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• </c> law, and putting taxpayers first. law, and putting taxpayers first.
• their first contract.
• It takes an average of 458 days for an employer to agree with the union to get their first contract.
• First, following the certification of the union election, it would require employers to begin contract
• contract.

Bills: HB7892 , HR1352 , HB5408 , HR1140 , SB2 , HR1345

Keywords: identity fraud, FAFSA, higher education, financial aid, verification system, labor union, collective bargaining, first contract, initial contract, union certification, union recognition, National Labor Relations Act, NLRA, workplace organizing, labor arbitration, mediation, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, FMCS, binding arbitration, labor relations

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• A contract with a third party to perform the duties of a DEI office.
• First, to maybe answer Mr. Raymond's question before we ask another one? No, we can go ahead.
• First, I'm happy to answer any questions and would request my rights to close. All right.
• In other words, you know, there are, I guess, some... some First Amendment considerations here.
• With state law at the time, does that have First Amendment implications?

Bills: SB231 , SB667 , SB689 , SB825 , SB965 , SB992 , SB1059 , SB1220 , SB2368 , SB2601

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: temporary emergency electric energy facility, temporary generation, emergency power, backup generation, mobile generator, portable generator, grid resilience, power outage restoration, transmission and distribution utility, TDU, Public Utility Commission of Texas, PUCT, Utilities Code Section 39.918, competitive bidding, lease authorization, emergency procurement, bulk power system, locational marginal pricing, reliability model, black start

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• They also estimate that the bill will decrease state revenues by an estimated $461,000 in the first full
• This was the first time I had heard of this issue, so thank you for bringing it forward. Okay.
• They also estimate that the bill will decrease state revenues by $2.75 million in the first full fiscal
• Senator Alvarado, followed by Senator Gaynor. first fiscal year of collections but that there may be
• first-time lien borrowers and purchases up to four units.

Bills: SB5884 , SB5885 , SB5937 , SB5938

Committee: Senate Housing

Keywords: sales tax, redevelopment, economic incentive, underutilized property, infrastructure, affordable housing, religious organizations, zoning laws, land use, community development, smart access system, smart lock, residential landlord-tenant act, tenant privacy, biometric data, fingerprint, face scan, iris scan, key fob, key card

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• Is it the first time that's occurred or the first time you've actually written someone up on it?
• Secondly, it would give online access to contracts and proposed addenda or modifications to contracts
• , that's not really a contract.
• , that's not really a contract.
• If you have a contract, you have a contract. And then you could just change the rules?

Bills: SB331 , SB883 , SB926 , SB1137 , SB1138 , SB1144 , SB1151 , SB1236 , SB1270 , SB1522 , SB1869 , SB2207 , SB2422

Committee: Senate Health & Human Services

Keywords: healthcare, cost disclosure, transparency, administrative penalties, health facility compliance, COVID-19, off-label use, prescription drugs, patient access, medical standards, insurance, physician ranking, incentives, fiduciary duty, health plan issuers, SB 1137, group home, assisted living, residential care, board and care

Summary: The committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 883, which would protect physicians’ ability to prescribe off-label medications and treatments, framed by the author as a “Right to Treat” measure tied to COVID-19 care. Supporters, including physicians and patient-choice advocates, said the bill would safeguard the doctor-patient relationship and prevent interference by boards, pharmacies, or hospitals. Several witnesses described using hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, budesonide, antibiotics, steroids, and monoclonal antibodies during the pandemic, and said they faced complaints, board scrutiny, or pharmacy refusals for those prescriptions. The bill was left pending after public testimony closed. The committee then took up Senate Bill 331, which would extend hospital price-transparency requirements to additional health care facilities such as freestanding ERs, urgent care and retail clinics, ambulatory surgical centers, outpatient clinics, and birthing centers. Proponents argued that broader disclosure of prices for shoppable services would help consumers compare costs and reduce surprise billing, while opponents from ambulatory surgery centers said the bill would impose costly compliance burdens on small providers and that insurers or the state already have much of the needed data. The bill was also left pending. Senate Bill 2422 would expunge Texas Medical Board records and impose reparations for disciplinary actions tied to COVID-era treatment decisions, including references to ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, budesonide, and masks. The author and supporters argued that doctors were unfairly targeted for trying to save patients and should be made whole; the Texas Medical Board representative said most pandemic complaints were dismissed, that actions generally involved broader issues such as privileges, documentation, or informed consent, and that no physician was disciplined solely for prescribing off-label COVID medications. The bill was left pending. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 2207, which would loosen Texas Medical Board rules on physicians advertising themselves as board certified, especially by reducing barriers tied to maintenance of certification requirements. Supporters said the current rule is overly restrictive, inconsistent, and costly, and that it drives physicians out of practice; they also said Texas is one of only a few states with such a rule. Witnesses described hospitals using the rule against physicians and said the change would improve transparency and competition. The bill remained pending after testimony.

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• </c><00:00:41.000><c> to</c> we're going to move first to we're going to move first to representative
• </c><00:25:06.399><c> uh</c> under construction and our first uh under construction and our first uh
• It's not first opportunity; it's a first right of refusal.
• </c> section 10 is talking about the uh first section 10 is talking about the uh first right<01:35:40.239
• </c> things um you know I remember my first things um you know I remember my first term<01:43:02.360>

Bills: HF1143 , HF1548 , HF1340 , HF2549 , HF2559 , HF1673 , HF2740 , HF2507 , HF2461 , HF2381 , HF2695

Committee: House Housing Finance and Policy

Keywords: education funding, unemployment aid, special education, Minnesota statutes, appropriations, housing, redevelopment, local government, trust funds, community development, HF1340, housing infrastructure bonds, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, MHFA, affordable housing, supportive housing, permanent housing, adaptive reuse, area median income, AMI

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• I'd like to first start with Chairman Foyle and SB 518.
• So they get in there first. They protect the children and the staff.
• First of all, thank you, Madam Chairman and members.
• And you just let me know which one would you like to take up first.
• I think when we first selected this vendor years ago, we did a lot of vetting.

Bills: HCR97 , HR168 , SCR33 , SB112 , SB346 , SB347 , SB353 , SB488 , SB504 , SB507 , SB518

Committee: House Education

Keywords: hunting education, firearm safety, outdoor recreation, curriculum, youth education, conservation, collegiate athletics, funding, name image likeness, revenue sharing, NCAA compliance, student-athlete support, financial sustainability, work-based learning, task force, internships, apprenticeships, job shadowing, cooperative education, co-op

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• Clerk, will you call the first bill? Senate Bill 216 by Senator Carnes. Attention. Salute. Pledge.
• Clerk, uh will you call<00:01:34.480><c> the</c><00:01:34.560><c> first</c><00:01:34.760><c> bill?
• <c> Senate</c><00:01:35.800><c> Bill</c><00:01:36.760><c> 216</c><00:01:37.960><c> by</c> Call the first

Bills: SB216 , SB229 , SB216 , SB229

Committee: House Military and Veterans Affairs

Keywords: retired law enforcement, retirement benefits, employment, firemedics, salary cap, released time, religious instruction, elective credit, public schools, K-12 education, school board policy, church-state separation, parochial education, Bible class, faith-based instruction, student release, attendance credit, State Board of Education, local school board, parental consent

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• </c><00:19:03.679><c> Sm</c> &gt;&gt; I have a question first. Sm &gt;&gt; I have a question first.
• Redstone held over 8.2 First Bank.
• </c><00:34:57.839><c> nine</c> million in net income in the first nine million in net income in the first
• </c> income in the first nine months of 2025. income in the first nine months of 2025. across<00:35:27.359
• First year, there were no big Dental.

Bills: SB170 , SB177 , SB207 , SB208 , SB215 , HB27 , SB219 , SB247 , SB232 , SB81 , SB170 , SB177 , SB207 , SB208 , SB215 , HB27 , SB219 , SB247 , SB232 , SB81

Committee: Senate Banking and Insurance

Keywords: health insurance, health savings account, high deductible plans, federal regulations, cost-sharing, insurance law, breast cancer, health coverage, deductible, copayment, insurance, captive insurance, captive insurer, captive insurers, insurance regulation, Alabama Department of Insurance, insurance commissioner, premium tax, capital requirements, surplus requirements

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• The clerk was then asked to call the first bill: House Bill 517.
• </c><00:07:18.000><c> The</c> first part technical from revenue.
• The first part technical from revenue.
• </c> upon entering into the grant contract upon entering into the grant contract and<00:13:23.200><c>
• So I entertain a motion to table the first amendment.

Bills: HB517 , HB520 , HB233 , HB354 , HB517 , HB520 , HB233 , HB354

Committee: House Ways and Means Education

Keywords: underground damage prevention, one-call notification system, utility locating, excavation safety, dig safe, call before you dig, utility lines, underground utilities, pipeline safety, gas pipeline, electric utility, telecommunications, water utility, wastewater, cable television, locate request, premark, tolerance zone, positive response, contract locator

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• The first of which is to thank you for hearing this.
• First bill in front of you is Senate Bill 5937.
• Our first panel is M.
• Our first panel is M.
• to be in first position.

Bills: SB6018 , SB6026 , SB6027 , SB6028 , SB5937 , SB5938

Committee: Senate Housing

Keywords: housing, finance, commission, state funding, affordable housing, residential development, zoning reform, mixed-use zoning, commercial zones, Growth Management Act, GMA, state preemption, local land use, development regulations, ground-floor retail, ground-floor commercial, permit waiver, waiver process, density, urban growth area

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• And it says contracts stopped, 420. The first question is, out of how many? I can't answer that.
• So we do have contracts. Most of our contracts, we call them ID contracts, indefinite delivery.
• Verbal contracts, which means they're kind of evergreen contracts.
• I think what the first portion of this bill is asking is to just make sure that. ...all those contracts
• Meetings and contracts.

Bills: HB2007 , HB2863 , HB2921 , HB3331 , HB3332 , HJR144 , HB3514 , HB3528 , HB3720 , HB3751 , HB3859 , HB3947 , HB4148 , HB4346 , HB4880 , HB5603 , HB4337

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: commercial signs, county approval, transportation code, regulations, road signage, vehicle title, revocation, hearing process, Transportation Code, county assessor-collector, confidentiality, personal information, local government, airport data, public records, vehicle regulation, transportation, steel industry, state fees, safety standards

Bills: SSB1172 , SSB1111

Committee: Joint Workforce

Keywords: collective bargaining, public employees, elections, bargaining units, recertification, unemployment insurance, unemployment benefits, disqualification, temporary employment, short-term employment, fixed-term contract, fixed end date, seasonal work, workforce development, Iowa Code 96.5, benefit eligibility, employment contract, job separation, laid off, temporary worker

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• Our first order of business, as this is our first meeting of the session, is adoption of the- Committee
• And when is your contract up?
• First of all.
• What I want to say first.
• Those contracts violate public policy, and we do not allow contracts like that in Texas.

Bills: SB28 , SB687 , SJR34 , SCR9 , SB523 , SB62 , SB847 , SB706 , SB869 , SB890 , SB992 , SB 28

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: lottery, gambling, internet gaming, mobile application, criminal offenses, SB 687, land surveyor, land surveying, surveying services, construction contract, anti-indemnity, indemnity, hold harmless, defense obligation, standard of care, professional negligence, civil practice and remedies code, local government code, governmental agency, public contracts

Summary: The meeting was a crucial session for discussing several important bills including SB992, which aims to establish a clear time frame for the Attorney General's approval on outside legal counsel for state agencies. Senator Nichols presented the bill, emphasizing its necessity for timely responses to ensure efficient legal processing. Another notable discussion centered around SB523, which seeks to allow parole and probation officers to use a business address on their driver's licenses for safety and security purposes. This bill passed favorably out of the committee, with public testimony supporting the need for such provisions due to the risks these officers face.

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• First, item number 2 will be last. Item number 3 will stay number 3 on the list.
• First, Senator Pugh, you are recognized to introduce Ben Lapak. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
• First, I'll say it should be obvious that I have not attended the workout class.
• The contracts need to include a metric so we can Measure and assess whether the contract did what it
• It will publicly post all the contracts and the status of those contracts.

Bills: HB3415 , HB2206 , HB3414 , HB3265 , HB3310 , HB3413 , HB4486 , HB1219

Committee: Senate Retirement and Government Resources

Keywords: state government, vendor contracts, subcontracting, public database, contract assessment, transparency, retirement, law enforcement, Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System, school resource officers, public safety, public finance, contract management, service-driven contracts, state accounting, intangible assets, Oklahoma Police Pension, disability benefits, mental health, retirement system

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• And since I am the sponsor of the first bill, I will turn this over to my very worthy colleague. >> Call
• the first bill. >> Call the first bill. >> All right.
• It must employ or enter into a contract with a qualified and experienced actuary who was approved by
• But, uh, the service contract revolving fund, what was that covering?
• </c> service contract revolving fund? service contract revolving fund?

Bills: HB415 , HB419 , SB219 , SB170 , HB415 , HB419 , SB219 , SB170

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: police abuse registry, law enforcement registry, officer assault, assault on police, resisting arrest, battery on law enforcement, law enforcement injury fund, Back the Blue Act, Attorney General, clemency, pardon, commutation, rehabilitation costs, medical costs, public safety, criminal records, background checks, registry removal fee, privacy, due process

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• First item is a personal privilege by Representative Fisher. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• Is this the first of its kind? Yes, it is. And as I was saying to Rep.
• First of all, it removes provisions relative to the Attorney General.
• I do believe this is my first time. I do believe this is my first time in Appropriations.
• I was not given one my first term. I had to.

Bills: HB513 , HB581 , HB596 , HB660 , HB719 , HB766 , HB802 , HB940 , HB950 , HB1028 , HB1183 , HB1201 , SB233 , SB300 , SB303 , SB315 , SB324 , SB411

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: supplemental pay, law enforcement, probation officers, parole officers, constitutional amendment, plugging credit, inactive well assessment, oil and gas regulation, well plugging, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, HB 660, district attorney salary, assistant district attorney salary, prosecutor pay raise, Louisiana prosecutors, state-paid salaries, warrant payment, R.S. 16:10, R.S. 16:11, general fund impact

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• I just believe that we can actually put together an actual design Project, contract, plan within five
• So, the design project, having the approved design and contracted out with the mean, they've gone out
• forbids, they've gone out for everything, and they've got the contract Written and signed.
• hires a design engineer to begin the design, and then that addresses the sunset provision, so the contract
• Then, OTA's first step would be to go to the engineers to design.

Bills: SB1475 , SB2049 , SB1966 , SB1531 , SB80

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: memorial, infrastructure, transportation, dedication, Toby Keith, SB 2049, Oklahoma Department of Transportation, ODOT, Transportation Commission, surety bond, surety company, performance bond, contractor nonperformance, construction contract, public works, transportation contracts, bond claim, state transportation projects, Title 69, OMES

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• So when he got back from World War II, the very first bridge that he built was the bridge right by his
• I noticed that you have, I think, it's the first $300,000 on page three that will be collected and will
• First of all, going over the areas that have just been being discussed.
• Number two on page one, line 21, by deleting after the first instance of the word 'the' and before the
• approve change orders to contracts.

Bills: SB1966 , SB175 , SB1475 , SB1950 , SB2049 , SB2052

Committee: Senate Aeronautics and Transportation

Keywords: memorial highways, bridge designations, Oklahoma Statutes, commemorative markers, transportation, uninsured vehicles, reimbursement fund, towing services, commercial vehicles, public safety, memorial, infrastructure, dedication, Toby Keith, aviation, aircraft, surveillance, regulations, fees, Oklahoma statutes

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• Um, this bill is the First Responder Interference Act, and it just says if a first responder, which is
• First up, uh, Eric Pinley.
• &gt;&gt; First amendment, right? And &gt;&gt; First amendment, right?
• </c> [snorts] we've got a first and a second. [snorts] we've got a first and a second.
• </c> &gt;&gt; I first I'm going back to his first &gt;&gt; I first I'm going back to his first statement

Bills: SB255 , SB199 , SB47 , HB605 , HB216 , HB621 , HB148 , HB389 , HB509 , HB248 , SB255 , SB199 , SB47 , HB605 , HB216 , HB621 , HB148 , HB389 , HB509 , HB248 , SB336 , SB293 , SB43 , HB420 , HB60 , HB188 , HB106 , HB105 , HB11 , SB336 , SB293 , SB43 , HB420 , HB60 , HB188 , HB106 , HB105 , HB11

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: SB255, cannabinoid, hemp, hemp-derived THC, THCa, delta-8 THC, HHC, CBD, THC, novel cannabinoid products, hemp products, intoxicating hemp, delta-8, retail license, Department of Revenue, Department of Agriculture and Industries, testing and labeling, third-party laboratory, product safety, public health

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• It is our First Amendment.
• It is our First Amendment.
• I absolutely, you opened my eyes to this when I first got here in my very first session, and I want you
• I absolutely, you opened my eyes to this when I first got here in my very first session, and I want you
• requests for proposals or similar solicitations for those contracts.

Bills: SB1014 , SB1094 , SB1146 , SB1177 , SB1192 , SB1194 , SB1214 , SB1372 , SB1390 , SB1398 , SB1399 , SB1494 , SB1557 , SB1561 , SB1564 , SB1602 , SB1603 , SB1621 , SB1628 , SB1629 , SB1713 , SB1752 , SB1776 , SB1813 , SB1814 , SB1821

Committees: Senate Health and Human Services , Senate Senate Health and Human Services COR

Keywords: gender transition, gender detransition, health insurance, medical procedures, insurance claims, official documents, Arizona law, gender reassignment, civil liability, minors, medical consent, detransition, dependent children, foster care, periodic review, court hearings, child welfare, public funds, prohibition, Arizona legislation