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CORRECTION (Aug 12, 2026): An earlier version of this page said Sen. Padilla received '$30k+ from BorderPlex Digital Assets lobbyists' without itemization, and included unrelated decades-old workplace allegations; the allegations have been removed as irrelevant to this record, and the contribution figure is now itemized below. — The Senate Majority Whip who sponsored Senate Floor Amendment 1 to HB 93 (March 20, 2025), adding Section 6 — the 'Self-Sourced Power Generation' exemption the project runs on. CFIS records show $32,400 in contributions to him from the Alarid cluster, all dated December 24, 2025 — Alarid Consulting ($5,000, $5,000, $2,400), Elizabeth Alarid ($5,000, $5,000), and Vanessa Alarid ($5,000, $5,000), a registered BorderPlex lobbyist. The sequence matters and the record states it plainly: the contributions came nine months AFTER the amendment became law; nothing here shows money preceding or procuring the amendment. Also on the record, because exculpatory findings publish with the same prominence: no direct contributions from Project Jupiter, BorderPlex Digital Assets, STACK, Oracle, Apaluma, or Bloom Energy appear in his 2020–2026 filings.