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• &gt;&gt; Yes.<00:28:13.440><c> On</c><00:28:13.679><c> page</c><00:28:14.080><c> three,</c> line line
• </c> line 45 on page two with the following. line 45 on page two with the following.
• Uh, line 60 describes it'll be a disabled veteran spouse.
• Um, and then on down to line 65, there will be a new disabled veteran spouse plate issued for one motor
• Next line 40 fee for a driver's license.

Bills: HB1 , HB198 , HB11 , HB32 , HB33 , HB34 , HB56 , HB68 , HB72 , HB101 , HB102 , HB110 , HB154 , HB166 , HB168 , HB274 , SB114 , HB1 , HB198 , HB11 , HB32 , HB33 , HB34 , HB56 , HB68 , HB72 , HB101 , HB102 , HB110 , HB154 , HB166 , HB168 , HB274 , SB114

Committee: House Public Safety and Homeland Security

Keywords: DUI, driving under the influence, ignition interlock, interlock device, driver license suspension, restricted license, motor vehicle, alcohol offense, first offense, repeat offender, blood alcohol concentration, BAC, license revocation, Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, ALEA, public safety, traffic safety, chemical dependency, substance abuse, court referral program

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• This is a veteran military. Can I ask if you allow all veterans to speak?
• We are veteran-owned and operated, with over 200 employees who are veterans, spouses of veterans, or
• veterans, is a veteran looking to protect veterans.
• We feel that veterans know what the needs of other veterans are.
• We feel that veterans know what the needs of other veterans are.

Bills: SB1232 , SB1421 , SB1505 , SB1511 , SB1520 , SB1803

Committee: Senate Military Affairs and Border Security

Keywords: outdoor advertising, military compatibility, zoning, electronic signage, permitting, undocumented immigrants, financial services, identification requirements, loans, foreign remittances, transitional housing, military, veterans, grant program, supportive services, SB1511, commercial driver license, CDL, nondomiciled CDL, nondomiciled commercial driver license

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• Thank you, members. this across the finish line for a while. this across the finish line for a while.
• It uses a crisis center staffed by trained individuals.
• This program has worked in our crisis.
• I have 33 years working in crisis response, crisis preparation, and behavioral threat detection and assessment
• </c> corresponding change on line 533. corresponding change on line 533.

Bills: HF751 , HF3550 , HF3764 , HF1490

Committee: House Education Policy

Keywords: parental notification, school safety, bullying, harassment, violence, prohibited conduct, student discipline, charter school, school district, data practices, student privacy, parent rights, guardian notification, school incident reporting, cyberbullying, restraint, reasonable force, anti-bullying policy, school administration, student conduct

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• And that's the bottom line. ...unless one parent is found unfit. And that's the bottom line.
• I am an honorably discharged United States Marine veteran with 11 years of service. Thank you.
• family homes, learning providers, and various places facing issues around immigration enforcement be in line
• As I mentioned when we discussed the line amendment, which became a striking amendment, we just don't
• voting for a task force given our budget concerns this session, but also really understanding the crisis

Bills: HB2735 , SB5868 , SJM8006

Committee: House Civil Rights & Judiciary

Keywords: family law, constitutional floor, legal standards, child custody, divorce, SB 5868, superior court, judge, judgeship, judicial vacancy, court administration, Skagit County, Yakima County, RCW 2.08.061, Washington courts, county judges, caseload, docket backlog, judicial workload, elected judge

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• </c><00:05:16.080><c> HF3403</c> is a housing crisis. HF3403 is a housing crisis.
• And it is step up into this crisis.
• </c><00:12:58.560><c> But</c> responding to this crisis. But responding to this crisis.
• </c><00:15:58.560><c> in</c> we have an an even higher crisis in we have an an even higher crisis in
• Thank you. crisis. The recent ICE invasion has been crisis.

Bills: HF3403 , HF3410 , HF3424

Committee: House Housing Finance and Policy

Keywords: HF3403, emergency rental assistance, rental aid, homelessness prevention, housing crisis, imminent risk of homelessness, eviction prevention, county aid, Tribal governments, local government aids, general fund appropriation, Minnesota revenue commissioner, poverty level, low-income housing, housing stability, family homeless prevention and assistance, emergency housing assistance, eviction, rent, redemption

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• </c> humanitarian crisis for far too long. humanitarian crisis for far too long.
• </c> black veterans out of its promise. black veterans out of its promise.
• unhoused</c><08:02:45.040><c> veteran</c> our nation's unhoused veteran our nation's unhoused veteran
• Speaker, I yield. crisis. The National Association of crisis.
• </c> again why why we're facing this crisis. again why why we're facing this crisis.

Bills: HB1531 , HB6644 , HB3190 , HB3390 , HB3682 , HB5616 , SB3705

Keywords: Taiwan, China, banking organizations, financial regulators, national security, housing, affordability, institutional investors, vacant properties, grants, homeownership, urban development, Burma, sanctions, foreign relations, accountability, economic oversight, military accountability, discount window, Federal Reserve

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• we've heard a lot about the need for including as many pieces as we can in addressing the housing crisis
• we've heard a lot about the need for including as many pieces as we can in addressing the housing crisis

Bills: HB1974 , HB2118 , HB2236 , HB2269

Committee: House Housing

Keywords: land bank, land banking authority, affordable housing, housing crisis, housing supply, public corporation, public housing authority, nonprofit housing, tax-foreclosed property, blight remediation, redevelopment, anti-displacement, equity, redlining, racial segregation, deed restriction, affordability covenant, property tax exemption, excise tax exemption, predevelopment

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• Most of them veterans. 5,486 widows. 2,509 spouses. Eight children. You know what, Mr.
• MOST OF THEM VETERANS. 5486 WIDOWS. 2,509 SPOUSES. 8 CHILDREN. YOU KNOW WHAT, MR.
• Speaker, I rise because we are at the crossroads of a constitutional crisis.
• Veterans' benefits should not stop because of who is president. Federal workers make America work.
• This is a constitutional crisis. So what are we going to do about it?

Bills: HR776 , HR43 , HR226 , HR42 , HR835

Keywords: Coptic Christians, human rights, Egypt, religious freedom, US-Egypt relations, minority rights, violence prevention, inauguration, Congress, House attendance, ceremony, legislative session, inaugural ceremony, House of Representatives, President, Vice President, adjournment, aviation, transportation, centennial

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• I mean, the bottom line is a crisis is about to happen in this country.
• I mean, the bottom line is a crisis is about to happen in this country.
• I mean, the bottom line is a crisis is about to happen in this country.
• The bottom line is a crisis is about to happen in this country.
• Speaker, here is the bottom line. &gt;&gt; Mr. Speaker, here is the bottom line.

Bills: HR713 , HB5143 , HB5125 , HR722 , HB3481

Keywords: censure, Ilhan Omar, Committee removal, ethical conduct, freedom of speech, political discourse, law enforcement, vehicular pursuits, public safety, District of Columbia, policing standards, judicial reforms, nominations, executive power, termination of commission, appropriations, fiscal year 2026, government resolution, continuing funding, legislative process

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• </c> another veteran service organization. another veteran service organization.
• </c> veterans.
• And the Veterans Second veterans.
• Veterans Affairs Committee. Democrats Veterans Affairs Committee.
• Veterans are veterans. Let me explain.

Bills: HR1300 , HB2616 , HB1993 , HCR86 , SB1003 , SB2393 , HB5317 , HB4544 , HB3234 , HR1299

Keywords: H.Res. 1300, HR1300, rules resolution, House Rules Committee, veterans affairs, VA, NICS, National Instant Criminal Background Check System, firearms background check, gun control, veteran privacy, Department of Justice, disability compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, DIC, veterans benefits, Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum, National Mall, House procedure, floor consideration

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• In Washington, nearly 27 percent of the state's veteran population, approximately 135,000 veterans, served
• As a veteran, we advocate for all veterans, and on September 11th, it was just not a date on the calendar
• For veterans' memorials are not just abstract symbols.
• So 100 years ago, there were veterans from World War I, like there are veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan
• I'm also a veteran advocate with Milta Vet Veteran Podcast.

Bills: HB2514 , HB2661 , HB2637 , HB2632 , HB2499 , HB2198 , HB2520

Committee: House State Government & Tribal Relations

Keywords: HB 2514, global war on terror, GWOT, war on terror memorial, Capitol campus memorial, Washington veterans, fallen service members, military memorial, post-9/11 veterans, Iraq War, Afghanistan War, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation New Dawn, veterans memorial, capitol grounds, state memorial, Secretary of State, Capitol Committee, Department of Veterans Affairs

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• The 2024 Military City USA District 7 Veteran of the Year.
• His leadership at the Mission Within has helped countless veterans heal from PTSD and brain injuries.
• What is the expectation for counties already in crisis due to attorney shortages?
• Don't you think this bill is unconstitutional because it blurs the line between the judicial and the
• This is a bill designed to help solve the teaching crisis we have in our state. Move passage.

Bills: HB29 , HB 125 , HB145 , HB171 , HB255 , HB50 , HB796 , HB363 , HB 116 , HB491 , HB589 , HB1495 , HB368 , HB 1285 , HB1905 , HB1360 , HB2002 , HB917 , HB2723 , HB2067 , HB 1238 , HB2337 , HB745 , HB 1188 , HB1606 , HB2003 , HB2147 , HB2391 , HB2355 , HB2546 , HB2495 , HB2818 , HB2249 , HB1749 , HB3109 , HB3228 , HB3240 , HB1507 , HB658 , HB1748 , HB1851 , HB1922 , HB2001 , HB2798 , HB 107 , HCR29 , SB5 , SB262 , HB 11 , HJR72 , HB 106 , HB18 , HB48 , HB27 , HB37 , HB1481 , HB581 , HB1696 , HB2216 , HB 1035 , HB1633 , HB742 , HB754 , HB1689 , HB1690 , HB2669 , HB391 , HB517 , HB 1024 , HB1607 , HB252 , HB1716 , HB1562 , HB4116 , HB1866 , HB1741 , HB2103 , HB2637 , HB2884 , HB503 , HB 1089 , HB2986 , HB972 , HB502 , HB29 , HB 125 , HB145 , HB171 , HB255 , HB50 , HB796 , HB363 , HB 116 , HB491 , HB589 , HB1495 , HB368 , HB 1285 , HB1905 , HB1360 , HB2002 , HB917 , HB2723 , HB2067 , HB 1238 , HB2337 , HB745 , HB 1188 , HB1606 , HB2003 , HB2147 , HB2391 , HB2355 , HB2546 , HB2495 , HB2818 , HB2249 , HB1749 , HB3109 , HB3228 , HB3240 , HB1507 , HB658 , HB1748 , HB1851 , HB1922 , HB2001 , HB2798 , HB 107 , HCR29

Keywords: water audit, water loss, water loss mitigation plan, municipally owned utility, municipal utility, water conservation, Texas Water Development Board, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water leakage, leak detection, billing data accuracy, utility validation, water audit validation, water scarcity, water management, infrastructure, public utility, conservation plan, administrative penalty

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• Voces has expanded its mission to capture the untold stories of Latino veterans who served in Korea and
• And I would hear him talk with some of my family and say, "Look, that original line of 'I can explain
• He was killed in the line of duty on November 26, 2024.
• Whether through his acts of heroism in the line of duty or quiet moments of silence, he built bridges
• Metcalf: request vegetation management near transmission or distribution lines. I move passage.

Bills: HB 118 , HB388 , HB 114 , HB205 , HB2789 , HB2791 , HB499 , HB2960 , HB3163 , HB3135 , HB2427 , HB1618 , HB1672 , HB1722 , HB1338 , HB787 , HB2618 , HB879 , HB 1126 , HB4134 , HB3513 , HB718 , HB1536 , HB1445 , HB1640 , HB1893 , HB1734 , HB3229 , HB3306 , HB 1276 , HB3272 , HB3276 , HB3516 , HB4145 , HB1585 , HB4810 , HB2989 , HB2558 , HB3014 , HB2742 , HB1695 , HB29 , HB 125 , HB145 , HB171 , HB255 , HB50 , HB363 , HB 116 , HB491 , HB1495 , HB368 , HB 1285 , HB1905 , HB2002 , HB917 , HB2723 , HB2067 , HB 1238 , HB745 , HB 1188 , HB1606 , HB2003 , HB2147 , HB2355 , HB2546 , HB2495 , HB2818 , HB2249 , HB3228 , HB3240 , HB1507 , HB658 , HB1748 , HB1851 , HB1922 , HB2798 , HB 107 , HB1587 , HB3684 , HB 118 , HB388 , HB 114 , HB205 , HB2789 , HB2791 , HB499 , HB2960 , HB3163 , HB3135 , HB2427 , HB1618 , HB1672 , HB1722 , HB1338 , HB787 , HB2618 , HB879 , HB 1126 , HB4134 , HB3513 , HB718 , HB1536 , HB1445 , HB1640 , HB1893 , HB1734 , HB3229 , HB3306 , HB 1276 , HB3272 , HB3276 , HB3516 , HB4145 , HB1585 , HB4810 , HB2989 , HB2558 , HB3014 , HB2742 , HB1695 , HB609 , HB630 , HB420 , HB767 , HB1708 , HB1404 , HB2457 , HB140 , HB227 , HB913 , HB2198 , HB2763 , HB 1261 , HB 1135 , HB1318 , HB2358 , HB2765 , HB2735 , HB3307 , HB 1242 , HB2842 , HB333 , HB201 , HB694 , HB2415 , HB155 , HB272 , HB405 , HB519 , HB 1136 , HB 1275 , HB1437 , HB1532 , HB1675 , HB1868 , HB1888 , HB1990 , HB2286 , HB2523 , HB3129 , HB3251 , HB3354 , HB3479 , HB3803 , HB3804 , HB3805 , HB3806 , HB3887 , HB4163 , HB4238 , HB 1240 , HB1842 , HB2029 , HB2622 , HB3255 , HB654 , HB4643 , HB4945 , HB3611 , HB3724 , HB3623 , HB3810 , HB4127 , HCR78 , HCR12 , SB767

Keywords: HB 388, HB388, coordination of benefits, COB questionnaire, health benefit plan, health insurance, insurance commissioner, Texas Department of Insurance, uniform form, primary payer, secondary payer, multiple coverage, dual coverage, Medicaid, CHIP, managed care, HMO, small employer health plan, school district health coverage, self-funded plan

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• Welcome, everyone, to the Technology and Economic Development and Veterans Committee meeting of Tuesday
• Senate Bill 5420 is the bill that relates to veteran benefits.
• Welcome back, everyone, to the Technology, Economic Development & Veterans Committee, and we are ready
• I hope it gets across the finish line this year. I am not going to repeat anything that he said.
• I think we got all the ducks all lined up, Michael, would you please announce the vote?

Bills: SB5420

Committee: House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans

Keywords: veterans, military spouses, service members, uniformed services, National Guard, reservists, active duty, qualifying discharge, veterans preference, hiring preference, public employment, state benefits, license renewal, professional licensing, retirement service credit, pension, public retirement system, Washington RCW, military leave, reemployment rights

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• Welcome to the Wednesday, February 18th meeting of the Technology, Economic Development, and Veterans
• Senate Bill 5420 relates to veteran benefits.
• As background, there are several types of benefits and preferences that are available to veterans and
• I'm hoping we will get it over the finish line.
• It passed, I believe, the Senate 48 to 1, and I'm hoping we will get it over the finish line this time

Bills: SB5420

Committee: House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans

Keywords: veterans, military spouses, service members, uniformed services, National Guard, reservists, active duty, qualifying discharge, veterans preference, hiring preference, public employment, state benefits, license renewal, professional licensing, retirement service credit, pension, public retirement system, Washington RCW, military leave, reemployment rights

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• made up of companies that do renewable energy, and Project Vanguard is an organization that takes veterans
• He is a United States Marine Corps veteran who served as an MP from 1970 to 1976.
• This just brings the judiciary in line with that.
• And it's just technical with Astridz after line. Thank you.
• It’s just technical, with Astrid’s, after lines two and three.

Bills: HR218 , HR219 , HR220 , HR221 , HR222 , HCR91 , HCR92 , HCR93 , HR210 , HR211 , HR212 , HR213 , HR214 , HR215 , HR216 , SCR29 , SCR38 , SB100 , HR171 , HCR49 , HCR65 , SCR23 , HB276 , HB508 , HB512 , HB599 , HB632 , HB656 , HB998 , HB1052 , HB1084 , HB1171 , HB1193 , HB1194 , HB1204 , HB1209 , HB1250 , SB2 , SB19 , SB24 , SB50 , SB70 , SB96 , SB101 , SB103 , SB104 , SB114 , SB122 , SB159 , SB160 , SB173 , SB180 , SB182 , SB260 , SB412 , SB418 , SB424 , SB442 , SB460 , SB476 , HCR41 , HCR76 , HCR77 , HCR63 , HCR69 , HCR86 , SCR19 , SCR3 , SCR6 , SCR18 , HB64 , HB68 , HB92 , HB130 , HB167 , HB227 , HB243 , HB321 , HB335 , HB398 , HB492 , HB624 , HB689 , HB708 , HB804 , HB906 , HB926 , HB955 , HB968 , HB969 , HB978 , HB985 , HB1005 , HB1029 , HB1069 , HB1077 , HB1095 , HB1104 , HB1107 , HB1187 , HB1203 , HB1217 , HB1220 , HB730 , HB225 , HB175 , HB198 , HB437 , HB457 , HB488 , HB646 , HB763 , HB909 , HB971 , HB981 , HB1066 , HB1089 , HB1125 , HB1154 , HB1231 , HB1246 , HB1248 , HB1249 , SB47 , SB82 , SB106 , SB206 , SB210 , SB248 , SB305 , SB376 , SB397 , SB441 , HCR32 , HB59 , HB617 , HB897 , HB911 , HB1223 , HB798 , HB824 , HB989 , HB1140 , HB1166 , HB1244 , HB901 , HB79 , HR20 , HR74 , HB284 , HB306 , HB366 , HB393 , HB458 , HB459 , HB577 , HB582 , HB605 , HB614 , HB682 , HB733 , HB752 , HB773 , HB996 , HB1035 , HB1113 , HB1180 , HB1234 , HB1240 , SB89

Keywords: EJ Fields, Shreveport, Louisiana, gospel music, commendation, resolution, honorary resolution, Billboard Gospel Airplay, Mediabase Gospel Airplay, Mercy Endureth, music award, ministry, artist recognition, cultural heritage, spiritual heritage, African American gospel, local hero, state commendation, St. Charles Parish, parish day

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• Please, Senator Green, move to amend House Bill 2992 as follows: number one on page 1, line 24, by inserting
• after the word customer and before the word 'protection,' the word 'ratepayer' on page 4, line 4, by

Bills: HB2992 , HB3183 , HB3464 , HB4170 , HB4338

Committee: Senate Energy

Keywords: HB2992, Data Center Customer Ratepayer Protection Act of 2026, Corporation Commission, Oklahoma utilities, ratepayer protection, data centers, artificial intelligence computing, AI data centers, cryptocurrency mining, large load customer, electric rates, utility tariffs, cost causation, rate design, public power utility, municipal utility, electric cooperative, investor-owned utility, load growth, interconnection

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• It could be, you know, we'd like a water line to go to this other location.
• This water line could be a $300,000 water line, has nothing to do with the project, and they're saying
• , we're not going to approve your project unless you install this water line.
• We add on the lines, but no more than that. And so what the Nolan-Dolan case is...
• So this is a crisis that we're facing in Arizona on housing affordability.

Bills: SB1254 , SB1431 , SB1478 , SB1566 , SB1787

Committees: House Commerce , House House Commerce Committee of Reference

Keywords: workers' compensation, industrial commission, safety regulations, employee protection, penalties, compliance, liquor, alcohol, spirituous liquor, liquor license, liquor licensing, Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control, restaurant to-go cocktails, mixed cocktails, off-premises sales, alcohol delivery, delivery contractor, registered alcohol delivery contractor, age verification, tamperproof seal

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• And then the second line and page amendment, 2.1, is a technical fix.
• LEOFF 1 is more than a line item on a balance sheet.
• I see a lot of hungry pigs lined up at the trough today.
• A single line there supported more than 2,000 construction jobs.
• Our doctors see the crisis in our ERs every day, but we are...

Bills: HB1069 , HB2091 , SB6355 , HB2104 , SB6003 , HB2441 , HB2124 , HB2610 , HB2338

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: collective bargaining, retirement benefits, employee rights, public sector, supplemental benefits, public employers, employee information, bargaining representatives, labor relations, union representation, electric transmission, energy policies, infrastructure, regulatory framework, transmission systems, aviation, wildland fires, funding, disaster relief, emergency response

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• before excavation notice is submitted to a one-call notification center, to clearly mark with white lining
• operational liability issues, including the timing and process for excavation filings after the white lining
• operational liability issues including the timing and process for excavation filings after the white lining
• I had a developer that put out a veterans parade on Fourth of July.

Bills: SB1128 , SB1137 , SB1144 , SB1145 , SB1186 , SB1235 , SB1238

Committee: Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Keywords: scrap metal theft, study committee, Arizona, regulated industries, public safety, underground utilities, utility locating, dig safe, call before you dig, excavation safety, damage prevention, one-call center, locate request, white lining, large project coordination, buried infrastructure, subsurface utilities, utility marking, locator wire, locator strip