as “advocating in impartial terms.” Members raised concerns about possible effects on county and city lobbying through groups like KLC and KCO, on legitimate factual explanations by public officials, and on whether the bill could unintentionally restrict needed representation for local governments. The sponsors said the measure was intended to be narrow, would be vetted further, and would not bar individuals from speaking on their own behalf. Several members suggested revisions. Representative Lockett asked that schools and school employees be specifically named, and suggested separating the lobbying restrictions from the ballot-measure provisions into different bills. Representative Layman questioned the meaning of the bill’s language and whether it would cover factual testimony by officials. Representative Heen asked about a Jefferson County example involving legal fees used to challenge petition signatures; counsel said that situation would likely be allowable under the bill as drafted, though some members thought it should be covered. No final vote was taken on BR 25 during this discussion.

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• In Wisconsin, it was likely illegal. In Pennsylvania, it was likely illegal.
• that you already it is already illegal that you already it is already illegal uh<00:43:26.960>
• <00:45:02.000> to we're going to say it is illegal to we're going to say it is illegal to
• <00:46:48.560> You we're saying is that's illegal. You we're saying is that's illegal.
• illegal if your language passes? illegal if your language passes?

Keywords: 1183, house

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• underage gambling and other changes to open the door wide for what the legislature are intended to be illegal
• Let me say this another way, the illegal gambling The illegal organized crime lottery operation we now
• Commission has made my layout easy today by promoting by providing a CliffsNote version of their illegal
• wants to ask for remarks from the executive director. have the authority to take any action on the illegal
• however this bill which was crafted before a lot of this information was explosed only eliminates the illegal

Bills: SB26, SB28, SJR36, SB616, SB565, SB384, SB28, SB28, SR131, SR168, SR174, SR175

Keywords: teacher compensation, education funding, public school educators, teacher retention, teacher designation, lottery, gambling, internet gaming, mobile application, criminal offenses, aquifer, water management, Edwards Aquifer, sustainability, regulatory framework, SB 565, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, compliance agreement