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• I do have a couple of statements, but I'll get to some questions.
• Let's assume, and I'm going to take your statement as pervading. Let's assume we have.
• So, and I'm going to take your statement as pervading, let's assume we had an ability to have zero-carbon
• She has her salmon card disclosure. She's not here to speak in support of the bill.
• Would that be a fair statement?

Bills: SB78, SB235, SB22, SB310

Keywords: nuclear energy, renewable energy, sustainability, carbon emissions, energy regulation, microgrid, zero carbon resources, Public Regulation Commission, energy generation, electric utilities, motor vehicle manufacturers, licensing, dealers, franchise agreements, consumer protection, water supply, sewage improvements, environment, funding, Mora County

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 78, which would classify nuclear energy as renewable energy. Senator Thornton and supporters argued that New Mexico needs dispatchable, baseload power and that nuclear should be added to the state’s renewable portfolio standard because wind and solar are intermittent and require extensive land, mining, and battery storage. Supporters also emphasized nuclear’s zero-carbon profile, the safety record of U.S. Navy reactors, the possibility of small modular reactors, and the fact that New Mexico already uses nuclear-generated electricity from out of state. Opponents, including Senator O’Malley and Senator Charlie, argued nuclear is not renewable because it relies on finite uranium and creates long-lived radioactive waste, and they raised concerns about uranium mining impacts, waste storage, and the bill’s lack of a limiting principle. The committee voted 5-4 to do not pass the bill, with Senators Cervantes, Hamblen, O’Malley, Lopez, and Charlie voting yes on the do-not-pass motion and Senators Ezell, Scott, and Thornton voting no; the chair then explained that the vote reflected disagreement over whether nuclear should be labeled renewable, not opposition to nuclear power itself. The committee then heard Senate Bill 235, the Microgrid Oversight Act, with a committee substitute. Sponsor Senator Steinborn said the substitute would restore existing renewable benchmarks for microgrids, require large microgrids to meet zero-carbon targets by 2045, add reporting and PRC oversight, and close a loophole that could let utilities buy microgrid power and shift costs to ratepayers. Supporters, including environmental groups and community advocates, said the bill was needed to regulate large data-center microgrids such as Project Jupiter in Doña Ana County, which they said could drive major emissions, ozone, and nitrogen oxide pollution, strain water supplies, and undermine state climate goals. They also argued the bill would protect ratepayers and ensure transparency and community benefits. Opponents, including Americans for Prosperity, the Chamber of Commerce, oil and gas associations, Xcel Energy, PNM, Consumer Energy Alliance, and economic development groups, argued the bill would impose unnecessary regulation on private microgrids, slow investment, raise costs, and reduce flexibility for reliability projects and industrial development. They said microgrids are already regulated for safety and interconnection, and that the bill could discourage projects in New Mexico. In response, Steinborn said the bill was necessary because current law leaves a loophole for large polluting microgrids and because several major projects are already planned or underway. The committee heard extensive public testimony on both sides, but the transcript ends before a final vote on SB 235 is taken.

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• Orders of non-disclosure, which this bill is about, allow survivors to shield their criminal records
• Current Texas law recognizes this injustice by allowing orders of non-disclosure for a limited set of
• Disclosure, Senate Bill 958 offers survivors a genuine opportunity to rebuild their lives.
• That can be part of orders for non-disclosure. These include things like possession of other drugs.
• by Chairman Cook relating to the eligibility of certain criminal defendants for an order of non-disclosure

Bills: SB663, SB958

Keywords: community supervision, budget approval, corrections department, strategic plan, judicial oversight, SB 958, Texas Government Code, nondisclosure, order of nondisclosure, criminal history record information, trafficking of persons, human trafficking, compelling prostitution, survivor rights, record sealing, expunction, deferred adjudication, prostitution, controlled substances, theft

Transcript Highlights:

• and I have not made it yet statement and I have not made it yet statement and I have not made it yet
• or will back out this second statement or will back out this second statement or will they come there
• the second concern on there is statement the second concern on there is statement the second concern
• that I'm saying cuz it's a statement that I'm saying cuz it's a statement that I'm saying cuz it's a
• is the simply this I just need statement is the simply this I just need statement is the simply this

Bills: SB 2

Keywords: 920, all

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• . >> Understood, and correction to my earlier statement as far as burning hydrocarbons, I should have
• as far as burning earlier statement as far as burning hydrocarbons<00:49:32.240><c> I</c><00:49:32.400
• , there is a very very rich disclosure, there is a very very rich history<03:16:30.880><c> of</c><03:
• Uh, just for clarification, you made a statement that the information and the process is already being
• [Clears throat] Uh, just for clarification, you made a statement that the information and the process

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• are going to hear is Representative Hunschofsky's HB 1015, Real Property and Condominium Flood Disclosures
• House Bill 1015, Real Property and Condominium Flood Disclosures.
• This bill expands the flood disclosure bill that we passed last year for home sales, and it includes
• ...to prior to leasing out in a long-term lease in an apartment, have to give the similar flood disclosure
• And this just changes the word property to dwelling unit in the rental disclosure for Section 1, and

Summary: The committee first temporarily postponed HB 381, then heard and passed HB 1015 by Rep. Hunschofsky, which expands flood disclosure requirements to long-term rental tenants in addition to homebuyers and clarifies that renters’ insurance does not include flood coverage. An amendment changed rental disclosure language to “dwelling unit,” and the bill received support from the American Flood Coalition, Audubon Florida, and the Florida Association of Realtors. Rep. Robinson praised the bill’s added protections, and the measure passed favorably on a unanimous roll call. The committee then considered HB 247 by Rep. Connerly, an affordable housing bill requiring local governments to adopt ordinances allowing accessory dwelling units in single-family residential areas without added parking requirements, while limiting ADUs in planned unit developments and master-planned communities. Two amendments were adopted: one removed mezzanine financing language and another added certain newer manufactured homes to the ADU definition. Testimony was generally supportive, including from AARP, Florida Realtors, Americans for Prosperity, the Florida Chamber, and the Florida Manufactured Housing Association, but several members raised concerns about parking, infrastructure, historic neighborhoods, and short-term rentals. The bill passed favorably, though Ranking Member Cross voted no. Next, the committee took up HB 913 by Rep. Lopez, a broad condominium reform package addressing governance, financial transparency, reserves, insurance, voting, recalls, structural safety, and related issues. Three amendments were adopted: requiring seven years of posted meeting minutes online, allowing reserve contributions to be paused if a building is deemed uninhabitable, and clarifying that certain 2024 condo-law amendments do not apply retroactively to pending matters. Support came from AARP, the Florida Land Title Association, the Florida Bar’s Real Property section, Association Reserves, the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association, Marriott, and others, while speakers urged continued work on reserve-account clarity and caution on hotel-condo provisions. Members praised Rep. Lopez’s work, and the bill passed unanimously. Finally, the committee heard HB 579 by Rep. Overdorf on development permits and orders, which would require clearer application requirements, hold local governments to existing review timeframes, provide fee refunds when deadlines are missed, and prevent local governments from arbitrarily limiting quasi-judicial hearings. Members asked about incomplete applications, substantive changes that restart timelines, and whether the bill should address additional land-use changes; the sponsor said he was open to continued discussion but believed the bill’s definitions were broad enough. Public testimony supported the bill, and after debate from Rep. Hunschofsky and Rep. Cross noting some remaining concerns, the bill passed favorably. The chair then reminded members to engage sponsors early on future bills and moved to rise from committee.

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• Environmental Indicators Project, who unfortunately couldn't be here today, but asked me to read this statement
• And you made a comment about lessened standards in your statement. Yes. Thanks for the question.
• with a myriad of federal, state, and local laws, regulations, permitting requirements, along with disclosure

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• That's just another conflicting statement because there are two paragraphs that say upon completion of
• Full disclosure, we are getting out of the land application business.
• We do have a house fiscal statement that states 0 Dollars to state probes, approximately $15,000, that

Bills: HB3005, HB3007, HB3403, HB1907, HB3175, HB3986, HB3466, HB3411, HB4246

Keywords: climatology, emergency declaration, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, environment, weather data, public policy, state governance, natural resources, advisory councils, sunset law, water quality, hazardous waste, solid waste, radiation management, public health, biosolids, land application, environmental quality, agriculture, wastewater treatment

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• As noted on the statement of purpose, there is no fiscal impact to the state for this.
• It's my understanding that with the previous statute, having specified the disclosure, and that the whole
• Now, maybe that's exactly the statement we want to put into code.

Keywords: 989, all

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• or assign medical debt to a collections agency until at least 120 days after the initial billing statement
• collections agency until 120 days after a patient and other responsible party was sent the initial billing statement
• And, you know, we would be happy to submit more, as far as a public-facing financial disclosure.

Bills: HB2540, HB2113

Keywords: emergency medical services, EMT recertification, healthcare, first responders, public health, radiologic technologists, diagnostic imaging, healthcare regulation, professional supervision, state licensing, 904, all

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• Matthews, an act relating to litigation, enacting the Litigation Financing Transparency Act, requiring disclosures
• proposed rules, amending the State Rules Act's notice of proposed rulemaking to include a fiscal impact statement
• proposed rules, amending the State Rules Act's notice of proposed rulemaking to include a fiscal impact statement

Bills: HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM21

Keywords: nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial

Transcript Highlights:

• They I produced a rough outline with suggested headings issue statements and questions to consider and
• If you don't get the data component, right, they ice going to 30 and dirty out is very true statement
• It's also potentially important to include disclosures when you're utilizing tools, right, like especially

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• The chair recognizes Senator Alma Allen for her opening statement. Senator Allen: Thank you, Chair.
• HB 4305 by Gates, relating to the disclosure of rent and.
• HB 4342 by Cook, relating to early responses. ...the admissibility of certain hearsay statements in the

Bills: HJR4, HJR6, HB195, HB 13, HB143, HB135

Keywords: occupation tax, securities, financial regulation, tax exemption, legislative amendment, capital gains tax, realized gains, unrealized gains, investment income, asset sale, capital assets, wealth tax, estate tax, trust tax, tax limitation, constitutional amendment, Texas Constitution, Article VIII, property tax, sales tax

Transcript Highlights:

• Senator Taves added that, as with other products, the disclosure might be used on every label across
• I just wanted to add that states routinely require additional disclosures for a wide array of products
• I just wanted to add that states routinely require additional disclosures for a wide array of products
• But states routinely require additional disclosures for, like, food ingredients and country of origin
• But states routinely require additional disclosures for like food ingredients and country of origin,

Summary: Senate Commerce approved the February 24, 2026 minutes and heard a gubernatorial reappointment of Jeff Seilich to the Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho board. The committee took no action on the appointment during the meeting, with the chair indicating a vote would likely occur later in the week. PERSI’s director and the nominee described the system as stable and well funded. The committee then advanced House Bill 543, a technical PERSI bill updating language to comply with federal Secure Act 2.0 requirements by changing post-tax catch-up contribution language to Roth contributions in the PERSI Choice Plan. Representative Ben Furman and PERSI Director Mike Hampton said the change was purely technical. The bill received a due pass recommendation to the Senate floor. House Bill 563, which revises CPA licensure pathways to address workforce shortages, also received a due pass recommendation. Representative Jeff Ehlers and Idaho Society of CPAs representatives said the bill would create three pathways to licensure, lower education barriers, preserve the exam requirement, and ease reciprocity for out-of-state CPAs. Supporters said the profession is facing retirements and declining exam candidates, while committee members generally supported the effort to reduce barriers. The committee spent most of the meeting on Senate Bill 1310, the Human Fetal Tissue Transparency Act, which would require product labeling when human fetal tissue or related cell lines were used in testing or production. Supporters argued the bill would provide consumer transparency and informed consent for moral and conscience reasons, while opponents raised concerns about federal preemption, enforcement, costs, and practical implementation, especially for medical products and retailers. After extensive debate, the committee adopted a substitute motion to hold the bill in committee by a 5-4 roll call vote, with Senators Guthrie, Nichols, Burns, Ruchti, and Lenney in favor and Senators Zito, Ward-Engelking, and Foreman opposed, resulting in SB 1310 being held.

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• The Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred House Bill 846, enhancing disclosure requirements
• An act enhancing the disclosure requirements for synthetic media in political advertising, House Bill
• Third reading of the bill: An Act Enhancing Disclosure Requirements for Synthetic Media and Political
• And it shapes what we're doing, which is relative to disclosure and not an all-out prohibition.
• This is a common-sense bill that requires the disclosure at the beginning of a political advertisement

Summary: The House first suspended Joint Rule 12 to send a petition naming the Dorchester Division of the Boston Municipal Court as the Judge Leslie E. Harris Courthouse to the Judiciary Committee. It then took up two Ways and Means bills on election integrity: House Bill 76, renamed House Bill 5093, to protect against election misinformation, and House Bill 846, renamed House Bill 5094, to enhance disclosure requirements for synthetic media in political advertising. Supporters said both bills were a response to AI-generated deepfakes and misleading election content, emphasizing transparency, disclosure, and protection of voters without banning political speech. Opponents argued the measures could be overbroad and raise First Amendment concerns, especially for smaller campaigns and organizations. House Bill 5094 was amended to exempt certain broadcasters and streaming services when paid to air materially deceptive election-related communications, and a separate amendment to move Massachusetts primaries earlier was rejected 131-25. Another amendment narrowing the bill’s scope was also defeated 145-12. After debate, House Bill 5094 passed to be engrossed by a vote of 153-3. House Bill 5093, which prohibits deceptive AI use in the 90 days before an election, also passed to be engrossed after debate and the defeat of amendments. The House also passed several engrossed local bills to enact: a Rockland charter amendment, a Williamstown senior property tax exemption measure, and a Rochester bill allowing continued employment of Fire Chief Scott Royal. Later, the House rejected Senate amendments on a teacher preparation and student literacy bill, declined concurrence, and appointed a conference committee. The chamber also observed a moment of silence for former Quincy public servant Arthur Tobin before adjourning until the next day at 11 a.m.

Transcript Highlights:

• The Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the House bill enhancing disclosure requirements
• An act enhancing the disclosure requirements for synthetic media in political advertising, House No.
• Third reading of the bill: An Act Enhancing Disclosure Requirements for Synthetic Media and Political
• I rise in support of this important legislation, House 5094, An Act Enhancing Disclosure Requirements
• And it shapes what we're doing, which is relative to disclosure and not an all-out prohibition.

Keywords: 1212, all

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• We have to do an environmental impact study and statement, which involves several additional studies
• We have to do an environmental impact study and statement, which involves several additional studies
• We have to do an environmental impact study and statement, which involves several additional studies
• </c><00:50:27.559><c> and</c> just for the sake of full disclosure and just for the sake of full disclosure
• </c> environmental impact study and statement environmental impact study and statement and<01:22:40.639

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The informational briefing focused on the City and County of Honolulu’s effort to site a replacement landfill for Oahu before the Waimanalo Gulch landfill closes in 2028. Chair Nicole Lowen and other legislators opened the meeting by framing the issue as important statewide and encouraging recycling, composting, and proper use of the curbside bins. The city’s Department of Environmental Services, led by Director Roger Babcock and Deputy Director Mike O’Keefe, then presented the background and siting process. ENV explained the legal and technical constraints that shaped the search, including the 2019 Land Use Commission decision requiring closure of Waimanalo Gulch by March 2, 2028, and the 2020 Act 73 restrictions on landfill siting near residences, schools, hospitals, conservation districts, airports, and tsunami inundation areas. They said a landfill advisory committee reviewed six candidate sites in 2021-2022 and rejected them because they fell within the Board of Water Supply’s no-pass zone. After further evaluation and an extension of the naming deadline, the city selected a site in central Oahu near Wahiawa, on agricultural land currently used as a Dole pineapple field. City officials said the selected site was chosen as the best of the evaluated options and, in their view, could be permitted under state and federal law. They described planned environmental protections, including a modern sanitary landfill design with double liners, leachate collection systems, monitoring wells, and post-closure monitoring, and said the existing Waimanalo Gulch landfill has operated for 35 years without leachate leaks. They also emphasized that the site would still require a special use permit, Department of Health approvals, an environmental impact statement, and other public permitting processes, and that public engagement would continue over the next several years.

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• It is our job to do so, and simple disclosures are your start.
• It is our job to do so, and simple disclosures are your start.
• While some sectors may have disclosure requirements, While some sectors may have disclosure requirements
• AB 1929 would impose not only duplicative but overreaching requirements mandating public disclosure of
• When it comes to duplicative, we're speaking to already required disclosures that they have to comply

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Under the House amendment, if a teacher believes honest disclosure would put a child at imminent risk
• 31.839><c> relative</c><00:34:32.240><c> to</c><00:34:32.399><c> mandatory</c><00:34:33.040><c> disclosure
• </c><00:34:33.599><c> by</c> 430 relative to mandatory disclosure by 430 relative to mandatory disclosure
• teacher the House amendment, if a teacher believes<00:36:49.680><c> honest</c><00:36:50.079><c> disclosure
• </c> vulnerable child when that disclosure vulnerable child when that disclosure puts<00:39:29.680><c

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• At this time, I would like to request an opportunity for disclosure. Please proceed.
• Thank you for that disclosure. Moving on to Standing Committee Report 367.
• Thank you for that disclosure. Standing Committee Report 367.
• Thank you for that disclosure. Standing Committee Report 367.
• Thank you for that disclosure. Standing Committee Report 367.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• A member said they were not clogging up a pink card and just wanted to make a quick statement on the
• </c> Oxymoronic statement.
• </c><05:07:29.480><c> if</c> this rule 125 required disclosures if this rule 125 required disclosures
• Just a couple of statements for counsel.
• </c> for counil just a couple of statements for counil just a couple of statements um<05:12:21.000><c

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Children and Family Law Committee opened with a brief prayer for Representative Grossman’s son, Oscar, who was reported to be in critical condition after a traumatic fall. The committee then took up House Bill 430, which would reduce DHHS retention of unfounded abuse and neglect reports from 10 years to 3 years. Prime sponsor Chairman James Spain argued that 10 years is excessive and burdens families with a long-lasting stigma, while emphasizing that founded reports and reports with reasonable concern would still be retained indefinitely. Committee members questioned whether longer retention helps identify malicious reporting or patterns of abuse, and whether parents understand the distinction between unfounded and unfounded with reasonable concern. The Office of the Child Advocate and DCF opposed the bill. Child Advocate Cassandra Sanchez said historical reports are important for identifying patterns, reviewing critical incidents, and understanding family dynamics, and that screened-out and unfounded reports can be essential context when later reports arise. She also noted that the records are highly confidential and not publicly accessible. DCF General Counsel Susan Larabe added that the bill could create inconsistencies by retaining screened-out reports longer than unfounded reports, and explained that unfounded reports can be used in court and in administrative reviews when there are multiple prior reports. The committee discussed how other states handle retention, with testimony that some keep records indefinitely and others for long periods. The hearing on HB 430 concluded, and the chair said the bill would not be executed until early March, leaving time for amendments. The committee then opened House Bill 187, concerning restraining orders sought by a parent on behalf of a minor child. Prime sponsor Representative Mike Belcher said the bill is intended to correct a gap in the law so children can access the same restraining-order protections adults can, through a parent or guardian, and framed it as an equal-protection issue. Members questioned why the proposal was placed in the child abuse and neglect statute rather than the civil restraining-order statutes, and whether it should instead be handled as a broader civil-law fix. Alanda Peterson, who said she created Jade’s Law, testified that the original wording was meant to protect all children, not just those harmed by family members, and supported expanding the language. The hearing continued with additional discussion of the bill’s scope and purpose.