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• A bill to amend the Small Business Act to require Small Business Development Centers to assist small
• Centers, or SBDCs, to assist small businesses in developing AI technologies into their operations.
• The AI for Main Street Act directs Small Business Development Centers, SBDCs, to provide counseling,
• Business Development Centers, SBDCs, to provide counseling, training, and outreach to help small businesses
• A bill to amend the Small Business Act to require small business development centers to assist small

Bills: HB5764 , HB5763 , HB1663 , HR659 , HB5784 , HB5788 , HB3496

Keywords: AI for Main Street Act, artificial intelligence, small business, small business development centers, SBDC, Small Business Act, business technology, digital transformation, cybersecurity, data protection, intellectual property, regulatory compliance, business training, entrepreneurship, technology adoption, AI literacy, outreach, main street businesses, Main Street Parity Act, Small Business Investment Act of 1958

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• </c> country's 36 million small businesses. country's 36 million small businesses.
• businesses uh or certifying small businesses uh or certifying small businesses<02:24:23.840><c> to</
• </c> small businesses afloat. small businesses afloat.
• ><c> Business</c> pandemic, the Small Business pandemic, the Small Business Administration<02:35:21.600
• </c> small businesses. And I yield back. small businesses. And I yield back.

Bills: HB4423 , HB5348 , HB4430 , HB4431 , HB4429 , HB3716 , HR225 , HB5349 , HB5346 , HB5345 , HB5284 , HB4313 , HR1262 , SB616 , HR176 , HB2159 , HB4323 , HB2066 , HB4549 , HB4495 , HB4491 , HB3174

Keywords: Burma, Myanmar, World Bank, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, foreign aid, sanctions, military coup, democracy, development financing, multilateral lending, Treasury Department, Executive Director, international financial institutions, human rights, junta, national interest waiver, Social Security, SSN, Social Security number

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• ><c> and</c> small business development centers and small business development centers and women's<03
• By leveraging our small business development centers and women's business centers, we can help connect
• By leveraging our small business development centers and women's business centers, we can help connect
• By leveraging our small business development centers and women's business centers, we can help connect
• SBA programs like the Small Business Development Centers.

Bills: HB1804 , HB1642 , HB1621 , HB1634 , HR789 , HR787 , HB1816 , HB3490 , SB160

Keywords: 7(a) loan program, Small Business Administration, SBA, small business lending, loan brokers, loan consultants, referral agents, loan intermediaries, fraud oversight, transparency, reporting requirements, loan fees, referral fees, interest rates, business financing, small business loans, lender oversight, application assistance, Congressional reporting, small business

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• </c> for small business owners. for small business owners.
• That $700 million is split between small business capital and affordable housing development.
• That $700 million is split between small business capital and affordable housing development.
• That $700 million is split between small business capital and affordable housing development.
• </c><00:54:08.480><c> business,</c> affect all of us, small business, affect all of us, small business

Bills: HF4477

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Keywords: Minnesota business recovery loan program, small business loan, zero-interest loan, forgivable loan, business recovery, economic development, small business emergency loan account, Minnesota Initiative Foundations, nonprofit lenders, greater Minnesota, Twin Cities metro, seven-county metropolitan area, immigration enforcement, business interruption, revenue loss, job preservation, business stabilization, state appropriation, forward fund, loan forgiveness

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• The SBA's entrepreneurial development programs help small businesses start, grow, and compete by providing
• to small businesses.
• SBA's small business contracting programs help connect eligible small businesses with federal Eligible
• Small businesses are 210% Small businesses are 210% more likely to experience cyber incidents compared
• Business Administration's Office of Advocacy to ensure small businesses, small business concerns don't

Bills: HB2323 , HB6644 , SB629 , HB8882 , HB8881 , HB8880 , HB8879 , HB4238 , HR915 , HR826 , HB7401 , HB7396

Keywords: Big Bend National Park, land acquisition, boundary adjustment, Secretary of the Interior, conservation, Holodomor, Ukraine famine, 1932-1933 famine, genocide recognition, Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, collectivization, grain confiscation, human rights, Ukraine, Ukrainian people, Russian aggression, Vladimir Putin, foreign affairs, sense of the House

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• Madam Chair and members, Senate Bill 1574 relates to a Centers of Excellence program developed by the
• I've been a Justice of the Peace for 12 years, and I am a Center of Excellence.
• Madam Chair, as we develop this Centers of Excellence Program, the initial proposal was that judges be
• This bill simply adds industrial uniform and linen rental businesses to that list.
• Metro Linen is a Texas-based company that has been in business going on 50 years.

Bills: SB1211 , SB1574 , SB2774 , SB2873 , SB2900 , HJR4

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: hydraulic fracturing, sales tax exemption, oil and gas, environmental impact, water reuse, justice, judicial council, centers of excellence, court operations, recognition program, franchise tax, retail trade, tax classification, business regulation, economic impact, SB 2873, Texas Tax Code, electronic filing, e-filing, tax reports

Summary: The Senate Finance Committee heard several measures, beginning with SB 1574 by Senator Zaffirini, which would codify the Texas Judicial Council’s Centers of Excellence Program for courts and judges. Testimony from judges and the Office of Court Administration emphasized that the program promotes transparency, procedural fairness, mentoring, and public trust. A committee substitute expanded eligibility to justices of the peace and municipal judges and removed a merit-pay reference to eliminate fiscal impact. After quorum was established, the committee adopted the substitute and later voted it out favorably, though it was not certified for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also heard SB 2774 by Senator Hinojosa, which would amend the Tax Code’s retail trade definition to include industrial uniform and linen rental businesses so they qualify for the lower franchise tax rate. Supporters said the change would put rental textile businesses on equal footing with other rental industries and help Texas employers and customers. The bill was reported favorably to the full Senate. Members then considered SB 1211 by Senator Perry, which would broaden the existing fracking-related sales tax exemption for equipment used with non-fresh water sources, including recycled, produced, and brine water. The bill’s supporters argued it would conserve freshwater and reduce litigation over water definitions, while the Comptroller’s office discussed the fiscal note and production-related revenue effects. The committee also heard SB 2873 and SB 2900, both by Senator Kolkhorst and presented by Senator Nichols; SB 2873 would require electronic filers to file electronically, and SB 2900 would eliminate certain Comptroller-related advisory committees and boards. Both were later adopted in committee substitute form and reported favorably. Finally, the committee heard HJR 4, sponsored by Senator Parker, proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit new taxes on securities transfers or financial transaction processing. Supporters said it would protect investors, especially retirees, and help position Texas as a financial center. The committee voted to report HJR 4 favorably to the full Senate. In each recorded vote after quorum was present, the measures passed with nine ayes and no nays.

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• Uh, this is about growing tourism in the state of Alabama, but it's also about growing our small business
• as a new small craft alcoholic beverage manufacturer license that authorizes a brew pub, small craft
• But there'll be three licenses, as I said: small craft distiller license, small craft winery license,
• them</c><00:11:40.640><c> an</c> small business and giving them an small business and giving them an
• ><c> small</c><00:12:14.079><c> craft</c> small craft distillers, small craft small craft distillers,

Bills: SB265 , HB593

Committee: House Economic Development and Tourism

Keywords: data processing centers, tax abatements, economic development, construction related taxes, energy infrastructure, small craft distilleries, wineries, alcoholic beverages, licensing, craft beverage industry

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• We represent over 20,000 small business owners here in Texas.
• I have many of these small business owners who are impacted by natural disasters.
• Small businesses need an injection of capital to get them through.
• This bill will help small businesses have access to capital so they can cover crucial expenses.
• On behalf of our small businesses, I would ask for your favorable consideration.

Bills: SB1361 , SB2105 , SB2690 , SB2713 , SCR38 , SB2637 , SB2881

Committee: House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Keywords: SB 1361, Texas disaster recovery loan, small business loan, micro-business loan, community development financial institution, CDFI, economic disaster assistance, post-disaster financing, business recovery fund, Texas Economic Development Bank, zero-interest loan, working capital, payroll support, health benefits, job retention, declared disaster, small business relief, microenterprise, franchise exclusion, private equity-backed business

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• where small and medium-sized businesses cannot do that.
• But ultimately, this is a small business engagement tour.
• So the small business priorities are a little bit different than, say, big business.
• small business, it's more service-oriented.
• We talk to business leaders. We talk to small business leaders. We're talking to them continuously.

Bills: HB2754

Committees: House International Trade , House House International Trade Committee of Reference

Keywords: Arizona Commerce Authority, business development, economic growth, small business support, job creation, Board of Directors, e-verify, grant administration

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• Are you seeing developers, without public-private partnerships, developing affordable or workforce housing
• They do the financing, they do the development.
• reactors and data centers?
• These are both obviously data centers are going on right now.
• And then for a small modular reactor-specific... ...data centers driving up their rates.

Bills: HB2388 , HB2804 , HB2926

Committees: House Rural Economic Development , House House Rural Economic Development Committee of Reference

Keywords: HB2388, Arizona Commerce Authority, ACA, small modular reactor, SMR, nuclear energy, advanced nuclear, data center, data centers, economic development, study, appropriation, general fund, jobs, wages, tax revenue, broadband, infrastructure, secondary businesses, tertiary businesses

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• relief to 20,000 additional small businesses.
• as many as 20,000 new small businesses.
• So if you're a small business, we're a small business.
• This is a good, important cost-of-doing-business cut for our small businesses on Main Streets.
• For many small businesses, it’s...

Bills: H5386

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies

Keywords: economic development, innovation, investment, housing, small business, global trade, infrastructure

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• </c><00:01:09.040><c> The</c> representing Minnesota business. The representing Minnesota business.
• That's the end of the business for today.
• That's the end of the business for today.
• </c><00:07:42.000><c> for</c> that's the end of the business for that's the end of the business for today
• ><00:08:03.360><c> this</c> being no further business, this being no further business, this committee

Bills: SF1832

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: economic development, small business, workforce training, grants, entrepreneurship, equity, community support

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• We need to grow those and take advantage of small businesses as well.
• Within the Small Business Office, within the Industrial-Based Policy Office, there's a program called
• As I formally founded and ran and sold multiple small business businesses, I know the pain of difficulty
• I want to move on to small business defense production because Mr.
• Policies, priorities, and a focus on small business.

Committees: Senate Subcommittee on Personnel , Senate Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

Keywords: defense industrial base, small business, workforce development, acquisition processes, national security, cybersecurity, critical minerals

Summary: The meeting of the committee revolved around critical discussions on enhancing the defense industrial base, focusing on small business engagement and the importance of streamlined processes in defense contracting. There was a significant emphasis on the need for more investment in the defense manufacturing sector, particularly in the face of competition from countries like China. Some members expressed frustration over the treatment of small businesses, citing barriers that prevent these innovative companies from effectively participating in defense contracts. The need for a workforce capable of meeting the common challenges posed by evolving technologies and geopolitical threats was also highlighted throughout the meeting.

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• Members, House Bill 4426 extends the sunset on the strategic industrial development enhancement, otherwise
• As a matter of business, members, item number 6, House Bill 3920 will be laid over.
• A lot of them, a lot of businesses don't meet the number of jobs.
• The well, maybe a better way to word my question would be I understand that if you have a business in
• How this is an expense, and an expense is already deducted from the cost of doing business from a tax

Bills: HB3044 , HB3465 , HB3625 , HB3704 , HB3759 , HB3920 , HB3972 , HB4191 , HB4311 , HB4426

Committee: Senate Revenue and Taxation

Keywords: veterans, tax refund, Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, capital improvement, donations, Oklahoma Emission Reduction, incentive, taxation, environment, revenue, investment, school funds, treasurer, education funding, financial policy, income tax, scholarship, tax credit, Oklahoma Tax Commission, school funding

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• And whereas Carl Albert High School's commitment to excellence is reflected in the development of true
• dealt with limited pool space, switching facilities all season, and still showed up and handled business
• This bill is designed to give small businesses a longer runway to get off the ground so that they can
• Have you all determined, as related to the $75,000 threshold, how many homemade food businesses that
• businesses.

Bills: HB2894 , HB3418 , HB3415 , HB3413 , HB3414 , HB3416 , HB3417 , HB3419 , HB3420 , HB1739 , HB1752 , HB1979 , HB2941 , HB2992 , HB3075 , HB3086 , HB3177 , HB3269 , HB3278 , HB3279 , HB3497 , HB3644 , HB4432 , HB3720 , HB3849 , HB3882 , HB3919 , HB3941 , HB4118 , HB4141 , HB4268 , HB4342 , HB4428 , HB4429 , HB4434

Keywords: HB2894, Oklahoma Rural Jobs Act, rural jobs, rural investment, tax credit, capital investment tax credit, state tax credits, economic development, rural fund, rural investor, qualified investment, eligible business, Department of Commerce, rural business, investment certification, tax liability, credit cap, workforce development, small business finance, rural development

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• It's under 75 megawatts and it's specifically the data centers in the bitcoin.
• You had stated that this is in reference to data centers and bitcoin and so forth.
• It does not stop the development. It does not stop it. It's just transparency.
• This is called the Data Center Ratepayer Protection Act.
• That would require any hospital that has an emergency department or ambulatory surgical centers.

Bills: HB2894 , HB3418 , HB3415 , HB3413 , HB3414 , HB3416 , HB3417 , HB3419 , HB3420 , HB1739 , HB1752 , HB1979 , HB2941 , HB2992 , HB3075 , HB3086 , HB3177 , HB3269 , HB3278 , HB3279 , HB3497 , HB3644 , HB4432 , HB3720 , HB3849 , HB3882 , HB3919 , HB3941 , HB4118 , HB4141 , HB4268 , HB4342 , HB4428 , HB4429 , HB4434

Keywords: HB2894, Oklahoma Rural Jobs Act, rural jobs, rural investment, tax credit, capital investment tax credit, state tax credits, economic development, rural fund, rural investor, qualified investment, eligible business, Department of Commerce, rural business, investment certification, tax liability, credit cap, workforce development, small business finance, rural development

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• Today we have before us the omnibus jobs, labor, and economic development budget bill, Senate File 1832
• Um I will say the development fund.
• </c><00:03:02.640><c> issues</c> there were just a couple small issues there were just a couple small
• </c><00:04:36.160><c> fund</c> excellent uh workforce development fund excellent uh workforce development
• ><00:04:37.680><c> me</c><00:04:38.000><c> u</c> workforce development work pardon me u workforce development

Bills: SF1832 , HF2440

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: economic development, small business, workforce training, grants, entrepreneurship, equity, community support, labor market, employment, funding, data analysis

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• business.
• businesses.
• A customer can expect to have their business entity registered within three to five business days or
• and free secured business filings to help prevent business identity theft.
• If we're developing the list as we go along, where are we at in the development of that list right now

Bills: HB214 , HB217 , HB514 , HB593 , HB618 , HB732 , HB908 , HB961 , HB1010

Committee: Senate Revenue & Fiscal Affairs

Keywords: property tax, blighted properties, urban rehabilitation, tax exemption, local government, financial incentives, blighted property, derelict property, property tax exemption, local redevelopment plans, rehabilitation standards, ad valorem tax, community development, senior citizens, homestead exemption, Louisiana Constitution, motor vehicles, local fees, transaction fees, funding

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• modular reactors and data centers to the state and local governments.
• modular reactors and data centers, but also what the effect is on... ...small modular reactors and data
• So on a kind of a state business day basis, it's about 7,000 orders.
• But it's a safe assumption that it's a very small amount. It's a small percentage. Perfect.
• You may disagree with how public schools are running their business.

Bills: HB2352 , HB2388 , HB2418 , HB2499 , HB2500 , HB2579 , HB2584 , HB2804

Committees: House Appropriations , House House Appropriations Committee of Reference

Keywords: funding, auditor general, county treasurer, procedural reviews, state appropriations, HB2388, Arizona Commerce Authority, ACA, small modular reactor, SMR, nuclear energy, advanced nuclear, data center, data centers, economic development, study, appropriation, general fund, jobs, wages

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• :27:39.120><c> business</c> about putting American small business about putting American small business
• </c><02:33:36.560><c> business</c> outreach, and even in small business outreach, and even in small business
• It will rip support away from small businesses in the economic centers of this country because of the
• </c> These are successful small businesses. These are successful small businesses.
• </c> war and save our small businesses. Mr. war and save our small businesses. Mr.

Bills: HB2987 , HB2931

Keywords: small business lending company, SBLC, SBA lending, Small Business Administration, section 7 loans, small business loans, loan guarantee, lender cap, financial institutions, credit access, small business finance, nonprofit lenders, business lending, CEASE Act, House passage, Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, sanctuary jurisdictions, office relocation, immigration policy, government operations