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• And so, a decade ago, the State High School League undertook the regulation of coaching licenses.
• um maintain any ongoing regulations regarding<01:33:36.560><c> those</c><01:33:36.800><c> licenses</
• the regulation of coaching licenses<01:33:53.280><c> so</c><01:33:53.400><c> to</c><01:33:53.520><c>
• I'm not trying to make this funny, but you could maybe even create an app for that, so yeah, then you
• I'm not trying to make this funny, but you could maybe even create an app for that, so yeah, then you

Committee: Senate Education Policy

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• already provide regular training to the industry and are a resource to our members on employment regulation
• already provide regular training to the industry and are a resource to our members on employment regulation
• Training to the industry and are a resource to our members on employment regulation, state and federal
• come together to solve the Regulators come together to solve the biggest<00:18:24.720><c> problems</
• we also app plan to double<01:10:34.360><c> our</c><01:10:34.560><c> enrollment</c><01:10:35.320><c>

Bills: HF500 , HF718 , HF1096 , HF1246 , HF1469

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

Keywords: nursing home, employment standards, worker rights, Minnesota Statutes, labor compensation, workforce development, job training, economic stability, low-income, career pathways, education funding, Summit Academy, employment, STEM programming, GED preparation, Neighborhood Development Center, NDC, small business, entrepreneurship, business training

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• regulations that cover or seek to cover the things that I guess the otherwise things that we are regulating
• regulations that cover or seek to cover the things that we are regulating in this bill.
• . regulations that cover or seek to cover regulations that cover or seek to cover the<00:14:18.520><c
• </c> regulating in this bill. regulating in this bill.
• </c> state and federal regulations state and federal regulations and and and there<00:17:49.200><c> was

Keywords: 926, house, all

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• Christina Selby's replacing Metro Hort and will serve as a local regulatory regulator and inspector.
• Maintains safety as a priority while reducing unnecessary regulations in the process.
• that law, the banking association realized our other laws that would allow them to govern this, regulate
• Any new regulation could potentially harm them.
• This regulation and licensing is also protecting the hundreds of small mom and pop other businesses that

Bills: HB4322 , HB4202 , HB4203 , HB4457 , HB3983 , HB3660 , HB3802 , HB2933 , HB2955 , HB2956 , HB3781 , HB3521 , HB3794 , HB3796 , HB3800

Committee: Senate Business and Insurance

Keywords: funeral services licensing, funeral director, embalmer, funeral director in charge, dual licensure, mortuary science, Oklahoma Funeral Board, funeral establishment, commercial embalming establishment, crematory, cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, apprenticeship, licensing requirements, professional regulation, undertaker, mortician, burial services, death care industry, workers' compensation

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• Christina Selby is replacing Mitchell Hort and will serve as a local regulator.
• We are regulated out the wazoo.
• I think I've heard people quote that we're the 17th most regulated state in the union.
• The 17th most regulated state in the union.
• We have strong regulations in it to safeguard and safeguards.

Bills: HB4322 , HB4202 , HB4203 , HB4457 , HB3983 , HB3660 , HB3802 , HB2933 , HB2955 , HB2956 , HB3781 , HB3521 , HB3794 , HB3796 , HB3800

Committee: Senate Business and Insurance

Keywords: funeral services licensing, funeral director, embalmer, funeral director in charge, dual licensure, mortuary science, Oklahoma Funeral Board, funeral establishment, commercial embalming establishment, crematory, cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, apprenticeship, licensing requirements, professional regulation, undertaker, mortician, burial services, death care industry, workers' compensation

Summary: The Business and Insurance Committee first handled a series of executive nominations, including appointments or reappointments to the Oklahoma Securities Commission, Real Estate Commission, State Athletic Commission, Accountancy Board, Commission on Consumer Credit, Uniform Building Code Commission, Abstractors Board, Used Motor Vehicle Dismantler and Manufactured Housing Commission, and State Banking Board. Most nominees briefly addressed the committee, and the nominations were advanced by unanimous or near-unanimous votes. One HB 4488 was laid over at the start of the meeting. The committee then considered several bills. HB 4322, which would remove a dual-licensure requirement for funeral directors and embalmers, drew questions about consumer protection and body care procedures and passed 6-3. HB 4202, changing workers’ compensation fee schedule treatment for radiology, passed unanimously. HB 4203, directing the Uniform Building Code Commission to explore guidelines for single-exit configurations in certain buildings up to four stories, passed 7-2 after concerns were raised about fire safety. HB 4457, dealing with specialty pharmacies, pharmacy benefit managers, and access to specialty medications, passed unanimously. Members also debated HB 3983, which would move Oklahoma’s moist smokeless tobacco tax to a weight-based system; supporters argued it would improve fairness and revenue stability, while opponents said it would raise taxes on some products and lacked consumer protections. It passed 6-3. HB 3660, authorizing natural organic reduction as an additional end-of-life option, prompted a lengthy debate over dignity, religious concerns, and consumer choice; it passed 5-4. HB 3802, prohibiting auto insurers from raising premiums solely because a spouse died, passed unanimously. HB 2933, a consumer protection insurance bill, passed 9-0 after extensive discussion of claims handling and insurer accountability. Additional insurance and regulatory measures—HB 2955, HB 2956, HB 3781, HB 3521, HB 3796, HB 3794, and HB 3800—were also advanced, most with little or no opposition. The chair closed by noting all executive nominations and legislation had been cleared from the committee for the year.

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• These are canisters that are sold in gas stations and convenience stores that people use to get high.
• We can then regulate that. We can showcase some of that.
• We can't build things in the state of Washington because we have so much regulation here.
• delivered to a thousand stores, most of them pet and farm stores, in the western states.
• When that store needs X bags of dog food and whatever the case is, that data travels.

Bills: SB6061 , SB6234 , SB6170 , SB6176 , SB6182 , SB6335 , SB5647 , SB6047 , HB2367 , HB2606 , SB5998 , SB6005 , SB6003 , SB6129 , SB6225 , SB6228 , SB6231 , SB6061 , SB6234 , SB6170 , SB6176 , SB6182 , SB6335 , SB5647 , SB6047 , HB2367 , HB2606 , SB6129 , SB6228 , SB6231 , HB2235 , HB2272 , HB2340 , HB2543 , HB2554 , HB2632 , HB2464 , HB2619

Keywords: tourism, self-supported assessment, funding, statewide promotion, economic development, sewage, grinder pumps, residential buildings, regulation, construction, contracting rules, state highway construction, procurement limits, state regulations, infrastructure funding, vehicle registration, enforcement, renewal, transportation, state law

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• So it's important to cover those needs as well through regulation. Thank you so much.
• So it's important to cover those needs as well through regulation. Thank you so much.
• Every month when I pay my rent, I'm required to use an app to do so, and that app charges me a $10 fee
• It doesn't regulate sales price.
• It doesn't regulate sales price.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Housing

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Housing held a hybrid hearing on a broad slate of landlord-tenant and home rule bills, with most testimony focused on rent stabilization, tenant opportunity to purchase (TOPA), tenant fees, access to counsel, algorithmic rent fixing, and tenant protections in subsidized housing. Chairs Cyr and Haggerty outlined the hearing procedures and noted that written testimony could also be submitted. Several members and invited speakers emphasized that the committee was hearing from both local officials and residents affected by housing instability, especially in Somerville and other communities facing high rents and displacement. Supporters of rent stabilization and local-option rent control argued that Massachusetts needs tools to prevent displacement while new housing is built. Senator Eldridge, Senator Jalen, Somerville officials, tenant organizers, and residents described steep rent increases, no-fault evictions, and the loss of naturally occurring affordable housing. Somerville’s home rule petition was described as allowing annual increases tied to CPI plus 2%, capped at 5%, with exemptions for owner-occupied two- and three-family homes and a 15-year exemption for new construction. TOPA supporters said it would let tenants or their designees buy buildings before speculative buyers, preserving affordable housing stock; opponents, including small landlords and property managers, argued rent control would reduce supply, discourage investment, and that TOPA could delay sales and harm properties. The committee also heard testimony on bills to curb junk fees and regulate tenant charges, including limits on late fees, lease renewal fees, payment portal fees, attorney’s fees, and other add-on charges. Advocates said these fees can add hundreds of dollars a month and disproportionately harm low-income renters and renters of color. Another major topic was algorithmic rent fixing: Senator Moore and Representative Sabadoza said landlords should not use software such as RealPage to coordinate pricing, citing federal antitrust actions and arguing that competition is essential to lowering rents. Additional testimony supported a statewide right to counsel in eviction cases, with legal services providers saying representation dramatically improves outcomes and can save the state money, and a bill to create an office of tenant protections to better enforce sanitary code violations. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing.

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• You know, you put something online, someone can download it, and there's software and other apps that
• You know, you put something online, someone can download it, and there's software and other apps that
• Those have been tried other places, but directly, you know, regulating contracts for publishers is not
• Those have been tried other places, but directly, you know, regulating contracts for publishers is not
• ,</c><01:34:28.600><c> companies</c> verification that regulators, companies verification that regulators

Bills: HF4456 , HF4544 , HF3698

Committee: House Commerce Finance and Policy

Keywords: data broker, data brokerage, consumer privacy, personal data, data privacy, Minnesota attorney general, registration, public registry, civil penalties, enforcement, special revenue fund, privacy rights, data sales, data collection, consumer protection, chapter 325M, controller, processor, data broker registry, transparency

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• AND THEN, SET APP CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS THAT WILL FOREVER HAMSTRING THE DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE WHEN
• >> Is the pharmacy responsible if a purchase involves regulated information, and does the pharmacy have
• >> The bill refers to regulated information, and it is defined quite specifically in Section 2 of the
• If a retailer, small drug store, were to get a product that did not have a label attached to it at this
• If a retailer, small drug store, were to get a product that did not have a label attached to it at this

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened, approved the journal, and then moved through a large number of motions to discharge bills from committees and substitute identical Senate bills for third reading. The chamber also received and accepted a Finance Committee report on nominations for Kathleen Mosier as Commissioner of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Terrence O’Leary as Commissioner of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, and John Kagia as Executive Director of the Office of Cannabis Management. All three nominees were confirmed, with Mosier and O’Leary confirmed unanimously and Kagia confirmed 57-1, with Senator Walczyk voting no. The Senate adopted previously approved resolutions recognizing June 2026 as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month and mourning the death of Susan Irene Wright of Harlem. Senators Brisport and Bottcher spoke at length in support of Pride Month, emphasizing LGBTQ+ history, resilience, and ongoing threats to the trans community. On the Susan Wright resolution, Senators Cleare, Bailey, and Bottcher praised her community leadership, philanthropy, and family legacy, and Assembly Member Jordan Wright was recognized in the chamber. The body then considered and passed many bills on the calendar, including measures on insurance, environmental conservation, public health, education, business law, labor, social services, highway law, and local tax exemptions. Several bills drew brief explanations of vote, including a measure to end higher insurance premiums for widows, a bill to prohibit correctional facilities from denying visitation because of menstrual products or IUDs, and a Medicaid-related bill to expand access to blood pressure monitors for pregnant people. Most bills passed with broad support, though some had notable opposition from a small group of senators. Late in the session, the Senate took up a proposed constitutional amendment on redistricting. Senator Stewart-Cousins sponsored the measure, and Senator Walczyk questioned it extensively, arguing voters had previously approved an independent redistricting process and objecting to changes that would remove the Legislature’s two-thirds map-approval requirement and alter the commission’s role. The sponsor said the changes were needed in response to aggressive partisan redistricting in other states and would still require voter ratification in future sessions. The transcript ends during that debate, with no final vote on the amendment shown.

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• that the Department of Public Health Board of Registration and Midwifery has put forward a new regulation
• This new regulation implements sections 38 and 50 of Chapter 186 of the acts that were passed in 2024
• If members of your organization would like to offer comments on those regulations to help inform how
• My role as a regulator is different from those who are advocates here.
• So finding ways to have the clinicians and the regulators learn more, and particularly the regulators

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The commission met to reopen its work for the year, with roll call and attendance confirmations followed by remarks from the co-chairs and members. Senator Liz Miranda stepped down as co-chair, citing multiple responsibilities and personal losses, and Senator Adam Gomez was welcomed as the new Senate co-chair. Gomez said he would listen and learn from commissioners and advocates, and both outgoing and incoming leaders emphasized continuing the commission’s work on maternal health, postpartum depression, and equity. Members discussed several current policy and implementation issues. The Department of Public Health reported a new regulation to implement the 2024 midwifery access law, including temporary licenses for licensed certified professional midwives. Commissioners also raised concerns about birthing hospital and inpatient obstetric unit closures, OB-GYN workforce shortages, reimbursement changes, and the need to expand midwifery, doula, and birth center capacity. Other topics included substance use and perinatal mental health supports, the limited $220,000 appropriation for community-based perinatal mental health organizations, and the need for stronger funding in the budget to implement the maternal health law. The commission also focused on future priorities and information sharing. Members suggested more presentations from clinicians, regulators, infant and early childhood mental health experts, and PSI of Massachusetts; greater attention to parent-child relational health and postpartum screening in pediatric settings; and possible commission action such as a letter to the governor on workforce and access issues. The group agreed that there was not enough time to plan a May event and instead would use the commission to publicize related events, including Black Maternal Health Week activities. Commissioners voted to create a biweekly digest for sharing updates, with urgent items to be sent by email, and then adjourned the meeting.

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• Signature review regulations are inadequately or unevenly, at least, implemented in the state, meaning
• case, an 80-year-old voter who was known by his family to be frugal, buying clothes from a thrift store
• Under the Customs Border Patrol One app, aliens were allowed entry into the United States and provided

Committee: House Elections

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• applies to licensed money transmission license holders, such as companies like PayPal, Venmo, Cash App
• historical reference to where this has come from, there were no guardrails, nothing to oversee and regulate
• And sixth is to comply with state or federal law, rule, or regulation.

Bills: SB512 , SB1024

Committee: House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Keywords: SB 512, Texas Finance Code, money transmission, money services business, money transmitter, money transmission licensee, terms of service, consumer protection, civil penalty, attorney general enforcement, account closure, refund of balance, financial services regulation, payments industry, fintech, prepaid accounts, remittance, licensee compliance, local government debt, municipal finance

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• I represent SMG, Simple Management Group, a Florida-based company with 100 stores and 1,100 employees
• We regulate when residents can fertilize and water their own lawns.
• Specifically, the bill amends existing legislative intent by the state's regulation of health care professions
• As you probably notice, apps we use every day have already made the change to Gulf of America, and moving

Summary: The committee took up a long agenda of bills, beginning with CS/SB 678, which would allow pawnbroker transaction forms to be printed or digital; it drew support from a business representative and was reported favorably. Members then heard several bills by Senator Leak, including SB 466 to designate St. Johns County as the site of the Florida Museum of Black History and create a board to work with the museum foundation and Florida Memorial University; the bill drew supportive testimony about preserving accurate Black history and the significance of the site, and it passed favorably. Leak’s CS/SB 578 would let Florida wineries use recyclable inserts and other alternative containers for larger wine sales, and it also passed favorably. SB 582 would increase penalties for unlawful demolition of historic buildings and structures, limiting the higher penalties to certain nationally or internationally recognized historic properties; it was supported by preservation advocates and reported favorably. CS/SB 1168 would create an aggravated offense for installing or using tracking devices or apps in furtherance of crimes such as murder, domestic violence, or robbery, and it passed favorably after a brief discussion about stalking and violent crimes. CS/SB 806 would make the Florida Attorney General the exclusive public official with standing to enforce Florida charitable trusts, limiting out-of-state attorneys general from suing over Florida-administered trusts; members debated whether this would burden out-of-state beneficiaries, but the bill was reported favorably. SB 1228 would advance spring restoration efforts for Ichetucknee Springs and Santa Fe spring flows and allow a utility compliance plan amendment to deliver reclaimed water to replenish the aquifer; it passed favorably. CS/CS/SB 304 would require a qualified medical opinion in child protective investigations involving infants and young children with possible genetic or medical conditions that can mimic abuse, and it drew emotional support from parents and advocates before passing favorably. SB 1286 would clarify that ordinary unsupervised childhood activities like biking or playing outside do not constitute neglect absent reckless endangerment, and it was reported favorably. SB 1318, the hands-free driving bill, generated the most extensive debate: it renames the texting-while-driving law, expands the prohibition to handheld device use, and adds penalties in work zones and school zones; supporters cited fatal crash statistics and personal loss, while opponents raised concerns about enforcement, civil liberties, racial disparities in traffic stops, and the need for broader distracted-driving and insurance reforms. Despite those concerns, the bill was reported favorably after amendments. The committee also approved two claims bills, SB 14 for the estate of Penao-Hanvier against Miami Beach and SB 20 for J.N. against Hillsborough County, both settled claims recommended favorably by the special master. Finally, CS/SB 68 would modernize health facilities authority financing for private not-for-profit health systems, and CS/SB 172 would restrict misuse of health care specialty titles while preserving titles authorized under existing practice acts; both were discussed with questions about doctors, optometrists, and CRNAs, and both were reported favorably after amendment and debate.

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• Now you over here in the Senate and myself, is why are regulations keeping us from getting to the help
• mean because of that thing, but if I can, I mean, and I'm not trying to reduce appointment times to an app
• Years ago, I spent five years in the Food and Commercial Workers Union when I was in a grocery store.
• Some of them dealt with the federal hiring freeze, the freeze on regulation, and other issues.

Committee: Senate Senate Veterans' Affairs

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• They have indicated to others that they are struggling, and we actually have an app right now through
• They have indicated to others that they are struggling, and we actually have an app right now through
• They have indicated to others that they are struggling, and we actually have an app right now through
• are struggling and we actually have<00:01:27.040><c> a</c><00:01:27.439><c> an</c><00:01:27.759><c> app
• right now through the BCA have a an app right now through the BCA that<00:01:29.520><c> people</c><00

Keywords: 1183, house

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• But there is also both an app and then 24/7 at the BCA.
• Yeah, thanks for the question and everybody can download that app.
• But there is also both an app and then 24/7 at the BCA.
• Yeah, thanks for the question and everybody can download that app.
• But there is also both an app and then 24/7 at the BCA.

Bills: HF4446 , HF4066 , HF1082

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

Keywords: public safety officer, survivor benefits, line of duty death, occupational cancer, firefighter, police officer, paramedic, EMT, correctional officer, first responder, workers' compensation, death benefits, occupational exposure, carcinogen, cancer presumption, mesothelioma, leukemia, lung cancer, post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD

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• It's a resolution urging Congress to pass federal regulation promoting greater media accountability as
• </c> Congress to pass federal regulation Congress to pass federal regulation promoting<00:31:13.200><
• This morning, and I'm a millennial and otherwise competent with online access and apps.
• and everything for an elderly the apps and everything for an elderly person<02:58:15.760><c> that</c
• ,</c> unsustainable debt, endless regulation, unsustainable debt, endless regulation, and<04:37:24.959

Committee: House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• providing some rides that are extremely critical, medical rides, sometimes even just a ride to the grocery store
• This gives them an app, if for lack of a better term.

Keywords: 914, all

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• We ensure that whatever commodity is in that car or rolling stock is compliant with federal regulations
• We have that app, which is called Ask Rail.
• Every first responder who takes our course is allowed to have that app where they can enter the tank
• So having that Ask Rail app is very important. 99.99% of hazmat shipments are compliant for the safety

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• Chairman, we do regulate stablecoin.
• We do regulate stablecoin.
• “You don’t regulate kiosks.
• Second, Texas should lead in regulation.
• So we're in grocery stores, gas stations, convenience stores.

Committee: Senate Business & Commerce

Keywords: 1185, senate, all