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• HB 145 gives them one. being priced out of the communities. being priced out of the communities.
• Housing built at any price point relieves pressure across the entire market.
• are short on housing at every price are short on housing at every price point.<01:42:47.280>
• you create downward pressure on prices. you create downward pressure on prices.
• But if we do, we end up lowering our prices to offset the lack of on-site parking.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It affects their stock prices, opportunity prices, opportunities, and they'll just not open the door
• It affects their stock prices, opportunity prices, opportunities, and they'll just not open the door
• It affects their stock prices, opportunity prices, opportunities, and they'll just not open the door
• It affects their stock prices, opportunity prices, opportunities, and they'll just not open the door
• It affects their stock prices, opportunity prices, opportunities, and they'll just not open the door

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• That may be only two communities that year with the price, um, of that, um, that kind of, um, property
• <00:04:32.199> year<00:04:32.880> with<00:04:33.080> the<00:04:33.240> price
• <00:04:33.800> um communities that year with the price um communities that year with the price
• that cost into rent opportunity to price that cost into rent increases<00:58:41.280> or<00:58
• dramatically increasing home sale prices dramatically increasing home sale prices manufactured<02

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Or they're having to overpay for renewable energies, which also drives up the price.
• up the price. up the price.
• or long-term price stability. or long-term price stability.
• to global price shocks. to global price shocks.
• Our energy price crisis started long before the current administration got in, and with that I'll have

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Monday, April 6, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened, received an invocation from Pastor Shannon Watkins of Souls One Outreach Cathedral in Cumberland, and welcomed several guests and student pages. The chamber also announced the week’s schedule for the final days of session, including likely double sessions later in the week and a possible Saturday hold. Administrative items included the reading of House messages, a favorable executive nominations report that was special ordered for Tuesday, and the introduction of several House bills and Senate bills on the calendar. The main floor debate centered on Senate Bill 841, the Utility Relief Reducing Energy Load Information for Every Family Act. Senators discussed energy affordability, ratepayer relief, utility costs, data center growth, in-state generation, and the role of programs such as RGGI, EmPower, and the RPS. Supporters said the bill provides a comprehensive short- and long-term response, including consumer transparency and low-income relief, while critics argued it did not go far enough and should have included stronger relief or pauses on renewable energy mandates. After debate and several explanations of vote, the Senate passed SB 841 by a constitutional majority, 38-affirmative votes. Earlier in the session, Senate Bill 213 on state procurement transparency and procedures also passed with 40 affirmative votes. After SB 841 passed, the Senate took up House Bill 1532, a conforming companion to the utility relief measure. The committee offered an amendment to align HB 1532 with SB 841, the amendment was adopted without objection, and the bill then passed on third reading. Senators who explained their votes largely echoed the same themes from the SB 841 debate, with some emphasizing the need for more relief and others stressing the bill’s broader policy changes and regional energy-market constraints.

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• In the scrap metal industry, copper prices are near historic highs and copper theft is rampant across
• And just the median home price is over $1.5 million, it is unsustainable.
• Because they could never catch up to the rising housing prices.
• Virtually everyone here pledges to try to do all we can to lower housing prices.
• Unelected bureaucrats that voted to increase gas prices, no, they don't deserve a raise.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Physician offices play a role in the rising prescription drug prices.
• Position offices play a role in the rising prescription drug prices. Every dollar of premium.
• Physician offices play a role in the rising prescription drug prices.
• Patients shouldn't have to pay the price.
• The pricing is also a question that has been brought up, but according to conversations I've had with

Summary: The Assembly Health Committee heard a long agenda of health bills focused on access to preventive care, behavioral health, hospital services, and patient safety. Early items included AB 554, which would expand and protect access to HIV prevention drugs like PrEP, including injectable forms and coverage protections; supporters said it would shore up access amid federal threats, while insurers opposed it as a costly benefit mandate. AB 577 would limit insurer and PBM practices that steer medications away from physician offices and require more transparency and patient consent; doctors and patient advocates supported it, while health plans and insurers warned it could raise drug costs and disrupt specialty pharmacy networks. AB 546 would require coverage for portable HEPA purifiers for vulnerable enrollees during declared emergencies, especially wildfire smoke events, with support from air quality and public health groups and opposition from insurers concerned about benefit expansion and cost. The committee also heard AB 224, which would codify California’s updated essential health benefits benchmark plan after a public review process, adding infertility treatment, hearing aids, and durable medical equipment if approved by CMS for the 2027 plan year. DMHC said the state had completed the review and needed legislation to meet federal timing, and the measure drew broad support. AB 1032 would require plans and insurers to reimburse up to 12 additional behavioral health visits for enrollees in wildfire-affected counties for a limited period after an emergency; supporters argued it would fill gaps in trauma care after disasters, while insurers said existing parity and continuity-of-care rules already address the issue and that the bill could create inequities. AB 849 would require trained chaperones for sensitive ultrasound exams and training on how to observe and intervene; it was backed by a survivor and patient advocates, with hospitals and health districts raising staffing concerns. Later, AB 1196 would direct the Department of Public Health to update outdated rules requiring three surgeons for certain heart surgeries using cardiopulmonary bypass; supporters said the rule no longer reflects modern practice and strains staffing, while cardiology representatives had no formal opposition but wanted to review amendments. AB 1113 would codify a right to wear a mask for health reasons in public spaces, with support from disability and public health groups. AB 1386 sought to add perinatal care to the list of basic hospital services, prompting testimony about maternity ward closures, workforce shortages, and rural access; the author said the bill would be amended further and that the committee would need to revisit timelines and implementation details. The committee also heard AB 1429, which would address Kaiser’s repeated mental health parity violations and improve access to behavioral health care, though the transcript cuts off before any action on that bill is shown. Several bills were moved with motions and seconds, but many were held for quorum; AB 1196, AB 1113, and AB 1386 were among the measures advanced to a roll call or held on call, and the committee repeatedly noted that final votes would occur when quorum was available.

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• So according to a 2025 assessment, only 13.5% of New Mexico renters could afford a median-priced home
• The high prices in Santa Fe lead to more demand for houses in Rio Rancho, Bernalillo County.
• The high prices in Santa Fe lead to more demand for houses in Rio Rancho, Bernalillo County, contributing
• helps us... ...unlock private capital to deliver housing faster at a greater scale and across more price
• Our state is experiencing a housing crisis at all price points.

Bills: SB211, SB131, SB183, SB222, SB246, SB254

Keywords: appropriation, local government, Las Vegas, Rodriguez Park, public facilities, zoning reform, building regulations, residential apartments, commercial use, multigenerational housing, local government authority, healthcare, urgent care, emergency services, feasibility study, medical facilities, physician training, medical residency, New Mexico, massage therapy

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• The explanation continued that construction procurements are price-based and strictly based on price
• The response was that, in general, construction procurements are price-based.
• They are strictly based on price and qualification, and bidders must meet the qualification requirements
• Can you tell us what the per-unit price is on these this go around?
• <00:35:02.320> is you tell us what the per unit price is you tell us what the per unit price

Keywords: 00:01 Call to Order and Roll Call 01:49 Approval of Minutes 02:06 Information Items 03:48 Project Rpt from Finance and Admin Cabinet 14:38 Lease Rpt from Finance and Admin Cabinet 18:50 OFM – Ky Infrastructure Authority 26:40 OFM – Cabinet for Economic Development 31:50 Office of Financial Management 40:40 Remaining 2025 Meeting Dates 41:25 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The meeting opened with prayer and a quorum call, then the committee approved the prior meeting minutes. Staff reported several informational items, including University of Kentucky medical and research equipment purchases, school district debt issues, leasehold improvements, and Kentucky Community and Technical College System bond allocations. The committee then approved a line-item appropriation increase of $350,000 in federal funds for the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources’ Cumberland Forest Conservation Program, along with two Department of Military Affairs projects: the Ashland Readiness Center window replacement and the MATES HVAC replacement at Fort Knox. It also approved four larger maintenance-pool projects without further action: HVAC and smoke evacuation work at the Kentucky State Penitentiary, HVAC and hot water tank replacements at Oakwood, a Green Bank energy-savings performance project across state facilities, and roof replacement at Lake Barkley Lodge. Members asked about the prison project, the roof procurement process, and whether minority-owned firms receive special bidding preference; staff said capital projects are awarded through open low-bid procurement with qualification and warranty requirements, and that minority participation is preferred but not a bidding criterion. Two lease modifications were approved for Franklin County agencies: an expansion and renovation for the Auditor of Public Accounts and a downsizing and renovation for the Kentucky Workers Compensation Funding Commission. The committee also approved Kentucky Infrastructure Authority items, including a Monticello sewer loan, several Cleaner Water Program grants and reallocations, and a House Bill 1 water grant that required no action. Members questioned engineering costs and were told the KIA board reviews technical details and anomalies before approval. Finally, the committee approved six economic development grants: one EDF grant for V Simple in Jefferson County and five KPDI EDF grants for projects in Breckinridge, Erlanger, Todd, and Washington counties. The last action item was approval of Western Kentucky University’s up-to-$10 million general receipts revenue bond issue for athletic facilities. An informational Kentucky Housing Corporation multifamily bond item prompted concern from members about rising per-unit costs for affordable housing, and they requested further explanation from the housing corporation at a future meeting.

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• lower-cost generic drugs more quickly to market so that Americans can access these drugs at an affordable price
• We also played a role in making sure that the price of insulin is significantly reduced in many, many
• We agreed on a bipartisan basis to lower the price of prescription drugs by taking on the greed of the

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• Speaker, USDA's April 2026 food price outlook makes it clear that prices are not down; they are up.
• Food prices are up 2.7% from last year. Restaurant prices are up 3.8%.
• Restaurant prices are up 3.8%. Beef and veal prices are up over 12%. Fresh vegetables are up 7.5%.
• And grocery prices overall have 4.7%.
• ,<09:29:47.436> better They want lower gas prices, better They want lower gas prices, better

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Um there are a few reasons why price.
• <00:49:32.880> to ability to offer a lower prices to ability to offer a lower prices to patients
• our neighbors on price is not the point. our neighbors on price is not the point.
• You said 33 to 39. >> Yeah, we have two price points.
• One's >> Yeah, we have two price points.

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• resign because she secured a consent judgment against Family Dollar for inaccurately advertising the prices
• And in her actions, she has sued on rent price fixing.
• She sued insulin manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers for conspiring to inflate insulin prices
• She won a $17.85 million lawsuit from Lana and Bausch for generic drug price fixing, and she's filed
• Mays and her team won a $2.6 million settlement against Coulter Motors for deceptive pricing and charging

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a moment of silence honoring two Arizona Department of Public Safety personnel killed in a helicopter crash while responding to an active shooter incident in Flagstaff. Members also introduced numerous guests and Capitol Day visitors, including the Arizona Society of Anesthesiologists, the Arizona Dental Hygienists Association, and organizations serving deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind Arizonans. A proclamation was read designating September 4 as Taekwondo Day in Arizona. The chamber then processed a large number of bills through first reading, second reading, and Committee of the Whole. Measures receiving due-pass recommendations included HB 2075, HB 2120, HB 2155, HB 2328, HR 2004, HB 2051, HB 2072, HB 2178, HB 2203, HB 2395, HB 2010, HB 2043, HB 2108, HB 2135, and HB 2310. Several bills drew substantive debate, including HB 2051 and HB 2072 on lactation services and consultant certification for Medicaid reimbursement, HB 2203 on eliminating duplicative reporting requirements, HB 2395 on a voluntary mental health-related measure, and HB 2043, which sparked a sharp partisan exchange over whether it was a cleanup to felony-murder statutes or an anti-abortion/personhood measure. On third reading, HB 2008, dealing with school libraries and public funding for library associations, passed 33-25 after debate over whether it would help keep ideology out of schools or further weaken library support. House Resolution 2004, a nonbinding resolution expressing disapproval of Attorney General Chris Mays’ public statements, also passed 33-25 after extensive floor debate over her comments, her record on law enforcement and consumer protection, and whether the resolution was appropriate. The House then adopted the Committee of the Whole reports, referred the passed measures for engrossing, and adjourned until Monday, February 9, 2026.

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• SO THIS CHART IS AN ILLUSTRATION OF RATES BASED ON THE FOUR LOWEST-PRICED SILVER ON EXCHANGE PLANS FOR
• THE CONSUMER BUT YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN PREMIUMS FROM THIS YEAR THE NEXT YEAR AND THE LOWEST PRICE
• THERE WERE HEADWINDS FOR AETNA DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME SO THEY FELT LIKE WITH EITHER WITH PRICING
• PACKET THAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO SEE WHERE THEY CAN EXTEND OFFERS OF COVERAGE FOR CONSUMERS WHO MAY BE PRICED
• AND THEN THE TOP LINE THE LOWEST PRICE YOU HAD THE TOP TWO YOU HAD SOME ZERO PRICE PREMIUM PLANS.

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• A lot of those pricing issues are on the website side.
• You know, you can't use certain words or say things like employee pricing if the manufacturer is not
• <01:11:34.719> If<01:11:34.880> the like that or employee pricing.
• If the like that or employee pricing.
• , you can't advertise employee pricing, you can't advertise employee pricing.<01:11:39.120> And

Keywords: Appropriations - Room 216, 22 January, 2026; 8:00 AM, 925, all

Summary: The hearing began with the State Board of Architecture’s budget presentation. The executive director described the board’s mission to regulate architecture, landscape architecture, and certified interior design to protect public health and safety. He highlighted the board’s consolidated structure, license totals, high reciprocity rate, recent rule changes to reduce barriers to practice, and a proposed FY 2027 budget of $368,123, which included a 5% staff salary increase and higher operating costs. He also noted a newly identified need to modernize the licensing system, estimated at at least $25,000, and asked that the board not be reduced below the requested level. A board member also praised the small staff’s responsiveness and effectiveness. The State Board of Public Accountancy then presented its budget and policy requests. The executive director said the board regulates CPAs and CPA firms, oversees the CPA exam process, and has about 3,600 active individual licensees and 800 firms. The board requested only a 3% compensation increase for staff, plus a special request to allow an audit supervisor to repay the cost of a Becker review course through payroll deduction as part of succession planning. She also described a board-approved waiver program that began January 1, eliminating application fees for CPA exam candidates and retakes; 42 candidates had used the waiver in the first two weeks. In response to questions, she said the board does not assist CPAs with IRS disputes, but it does investigate complaints from the IRS, SEC, PCAOB, or others. Finally, a representative presented for the Board of Licensed Professional Counselors. She explained that the board regulates licensed counselors and psychotherapy providers, meets frequently, and has two staff members. The board’s main request was for additional investigative capacity: a full-time investigator and related funding, because complaints are currently handled by part-time investigators, contractors, and sometimes board members, which can require recusals from hearings. She said the state auditor had recently flagged complaint backlogs at regulatory agencies, supporting the request. The board also sought funding for a contractual administrative position, salary progressions, and a one-time technology increase to modify its new licensing system for the counseling compact and better search functions. Members questioned the board about its large cash balance, which was reported at about $860,000, and whether it should provide fee relief or other benefits to members; the presenter said the board would look into that and noted that revenues had increased significantly in recent years, partly due to out-of-state and telehealth-related licensing demand.

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• <00:38:47.240> tag location but the $13 million price tag location but the $13 million price
• Those rebates will be pre-applied and lower the price of heat pumps.
• <02:17:49.200> differential ramping up so that price differential ramping up so that price
• And so new prices just came out for February 1st in Unitil territory.
• on the market um separately the price on the market um separately the price varies<02:22:41.479>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Senator Allen, Senator Carley, Senator Figures, Senator Dean, Senator Hatcher, Senator Jones, Senator Price
• Senator Dean, Senator Hatcher, Senator Jones, Senator Price here, Senator Sessions here, Senator Shelnut
• Senator Hatcher, Senator Jones, Senator Price, Senator Sessions, Senator Shelnut, Senator Singleton,

Keywords: 923, senate, all

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• of fertilizer inputs, or the erratic price volatility of fertilizer inputs, or both.
• Chair and members, you know ammonia prices are high when Minnesota is getting compared to sub-Saharan
• Chair and members, you know ammonia prices are high when Minnesota is getting compared to sub-Saharan
• Chair and members, you know ammonia prices are high when Minnesota is getting compared to sub-Saharan
• <00:42:09.720> of primary factors the volatile price of primary factors the volatile price

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Facilities Authority Board of Directors, effective July 1, 2025, for terms expiring June 30, 2029: Morris Price
• <00:30:26.080> Morris<00:30:26.399> Price<00:30:26.640> of<00:30:26.720>
• Morris Price of Denver, 30th, 2029.
• Morris Price of Denver, Colorado<00:30:27.360> to<00:30:27.520> serve<00:30:27.600>

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, approved the journal of January 16, 2026, and then moved through committee reports and floor business. The State Veterans and Military Affairs Committee reported the appointment of Robert Davis of Boulder as executive director of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and adjutant general, recommending it be placed on the consent calendar and confirmed. The chamber also considered House Joint Resolution 102, commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which was adopted by a vote of 32 ayes, 0 noes, with 3 excused. Several announcements were made about upcoming committee hearings, including SMART Act hearings for judiciary and transportation committees, as well as a blood drive and a fundraiser for the junior livestock sale. The Majority Leader announced that governor appointments would be read across the desk before adjournment and that members did not need to return later that day. The remainder of the meeting consisted of reading a long series of gubernatorial appointments to various boards and commissions, including the Colorado Coal Mine Board of Examiners, the Institute of Cannabis Research Governing Board, the Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority, College Invest, the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education, Colorado Mesa University, the Charter School Institute Board, the Private Occupational School Board, the Advisory Committee on Governmental Accounting, and the Colorado Banking Board. After the appointments were read, the Senate adopted a motion to adjourn and recessed until 9:00 a.m. on January 21, 2026.

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• But what we heard in conference continuously from all of those that testified is the price of vehicles
• The price of repairs in North Dakota are one of the highest in the entire country.
• In talking to insurance companies, all of them don't want to release how they price.
• If they came in here and said, this is how we price, this is how we look at every risk that we're doing

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The conference committee on House Bill 1229 met to try to resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill, which deals with reporting certain traffic offenses to driving records and, by extension, insurance companies. House members argued that the House position was driven by concern that reporting lower-level offenses would unfairly raise insurance costs, while Senate members said they opposed removing reporting because they wanted transparency and believed people who break the law should face consequences. The discussion focused heavily on whether the bill should continue to exclude offenses at two points and below from reporting, or whether a narrower compromise such as one point and below might be acceptable. Committee members and DOT Driver and Vehicle Director Brad Schaefer reviewed a color-coded list of offenses and how they are currently reported. Schaefer explained that salmon-shaded items automatically appear on driving records because they trigger suspension or revocation, green items are commercial-driver violations that also trigger suspension, and the remaining unshaded zero-, one-, and some two-point violations were the main subject of the conference discussion. Members debated whether some low-point items, such as equipment violations, no child restraint, distracted driving, and failure to use due care, should remain reportable, while acknowledging that serious offenses like fleeing and human trafficking would remain reportable regardless. No final compromise was reached. Several members expressed interest in a possible middle ground limited to one-point-and-below offenses, but others worried the Senate would not accept it. The committee agreed to adjourn and reschedule after members had more time to review the list and consider possible amendments.

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• And basic economics tells us that as the supply of legal services goes up, the price will come down for
• It also tells us that government regulation of a service drives up the price.
• So how do we raise the supply and reduce the price of legal services?
• If we can agree that the average Texan has been priced out of the market for many legal services, then

Summary: The House and Senate met in joint session under HCR 5 to hear an address from Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Jimmy Blacklock, with Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick introducing him. The session included recognition of the justices, judges, law enforcement officers, and interpreters present, and it also marked the formal completion of the joint session once the address ended. Chief Justice Blacklock said the state of the judiciary is strong, while paying tribute to former Chief Justice Nathan Hecht and thanking Governor Abbott for his appointment. His remarks focused on judicial administration and public safety, including a call for a 30% increase in district judge salaries, which he argued is needed to attract and retain qualified judges. He also urged support for law enforcement, backed efforts to keep violent offenders in custody pending trial, and said the court is gathering data to identify underperforming judges and use constitutional remedies where necessary. Blacklock emphasized that Texas courts should interpret statutes and the constitution according to text and original meaning, rejecting the “living constitution” approach. He highlighted reforms to improve efficiency and reduce litigation costs, including changes to docketing practices, civil procedure, and the regulation of legal services, and he urged the State Bar to remain politically neutral. He also discussed family law and child welfare, arguing for stronger legal representation for parents and suggesting repeal of Family Code subsection O, which he said can unfairly lead to termination of parental rights. The joint session concluded after his remarks, and the House stood at ease as guests departed.