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• This is not a small thing, and I just want everyone here to come into this clear-eyed.
• It was he and I that were on the boat when we were trolling for walleye that gave me the time because
• We do small group together. Our wives are super close.
• when we were and I that were on the boat when we were trolling<01:03:33.200><c> for</c><01:03:33.319
• group together our wives are do small group together our wives are super<01:03:47.760><c> close</c><

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Um, you have the right to carry a firearm with you, um, a long gun with you on the boat.
• Why do you have to boat around with that round in a chamber?
• Um, you have the right to carry a firearm with you, um, a long gun with you on the boat.
• Why do you have to boat around with that round in a chamber?
• Why do you have to boat around with that round in a chamber?

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• These tools benefit large corporations and drive prices up for small businesses.
• These tools benefit large corporations and drive prices up for small businesses.
• I provided safe harbors for businesses acting in good faith.
• So I don't know if you've thought about small versus large, that kind of thing.
• I think small businesses are very, And do not stand to be harmed by this.

Summary: The committee heard several bills and took up multiple votes. AB 576, dealing with updates to California’s charitable fundraising platform registry after AB 488, was presented as a technical fix to help charities and platforms more quickly update eligible listings; there was no opposition testimony, and the measure was later moved on a due pass basis. AB 1160, on law enforcement drone programs, was presented with proposed amendments requiring U.S.-based data storage and limits on sharing or selling collected data; supporters said it would protect sensitive drone-collected information while preserving affordable drone use, while there was no opposition testimony, and it was also later passed out on a due pass as amended basis. AB 75, which would require insurers to give notice before collecting aerial images of homes and provide homeowners access to those images, drew support from the Department of Insurance and consumer advocates, while insurers opposed it unless amended, arguing aerial imaging is a cost-saving inspection tool and that the bill could worsen availability and affordability; the bill was moved to Appropriations on a due pass basis, with the roll held open for absent members. The committee spent the most time on AB 325, which would address algorithmic price-fixing and collusion. The author and supporters argued that competitors using the same pricing software or algorithm to set prices can function as collusion even when the agreement is hidden behind code, and cited examples involving housing, frozen potatoes, gas pricing, and other industries. Opponents, including apartment, business, hospital, retail, chamber, and tech groups, said the bill was too broad, could sweep in lawful software and public-data market research, and might chill legitimate pricing tools, especially for small businesses and housing providers. Committee members raised concerns about clarity, intent standards, and whether the bill should focus more narrowly on nonpublic competitor data; despite those concerns, AB 325 was moved to Appropriations on a due pass basis, with the roll held open. Later, AB 1221 was presented as a workplace surveillance bill that would prohibit certain invasive or discriminatory surveillance tools, require notice to workers, limit sharing of worker data, and require corroborating evidence before discipline based on surveillance outputs. Labor and consumer groups supported the bill, saying modern surveillance technologies can track speech, movement, emotion, and other sensitive traits and can be biased or abusive. The Security Industry Association opposed it, warning that the bill’s broad definitions could restrict legitimate security systems, emergency sharing with first responders, and employer responses to misconduct or unsafe behavior. The transcript cuts off before any final vote on AB 1221 is shown.

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• </c><01:03:12.640><c> building</c> site because it's such a small building site because it's such a small
• urban area, a small-footprint area in an urban setting.
• urban area, a small-footprint area in an urban setting.
• urban area, a small-footprint area in an urban setting.
• urban area, a small-footprint area in an urban setting.

Bills: HF2928, HF2912, HF2297

Keywords: water appropriation, data centers, environmental review, energy conservation, permit application, carbon-free energy, geothermal energy, renewable energy, Macalester College, appropriation, sustainability, solar energy, pollinator programs, license plates, agrivoltaics, environmental sustainability, 1183, house

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• The city is home to a thriving visitor economy, a working harbor, commercial fishery operations, recreational
• For Half Moon Bay, protecting the coast means protecting jobs, protecting small businesses, protecting
• Like those always seem like no-brainers to me, and just, you know, there's small amounts in the context
• Like those always seems like no-brainers to me, and just, you know, there's small amounts in the, in

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• WE CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE ONE OF THESE IN OUR SYSTEM AND THAT IF THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
• A FEW OTHER EXAMPLES I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY HAS A CENTER FOR MEDICAL SMALL RESEARCH
• I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HARBOR BRANCH OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE AND PART OF THE INSTITUTE IS NOW PART OF
• LOTS OF TIMES IT IS ACCUMULATING SMALL IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN YIELD OVER TIME REAL REDUCTIONS.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• And he also believed in briefing us individually in small groups, okay, so that we didn't have these
• We were not publicly talking about a lot of things because we were trying not to rock the boat.
• And then we were trying to implement Act 15 without a... ...the boat.
• For a small fee, we're happy to provide that. There you go. No, absolutely.
• Rothman's person, I run a small business, so I have for over 20 years, Better Environmental Solutions

Keywords: 970, all

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• </c> conservation partners legacy small conservation partners legacy small grants<00:09:55.760><c> program
• Um again, these small protect protected.
• Um again, these small CPL<00:10:23.440><c> small</c><00:10:23.920><c> grants</c><00:10:24.959><c> has
• Instead of taxes, you get a small stipend.
• Instead of taxes, you get a small stipend.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• boat launches and things like that.
• </c><00:29:40.640><c> as</c> calculation both for uh mo uh boating as calculation both for uh mo uh boating
• :49.600><c> or</c> either boats or snowmobiles or either boats or snowmobiles or four-wheers<00:29:50.640
• ><c> communities,</c><01:22:52.080><c> if</c> many of these small communities, if many of these small
• </c> really has um this may be one small really has um this may be one small option<02:43:24.000><c>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• About something about small businesses in making this process a little easier.
• I do know that there used to be a small business incubator.
• Yeah, that's called SBRN, the Small Business Resiliency Network.
• We're a small state agency. We have about 90 employees.
• So that's a county field. we've carved out a small communities category.

Summary: The Capital Budget Committee heard presentations from the Department of Commerce, the Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO), and a consultant on the School Construction Assistance Program (SCAP) study. Commerce officials described their agency’s role in housing, energy, local government, broadband, and other capital programs, and reported on a $5 million pilot under Senate Bill 5200 that used trusted community messengers and technical assistance to help historically excluded organizations prepare for capital funding. They said 18 organizations received direct support and 79 smaller projects were also funded, but emphasized that statutory match rules, reimbursement-based payments, site-control requirements, insurance and audit costs, and extensive contracting rules remain major barriers. Commerce outlined efforts to expand outreach, digital modernization, internal contracting improvements, tribal MOUs, and innovation centers, and members asked about small business support, housing program placement, and outreach to Eastern Washington and communities of color. RCO described its grant programs for recreation, conservation, education, and salmon/orca recovery, and reviewed equity work done before and after a 2021-23 proviso. The agency had already created a small-communities carve-out in youth athletic facilities, piloted stipends for advisory committee members, and reduced match requirements where allowed. Under the proviso, RCO completed an equity review and a planning program that funded 54 projects across 34 counties, with many applicants being new or long-absent grantees. Staff said the review led to changes in scoring criteria, clearer application guidance, more objective data measures, expanded technical assistance, and targeted community engagement. Members asked about application burden, project sizes, outreach, and how the agency is broadening participation and representation on advisory committees. The final presentation summarized a planning study on SCAP, which examined rising construction costs, fragmented grant programs, local funding barriers, and uneven district capacity. The report recommended nine major changes, including stronger planning support, a new minor-modernization category, a mechanism to use unused funds more quickly, an education-specification prototype, a SCAP enhancement program for low-capacity districts, acceptance of non-SCAP funds, phased modernization, streamlined D-form and reimbursement processes, and revisions to the SCAP formula to better account for grade-band differences, enrollment projections, and regional cost factors. Additional recommendations included ongoing monitoring and evaluation, facilities-impact reviews, matching SCAP increases to construction-cost inflation, earlier locking of funding estimates, flexible program spaces, and updated statewide building-condition assessments. No votes were taken during the meeting.

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• Just for information, like many small agencies, the majority of our budget is in fact in fixed costs.
• definition provide Safe Harbor to the definition provide Safe Harbor to the individual<00:37:45.960><
• Most cities are very small to medium-sized.
• Lots of their members are quite small indeed.
• 29.719><c> um</c> members are are quite small indeed um members are are quite small indeed um the<01:

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I also get the calls. from constituents that are in the same boat of, you know, or you know, we're in
• And to me, this is a small way of making payment on a mandate that we tell people they have to do.

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• This bill does a lot of good things for a lot of people for a relatively small amount of money in terms
• With your changes, it actually opens it up and small farmers will not be able to access this program.
• farmers will not be will actually small farmers will not be able<00:21:07.039><c> to</c><00:21:07.280
• c><00:25:49.000><c> and</c><00:25:49.520><c> uh</c><00:25:50.039><c> I</c> it matters but it's one boat
• and uh I it matters but it's one boat and uh I just<00:25:50.520><c> hope</c><00:25:50.720><c> you</

Bills: HF1704, HF1722

Keywords: Minnesota agriculture budget, Department of Agriculture appropriation, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, farm bill, rural development, agricultural grants, soil health, livestock compensation, crop damage, meat inspection, poultry inspection, county agricultural inspectors, biofertilizer, nitrogen management, commercial nitrogen fertilizer, water quality, farm down payment assistance, beginning farmers

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• It really is a way of ensuring that our small hospitals, a rural hospitals, all our public hospitals,
• We cover boats. So there's a lot of different lines that we cover here in Washington.
• Many of our members are sole proprietors or small business owners.
• We're on a small scale compared to big hospitals.
• Reducing the window is a critical step to small practices' financial stability.

Summary: The Senate Health and Long-Term Care Committee heard testimony on several bills. SB 6159 would create a public hospital infrastructure account funded by a new annual coverage assessment on insurers and other businesses subject to the premium tax, and would allow public hospital districts and other public health entities to collaborate more freely and access capital financing for major construction or modernization projects. Senator Dhingra said the bill is intended to help public hospitals compete and modernize, especially amid federal Medicaid and ACA subsidy cuts. Supporters included UW Medicine, while hospital districts supported the general concept but said Section 2 could unintentionally narrow existing cooperative agreements with nonpublic entities. Health plans and insurers opposed the bill, arguing it would raise premiums, increase consolidation, and improperly sweep in property and casualty insurers and mutual companies; testimony also raised concerns about pass-through costs and retaliatory tax effects. The hearing on SB 6159 closed with 5 pro, 74 con, and 2 other sign-ins. The committee then heard SB 5845, which would modernize timely payment rules by requiring carriers and public employee plans to pay or deny all clean claims within 30 days, require prompt notice and a single request for additional information on incomplete claims, and impose interest or penalties for missed deadlines. Senator Slaughter said the bill would reduce uncertainty for providers and stabilize payments without increasing patient costs. Hospitals, physicians, and health systems strongly supported the measure, citing large volumes of late clean claims and examples of prolonged delays, including a Harborview claim that remained unpaid more than a year after billing. Health plans opposed the bill, saying the current 95% standard is workable, that they already meet high compliance rates, and that the bill could limit fraud, waste, and abuse review on high-dollar claims; they also sought more flexibility and additional time for responses. The hearing closed with 69 pro, 4 con, and 2 other sign-ins. The committee also heard SB 5916, which would prohibit health plans from disadvantaging non-opioid pain treatments relative to opioids in formularies and utilization management, and would require a Department of Health educational pamphlet on non-opioid alternatives. Senator Harris described the bill as a response to opioid deaths and a way to encourage safer pain treatment options. Patients, recovery advocates, and rare disease advocates testified in support, saying insurance barriers and step therapy often make non-opioid care harder to access and can push patients toward opioids. The Health Care Authority and an association of health plans opposed the bill, arguing it could reduce formulary flexibility, increase costs, and limit tools such as prior authorization and step therapy. The hearing closed with 8 pro, 1 con, and 2 other sign-ins. Finally, the committee heard SB 6102 and SB 6103, both sponsored by Senator Muzzall, and SB 6071. SB 6102 would align the ambulance transport quality assurance fee with federal rules after H.R. 1 barred new provider taxes, preserving the existing fee rate and adjusting the Medicaid add-on rate annually; the Washington Ambulance Association supported it, saying the program had improved wages and benefits for EMS workers. SB 6103 would make Medicaid payments for services provided by a rural emergency hospital subject to appropriation, creating a framework for East Adams Rural Health Care to convert to the new federal rural emergency hospital model; East Adams and the Washington State Hospital Association supported it as a way to preserve rural access. SB 6071 would shorten overpayment recovery timelines for all services to six months, or nine months for coordination-of-benefits cases, matching the shorter timelines already enacted for behavioral health services; providers and specialty associations supported the bill as a way to reduce destabilizing clawbacks, while the remaining testimony was still underway when the transcript ended.

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• But in a situation where we want to lift all boats, it's also important that we're creating the supply
• And I want to make sure that when we improve or when we bring programs forward, we are lifting all boats
• So it's happening naturally in a small number of places, but the opportunity to shed light on it and
• have administrators at those schools that are both operational and instructional leaders, that leaky boat
• That's been proposed to move, I believe, actually to the Small Business Administration for future student

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• They might find you guilty, but they withhold adjudication and they only give you a small fine.
• I know we all do, that come from the less government type of mindset, that small government kind of type
• I know we all do, that come from the less government type of mindset, that small government kind of type
• The less government type of mindset, small government type of mindset.
• County Sheriff's Officer, Sergeant Elio Diaz, was shot and killed during a traffic stop in Charlotte Harbor

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development met to review its fiscal year 2025-2026 budget proposal and several bills. The chair outlined a roughly $18 billion budget area, including major funding for the Department of Transportation work program, Visit Florida, library/cultural/historical initiatives, affordable housing, National Guard tuition assistance, and Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles needs. The committee adopted a motion allowing technical adjustments and then approved the budget proposal as a recommendation to the full Senate Appropriations Committee. The committee next heard and approved CS/SB 666, creating a Miami Northwestern Alumni Association specialty license plate, with proceeds supporting scholarships, academic, athletic, and arts programs at Miami Northwestern Senior High School. Members praised the school’s academic and athletic achievements, and the bill was reported favorably without opposition. The committee also heard extensive testimony on CS/SB 1318, which would rename Florida’s texting-while-driving law as the hands-free driving law and expand the prohibition to handheld use of wireless devices, including in work zones. Supporters, including law enforcement, health care, bicycling, and crash victims’ advocates, argued it would save lives and make enforcement clearer; some senators supported the goal but raised concerns about enforcement, privacy, and impacts on drivers with older vehicles. The bill was reported favorably. The committee then approved SB 1408, designating memorial highways in Hillsborough and Charlotte counties for Master Patrol Officer Jesse Madsen and Sergeant Elio Diaz, and SB 1516, creating the International Aerospace Innovation Fund to be administered by Space Florida to support partnerships between Florida and international aerospace companies. Both bills were reported favorably with little debate. Senators also requested to be recorded in the affirmative on selected bills, and the meeting adjourned.

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• HUMAN TRAFFICKING DEFINED AND FLORIDA STATUTES DEFINED AS TRANSPORTING RECRUITING, HARBORING ENTICING
• AND ALSO ALLOWING FOR CONTINUOUS SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS AND COLLABORATIONS WITH OTHERS. 2012 THE HARBOR

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• For a small business owner, to be exact... Fairly simple amendment.
• And one of the things that defines a small business in federal law is 50 employees.
• government, you start creating confusion in small businesses.
• I'm just going to read a small part from this email.
• So if I'm a small employer—and small, we're now at 50 on the amendment,… …we're now at 50 on the amendment

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The Senate considered and passed House Bill 4245, the Department of Revenue rules bundle covering 27 rules from six agencies. Members withdrew the committee amendment, adopted a floor amendment making changes to two lottery rules and one tax rule related to pre-need cemetery companies, then passed the bill 30-1. The Senate also adopted a title amendment and made the bill effective from passage by a 31-0 vote. Later, when the House rejected the Senate’s amendments, the Senate receded from its amendments and again passed the bill, making it effective from passage. The chamber also adopted several concurrent resolutions from the Rules Committee, including studies on school finance transparency, divorce grounds, the Southern West Virginia water crisis, athletic trainer access in public secondary schools, the eastern gray fox population, upland game bird stamp purchases, and the Public Service Commission. Senate Concurrent Resolution 50, calling for a study of the PSC, was also adopted. In addition, the Senate passed House Bill 5381, which expands the Office of Energy’s role to develop a comprehensive energy policy and grid stabilization plan, and House Bill 5412, the Future Ready Education Act, after amending it to require annual vocational and agriculture offerings unless not viable and to set science-of-reading training requirements for K-5 literacy teachers by 2028-29. The Senate passed House Bill 845, a supplemental appropriation to the Governor’s Office Civil Contingent Fund, after concurring in a House amendment that reappropriated federal match grant funds and increased the civil contingency surplus fund from $15 million to $25 million; it was made effective from passage. The chamber also concurred in House amendments to House Bill 4106 on constitutional carry for 18- to 20-year-olds, House Bill 4004 creating the Recharge West Virginia training reimbursement program, House Bill 5453 revising the school aid funding formula for special education weighting, and other measures including House Bill 4009 on portable benefits, Senate Bill 164 on substitute teacher definitions, and House Bill 4606 on pretrial release for certain felonies. A lengthy debate centered on House Bill 4198, the E-Verify Safe Harbor Act. The Judiciary Committee amendment would have required public and certain private employers to use E-Verify, while a further amendment from the Senator from Randolph would have limited the mandate to public employers and made E-Verify optional for private employers with liability protections for good-faith use. After extensive discussion about small business impacts, federal-state conflicts, and enforcement, the Senate adopted the Randolph amendment and then passed the bill 31-3, with a title amendment also adopted. The Senate later refused to concur in House amendments to House Bill 4010, concurred in House amendments to House Bill 5438, receded from amendments to House Bill 4765, and adjourned sine die.

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• Uh we're call boat beds and make do.
• It's a small office. Five is a big percentage of their office.
• It's a small office. Five is a Kentucky. It's a small office.
• And so the number of cases those are is pretty small.
• And we've run the numbers on small.

Keywords: Opening and Roll Call 00:28 Public safety Cabinet 01:09 Juvenile justice MH Facility: 04:30 Department of Corrections Repair and Replacement: 10:29 Department of Criminal Justice Flat Track 19:05 KSP : 27:02 Department of Public Advocacy : 37:35, 958, all

Summary: The subcommittee heard capital project requests from the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet for fiscal years 2026-28. The cabinet described its large statewide footprint and said its facilities face significant deferred maintenance, with the governor’s budget proposing full funding for maintenance pool requests, including an additional $60 million for the Department of Corrections’ maintenance pool and cash funding through investment income. Officials said the projects were based on facility assessments and were presented as necessary public safety investments rather than wish-list items. For the Department of Juvenile Justice, the main requests were $35 million for a high-acuity mental health treatment facility and $45 million each for two new female detention facilities. Officials said the mental health facility would fill a gap for youth needing psychiatric care, while the female facilities were needed to support a regional detention model and address overcrowding; they noted the current female population has grown by 50% since July 2024. Members asked about locations, and staff said they were considering western Kentucky abandoned mine land and available land in Fayette and Jefferson counties, with current female placements in Boyd County and Warren County. For the Department of Corrections, officials requested funding for critical mechanical, electrical, plumbing, roof, and structural repairs, including $15.78 million for Kentucky State Penitentiary utilities infrastructure and additional funding for North Point Training Center projects. They also highlighted two re-entry initiatives: a KCTCS partnership for a re-entry campus at North Point and the East Kentucky Applied Manufacturing Institute at Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex, both aimed at reducing recidivism through intensive training and job preparation. Members asked about the KCTCS re-entry model, and DOC explained it would be a more immersive, campus-style program than current prison-based vocational classes. The Department of Criminal Justice Training discussed projects at its Richmond campus and the planned Western Kentucky Training Center, including a replacement flat track and campus access road at Richmond and added training features in Madisonville. Officials said the Richmond changes were needed because EKU construction had removed the existing flat track and would affect access, while the Western Kentucky project would expand training capacity and reduce travel for law enforcement agencies. The Kentucky State Police then outlined the final phase of the statewide emergency radio system replacement, estimated at about $17.5 million, and said the system is being built in geographic phases; members asked how long completion would take, and staff estimated roughly four years after funding, assuming no major inflation spikes. No votes were taken, and the meeting remained informational with member questions and staff responses.

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• Now skyrocketing costs are sinking all boats in Colorado.
• </c> costs are sinking all boats in Colorado. costs are sinking all boats in Colorado.
• Where small businesses are a business.
• I think we bought a lamb and a small goat.
• small small I<02:05:22.400><c> don't</c><02:05:22.480><c> know,</c><02:05:23.360><c> goat.

Keywords: 981, all