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• Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Grant Program.
• and services, particularly the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program.
• The Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program enables VA to provide resources
• The Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program began on September 19, 2022 when
• I'll focus on the impact of the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program, commonly

Keywords: veterans, mental health, suicide prevention, Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Grant Program, HOPE Act, BRAVE Act, Every State Counts for Vets Mental Health Act, advocacy, legislation, mental health resources

Summary: The committee meeting focused primarily on the critical issues surrounding veterans' mental health and suicide prevention. Discussions centered on the reauthorization of essential programs aimed at providing non-clinical support services to veterans, particularly the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program. Senators emphasized the urgent need for adequate mental health resources as the suicide rate among veterans remains alarmingly high. Key testimonies were provided by various advocates and officials, illustrating both successful implementations of these programs and areas needing improvement.

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• , Hall, Hancock, Hinojosa, Hughes, Johnson, King, Kolkhorst, Menendez, Middleton, Miles, Nichols, Parker
• Senator Creighton, Chair; members, Senator Alvarado, Senator Huffman, Senator Hughes, Senator Parker.
• Members, Senator Alvarado, Senator Huffman, Senator Hughes, Senator Parker.

Bills: SR1, SR2

Keywords: Texas Senate, senate rules, caucus report, legislative administration, senate officers, parliamentarian, assistant parliamentarian, secretary of the senate, sergeant-at-arms, calendar clerk, journal clerk, doorkeeper, enrolling clerk, senate staff, employee policies, leave policy, compensatory time, outside employment, staff salaries, per diem

Summary: The Senate reconvened from recess and received a message from the House stating that the House was organized and ready to conduct business. The House also reported passage of SCR 7, which directs the State Preservation Board to begin steps to replace the Children of the Confederacy plaque with a plaque honoring victims of Texas’s convict leasing system. The Senate then took up and adopted Senate Resolution 1, the caucus resolution offered by Senator Zaffirini, which sets recommendations for Senate operations. The officers of the Senate were then sworn in. Next, the chamber considered Senate Resolution 2, the Rules Resolution, offered by Senator Hughes; it was adopted by a 31-0 roll call vote and makes only limited changes to committee structure while retaining prior rules. The Senate also authorized the President to appoint a five-member committee to notify the House that the Senate was organized and ready to transact business. Senator Eckhardt introduced the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Liu, a family medicine physician from Austin. With no further business, the Senate recessed until 1 p.m. Wednesday, January 22.

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• Hinojosa, Hidalgo, Huffman, Hughes, Johnson, King, Kohl, Korsman, Endez, Middleton, Miles, Nichols, Parker
• House: Senator Creighton, chair; members: Senator Alvarado, Senator Huffman, Senator Hughes, Senator Parker

Bills: SR1, SR2

Keywords: Texas Senate, senate rules, caucus report, legislative administration, senate officers, parliamentarian, assistant parliamentarian, secretary of the senate, sergeant-at-arms, calendar clerk, journal clerk, doorkeeper, enrolling clerk, senate staff, employee policies, leave policy, compensatory time, outside employment, staff salaries, per diem

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• If you need accommodations, please consult with the sergeant staff or the state trooper in the room.
• , staff, staff, government<01:06:29.760><c> affairs</c><01:06:30.160><c> people</c><01:06:30.880><c>
• </c> call will be granted. call will be granted.
• A roll call has been granted. &gt;&gt; Thank you. A roll call has been granted.
• </c> most child care assistant program funds. most child care assistant program funds.

Bills: HF3477, HF3480, HF3781, HF3357, HF3737, HF3664, HF3621

Keywords: civil rights, law enforcement, federal collaboration, accountability, state law, immigration enforcement, economic impact, Operation Metro Surge, study, appropriation, local government, Legislative Commission on Legislative Security, legislator security, elected official security, staff security, statehouse security, capitol security, legislative district safety, political violence prevention, threat assessment

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• Grants vary by budget levels and...
• At a 22.5% grant for each of them, that would have been a maximum. grant for each of $18 million, and
• We do have uplifts in the current program.
• Do you think that since we are investing or we plan to invest more money in this program, this program
• McConaughey mentioned this program today.

Bills: SB22, SB 22

Keywords: Texas, moving image industry, incentive program, film production, grant funding, job creation, economic development, youth camp, summer camp, camp safety, emergency operations plan, emergency preparedness, evacuation drill, camp staff training, volunteer training, camper safety, lost camper, natural disaster, fire safety, mass casualty

Bills: SB22, SB 22

Keywords: Texas, moving image industry, incentive program, film production, grant funding, job creation, economic development, youth camp, summer camp, camp safety, emergency operations plan, emergency preparedness, evacuation drill, camp staff training, volunteer training, camper safety, lost camper, natural disaster, fire safety, mass casualty

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• If you require any accommodation, please speak to the sergeant staff wearing the gold ties.
• </c> sergeant staff wearing the gold ties. sergeant staff wearing the gold ties.
• With this grant funding, we hired dedicated staff, developed clear criteria for triage and investigation
• With this grant funding, we hired dedicated staff, developed clear criteria for triage and investigation
• > uh</c><01:27:36.560><c> and</c> ...on the staff of those programs, and then go to them in those settings

Bills: HF3901, HF962, HF4428, HF4478, HF1775

Keywords: foster care, ombudsperson, investigative powers, children's rights, complaint process, HF4428, Medical Assistance, Medicaid, community engagement, work requirement, work mandate, employment requirement, community service, 80 hours, half-time student, income threshold, federal minimum wage, eligibility verification, benefit suspension, benefit termination

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• Vice Chair Parker, yes. Senator Hinojosa.
• Chair Flores, Vice Chair Parker, aye, Senator Hinojosa, Senator Huffman, Senator Miles, Senator King,

Bills: HB 2217

Keywords: law enforcement, bullet-resistant, grant program, safety equipment, peace officers

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• Vice Chair Parker here.
• House Bill 2217 establishes a grant program to equip law enforcement vehicles with bullet resistance
• HB 2217 establishes a grant program to equip local law enforcement vehicles with bullet-resistant components
• The grant program would be administered by the Governor's Office of Public Safety Criminal Justice Division
• Vice Chair Parker: Aye.

Bills: HB2217

Keywords: law enforcement, bullet-resistant, grant program, safety equipment, peace officers

Summary: The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice met and considered two House bills. HB 2217 would create a grant program to help local law enforcement agencies equip patrol vehicles with bullet-resistant components such as windshields, side doors, and windows. Senator Hagenbuch explained that the measure is intended to improve officer safety in light of shootings through patrol car glass, and no invited or public testimony was offered. The committee voted 6-0 to report HB 2217 favorably to the full Senate and also recommended it for the open uncontested calendar. The committee then took up HB 2594, with Senator Creighton explaining that it updates venue rules for cybercrime and related theft cases involving intangible property such as cryptocurrency, online fraud, and intellectual property theft. The bill would allow prosecution in the county where the victim resides, where the defendant is apprehended, or where the defendant is extradited to, giving prosecutors more flexibility when crimes cross county lines. No questions or testimony were offered. The committee voted 6-0 to report HB 2594 favorably to the full Senate. It was also recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. After completing its business, the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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• To your amendment, this is in regards to the Supplemental Nutrition Outreach Program.
• It's kind of in the same vein as the Great Start Compensation Program.
• That is why there is a grant program within the bill.
• program to help, particularly with the one-time expenses.
• Grants as an incentive are a good thing.

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras

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• This makes the Diaper Distribution Grant Program a sole source grant. to the Diaper Bank of Minnesota
• rather than a competitive grant program.
• Section 16 directs the reviser of statutes to recodify the Quality Parenting Initiative Grant Program
• The commissioner is required to grant variances for licensed capacity in child care programs if a few
• Thank you for including the Prepared Meals Grant Program in the omnibus bill.

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras

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• Vice Chair Parker? Aye. Senator Hinojosa? Aye. Senator Huffman? Senator Miles? Senator King?
• HB 2217 establishes a grant program to equip law enforcement vehicles with bullet-resistant components
• HB 2217 establishes a grant program to equip local law enforcement vehicles with bullet-resistant components
• The grant program would be administered by the Governor's Office of Public Safety, Criminal Justice Division
• Vice Chair Parker? Aye. Senator Hinojosa? Aye. Senator Huffman? Aye. Senator Miles? Aye.

Bills: HB2217

Keywords: law enforcement, bullet-resistant, grant program, safety equipment, peace officers, 1185, senate, all

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• Vice Chair Parker? Here. Senator Hinojosa? Here. Senator Huffman? Here. Senator Miles? Here.
• Vice Chair Parker? Aye. Senator Hinojosa? Aye. Senator Pena? Aye. Senator Huffman? Aye.

Bills: HB2217

Keywords: law enforcement, bullet-resistant, grant program, safety equipment, peace officers, 1185, senate, all

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• Uh so this program um would child care.
• I think we heard a lot of grant.
• That is why there is a grant program within the bill to provide additional funding should a center need
• That is why there is a grant program within the bill to provide additional funding should a center need
• ,</c><01:30:01.679><c> aren't</c> don't have a lawyer on staff, aren't don't have a lawyer on staff,

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, 1183, house

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• Governor cut initiative grant program.
• </c><00:15:59.759><c> program</c><00:16:00.079><c> a</c> the diaper distribution grant program a the
• /c><00:20:47.600><c> section</c><00:20:47.919><c> of</c> grant program into a DCYF section of grant program
• Special thank you meals grant program.
• </c> meals grant program in the omnibus bill. meals grant program in the omnibus bill.

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, 1183, house

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• HFAC reviews alongside the community grant application.
• Seeing none, I would ask staff to begin to collect public comment. Christine O'Brien.
• I will ask staff to begin to collect public comment for Senate Joint Resolution 20.
• Romer read, incorporating that into the statute allows DIN to better position for grants, outside grants
• “This legislation does not expand eligibility for the purchase of care program.

Bills: SB313, SB296

Keywords: Delaware Health Fund, healthcare access, preventive care, tobacco settlement, public health initiatives, grant program

Summary: The House Health and Human Development Committee met and considered a series of health, human services, and related bills. The committee heard and advanced House Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 13, which standardizes hospital charity care and financial assistance statewide, and Senate Bill 296 with Senate Amendment 1, which restructures the Delaware Health Fund grant process with a more formal, transparent competitive rubric. Both measures received supportive testimony from DHSS, the Delaware Healthcare Association, and the Delaware Nurses Association, and both were released by committee on roll-call votes. The committee also released Senate Bill 313 with Senate Amendment 1, which places a temporary moratorium on acquisitions of nonprofit acute care hospitals by for-profit entities and expands notice/review requirements for sales of hospital real estate; Senate Bill 340 with Senate Amendment 1, which requires long-term care facilities to carry specified liability insurance, with questions raised about the exemption for state-owned facilities; Senate Joint Resolution 20, which directs DHSS to study independent assessment tools for Medicaid home- and community-based services; and Senate Bill 341, which updates Delaware Health Information Network law and formally recognizes DIN as the state’s health data utility. Testimony on these bills was generally supportive, with some discussion on constitutional concerns, insurance coverage, and the rationale for the state exemption in SB 340. Later, the committee advanced Senate Bill 257, which requires new animal shelters to be licensed and inspected before operating and removes a prior exception for certain rescue organizations; and Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 278 with House Amendment 1, which allows earlier pre-authorization for summer child care enrollment and lowers copays for half-day care. Public testimony on these measures came from animal welfare advocates, YMCA representatives, and other stakeholders, all largely in support. Each bill was released by committee, with several votes walked for absent members, and the meeting adjourned after all agenda items were addressed.

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• Members, this is a pilot program with the Attorney General's Office concerning victims of human trafficking

Bills: SB1379

Keywords: human trafficking, victims, prevention, support services, Attorney General, pilot program, grant funding, 914, all

Bills: SB22

Keywords: Texas, moving image industry, incentive program, film production, grant funding, job creation, economic development

Summary: The Senate Committee on Finance met, established a quorum, and took up Committee Substitute Senate Bill 22. Senator Huffman moved that the committee report the original Senate Bill 22 as not passed, adopt the committee substitute in its place, and recommend the substitute for passage and printing. The motion was approved on a roll call vote of 11 ayes and no nays. No substantive testimony or debate was included in the transcript excerpt. The committee concluded its business and recessed subject to the call of the chair, with the substitute bill to be reported back to the full Senate with a do-pass recommendation.

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• If you need seating accommodations, please alert the sergeant staff wearing gold ties.
• And then finally, the grant program. $1 million one-time funding in '27 to do matching grants to courthouses
• Most grant programs have dried up anyway.
• <c> have</c> grant programs.
• Most grant programs have grant programs.

Bills: HF4077, HF3809, HF3639, HF4478, HF3363, HF3874

Keywords: municipal nondisclosure agreement, NDA, public records, transparency, local government, county, city, town, school district, housing and redevelopment authority, economic development authority, port authority, economic development, land development, public financing, tax increment financing, TIF, abatement, municipal bonds, debt obligations

Summary: The Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee approved the minutes from March 25 and March 26, then took up House File 4077, a bipartisan bill authored by Representatives Greenman and Roach. The bill would prohibit municipalities from entering into non-disclosure agreements with private entities that restrict disclosure about land development, economic development, or publicly funded projects, while preserving existing Chapter 13 data practices rules and trade secret protections. The authors argued the bill is needed to prevent secret agreements and backroom decision-making that undermine public transparency, and they moved that the bill be re-referred to the general register. Several local officials and residents testified in support, including a St. Louis County commissioner, the mayor of Lonsdale, and residents from Farmington and Hermantown. Supporters said NDAs had been used in connection with data center and other development projects to keep elected officials and the public in the dark, eroding trust and limiting community input. They described the bill as a common-sense transparency measure and said existing law already protects legitimate trade secrets. Opposition came from the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and the Minnesota Business Partnership, which argued that NDAs are often necessary in early-stage economic development discussions to protect sensitive business information and remain competitive with other states. They warned the bill could discourage investment, jobs, and tax growth, and said it would impose a one-size-fits-all state mandate that limits local discretion. Committee members then debated whether the bill was too broad and whether it should be narrowed to data centers; supporters responded that the issue extends beyond data centers to other forms of economic development. A roll call vote was requested on the motion to re-refer the bill to the general register, but the final vote result was not stated in the transcript excerpt.

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• </c><01:19:46.719><c> I'm</c> particular grant programs period.
• I'm particular grant programs period.
• If it's a grant that serves people directly, staff files.
• If you're paying for a staff out of a grant, you would request payroll records.
• If it's a grant that serves people directly, staff files.

Bills: HF3422, HF3461, HF2904

Keywords: state grants, grant oversight, grants management, executive agencies, Minnesota Department of Administration, commissioner of administration, fraud prevention, waste prevention, grant monitoring, financial reconciliation, grant compliance, state government, public funds, grant recipients, competitive grants, grant administration, administrative oversight, monitoring visits, grant policy, legislative leave