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• The Conservation Commission is going to be doing a drone demonstration.
• The Conservation Commission is going to be doing a drone demonstration on extinguishing red cedar with

Keywords: 914, all

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• I'm a registered lobbyist for Conservation Voters New Mexico.
• Conservation Voters New Mexico recognizes the need for increased funding for acequias, particularly in

Bills: SB193

Keywords: SB193, acequia, community ditch, irrigation works construction fund, water infrastructure, ditch infrastructure, irrigation, New Mexico water law, agricultural water, farmers, Rio Grande, acequia association, forest land protection revolving fund, state fund transfer, irrigation projects, 996, all

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• Unfortunately, Senator Stefanics isn't able to be here today; she's chairing a conservation committee
• The Conservation Committee, of course, has a bill there that's going to take up quite a bit of her time

Bills: SB61, SB62, SB99

Keywords: rural libraries, funding, cultural affairs, education, community support, appropriation, state investment, public resources, 996, all

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• say it, but we're probably going to at some point need to talk about buyouts of properties. or conservation
• We do have a program through Parks and Wildlife for conservation easements.

Bills: SB3, SB 3

Keywords: disaster relief, emergency funding, flood management, Meteorological forecasting, local government assistance, training facilities, flash flood, flood warning, outdoor warning siren, emergency alert, disaster preparedness, flood mitigation, Hill Country floods, Texas Water Development Board, municipalities, counties, local government mandate, public safety, grant program, backup power

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• Jurisprudence, HB 4158 by Lauterbach relating to the compensation of directors for the Texana Groundwater Conservation
• relating to the establishment of administration and the use of Texas land, water, and wildlife conservation

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• Louderback relating to the compensation of directors for the Texana Groundwater Conservation District
• relating to the establishment of an administration in the use of Texas land and water and wildlife conservation

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Okay, so Newsmax, which is a conservative Conservative organization, they had a story that dealt with

Bills: HB134, SB217, SB180, HB157, HB92, HB335

Keywords: vehicle registration, disability access, fines, law enforcement, public accommodation, bond financing, municipal bonds, county debt, local government debt, debt service schedule, bond disclosure, public finance, bond underwriter, county commission, city council, refunding bonds, swap agreements, interest rate swaps, derivatives, fiscal transparency

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• Bill 1914 by Eckhardt relating to consent by County Commissioners for the creation of certain conservation
• Senate Bill 1959 by Hagerty relating to permit considerations for the North Texas Groundwater Conservation

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• respectful to everybody, even if he disagreed with you, he'd come up to this row over here, real conservative
• Well, I used to be conservative.

Bills: HR34, HR36, HR38, HR39, HR41, HR42, HR43, HR67, HR68, HR73, HR77, HR81, HR104, HR166, HR201, HR202, HR223, HR226, HR233, HR234, HR246, HR264, HR266, HR268, HR271, HR280, HR282, HR286, HR291, HR292, HR296, HR298, HR319, HR326, HR329, HR348, HR354, HR373, HR376, HR381, HR385, HR386, HR387, HR391, HR394, HR395, HR396, HR399, HR400, HR402, HR403, HR404, HR408, HR409, HR410, HR413, HR414, HR417, HR418, HR419, HR422, HR424, HR429, HR435, HR439, HR440, HR22, HR88, HR94, HR136, HR194, HR231, HR302, HR397, HR416, HR420, HR421, HR423, HR430, HR431

Keywords: Ramadan, Islam, Muslim community, spiritual observance, cultural recognition, Eid al-Fitr, celebration, Texas legislation, Mother's Day, family, women, honor, Father's Day, gratefulness, recognition, Diwali, festival of lights, Hinduism, unity, Veterans Day

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• Department, requiring the Oil Conservation Commission and the Oil Conservation Division of the Energy

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• We've done that by maintaining a conservative budget, creating savings, and making sure we have the backstops
• original Republicans when we were back fighting in the early 2000s when you were just begging for a conservative
• to run for sheriff or, when you were just begging for a conservative to run for sheriff or quorum court

Keywords: 1204, all

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• as a civil servant in the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation
• career as a civil servant in the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservancy
• He is here as part of the government, Conservancy and Nuclear Safety.

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the journal, and then spent much of the opening portion of the session recognizing administrative assistants and other guests in the gallery, including a doctor of the day and a visiting robotics team. Members repeatedly thanked their staff for keeping offices and the chamber running, and one member also welcomed civic leaders from Buckeye and a foreign delegation connected to a circular economy forum. The chamber then moved into Committee of the Whole on a series of Senate bills. SB 1060, concerning voting eligibility for certain overseas-born children of service members, drew opposition from one member who argued it would disenfranchise military families; the bill still received a do-pass recommendation. SB 1093, described by opponents as an anti-protest bill, also received a do-pass recommendation. SB 1162 and SB 1270 were both advanced as amended after committee and floor/subfloor amendments, and SB 1814, dealing with substance use disorder-related issues, was amended with a friendly change and advanced with comments about the need for broader study and bipartisan work on fraud, waste, and abuse in that area. The House then entered an additional Committee of the Whole for SB 1345 and SB 1401. SB 1345 was amended to focus on licensure timing and DHS collaboration, then advanced. SB 1401, the Workforce Housing Accelerator Act, was amended after debate over affordability standards and public benefit; supporters said it would speed permitting and reduce housing costs, while critics wanted stronger affordability requirements. The bill was ultimately advanced as amended. The House also took up third reading on SB 1041, a health care institutions bill, where members explained yes votes by citing a recent abuse case in assisted living and arguing the measure would help protect vulnerable adults. The transcript ends during vote explanations on SB 1041.

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• It's good to be back in Senate Conservation.
• I'm a registered lobbyist for Conservation Voters New Mexico.
• Thank you for coming to visit Senate Conservation Report. Thank you.

Bills: SB38, SB46, SB18

Keywords: SB38, pet food, registered pet food, registration fee, fees, sunset repeal, repeal of repeal, revenue, state fee, business regulation, animal feed, pet food registration, New Mexico, SB46, organic waste, solid waste, waste diversion, composting, compost feedstock, waste characterization study

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• Primarily, I think you know that since 2017, the state has invested in a Lower Rio Grande groundwater conservation
• water rights acquisitions, it could also be dynamic following programs with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy
• It could be enhanced conservation efforts with other water users.

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• the expectancy, so my name is Gerald Romero and I'm the District Manager at the Montezuma Water Conservation
• So it's a water savings, water conservation program that we hope we're still going to be able to bring
• We had three different what we call regional conservation partnership grants that we had to apply for

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• These are a conservative method of drawing down federal dollars, getting back some of our money from
• These are a conservative method of drawing down federal dollars, getting back some of our money from
• pharmacies, convenience stores, food distributors, and food banks, as well as chambers of commerce, conservative

Bills: SB1331, SB1375, SB1443, SB1578, SB2251, SB2519, SB2553, SB2655, SB2764, SB2907, SB3030, SB3033, SB3035, SB3036, SB3037, SB3043, SB3047, SB3050, SB3051, SB3056, SB3057, SB3063, HB9, HB467, HB331, HB1244, HB1399, HB2559, HB2730, HB3307, HJR1, HJR99, SB3048, SB3052, SB3053, SJR78, HB1327, HB2723

Keywords: civil service, firefighters, police officers, municipalities, local government, repeal, voter petition, health care, provider participation, continuation programs, population-based regulation, health care provider participation, Medicaid, hospital funding, voluntary compliance, mandatory payments, public health, healthcare program, county participation, nonpublic hospitals

Summary: The Senate Committee on Local Government heard several bills, most of them left pending after brief public testimony. House Bill 331, by Rep. Patterson and sponsored by Sen. Hinojosa, would create a presumption that firefighters, police officers, and EMTs who suffer a heart attack or stroke within eight hours after a strenuous shift were injured in the line of duty for workers’ compensation purposes; testimony from a firefighters’ association supported the bill, and it was left pending. Senate Bill 2655, by Sen. Flores, would authorize Burnet County to establish a local provider participation fund to help support local hospital services; a hospital administrator testified in support, and the committee substitute was left pending. Senate Bill 1443, by Sen. Hughes, would extend the Northeast Healthcare Provider Participation District in three counties, and House Bill 3307, by Rep. Noble, would allow property tax arbitrators to complete required continuing education online; both were left pending without opposition. Senate Bill 3048, by Sen. Birdwell, would create the Bluebonnet Hills Municipal Management District in Midlothian and was also left pending. The committee then took up House Bill 9 and HJR 1, sponsored by Sen. Bettencourt, which would raise the business personal property tax exemption from $2,500 to $125,000 and place the constitutional amendment on the November 4, 2025 ballot. Business groups, realtors, and taxpayers’ advocates testified in strong support, saying the change would provide meaningful relief to small businesses and help balance earlier homeowner tax relief. The City of Fort Worth testified in opposition, warning of a revenue shift to homeowners and budget impacts, but the committee adopted the committee substitutes and reported both measures to the full Senate on 6-0 votes. The committee also heard House Bill 1399 and HJR 99, by Sen. Nichols, to exempt animal feed from property tax when it is already sales-tax exempt; no one testified against them, and both were left pending. Senate Bill 2553, by Sen. West, would let owners of historic archaeological sites protest land and structure appraisals separately, and it was left pending after supportive testimony. Senate Bill 2907 and SJR 78, also by Sen. West, would exempt certain perishable inventory, including food and some prescription drugs, from property tax if approved by voters; pharmacists, business groups, a researcher, and a coalition of retailers and food/medicine advocates supported the bill, and it was left pending. Finally, Senate Bill 1331, by Sen. Hancock and explained by Sen. Middleton, would lower the population threshold for certain municipal civil-service-related petition restrictions from 950,000 to 70,000; law enforcement representatives and a San Marcos police association supported it, and it was left pending. The committee then recessed until 15 to 30 minutes after adjournment.

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• Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Criminal Justice Subcommittee.
• Thank you, Mister Chair. >> This bill creates the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
• You have been on the rest of them just and some in particular that cause great conservation, the beginning

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• like to go, but we do have Rob Davis with Emirates and then Rachel Stuckey with the Minnesota Conservative
• With that, we have Rachel Stuckey from the Minnesota Conservative Energy Forum.
• committee members, my name is Rachel Stuckey, and I'm the Executive Director of the Minnesota Conservative

Bills: HF2103, HF2793

Keywords: energy, renewable energy, ammonia, hydrogen, certificate tracking, funding, environment, community solar, energy policy, sustainability, solar garden program, regulation sunset

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• They are dedicated public servants who protect and conserve these lands without them doing their work
• We depend on proactive approaches to conserving species. so we can avoid listing them.
• process with Chairman Westerman and Scott Peters to a lot of raised eyebrows from a lot of the conservation

Bills: HB471

Keywords: forest management, wildfire prevention, public lands, Tribal jurisdiction, Fix Our Forests Act, wildfire, forest health, hazardous fuels reduction, fuels treatment, prescribed burning, mechanical thinning, mastication, fuel breaks, fire breaks, wildland-urban interface, WUI, fireshed, fireshed management area, fireshed registry, Fireshed Center

Summary: The meeting primarily focused on H.R. 471, the Fix Our Forests Act, which aims to address the ongoing crisis of wildfires exacerbated by climate change and the need for updated forest management practices. Various committee members voiced concerns about past federal management failures and emphasized the necessity for collaborative approaches involving local communities and stakeholders in forest management. As discussions unfolded, there were varying perspectives on the implications of certain provisions in the bill, particularly around regulatory changes and their likely impacts on public participation and environmental reviews.

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• Soil and water conservation districts.
• projects—we'll see a couple of those each year—flood prevention, which is primarily spill water, water conservation
• A very conservative estimate from the National Association of Home Builders indicates that with the building