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• We had situations where developers had actually gone through and plotted property and then drilled over
• In this instance, it's dam and public health and safety flood control.
• The local districts and the State Soil and Water Board provide money for rehabilitation, but we're trying
• on road and infrastructure improvements essential for the inspection and monitoring of groundwater wells
• Cameron and Willacy counties.

Bills: SB612, SB1855, SB2568, SB3058, HB49

Keywords: SB 612, Texas Water Code, Section 49.2127, conservation and reclamation district, water district, reclamation district, developer fees, pipeline construction, water pipeline, sewer pipeline, associated infrastructure, subdivision infrastructure, cost recovery, fee cap, actual reasonable documented costs, engineering fees, legal fees, inspection fees, infrastructure relocation, utility connections

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• He then introduced a new program called the Biofertilizer Innovation and Efficiency Program, which he
• Instead, they created two grant programs: an Agri Works program for small grants and an Agri Support
• and an agri support program small grants and an agri support program for<00:10:31.200> larger
• And section five establishes the biofertilizer innovation and efficiency program to provide per-acre
• count<00:26:44.159> me fraud and public programs can count me fraud and public programs

Bills: HF2446, HF2563, HF2444

Keywords: agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant

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• federal level and from the local food purchasing program.
• public and also a new program Mr. Mr. public and also a new program Mr.
• We created two grant programs: an Agri Works program for small grants and an Agri Support program for
• and an works program for small grants and an agri<00:13:39.519> support<00:13:40.160> program
• <00:37:03.440> and have wastewater treatment programs and have wastewater treatment programs

Bills: HF2446, HF2563, HF2444

Keywords: agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant

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• The first is programs and services, which has a total general fund appropriation of 60.3 million, and
• The first<00:05:21.840> is<00:05:22.080> programs<00:05:22.479> and<00:05:22.720
• > services<00:05:23.600> which<00:05:23.840> has first is programs and services
• which has first is programs and services which has a<00:05:24.160> total<00:05:24.479> general
• 60.3 million and this is the program 60.3 million and this is the program that<00:05:28.320>

Bills: HF2446, HF2563, HF2444

Keywords: agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant

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• I thank you, and we are going to take serious consideration and look at it.
• Chairman and members.
• And if it's so broad in nature and there's no one investigating, that's a concern.
• Why don't you just go ahead and sit and explain?
• There being six ayes and one nay, the bill does pass and will go to the floor.

Bills: SB2972, SB1909, SB2815, SB735, SB2233, SB800, SB1069, SB2683, SB2986, SB2058, SB2310, SB2055, SB1032

Keywords: expressive activities, freedom of speech, public forum, higher education, protests, student rights, antisemitism, public institutions, disciplinary policy, student organizations, compliance, institutional policy, disciplinary sanctions, diploma designation, institution merger, academic records, student options, Holocaust education, Holocaust Remembrance Week, genocide education

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• This will directly support Texas students in the economy. programs and faculty quality across those universities
• This lack of transparency creates inefficiencies and delays, making it difficult. for nursing programs
• agencies working together to provide clear and concise data for nursing programs. to make decisions
• serve as one stop or one place for all our students. and programs to look at.
• data would be interactive where nursing programs can. see what openings exist and to what capacities

Bills: SB2972, SB1909, SB2815, SB735, SB2233, SB800, SB1069, SB2683, SB2986, SB2058, SB2310, SB2055, SB1032

Keywords: expressive activities, freedom of speech, public forum, higher education, protests, student rights, antisemitism, public institutions, disciplinary policy, student organizations, compliance, institutional policy, disciplinary sanctions, diploma designation, institution merger, academic records, student options, Holocaust education, Holocaust Remembrance Week, genocide education

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• /c><00:43:08.079> over<00:43:08.319> a program and funded a little over a program and funded
• The total cost was $729,000, and the public owned housing program funds paid for part of that.
• meeting needs of various communities and to create a self-sustaining housing program that can keep up
• We're operating all over programs, secure or non-secure, at capacity, and it's just a difficult thing
• We average about 65 kids in all of our programs, and they're coming from all over the state, and there's

Bills: HF2148, HF2693, HF2542, HF1141, HF1770, HF1489, HF1709, HF244, HF1266, HF807, HF2619, HF1340

Keywords: affordable housing, local control, revolving loan fund, community partnerships, Minnesota housing policy, housing, locally controlled housing, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, housing infrastructure bonds, state bonds, bonding bill, supportive housing, permanent supportive housing, homelessness, veterans housing, senior housing, manufactured home parks, community land trust, single-family housing, multifamily housing

Bills: HB95, HB111, HJR1, HM7, HM17, HM4, HM22, HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM21, HM34, HB2, HB32, HB33, HB61, HJM2, HM23, HM24, HM26

Keywords: HB95, additional judgeship, district court, judicial district, First Judicial District, Second Judicial District, district judges, court administration, judicial staffing, caseload, access to justice, New Mexico courts, judiciary, judge vacancy, court backlog, state courts, water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order

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• and a poll monitor program during the election seasons.
• and phone bills and such.
• and phone bills and such.
• And although the fiscal note indicates little expense related to this program, the committee should be
• aware and consider that such a program could be formidably expensive with additional computer applications

Bills: AB534, AB562, AB595, AB597, AB600, SB74, SB226, SB422, SB488

Keywords: election reform, voter accessibility, conditional ballots, voter registration, mechanical voting systems, election audits, voter access grants, provisional ballot, voting technology, AB562, Nevada, Secretary of State, elections, elections management system, HAVA, Help America Vote Act, automatic voter registration, AVR, election technology, state appropriations

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• Speaker, first from the Hobbs CTE program, SkillsUSA and CTE program, first I have me.
• Hobbs CTE Program, SkillsUSA, and CTE Program. First, I have Ms. Carmen Contreras.
• Speaker, for her book called She Persisted, a book about Deb Holland, and that book was chosen for the
• new children's book writers and illustrators, and has volunteered as the equity and inclusion team leader
• learning programs and providing exceptions, clarifying the requirements of school districts and charter

Bills: HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM21, HM25, HB9, SB2, SB19

Keywords: nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial

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• The Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Broadband will come to order. and the clerk will call the
• Others are double booked, and others simply have other constituent matters to deal with outside of this
• And so we appreciate the effort, the changes, and thank you.
• And I want to fix this problem, and I appreciate your time today.
• And you are for the bill. Yes, sir. Thank you. And we show you. U.S.

Bills: HB3713, HB3953, HB4055, HB4272

Keywords: telecommunications, local exchange companies, universal service fund, rate maintenance, business expansion, broadband access, internet service, multiunit residential properties, urban areas, affordability programs, fiber-optic cables, public land, construction permits, environmental impact, notification requirements, municipal projects, infrastructure, facility relocation, public right-of-way, 1184

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• all library books and materials each year.
• That book is harmful to minors and it should be pulled.
• outside of my senate district, neighbors And one in my senate district that had these books and was unaware
• programming or for teacher recruitment and retention, etc.
• And so, if programs are just going to be ranked based on enrollment, you know, and there's only two exceptions

Bills: HB1937, HB2153, HB3674, HB2978, HB3885, HB3671, HB3261, HB3021, HB3029, HB4274, HB3701, HB3076

Keywords: HB1937, Oklahoma schools, student communications, electronic communication, digital communication, parent notification, legal guardian, school personnel, teachers, coaches, administrators, charter schools, public schools, administrative leave, corroborated report, investigation, employee file, discipline, termination, school board

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• review all library books and materials each year.
• say that book is harmful to minors and it should be pulled, and it immediately has to be pulled according
• Right outside of my Senate district, neighbors, and one in my Senate district that had these books and
• House Bill 3076 clarifies the definition of provider and program, as we're talking about alternative
• And so if programs are just going to be ranked based on enrollment, you know, and there's only two exceptions

Bills: HB1937, HB2153, HB3674, HB2978, HB3885, HB3671, HB3261, HB3021, HB3029, HB4274, HB3701, HB3076

Keywords: HB1937, Oklahoma schools, student communications, electronic communication, digital communication, parent notification, legal guardian, school personnel, teachers, coaches, administrators, charter schools, public schools, administrative leave, corroborated report, investigation, employee file, discipline, termination, school board

Summary: The Senate Education Committee first considered a series of executive nominations, including Brian Bobeck to the State Board of Education, Jonathan Daniels to the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools, Cody Swanee to OETA, Randy Squires to the Western Oklahoma State College Board of Regents, Dwight Spencer to the Carl Albert State College Board of Regents, V. Lee to the Oklahoma Arts Council, Adisha Chapman to the Murray State College Board of Regents, Trevor Pemberton to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Jennifer Carlson and Melissa Yvonne to the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability, Kevin Gross to the Tulsa Community College Board of Regents, and Barbara Myers to the Oklahoma Arts Council. Most nominees briefly described their backgrounds and reasons for serving, and the committee approved each nomination, with votes ranging from 8-1 to 10-0, sending them on to the full Senate or floor as applicable. The committee then took up several education bills. House Bill 1937, dealing with the Communications with Students Act, was amended to require corroborated evidence before immediate suspension and to narrow the definition of student; it passed 9-0. House Bill 2153, which would subject OSSAA meetings and hearings to the Open Meetings Act and repeal the statutory one-year sit-out rule for transfers, drew questions about recruitment and FERPA but passed 7-3. House Bill 3674, requiring school resource officer training on sexual assault and violence, annual continuing education, mandatory reporting, and closure of contractor loopholes, passed 9-0. House Bill 3885, setting a graduated discipline framework for third through fifth graders, prompted debate over classroom safety and student rights and passed 9-1. House Bill 3671, allowing a receiving district to accept a transferring teacher’s career status, passed 10-0. House Bill 3261, assigning employee numbers to school support staff such as coaches and bus drivers for tracking across districts, passed 10-0. Several other bills generated more extensive discussion. House Bill 2978, which would impose annual library audits, public online catalogs, a formal challenge process, and funding penalties for noncompliance, faced repeated questions about how it differed from existing policy and who could challenge materials; it failed 4-5. House Bill 3021, revising graduation requirements and preserving flexibility for applied math/science and local course approval while removing some language requirements, passed 8-2. House Bill 3029, requiring the Department of Education to develop a four-year plan, passed 9-1. House Bill 4274, expanding school choice options for military-dependent students living on base, passed 10-0. The committee also began consideration of House Bill 3076, which would clarify alternative teacher certification provider definitions and OEQA oversight, but the transcript cuts off before a final vote is shown.

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• This is a bill that, as you know, the feds have a program that gives credits and tax credits and such
• This is a bill that, as you know, the feds have a program that gives credits and tax credits and such
• care transformation program. care transformation program.
• a motion and a second on that? a motion and a second on that?
• > tax<00:10:53.560> credits that gives credits and and tax credits that gives credits and

Bills: HB224, HB591, HB609, HB614, HB224, HB591, HB609, HB614

Keywords: HB224, Alabama, obstructing governmental operations, first responder, emergency responder, police, firefighter, EMT, paramedic, public safety, harassment, interference with emergency personnel, crime, Class A misdemeanor, law enforcement, emergency scene, scene control, 100 feet, stay back order, public safety and homeland security

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• It's almost a $40 billion program, and major policy and rate decisions that fundamentally change the
• It's almost a $40 billion program, and major policy and rate decisions that fundamentally change the
• program and EBT cards.
• And fifth, fix Florida's grossly out-of-line management of the SNAP program and EBT cards.
• program to reduce clothes and eliminate those other beds.

Bills: S0006, S0026, S0206, S0532, S0576, S1012, S1110, S1178, S1192, S1758, S1760, S7046, S7048

Keywords: child welfare, negligence, settlement, injury compensation, Department of Children and Families, motorcycle accident, compensation, Department of Transportation, legal claim, autism, autism spectrum disorder, ASD, special education, exceptional student education, ESE, teacher preparation, educator certification, micro-credential, loan forgiveness, student loan repayment

Summary: The Appropriations Committee met and considered a large agenda of bills, reporting several measures favorably. Early action included SB 6, a settled claim bill involving the Department of Children and Families and the estate of Leila Estrada and Sapphire Williams, which was approved for $3.8 million. The committee also passed a cybersecurity internships bill creating a Department of Commerce program with Cyber Florida, and SB 532, which lets clerks of court retain the full amount of certain excess revenue and clarifies foreclosure-sale procedures. Veterans housing measures, CS for CS for SB 1602 and SB 1604, were approved to create a pilot program and a related trust fund for vacancy relief and risk mitigation for veteran housing. The committee also favorably reported SB 1110 on Medicaid and insurance coverage for orthotics and prosthetics, with emotional testimony from a student and family describing the high cost and importance of activity-specific prosthetics. Members also approved CS for CS for SB 1012 after adopting an amendment that removed inmate emergency and specialty medical service compensation provisions while retaining changes to the contractor-operated institutions inmate welfare trust fund. Another bill, CS for CS for SB 1614, was narrowed by a delete-all amendment to focus on limiting the use of excess fees for new building construction by local governments. All of these measures were reported favorably after brief debate, with some support testimony submitted in writing or waived. The most extensive discussion centered on CS for CS for SB 17, a major Medicaid and public assistance overhaul. The bill would create a Joint Legislative Committee on Medicaid Oversight, allow the Legislature to retain its own actuary, tighten Medicaid program oversight, update encounter-data reporting, set performance standards for managed care plans, revise pharmacy benefit manager rules, and require DCF to implement SNAP fraud-reduction and payment-accuracy reforms, including photo IDs on EBT cards and updated work requirements. It also would direct agencies to seek federal waivers for Medicaid work requirements for able-bodied adults and expanded behavioral health services. After lengthy questioning and testimony, the committee adopted amendments adding a transitional medical benefits glide path for people who gain employment and later lose Medicaid eligibility, and exempting hospice patients with six months or less to live. Supporters argued the bill would improve accountability, reduce fraud, and save money, while opponents warned it would create administrative burdens, increase paperwork, and cause eligible people to lose coverage or food assistance. The committee ultimately reported the bill favorably as amended.

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• Chairman and committee.
• Chairman and >> Thank Thank you, Mr.
• Thank you. >> Appreciate it. and the the way the law is not just one and the the way the law is not just
• And what we seek to do here group.

Bills: SB200, SB206, SB200, SB206

Keywords: accountability courts, drug offenders, mental health, substance abuse, veterans, court reform, recidivism reduction, treatment programs, veterans benefits, advising, deceptive trade practices, accreditation, compensation, minority affairs, civic engagement, Alabama office, community outreach, government affairs, codification, laws

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• These are programs that you set up and you fund. So, my office is a very valuable resource for you.
• These are programs that you set<00:22:33.679> up<00:22:33.760> and<00:22:33.919> you
• We would be inserting that draft, basically just putting the actual amounts and program IDs into the
• We would be inserting that draft, basically just putting the actual amounts and program IDs into the
• We would be inserting that draft, basically just putting the actual amounts and program IDs into the

Bills: HB2240, HB2272, HB2273, HB2274, HB2275

Keywords: appropriations, legislative expenses, auditor, legislative reference bureau, state ethics commission, ombudsman, government transparency, HB2272, Act 026, public employment cost items, emergency appropriations, collective bargaining, bargaining unit 11, BU-11, state employees, excluded employees, salary increases, cost adjustments, health premium payments, benefits

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• Western New Mexico University leads the state in designating education and training programs specific
• That happens in Silver City with respect to the special needs program, and I just wanted to stand up
• . renewable energy incentives, grid modernization, climate and resilience programs.
• He also noted San Juan County's nursing and dental hygienist programs and the role those programs play
• And even in San Juan County, where we have a big nursing program, dental hygienist program, everything

Bills: HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM18, HM21, HB10, HB11, HB12, HB13, HB14, HB31, HB50

Keywords: nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial

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• <00:21:25.200> and code, and the state building code. and code, and the state building code
• should<00:26:18.640> and<00:26:18.960> but fund can and and should and but fund can
• <00:48:02.800> And regulatory laws and litigation. And regulatory laws and litigation.
• > come dollars and Excel and Centerpoint come dollars and Excel and Centerpoint come and<01:09
• and six nazs. and six nazs.

Bills: HF4348, HF4186, HF4202, HF4455, HF3884, HF3883, HF3882, HF3881, HF2688, HF3295, HF3862, HF3362, HF4242, HF3798

Keywords: HF4186, Minnesota local government finance, housing and redevelopment authority, HRA, public investment authority, qualifying government, State Board of Investment, SBI, index mutual fund, multifamily housing development, long-term equity investment, investment-grade fixed income, federally insured securities, government-sponsored entities, municipal investing, local government investments, housing finance, public funds, investment policy, risk of loss

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• Cross Blue Shield back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.
• We'll file a committee Substitute before it goes to appropriations for it to be a pilot program and re-scored
• And so, this The term has been on the books since statehood. Is that correct? That is correct.
• This is a pilot program that will begin the process of ensuring we have courtroom transparency, and we
• That's a very dignified and sterile and nonemotional and non-triggering way.

Bills: SB2030, SB1926, SB2170, SB2151, SB2166, SB1213, SB1381, SB1824, SB1876, SB1728, SB1582, SB1286, SB1386, SB1708, SB1618

Keywords: expungement, record sealing, criminal records, clean slate, automatic expungement, expedited expungement, criminal history, OSBI, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, deferred judgment, delayed sentence, pardon, pardon and parole board, law enforcement records, sealed records, arrest records, conviction records, reclassification of felony to misdemeanor, reentry, second chance