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• Unfortunately, we are concerned that SB 1049, as currently drafted, creates a new and potentially duplicative
• work with the opposition to try to understand their perspective around the fact that this may be a duplicative
• I pause around that, though, because I imagine that if this were a duplicative process, then there wouldn't
• I pause around that, though, because I imagine that if this were a duplicative process, then there wouldn't

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We are willing to consider the duplication of programs that are not realistically available or accessible
• We are willing to consider the duplication of programs that are not realistically available or accessible
• And the issue of bachelor's degree duplication is one that we have seen in numerous bills this year,
• segmental level, while still addressing the important issue of finding a real solution for instances of duplication

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I don't understand why 33% goes every time the case, and some of them are very duplicative.
• And I'd like the attorney general to comment on why we have to pay so much, especially when in duplicative
• probably would need to see a little bit more information on that because we need to see: are there duplicative
• Are there ways Duplicative services?

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Fiscal Committee opened by approving the May 15 minutes and then recognized Pam Ellis for her long service with the Legislative Budget Assistant’s office and upcoming retirement. The committee adopted the consent calendar with two items removed for separate consideration, then approved transfers for the Administrative Office of the Courts and the Department of Environmental Services after questions about court benefit costs and dam project funding. The Department of Health and Human Services also received approval for a general fund transfer item. A major portion of the meeting focused on the Youth Development Center settlement fund. New administrator Jared Boyle, joined by the Attorney General, described the fund’s remaining caseload, the payment matrix, and the need for additional funding to begin hearings in August. Members raised concerns about administrative costs, attorneys’ fees, payday loans, structured settlements, and the long-term fiscal impact on the state. Boyle requested $55 million, but the committee ultimately approved a reduced appropriation of $20 million, with members noting the possibility of returning for more funding later depending on revenues and the October revenue review. The Department of Corrections then received approval for a smaller shortfall transfer and a larger overtime-related transfer, with officials citing a 52% corrections officer vacancy rate, ongoing recruitment, academy classes, and efforts to use civilian staff in some non-security roles. A late item from the Veterans Home was also approved to cover overtime, holiday pay, and indirect cost shortfalls within its existing budget. The committee then heard an informational presentation on implementation of Senate Bill 134 and the new federal Medicaid work-requirement rule. DHHS said it plans to submit a state plan amendment, seek approval for hardship exceptions, start with one eligibility check cycle, and use existing federal grant funding to make system changes. Finally, the committee received a performance audit of the Doorway opioid treatment program, which found weak written procedures, incomplete data use, reimbursement delays, and problems with the Governor’s Commission on Addiction Treatment and Prevention. Members discussed follow-up reporting, and the next Fiscal Committee meeting was scheduled for August 21 at 11:00 a.m.

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• It gives counties the option to bring license renewals and duplicates back home.
• option to bring license<00:30:19.880> renewals<00:30:20.520> and<00:30:20.680> duplicates
• <00:30:21.280> back license renewals and duplicates back license renewals and duplicates back

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:30 HB 571 Discussion 01:29 HB 571 Roll Call Vote 04:02 HB 542 Discussion 06:01 HB 542 Roll Call Vote 10:21 HB 142 Discussion 13:30 HB 142 Roll Call Vote 22:47 HB 212 Discussion 24:00 HB 212 Roll Call Vote 25:40 HB 658 Discussion 27:01 HB 658 Roll Call Vote 32:02, 958, all

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• It duplicates existing oversight without improving it.
• It duplicates<00:12:25.920> existing<00:12:26.320> oversight<00:12:26.800> without
• c> duplicates existing oversight without duplicates existing oversight without improving<00:12:27.600

Bills: HB585

Keywords: Washington County, circuit clerk, compensation, county government, local legislation, 1136, house, all

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• I stand in opposition to this bill because it is a duplicate of federal law that we already have that
• Because it is a duplicate of federal law that we already have that is already not being followed in the
• So I feel like this is, again, a duplication, and it is just not helpful to the disability community.
• It just seems like it's duplicative if we already have a Commission on Disabilities to create another

Keywords: 996, all

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• are squarely within our authority, and addressing them strengthens accountability far more than duplicating
• accountability<01:05:48.240> far<01:05:48.559> more<01:05:48.720> than<01:05:48.960> duplicating
• accountability far more than duplicating accountability far more than duplicating an<01:05:49.680

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• third-party inspections meet state standards, including that in HEMs, and saying, hey, if we're being duplicative
• What we've been deliberate about in our scheduling process so we're not being duplicative is sort of
• because of the digital equity plan coming out of a lot of that work, so it would be a little bit duplicative
• So to clean up... ...plan coming out of a lot of that work, so it would be a little bit duplicative.

Summary: The committee met on December 3, 2025, with a quorum present and approved the September 17 minutes. Members first voted to suspend the 2026 JLARC lodging tax expenditure report for one year, based on staff’s explanation that the report is self-reported, not verified, and less useful than State Auditor accountability audits; the motion passed. The committee also approved renaming the JLARC I-900 subcommittee to the “Committee to Hear SAO Performance Audits,” while keeping the opening script noting that the performance audit process exists under Initiative 900. The committee then heard follow-up updates on two prior performance audits. The Department of Health presented a draft strategic management plan in response to findings on hospital inspections, complaints, adverse event review, and hospital data access. JLARC staff reiterated that 72% of hospital inspections were late, that DOH did not verify third-party inspection standards or review adverse event reports, and that complaint data suggested possible language-access barriers. DOH said it concurred with the recommendations, had improved on-time inspection compliance to about 49%, planned annual updates starting in July 2026, and would work on accreditation oversight, complaint-language access, and data accessibility, though members pressed for firmer deadlines and questioned the three-year timeline for language access improvements. The Liquor and Cannabis Board also reported on its cannabis market study recommendation. JLARC staff said the agency’s data were incomplete and unreliable, limiting oversight of production, recalls, tax collection, and diversion. LCB said it had improved its current CCRS system but still relied on self-reported data, and it presented a decision package for a new traceability system estimated at about $9 million over three fiscal years. LCB described a plant-tagging and serialization approach tied to production, processing, testing, and retail, but acknowledged it did not currently have sufficient staff to fully implement the system without additional funding. The committee also received briefings on JLARC’s recommendation-tracking tools and the 2024 public records reporting summary, including a high-level review of agency response rates, request volumes, costs, and litigation. Finally, JLARC presented the proposed final report on the Office of Privacy and Data Protection, concluding that OPDP meets its statutory responsibilities and has high user satisfaction, but that its mandate should be updated to better match its current capacity and focus; the committee adopted the report for distribution. The meeting then moved into the 2025 tax preference performance reviews, where JLARC staff summarized nine reviews and noted that the Citizens Commission on Tax Preference and Performance Measurement endorsed all 17 legislative auditor recommendations, with comments on seven. Early reviews discussed included natural gas transportation fuel preferences, travel agent and tour operator B&O rates, nonprofit low-income housing development, multipurpose senior centers, disabled veteran adaptive housing, and trade convention attendance, with staff and commissioners generally recommending continuation of some preferences, modification of others, and improved objectives or performance measures where needed.

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• we are five years later is there are some challenges with that structure, and there's also some duplication
• There are some areas in which we really do try to reduce duplication, but it is difficult to do so.
• Secondly, the two things are not duplicative, right?
• Because the coalition can't do direct service work, so they can't do... ...duplicative, right?

Summary: The committee held a panel discussion on Florida’s domestic violence system, focusing on the roles of the state, the federally designated coalition, direct-service providers, and law enforcement. Members reviewed the history of the system after the dissolution of the former coalition in 2020, the creation of the Florida Partnership to End Domestic Violence, DCF’s Office of Domestic Violence, and the current contract structure involving Women in Distress and its subcontractors for hotline and legal services. Panelists also discussed the 2024 lethality assessment law, the workgroup’s conclusion that the evidence-based Maryland tool could not be used because of copyright and cost issues, and the state’s current use of statutory questions instead. DCF and FDLE described the statewide certification and funding framework, including more than $60 million in domestic violence funding for fiscal year 2025-26 and the requirement that law enforcement complete lethality-assessment training by October 1, 2026. Testimony highlighted both collaboration and conflict. Florida Partnership to End Domestic Violence and Women in Distress described overlapping training and technical-assistance roles, but disagreed sharply about the quality of their relationship with DCF and whether the current structure is duplicative. DCF said it maintains communication with both the coalition and the centers and emphasized that the coalition is federally required, while the coalition argued that the department has obstructed its work. Women in Distress and Hope Villages stressed direct services, prevention, and the need for more housing, staffing, and funding, especially in rural areas. They also described programs in schools, hospitals, and child welfare settings, and noted that children exposed to domestic violence often need specialized services. Members asked about funding flows, certification, rural coverage, the number of centers, and the lethality assessment rollout. DCF said the 41 certified centers serve all 67 counties and that no new applications have been received in about 15 years. FDLE reported that 46 of roughly 400 law enforcement agencies had completed the lethality-assessment training and attestation, with the statutory deadline still ahead. Panelists said domestic violence appears to be increasing, citing higher hotline demand, shelter occupancy, and local case numbers, while also noting that statewide crime data remains outdated. The discussion ended with calls for better coordination, clearer implementation of statutes, more funding, and possible legislative fixes to improve data collection, training, and service delivery.

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• We also see aligning enforcement with our state theft laws and prohibiting duplicative billing practices
• laws enforcement with our state theft laws and<00:13:14.079> prohibiting<00:13:14.800> duplicative
• <00:13:15.440> billing and prohibiting duplicative billing and prohibiting duplicative billing

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The fund consists of three primary sources: the gas tax, the motor vehicle registration tax, the tabs
• A couple things of note in '24: registration taxes are actually the biggest revenue source for the system
• tax the tabs you vehicle registration tax the tabs you pay<00:03:42.159> on<00:03:42.239>
• taxes are actually the registration taxes are actually the biggest<00:04:14.159> Revenue<00:04
• but very fair to say we have one of the higher registration taxes.

Bills: HF1167, HF1242

Keywords: Northern Lights Express, NLX, Minneapolis-Duluth rail, passenger rail, intercity passenger rail, high-speed rail, Duluth, Minneapolis, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Metropolitan Council, transportation funding, rail appropriation, general fund, trunk highway fund, rail project cancellation, infrastructure spending, commercial driver training, CDL, financial assistance

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• . >> Um, the last portion is related to our licensing and registration department, which licenses the
• access the other financial aid programs. >> Um, the last portion is related to our licensing and registration
• access the other financial aid programs. >> Um, the last portion is related to our licensing and registration
• 25:47.360> our<00:25:47.600> licensing<00:25:48.080> and<00:25:48.320> registration
• to our licensing and registration to our licensing and registration department<00:25:50.240>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The Chair asked whether the state has to pay for this and why the city cannot just adjust the registration
• <00:09:20.480> fees you just adjust the registration fees you just adjust the registration
• > vehicle maintaining a state system for vehicle maintaining a state system for vehicle registration
• That was my first question registration.
• Certainly the uh H vehicle registration.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint hearing covered SB 2120, which would allow certain state and county employees rehired within one year to transfer accrued vacation and sick leave and extend the break-in-service period for health benefits. Testimony was split: the Department of Human Resources explained current leave payout and pension credit rules and raised concerns about the long transfer window, while labor representatives supported the measure. During decision-making, both committees recommended passage with amendments. The amendments narrowed the bill by changing the break-in-service period to 180 days for leave beginning on or after July 1, 2026, making the benefit transfer voluntary with a 90-day notice deadline, and changing the effective date to January 1, 2077. The recommendations were adopted by vote. The committees also heard SB 2523, an appropriation for the City and County of Honolulu Department of Information Technology to modernize the driver’s license and motor vehicle system. DIT described the current COBOL-based mainframe as decades old, said the project would use a code-share arrangement with Arizona, and estimated a $10 million, two-year conversion and rollout. Members questioned the cost, the city-state funding arrangement, and the feasibility of the project, including whether it would move to a cloud-based system. After testimony, both committees deferred the measure. In the Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs portion, SB 2032 on consumer protection for solar sales drew broad support from the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority, the Office of Consumer Protection, the Hawaii Solar Energy Association, and others. Testifiers said the bill was needed in response to misleading solar door-to-door sales and urged amendments to clarify “contractual affiliation,” exclude balcony/portable solar devices, and require disclosure of cash and financed prices. The committee then moved on to SB 2079 on vehicle titles, which had one supporter and one opponent but no testimony in person or online, and SB 2241 on zero-emission vehicles, for which the Hawaii State Energy Office submitted written support. The hearing also began discussion of SB 2579 on water-related grants, where agencies said any program would need clearer statutory standards and likely a feasibility study before implementation.

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• Because those provisions in the agency rule are duplicative of the provisions in the rating rules that
• are filed by the NCCI with the department, The department proposes that the duplicative provisions be
• In addition, we have removed outdated, duplicative, and obsolete provisions, and the manual has been

Keywords: 1204, all

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• Another unallowable use is no duplicate duplication of billable services. duplication of billable services

Keywords: Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 4 June, 2026; 2:30 PM, 925, all

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• Additionally, the bill requires mutual water company-only assessment by the State Water Board, duplicating
• Additionally, the bill requires mutual water company-only assessment by the State Water Board, duplicating
• There's an ongoing consolidation study, for example, in the author's district that this would duplicate

Summary: The Senate Committee on Appropriations met to consider a large suspense-file agenda, noting that 122 measures met suspense criteria and that several bills listed in the daily file were postponed to the following week. The Department of Finance did not attend because it had no comments on the bills. After establishing a quorum, the committee proceeded through the agenda, with most authors waiving presentation and public testimony limited to fiscal issues. Most measures were moved to the suspense file without objection after brief or no testimony. A number of bills drew support or opposition from outside groups on fiscal grounds, including SB 951, SB 947, SB 954, SB 1031, SB 1291, and SB 1368. Testimony highlighted concerns such as ongoing state or departmental costs, General Fund impacts, broadband and compliance burdens for small mutual water companies, and implementation costs for education, health, and transportation-related proposals. Supporters of some bills argued they would save money over time, such as SB 1067 on early math remediation and SB 1089 on obesity treatment and CalRx partnerships. The committee also heard an author presentation on SB 1089 by Senator Richardson, who said the bill would reduce CalPERS and broader health costs by expanding access to GLP-1 weight-loss drugs for eligible public employees and directing CalRx to pursue production or acquisition of a GLP-1 medication. No committee questions were raised on that measure, and it too was sent to suspense. The hearing concluded with all items heard being moved to the suspense file and the committee adjourned.

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• However, we have had situations where the notification is either duplicative or onerous on the landlord
• House Bill 3466 because it brings Texas into alignment with a majority of other states and removes duplicative
• This would remove duplicative regulations, as we've mentioned before.

Bills: HB 112, HB199, HB621, HB1349, HB2214, HB3466, HB3698, HB3699, HCR9, HB112, HB199, HCR9

Keywords: science park district, economic development, technology innovation, higher education collaboration, infrastructure development, Texas Economic Development Office, workforce development, unemployment benefits, state average unemployment rate, benefit year, economic support, Texas Workforce Commission, property owners' association, free speech, assembly rights, government officials, political candidates, floodplain, landlord, tenant

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• We have 5,823 and duplicated head count CTE, students on our campus.
• We said let's not duplicate the state's efforts and resources.
• offer the RN and beyond that college is going to offer the lpn create a seamless pipeline without duplicating

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• However, we believe, or the Chamber believes, that House Bill 34 unnecessarily will duplicate work that's
• Second, the bill duplicates existing efforts, and businesses in New Mexico are working very diligently
• That's what the problem is, in addition to the duplicative regulatory schemes that others have talked

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• will streamline this process by eliminating the annual sticker requirement, aligning frack tank registration
• However, if there's no vehicle registration, no address on their registration or out of state registration

Bills: HB227

Keywords: HB227, kratom, Mitragyna speciosa, kratom products, kratom processor, kratom retailer, controlled substances, Texas Controlled Substances Act, Health and Safety Code, Penalty Group 1, tianeptine, 7-hydroxymitragynine, mitragynine, synthetic kratom, kratom alkaloids, adulterated products, product testing, lab testing, ISO 17025, labeling requirements