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• You know, we connect along our Norfolk Southern line the stock, Chicago Board of Trade, and the New York
• Stock Exchange.

Committee: House Special Committee on Rural Issues

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• breaches, things that we've been seeing, reports of harassment and stalking through ALPR systems, folks stocking
• out my phone and go take a picture of your license plate, but I'm not using it to track you or to stock

Bills: SB6011

Committee: House Civil Rights & Judiciary

Keywords: court security, bailiffs, threat assessment, judicial safety, law enforcement

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• Catfishing is so popular in Kentucky that owners of pay lakes who stock catfish can be found across the
• These are the fish that are going to create the next stock, and they're the fish that are creating the

Committee: House Natural Resources & Energy

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• The truth of the matter is there's hundreds of millions of dollars stocked away in these slush funds.
• The truth of the matter is there's hundreds of millions of dollars stocked away in these slush funds.

Committee: House House Public Safety & Law Enforcement Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee first heard HB 2641, which would ban firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS chemicals. The sponsor said the bill is intended to protect firefighters and the public from cancer-linked “forever chemicals” that can contaminate groundwater, and cited other states and prior Arizona action banning the foam for training. Testimony from a University of Arizona public health researcher and a firefighters’ association representative supported the bill, saying alternatives exist and that current stockpiles and continued use still expose firefighters and water supplies. Members asked about environmental impacts, alternatives, procurement, and stockpiles. The bill passed unanimously, 15-0. The committee then considered HB 2602, which appropriates $24 million from the general fund for a 10% pay increase for Department of Public Safety employees in fiscal year 2027. The sponsor and supporters argued the raise is needed for recruitment and retention, noting vacancies, turnover, and the cost of training new troopers. Several members raised budget concerns but said they supported the goal of better pay for law enforcement and state employees more broadly. Others discussed whether pay should be addressed across all agencies or through a broader statewide compensation approach. The bill received a do-pass recommendation on a 10-2-3 vote. Finally, the committee heard HB 2225, which would provide $10 million for capital costs for the Northern Arizona Regional Training Academy in Yavapai County, with the money exempt from lapsing until 2029. Supporters said the academy is too small for current demand, serves multiple northern Arizona agencies and some statewide partners, and would reduce travel and lodging costs for training. Testimony emphasized regional oversight, cultural awareness training, and the academy’s role in officer education and retention. Some members questioned whether the state should fund a county-based academy and raised concerns about the bill’s structure and broader budget priorities; one member also objected to law enforcement practices in their community. The bill was moved forward with a do-pass recommendation, though the roll-call vote was not fully shown in the transcript excerpt.

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• And I think having the state support stock plans is going to give a little bit more oomph and support
• Incomplete and poor-quality submittals increase the likelihood of stock clocks that will be implemented

Bills: SB6001 , SB6015 , SB6054 , SB5470 , SB5884 , SB6018 , SB6027 , SB6028

Committee: Senate Housing

Keywords: building code, scissor stairs, safety regulations, construction standards, statebuilding regulations, residential building, construction permits, housing development, planning efficiency, state regulations, wildfire, home hardening, fire-resistant materials, fire-hardened building materials, common interest communities, homeowners association, HOA, condominium, condo association, wildland urban interface

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• grocery stores are using to, And what our grocery stores are using to take inventory and to keep their stock
• set of testifiers, please. and what our grocery stores are using to take inventory and to keep their stock

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 2325, which would create a tourism self-supported assessment program to fund statewide tourism promotion. Staff explained that the bill would let the Washington Tourism Marketing Authority develop and administer an assessment program overseen by a 10-member ratepayer board, subject to a referendum of affected businesses, and would add a public records exemption for business financial and commercial information. The prime sponsor and supporters from State of Washington Tourism, the hospitality industry, the Port of Seattle, breweries, and wine interests argued that Washington is underinvesting in tourism compared with other states and that an industry-led assessment would provide sustainable, competitive funding. Opposition testimony from a taxpayer group objected to new assessments and unelected authority over tax-like charges. No vote was taken on the bill in the hearing. The committee then heard House Bill 2481, which would prohibit surveillance-based price discrimination and surge pricing for certain retail goods, require clear price posting, and temporarily bar electronic shelf labels in larger grocery stores while Commerce studies their effects. The sponsor said the bill is intended to ensure that customers in the same store pay the same price and to prevent AI-driven pricing based on personal data. Labor, privacy, and consumer advocates supported the bill, citing concerns about hidden price discrimination, worker stress, and consumer harm. Grocery and retail groups, along with an ESL manufacturer and a tech association, opposed the bill as written, warning that the definitions were too broad and could interfere with loyalty programs, discounts, inventory management, and electronic shelf label systems; several said they were working with the sponsor on amendments. The chair indicated amendments were expected and asked stakeholders to submit language soon, but no vote occurred. Finally, the committee opened House Bill 2503, which would require developers of generative AI systems to post high-level documentation about training data before public release and make violations a Consumer Protection Act issue. The sponsor described the bill as a transparency measure meant to function like an ingredients label for AI, helping consumers, researchers, and creators understand what goes into a model. Supporters from TechNet and Chamber of Progress said they generally backed the concept but wanted the bill aligned more closely with California’s recent law, especially on enforcement and the private right of action. Members raised questions about trade secrets, applicability to large versus small developers, and whether the bill could affect medical or other specialized AI uses; the sponsor said amendments were anticipated and that the bill was still early in the process. The hearing on HB 2503 then moved to public testimony.

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• If you're just invested in global equities, if you're invested in stock markets around the world, that's
• We have two people overseeing fixed income, two people overseeing public equities, which is stock markets

Committee: House Investments & Pensions Oversight Committee

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• And in stock, but then it started to rebound a little bit, and then I saw that it seemed to me that your
• eight months, and during that time our company lost about 60 percent of its market capital in the stock

Committee: House New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee

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• , part of our prevention efforts includes inspecting every hazardous material commodity or rolling stock
• We ensure that whatever commodity is in that car or rolling stock is compliant with federal regulations

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• The stock market is experiencing the kinds of swings. We don't see outside financial crises.
• You can just see that by the gyrations in the stock market.

Committee: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

Keywords: legislation, housing affordability, financial regulation, public testimony, accountability, oversight

Summary: The meeting involved significant discussions around key legislative proposals, primarily focusing on various bills such as HB2 and SB5. The committee examined the implications of these bills on issues like housing affordability and financial regulation. Notable members engaged in debates, providing differing perspectives on the potential economic impacts of the proposed bills. The meeting witnessed public testimony, which included a call for accountability in government actions and oversight of current financial policies. Members echoed concerns about following through on commitments to address critical issues affecting everyday Americans.

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• If someone is just stocking someone, would that be an enhanced penalty under your bill?
• are private aren't able to provide sorry, not-for-profit health care systems are not able to provide stock

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• And now the fear is, do we have enough ballot stock?
• And now the fear is, do we have enough ballot stock?

Committee: Senate Ethics and Elections

Summary: The committee heard a presentation from several county supervisors of elections and the Florida Supervisors of Elections Association on the 2024 election cycle and priorities for the 2025 session. They described very high turnout in the presidential election, major operational planning needs, and the heavy reliance on seasonal workers, list maintenance, ballot-on-demand systems, and secure chain-of-custody procedures. They also discussed the impact of recent legislative changes on voter-roll maintenance, including inactive voter removal, and said Florida’s election administration has improved to what they called a “platinum standard.” The supervisors outlined several legislative requests: allowing more than one non-government “wild card” early voting site to improve access and emergency flexibility; requiring newly naturalized citizens to update driver’s license information so voter records match DHSMV data; exempting home addresses of certain election workers and ballot transporters from public records to improve safety and recruitment; restoring a checkbox on vote-by-mail return envelopes so voters can stay on the vote-by-mail list for the next cycle; aligning base salaries for supervisors, property appraisers, and clerks with other constitutional officers; and reducing ballot length by removing precinct committee races from the ballot. They also said they expect a committee bill to carry some of these proposals. Members questioned the panel about ballot transport security, signature verification, vote-by-mail expiration, public records transparency, and the petition process for constitutional amendments. The supervisors said ballots are transported under detailed county plans with tamper-evident seals, chain-of-custody logs, trained workers, and in some cases two-person transport teams. On petitions, they said the process is labor-intensive and expensive, that fraud has occurred in some cases, and that they favor reforms such as requiring more personal identifying information and having initiative sponsors mail petitions to voters rather than making supervisors handle the mailing. They also said signature mismatches can be cured within 72 hours after Election Day and that voters are notified when possible. After the supervisors’ presentation, the committee also heard brief public testimony from Kathleen Griffiths, who urged adoption of commercial-style risk management standards in election systems and referenced several election-related bills her group supports.

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• ,</c> review and approve property acquisition, review and approve property acquisition, very<00:48:12.480
• Um, so, the property acquisitions that we do, the reviews are very important. Yes.
• Um, so, the property acquisitions that we do, the reviews are very important.

Committee: Joint Appropriations & Revenue

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• Because existing law has long prohibited the acquisition of public property by adverse possession or
• For the record, I'm Jason Stock.

Committee: Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs

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• Ninth, the bill prohibits sales of tobacco products and vapor products below the licensee's acquisition
• disallow those sorts of behavior or somebody to utilize an iPad for, say, price matching or for checking stock

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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• now lays out Senate Bill 292, Senator Schwertner's bill on requirements in connection with the acquisition
• equipment used in an election and every type of ballot. used in the election, for example, mail ballot, stock

Bills: SB31 , SB33 , SB510 , SB871 , SB1868 , SB2024 , SB2166 , SB2309 , SB2880 , SJR27 , SJR39 , SJR40 , SB 31 , SB 33

Committee: Senate State Affairs

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• Prince George's County or the Revenue Authority of Prince George's County issues to be used for the acquisition
• Prince George's County or the Revenue Authority of Prince George's County issues to be used for the acquisition
• >> House Bill 1557, Delegate Salman, Procurement, Real Estate Advisory Committee, and Property Acquisition
• </c> Committee, and Property Acquisition. Committee, and Property Acquisition.
• The gods of money, ephemeral celebrity, sexual prowess, and the acquisition of power to control others

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• of Wellness and Resiliency to conduct a study of the cost and feasibility of the proposed debt acquisition
• of Wellness and Resiliency to conduct a study of the cost and feasibility of the proposed debt acquisition
• of Wellness and Resiliency to conduct a study of the cost and feasibility of the proposed debt acquisition
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• debt um acquisition forgiveness program um<03:00:58.319><c> study</c><03:00:58.720><c> should</c><03

Committee: House Health

Summary: The committee first took up SB 1494 on hearing aids. Testimony was generally supportive of expanding hearing-aid coverage, with the Insurance Division raising concern about possible federal defrayment issues, SHPDA supporting the goal of hearing augmentation, DCAB strongly supporting the bill as an important access issue, and health plans and insurers asking for amendments. Kaiser Permanente and the Hawaii Association of Health Plans requested changes to add a medical-necessity standard and clarify annual notice language, while HMSA suggested the proposal should be studied by the auditor. The chair noted concerns about federal preemption and the lack of an audit, and deferred the bill in favor of a related resolution calling for a study. The committee then heard SB 1448, an emergency appropriation for the Hawaii State Hospital. DAGS and the Department of Health supported the measure, with the hospital administrator saying the funding would improve the environment of care, support cleaning, and allow a third-party review of the building. Committee members questioned the size of the request and the status of litigation against the design-builder. Administration witnesses said they were pursuing a comprehensive study involving destructive testing, had made a demand on the design-builder to fund the study, and were using different processes than before. They also said the roof work would be handled through a separate CIP request. No final action was taken in the portion provided. The committee next heard SB 1432, relating to the future responsibilities of the Department of Health and land issues at Kalaupapa after the last patient dies. DOH supported the bill in part but said its long-term role would be limited mainly to environmental cleanup, with operations expected to continue under the National Park Service and land-use decisions left to DHHL and beneficiary consultation. DHHL asked that the measure reflect that any land-use or zoning changes on homeland lands require commission approval and beneficiary consultation. Testifiers from Kalaupapa and Maui County, including Degra Vanderbilt-Papa and Council Member Keani Rollins-Fernandez, supported deferring the bill, saying there had been no meaningful community discussion about provisions affecting Kalaupapa’s future management and possible transfer of responsibilities to Maui County. The committee also read into the record written testimony from Gloria Marks emphasizing that Kalaupapa stakeholders must be included in future discussions. Finally, the committee heard SB 955 on fitness-to-proceed examinations. The Judiciary and the Public Defender’s Office both supported raising pay and standardizing expectations for private examiners, but opposed reducing felony fitness evaluations from three examiners to one and opposed expanding use of expedited reports. They argued that a single examiner would reduce reliability, create a more adversarial process, and likely increase costs and contested hearings, while expedited reports do not contain enough information for a proper fitness determination. The Department of Health also supported the bill’s intent but asked to preserve a three-examiner framework and said the goal was to reduce the number of people sent to the State Hospital, where admissions have reportedly risen about 20% year over year since Act 26. The bill remained under discussion in the excerpt, with no final vote shown.

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• five years, and I think that is something that we're going to strive for, is to even put more shelf stock
• ,</c><03:02:35.800><c> that's</c><03:02:35.920><c> what</c> even put more shelf stock, that's what even
• put more shelf stock, that's what we<03:02:36.080><c> call</c><03:02:36.240><c> it</c><03:02:36.280>
• 03:02:39.920><c> that</c><03:02:40.080><c> we</c><03:02:40.240><c> can</c><03:02:41.000><c> uh</c> stock
• , on on the table so that we can uh stock, on on the table so that we can uh uh<03:02:41.640><c> just

Committee: Joint Select Federal Natural Resource Management Committee

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• It should be reinvested in the same municipalities who are trying to figure out this housing stock, who
• > who</c><00:15:40.639><c> are</c><00:15:40.720><c> assessing</c><00:15:41.040><c> the</c> housing stock
• , who are assessing the housing stock, who are assessing the fee,<00:15:41.600><c> who</c><00:15:41.760
• I kept a constant check on how much we have in stock comparatively to last year.
• comparatively to last have in stock comparatively to last year.<01:43:03.440><c> It</c><01:43:03.679

Committee: Senate Ways and Means