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• Up next, House File 4738. Representative Keeler.
• Um that just time before I went there.
• I strongly urge all of you to support House File 4738. Thank you so much for your time.
• <00:45:25.240> dollar<00:45:25.600> on Every time we spend a dollar on Every time we
• will renew my motion that House File will renew my motion that House File 4738<00:52:38.680>

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: House File 4738 was laid over for possible inclusion in the 2026 tax bill. Representative Keeler presented the bill as a funding source for Minnesota’s Safe Harbor program, arguing that trafficking and sexual exploitation are statewide problems and that current shelter and housing resources are insufficient. She and several supporters emphasized that the program serves youth across greater Minnesota, not just the metro, and that state and federal funding pressures make additional support necessary. Testifiers from Place Called Home/Life House, The Link, the City of Minneapolis, and a survivor all described the impact of Safe Harbor and related shelter programs. They cited data on youth served, bed nights, mental health services, and high unmet need, including waitlists and youth turned away because programs are full. Testimony stressed that stable housing and trauma-informed services help survivors recover and move toward education, employment, and family stability. One committee member, Representative Davis, objected to the proposed funding source, saying he would not support taking money from women’s sports scholarships and urging a different source. The bill’s tax mechanism was described as ending the sales tax exemption for preferred seating, suite licenses, and related amenities at athletic and entertainment events. Alec Williams of We Make Minnesota supported the proposal as a fair way to raise revenue from high-end discretionary purchases for a public purpose. Committee discussion also focused on the size of the revenue estimate and the breakdown of the impact, with nonpartisan staff saying roughly 85% would come from suite licenses, 10% from collegiate seating, and 5% from amenities. Representative Smith and others framed the issue as both a tax and moral question, and the chair moved the bill to be laid over.

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• Thirty-three thousand files. That's a lot of files.
• 33,000 files. That's a lot of files. 33,000 files. That's a lot of files.
• Why do Republicans continue voting time and time and time again to help their rich and powerful friends
• balance of my time. balance of my time.
• for the third time. for the third time.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• testify on the bill at this time. testify on the bill at this time.
• to Senate File 325 as amended. to Senate File 325 as amended.
• I'm here to present Senate File 4956, a bill that's going to help improve emergency response times, especially
• with each other in real time. with each other in real time.
• for your time. for your time.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Assembly Bill 533 be taken from its place on General File and be placed at the top of General File for
• The bill is ordered to General File.
• The bill is ordered to General File.
• The bill is ordered to General File.
• I move that all bills be taken from their place on General File and be placed on the General File of

Keywords: 909, all

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• Claire um verbon um you had sent a file Claire um verbon um you had sent a file 666<00:01:53.159
• Before you is Senate File 3040." [00:12:15.519] "Before you is Senate File 3040.
• next we have Senator Hoffman with Senate<00:37:32.040> file Senate file Senate file 2031<00:37
• And that is from Senator Fateh's Senate File 2168. Section 19 is from Senate File 401.
• Senate File 208 and Senate File 3172?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We will be taking the time to hear the bill today.
• We will be taking the time to hear the bill today.
• Thank you all for your time.
• THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.
• Timely fashion.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Those are a renewed motion to dismiss filed by Representative Gber, a motion to quash filed by Representative
• motion to quash filed by Representative motion to quash filed by Representative Gber<00:03:19.440
• hearing to a later date filed by Mr. hearing to a later date filed by Mr. Jenkins. Jenkins.
• relied on that to file their complaint. relied on that to file their complaint.
• This purports to be an the time.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission met on November 18, 2025, approved the October 14 minutes, and then took up five motions in ethics matters 24LEC3 and 24LEC6. Those motions included a renewed motion to dismiss and motion to quash by Representative Daniel Gberg, a renewed motion to compel/sanctions and continuance request by Mr. Jenkins, and competing motions in limine concerning evidence and redaction of deposition transcripts. Vice Chair Mike Schaw was appointed hearing officer for the motion practice, and the commission agreed to hear the motions one at a time in open session. Representative Chris Lily joined later by Zoom. Counsel for Representative Gberg argued the remaining allegations were minor, that the commission lacked key exculpatory materials such as an alleged LRC report, policies, procedures, and training materials, and that the record did not support the ethics charges. She also argued the case had been broadened by extraneous allegations and that the respondent had been unfairly prejudiced. Enforcement counsel responded that he had produced all materials in his possession, that any LRC materials were not in the commission’s custody, and that the commission’s probable-cause findings were based on sworn testimony and affidavits already in the record. He argued the motions to dismiss and for summary judgment should be denied because genuine issues of material fact remained and the commission had already found probable cause on three ethics violations. Commission members questioned both sides about the alleged LRC report and whether it was part of the commission’s record. The chair stated the commission had not relied on any LRC report and had not withheld anything, while another member emphasized that the proceeding concerned alleged violations of the ethics code, not LRC sexual-harassment policy. A commissioner also noted the unusual structure of the proceeding and questioned whether the complaints, taken as true, stated a basis for dismissal. The transcript ends during continued discussion of the standard for dismissal and summary judgment, with no final ruling on the motions captured in the excerpt.

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• It directly drains money, time, and energy away from the families that we serve.
• And in both times, they say these rating systems are equivalent.
• File item number two, SB 17, Laird.
• File item number four, SB 1195, Rubio. Valencia, aye. File item number five, SB 1228, Rubio.
• File item number nine. Valencia, aye. File item number nine, SB 1398, Rubio. Valencia, aye.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• That was the ninth time he had been caught driving unlicensed since our accident, five more times he's
• That was the ninth time he had been caught driving unlicensed since our accident, five more times he's
• /c><00:05:03.800> been unlicensed that's 14 times he has been unlicensed that's 14 times he has
• <00:10:23.160> folks about has time after time uh with folks about has time after time uh
• <00:10:46.200> this<00:10:46.440> happen Time After Time Again having this happen Time

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Members, this legislation is timely.
• Filed, yes. Filed. So, which means that they're available there, so. Okay.
• It will be left, depending at this time.
• HB5122 will be left pending at this time.
• HB 4903 will be left pending at this time.

Bills: HB2226, HB2269, HB2343, HB2760, HB3621, HB4079, HB4204, HB4518, HB4531, HB4555, HB4850, HB4876, HB4903, HB4996, HB5122

Keywords: construction trust funds, Property Code, Chapter 162, construction payments, mechanics lien, contractors, subcontractors, laborers, material suppliers, materialmen, real property improvement, assignment of payment rights, unpaid trust funds, trust fund beneficiaries, construction industry, payment protection, Texas construction law, property owners association, landscaping, grass maintenance

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• I think this is a very important and timely amendment, not timely procedurally, but timely based on the
• “On the government's time.
• It happens all the time.
• The bill allows for a petition, writ, or other action to be filed within one year from the time an incident
• Read the bill third time. Read the bill third time, please.

Summary: The Senate convened with an opening prayer by Rabbi Moshe Umatz, the Pledge of Allegiance led by pages, and several introductions and recognitions, including guests from Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Clay County, and a moment of silence for Pope Francis. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar after a motion to reconsider SB 1080, which was temporarily postponed. Several bills were also set aside during the day, including measures on social media use by minors, veterans’ nursing homes, Parkinson’s disease, mental health and substance use disorders, education, educator preparation, and school social workers. The Senate passed a series of bills, often substituting House companions for Senate bills. These included funding for expedited DNA testing grants for local law enforcement (SB 1072/HB 847), additional aggravating factors in capital cases involving religious, school, or government gatherings (SB 984/HB 693), fertility preservation coverage for cancer patients (SB 924/HB 677), commuter rail indemnification for Miami-Dade and Broward counties (SB 916/HB 867), restrictions on disposing of migrant vessels in Florida waters (SB 830), specialty license plates including Miami Northwestern and several colleges and institutions (SB 824), an Alzheimer’s and dementia awareness campaign (SB 398), relocation of the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys to Florida Memorial University (SB 364), charter school changes allowing parent conversion and municipal job-engine charter schools (SB 140), sex offender registration reporting changes (SB 1654/HB 1351), penalties for assaulting utility workers (SB 1386), juvenile justice revisions and truancy process updates (SB 1344), reporting of student mental health outcomes (SB 1310/HB 969), foster home license transfer simplification (SB 1174/HB 989), water access facility funding and boating industry incentives (SB 1162/HB 735), Florida Virtual School operational changes (SB 1122), school readiness program support for children with disabilities (SB 1102), sexual image offenses involving minors (SB 1180/HB 757), age-related defenses in child sex offense cases (SB 1136/HB 777), tampering with electronic monitoring devices (SB 1054/HB 437), certified recovery residences and local zoning accommodations (SB 954), and the FSU Election Law Center (SB 892). Most of these bills passed with strong bipartisan support, though SB 984 and SB 140 drew some opposition. One of the most extensive debates centered on SB 820, codifying the Office of Faith and Community. Senator Polsky offered an amendment to bar political activity by office staff, citing emails and campaign-related communications tied to Amendment 4; the amendment failed on a 13-23 vote. Senators then debated the bill’s relationship to state election law, free speech, and the role of faith-based outreach. Supporters emphasized the office’s service network and reported benefits to children and families, while some senators raised concerns about interfaith representation and political use of government resources. The bill was then read a third time and the Senate proceeded toward a final vote as the transcript ended.

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• And when we... this is actually the second time that we filed it together, and I had filed it beforehand
• We have a different conversation with insurance. ...filed it together, and I had filed it beforehand.
• It should be at times, right? Yeah, yeah.
• So the company territories are designed, they're placed on file.
• as part of either reforms or rules filing with the Division.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Financial Services held a public hearing on a wide range of auto insurance and vehicle-related bills. Testimony focused heavily on autonomous vehicle regulation, auto insurance rating by ZIP code, rental car liability coverage, and surcharge thresholds for minor accidents. Representative Polito supported a bill to regulate autonomous vehicle testing and deployment, arguing for school-zone restrictions, slower speeds, a remote kill switch, and minimum insurance requirements to protect the public. Representative Mendez and Senator Payano testified for legislation to reduce racial and socioeconomic inequities in auto insurance pricing by limiting the weight insurers may place on territorial loss costs, while the Mass Insurance Federation and Consumer Federation of America offered opposing and supporting views, respectively, on the fairness and actuarial impact of geographic rating. The committee also heard support for a bill to remove inspection-sticker violations from license-point calculations, and for a bill to raise the damage threshold for insurance surcharges and minor/major accident classifications. A substantial portion of the hearing addressed House Bill 1301 on rental car liability. Enterprise Mobility, the American Car Rental Association, and a small Massachusetts rental company supported the bill, saying personal auto insurers should be primary when their insureds drive rental cars, that Massachusetts is an outlier compared with most other states, and that the change would reduce costs and simplify claims handling. The Mass Insurance Federation opposed the bill, arguing that current Massachusetts law already clearly makes the vehicle owner’s policy primary and that shifting liability would raise costs for private-passenger policyholders. Committee members asked detailed questions about how rental coverage works, whether premiums or rental rates would change, and how other states handle the issue. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to adjust surcharge rules for at-fault accidents, with sponsors arguing that repair costs and vehicle values have risen sharply and that the current thresholds are outdated. Members discussed how the point system affects drivers, whether the proposal should apply cumulatively or per incident, and how Carfax and out-of-pocket repairs factor into consumer costs. At the end of the hearing, the chair noted written testimony could still be submitted and, during a brief personal privilege, recorded support for two underinsurance bills, H. 1109 and S. 748. The committee then moved and seconded a motion to adjourn, and the hearing ended without any votes on the bills themselves.

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• The reason why these were filed is because we have a severe housing crisis.
• And not to promote myself, but I filed a broader 79E bill that would take care of this.
• And not to promote myself, but I filed a broader 79E bill that would take care of this.
• <00:12:26.000> So get ripped out by what I'm filing.
• So get ripped out by what I'm filing.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Senate File 3988.
• Um Senate file 3988. Um Senate file 3988.
• I know you have time to another time.
• to time.
• ideas from time to time. ideas from time to time.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• They also have to file. Additionally, those coming out of governmental sectors also have to file.
• Independents do not need to file during the regular period.
• With this, at this time, I will...
• That's how we hear it every other time I do that. Thank you, y'all.
• That's how we hear it every other time I do that. Thank you, y'all.

Bills: SB137, SB164, SB165, SB49

Keywords: sewer, wastewater, public service commission, PSC, utility regulation, private utility, regulated utility, affiliated system, consolidation, rate jurisdiction, rate setting, wastewater management entity, common ownership, control, Jefferson County Board of Health, local constitutional amendment, public utilities, Alabama Code Title 37, Alabama Code Title 22, certification

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• House File members of the committee.
• Um, and so we we big one-time funding.
• Motion prevails and House File Opposed.
• I mean, because time is of the essence.
• So what happens time is of the essence.

Bills: HF3006, HF2130, HF1290

Keywords: Department of Corrections, DOC, corrections budget, supplemental appropriation, deficiency funding, public safety finance, incarceration, prerelease services, community supervision, postrelease services, supervised release, probation, reentry, reentry services, prison reform, body-worn cameras, corrections officer cameras, ARMER radio system, PREA, Prison Rape Elimination Act

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• So you saw it the same time.
• The question one more time.
• Well, I guess, I don't know, two to three times in the House. Two or three times? Yeah.
• I filed impeachment against President Trump multiple times. ...and was very critical and vocal about
• And not one time did Mrs.

Bills: SB 2, SB 5, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB4, HB1, HB3, HB20, HB22, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, HB4, SB2, SB5

Keywords: disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments

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• For the first time in a long time, thanks to President All Britain, we have witnessed a session largely
• Time is money.
• Read the bill a third time.
• I've seen them do this to my son, and I've seen this happen repeatedly time and time again.
• This bill shines a light on ...repeatedly time and time again.

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including remarks from Senator Berman outlining Democratic priorities such as education, health care, environmental protection, and opposition to rollbacks on child labor, book access, and gun safety. The chamber also recognized military guests and an intern before moving to the special order calendar. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including measures on human trafficking, waste management, Bright Futures, Medicaid oversight at one point in the flow, and mammogram coverage, though the Medicaid oversight bill was later taken up and passed. The Senate passed a series of bills, often after substituting House companions and adopting technical amendments. Among the major measures approved were the dangerous dogs bill (the Pam Rock Act), which tightened penalties and procedures after fatal attacks; a local government land regulation bill that streamlined comp plan review and defined impact-fee circumstances, though members raised concerns about quasi-judicial hearing limits and local costs; a vessel-related bill combining boating safety and voter-freedom provisions; a blood clot screening and treatment bill creating the Emily Adkins Family Protection Act; fleeing and eluding penalties; concealed carry and firearm possession rules for certain officers and service members; timeshare management reforms; and public education on background screening requirements. The chamber also approved bills on disability history and awareness instruction, manufacturing and a related fee bill, utility service restrictions, educational opportunities for military children, health facilities authorities, and veteran and spouse nursing home beds. The disability instruction bill drew extended debate about the use of the term “disability,” inclusion, and whether the measure was consistent with broader DEI debates; it passed unanimously after emotional testimony from the sponsor and families. The manufacturing and utility bills focused on statewide economic policy and preemption of local restrictions, while the military children bill was presented as a student-driven proposal. Most measures passed with strong bipartisan support, with recorded votes ranging from unanimous to 33-3 on the firearm bill and 26-8 on the land regulation bill.

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• File 3587 off the table. File 3587 off the table.
• time our housing shortage has doubled. time our housing shortage has doubled.
• It's time.
• It's time. We have want her to move out. It's time.
• you first off for the time today, Mr. you first off for the time today, Mr.

Bills: HF4319, HF3295, HF3589, HF3587, HF3588, HF4295, HF3571, HF3895

Keywords: public utilities commission, Lake City, port authority, Red Wing, terms of appointment, local government, elections, open meeting law, transparency, public engagement, social media, government accountability, voter access, polling place, ballot, unexpected needs, election judge, public information, political parties, HF4295

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• To be clear, Senate Bill 141 is only changing the time frame a person has to file.
• long time in jail and have lots of time long time in jail and have lots of time on<00:24:29.919>
• So, if they can't file, there's no one to—and we're not removing the time limit for everybody.
• So, if they can't file, there's no one to—and we're not removing the time limit for everybody.
• a three-year time limit for filing a three-year time limit for filing a petition<00:36:24.240>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Judiciary Committee opened a hearing on Senate Bill 141, which would create a narrow exception to New Hampshire’s three-year deadline for motions for a new trial when a petitioner has newly discovered evidence, new forensic testing, or new scientific understanding. The prime sponsor’s representative and advocates from the Innocence Project and New England Innocence Project argued the bill is needed to help wrongfully convicted people access the courts, noting that exonerations often take many years and that outdated forensic science has contributed to wrongful convictions. The chair also said he had drafted a proposed amendment for committee review, but it had not yet been formally submitted. Witnesses supporting the bill emphasized that the measure would not guarantee relief, only allow a petition to be filed and reviewed under existing standards. They discussed examples such as arson science, explaining that some convictions were based on forensic methods later shown to be unreliable. Committee members asked about the scope of habeas corpus, whether the bill would create a new cause of action, and whether additional screening or pleading requirements should be added. The supporters said they would be open to requiring a petitioner to plead innocence, but opposed adding more burdensome preliminary procedures or counsel requirements at the filing stage. Thomas Farardi, from the Attorney General’s Office, testified in opposition or with caution, saying the bill was a “solution looking for a problem” because existing habeas corpus and coram nobis procedures already provide avenues for relief, and prosecutors can act when credible new evidence arises. He argued the current draft could invite additional litigation and create a new cause of action, and said he favored more screening before cases proceed. The discussion also touched on whether the statute applies in criminal cases, the current three-year limitation in RSA 526:4, and questions about posthumous petitions and petitions by deported individuals. No vote or executive action was taken during the hearing.