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• So I was at a really cool presentation, um, last month where they were showing us a process for 3D printing
• We don't really, 3Ds are, are different. Um, uh, that, that's the HUD code is administered.
• Now, I don't believe that 3D printing would probably be built to a HUD code.
• Version with some modifications on 3D printing.
• that are being contemplated in future IRC, uh, iterations for everything for, you know, tiny homes to 3D

Bills: HB303

Keywords: jail standards, living conditions, Harris County jail, safety, inmate welfare

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• There are two refundable tax credits related to printer income for newspapers.
• So what this does is create two refundable tax credits, the local news printer income tax credit and
• So the distance, pretty much we are the only printers within distances that makes trucking feasible to
• And so, again, I think we're down to these two printers. And obviously, if...
• And so, again, I think we're down to these two printers. And obviously, if, if Thank you.

Bills: SB251, SB150, SB154, SB73, SB111, SB172, SB76, SB181, SB235

Keywords: horse racing, program training, program owning, state licensing, racehorses, regulation, local news, newspaper printing, journalism, media tax credit, print media, digital news, news publisher, newsprint, press operator, printing industry, local journalism, tax credit, income tax, corporate income tax

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• Because we're not shooting a firearm that can travel quite literally a mile if you've got a clean line
• The current legal means in Massachusetts of removing specific problem coyotes is only with a firearm
• In many instances, it is not legal to discharge a firearm or an arrow to remove these animals due to
• So I work with these towns... ...feet from that in order to discharge a firearm. Okay.
• Again, if I have the setbacks, I can discharge a firearm and euthanize it.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee hearing covered a wide range of animal, wildlife, hunting, and environmental bills. Early testimony focused on deer management, with Rep. Markey urging creation of a deer commission to address crop damage, vehicle collisions, and Lyme disease, and Sen. Durant supporting bills to allow Sunday bow hunting, expand crossbow use, and reduce the 500-foot dwelling restriction for archery hunting. Supporters framed these measures as practical wildlife-management tools, while questions centered on how they would differ from existing Fish and Wildlife authority and whether they would allow hunting closer to residences. Later, Rep. Sena also spoke in support of a bill to increase protected wildlife management areas and another to require non-lead ammunition, arguing both would benefit biodiversity and reduce environmental harm. A substantial portion of the hearing addressed animal welfare and commerce. Multiple witnesses supported bills to ban or phase out the retail sale of dogs, cats, rabbits, and guinea pigs in pet shops, arguing that pet stores rely on puppy mills and obscure the source of animals, while opponents said the bills would hurt responsible breeders, small businesses, and consumer choice. The committee also heard strong testimony for bills to ban the sale of cats and dogs in pet shops, with supporters citing sick animals, consumer deception, and the need to cut off the puppy mill supply chain. In a separate animal-testing segment, witnesses backed bills requiring non-animal testing methods for cosmetics and household products, saying alternatives are more accurate and humane; biomedical research representatives opposed those bills and a related research-animal measure, warning of unintended restrictions on research institutions and arguing animal models remain necessary for many studies. The committee also heard testimony on horseshoe crab conservation, with supporters of H. 898 urging an end to taking horseshoe crabs for bait because of population declines, shorebird impacts, and the species’ importance to biomedical science. On wildlife trafficking, witnesses backed bills to ban intrastate sales of ivory and rhino horn, saying Massachusetts should close loopholes that aid poaching and align with federal law and other states; one antique dealer testified in support, saying he avoids such items and still sees them in the marketplace. Additional testimony supported bans on fur products from factory farms and on force-feeding birds for foie gras, with advocates emphasizing cruelty, public health, and environmental concerns. The hearing was lengthy and heavily attended, with the chairs repeatedly limiting testimony to three minutes and inviting written submissions; no committee votes or final actions were taken during the transcript excerpt.

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• Those cases are Cabinet for Health and Family Services versus K.S., 585 Southwest 3d 202, a Kentucky
• The need for this type of bill was first brought to our attention after 585 Southwest 3d 202 in the case
• The need for this type of bill was first brought to our attention after 585 Southwest 3d 202 in the case
• c><00:04:43.720> 202<00:04:44.520> in<00:04:44.639> the after uh 585 Southwest 3D
• 202 in the after uh 585 Southwest 3D 202 in the case<00:04:44.960> of<00:04:45.120> cabinet

Keywords: 00:11 Call to Order/Roll Call 01:02 Discussion of 25RS SB 26 07:48 Roll Call Vote on 25RS SB 26 08:43 Discussion of 25RS SB 85 28:04 Roll Call Vote on 25RS SB 85 29:37 Discussion of 25RS HB 805 40:30 Roll Call Vote on 25RS HB 805 41:32 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 26, presented by Senator Brandon Storm, Family Court Judge Marcus Vanover, and Crystal Adams on behalf of the Kentucky Judicial Commission on Mental Health. The bill would ensure Kentucky complies with the ADA by prohibiting disability alone from being used to terminate adoption petitions, parental rights, or child-placement petitions. Testimony cited Kentucky Supreme Court and Court of Appeals cases involving parents with intellectual or developmental disabilities and national data showing high removal rates for parents with psychiatric, intellectual, or physical disabilities. The committee approved the bill 15-0 with favorable expression. The committee then heard Senate Bill 85 from Senator Steve Meredith and State Auditor Allison Ball, which continues the transition of the Office of the Ombudsman from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to the Auditor’s office. Testimony focused on completing the transfer by clarifying access to the ITWIST database, ensuring complaints go directly to the Ombudsman, adding whistleblower protections, and making the office a separate office within the Auditor’s office for efficiency. Members asked about the prior conflict of interest when the Ombudsman was housed within CHFS, the database access dispute and lawsuit, and whether the office still remained independent. The bill passed with favorable expression after some members voted pass. Finally, the committee considered House Bill 805, with Representative Nick Wilson and Representative Sarah Stalker explaining a committee substitute and amendment. The bill would set timelines for the Cabinet to physically locate children reported at immediate safety risk and require annual kinship-care reporting to be automatically provided to the legislature and posted publicly. Wilson said the bill also cleans up language from last year’s House Bill 271, including changing “threats” to “risks” in the safety-plan definition and other terminology fixes. The committee adopted the substitute and amendment and advanced the bill with favorable expression.

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• gone into the statute and said, um, you know, if it is found to be inadvertent or error from the printer
• gone into the statute and said, um, you know, if it is found to be inadvertent or error from the printer
• gone into the statute and said, um, you know, if it is found to be inadvertent or error from the printer
• gone into the statute and said, um, you know, if it is found to be inadvertent or error from the printer
• gone into the statute and said, um, you know, if it is found to be inadvertent or error from the printer

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• I was so fortunate when I was deployed, actually, to have a computer and a printer not too far off, but
• if you know anything about a deployment environment in our modern military, printers are pretty scarce
• DEPLOYED ACTUALLY TO HAVE A COMPUTER AND A PRINTER NOT TOO FAR OFF, BUT IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT A
• DEPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENT IN OUR MODERN MILITARY, PRINTERS ARE PRETTY SECURE, AND COMPUTERS ARE PRETTY FEW

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and an invocation, then approved the prior day’s journal and proceeded to a lengthy third-reading calendar. Early business included several motions to discharge Assembly bills from committees and substitute identical Senate bills, along with a few bills laid aside for the day. The chamber also recalled two bills from the Assembly, restored one bill to the Third Reading Calendar after reconsideration, and received amendments on two other bills without changing their calendar status. The Senate then took up a large number of bills across topics including labor, energy, insurance, consumer protection, environmental conservation, health, banking, elections, public service, education, workers’ compensation, criminal justice, local government, and tax law. Most measures passed with broad support, though several drew recorded opposition. Notable debate included Senator Mayer’s explanation for a bill intended to prevent treatment-court participants, including veterans, from losing their driver’s licenses twice after completing diversion programs; Senator Ryan’s support for a bill expanding prosecutors’ ability to treat repeat sexual abuse as persistent abuse; and a sharp exchange on a bill repealing New York’s HIV/STI criminalization law, with Senators Borrello and Chan opposing it and Senator Salazar defending the repeal as necessary to reduce stigma and protect survivors. The chamber also adopted and recognized several resolutions and guest presentations. Members welcomed the Tri-Valley Secondary School girls cross country champions, Miss America Cassie Donagan and Miss New York Teen Nadia Anwar, and the Hudson High School varsity boys basketball team. Later, the Senate took up a resolution proclaiming May 2026 as Maternal Mental Health Month, with multiple senators speaking in support of greater awareness, reduced stigma, and improved care for pregnant and postpartum New Yorkers. At the end of the session, the sponsors opened the day’s resolutions for co-sponsorship, and the Senate adjourned until Monday, June 1 at 12 noon, with intervening days designated as legislative days.

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• Speaker, pursuant to Article 3, Section 3D, I move to waive the rules to introduce House Bill 5.
• resolution extending the 2025 regular session of the Florida Legislature under the authority of Section 3D

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present. The Speaker recognized recent deaths in the chamber’s community, including Representative Plakon’s father, Bartow William Saunders Jr., and former Speaker John Thrasher, and the House observed moments of silence in their honor. The journal was approved, and there were no Senate messages, committee reports, reconsiderations, third-reading bills, or special-order bills on the desk. The House then adopted a motion to waive the rules to introduce House Bill 5, House Bill 5017, and House Joint Resolution 5019. Representative Garrison moved to take up House Concurrent Resolution 1635, which was read twice by title and explained as extending the 2025 regular session until June 18, 2025, while limiting further consideration to the general appropriations act, the implementing bill, and specified conforming bills; all other measures would be indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration as of May 3, 2025. The resolution was adopted without recorded opposition. Before adjournment, the Speaker noted Representative Yvette Benarroch’s birthday. The House then adopted a motion to adjourn after receiving reports and to reconvene upon call of the chair for committee and subcommittee meetings and other House business.

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• Taxation, and other matters pertaining to firearms, stun guns, tasers, pepper spray devices, knives,
• and other weapons into firearms and other weapons into courtrooms. courtrooms. courtrooms.
• Can we carry firearms in this room? Yes. Are we better than the rest of our citizens? No.
• Can we carry firearms in this room? Yes. Can we carry firearms in this room? Yes.
• nature to something like a new printer nature to something like a new printer repair<05:35:15.800

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Until then, I was at a really cool presentation last month where they were showing us a process for 3D
• We don't really... 3D is different.
• And so, anything that's built to that HUD building code, I don't believe that 3D printing would likely
• are amendments that are being contemplated in future IRC iterations for everything from tiny homes to 3D-printed

Bills: HB303, HB 1107, HB 1063, HB1517, HB1991, HB2464, HB3509, HB3527, HB303

Keywords: municipality, local government, Type A, Type B, Type C, change authority, emergency medical services, civil service status, municipal government, public safety, local government code, school funding, education, state budget, local control, equity, tenant legal services, eviction, low-income tenants, disability rights

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• The other thing is people always ask, what if they don't have a printer?
• If they don't have a printer, they can't print the application.
• , printer?
• If they don't have a printer, printer?
• If they don't have a printer, they<01:20:16.800> can't<01:20:16.880> print<01:20:17.040

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The cost to repair my printer very recently was $152 and required a drive to Rochester Staples.
• confined to elderly housing, or those who cannot justify the expense of maintaining a little-used printer
• Those without access to printers at all, or those who do not have the option to ask friends or family
• The cost to repair my printer very recently was $152 and required a drive to Rochester Staples.
• Those without access to printers at all, or those who do not have the option to ask friends or family

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• year through 2028, and so last year we looked at 62A.30, subdivision 4, which provides coverage for 3D
• also hard at work on our next retrospective evaluation, which is... which provides um coverage for 3D
• which provides um coverage for 3D mamogram<00:15:56.040> uh<00:15:56.160> screening<00
• because I felt the breast lump in my breast and I'm sitting there and they're asking me if I want a 3D
• > I<01:24:58.280> want<01:24:58.440> a<01:24:58.560> traditional want a 3D

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And toner for the printers and then your equipment...
• And toner for the printers and then your equipment. Can you get it?
• And toner for the printers, and then your equipment, you know, the electronic voter information devices
• them because there's no reconciliation that's done between what you've requested from the ballot printer
• them because there's no reconciliation that's done between what you've requested from the ballot printer

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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• Employment Tax Credit; and then Senate Bill 133, the Health Equipment GRT Deduction and the Local News Printer
• I want to speak directly to the journalism tax credit and the printer tax credit.
• Without printers, we have no newspapers. Without newspapers, we have no printers.

Bills: SB240

Keywords: capital outlay, capital projects, severance tax bonds, general fund appropriations, supplemental severance tax bonds, UNM School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, infrastructure, state buildings, courts, schools, higher education, road improvements, water and wastewater, tribal infrastructure, tribal projects, public safety, housing, emergency services, bonding

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• SB 2453, which requires the Office of Elections to include a notice to voters that a digital and printer
• SB 2453, which requires the Office of Elections to include a notice to voters that a digital and printer
• SB 2453, which requires the Office of Elections to include a notice to voters that a digital and printer
• SB 2453, which requires the Office of Elections to include a notice to voters that a digital and printer
• SB 2453, which requires the Office of Elections to include a notice to voters that a digital and printer

Bills: SB2444, SB2446, SB2450, SB2453, SB2461, SB2457, SB2462, SB2313, SB2528, SB2532, SB2571, SB2678, SB2529

Keywords: real property, exemption, attachment, execution, consumer protection, financial security, inflation adjustment, head of family, senior citizens, Intermediate Court of Appeals, judges, Hawaii judiciary, court membership, legal system, presidential preference primary, elections, political parties, Hawaii voting, 2028 election, voting

Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard testimony on several bills. SB 2444 would raise the real property exemption amount for attachment or execution, which the Attorney General said could create vague retroactivity language and litigation risk; the committee noted the exemption had last been adjusted around 1978. SB 2446 would add a seventh associate judge to the Intermediate Court of Appeals. Judiciary staff testified in opposition, saying recent internal restructuring and a pending vacancy had improved output and that it would be prudent to wait and see the effect before adding another judge. The Public Defender supported the goal of faster appellate resolution but said it would defer to the court’s assessment and had no objection to revisiting the issue later. The committee also discussed current appellate timelines, with staff saying at least 225 days is built into the process before a case reaches a merit panel, and that a two-year delay from panel assignment was realistic under the current structure. The committee then heard SB 2450, which would establish a presidential preference primary for the 2028 cycle. The Chief Election Officer said the election would cost about $4 million, less if combined with the regular primary. Several opponents argued the bill would add bureaucracy, duplicate or undermine party-run processes, and waste taxpayer money; one speaker estimated the total cost could be closer to $6 million when county costs are included. Supporters and committee members discussed that the measure would not require parties to use the results and that Hawaii remains one of the few states still using caucuses. The committee also asked whether counties could staff the election and whether the results would be useful given Hawaii’s current primary timing. SB 2453 would require the Office of Elections to include a notice with each ballot that a digital and printed voter information guide is available, with the notice in 32-point font as a separate insert. The Chief Election Officer said the insert would cost about $90,000 and asked for an effective date of January 1, 2027 because mailing preparations for the primary would already be underway. The Disability and Communications Access Board, League of Women Voters, National Federation of the Blind of Hawaii, and others supported the bill. The committee also began hearing SB 2461, which would have the Office of Elections prepare a questionnaire for candidates and publish responses online and in the voter guide; the Chief Election Officer said the office did not think it should be the agency to shape campaign questions, though he said it could work if the questions were specified in statute. Finally, the committee heard SB 2457, which would require a criminal conviction before seized property could be forfeited. The Attorney General and Honolulu Police Department opposed the bill, arguing it would prolong cases, increase storage costs, and make forfeiture less effective against crime, especially where owners flee, die, or hide assets through shell companies. The Public Defender strongly supported the measure, saying forfeiture should be tied to convictions and that people challenging forfeiture often lack counsel. The Honolulu Prosecutor also opposed the bill, but said it supported transparency, due process, and even a right to counsel; it argued conviction-only forfeiture would fail in cases involving fugitives, deceased suspects, or hidden ownership structures. The committee questioned what would happen to property if an owner could not be found, and the prosecutor said the outcome would depend on the type of property and could involve abandonment or interpleader proceedings.

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• So traditionally, ultrasound is what's done, and we do 3D imaging because in the past, you know, legislatures
• have passed and supported us going from 2D to 3D imaging. 3D imaging is...
• see through some of the dense tissue, but not through the really dense tissue on just the screening 3D

Bills: HB231, HB231, HB475, HB488, HB632, HB821, HB1786, HB1955, HB2036, HB2060, HB2659, HB2677

Keywords: HB 231, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, permit exemption, dam, reservoir, erosion control, flood control, floodwater control, sediment control, watershed protection, Natural Resources Conservation Service, NRCS, Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, local sponsor, water appropriation, small dam, water diversion, maintenance, rehabilitation

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• system software, the Express link of the ESNS voting system, and the Express Vote activation card printer
• Um, examiner who says we didn't, we never looked at the Express Link software and the card printer, we
• barcode on there if it, if it was intended to be like a separate label, or if you could work with your printer
• to assign, you know, to provide those barcodes and those numbers to the print printer so that they were
• So I think this is a wonderful thing for people who use that type of equipment where you use the printer

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• You talk about geographical diversity in 3D, which I think is very important. >> Thank you, Senator Curl
• You talk about geographical diversity in 3D, which I think is very important.
• geographical<00:19:27.840> diversity<00:19:28.400> in<00:19:28.559> in<00:19:28.960> 3D
• ,<00:19:29.440> which<00:19:29.600> I geographical diversity in in 3D, which I geographical
• diversity in in 3D, which I think<00:19:29.919> is<00:19:30.240> very<00:19:30.640>

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Families and Children met and heard presentation of Senate Bill 191, a pilot proposal to create the Kentucky Kindergarten Readiness Performance-based Child Care Incentive Program. Senator Danny Carroll explained that the three-year pilot, to be developed with the University of Kentucky College of Education, would reward child care providers or families with a $2,000 payment when a child is found kindergarten-ready, with the award tied to the prior two years of care. He said the program would include child care centers, child care homes, and eligible low-income families, with added supports such as home-visiting resources and curriculum assistance, and would also automatically fund providers caring for children with special needs who cannot be assessed in the same way. Members asked about logistics, eligibility, diversity, and cost. Senator Meredith asked how parents would participate and how many children might be included; Carroll said UK would help define the details and that the pilot would likely use about $2 million in available funds, with a broad enough sample to produce meaningful data. Senator Thomas raised concerns about direct payments to parents and the fiscal implications of scaling the idea; Carroll responded that the pilot would only test the concept, that public pre-K and Head Start would not be included, and that the program would target families eligible for child care assistance. He estimated the broader annual cost, if expanded statewide, could eventually be much higher, but argued the educational and workforce benefits would outweigh the expense. Senator Thomas also asked whether the bill’s reference to diverse providers meant geographic, racial, language, and socioeconomic diversity, and Carroll said that was the intent, with UK given latitude to structure the sample and assessment tool. Another senator supported the bill as a step toward universal pre-K and emphasized that learning begins at birth. The discussion ended with a motion and second on the bill, followed by a roll call vote, but the transcript cuts off before the vote result is stated.

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• You'll see numerous examples in other states where drones across the country are dropping drugs, firearms
• Thank you. resulted in loss of life dropping resulted in loss of life dropping firearms<04:47:57.798>
• that are used to actually end firearms that are used to actually end the<04:47:59.680> life<04
• My printer ran out of ink, so I emailed you my testimony.
• ran out of ink so I youon my my printer ran out of ink so I I<05:32:26.718> emailed<05:32:27.120

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The municipal firearm preemption law was amended in 2021 to prescribe the regulation of the use of firearms
• More strictures than what they can on firearms.
• So it doesn't have to be a firearm in the sense of deadly force. firearm in the sense of non-deadly force
• for merely pointing one of these firearms? No.
• And they're pointing firearms at people, actually discharging those firearms at people. and what this

Bills: HB2034, HB2436, HB3010, HB3033, HB3138, HB3177, HB3426, HB3686, HB3858, HB4176, HB4257, HB4264, HB4804, HCR98

Keywords: groundwater, foreign ownership, national security, water permits, environmental health, deadly conduct, firearm, recklessness, peace officer, prosecution, Penal Code, Texas laws, disaster recovery, infrastructure, rural communities, grants, state funding, emergency management, HB 3033, Texas Department of Public Safety