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• So how do you determine that a condition or an occurrence would cause— it looked like some of it said

Bills: HB199 , HB222 , HB223 , HB224 , HB235 , HB246 , HB405 , HB535 , HB554 , HB907 , SCR3 , SB43 , SB52 , SB54 , SB113 , SB168 , SB219 , SB222 , SB270 , SB311 , SB359

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Keywords: nursing facilities, moratorium, healthcare, patient care, data collection, Medicaid, dental coverage, healthcare access, medical necessity, Louisiana Department of Health, Department of Children and Family Services, sunset law, statutory entities, regulatory authority, re-creation, termination dates, child welfare, foster care, children's rights, legal guardianship

Bills: HB1245 , HB2588 , HB3024 , HB3172 , HB3279 , HB3919 , HB3306 , HB3383 , HB3431 , HB3435 , HB4352 , HB3883 , HB3942 , HB4193 , HB4203 , HB4303 , HB4311 , HB4484

Committee: House Government Oversight

Keywords: retirement, pension, public employees, Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, benefits, survivorship, contribution rates, disability retirement, owners associations, membership requirements, property ownership, board governance, residency requirements, salary increase, state employees, public finance, bonus limits, job performance, Fair Banking Act, financial institutions

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• person held pending trial if you cannot satisfy cannot be safely released or set bond or other conditions
• Fourteenth Amendment requires the court to have an individualized hearing to determine if and under what conditions

Bills: SB2030 , SB1926 , SB2170 , SB2151 , SB2166 , SB1213 , SB1381 , SB1824 , SB1876 , SB1728 , SB1582 , SB1286 , SB1386 , SB1708 , SB1618

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: expungement, record sealing, criminal records, clean slate, automatic expungement, expedited expungement, criminal history, OSBI, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, deferred judgment, delayed sentence, pardon, pardon and parole board, law enforcement records, sealed records, arrest records, conviction records, reclassification of felony to misdemeanor, reentry, second chance

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• This population does not include common conditions like anxiety or depression or moderate behavioral
• So as many of you know, members with a primary psychiatric condition are currently excluded from ALTCS
• Containment System and its contractors from requiring prior authorization or any other process that conditions
• It was air-conditioned in the summer and heated in the winter, so we had a lot of street people there
• The difficult decision to close NGS, followed by devastating wildfires and drought, have left people

Bills: SB1041 , SB1050 , SB1131 , SB1138 , SB1249 , SB1267 , SB1272 , SB1317 , SB1461 , SB1488 , SB1504 , SB1517 , SB1523 , SB1580 , SB1582 , SB1584 , SB1585 , SB1602 , SB1630 , SB1654 , SB1672 , SB1673 , SB1718 , SB1761 , SB1819 , SB1826 , SB1827

Committee: Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Keywords: electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, veterans, lifetime pass, state parks, Arizona, access, disabled veterans, cardiac arrest, defibrillators, school safety, emergency response, CPR training, Arizona education funding, automated license plate readers

Bills: SB5973 , SB5892 , SB6081 , SB5842 , SB5827 , SB5968 , SB6034 , SB6035 , SB5888 , SB6123 , SB5853

Committee: Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections

Keywords: initiative, referendum, ballot measure, petition, signature gathering, circulator, per-signature pay, paid circulator, election integrity, voter fraud, ballot title, Secretary of State, Code Reviser, direct democracy, citizen lawsuit, civil penalties, Washington elections, initiative process, referendum process, grassroots petition

Bills: HB207 , HB235 , HB324 , HB449 , HB463 , HB502 , HB 1121 , HB1445 , HB1465 , HB1778 , HB1977 , HB2000 , HB2066 , HB2596 , HB207 , HB235

Committee: House Criminal Jurisprudence

Keywords: child protection, sexual offenses, obscenity laws, visual material, anatomically correct dolls, mannequins, robots, criminal offenses, sexually explicit material, minors, artificial intelligence, sexually explicit, doll, mannequin, robot, law enforcement, healthcare, insurance, affordable care, access

Bills: HB207 , HB235 , HB324 , HB449 , HB463 , HB502 , HB 1121 , HB1445 , HB1465 , HB1778 , HB1977 , HB2000 , HB2066 , HB2596 , HB207 , HB235

Committee: House Criminal Jurisprudence

Keywords: child protection, sexual offenses, obscenity laws, visual material, anatomically correct dolls, mannequins, robots, criminal offenses, sexually explicit material, minors, artificial intelligence, sexually explicit, doll, mannequin, robot, law enforcement, healthcare, insurance, affordable care, access

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• I think it's getting worse each year because of the drought, right?
• So water's a scarce resource to begin with and us being in a drought makes it that much more harder.
• can down the road for another legislature, or, you know, I mean, who knows where we end up, but the drought
• The conditions on the ground for Texas growers are dire.
• those storms this last summer and fall, and most of the Southwest and northern Mexico are in severe drought

Bills: HCR77 , HCR102 , HR559

Committee: House S/C on State-Federal Relations

Keywords: COFA, Compact of Free Association, Palau, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, COFA islanders, Texas House resolution, commemorative resolution, COFA Day, March 18 2025, Pacific Islands, insular affairs, U.S. territories, federal benefits, SNAP, TANF, FEMA, in-state tuition, veterans, Indo-Pacific

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• So even routine conditions like hot weather or drought could be used as an excuse to ignore pollution
• So even routine conditions like hot weather or drought could be used as an excuse to ignore pollution
• So even routine conditions like hot weather or drought could be used as an excuse to ignore pollution
• conditions, certainly in my lifetime.
• </c><03:56:50.640><c> that</c> other commonly occurring conditions that other commonly occurring conditions

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• I feel like yesterday's presentation that I gave in terms of the impacts of fire, floods, and drought
• We have kind of a conditional on the Salt and South Fork Fire to where we submit a project or a late
• So really, what it is, is it's about heat and drought.
• I signed the conditional approval during the session.
• I lowered the amount to 750 and I did the conditional approval.

Committee: House Water & Natural Resources Committee

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• </c> background conditions background conditions distinguishing<01:44:23.679><c> between</c><01:44:24.239
• </c><01:59:06.639><c> conditions</c> um exceptional drought conditions um exceptional drought conditions
• </c> seating to to essentially treat drought seating to to essentially treat drought or<02:02:54.239>
• and how to deal with drought.
• conditions.

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources

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• It won't improve drought conditions. It won't help farmers one bit.
• </c><00:54:19.440><c> It</c> won't improve drought conditions. It won't improve drought conditions.
• It's not drought conditions in California right now.
• </c><00:56:50.640><c> It's</c><00:56:50.880><c> not</c><00:56:51.119><c> drought</c> drought conditions
• It's not drought drought conditions.

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• We've got drought, we've got heat, we've got wildfires, and they increase the competition for water and
• It really started back in 2014, believe it or not, with the drought that we had during that time.
• It really started back in 2014, believe it or not, with the drought that we had during that time.
• And, of course, as we mentioned, climate change, drought, wildland fires, everything that we're facing
• Education helps reduce habituation, food conditioning, and risky animal behavior.

Summary: The hearing focused on human-wildlife conflict in California, especially predator management involving bears, mountain lions, coyotes, and wolves. The chair and Assemblymember Hadwick framed the issue as a balance between protecting people, livestock, and property while preserving wildlife and biodiversity, citing habitat loss, development, drought, wildfire, and climate change as drivers of conflict. Department of Fish and Wildlife officials described their conflict-response work, including public education, depredation permits, wildlife incident reporting, and coordination with sheriffs, counties, and other agencies. They also noted that wildlife sightings and conflicts are increasingly common in both rural and urban areas, including recent mountain lion activity in San Francisco and ongoing bear conflicts in places like Tahoe and Sierra Madre. CDFW staff outlined the department’s human-wildlife conflict program, including the WEIR reporting system, a public toolkit, limited-term staff, and regional response efforts. They said the program grew out of drought-related incidents and later state funding, but that one-time money has expired, creating service gaps. Officials also discussed specific management approaches such as Tahoe’s trap-tag-haze bear program, DNA-based incident tracking, and the use of nonlethal deterrents before lethal action. For wolves, they explained that the species is protected and managed differently from bears and lions, that there is no general depredation-kill process for wolves, and that the department is working on data-sharing agreements, county liaisons, compensation programs, and improved coordination with ranchers and local law enforcement. Members pressed the department on underreporting, trust in state agencies, the need for sheriffs to participate in investigations, and whether more authority should be given for public-safety removals or hazing. Assemblymember Gonzalez also raised wildlife trafficking and border enforcement issues in Southern California. The panel repeatedly emphasized that more resources, technology, and local partnerships are needed. Officials gave budget context, saying roughly $17 million in one-time funding over several years supported conflict response and wolf compensation efforts, but that staffing and program capacity remain limited. The chair concluded by noting interest in further work on technology, funding, and institutionalizing collaboration, and the hearing then moved to a second panel of university researchers who presented on wolf and mountain lion conflict, habitat planning, trust, and the need for flexible, science-based, locally tailored mitigation strategies.

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• international, federal, state, local agencies. and tribal nations to quickly identify changing conditions
• We know that we've got drought across the West, across the country, so we're going to have to look at
• conditions along the river and you talked a little bit about that.
• One of the most pressing issues for my state is drought funding, and we continue to see challenges with
• Thank you senator for the question and as I've discussed before we do know that drought is an extremely

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee

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• over the course of the last, I guess, four or five years with the South Texas, well, with the Texas drought
• That is a permanent condition.
• If it were to be determined that it was a permanent condition, landowners could come in and petition,
• Now, Texas, a good portion of Texas is in a drought. The drought never left Bandera County.

Bills: HB334 , HB583 , HB605 , HB1327 , HB1646 , HB2115 , HB2379

Committee: House S/C on County & Regional Government

Keywords: family leave, leave pool, county employee, sick leave, vacation leave, family care, pandemic, guardianship, fencing, reservoirs, local government, regulation, land use, conservation capacity, property regulation, fence regulation, reservoir safety, county authority, fencing regulations, counties

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• Drought is a weather, natural condition, and because of that, we’ve— I’m sure I’m terribly sorry.”
• I’m explaining the bill, and so this program, the federal drought, creates a platform of different programs
• So as we were stating, we have programs based on our federal drought status for weather... ...based on
• our federal drought status for weather incidences that are creating water scarcity for property, and
• have some concerns a 7% threshold being too broad and not sufficiently tied to Sandoval County conditions

Committee: House House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources

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• with one of my constituents over the summer this last year, learning about this very devastating condition
• This condition doesn't really affect a lot of people. It's pretty narrow.
• It says, we have 80 bridges in poor condition.
• It says, we have 80 bridges in poor condition.
• We rank first in the country Says we have 80 bridges in poor condition.

Bills: HB1160 , HB1289 , HB1339 , HB1798 , HB1065 , HB2113 , HB2124 , HB2125 , HB2134 , HB2140 , HB2185 , HB2191 , HB2205 , HB2219 , HB2245 , HB2283 , HB2343 , HB2406 , HB2501 , HB2574 , HB1544 , HB1834 , HB2156 , HB2188 , HB2206 , HB2478 , HJM4012 , HB1104 , HB1152 , HB1254 , HB1443 , HB1982 , HB2006 , HB2179 , HB2203 , HB2297 , HB2322 , HB2329 , HB2379 , HB2388 , HB2399 , HB2462 , HB2464 , HB2495 , HB2544 , HB2551 , HB2636 , HB2192 , HB2251 , HB2262 , HB2266 , HB2298 , HB2320 , HB2323 , HB2351 , HB2401 , HB2405 , HB2442 , HB2523 , HB2593 , HB2632 , HB2661 , HB1496 , HB1898 , HB2095 , HB2157 , HB2225 , HB2274 , HB2311 , HB2325 , HB2333 , HB2476 , HB2508 , HB2552 , HB1343 , HB1634 , HB1707 , HB1906 , HB1909 , HB2196 , HB2244 , HB2339 , HB2361 , HB2384 , HB2389 , HB2410 , HB2468 , HB2475 , HB2521 , HB2548 , HB2619 , HB2637 , HB2720

Summary: The House received a Senate message announcing passage of engrossed substitute Senate Bill 5156, then moved to second reading and final passage on several House bills. Substitute House Bill 2244, which adopts recommendations from the Public Records Exemptions Accountability Committee/Sunshine Committee to clean up public records exemption statutes, was advanced and passed 70-26 after Representative Mena urged support and Representative Walsh expressed mixed concerns about exemptions from the Public Records Act and voted no. The House then considered Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2196, a bill expanding coverage for treatment related to PANS/PANDAS. Members described the bill as helping families access expensive care such as IVIG, while opponents raised concerns about premium costs and the scope of coverage. Amendment 1883 narrowed the bill to large-group coverage and was adopted 54-36; Amendment 1943, which would have included PEBB and SEBB state insurance plans, failed. The bill then passed 83-13. The House also passed Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2251, which reorganizes Climate Commitment Act account uses and related allocations, after rejecting a proposal to direct more money to transportation and forest landowner compensation; the bill passed 56-41. Additional measures passed with broad support. Substitute House Bill 2339, a technical update to nursing regulation and Board of Nursing rulemaking authority, passed 94-3. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2274, modifying the Washington Commercial Electronic Mail Act to address misleading email solicitations while limiting penalties for good-faith actors, passed 86-11 after a striker amendment was adopted. Engrossed House Bill 2179, narrowed by amendment to a single port district, passed 96-1 to address retirement contribution issues for port workers. Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2637, updating protections for personal information entrusted to agencies, passed 52-45 after an amendment clarifying disclosure language was adopted; supporters said it improves data protection, while opponents warned of added bureaucracy and reduced local control.

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• The bill was weather conditions.
• . conditions. conditions.
• . conditions. conditions.
• So they define what is an eligible weather condition, what is an abnormal freeze condition, what is a
• Um, Madam Speaker, your conditions.

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• Senate Bill 1662 would help ensure that testing accurately reflects water conditions and is not affected
• That varies on the conditions, of course, but we... that walks in our door that has non-standard service
• We have that potential condition right now with an industrial client that came in, questioning whether
• This is largely due to the drought resembling the 1950s drought of record that we've had over the past
• During these recent droughts, my 95-year-old mother has seen our tanks never go dry, but they were dry

Bills: SB863 , SB1190 , SB1261 , SB1413 , SB1624 , SB1662 , SB1663 , SB1855 , SB1967 , SB2124 , SB2204 , SB1623

Committee: Senate Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

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• It provides a tool for Wyoming to be part of a compromise to address historic drought that has plagued
• It allows us to mitigate that through conditions placed on the project applications.
• placed on the project conditions placed on the project applications. applications. applications.
• applications or condition these applications or condition<00:29:41.679><c> approved</c><00:29:42.159
• We don't think the compacts in the current conditions that we're in require that action.

Bills: SF0050 , SF0084 , HB0133 , HB0116 , HB0011 , HB0044

Committee: Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources