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• But when autocrats change... change the rules and the norms that we are using to decide who has power
• I have a few technical questions.
• At least on Friday, I believe, and they have not changed. They changed per the census track.
• Trump wants to change that.
• When did those changes happen?

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• include predictable structural changes include predictable structural changes uh<00:24:41.039>
• community because if we don't change community because if we don't change thing<00:42:58.640>
• c> take<00:43:00.640> feedback thing change the the and take feedback thing change the the
• <01:12:56.800> And not require legislative changes. And not require legislative changes.
• making changes in response to feedback. making changes in response to feedback.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• House Bill 527 is a simple bill that cleans up various technical changes to modernize language and remove
• :01:37.720> various simple bill that cleans up various simple bill that cleans up various technical
• <00:01:38.720> changes<00:01:39.280> to<00:01:39.400> modernize<00:01:40.120>
• language technical changes to modernize language technical changes to modernize language and<00:

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00 Call to Order and Roll Call 00:12 Discussion HB 527 00:47 Vote HB 527 02:26 Discussion HB 265 04:46 Vote HB 265 06:49 Discussion HB 164 08:19 Vote HB 164 10:25, 958, all

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• And I believe the only difference, well, there are some technical changes, but uh we did have a defective
• :49.920> some only difference, well, there are some only difference, well, there are some technical
• <00:02:50.480> changes,<00:02:50.800> but<00:02:51.120> uh<00:02:51.200> we
• c><00:02:51.360> did<00:02:51.519> have<00:02:51.599> a technical changes, but uh
• we did have a technical changes, but uh we did have a defective<00:02:52.160> date<00:02:52.400

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• :32.480> questions you have any technical questions you have any technical questions regarding
• know this is not a technical question. know this is not a technical question.
• technical so I didn't grasp all of it. technical so I didn't grasp all of it.
• it's a list that changes all the time. it's a list that changes all the time.
• Uh where's the changes? amendment right. Uh where's the changes?

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Allow me to briefly walk through the changes this bill makes to TRIA.
• That change will keep this threshold in line with inflation and it will put in place appropriate And
• With these changes, there will be transparency for everyone in the market regarding when Treasury is
• That day changed everything, including how America thought about risk.
• Nonetheless, this resolution ensures that does not change without congressional authorization.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, June 29, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• important to note that the technical important to note that the technical component<00:12:40.880
• Minnesota State has implemented business process changes, technical safeguards, and manual identity verification
• ,<00:14:33.920> technical<00:14:34.399> safeguards, process changes, technical safeguards
• , process changes, technical safeguards, and<00:14:35.600> manual<00:14:36.639> identity
• And while significant progress has been made through business process changes, technical safeguards,

Keywords: 1183, house

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• career and technical career and technical student<00:04:38.479> organizations.
• And this technical education jobs.
• Are there any changes?
• Are there any Are there any changes? Are there any changes?
• Are there any there any changes? Are there any changes? changes? changes?

Keywords: 916, all

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• Higgins I'm sorry I I I I changed my Higgins I'm sorry I I I I changed my mind<00:26:43.159> as
• So there are multiple layers to this. some technical violation of the uh of of some technical violation
• Yeah, I mean the model has changed.
• So it's subject to change if the House makes changes.
• changed our mind we could just change changed our mind we could just change that<01:52:16.880>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting began as a Division 3 work session on HB 71, but much of the early discussion focused on whether a previously discussed non-germane amendment could be considered or voted on that day. Members and the chair debated process and notice requirements, and the clerk’s guidance was that the amendment needed a separate public hearing before the full Finance Committee. The amendment was described as requiring DHHS contracts and addenda to include compliance with the Patient Bill of Rights, with a repeal date so the requirement would expire on November 30, 2026. The motion to move OTP on HB 71 with the amendment was withdrawn, and the committee agreed the amendment would be scheduled for a future full Finance hearing instead. The committee then turned to HB 71 itself and heard testimony from DHHS representatives John Williams and Jenny O’Higgins on the fiscal note and policy implications. Members questioned the estimate that the bill could put $12 million to $18 million per year in federal funding at risk, including HUD and Office of Refugee Resettlement funds. DHHS explained that the estimate was based on a broad reading of the bill’s term “specified alien,” which they said was not clearly defined in the bill, so they analyzed it using the federal definition of “alien” and assumed the bill could affect lawfully present non-citizens as well as undocumented individuals. They said the figure represented a worst-case scenario and that they were not claiming the loss was certain. Members also pressed DHHS on whether the bill could affect emergency sheltering in schools, public academies, or institutions of higher learning during disasters. DHHS said the language could create conflicts with federal funding conditions because emergency shelter programs generally cannot impose barriers on who may be sheltered, and they warned that excluding certain people could affect refugee-related and HUD funding. Questions were raised about whether the bill’s language would apply to private institutions as well as public ones, and whether the state could still use schools in short-term emergencies. DHHS said the language was broad, that they could not answer every legal question definitively, and that they would need input from public health and legal staff. No final vote on HB 71 was taken in the portion provided; the committee remained in discussion/work session mode after the amendment motion was withdrawn.

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm going to give a few timeline changes.
• Chair, Representative, yeah, I just want to clarify, just to your point about the technical changes,
• To your point about the technical changes, at the top of page 15, all the strike-throughs, what you're
• And so even though those students didn't change, the faculty didn't change, and potentially the cost
• Their teachers didn't change. Their school culture didn't change. That all stayed the same.

Bills: HB2, SB204, SB241, HB34

Keywords: general appropriation, budget, Medicaid, education funding, public safety, higher education, research funding, federal funding, New Mexico, appropriation, University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool

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• So if there's a proposed change.
• So that's the, that's the heart of the bill, changing, changing, triggering that line right there, yes
• that, a minority of property owners not inside the proposed change or zoning change district should not
• Um, and this happens even when it's a minor change, a 5 ft setback change, a use change, anything, you
• We had an issue in Austin where, um, a change was passed in 2022.

Bills: SB 434, SB 844, SB 898, SB 1177, SB 1214, SB 1454, SB 1920, SB 1927, SB 1935, SB 1965, SB 2010, SB 2046, SB 2068, SB 2073, SB 2183, SB 2260, SB 3034, SB 907

Keywords: SB 434, Harris County Hospital District, hospital district police, peace officers, commissioned officers, law enforcement authority, Health and Safety Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, public safety, hospital security, county hospital district, local government, Texas criminal procedure, district police, armed security, SB 898, low income housing tax credits, LIHTC, affordable housing, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

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• Some minor changes were made.
• While we can be open to change, and we must be open to change based on inflation and cost of health care
• The department shall provide technical support to, The department shall provide technical support to
• Both of these are positive changes that do not change the intent of the bill.
• Both of these are positive changes, which don't change the intent of the bill.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer, roll call, and a quorum present, then took up several procedural motions, including suspending House rules for three legislative days and replacing conference committee members on Senate Bill 2282 and SCR 4007. The chamber also recognized visiting student groups from Grafton/Pleasant Valley and Shiloh School. Later, the House agreed to several conference committee reports and moved a number of measures through final passage or final disposition. House Bill 1428, which would have created a sales tax exemption for clothing sold by thrift stores or nonprofit corporations, drew extensive debate over tax policy, revenue loss, and possible conflicts with streamlined sales tax rules. Supporters argued it would help lower-income shoppers and nonprofit thrift stores, while opponents said it created an unfair advantage and could reduce state and local revenue. The conference report was adopted, but the bill ultimately failed on final vote, 37-54. House Bill 1440, relating to cigar lounges, was amended in conference and then passed 75-17. House Bill 1460, concerning adult foster care for private-pay adults, electronic monitoring, and a legislative study, was also adopted and passed overwhelmingly, 91-1. The House then passed Senate Bill 2224, which revises gaming commission structure and gaming stamp requirements, adds Attorney General enforcement provisions, and includes a $25,000 general fund appropriation, by a vote of 88-0. Senate Bill 2327, which expands uses of the agriculture diversification and development fund and appropriates $15 million to it, passed 74-17 after a member was excused from voting due to a personal interest. Senate Bill 2267, creating a regulatory framework for on-site wastewater treatment systems and shifting licensing authority to the Department of Environmental Quality, passed 82-10, and Senate Bill 2276, addressing joint water resource boards for cross-county projects, passed 90-1. The most contentious debate centered on Senate Bill 2160, which would move the state employee health plan from grandfathered status to a non-grandfathered ACA-compliant plan and appropriate about $6.6 million for the transition. Supporters said it would give the PERS board more flexibility, expand preventive and other benefits, and potentially slow premium growth without charging employees premiums. Opponents warned it could raise out-of-pocket costs, add mandated benefits, and shift costs to employees, while also arguing the bill had not been adequately studied. After extended debate, the House passed SB 2160 by a vote of 55-37. The chamber also concurred in Senate amendments to House Bill 1318, a pesticide labeling bill, and placed it on final passage, but the transcript ends before the final vote on that measure.

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• Section three creates the technical advisory board that would help develop that plan, and that's with
• <00:17:50.960> board creates the technical advisory board creates the technical advisory board
• Uh purpose of the technical the senate.
• c><00:19:01.840> board five, the technical advisory board five, the technical advisory board creates
• We're not changing that at all.

Keywords: Ports and Marine Resources - Room 216, 30 January, 2026; 11:00 AM, 925, all

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 2263, which would require Department of Marine Resources law enforcement officers to have probable cause before boarding or stopping a vessel or conducting a search at a marina. The bill sponsor said current law does not require probable cause for DMR stops, and members discussed complaints from constituents about boats being stopped and searched without cause, including checks for life jackets, fish measurements, whistles, and flares. Questions also raised whether the bill should be consistent with wildlife officers and other law enforcement standards; the sponsor noted a separate bill addressing freshwater officers was in another committee. The committee ultimately moved the bill forward with a do pass recommendation. The committee then considered Senate Bill 2264, a coastal restoration and conservation planning bill. The sponsor explained that Mississippi receives multiple streams of restoration-related funding, including RESTORE Act, GOMESA, tidelands, and other federal funds, but lacks a coordinated science-based plan for how those dollars should be deployed. The bill would create a technical advisory board with representatives from state agencies, universities, and an NGO to develop a strategic plan and annual report on priorities such as water quality, habitat loss, and Mississippi Sound restoration. Members confirmed the bill would not change executive branch control over the funds and that GCRF economic damage funds were not included. The committee adopted the bill and reported it out. Next, Senate Bill 2370 was taken up to allow airport authorities to remove abandoned vehicles using the same procedures available to municipalities and private landowners. The sponsor said airports were dealing with vehicles left in parking areas for long periods and needed authority to begin the abandonment process. The bill was reported out. Senate Bill 2618, which would authorize airport authorities to enter public-private partnerships for property on airport-controlled land, was amended with a reverse repealer so it could be studied further; the committee then adopted the amendment, passed the bill as a committee substitute, and reported it out. Finally, Senate Bill 2634, which would let DMR create and pay reserve officers for special events and other staffing needs, was also approved and reported out.

Transcript Highlights:

• for protesting zoning changes is among the strictest in the nation.
• a technical nerd on this, so.
• minority of property owners not inside the proposed change or zoning change district should not be able
• Notifications for citywide zoning and code changes can cost over $500,000.
• . a five foot setback change, a use change, anything, you cost that $500,000.

Bills: SB434, SB844, SB898, SB1177, SB1214, SB1454, SB1920, SB1927, SB1935, SB1965, SB2010, SB2046, SB2068, SB2073, SB2183, SB2260, SB3034, SB907

Keywords: SB 434, Harris County Hospital District, hospital district police, peace officers, commissioned officers, law enforcement authority, Health and Safety Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, public safety, hospital security, county hospital district, local government, Texas criminal procedure, district police, armed security, SB 898, low income housing tax credits, LIHTC, affordable housing, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• Healthcare interpreting needs are changing, and addressing these changing needs and solving the challenges
• Healthcare interpreting needs are changing, and addressing these changing needs and solving the challenges
• Healthcare interpreting needs are changing, and addressing these changing needs and solving the challenges
• anybody's wondering um even technical anybody's wondering um even technical colleges<00:25:30.720
• I've seen the profession change I've seen the profession change significantly<00:26:46.279> earning

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• One of our budget change proposals is for an additional $5 million.
• The reality is, as the ocean has changed, while that fishery is still profitable, it's.
• For example, as climate has changed, fish have become susceptible to new dynamics.
• But that change in the water code didn't come with any new programs or funding.
• SAFER is one of our critical. resources to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We checked the permanent changes of addresses for those people that change their address with the post
• <01:23:50.960> of the permanent changes of the permanent changes of addresses<01:23:53.120
• The committee felt this was a reasonable change to eliminate a barrier to home building.
• <04:45:15.160> education access to Career and Technical education access to Career and Technical
• these Regional Career and Technical these Regional Career and Technical education<04:46:08.000><

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• So education is possible to change attitudes here.
• It needs to be cultural change.
• We can run with that and make a lot of change happen.
• And your comments about, you know, it takes cultural change.
• It takes an emotional change, a connection.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation held an oversight hearing on home hardening and defensible space as wildfire mitigation strategies. The chair opened by stressing that California has reached a tipping point, with repeated community-scale wildfire losses, rising insurance costs, and growing utility wildfire mitigation expenses. The hearing was organized around four panels: what home hardening and defensible space are, community risk reduction and coordination, evaluation of current defensible space programs and proposed investments, and the future of home hardening and the California Wildfire Mitigation Program. The first panel featured IBHS, the Legislative Analyst’s Office, and local wildfire mitigation advocates. IBHS described wildfire spread through embers, flames, and radiant heat, emphasizing that structure separation, removing combustible materials within the first five feet of a home, and combining multiple mitigation measures significantly reduce loss. It highlighted its Wildfire Prepared Home and Wildfire Prepared Neighborhood standards, including an “essential” and “enhanced” level, and said California is ahead of other states but still needs scalable, standardized, and sustainably funded mitigation. The LAO outlined key policy questions for the Legislature, including the state’s role, intergovernmental coordination, cost-effectiveness, program design, measurement of success, long-term sustainability, and barriers to implementation. The chair and panelists discussed estimated costs, including roughly $15,000 for a basic retrofit and about $50,000 for more extensive ignition-resistant construction, and whether state funding should focus on the most cost-effective initial measures. The second panel focused on scaling adoption through local coordination, education, financing, and community-based programs. Megafire Action argued that home hardening is a market adoption problem and said the state should not try to pay for every home, but instead target high-leverage interventions across the “customer journey,” including education, financing, trusted certification, and neighborhood network effects. Ventura Regional Fire Safe Council described free home assessments, small retrofit grants, Firewise community support, and the importance of neighborhood-level action, local capacity, and cultural change. Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority described its locally funded model, grant program, public education efforts, and an Ember Ready program that helps residents navigate home hardening and Zone Zero compliance. The chair repeatedly emphasized the need for a coordinated statewide marketing campaign, stronger incentives, better insurance discounts, and more use of local, utility, federal, and private funding sources. The third and fourth panels addressed Cal Fire’s defensible space inspection program, the proposed defensible space financial assistance program, and broader state investments. Cal Fire said homes lacking compliant defensible space are far more likely to be damaged or destroyed and requested ongoing funding and staffing to stabilize inspections statewide; the LAO suggested the Legislature consider alternative funding sources such as GGRF or a reinstated SRA fee. Cal Fire and the State Fire Marshal explained that Zone Zero sets a minimum standard, local governments cannot go below it, and grant prioritization will favor jurisdictions that submit inspections. Cal Fire also said the new defensible space financial assistance program would focus on ember-resistant zone-zero work and, in the Southern California counties covered by the legislation, would assist about 3,125 homes at an estimated $8,000 per home. In the final panel, the State Fire Marshal described California’s layered strategy of parcel-level home hardening, defensible space, and neighborhood-scale mitigation, along with technical support, financial assistance, and incentives such as insurance discounts and builder marketing. The overall theme was that California must move from isolated efforts to a coordinated, science-based, and scalable statewide approach to reduce wildfire losses.

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• So that that's the chair Scott wants to incorporate that change into the A2 and so we will vote on the
• A2 as amended by that change. >> Yes, please. >> So um Chair Scott, did you want to just then uh vote
• into the A2 and so we will that change into the A2 and so we will vote<00:01:40.880> on<00:01
• change. Yes, please. change. Yes, please.
• 20.640> and<00:21:20.880> policy technical, constitutional uh and policy technical, constitutional

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 4138, a bill aimed at limiting harmful social media practices for minors by requiring verifiable parental consent for accounts and restricting addictive features and targeted advertising for youth users. Chair Scott offered an A2 amendment, with an oral clarification striking specific language and two commas; the committee adopted the amended A2, and the bill was then discussed as amended. The bill author described social media as addictive by design and said the measure would use age-estimation technology to identify users 15 and under, require parental consent, and provide a different, less addictive experience for youth. Supportive testimony came from the Minnesota Catholic Conference, parents Jerry and Giana Cox, and a Minnesota high school student, all arguing that social media harms youth mental health, encourages excessive use, and exposes children to manipulation, cyberbullying, and addictive design features like infinite scroll and autoplay. They said the bill would help parents, protect children, and reduce exploitation of minors’ data. Several committee members also spoke in favor, saying the bill addresses corporate negligence, youth mental health, and the need to act even if the proposal needs more work. Opposition testimony came from industry groups including the Computer and Communications Industry Association, the Information Technology Industry Council, and NetChoice. They argued the bill is vague and narrow in scope, could create uneven coverage, and may push platforms toward intrusive age-verification or digital-ID-like systems that raise privacy and data-breach concerns. They also said restrictions on personalized or algorithmic features could weaken safety tools and make it harder to protect young users. No final vote on the bill itself was taken in the excerpt, but the amended A2 was adopted and the bill remained under discussion.

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• Thomas Chang, Captain, are you present on Zoom? Yes, sorry.
• Thomas Chang, Captain, are you present on Zoom? Yes, sorry.
• Department in support Thomas Chang Department in support Thomas Chang Captain<00:24:04.919> Chang
• of the committee uh I am Thomas Chang of the committee uh I am Thomas Chang Captain<00:24:18.240
• <00:24:44.520> I<00:24:44.640> have<00:24:44.799> a Chang I have a Chang I have

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on a long calendar of health-related measures, beginning with SB 297, a proposed constitutional amendment to protect reproductive freedom. Supporters included medical, labor, and advocacy groups, while opponents, including Hawaii Family Forum and Hawaii Christian Coalition, argued the term “reproductive freedom” was too vague and could be misunderstood. Testimony on SB 350, a similar constitutional amendment protecting contraception, also drew strong support from medical and advocacy groups and opposition from religious organizations; one witness said the measure was especially important to protect reproductive care and contraception. Several bills focused on health system administration and public health. SB 1438 on home care agencies, SB 1439 on nuisances, SB 1441 on transferring the AAHU regional health care system to the Department of Health, SB 1442 on children’s mental health services, SB 1443 on the Department of Health, SB 1444 on general excise tax, and SB 1445 on youth mental health all received mostly supportive testimony from state agencies and community organizations. On SB 1445, the Hawaii State LGBTQ Commission asked that LGBTQI+ and Native Hawaiian youth be specifically considered in mental health services. SB 1450, creating an intensive mobile team pilot for houseless individuals with serious brain disorders, drew support from state agencies and providers; a street medicine advocate said the pilot could help address sustainability, insurance, and service delivery on the streets. The committee also heard testimony on access and workforce measures, including SB 1596 on nursing, SB 1565 on acupuncture, SB 1564 on Medicaid, SB 1418 for an emergency DHS appropriation, SB 1417 on crimes against protective services workers, SB 1411 on Medicaid third-party liability, SB 1399 on a family resilience pilot program, SB 1398 on trauma-informed care, SB 1281 on telehealth, and SB 1279 on telepharmacy. Most of these measures drew broad support from agencies, provider groups, and advocacy organizations. On SB 1281, HMSA opposed the bill as written, warning about audio-only telehealth and federal rule changes, while other health groups supported it as important for rural, kupuna, and disabled residents. On SB 1417, a Honolulu Police Department captain supported stronger protections for DHS workers but could not provide complaint data and said he would follow up later. The hearing ended with the chair noting quorum and asking whether the committee was ready for decision making; no votes or final actions were recorded in the transcript.