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• are now more reluctant because they're not sure whether they can actually get through Customs and Border
• with Mexico, and there's tons of cross-border trade and business with Mexico.
• So everything you can do—the things that are not in your control, the tariffs, you know, other border
• A lot of our members are across the border, and we partner with them every day to try to determine the
• I'll use a Toyota Tacoma for this example, but a Toyota Tacoma will cross the border five or six times

Summary: The Assembly Select Committee on Asia, California, Trade and Investment held its first informational hearing to examine California’s economic ties with Asia, the effects of federal tariffs, and ways the state can strengthen trade, investment, tourism, and subnational diplomacy. Chair Jessica Caloza opened by emphasizing California’s role as the world’s fourth-largest economy and a major exporter to Asia, and several members and guests highlighted the importance of AAPI communities, sister-city relationships, and coordinated state outreach. Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis described California’s trade missions, APEC hosting, and ongoing climate and trade partnerships, while Japan’s deputy consul general underscored Japan’s role as a major investor and trading partner and encouraged continued engagement. The first panel, featuring leaders from the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation/World Trade Center Los Angeles, the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, and Visit California, focused on trade, tourism, and investment trends. Witnesses said tariffs and federal uncertainty are disrupting logistics, manufacturing, business travel, higher education, and tourism, with particular concern about port activity, international student declines, and reduced visitation from Asia. They urged California to remain “open for business,” invest in promotion and infrastructure, and use trade missions, MOUs, and sister-city ties to maintain relationships and attract investment. The second panel, with economist Kyle Handley and trade expert Glenn Fukushima, focused on the mechanics and consequences of tariffs. Both said tariffs function as taxes on importers and consumers, raise costs for businesses, and create uncertainty that delays investment, hiring, and supply-chain decisions. They warned that California is especially exposed because of its ports, cross-border trade, and reliance on global supply chains, and said new federal vessel fees and shifting trade routes could divert commerce away from California. They argued that the long-term damage includes lost growth and reduced U.S. credibility, and recommended that California “tariff-proof” its economy through faster ports, better infrastructure, export assistance, and reduced permitting barriers. In the final panel, representatives from the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, Asian Business Association California, and the Small Business Development Center emphasized future opportunities and the needs of small businesses. They said California should deepen ties with Asia through conventions, tourism, and sector-specific partnerships in life sciences, clean tech, semiconductors, hospitality, and small business trade. The witnesses stressed that small and minority-owned businesses need more access to trade missions, capital, technical assistance, and state support, and that California’s economic strength depends on coordinated efforts across regions and industries.

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• President Trump is closing the border and protecting sovereignty and has the back of local law enforcement
• additional law enforcement and support positions to enhance interdiction activities and protect the borders
• You have the federal system and then if Florida implements these draconian measures and a bordering state
• The guy entered the United States on [date] 24th, 2020 and he was released by US Border Patrol with a
• Support inspection activities to protect interesting borders.

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• <00:20:51.440> to relationship are facing barriers to relationship are facing barriers to
• <00:20:58.720> and significantly reduce those barriers and significantly reduce those barriers
• Children's home languages, cultures, and lived experiences are strengths, not barriers, and we must be
• Organizations that want to step forward encounter regulatory barriers and operational confusion that
• <01:16:01.720> that while removing regulatory barriers that while removing regulatory barriers

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Senate Bill 36 by Parker relating to the Homeland Security activities of certain entities to Border Security
• urging the federal government to take immediate action in addressing issues related to security at the border
• to Border Security.

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• Canas, who sadly passed away on December 16, 2024, in a helicopter crash as he was en route to a border
• Customs and Border Protection Agency, where he served for 16 years protecting the U.S. homeland and serving
• on the San Diego border.

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• And at that hearing, you know, we talked about, I believe it was the larva found just south of the border
• Texas Farm Bureau](member_123), as a producer in West Texas, we're about an hour north of the Mexico border
• We're about an hour north of the Mexico border, and we're out west by Alpine, not where it's at currently
• I just meant specifically border enforcement.
• Yes, we're no longer staffing any border enforcement at this point. Members, any other questions?

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• maintain support for Operation Lone Star, which you all know is the state's operational program at the border
• Moving to slide seven, you can see that border security is maintained at $6.5 billion. border security
• program provide representation of persons in that particular geographical area which is along the border
• As an attorney, we're providing a benefit to citizens along the border in terms of representation, but
• So, as an attorney, we're providing a benefit to citizens along the border in terms of representation

Bills: SB 1

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• It's difficult for Kentucky providers to compete with seven bordering states paying significantly higher
• It's difficult for Kentucky providers to compete with seven bordering states paying significantly higher
• and neither of those states border and neither of those states border Kentucky.<01:32:18.639>
• <01:32:22.560> states<01:32:23.280> paying<01:32:23.760> significantly bordering
• states paying significantly bordering states paying significantly higher<01:32:24.719> rates<

Keywords: 00:00:22 - Call to Order and Roll Call 00:03:00 – Approval of June 25, 2025 Minutes 00:03:22 - Update on Federal Changes to the Medicaid Program 01:03:44 - State Directed Payments, Provider Taxes, and the Rural Health Transformation Fund: How Medicaid Changes Could Impact Kentucky Hospitals 01:29:42 – Public Comments 01:45:25 – Announcements 01:46:19 - Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board met on July 30, 2025, approved the June 25 minutes, and received a presentation from Katherine Castanza of the National Conference of State Legislatures on Medicaid provisions in H.R. 1. The presentation outlined more than 20 Medicaid-related provisions, emphasizing that the largest federal savings come from work/community engagement requirements, changes to provider taxes, limits on state-directed payments, more frequent eligibility redeterminations for expansion populations, and related eligibility/enrollment changes. She said the fiscal effects are backloaded, with most reductions occurring in the later years of the 10-year window, and noted potential significant impacts on hospital payments and state financing. She also described new funding opportunities, including a $50 billion rural health transformation fund and a new home and community-based services waiver with associated grants. A substantial portion of the discussion focused on Kentucky’s pending community engagement 1115 waiver and how it would interact with the new federal requirements. Board members asked whether the waiver had been approved, what the cabinet’s contingency plan would be if CMS does not approve it, and what the timeline is for compliance. Cabinet representatives said the waiver has not yet been approved by CMS, remains under public comment, and that the state will wait for CMS guidance before moving forward; if needed, the state would amend the waiver or submit a new one. They said the work requirement must be in place by January 1, 2027, with a possible extension to 2028. Castanza also explained that expansion adults with incomes between 100% and 138% of the federal poverty level would face new cost-sharing requirements beginning October 1, 2028, and that eligibility redeterminations would move from annual to every six months starting January 1, 2027. She then walked through provider tax changes, including a moratorium on new provider taxes beginning October 1, 2026, and a phased reduction in the hold-harmless threshold for existing taxes beginning January 1, 2028, with exemptions for nursing facilities and ICF/IID providers. Board members questioned the timing and likely impact on Kentucky, and Castanza responded that the effect would depend on each tax’s current rate and would phase in over time.

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• And fortunately, now our borders are getting a little bit more secure.
• They're at 96% secure at the southern border, but 90% of illegal fentanyl that's been caught at the borders
• So, I think it's just and I'll borders.
• president today who secured the border president today who secured the border where<01:03:18.240
• that stops the flow of secure border that stops the flow of fentanyl,<01:03:30.160> which<01:

Bills: HF1918, HF2305, HF897, HF2191, HF2617, HF2551, HF2137

Keywords: HF1918, Department of Children Youth and Families, DCYF, child welfare, foster care, out-of-home placement, permanency planning, relative search, noncustodial parent, kinship care, family preservation, African American Child and Family Well-Being, racial disproportionality, maltreatment reporting, educational neglect, truancy, school attendance, Great Start compensation, child care provider payments, TEACH early childhood program

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• And so in this example, you can see that the qualified recipient who is on the border, or whose border
• qualified recipient who is on the border qualified recipient who is on the border of<00:50:33.319
• > or<00:50:33.640> whose<00:50:33.880> border<00:50:34.440> includes<00:50
• :35.040> both<00:50:35.280> County of or whose border includes both County of or whose
• border includes both County a<00:50:35.760> and<00:50:35.920> County<00:50:36.240> B

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• many other places in town still use them, including the apartment where I live, which is actually bordered
• Some towns and some properties, especially commercial properties, can sometimes border different towns
• It's like I live very close to the Burlington border and to the Bedford border.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources held a hearing on several late-file bills and home rule petitions, with testimony focused mainly on coastal access and wildlife management, rodenticide restrictions, and a local land-use request. Rep. Scarsdale testified for H.5113, which would name an accessible trail in Groton’s J. Harry Rich State Forest the Marion Stoddard River Walk in honor of the activist who helped restore the Nashua River. Groton Trails Committee chair Paul Fung also supported the bill, describing the trail, educational signs, and DCR’s involvement. Rep. Sweezey presented a package of Duxbury Beach bills—H.5141, H.5140, and H.5139—intended to align state shorebird protections more closely with federal standards, create parity in beach management tools, and require periodic review of outdated recreational-use guidelines; he said the bills were developed with local and agency input and aimed to balance conservation with beach access. A large portion of the hearing concerned local petitions to restrict second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides and other pesticides. Supporters from Mass Audubon, Sierra Club, Animal Defenders International, wildlife rehabilitation groups, and residents from towns including Grafton, Billerica, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Eastham, and Truro argued that these poisons harm raptors and other non-target wildlife through secondary poisoning, persist in the environment, and are increasingly ineffective. Several speakers said local town meetings had approved the restrictions and urged favorable reports on the petitions. Opponents, including a representative of the New England Pest Management Association, argued that regulation should remain at the state level under MDAR to avoid a patchwork of local rules and noted that the agency was already reviewing rodenticide regulations. Committee members asked questions about agency consultation, the relationship between state and federal bird listings, and how local beach rules would work in practice. The committee also heard testimony on H.4700 and related local pesticide-reduction petitions for Eastham and Truro, with witnesses describing groundwater concerns, pesticide drift, and wildlife impacts. Finally, the committee took testimony on S.2961, a Dighton bill authorizing the use of a small portion of conservation land for public way purposes to replace the Pleasant Street Bridge and add pedestrian and bicycle accommodations; the witness said the affected area was limited and necessary for safety improvements. The hearing ended after testimony concluded, with the chair turning the gavel over and the committee adjourning.

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• already produced costly litigation, deferred maintenance, inconsistent disclosures, and financing barriers
• and the legal authority to protect the health, safety, and dignity of people confined within its borders
• corporations for their food, water, shelter, medical care, and religion. ...of people confined within its borders
• Palisades in Senator Allen's district and right outside the border of my district.

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several bills, beginning with SB 16, which would require county behavioral health directors to create clear pathways for clinicians to be authorized to initiate 5150 involuntary holds. The author and supporters argued the bill would reduce reliance on law enforcement and create more consistent crisis response standards statewide, while county behavioral health directors opposed it as an unfunded mandate that could increase law enforcement involvement and create implementation burdens. Members raised questions about county costs and funding, but the author emphasized the bill’s role in building a more clinical response system. SB 561 would require public guardians to acknowledge conservatorship referrals, make determinations within a reasonable time, and provide status updates on request. Supporters said the bill would reduce delays that leave vulnerable adults in limbo, while the opposition from public guardian representatives was removed after amendments. SB 381 drew extensive public testimony in support; it would allow California-born adoptees, and descendants of deceased adoptees, access to original birth certificates, with a nonbinding contact preference form for birth parents. Supporters framed the bill as a matter of dignity, identity, and health, and there was no formal opposition on the record. The committee also discussed SB 880, which would give tenants and prospective owner-occupants notice and a first opportunity to make an offer when institutional investors sell certain homes. Supporters said it would expand homeownership opportunities and preserve neighborhood stability, while opponents warned about conflicts with federal law, bundled-sale restrictions, and impacts on build-to-rent and affordable housing projects. Members and the author discussed possible amendments to address those concerns. SB 1238 would impose a duty of care and additional transparency requirements on HOA managers and boards; supporters said it would protect homeowners from mismanagement, while the main opposition argued the duty should remain contractual and could increase litigation. Finally, SB 423 would require disclosure of emergency-service records related to private detention facilities, and SB 28 would make changes to the CARE Court process, including a statewide ombudsperson and expanded oversight; both drew support and opposition, with concerns focused on transparency, privacy, implementation, and the balance between treatment and coercion. SB 574, discussed at the end, would require disclosure and human oversight for AI use in courts and legal practice and create a complaint process for ADR providers, with the State Bar noting requested amendments related to complaint handling and confidentiality.

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• about someone who lives across the Line that isn't working in Oklahoma but they live right on the border
• He's wanting this, and this is a business owner in a border town in rural Oklahoma.
• basically drying up, this brings people in to our state, spending money in the small towns along these border

Bills: HB2947, HB3257, HB3264, HB3834, HB3940, HB3944, HB3979, HB4003, HB4118, HB4326, HB4346, HB4421

Keywords: behavioral health, Medicaid expansion, clinical interns, mental health services, licensing requirements, veterans, disability benefits, federal law, Oklahoma Statutes, military service, criminal justice, minimum sentences, parole eligibility, violent crimes, Oklahoma statutes, HB3834, Oklahoma Breakthrough Therapy Act, ibogaine, ibogaine-based therapeutics, ibogaine analogs

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• SB 1707, appropriation artificial intelligence border security.
• Sergeant Ryan... ...with the Cochise Sheriff's Office, Lieutenant Curtis Wilkins, Sergeant Ryan Olmsted, Border
• Deputies Gregory Sanders and Jacob Montoya, and Lieutenant Curtis Wilkins, Sergeant Ryan Olmsted, Border

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Northeast Texas borders Louisiana. officially created by the legislature in 1846.
• Also, Panola County is the location of the only, the only international border. marker located in the
• It was placed there in 18… 1842 as the border between the Republic of Texas and the United States, that

Bills: SJR36, SJR34, SJR18, SCR9, SB616, SB565, SB384, SB140, SB262, SB370, SB372, SB495, SB627, SB764, SB842, SB971, SB767, SB480, SB1066, SB929, SB765, SB523, SB62, SB19, SB18, SB666, SB688, SB707, SB888, SB687, SB706, SB847, SB869, SB890, SB992, SB1145, SB494, SB290, SB766, SB11, SB10, SB13, SB263, SB412, SB20, SB441, SB442, SB1621, SCR13, SB569, SB314, SB25, SB293, SB914, SB260, SB1248, SB740, SB14, SJR34, SCR9, SB10, SB11, SB19, SB20, SB25, SB62, SB140, SB260, SB262, SB290, SB293, SB314, SB370, SB384, SB412, SB441, SB442, SB480, SB494, SB495, SB616, SB627, SB706, SB707, SB764, SB767, SB869, SB890, SB929, SB992, SB1145, SB1621, SJR34, SB140, SB262, SB370, SB480, SB627, SB764, SB767, SR224, SB1626, SB1627, SB1628, SB1629, SB1630, SB1631, SB1632, SB1633, SB1634, SB1635, SB1636, SB1637, SB1638, SB1639, SB1640, SB1641, SB1642, SB1643, SB1644, SB1645, SB1646, SB1647, SB1648, SB1649, SB1650, SB1651, SB1652, SB1653, SB1654, SB1656, SB1657, SB1658, SB1659, SB1660, SB1661, SB1662, SB1663, SB1664, SB1665, SB1666, SB1667, SB1668, SB1669, SB1670, SB1671, SB1672, SB1673, SB1674, SB1675, SB1676, SB1677, SB1678, SB1679, SB1680, SB1681, SB1682, SB1683, SB1684, SB1685, SB1686, SB1687, SB1688, SB1689, SB1690, SB1691, SB1692, SB1693, SB1694, SB1695, SB1696, SB1697, SB1698, SB1699, SB1700, SB1626, SB1627, SB1628, SB1629, SB1630, SB1631, SB1632, SB1633, SB1634, SB1635, SB1636, SB1637, SB1638, SB1639, SB1640, SB1641, SB1642, SB1643, SB1644, SB1645, SB1646, SB1647, SB1648, SB1649, SB1650, SB1651, SB1652, SB1653, SB1654, SB1656, SB1657, SB1658, SB1659, SB1660, SB1661, SB1662, SB1663, SB1664, SB1665, SB1666, SB1667, SB1668, SB1669, SB1670, SB1671, SB1672, SB1673, SB1674, SB1675, SB1676, SB1677, SB1678, SB1679, SB1680, SB1681, SB1682, SB1683, SB1684, SB1685, SB1686, SB1687, SB1688, SB1689, SB1690, SB1691, SB1692, SB1693, SB1694, SB1695, SB1696, SB1697, SB1698, SB1699, SB1700

Keywords: parental rights, parents, children, custody, care and control, upbringing, family law, constitutional amendment, Texas Constitution, child welfare, education policy, medical decisions, parental authority, primary decision makers, family autonomy, capital gains, taxation, state revenue, individual investment, Supreme Court

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• Essentially equivalent, you know, if a young person lives close to a school that's over the border in
• Essentially equivalent, you know, if a young person lives close to a school that's over the border in
• Essentially equivalent, you know, if a young person lives close to a school that's over the border in
• Essentially equivalent, you know, if a young person lives close to a school that's over the border in
• Essentially equivalent, you know, if a young person lives close to a school that's over the border in

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Well, apparently one lone wolf, they said, curved down south all the way to almost the New Mexico border
• border border and<00:44:25.320> then<00:44:25.480> curved<00:44:25.760> back<00
• That's not quite south on the border to get up here to Denver. And a wolf made that trip in a day.
• <00:48:14.880> south<00:48:15.160> on<00:48:15.320> the<00:48:15.400> border
• to get up not quite south on the border to get up here<00:48:16.359> to<00:48:16.480> Denver

Keywords: Continuation of today's legislative session, beginning at 7:45 pm., 981, all

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• We also have Tom Kremppett, a longtime friend, very much involved in border security.
• So this body of water that you’re looking to rename, what countries border the body of water?”
• “So Mexico, of course, is the other country that borders the Gulf of Mexico, previously named.
• What other countries border the body of water?
• So Mexico, of course, is the other country that borders the Gulf of Mexico. Previously named.

Summary: The Senate opened with an invocation, messages from the House, and several recognitions, including county day delegations from Fayette, LaSalle, Jim Hogg, Austin, and others, as well as a recognition of Rob Keppel for his career with the Texas District and County Attorneys Association. The chamber also adopted several resolutions, including SR 429 designating October 2025 as RET Syndrome Awareness Month and SR 432 honoring Rob Keppel. A doctor-of-the-day introduction and a public announcement about free skin checks were also made. The Senate then took up and passed several bills. SB 1152, creating the offense of continuous manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance, passed after suspension of the rules. SB 1868, regulating kratom and related substances, was amended to prohibit smokeable kratom products and kratom pills and to clarify THC variants such as Delta-8 and Delta-10, then passed. SB 1349, creating offenses for transnational repression and unauthorized enforcement of foreign law, drew debate over a failed amendment that would have added election misinformation and foreign meddling; the bill ultimately passed unanimously. SB 2037, expediting review of LNG environmental permits, passed after amendments clarifying fees and deadlines, with opposition focused on its energy-policy implications. SB 1164, addressing emergency detention and court-ordered inpatient mental health treatment, passed after a drafting-error correction and discussion of the bill’s basis in recommendations from the Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health. The Senate also advanced SB 2743 on prosecution of certain election offenses, which would allow a court process to disqualify a local prosecutor who repeatedly refuses to prosecute election cases and appoint the Attorney General; it passed to engrossment amid questions about evidence and local discretion. SB 1299, protecting nonprofit members, supporters, volunteers, and donors from disclosure by public agencies, passed unanimously. SB 2349, exempting certain short-term leases and temporary tenancies from floodplain notice requirements, passed unanimously. SB 2788, adding PSAT and pre-ACT scores for Texas Success Initiative exemptions and clarifying dual-credit eligibility, passed unanimously after amendment. SB 843, creating a TEA database of school district bonds, taxes, and bond-related projects and adding charter schools, passed after amendments on funding and scope. Finally, SB 1832, allowing parents to transfer a student who was victimized by a public school employee to another campus, passed to engrossment after extended debate over whether the bill should also cover private schools and how it would interact with school choice and ESA policy. SB 39, revising the admission rule in commercial motor vehicle collision cases, was laid out and debated over its effect on negligent entrustment and related evidence, with the author emphasizing that the bill preserves the bifurcated trial structure and does not alter other admissibility rules.

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• transactions from Minnesotans trying to access legal sportsbooks, but the majority doing so along the Iowa border
• This simplified regulatory structure will also remove barriers to consumers in navigating the insurance
• regulatory structure will<01:32:36.440> also<01:32:36.680> remove<01:32:37.040> barriers
• <01:32:37.440> to<01:32:37.560> consumers will also remove barriers to consumers will
• also remove barriers to consumers in<01:32:38.160> navigating<01:32:38.640> the<01:32:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We have the same utilities operating on both sides of the border, but we have very different results
• The same companies operate both sides of the border and very different price results.
• underground piping when there might be or could be a future problem with equipment can be a real financial barrier
• 35.920> financial with equipment can be a real financial with equipment can be a real financial barrier
• <01:24:39.440> This barrier. Incentives are the key. This barrier.

Bills: HF3298

Keywords: underground storage tanks, petroleum, reimbursement program, environmental regulation, pollution control, 1183, house