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• judicial branch for fiscal year 2027, exempting the appropriation from expense class and program transfer
• We have Senate Bill 1332, which is our transfers bill that we need to kind of move along, so I'm going
• So Senate Bill 1332 is a cash transfer bill that essentially cleans up the end of fiscal year 2026.
• Again, this has to be agreed upon by both districts when those transfers actually happen.
• entry and to remove provisions regarding illegal entry; and amending Section 18-904, Idaho Code, to

Keywords: 989, all

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• </c><00:14:37.120><c> aliens</c> removal of millions of illegal aliens removal of millions of illegal
• </c> off the couch and look for work, illegal off the couch and look for work, illegal aliens<00:15:12.399
• Wages long undercut by cheap illegal labor are already rising.
• </c> transfers from any regulation at all. transfers from any regulation at all.
• </c> online account where you can transfer online account where you can transfer assets<00:46:38.000>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• And this would make that illegal. For me, as a business owner, to use a drone, right?
• It was like 158 pages when we were transferring.
• Somebody wants to transfer the authority.
• Somebody wants to transfer the authority.
• Somebody wants to transfer the authority.

Bills: HB99 , HB38 , HB165 , HB127 , HB72 , HB151 , SB40 , SB104 , SB136 , SB164

Committee: Senate House Judiciary

Keywords: medical malpractice, malpractice reform, patient's compensation fund, PCF, health care liability, tort reform, damage caps, punitive damages, hospital liability, physician liability, nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, outpatient facility, ambulatory surgical center, urgent care, free-standing emergency room, insurance surcharge, superintendent of insurance, New Mexico hospitals, medical review process

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 40, a committee substitute addressing automated license plate readers (ALPRs) and privacy. Sponsor Sen. Worth said the bill was intended to preserve ALPRs as a law-enforcement tool while adding guardrails to prevent sharing or selling data for immigration enforcement, protected health care activity, or criminalizing constitutionally protected conduct. Supporters included state and local law enforcement, the ACLU, immigrant-rights, reproductive-rights, and sexual-assault advocacy groups. Law enforcement witnesses said the bill balanced privacy with public safety and cited cases where ALPRs helped locate kidnapped children, murder suspects, and stolen vehicles; opponents and some senators argued the bill was too narrow, too focused on immigration and health care, and raised concerns about federal law, data sales, and enforcement. After debate, the committee adopted an amendment removing subsection F, then approved the committee substitute and advanced SB 40 on a do-pass motion. The committee then heard Senate Bill 104, which would create a process for removing wildlife commissioners after the 2023 wildlife commission legislation and the governor’s veto of the prior removal language. Sen. Worth explained that SB 104 would allow the governor to initiate removal for malfeasance, incompetence, or failure to attend meetings, with notice, a hearing, and exclusive review by the state Supreme Court; he said it was modeled on the Board of Regents removal process and was intended to complete the wildlife commission reforms. The New Mexico Wildlife Federation, Audubon Southwest, and the Department of Game and Fish supported the bill, saying it would depoliticize wildlife management and provide stability. Senators asked about the existing “three consecutive meetings” vacancy language, current vacancies, and the prior removal of a commissioner. The committee discussed the governor’s earlier veto and whether the bill was necessary, but no amendment was adopted and the committee approved SB 104 on a do-pass motion.

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• Delinquency records for firearm background checks, prohibiting an adult subject to a juvenile disposition
• involving the use of a firearm from receiving, transporting, or possessing a firearm or destructive

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• They are POST-certified and they work with our local law enforcement to curtail illegal dumping and other
• Enforcement to curtail illegal dumping and other environmental crimes.
• Members, HB 964 by Representative McCormick authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Caddo
• This is a property transfer in Caddo Parish on Caddo Lake.
• Also illegal to sell recreational harvest species. I know. I know.

Committee: House Natural Resources & Environment

Keywords: 965, house, all

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• Last year, we are grateful that this body saw to pass the update to the recycling and illegal dumping
• act, making it the Recycling, Circular Economy and Illegal Dumping Act, and opening up the grants to
• It goes on, and then it says the first priority for funding shall be abatement of illegal scrap tire
• They can get it from their solid waste stations and their transfer stations.
• And if you drive from Albuquerque on I-40 to Laguna, you can see illegal dumping everywhere.

Bills: SB47 , SB110 , SB122 , SB143 , SB168

Committee: Senate Senate Conservation

Keywords: food recovery, composting, waste management, solid waste surcharge, organic waste reduction, environment, grants, advisory group, bosque management, Rio Grande, environmental protection, water resources, fiscal appropriation, drinking water, well owners, water testing, water treatment, public health, agriculture, New Mexico Department of Agriculture

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• their homes by allowing them to request reasonable safety accommodations from their landlords like transfers
• You are simply just stating, and it is illegal for him to ask on that ID portion.
• grant size for Cal Grant A and B to its 2001 amount and include private non-profits in Cal Grants Transfer
• Entitlement. for those transferring from community colleges.
• 642, which is a common-sense support measure to allow school employees in a state of emergency to transfer

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I am continuing to fight off illegal and, arguably, criminally illegal attempts to evict me physically
• They have evidence since 2002 of the illegal activities.
• So to conclude, I... ...22 of the illegal activities.
• Some are or were illegal settlers in the West Bank.
• Some are or were illegal settlers in the West Bank.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee opened with procedural guidance for a very large hearing, explaining testimony limits, written testimony procedures, and rules for maintaining order. Members then heard testimony on a wide range of bills, including proposals to define antisemitism using the IHRA definition, regulate facial recognition technology, restrict weaponized robotics and drone use, expand protections for journalists’ confidential sources, address access to decedents’ email accounts, and create or adjust rules around municipal enforcement and animal cruelty fines. Several sponsors and advocates asked for favorable reports, and committee members asked clarifying questions on implementation, costs, and how the bills would interact with existing law. On facial recognition, sponsors and advocates described the technology as a threat to privacy, due process, and civil liberties, and urged adoption of the Special Commission’s recommendations, including warrant requirements, notice to defendants, and limits on untargeted surveillance. Support came from legislators, the ACLU, CDT, EFF, and a UMass professor, while committee members asked about current state law and municipal bans. On robotics, Senator Moore and industry witnesses from MassRobotics, Boston Dynamics, and AUVSI supported a bill prohibiting weaponized robots and requiring warrants for certain law enforcement uses, describing it as a public-safety and trust-building measure. On the shield law bill, newspaper publishers, journalists, NEFAC, and the Reporters Committee argued Massachusetts needs statutory protection for confidential sources, citing costly subpoenas and chilling effects on reporting. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to expand the right of publicity to cover image and voice, with SAG-AFTRA members supporting protections against AI-driven exploitation and some discussion about viral content and consent. Another bill would allow limited access to a decedent’s email accounts, with one witness describing a family’s inability to use a deceased relative’s email to notify friends. The committee then took testimony on psilocybin-related bills: supporters described medical and personal benefits and argued for narrow decriminalization or study, while an opponent warned of public-health risks, impaired driving, and youth exposure; the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society supported limited, safety-based decriminalization. Finally, the committee heard strong support for a “safe reporting” bill for sex workers and trafficking survivors, with advocates saying immunity would encourage victims and witnesses to report crimes without fear of arrest, and members raised questions about how the immunity would work in practice.

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• </c> those transfer stations up and running. those transfer stations up and running.
• </c> tribes, each running two transfer tribes, each running two transfer stations<02:39:37.160><c> a<
• </c><03:00:05.360><c> I</c> road was built illegally, I guess. I road was built illegally, I guess.
• Arapahoe Transfer Station.
• </c> mitigating the salt the illegal dumping. mitigating the salt the illegal dumping.

Committee: Joint Select Committee on Tribal Relations

Keywords: 916, all

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• Well, if you are providing a location where illegal drug use is happening or you are advertising...
• A location where illegal drug use is happening or you are advertising, for example, that you provide
• , the look at the money transfers between those are ultimately going to generate some costs.
• drug use is happening or you are advertising a location where illegal drug use is happening or you are
• , the look at the money transfers between those are ultimately going to generate some costs.

Summary: The Assembly Health Committee heard several bills focused on health care access, oversight, and affordability. The first major item was SB 306 by Senator Becker, a prior authorization reform bill. Becker and supporters, including the California Medical Association and California Hospital Association, argued that prior authorization delays care, adds administrative burden, and can lead to serious patient harm. The bill was substantially amended late in the process to have DMHC and CDI identify services and drugs to exempt from prior authorization based on utilization data, with safeguards for fraud, waste, abuse, and patient safety. Health plans and insurers opposed the measure as written, saying prior authorization remains an important utilization-management tool and raising concerns about the 90% threshold, drug inclusion, and how modifications are counted. The committee also heard SB 35 by Senator Umberg, which would let cities or counties inspect unlicensed sober living homes if DHCS does not act promptly on complaints. Supporters said the bill would address weak enforcement and protect residents, while one behavioral health directors group opposed it unless amended. Members generally supported the measure, citing problems with unlicensed facilities and the need for local enforcement backup. The committee then heard SB 62, which would codify California’s updated essential health benefits benchmark if approved by the federal government. Senator Wiener said the package would add hearing aids, durable medical equipment, and infertility treatment including IVF, acknowledging that premiums could rise but arguing the benefits were worth it. Health Access California and other advocates supported the bill, while the California Family Council opposed it. The committee also took up SB 596 by Senator Menjivar, which would tighten the rules for hospitals claiming an on-call list as a defense to nurse staffing ratio penalties. Supporters, including nurses and SEIU, said hospitals have used vague or ineffective on-call practices to avoid accountability and that the bill would improve enforcement and patient safety. Hospital groups opposed it, arguing that staffing is highly dynamic, that hospitals need flexibility to manage acuity and emergencies, and that the bill could increase costs and interfere with collective bargaining arrangements. Finally, the committee heard SB 40 by Senator Wiener, the Insulin Affordability Act, which would cap insulin copays at $35 for a 30-day supply and restrict step therapy unless a plan covers at least one insulin in each drug type. Supporters, including physicians, diabetes advocates, nurses, students, and patient groups, said insulin is life-saving and too often unaffordable, forcing patients to ration or choose between medication and basic needs. There was no formal opposition testimony, though one member questioned why insulin remains so expensive. The committee also began discussion of SB 363, but the transcript cuts off before that bill’s full presentation or any action on the measures. No votes are recorded in the portion provided, and several bills were noted as consent items earlier in the hearing.

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• Again, we want to restrict transfers.
• You know, anything that restricts transfers unfairly, we don't want that to happen.
• Anything that imposes Restricts transfers unfairly. We don't want that to happen.
• illegally.
• All the illegal activity now is found by crypto. You get on the scam sites, it's all crypto.

Committee: All HOUSE RULES

Keywords: 1204, all

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• Adding trillions of dollars to our national debt so that they can transfer trillions of dollars in tax
• Texans and supporting our state legislators who are doing incredible work to block what is, uh, an illegal
• And this is these two men teaming up to try to ram through this ridiculous and illegal gerrymandering
• And this radical and illegal redistricting scheme is all about Donald Trump not being held accountable
• Against this illegal and corrupt scheme because Texans deserve leaders that are gonna look out for them

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• would happen and then once &gt;&gt; before this would happen and then once it's<00:19:29.919><c> transfer
• </c><00:19:30.480><c> transferred</c><00:19:30.960><c> to</c><00:19:31.039><c> the</c><00:19:31.200><
• c> state</c> it's transfer transferred to the state it's transfer transferred to the state the<00:19:
• Well, right on once the transfer of custody has been accomplished, and so one of the agreements we've
• takes place or we've also transfer takes place or we've also discussed<00:31:20.240><c> for</c><00:31

Committee: Joint Business and Financial Institutions

Keywords: Business and Financial Institutions - Room 409, 2 February, 2026; 2:00 P.M., 925, all

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• H 606, an act relating to firearms procedures.
• Section 26 was requested by the Vermont Bar Association and involves transfer of jointly held property
• Section 26 was requested by the Vermont Bar Association and involves transfer of jointly held property
• </c><00:20:24.880><c> of</c> Bar Association and involves transfer of Bar Association and involves transfer
• Uh, and that is illegal and is important in being challenged.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• underage gambling and other changes to open the door wide to what the legislature intended. to be illegal
• . transfer, which was illegal, payment directly to the comptroller public accounts, an account that was
• The Lottery Commission never asked about the source of the wire transfer.
• It's illegal.
• Not only is it illegal, it's unconstitutional. Uh-huh. Not only is it illegal, it's uncomfortable.

Bills: SB 28 , SB 687 , SJR 34 , SCR 9 , SB 523 , SB 62 , SB 847 , SB 706 , SB 869 , SB 890 , SB 992

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: lottery, gambling, internet gaming, mobile application, criminal offenses, SB 687, land surveyor, land surveying, surveying services, construction contract, anti-indemnity, indemnity, hold harmless, defense obligation, standard of care, professional negligence, civil practice and remedies code, local government code, governmental agency, public contracts

Summary: The meeting was a crucial session for discussing several important bills including SB992, which aims to establish a clear time frame for the Attorney General's approval on outside legal counsel for state agencies. Senator Nichols presented the bill, emphasizing its necessity for timely responses to ensure efficient legal processing. Another notable discussion centered around SB523, which seeks to allow parole and probation officers to use a business address on their driver's licenses for safety and security purposes. This bill passed favorably out of the committee, with public testimony supporting the need for such provisions due to the risks these officers face.

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• Adding trillions of dollars to our national debt so that they can transfer trillions of dollars in tax
• And so, we—” “...to block also illegal mid-decade redistricting.
• to try to ram through... ...is these two men teaming up to try to ram through this ridiculous and illegal
• And this radical and illegal redistricting scheme is all about Donald Trump not being held accountable
• use every tool available and to make sure that people all over the country push back against this illegal

Keywords: redistricting, gerrymandering, Texas Democrats, voter suppression, Hakeem Jeffries, equitable representation, minority communities, legislative session, political motivations

Summary: Texas Democratic leaders and members of Congress held a press event in Austin with House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries to denounce the Republican-led special session and proposed congressional redistricting map. Speakers, including Lizzie Fletcher, Lloyd Doggett, Al Green, Joaquin Castro, Sylvia Garcia, and Greg Casar, argued that the session should instead focus on flood recovery after the Hill Country Independence Day floods, affordability, health care, the energy grid, and other state priorities. They said the new map was a partisan and racially discriminatory gerrymander designed to help Donald Trump and Texas Republicans gain seats, weaken minority voting power, and undermine free and fair elections. Several speakers said the current Texas map is already under legal challenge and claimed the proposed changes would further reduce the ability of Black and Latino communities to elect candidates of choice. They also tied the redistricting fight to broader national issues such as Medicaid, Social Security, tariffs, housing costs, and corruption. Jeffries said Texas Democrats would not “bend the knee” and pledged support for their efforts, while emphasizing that the fight would continue politically, in court, and through public organizing. In the question-and-answer portion, Jeffries said all options should be on the table to protect Texans, but that Texas Democrats would decide their own strategy. Fletcher said the immediate priority was informing the public about the rushed process, noting that many Texans testified before seeing a map and that the hearings were moving quickly. No formal vote or legislative action occurred at the event itself.

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• later, someone at the Texas Education Agency understood the statute to mean that homeschooling was illegal
• This meant that an education agency unilaterally adopted rules making homeschooling illegal in Texas.
• bribes or illegal...
• If you could just help us with the process to transfer. transfer from another state to Texas, some information
• For this current year, we are sitting at a little over 3,000 certificate transfers.

Bills: HB322 , HB126 , HB3062 , HB1481 , HB2310 , HB2674 , HB121 , HB2243 , HB3627 , HB1178 , HB367 , HB5515 , HB126 , HB121

Committees: Senate Education , Senate Education K-16

Keywords: JET Grant Program, career education, technical education, community colleges, technology solutions, high demand jobs, student athletes, name image likeness, compensation, intercollegiate athletics, representation, fentanyl prevention, drug poisoning awareness, higher education, mental health resources, substance abuse education, student policy, communication devices, school regulations, disciplinary measures

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• In short, in addition to the transfer, we're going to backstop and hopefully provide an option going
• we're going to addition to the transfer we're going to back<00:11:11.120><c> stop</c><00:11:11.360><
• I know there's a lot of sports betting going on versus these illegal gaming houses, casino-type...
• </c> know other than by polling the illegal know other than by polling the illegal Gaming<01:32:04.520
• </c><01:32:35.800><c> gambling</c> it's not constituting illegal gambling it's not constituting illegal

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint hearing covered three measures on the 1 p.m. agenda. SB 817, relating to out-of-state offices, drew support from DBEDT and several community groups, with questions focused on the requested funding, staffing level, whether the office would expand broadly, and whether the Philippines was being singled out. SB 1578, relating to international affairs, received support from DBEDT and the Attorney General, with the chair noting the bill was intended to help DBEDT analyze Hawaii’s international partnerships and plan next steps. SB 1639, establishing Hawaii Beach Day, had limited testimony and was moved along without substantive debate. SB 582, relating to DBEDT, was also heard with support from state agencies and a few individuals, and was described as a vehicle for organizational and funding changes affecting the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, including moving some positions and programming to general funds and narrowing the works-of-art special fund's uses. The committees then took up recommendations. All three measures were advanced with amendments: SB 817 was amended to include technical changes and a defective effective date of July 1, 2025; SB 1578 was amended to address the Attorney General’s concerns, make the commission subject to Senate confirmation, and add technical changes and a defective date; and SB 582 was amended to incorporate provisions from SB 1577, clarify SFCA authority over performing arts, shift SFCA positions and programming to general funds, restrict the works-of-art special fund, and add a defective date. Each committee voted to adopt the chair’s recommendations, with no reservations or no votes noted in the Transportation and Culture and the Arts committee and only Senator Dela Cruz voting no on SB 817 there; in the Economic Development and Tourism committee, SB 817 passed with Senator Kim in reservation and Senator Awa voting no, while SB 1578 and SB 582 passed with Senator Awa voting no. The later 10:00 a.m. agenda hearing focused on SB 1589, relating to the stadium development special fund, and SB 1629, relating to taxation. On SB 1589, the Attorney General asked for clarification of section 3, particularly the proviso about remaining monies lapsing to the general fund if the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District is terminated before completion; the interim stadium manager explained the bill would allow spending of $49.5 million already in the special fund for consultant, construction management, quality assurance, and contingency costs. On SB 1629, testimony was sharply divided: supporters, including film industry and business representatives, said the measure would support local film production, restore prior GET treatment, and help attract studio development; opponents argued the bill was vague, overly favorable to a specific project, and lacked oversight and accountability. The hearing ended with extensive questioning about whether the bill was effectively tailored to a particular studio project and how it related to other film tax credit measures, but no final committee action on SB 1589 or SB 1629 was included in the transcript excerpt.

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• So, every animal that is transferred from a pet vendor has a certificate for transfer except if the animal
• . transfer. transfer.
• </c> So, every animal that is transferred So, every animal that is transferred from<00:37:03.360><c>
• </c><00:38:40.280><c> from</c> is intended to be a transfer from is intended to be a transfer from you
• </c><03:48:44.760><c> for</c> illegal, but it's not even illegal for illegal, but it's not even illegal

Committee: House Environment and Agriculture

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• For example, if the person was transferred from one facility to another and it was not a voluntary transfer
• from one facility to another transferred from one facility to another one<00:11:56.639><c> and</c><00
• <00:11:57.320><c> not</c><00:11:57.639><c> a</c><00:11:57.839><c> voluntary</c><00:11:58.360><c> transfer
• </c> one and it was not a voluntary transfer one and it was not a voluntary transfer and<00:11:59.440
• fireworks particularly in the illegal fireworks particularly in the wake<00:28:46.679><c> of</c><00:

Committee: House Labor

Keywords: 910, house, all