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• That makes us look like a joke in the state. We need to get this thing right.
• or agency arrests a person who is unlawfully present in the United States.
• Those are the challenges families across the state expect you to address.
• But yet the law in the state of Arizona was passed, SB 1070.
• And this bill risks the same outcome, exposing the state and counties to costly legal battles.

Bills: SB1032, SB1055, SB1107

Keywords: corrections oversight, funding, state budget, criminal justice, reform, immigration enforcement, law enforcement, illegal aliens, state legislation, civil penalties, peace officer certification, police certification, law enforcement licensing, Arizona POST, peace officer standards and training, military police, veterans, honorably discharged, veteran hiring, abbreviated academy

Summary: The Committee on Public Safety and Law Enforcement first heard SB 1032, which appropriates $1.5 million from the State General Fund to the Corrections Oversight Fund in fiscal year 2027 to help administer the Independent Correctional Oversight Office. Supporters, including Justice Action Network and a family member who described the death of her son after severe mental health and jail-care failures, argued the office is needed to provide accountability, transparency, and a check on systemic problems in the Department of Corrections. Representative Blackman strongly backed the measure, saying the oversight office would help address lawsuits, staffing shortages, mental health issues, and the state’s federal receivership. The committee approved SB 1032 on a 14-0 vote with one absent, giving it a due pass recommendation. The committee then considered SB 1107, which creates an alternative certification pathway for honorably discharged U.S. veterans who served as military police to become Arizona peace officers through an abbreviated training process that credits military training and experience. There was no sponsor present and no opposition testimony. Members discussed whether the bill would include equivalent military law enforcement roles from all branches, and staff indicated the bill is intended to track Department of Defense training standards. The bill received broad support as a way to help fill public safety staffing shortages, though one member voted no over concerns about applicants with prior misconduct elsewhere. SB 1107 passed 11-1, with two present and one absent, and received a due pass recommendation. Finally, the committee heard SB 1055, which requires law enforcement to immediately notify ICE or CBP when an arrested person is unlawfully present in the United States. Supporters said the bill would strengthen cooperation with federal immigration enforcement and help ensure people are not released before federal authorities can act. Opponents, including the ACLU of Arizona and several community speakers, argued it would undermine trust in law enforcement, chill crime reporting, create due process and constitutional concerns, and impose unfunded compliance burdens on local agencies; one speaker also raised concerns about impacts on Indigenous people and families dealing with mental illness crises. A strike-everything amendment offered by Representative Cruz would have replaced the bill with a restriction on DOC inmate telephone contracts so the department could not profit beyond operating costs, but the committee rejected that amendment 6-8. The committee then approved the underlying SB 1055 on an 8-6 vote with one absent, giving it a do pass recommendation.

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• Minnesota has a theme here: a state bird, a state flower, a state tree, a state fish, a state dance,
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Bills: HF1234, HF1956, HF1025, HF1172, HF791

Keywords: payment transparency, public contracts, contractor rights, government accountability, construction payments, municipal finance, liquor store, audit requirements, state auditor, local government, historic flag, state flag, display standards, ceremonial, Minnesota Statutes, Ursa Minor, state symbol, Minnesota state laws, constellation, official state designation

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• This budget does not put our state on a path to eliminate property taxes.
• And stability for the state while avoiding long-term fiscal harm.
• a win-win for the state, the taxpayers, and the people in the trust fund.
• state agency.
• Chairman stated, we'll save the state a lot of money as well.

Bills: SB1, HB500, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, state budget, mental health funding, education funding, infrastructure improvements, public safety, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1184, house, all

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• <00:20:13.520> Uh consumer and state protection. Uh consumer and state protection.
• On page three, state banking board.
• Uh instead of state chartered bank.
• Is the state backing this?
• through the state through the state essentially. >> Mr.

Bills: HB0116, HB0056

Keywords: water rights, beneficial use, industrial production, hydrogen, applications, public welfare, carbon capture, energy standards, public utilities, environmental regulation, state law, 916, all

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• So, how do we, as a state, back away from these low-carbon standards and still meet the needs of our
• There are states that, you're right, still want a low-carbon standard in place.
• So, how do we, as a state, back away from these low-carbon standards and still meet the needs of our
• think those states that do hold<00:59:30.200> that<00:59:30.440> standard hold that standard
• So, I suspect even though the feds may change, it's up to the states whether they change those standards

Bills: HB0116, HB0056

Keywords: water rights, beneficial use, industrial production, hydrogen, applications, public welfare, carbon capture, energy standards, public utilities, environmental regulation, state law, 916, all

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• Someway, you’ll get pockets around the state of people coming in with complaints.
• , and so I hope that represents the state of Texas well.
• Generally, in other states, staff pay is based on the executive director's pay.
• I'm the presiding officer of the Texas State Dental Board.
• Yu stated.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Thank you for the state board.
• So if it's out of state, it can take longer.
• I mentioned Texas State Technical College.
• Bush State Office Building.
• Many were concerned that the state has shifted the entire... the burden of the state board's remediation

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• In fiscal year 2023. $15.8 million in prize fees was collected by the state and 12.6% spent by the state
• And in that, you don't use state.
• . state.
• Currently, the state.
• The state needs to take him.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Coast Guard standards. I request funds to U.S.
• Not only through the state, but also the federal government.
• So, you know, the state does some really cool things. The feds built it. Now it'd be a state.
• We've been able to work with other states and expand it to 10 other states, so there's 11 of us now sharing
• We have nine wine trails across the state. state of Texas, and of that $20 billion, the vast majority

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• . the state.
• acres of state lands.
• Federal issue, state issue?
• It's what the state needs to have done for the state, and so we're doing the work.
• If the state is going to address it, it's a huge issue for the state of Texas.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• or STAAR is the standard.
• Unfortunately, the standard compensation system in school districts around the state is tremendously
• From the state.
• So there's no state law prohibition against using state funds either in real time or state funds that
• on fewer state funds.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Item 1 discusses TDEM's State Operations Center, which monitors emergencies and coordinates with state
• I don't think the feds could ever go away from reimbursing states for disasters. We're a big state.
• If we have those scattered across the state, I think we're going to see a lot more of the state.
• And the reason is the other states get a significant amount of funding from their states to support it
• They hail from which state? Georgia.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• What is the impact of adding Angelo State University and Midwestern State?
• in the state.
• They leave the state.
• the state. ...state of Texas.
• Yeah, I think this state has done better than most states.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Wynne Rosser.** You raise an important question, Senator, and it is, as you've stated, a state policy
• Wynne Rosser.** ...as you've stated, a state policy priority to train and retain more physicians in the
• state.
• The future workforce is dependent upon other state physician pipeline programs including the State Rural
• So if y'all are building these state hospitals across the state, which we know y'all have invested in

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• We love this state.
• The LIDAs lack standardization.
• VHS operates in 14 western states.
• Trone is reporting to the state in accordance with the state program.
• There are only 33 across the state.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• We have to follow 385 federal standards and 373 state standards.
• So you're referencing the 385 federal standards and 373 state standards?
• states since 1965.
• state custody.
• standards.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• This would include state hospitals and state-supported living centers.
• We operate state psychiatric hospitals and state-supported living centers.
• OK, state salary, but all states employ law enforcement people or an owner.
• So this is a state classification for state peace officers.
• We anticipate that those new standards... standards will roll out in the fall.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• in the state of Texas.
• most populous state.
• This is what we're able to do to conduct state-to-state comparison.
• **Chair**: To do state-to-state comparison, we're relying on the Census Bureau for this chart.
• **Senator Perry**: To be clear, it states that it's provided to state employees.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• It's only to purchase state... you talk about the State Park Fund, right? That's right.
• It's only to purchase state... you talk about the State Park Fund, right? That's right.
• It's only to purchase state... you talk about the State Park Fund, right? That's right.
• CPRIT is required to establish standards to allow the state to collect royalties and other benefits generated
• state agency.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• standards.
• a big state.
• So they would be used across the state.
• value to the state for those contracts.
• All state agencies will report data in the same format.

Bills: SB 1, SB1

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, 1185, senate, all