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• What is the process again? >> What is the process again?
• What what's what is the process again? What what's the<00:47:21.280><c> process?
• </c> space, what's the process? space, what's the process?
• </c> bring them into legal compliance. bring them into legal compliance.
• Now I'm not... monitor some processes. This is what I monitor some processes.

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• Okay, so the process is going to be to register and permit these pits? Okay.
• What's the process?
• And that will then stop the process by which... which then they would be obligated to pay interest.
• The executive right holder is indeed responsible for executing the legal documents.
• However, that raises significant questions about the fairness of the process.

Bills: HB3619 , HB3652 , HB4572 , HB4891 , HB4941 , HB5103 , HB5105 , HB5106 , HB5224 , HB5600

Committee: House Energy Resources

Keywords: surface estate, well plugging, Railroad Commission, landowner rights, liability, strategic reserve, gas supply, petroleum products, disaster response, Railroad Commission of Texas, energy security, emergency planning, oil and gas waste, environmental regulation, waste management, mining pits, groundwater monitoring, regulation, commercial disposal facilities, environmental standards

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• But you didn’t pass, but you are legally allowed to access.
• authority, legal right, to access the...
• Adults who have legal authority, legal right to access this content.
• This bill does not restrict adults from viewing legal content.
• Yeah, I think we've talked about this among several legal organizations.

Bills: HB2112

Committee: House Consumer Protection & Business

Keywords: age restrictions, online content, digital media, youth protection, cyber safety

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• Relying on the Attorney General's opinion process will politicize what we believe should be a clear legal
• I believe deeply in due process.
• Who is responsible for chasing down those assets, and what legal process should be followed for clawing
• I provide legal support for parole candidates, and I work every day on making the parole process more
• I come before you as someone who went through the parole process and the en banc process myself.

Committee: House Public Safety

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• Persons disrupting legislative proceedings are subject to removal, arrest, or other appropriate legal
• processes.
• is not overtaking a... ...that the political process is not overtaking a democratic process.
• California courts process over 3 million infractions each year.
• Amendments taken through the policy committee process have removed opposition.

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• This legislation is focused on creating a safe path for communities to opt in to legal street usage of
• Legally? I guess legally, no, sir. UTVs are not. No, thank you, Mr. Chairman. I apologize.
• We are in the process of building two new cruise terminals. One for Royal Caribbean.
• I'm the Chief Legal Officer of Port Tampa Bay.
• The cruise lines have it down good to process those people through the terminal.

Committee: Senate Transportation

Summary: The Committee on Transportation heard SB 356 by Senator Wright, which would create an opt-in framework for counties and municipalities to allow utility-terrain vehicles (UTVs) on certain local roads with posted speed limits below 55 mph, subject to local safety determinations, licensing, insurance, and other restrictions. Supporters, including a retired sheriff and a Florida Sheriffs Association representative, argued the bill would give law enforcement clearer authority and reflect the reality that UTVs are already being used on roads, while opponents from the Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle Association and Honda warned that UTVs are not designed for public roads and lack key safety features. Several senators raised safety concerns, especially about speed and crash risk, but the bill was reported favorably after debate, with Senators Martin, McClain, and Truenow expressing reservations. The committee then held a lengthy discussion on seaport infrastructure and funding. FDOT presented data showing Florida’s 16 deepwater seaports generate major cargo volume, jobs, and economic impact, and described state funding programs such as FSTED, SPI, and the construction aggregate grant program. Port representatives from Port Everglades, PortMiami, Port of Palm Beach, and Port Tampa Bay described record cargo and cruise activity, major capital projects, and the importance of state and federal grants, private partnerships, and long-term planning. They also discussed challenges including limited land, bulkhead and berth maintenance, channel deepening, workforce needs, fuel access, resiliency, and intermodal connectivity. Senators asked about return on investment, trade patterns, financing, cruise-versus-cargo balance, and operational risks; the ports emphasized that they are largely enterprise-funded but still depend on public investment for major infrastructure. The committee also approved a block of appointments to the Tampa Hillsborough County Expressway Authority and the Tampa Port Authority without objection. In addition, FDOT presented the statewide mapping programs work group report required by SB 1662, recommending a coordinated statewide aerial imagery and LiDAR program, shared procurement and cost-sharing arrangements, and statutory updates to improve interagency coordination and access to geospatial data. Senators briefly discussed potential uses for the data in insurance, emergency management, and property assessment, and the presentation concluded without further action.

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• </c> non-compliance for any legal non-compliance for any legal requirements<00:26:44.360><c> let</c><
• </c> requirements but those are legal requirements but those are legal non-compliance<00:27:07.559><c
• It's really about the process.
• </c><00:30:23.000><c> minute</c> when it's um the the process minute when it's um the the process minute

Bills: HF1867 , HF1240

Committee: House State Government Finance and Policy

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• Once we've completed the curing process, we'll be able to move forward with awards moving out the door
• Once we've completed the curing process, we'll be able to move forward with awards moving out the door
• or characterize what the legal differences of opinion are?
• stakeholders, we're still at the very beginning of this process.
• How are you implementing that in the rulemaking process, if you can just elaborate? Yes.

Committee: House Communications and Conveyance

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• We must let this process play out.
• The fire mobilization program is designed to reimburse them in a timely process.
• Let me explain why private right of action in turns due process upside down.
• application process.
• We do know that we need to do some work around the... ...permit application process.

Bills: HB2675 , HB2681 , HB2714 , HB2688 , HB2481 , HB2116 , HB1408

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: accounts, finance, business regulation, transparency, audits, cannabis, license fees, regulatory framework, revenue generation, legalization, HB 2714, caseload forecasting, food assistance, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, state food assistance, budget forecasting, caseload forecast council, caseload forecast supervisor, Washington State

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• Like, how is the thought process?
• There's a grievance process. There's a process for tracking and reporting.
• There's a grievance process. There's a process for tracking and reporting.
• This role is supportive and non-legal.
• This role is supportive and non-legal.

Bills: SB293 , SB279

Committee: Senate Education

Summary: The Senate Education Committee approved the June 10 minutes and then heard House Bill 447, which would create a framework for voluntary child care cost-sharing partnerships among the state, employers, community sponsors, and families. Supporters said the bill is meant to help make child care more affordable and support workforce participation by using the existing Interagency Resource Management Committee to coordinate planning and funding. Committee discussion focused on how the tri-share model would work, who would participate, and whether it would reach lower-income families; no public comment was offered on the bill. The committee then took up House Bill 300, as amended, which would establish a statewide Title IX coordinator within the Department of Education to provide training, technical assistance, data collection, and oversight for interscholastic athletics in grades 6 through 12. The bill’s sponsor and supporters said the position would help schools comply with Title IX, improve consistency, and make athletic participation and spending data more transparent; opponents or skeptics questioned whether a new DOE position was needed and whether districts were already meeting their obligations. The sponsor and witnesses responded that existing federal data are delayed and incomplete, that some Delaware schools have participation gaps, and that a state-level coordinator would provide needed support and accountability. Public comment on HB 300 included testimony from the Delaware State Education Association, the Delaware Association of School Administrators, the Delaware School Sports Network, and the Office of Women’s Advancement and Advocacy, all generally supporting the bill or its goals. DASA noted it remained neutral but appreciated changes made in House Amendment 1 to reduce reporting burden. After public comment, the chair asked members to sign the bill release forms for the two bills heard, and the committee adjourned.

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• We completely overhauled the pardon process, which is now significantly more efficient and fully processed
• As I just indicated, we're going to increase our automation processes.
• And then for legal services, revocation hearings brought back in-house.
• So, we're saving that money by bringing that process back in-house.
• Next is agency goals and key performance metrics: Increased automation processes.

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• It must be established through a formal acknowledgement process.
• The legal staff can take action to collect that fine.
• I just want to describe the process that we go through.
• And that is the process that we went through to create this bill.
• And look, this is part of the process.

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Summary: The committee met on March 25 and first took up HB 199, which would extend Louisiana’s nursing home moratorium. Chairman Miller amended the bill to shorten the extension from five years to four, moving the termination date to July 1, 2031. Rep. Barault argued the state faces a growing bed-capacity problem and proposed an amendment to exempt St. Tammany Parish; Rep. Cruz offered a substitute to reduce the extension to three years. The Nursing Home Association said it had negotiated in good faith and supported the four-year compromise, while the Pelican Institute opposed the moratorium as anti-competitive. A St. Tammany resident testified that her mother faced a long wait for placement and that more local beds are needed. The three-year substitute and the St. Tammany exemption both failed, and HB 199 was reported favorably with the four-year amendment. The committee then favorably reported HB 223 to recreate the Department of Children and Family Services for four more years, with Secretary Rebecca Harris saying the department’s recent reorganization has allowed it to focus more directly on child safety and child welfare. Members discussed planned reforms such as differentiated response, stronger community-based care, and the transfer of TANF to Louisiana Works in 2027. HB 907, which grants civil and criminal immunity for the use or distribution of expired naloxone or other opioid antagonists, also passed with technical amendments; public health officials and members emphasized that expired naloxone remains effective enough to save lives and should still be used in emergencies. HB 535, which streamlines hospital-based acknowledgements of paternity by allowing notarization without two witnesses, was reported favorably after Woman’s Hospital testified that the change would speed up paternity establishment, child support enforcement, and the addition of fathers to birth certificates. HB 554, which would increase penalties for violations at health care facilities and require LDH reporting, drew testimony from a family member describing serious care failures and from LDH, which said it already has caps on fines and that the bill would not change those caps. Rep. Jackson amended the bill to require LDH to publish fines assessed and collected and to list facilities with repeated immediate jeopardy or actual harm deficiencies, but the bill was then voluntarily deferred for a week to allow further discussion with the department. The committee also reported HB 224, a largely technical update to the Children’s Code recommended by the Louisiana State Law Institute, HB 246, which updates membership of the Children’s Cabinet Advisory Board and related bodies, and HB 405, which updates the name of the national acupuncture certifying organization. HB 222, requiring Medicaid coverage for certain dental procedures when needed to clear patients for other medically necessary treatment, was reported favorably despite a fiscal note. Finally, HB 235 on sewer systems generated extensive discussion: Rep. Fontenot described rising sewer rates, poor maintenance, and sewage overflows in his district, and argued for allowing property owners to install private sewer treatment systems in certain circumstances. Members raised concerns about local control, PSC rate-setting, and whether local governments should have more authority over sewer service decisions; the bill was still under discussion when the transcript ended.

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• I had met with folks from 603 Legal Aid and also New Hampshire Legal Aid, two separate programs, but
• Many of them are offered through New Hampshire Legal Assistance, and 603 Legal is really the hub now
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Committee: House Criminal Justice and Public Safety

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• House File 3453, Representative Hansen's bill that increases the age to 21 for the legal possession of
• So, what this bill does, or process.
• </c> amendment, um, including the Legal amendment, um, including the Legal Rights<00:18:11.920><c> Center
• </c><00:43:37.760><c> actions,</c> emergencies, elections, legal actions, emergencies, elections, legal
• </c><00:54:50.680><c> Um</c> There's extreme due process within this.

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• And so that process, the administration of that program is very intense.
• If it's protested and it's a legitimate protest, then it triggers a hearing process.
• Protest, and they've drugged this process out. They have to pay it.
• Do you need more allocation for the permit process? Where does that stand?
• Right now, you're taking words from somebody else that they're legal.

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• We have a process where we work with them. It's a fairly simple process, and I'd...
• It's basically a seven-step process.
• and no legal way to get help.
• And it's growing with no legal way to help.
• It has not been consulted throughout the entire process.

Bills: HB448 , HB448

Committee: House Agriculture and Forestry

Keywords: wildlife rehabilitation, conservation, good samaritan, injured animals, orphaned animals, debilitated wildlife, wild birds, wild animals, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, DCNR, permit exemption, animal rescue, animal welfare, veterinary medicine, veterinary licensing, animal cruelty, wildlife care, rehabilitation act, non-federally protected species, endangered species

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• questions motion to overturn the process.
• If they're planning on discharging any process water, water that's used in their industrial processes
• We're back in a technical review process.
• Having folks regulate under your permitting process.
• I love the collaborative process.

Bills: HB1520 , HB1525 , HB1530 , HB1535 , HB2068 , HB2091 , HB2347 , HB2372 , HB2805 , HB2815 , HB2867 , HB3154 , HB3482 , HB3483 , HB3663 , HB3781 , HB3901 , HB3915 , HB4135 , HB4153 , HB4158 , HB4329 , HB4331

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: Angelina and Neches River Authority, river authority, Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas Sunset Act, Special District Local Laws Code, local government, natural resources, board of directors, director training, board governance, public testimony, open meetings, public information, conflict of interest, ethics, complaint system, general manager, board president, staggered terms, removal of director

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• As a formerly incarcerated person who went through the parole process and the en banc process, I never
• You’d have to go through a petition process, a referendum process, and put it back on the ballot and
• That is a rigorous process.
• The bill sets forth a process that protects the due process rights of Americans while ensuring that overseas
• First of all, exist. manage their rebuild process.

Summary: The committee met without a quorum and operated as a subcommittee while hearing a long agenda of public safety bills. The chair announced recess and return times, noted several consent items, and said SB 906 was pulled from the agenda. Testimony procedures were explained, including limits on principal witnesses and public comment. Several bills were heard out of file order with authors presenting and witnesses speaking in support and opposition. SB 1446 would expand discretion in en banc parole review, make votes public, and allow CDCR referrals for sexually violent predator evaluations in certain cases. Supporters, including the author and district attorneys, said it would improve transparency and public safety; opponents from Uncommon Law, the Ella Baker Center, and public defender groups argued it would add confusion, litigation risk, and unnecessary duplication. The bill was not voted on because the committee still lacked a quorum. SB 1278 would exclude certain sex offenses and habitual or serial sexual offenses from elderly parole eligibility; the author and district attorneys cited recent releases of serious sex offenders and the need to respect victims and sentences, while opponents said the elderly parole process is already rigorous and evidence-based and that the bill would reduce rehabilitation incentives. The chair and other members strongly supported the measure, but no vote was taken. The committee also heard SB 1354, which would bar out-of-state military or law enforcement forces from entering California without the governor’s permission; the author and supporters framed it as a state sovereignty and constitutional authority measure, and the committee discussed an amendment removing a criminal penalty and leaving enforcement to the Attorney General. SB 926 would provide funding for implementation of Proposition 36; supporters said counties need resources for treatment, probation, and related services, while opponents called it fiscally reckless and said the budget process was the proper place to address funding. The chair summarized amendments removing a specific appropriation and limiting eligible recipients, and members emphasized that the voters approved Prop. 36 but it remains underfunded. SB 874 would require background checks and clearer oversight for Medi-Cal behavioral health treatment providers, especially ABA providers serving children; it drew support from health plans and behavior analysis groups and no opposition. SB 1210 would extend CalGang oversight and due process protections to all gang databases, including local ones; supporters described privacy harms and racial disparities, while police chiefs opposed applying CalGang rules to informal local investigative files. SB 1019 would create a DOJ cargo theft task force; supporters from BNSF, trucking, shipping, and port interests described organized theft, rail sabotage, and supply-chain losses, and there was no opposition. SB 1217, on non-consensual intimate image removal, was introduced with privacy and public safety amendments and framed as a survivor-driven effort to create a DOJ clearinghouse for rapid takedown requests; the author said it would help end ongoing digital harm from exploitation.

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• </c> process more reasonable for real people. process more reasonable for real people.
• Um can you clarify how many legal.
• Um our we process the process works.
• So, um, I don't know that that part would be legally binding because again the bidding process comes
• </c> the process. Thank you. Thank you, sir. the process. Thank you. Thank you, sir.

Committee: House Transportation

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• Everyone fine with adding to include process?
• , the family law courts, and process in the state of North Dakota.
• the family law courts, and process in the state of North Dakota.
• Like, this is providing legal advice.
• It's an expensive process. Actually, you've got to publish them.

Committee: Joint Child Custody Review Task Force

Summary: The Child Custody Review Task Force met with a quorum, approved the prior minutes, and then took up draft legislation to create a future interim committee to study the feasibility of a family court in North Dakota. Beth outlined the draft’s purpose, proposed 15-member membership, and the study topics, including constitutional authority, court structure, jurisdiction, fiscal impact, implementation, and possible phased-in approaches. Members discussed committee composition at length, ultimately agreeing to keep the committee at 15 by reducing legislative members from eight to six, adding two judges from different judicial districts, two family law section members with rural/urban representation, one parent subject to a custody order, and a clerk of court representative; the self-help, mental health, and domestic violence positions were debated, with domestic violence advocacy retained and some other positions removed or replaced. The committee also agreed to include analysis of state and local fiscal impacts and efficiencies, and to keep the provision on procedural rules in the draft. The revised draft was approved and recommended to Legislative Management, with one recorded no vote from Judge Hovey after the fact. The committee then turned to a second draft dealing with mandatory participation in a family transition program in contested parental-rights cases. Members first clarified that the term should be changed to a more general “parenting education course,” rather than a named private program, and discussed whether the bill should also require education about court process and family-law procedures. Some members argued the bill should specify content such as co-parenting, parental alienation, harassment, disorderly conduct, removal of a child from the jurisdiction, and contempt consequences, while others objected that the proposal was too vague, could impose costs without clear limits or waivers, and might amount to compelled legal advice or an undefined private program. Several members said the bill needed more specificity before it could be presented, and the discussion became increasingly divided over whether to keep the draft at all. The transcript ends amid that debate, with no final action yet taken on the second draft.