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• It prohibits combined aggregate limits.
• Now, in a prior biennial report, TDI raised a concern about shared aggregate limits, both from a disclosure
• This bill addresses both concerns by requiring clear disclosure of shared aggregate limits for commercial
• group policies and outright prohibiting personal line group policies that include shared aggregate limits
• So if me and my neighbors want to go into a group policy together, I want certain endorsements on mine

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• achieved our rate of growth or the positive impact we've been able to make this past year without the aggregate
• So our funds, ma'am, they don't, and I'm sure the other agency is the same, but speaking for mine specifically
• One, I hear that a lot of road projects take a little bit longer because of supply, whether it's aggregate
• So my focus today, my competencies are in finance, and while I participate in their aggregate analysis
• So my focus today, my competencies are in finance, and while I participate in their aggregate analysis

Summary: The committee met to review agency program funding as it prepared to build the budget, hearing brief presentations from six agencies and then taking member questions. Florida Division of Emergency Management highlighted its role in response, preparedness, recovery, and mitigation, describing a largely federal pass-through budget, major technology investments, and large disaster and preparedness grant activity. The Department of Commerce, Department of State, Florida Housing Finance Corporation, Department of Transportation, Department of Military Affairs, Florida State Guard, and Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles also summarized their budgets, staffing, and major programs, including workforce and economic development, elections and arts funding, housing assistance, transportation work programs, military readiness, state guard expansion, and highway safety and motorist services. Members focused questions on several issues: arts and library grant funding and whether award criteria had changed; Commerce’s rural infrastructure and job growth grants and why funds were not being disbursed faster; Florida Housing’s use of SAIL, Live Local, Hometown Heroes, and SHIP funds and how smaller agencies learn about and access funding; and DOT’s work program gap between agency and governor proposals. The most extensive questioning was directed to Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles about long DMV lines, vacancies, overtime, staffing shortages, and the ability to shift funds between divisions. The department said staffing and pay constraints, especially in South Florida, were driving service delays and vacancy rates, and that overtime was being used because troopers were leaving for better-paying jobs. The Florida State Guard was also questioned about its spending and procurement pace, including aircraft purchases and facilities. Its director said long procurement timelines explained the low initial spending and that obligations had risen sharply as contracts matured. Members also asked about the department’s public opposition to Amendment 3 and whether agency resources were used in that effort; the director said no contracts or purchases were made to influence the vote and said the colonel’s comments were made off the clock. The meeting ended with the chair asking agencies to respond promptly to unanswered questions, and the committee adjourned without any recorded votes or formal actions beyond receiving the presentations and questions.

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• Crowdsourced data aggregation, I touched on that earlier, but part of this data that's being assimilated
• focus system that is already outdated because I looked up, as you're talking about weather alerts, mine
• I toured, not too long ago, I toured the Chino mines, Freeport, McMurray, up in Silver City, and you
• For an aggregate average across vehicle categories, the total VMT tax rate levied on average vehicles
• But on an aggregate average, it is 22.6 cents, according to this model here.

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• I THINK THE OVERALL FEELING, AND AT LEAST CERTAINLY MINE, IS THAT THE USE OF AI WITH THE EFFICIENCIES
• THE AI AGGREGATOR WHICH BASICALLY, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, WHICH IS TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IF THE CONSUMER
• INSURANCE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IS A RISK AGGREGATION, RIGHT?
• LEVEL WHETHER IT'S CONSUMER BUSINESS, AT THE END OF THE DAY, SOME NOTION OF INSURANCE IS IT AN AGGREGATION

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• They have mined sand and gravel from the district and, in doing so, they broke... through and the water's
• Maybe in 2019, there was a select committee that was created on aggregate, and one realm was about concrete
• And so, look, we're a growing state; we need that product, that aggregate.
• We are a ready-mix concrete, asphalt, and aggregate producer located in El Paso, Texas, extending out

Bills: HB573, HB1499, HB1768, HB3071, HB3249, HB3866, HB4112

Keywords: environmental enforcement, legislative oversight, inspection, concrete plants, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, environmental product declaration, grant program, ready-mixed concrete, manufacturers, sustainability, concrete plant, concrete batch plant, wet batching, dry batching, central mixing, standard permit, TCEQ, environmental regulation, air quality, construction permit

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• But in a case like mine subsidence, or mine subsidence that we're talking about now, or again, somebody
• But in a case like mine subsidence, or mine subsidence that we're talking about now, or again, somebody
• subsidence coverage, and there's a mine subsidence fund.
• he wants to make a mine subsidence claim, he then will advise Erie.
• No, no, no... mine those... okay, I declare the motion adopted.

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee met with a quorum present and approved the March 4, 2026 minutes by voice vote. The committee first considered House Bill 55, which updates and modernizes workers’ compensation statutes to reflect the privatized system, remove obsolete provisions, and adjust the Workers’ Compensation Board of Review from five members to three. The Insurance Commissioner testified that the bill is part of the cleanup from privatization and would give the governor more flexibility in appointments. After adopting a strike-and-insert amendment and a title amendment, the committee reported HB 55 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass. The committee then took up House Bill 5463, which would reduce BRIM’s required liability coverage for county boards of education from $1.25 million to $1 million per occurrence and eliminate the separate $5 million excess coverage requirement. BRIM’s director testified that the excess market was difficult to access and costly, but several senators raised concerns that lowering coverage could reduce protection for victims and school-related claims. After a divided vote, the motion to report the bill failed, and HB 5463 was not passed by the committee. Next, the committee considered House Bill 4869, creating guaranteed issue rights for Medicare supplement policies, including annual birthday replacement rights and a special right for certain Medicaid recipients losing eligibility. Counsel said the bill would prohibit underwriting barriers during the guaranteed issue periods and require an annual report on premium trends. With no amendments offered, the committee reported HB 4869 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass. Finally, the committee considered House Bill 5462 on mine subsidence insurance. The bill would allow the mine subsidence fund to offset payments by amounts received from other sources and limit lawsuits over claims reported to BRIM. Members debated a proposed strike-and-insert amendment that would have softened the litigation limits and added notice and remedy provisions, but the amendment was rejected. The committee then reported HB 5462 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass, and the meeting adjourned.

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• And that the aggregate nameplate rating of all the plants that will be located on or adjacent to the
• site after construction will be equal to or greater than the aggregate nameplate rating of all existing
• The bill directs the State Mine Inspector to establish a statewide registry and monitoring program for
• The bill directs the State Mine Inspector to establish a statewide registry and monitoring program for
• Barry Arons, another good friend of mine, is going to tell you why he doesn't like your bill.

Bills: HB2211, HB2229, HB2389, HB2403, HB2445, HB2502, HB2620, HB2813, HB2872, HB2889, HB2960, HB4028, HCR2007

Keywords: contractors, subcontractors, resident preference, public contracts, materials supply, Arizona Revised Statutes, local businesses, pregnancy resource center, pregnancy center, crisis pregnancy center, DHS, Arizona Department of Health Services, state appropriation, general fund, nonprofit grant, women's health, maternal health, reproductive health, abortion funding, pro-life

Summary: The committee first took up HB 2211 only for discussion, not a vote. The strike-everything amendment would make it unprofessional conduct for certain health care licensees to submit an independent dispute resolution offer above 300% of Medicare or 300% of the qualified payment amount. The chair said he wanted more stakeholder meetings and broader consensus before moving the bill. Testimony was split: an ARMA representative opposed the measure, arguing it reflected insurer concerns, QPA data lacked transparency, and licensing discipline was the wrong tool for billing disputes; a Blue Cross Blue Shield representative supported it, saying a small number of private equity-backed providers were driving up surprise-billing costs and abusing the No Surprises Act. No action was taken on HB 2211. The committee then considered HB 4028 on accessory dwelling units. The bill would remove the 1,000-square-foot cap as an absolute limit, change setback rules, bar municipalities from requiring an administrative use permit and certain elevation criteria, and extend the deadline for cities to adopt ADU regulations. Rep. Kyle Powell said the bill was meant to give homeowners more flexibility and help address housing shortages. Supporters framed it as a property-rights and housing issue, while opponents from neighborhood and city groups warned it would allow oversized ADUs, increase density, create safety and parking concerns, and weaken local zoning control. After extensive debate, the committee voted 8-9 with one present, and HB 4028 failed. The committee next passed HB 2620, as amended, by a 17-0 vote with one member not voting. The bill appropriates $300,000 per year for five years to the Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services for grants to emergency shelters serving veterans. An amendment removed age and non-congregate-setting limits for eligible shelters. Rep. Blackman said the bill was intended to help homeless veterans, and shelter advocate Nathan Smith supported it, saying targeted resources could help veterans exit homelessness and stay housed. The committee then took up HB 2960, which would create a veterans specialty court grant program. The bill was amended to have the Office of the Courts administer the fund and to allow support for expansion of existing veterans courts. Testimony highlighted the success of the Lake Havasu veterans court and the need for more standardized programs and data collection; the transcript cuts off before the final vote on HB 2960.

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• And a concern of mine, yes, we could do that.
• Those same Population Health Dashboards are used and can be used in an aggregated fashion.
• The population health analytics at the aggregate level and custom reports and extracts.
• All of the records are aggregated or collected, consolidated into this one.
• And I do like your end-of-time sound better than mine. I have to step my game up.

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• So, there are circumstances where the school districts in the aggregate could actually have controlling
• vote, and then there are situations where the school districts in the aggregate do not have the control
• that since 2011 per pupil, so not an aggregate, so adjusted for the influx into the state of Texas.
• On a per-pupil basis and on an aggregate basis, both, yes. Okay, thank you.
• I guess bit is it Bitcoin mining is another high use I guess It's water and infrastructure use.

Keywords: infrastructure, water supply, flood mitigation, Texas Water Fund, community projects, funding allocations

Summary: During this committee meeting, the focus was on discussing critical infrastructure funding, especially related to water supply and flood mitigation projects. Chairwoman Stepney and the Water Development Board presented extensive details regarding the Texas Water Fund, which included $1 billion appropriated to assist various financial programs and tackle pressing water and wastewater issues. Additionally, funding allocations aimed at compromising the state's flood risk and improving water conservation were hotly debated, emphasizing collaboration among committee members and the necessity of addressing community needs in such projects.

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• But a case like mine subsidence, or mine subsidence that we're talking about now, or again, somebody
• in the area where I live, then I may choose to have mine subsidence coverage.
• he wants to make a mine subsidence claim, he then will advise Erie.
• company, and they're saying, we're going to mine underneath your house.
• That homeowner puts in a claim for the mine subsidence fund to pay for damages to his home.

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee met with a quorum present and first approved the March 4, 2026 minutes. It then took up Engrossed Committee Substitute for House Bill 55, a workers’ compensation cleanup bill from the Insurance Commissioner’s office. Counsel explained that the bill modernizes outdated code after privatization of the workers’ compensation system, repeals obsolete provisions, updates references to the Insurance Commissioner, reduces the Workers’ Compensation Board of Review from five members to three, and makes related technical changes. The committee adopted a strike-and-insert amendment and a title amendment, and then reported the bill to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass. The Insurance Commissioner and a senior senator both spoke in support, describing the bill as part of the long-term cleanup of the privatized system and noting the reduced caseload on the Board of Review. The committee next considered Engrossed House Bill 5463, which would lower the required insurance coverage for county boards of education from $1.25 million to $1 million per occurrence and eliminate the separate $5 million excess coverage requirement. BRIM’s executive director testified that the agency had difficulty finding a market partner for the excess coverage and that the premium cost exceeded $5 million, creating a burden for county boards. Some senators raised concerns that reducing coverage could limit recovery for victims in serious claims and that the change might reduce protections for school systems. When the motion to report the bill was put to a vote, the result was tied, and the chair declared the bill not passed. The committee then approved Engrossed Committee Substitute for House Bill 4869, which creates guaranteed issue rights for Medicare supplement policies in West Virginia. Counsel explained that the bill allows certain policyholders to replace a Medicare supplement policy during an annual birthday period without medical underwriting, and also grants a guaranteed issue right for certain individuals losing Medicaid eligibility. The bill also requires annual reporting on premium trends and gives the Insurance Commissioner rulemaking authority. The motion to report the bill to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass was adopted. Finally, the committee considered Engrossed Committee Substitute for House Bill 5462 on mine subsidence insurance. Counsel explained that the bill would allow the mine subsidence fund to reduce payments by amounts already received by a policyholder and, as introduced, would bar actions against insurers for claims reported to the board. A proposed strike-and-insert amendment would have replaced the blanket bar with a 90-day pre-suit notice requirement and limits on damages, but after discussion from senators, counsel, BRIM, and the Insurance Federation, the committee rejected the strike-and-insert and also rejected a separate amendment to strike the setoff language. The committee then reported the bill to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass, and adjourned.

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• comment session, the original power plant has a certificate of environmental compatibility, and the aggregate
• comment session, the original power plant has a certificate of environmental compatibility, and the aggregate
• And I kind of thought, are these experts in mine inspecting uranium?

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The meeting was a caucus review of a large slate of House and Senate bills, with staff giving short descriptions and members flagging a few concerns. Topics included veterans’ services and courts, child care grants, midwife medication authority, home- and community-based services funding, EMS reciprocity, prescription monitoring, electronic monitoring in care facilities, pregnancy resource center funding, mental health transportation, Access coverage for mild obstructive sleep apnea, school spending requirements, mobile home park training, local government investment pools, task order contract posting, tourism improvement areas, child welfare and kinship placement, neglect standards, family court evidence, prostate cancer cost sharing, assisted living hearings, manufactured home installer licensing, supervised parenting time, vulnerable adult trespass penalties, uranium contamination monitoring, a gas and petroleum refinery study committee, and state park fee exemptions for veterans. Several bills were described as unanimous or on consent, while others drew objections or were noted as controversial. Members raised privacy concerns about electronic monitoring in nursing homes, due process and rural capacity concerns about restricting police transport for mental health patients, opposition to pregnancy resource center appropriations, concerns about environmental review for power plant replacement, and questions about the Access sleep apnea mandate as potentially favoring vendors. Some bills were noted as having committee amendments, including changes to appropriations, eligibility criteria, reporting requirements, and definitions. No floor votes were taken in the transcript itself; instead, the chair repeatedly noted whether bills were unanimous, on consent, or had split votes in committee. The caucus also heard brief announcements about an upcoming breakfast with the CAP director, a Latino Caucus meeting, and an Affordability Award presented to Representative Volk, after which the caucus adjourned.

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• PUBLIC SERVICE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PASSION OF MINE.
• WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT SALARIES, SALARIES ARE WHEN IT'S RELEASED IT'S DONE IN AGGREGATE, IN A WHOLE.
• BUT IT IS A CONSIDERATION OF COURSE AND IT GETS DEBATED AND THERE'S MODELS THAT TEST WHETHER THAT AGGREGATE

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• If you increase the cost of your aggregate material, aren't you also increasing the cost of a house,
• is about 20 to 32 cents much aggregate is about 20 to 32 cents per<01:14:04.719> load.
• different types of aggregate um need all different types of aggregate um for<01:14:55.920> building
• It says you get you aggregate, right?
• <02:58:20.240> to a sort of personal crusade of mine to a sort of personal crusade of mine

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• So that one has it in aggregate performance, so, like, I'm on their website right now.
• just going to bring up too, as a permanent fund, because I know that... but this is, you can data mine
• We'd expect the long-term return on the Bloomberg Aggregate as of January to be somewhere around 4.25%
• And in every conversation, if we aggregated them all, there were no specific things that were brought
• And in every conversation, if we aggregated them all, there were no specific things that were brought

Summary: The committee met to approve prior minutes and receive updates on the Legacy Fund transparency website and fund performance. Staff reported the website procurement was in contract negotiations, with a planned go-live around November 1, and that the site would provide downloadable, more transparent information on fund holdings, allocations, history, and legislative appropriations while protecting confidential data. The investment office then reviewed performance through January 2026, describing strong returns relative to benchmarks, noting real estate and fixed income as weaker areas, and explaining that the fund’s diversification and internal management had helped offset market volatility, including recent geopolitical impacts. Members also discussed the in-state investment program, especially the Bank of North Dakota’s CD-match allocation. Several members questioned whether the program had been static for years and whether the uncommitted balance should remain parked there if it was not being used. The committee voted to pause further transfers into the program until the Bank provides a report and the committee can consider possible statutory changes; the motion also requested a cost-benefit analysis from RVK, and it passed by roll call vote. In the afternoon, RVK presented its review of the investment policy statement as it relates to the in-state investment program. The consultant said it found no major policy impediments, and that implementers and stakeholders generally felt the program was proceeding as intended. RVK emphasized best practices such as third-party due diligence, competitive risk-adjusted returns, diversification, pacing, and exit strategies, while cautioning that required lower-return investments or spending commitments can create pressure on the fund’s long-term real value. The consultant also raised ancillary concerns about state-level concentration risk, the need to distinguish between public and commercial infrastructure, and the lack of a central repository for all state funding commitments to the same projects.

Bills: HB25, HB108, HB109, HB111, HB112, HB113, HB117, HB118, HB119, HB120, HB121, HB122, HB124, HB126, HB127, HB128, HB129, HB130, HB131, HB25

Keywords: emergency services, 911, local districts, joint operations, contracting, HB108, Alabama Sunset Law, sunset reauthorization, board continuation, speech-language pathology, audiology, licensing board, professional regulation, healthcare regulation, occupational licensing, speech therapist, speech pathologist, audiologist, Sunset Committee, Code of Alabama 1975

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• to use the power of aggregated to use the power of aggregated distributed<00:08:43.760> generation
• The software is aggregator software.
• will and therefore use those aggregated will and therefore use those aggregated electrons<00:09:
• <00:43:06.640> and weren't enough of them to aggregate and weren't enough of them to aggregate
• I I assume in you know mines typically I I assume in you know mines typically can<03:37:15.120> affect

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• HB 3468 by Vikki Goodwin relates to the disclosure of solar aggregates and concrete ingredients in the
• relates to the authority of the Lower Colorado River Authority to issue permits for certain quarries and mines
• HB 3506 by Paul Dyson relating to the withdrawal of the State of Texas from the Interstate Mining Compact

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Renew Home is an aggregator of smart thermostats and other residential distributed energy resources with
• When these distributed energy resources are aggregated, they can offset traditional power plants, just
• Aggregators like Renew Home would still be required to ensure that our capacity can deliver, that it
• So that'd be mine. Okay.
• So that'd be mine. Okay.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Those 40 entities, of course, are the investor-owned utilities, the community choice aggregators, and
• move for additional legislation last year, or maybe the year before, to require community waste aggregators
• Actually, she's going to be waiting for me because I'm presenting mine in a minute.
• reliability during extreme events, such as heat waves, by providing incentives via demand-flexibility aggregators
• that are undertaking the risks associated with making the necessary investments in providing the aggregation

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• our farm-to-school programs, and we're trying to expand all of those opportunities so that we can aggregate
• 03:42.439> can of those opportunities so that we can of those opportunities so that we can aggregate
• 43.439> some<00:03:43.560> of<00:03:43.720> our<00:03:43.840> smaller aggregate
• together some of our smaller aggregate together some of our smaller Farmers<00:03:44.599> to<
• It's kind of been a passion of mine.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee heard extended testimony from Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell and several senators about using agriculture economic development funds to make Kentucky farms more profitable and attract related businesses. Discussion focused on expanding markets for corn, soybeans, beef, dairy, and other products through biofuels, sustainable aviation fuel, feedlots, processing plants, transportation, and other infrastructure that would keep more value in-state. Members also discussed the profitability pressures on farmers, high land prices, and the need for small-farm support and aggregation programs such as Kentucky Proud, BCAL, KOAP, CAP, food-is-medicine efforts, LFPA, and farm-to-school initiatives. Senators raised specific ideas and concerns, including raw milk and food-freedom innovation, support for 5-acre and other small farms, and the possibility of a beef processing plant in Kentucky. Shell said raw milk testing is not currently a department function but could be explored with legislative direction, and he emphasized that Kentucky must first prove it can feed cattle at scale before a processor is likely to locate here. He also argued that changing conditions in the West and Midwest, including water limits, workforce shortages, and regulatory pressure, could make Kentucky increasingly competitive for beef processing and feedlot operations. Several senators shared personal farming experiences to underscore the difficulty of making a living in agriculture and the need for off-farm income or value-added businesses. They cited examples such as grain storage, dairy products, chicken and hog operations, and restaurant or rental income supporting farm operations. Commissioner Shell said the fund is intended to fill gaps and attract businesses that need Kentucky agricultural products, creating premium markets and more local jobs. After questions concluded, the committee took up the bill, with a motion by Senator Richardson and a second by Senator Nunn. The roll call was taken, and the bill passed unanimously. The committee then moved to adjourn.