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• /c> carcasses, um, those are our rules allow carcasses, um, those are our rules allow them<00:07:08.560
• Mainly, the fines have been for permitted facilities that we have solid waste facilities that we issue
• > issue solid waste facilities that we u issue solid waste facilities that we u issue permits<
• <00:17:42.320> Um rules as necessary. Um rules as necessary. Um >> okay.
• allow for CMS administrative rules. allow for CMS administrative rules.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint HHS, Agriculture, Environment, Energy, and Intergovernmental Affairs hearing focused first on SB 2262, a pollution and illegal dumping measure. The Department of Health said it stood on its written testimony, and public testimony included support from CARES with suggested amendments to involve the counties in standardized response planning and to address pollution caused by individuals. Members questioned the bill’s fines, where they would go, and how the department would handle carcasses and illegal dumping enforcement. DOH said administrative fines go to the general fund, criminal fines are collected by the Attorney General, carcasses are generally buried by the landowner under existing rules, and DOH mainly regulates solid waste and coordinates with counties and other agencies when violations arise. After discussion, the chair recommended SB 2262 be passed with substantial amendments. The proposed amendments would add DLNR to the task force, deposit all fines into a special fund to support enforcement, allow fines below $5,000 for littering and higher fines for excessive or chronic illegal dumping, and include a January 30, 2050 effective date. The committee adopted the recommendation, with members voting aye. The hearing then moved to the HHS calendar. On SB 2087, relating to health insurance, agencies including DHS, DCCA, the Attorney General, and Labor stood on written testimony, while several advocacy and medical groups testified in support. One Medicaid recipient opposed the bill, arguing the coverage should be immediate rather than phased in over three years. Angela Melody Young supported the bill but urged amendments to prioritize people with disabilities, kupuna, and mothers. Members questioned whether the rural health transformation program could support the bill’s deductible structure; the Department of Human Services said it was unlikely CMS would allow that level of coverage, though rural funds might help in other ways. The committee then moved on to SB 2089, which would expand services eligible for Medicaid prospective payment system reimbursement, hearing support from OHA, DHS, and others, along with testimony about mental health access and training. The transcript also began SB 2106, relating to health and eating disorder prevention, with a student testifying in support and citing youth eating disorder harms, but the discussion was cut off before any action on that bill.

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• > are<00:10:57.360> used facility and ensure facilities are used facility and ensure facilities
• Owners as well as for just Facility Owners as well as for just Facility Owners<00:28:02.600> that<
• especially in a number of the facilities especially in a number of the facilities whether<00:30:
• something that's called the 48 hour rule something that's called the 48 hour rule uh<00:30:26.000
• yes okay and then for mindat facilities yes okay and then for mindat facilities specifically<00:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So we own this facility. Yes, this is a state-owned office building and parking garage.
• We have a new warehouse facility here in Jeff City.
• And is this a particular facility, or is this a combination of facilities in the same service area?
• I think it's a combination of facilities. So, yeah.
• This is for medications for individuals who are in our state mental health facilities.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• HB 10 by Capriglione relating to reforming the procedure by which state agencies adopt rules and impose
• regulatory requirements by the deference given to the interpretation of the law and rules by state agencies
• the adoption and implementation of surgical smoke evacuation system policy at certain health care facilities
• the adoption and implementation of surgical smoke evacuation system policy at certain healthcare facilities
• HB 553 by Patterson relating to the permitting of renewable energy generation facilities by the Public

Summary: The House met for first reading and referral of a large number of bills and joint resolutions, with no substantive debate on the measures themselves. The filings covered a broad range of topics, including agency rulemaking and regulatory deference, occupational licensing reciprocity, business entities, eviction procedures, higher education, public education, health care, elections and voting procedures, criminal justice, property tax and appraisal issues, transportation, agriculture, energy, and local government authority. Several proposals also addressed constitutional amendments on matters such as Medicaid expansion, property tax limits, quorum and special-session rules, voting citizenship proof, parental rights, reproductive autonomy, and state funding allocations. Many of the measures focused on education, public health, and election administration. Examples included bills on financial literacy in schools, school nurses and librarians, student meal debt policies, suicide prevention notices, menstrual products, and community-based learning programs, as well as election-related bills on voter registration, disability access, ballot corrections, political advertising, and voting equipment or procedures. Other notable bills dealt with housing and property issues, including evictions, homestead tax exemptions, and land ownership, along with criminal justice measures involving sentencing, juror challenges, trafficking-related nondisclosure, and firearm reporting or transfer restrictions. The House also referred a set of resolutions to the Local and Consent Calendars Committee. At the end of the proceedings, Mr. Bell moved that the House adjourn until 2:00 p.m. Tuesday in memory of James Edward Cook of Eustace, Texas. There was no objection, and the House adjourned.

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• We'll be able to use it to reduce our natural gas needs at the facility.
• Cloud does have excess renewable energy being produced at the facility.
• This is an overview of our facility, and many of you from this committee actually visited our facility
• And into that unit to dry it for biofuel for our facility.
• I think that having facilities to burn these waste trees...

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• Madam Chair and members, Senate Bill 1137 modifies the underground facility statutes by requiring excavators
• Underground facilities operators must locate and mark the geographic area within 15 business days of
• Underground facilities operators must locate and mark the geographic area within 15 business days of
• Finally, the bill outlines the applicability of civil penalties for violating the underground facility
• statutes and requires the Arizona Corporation Commission to implement rules for the implementation of

Bills: SB1128, SB1137, SB1144, SB1145, SB1186, SB1235, SB1238

Keywords: scrap metal theft, study committee, Arizona, regulated industries, public safety, underground utilities, utility locating, dig safe, call before you dig, 811, excavation safety, damage prevention, one-call center, locate request, white lining, large project coordination, buried infrastructure, subsurface utilities, utility marking, locator wire

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• We do have a motion by a representative to adopt the three-minute rule.
• Seeing none, we'll have a three-minute rule on public testimony.
• Also... ...of our proposed rules, regulations, as well as funding.
• We have something in federal law called the social justice rules, and in those rules, if there's an..
• Justice rules.

Summary: The committee took up public comment on a package of similar local-option bills related to carbon capture and sequestration, including House Bills 5, 6, 497, 498, 501, and 504. The bills would let parishes, or in some cases specific parishes such as Rapides and Livingston, decide by local vote whether Class VI wells, CO2 sequestration, and related pipeline infrastructure could be permitted. The chair grouped the bills together for testimony, adopted a three-minute public comment rule, and noted that the bills were not yet under consideration for a vote during the public-comment portion. Supporters, including Speaker Pro Tem Mike Johnson, parish officials, local activists, and residents, argued that communities affected by carbon capture projects should have a direct voice through local option elections. They said the bills were about self-determination, local control, and allowing residents to decide whether the risks are worth the benefits. Several speakers said their parishes had passed resolutions opposing carbon capture or asking for local choice, while others emphasized concerns about eminent domain, aquifer protection, lack of public understanding, and the need for more information about project impacts and financial benefits. Some supporters also said a local vote would force industry to engage more directly with communities and could improve transparency. Opponents, including representatives of the Department of Conservation and Energy, the Louisiana Chemistry Association, the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, and the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, warned that the bills would create uncertainty, undermine Louisiana’s primacy over Class VI permitting, and invite litigation under federal preemption and the Supremacy Clause. They said the state already has a strict permitting process with public input and technical review, and that allowing parish-by-parish approval could delay or block billions of dollars in investment, jobs, and export-related projects. The department testified that if the state adopted a local-option referendum system, EPA could determine Louisiana was not implementing the program consistently and could move to remove primacy. No committee vote was taken in the portion provided.

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• judgment under rule 56. judgment under rule 56.
• rules to actual rules of court?
• that provides the rule of decision. that provides the rule of decision.
• existing rules were adequate for? existing rules were adequate for?
• That way it refers... to return to the facility. to return to the facility.

Keywords: 916, all

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• Just so you know, the Senate is allowed to participate virtually in their rules. Yes, I'm here.
• Just so you know, the Senate is allowed to participate virtually in their rules. Yes, I'm here.
• Today we will hear a variety of bills relevant to issues including health care facilities, workforce
• This is an act relative to medical health and fitness facilities. Welcome to all of you.
• Part of that is due to the incentive structure that we provide for these facilities.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee hearing covered a wide range of public health bills, with much of the testimony focused on two major themes: expanding access to care and stabilizing health-related workforces and services. On House 2364, an act relative to medical health and fitness facilities, representatives from Dedham Health and Athletic Club argued for a pilot program recognizing supervised exercise as medicine, saying it could improve outcomes for chronic disease, fall prevention, and mental health while reducing costs. On House/Senate bills concerning community health workers (H. 359/S. 251), multiple witnesses from MACHW, Health Care for All, MHA, Cambridge Health Alliance, Mass General Brigham, Boston Children’s Hospital, Asian Women for Health, and the City of Somerville described CHWs as essential for navigation, trust-building, language access, and addressing social needs, and urged reimbursement by MassHealth, the GIC, and private insurers, along with workforce development measures. One pediatric neurologist also told the committee that losing grant-funded CHW support led to more avoidable ER visits and threatened clinic operations. The committee also heard extensive testimony on hospital closures and essential services. Witnesses including Dr. Alan Sager, MNA President Katie Murphy, nurses from Brockton Hospital and Providence Behavioral Health, and local officials and legislators from Norwood described the loss of hospitals and service lines, especially maternity, pediatric, and behavioral health care, and argued current closure processes are too weak to protect communities. They supported bills such as H. 2460/S. 1503 and H. 2534/S. 1574, which would require earlier notice, community input, stronger state oversight, possible receivership, and limits on reopening or expanding after closures. Testimony emphasized the impact of Steward’s bankruptcy, the closures of Carney and Neshoba Valley, and the need to preserve access to essential services in underserved areas. Several end-of-life and professional regulation bills were also discussed. On H. 2436, Representative Omar Gomez and funeral industry witnesses supported eliminating Office of the Chief Medical Examiner fees for the removal of a child’s body in cases involving children five and under, describing the bill as a small but important relief for grieving families. On H. 2444 and related Senate bills, cemetery and consumer advocates supported legalizing alkaline hydrolysis and natural organic reduction as environmentally friendly after-death options, while cemetery representatives opposed H. 2360, which would allow funeral establishments to operate crematories, arguing cemeteries should retain that role. The committee also heard support for H. 2382, which would exempt dentists and oral surgeons from a new office-based surgical center framework, and for H. 2461, which would create hospital efficiency standards; employers and retailers backed that bill as a way to address rising health care costs. Finally, the committee heard testimony on autism services and hospital governance. On S. 1414, behavior analysts and school representatives said Massachusetts already licenses assistant-level ABA providers but MassHealth does not reimburse them, causing long waitlists and limiting school and family access; an actuary testified that a three-tier ABA reimbursement model could reduce MassHealth costs by up to 6% per child served. Senator Lovely also testified in support of S. 1572, which would require at least one registered nurse on each acute care hospital governing board, arguing nurses’ frontline perspective would improve quality and retention. No votes were taken in the hearing excerpt, but many witnesses urged favorable reports on their respective bills.

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• Our third point is no new facilities. Facilities are costly; they're problematic.
• We don't want the opening of old facilities.
• We don't want y'all to reopen juvenile correctional facilities.
• rule change.
• I think I'm creaky. that is really rule. I think Albuquerque deserves rule.

Bills: SB5, SB6, SB8

Keywords: physician residency, healthcare, rural communities, medical education, appropriation, education, medical school, New Mexico, construction, behavioral health, funding, mental health services, general fund transfer, 996, all

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• the same as the detention facilities.
• Facilities.
• So how long have you been on the rules chair? For two years.
• Okay, and what's the time frame for once it hits rules and comes out?
• Forward, especially anything we're considering for Rules.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• that we may have differences, but we have not succumbed to the idea that uh that we let dysfunction rule
• system especially in rural facilities system especially in rural facilities but<00:18:41.200>
• and the reasons on this that is a facility that houses about 1,000 inmates.
• That facility is very old, and the upgrades and the deferred maintenance would be too much.
• I mentioned it's a 111-year-old facility that houses about 1,000 incarcerated individuals.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Yeah, we're going to facilities only.
• This is state facilities.
• This is state facilities.
• This is state facilities.
• Sometimes these rule 40 the case.

Bills: SB2094

Keywords: toxic chemicals, environmental action levels, public notice, environmental safety, pollution control, Hawaii State Constitution, public participation, government transparency, environmental health, 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee first took up SB 2094, which would require state agencies monitoring environmental toxins and pollutants to establish environmental action levels and limit changes to those levels without meeting procedural requirements. The chair recommended passing the bill with amendments, including inserting estimated costs for a secure portal website and webinars into the committee report and deferring the effective date to July 1, 2050. The motion passed unanimously among those voting, with excused members noted. The committee then considered several other measures and adopted recommendations to pass them with amendments, generally adding technical and clarifying changes and setting a defective date of 2525. SB 2862 was amended to broaden the preamble, make additional appointees confirmable, clarify reporting requirements for gubernatorial appointees, and was held for further discussion. SB 2781 on lei production created a working group to review existing studies and conduct a statewide study of Hawaii’s floriculture industry. SB 3015 adopted California’s definition of PII, applied it to government agencies and political subdivisions, created a private cause of action, and required a compliance report. SB 3230 removed a categorical prohibition on certain third-party project management procurements while preserving state oversight responsibility, in line with procurement office requests. The joint GVO Health and Human Services agenda then focused on two related bills requiring universal changing accommodations in public restrooms. SB 2932 would apply to new state building construction beginning July 1, 2026, and testimony from disability advocates, the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities, and others supported the measure while asking for language clarifying that the requirement applies only where technically feasible and, in some cases, only to state-managed buildings. SB 2268 was described as broader, extending beyond government buildings into the private sector and including a private right of action; witnesses supported the concept but raised implementation concerns, especially for smaller businesses, and requested the same technically infeasible language and other clarifications. Both bills were advanced with amendments, and the committee noted adoption of the recommendations.

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• And then the owner of the storage facility has to deal with it.
• Senate Bill 386 allows self-storage facility owners to choose between publishing notice in a newspaper
• If passed, this bill would allow facility owners to choose an inexpensive public website option with
• Renters and landlords will no longer have to navigate different rules in different cities or counties
• , where some of these facilities have had layers of ownership in order to avoid liability.

Summary: The Judiciary Committee considered a long agenda of claims bills, housing and business measures, and court-administration legislation. It reported favorably several claims bills, including SB 20 for J.N., a minor, SB 14 for the estate of Pennial Janvier, SB 10 for Sidney Holmes, SB 8 for Marcus Button, SB 22 for Eric and Jennifer Miles, and SB 26 for Kristen and Leah McIntosh. Members also approved SB 520 on curators of estates, SB 386 on self-storage lien-sale notices, SB 362 on reusable tenant screening reports, SB 316 creating series LLCs in Florida, and SB 1650 and SB 1652 on vexatious litigants and related public-records issues. SB 248, expanding eligibility for private school and homeschool students to participate in FHSAA sports at public schools, also passed after amendment. Most of the claims bills were described as settled cases with amounts above sovereign-immunity limits, and several senators spoke in support of compensating victims of catastrophic injury or wrongful conviction. SB 10 drew comments about the 34 years Sidney Holmes spent incarcerated after a wrongful conviction, and SB 8 prompted discussion about the long delay in resolving Marcus Button’s injuries from a 2006 school-bus crash. SB 26 was presented as an uncontested claim arising from a DACS employee’s fatal crash that severely injured two teenage girls, and the committee adopted an amendment placing funds for the minor claimant into trust. The policy bills drew more substantive debate. SB 386 would let self-storage operators use websites instead of newspaper ads for lien-sale notices, with newspaper representatives opposing the change and storage-industry witnesses supporting modernization and lower costs. SB 362 would let renters reuse tenant screening reports for 30 days, with the sponsor saying it would reduce repeated application fees. SB 316 would authorize series LLCs while adding record-keeping protections, and SB 1650/1652 would broaden Florida’s vexatious-litigant rules and create a public-records exemption for certain stricken filings. SB 248 passed over concerns from private-school and public-education witnesses about instructional time, funding, and fairness in athletic participation. All measures were reported favorably, with recorded votes ranging from 7-2 on SB 248 to unanimous or near-unanimous support on the other bills.

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• The Committee on Rules worked and set the following bills for proper consideration.
• The Committee on Rules set the following bills for proper consideration.
• The Committee on Rules recommends the following bills for proper consideration.
• The Committee on Rules will recommend the following bills for proper consideration.
• The Committee on Rules set House Bill 4117 for proper consideration.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• witnesses and public comment, I want to make sure everyone understands that the State Assembly has rules
• We apply these rules consistently to all people, regardless of the viewpoint they may express.
• The rules for today's hearing includes no talking or loud noises from the audience.
• Please be aware that the violations of these rules may subject you to removal or other enforcement actions
• We have 41 resource centers or I call it instructional facilities totaling 100,000 square feet with a

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• <00:04:48.960> in enclosures at a test facility in enclosures at a test facility in California
• <00:41:48.480> versus people to to run this facility versus people to to run this facility
• <01:38:48.400> that setting a clear bright line rule that setting a clear bright line rule
• bright line rule.
• That bright line rules bright line rule.

Bills: HF4059, HF76

Keywords: climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, financing, sustainability, environmental policy, renewable energy, Minnesota Climate Innovation Financing Authority, earned incentive release credit, release credits, supervised release, corrections, Minnesota Department of Corrections, sentence reduction, good time, prison time, incarceration, violent offenses, murder, criminal sexual conduct, sex offenses

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• on the island of Molokaʻi and facility staff.
• Mokai and facility staff. Mokai and facility staff.
• on the island of Molokaʻi and facility staffing.
• <00:12:58.079> on inspections and quarantine facilities on inspections and quarantine facilities
• TNC has worked to facility staffing.

Bills: HB1952, HB1951, HB1929, HB2497, HB2208, HB2572, HB1737, HB1953, HB2551, HB2549

Keywords: HB1952, Hawaii agriculture, University of Hawaii, CTAHR, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience, Kauai, agricultural research station, extension station, capital improvements, general obligation bonds, GO bonds, appropriation, ADA compliance, Americans with Disabilities Act, certified kitchen, greenhouse, laboratory, field research, cesspool decommissioning, invasive species

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• bathroom facilities. bathroom facilities.
• In other words, is it a rule?
• the temporary rules became default permanent rules.
• <01:48:39.320> as and that could be addressed in rule as and that could be addressed in rule
• facilities and restrooms. facilities and restrooms.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• dogs that are in overheated facilities dogs that are in overheated facilities that<00:37:28.160>
• my granddaughters actually were facility my granddaughters actually were there<00:38:00.359> for<
• <00:38:09.359> out are some good uh good facilities out are some good uh good facilities out
• Our job is to set up the rules of commerce, and it doesn't matter what the product is.
• carving out so we are setting up rules carving out so we are setting up rules that<00:48:25.920>

Bills: HF2543, HF2566, HF2627

Keywords: garnishment, wage garnishment, earnings levy, bank levy, execution, judgment debtor, judgment creditor, exemption notice, exempt property, bank account freeze, financial institution levy, employer disclosure, garnishee, writ of execution, debt collection, consumer debt, collections, bankruptcy exemptions, public benefits, means-tested benefits