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• And so last night after deadline, that's why you see there are two author amendments.
• Um, I'm like the author. I am a painter. My painting is supported by this job.
• My question is to the author. Um, on line 1.16, you keep in ink pens and mechanical pencils.
• My question is<01:42:56.560> to<01:42:56.639> the<01:42:56.800> author.
• Um, on line is to the author.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• of the textbooks that and many authors of the textbooks that are<00:09:12.320> now<00:09:12.519
• The state authorization reciprocity agreement and set Minnesota standards for higher education.
• <01:26:38.159> reciprocity state authorization reciprocity state authorization reciprocity
• But the Governor here is recommending an increase in the amount reserved for student loan bonds.
• But the Governor here is recommending an increase in the amount reserved for student loan bonds.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• market value credit or the school bond market value credit or the school bond credit.<00:04:15.880
• Would you add me as a co-author? Of course.
• What we're looking for is additional spending authority from the legislature.
• We have authorization to spend about half of it, about 70, 71 million dollars.
• <01:09:13.040> Uh he was the author of. Uh he was the author of.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• that it ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft of the same title, Senate No. 3050, bond
• authorization $3,642,645,000.
• final passage: an act amending the charter of the Town of Sandwich, Senate No. 859, and an act authorizing

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate took up several House messages and routine matters. It ordered to a third reading House No. 360A, designating a bridge in Hoppington as the Major General Frank D. Merrill Memorial Bridge, and referred a House petition on military creditable service for judges to the Committee on Public Service after suspending Joint Rule 12. The chamber also welcomed Brimmer and May School Global Studies Diploma Program students to the State House. The Committee on Ways and Means reported Senate No. 2542, the bill to build resilience in Massachusetts communities, ought to pass with a new draft, Senate No. 3050, authorizing $3,642,645,000 in bonds. The Senate adopted an order setting the bill for second reading on April 15, 2026, with amendments due electronically by April 10, 2026, and providing for immediate third reading and engrossment after amendment. The date in the order was later clarified from April 16 to April 15. The Senate also passed to be enacted Senate No. 859, amending the charter of the Town of Sandwich, and House No. 3233, authorizing Springfield to appropriate funds to help certain residents meet local tax obligations. The session concluded with an order to meet again the next day at 11:00 a.m., followed by adjournment.

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• Primary witnesses must be those accompanied by the author or those who have officially registered their
• And to conclude, and for the author to show, please stand by. At least we have a quorum. It does.
• all intangible assets, which includes all manner of financial assets, such as bank accounts, stocks, bonds

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• So, I do support this bill and have been a co-author. used for these grants that the chair used for these
• been a co-author. been a co-author.
• I remember speaking to you before you went into your bond rating meetings, and I just want to thank you
• Chair, just comment, but I certainly realize the downside of our AAA bond rating by doing such a thing
• rating by doing such a our AAA bond rating by doing such a thing<01:09:05.240> because<01:09:

Bills: HF3425

Keywords: supportive housing, grants, housing assistance, funding, Minnesota Statutes, 1183, house

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• Again, these are programs authorized.
• <01:03:09.440> with opportunity to form lifetime bonds with opportunity to form lifetime bonds
• <06:14:30.000> by despite never being authorized by despite never being authorized by Congress
• <06:14:35.360> this congressional authorization for this congressional authorization for this
• ,<06:14:45.040> it providing a statutory authorization, it providing a statutory authorization

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• the fixed capital outlay and have a recurring fund for bonding a new 600-bed hospital and $56 million
• Like I said, the department has that authority to do so. So that would be a question for them.
• This conference report provides the statutory authority necessary to implement and execute...
• It authorizes university boards of trustees, subject to BOG approval, It authorizes university boards
• We still have the same authorities to hold them accountable.

Summary: The Senate took up the conference report on House Bill 501E, the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026-27, with Chair Hooper and the appropriations chairs walking through the $114.5 billion budget. Major highlights included pay increases for state law enforcement, firefighters, park rangers, and correctional officers; funding for teacher salary increases and K-12 enrollment stabilization; workforce and university funding in higher education; major Medicaid, nursing home, waiver, and opioid-related investments in health and human services; corrections and prison-capacity funding; transportation, housing, and emergency management spending; and large environmental appropriations for Florida Forever, Everglades restoration, and water quality projects. Members then asked detailed questions about specific items. Senators pressed on the Hamilton Center at UF, the difference between assistant state attorney and public defender pay, declining student enrollment funding, private school scholarship vouchers, mental health funding in schools, the lack of preeminence funding, APD’s iBudget waiver wait list and provider rates, ADAP premium assistance and the return of Biktarvy to the formulary, prison staffing and air conditioning, Florida Forever land-buying versus easements, SNAP and Sun Bucks funding, Hope Florida, election audit funding, and the IDD managed care program. Chairs generally explained the negotiated compromises, noted where funding was flat or omitted, and in several cases said items would be revisited next year or depended on agency implementation. Several senators used debate to praise the budget while also criticizing major policy choices. Leader Berman argued the state should have expanded Medicaid, invested more in public schools instead of vouchers, and accepted federal summer EBT funds. Other senators highlighted local wins such as Biscayne Bay restoration, Tri-Rail, housing assistance, ADAP funding, and declining enrollment support. The transcript ends with debate remarks thanking Chair Hooper for his work on the budget; no final vote is shown in the excerpt.

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• Madam Chair and members, HB 2752 instructs the Arizona Commerce Authority to establish and supervise
• Madam Chair and members, HB 2388, Appropriation: Commerce Authority Nuclear Study, appropriates, after
• passing appropriations, $100,000 to the Arizona Commerce Authority to conduct a study on the economic
• Madam Chair and members, HB 2926, Housing Contractors Bonds Taxes, requires a municipality to allow a
• of this state to be interpreted and construed to protect the state's sovereign authority against any

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The caucus reviewed a long calendar of House bills across education, health, water, land, housing, labor, public safety, and taxation. Several measures dealt with artificial intelligence, including bills on AI disclosures for minors, AI-assisted divorce arbitration, an Arizona AI education program, AI privilege protections, and a required AI course in schools. Other topics included ESA administration funding, a prohibition on public money for certain foreign-controlled genetic sequencing devices, towing regulations, DUI and ignition interlock changes, health facility and nursing facility complaint timelines, internationally trained physicians, nurse anesthetist reimbursement, pharmacy penalties, childhood cancer research, cybersecurity encryption, school mental health instruction repeal, superintendent performance pay, adoption disclosures in student health settings, anti-Semitism in schools, and a range of water, land, and housing bills. Members frequently raised concerns about local control, unfunded mandates, constitutional issues, and the scope of state intervention. Several bills drew criticism for affecting school curriculum, public education, reproductive rights, protest activity, or tribal communities. Others were supported as technical fixes, consumer protections, or funding measures. The caucus also discussed a series of bills related to the Mexican gray wolf, state land management, solar and wind siting, groundwater transport, and rural development, with some members objecting that the proposals would undermine federal protections or tribal interests. A number of bills were pulled from consent for further discussion, including HB 2020, HB 2957, HCR 2044, HB 2352, HB 2667, HB 2906, HB 2093, HB 2386, HB 2481, HB 2830, HB 2076, HB 2411, HB 2136, HB 2665, and HB 2904. The meeting ended with an announcement of the Latino Caucus guest presentation and an emotional tribute to Reverend Jesse Jackson, followed by presentation of an Affordability Award to Representatives Lorena Austin and Stephanie Simacek for work on economic justice and working families. The caucus then adjourned.

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• We appreciate all the bill authors, stakeholders, and members of the public who have joined us, both
• So I take it, is the $25 million in a bond bill? Is that what it's in?
• The one bill and then a bond bill?
• And the President, by authorization of the Board of Trustees, manages the College and the Reggie.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Higher Education heard testimony on a wide range of bills touching student access, campus safety, and institutional support. Early testimony focused on H. 4544, which would create a state Hispanic-serving institution designation to replace a lost federal designation and potentially allow future funding. Representative Kushmerek and Fitchburg State President Donna Hodge described Fitchburg’s growing Latino student population, the university’s local commitments such as the Fitchburg Promise, and argued the bill would help the institution better serve its community. Committee members asked about how the tuition-free local program is financed, and the bill was described as having no immediate funding request but allowing for future appropriations. The committee also heard support for H. 1421, a proposed John F. Kennedy Service Scholarship Program for Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, and Commonwealth Corps alumni, with Representative Arena DeRosa arguing that student debt discourages service and that the program would help make citizen service more accessible to lower- and moderate-income students. Members raised questions about cost, take-up, and whether the program should be capped. H. 1449, dealing with transcript withholding, drew support from Representative LeBoeuf and USPyre’s Demi Stoltz, who said withholding transcripts over small balances or non-academic fees traps students and harms workforce participation; members discussed how schools could still collect debts without blocking transcripts. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to improve study-abroad safety reporting, with Carrie Pascarello urging a centralized data system after multiple student deaths and serious incidents abroad, and members asking about how other states handle similar transparency measures. Another major topic was H. 4113 on higher education sexual misconduct. Laura G. and Ashley Freeman supported a proposal aimed at preventing “passing the harasser” by requiring disclosure of substantiated findings or departures during open investigations in hiring processes. They said the bill would improve transparency and campus safety while preserving due process, and noted Washington State has a similar law. Members discussed whether the bill should be expanded to K-12 settings and asked about the Washington model’s effectiveness. The committee also heard from Mike Canavan of AFT Massachusetts in support of a bill to create a grant program for librarians to earn a master’s in library science, noting the credential is required for the profession but is not offered by any public institution in Massachusetts. No votes were taken, and the hearing concluded after all scheduled witnesses testified.

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• Of the remaining amount, those students go to the healthcare authority and they go back to PED to be
• separation of powers and asserted that LESC as a legislative entity was not subject to the court's authority
• Um, people hear me say regularly that changes in education are kind of like buying savings bonds.
• You don't buy the bond to be upset that 6 months later you haven't gotten a full return on your investment

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• Current law allows local authorities to regulate sound through permitting systems, fees, and local ordinances
• For small business owners, HB2625 maintains local enforcement authority while providing a clear and consistent
• instrument of the state created for the special purpose of funding storm restoration by issuing restoration bonds
• is an expansion of an existing program. at the PUC that allows ERCOT utilities to access the same bond

Bills: HB246, HB796, HB 1056, HB1544, HB1846, HB2001, HB2618, HB2625, HB2869, HB2898, HB3069, HB3114, HB3157, HB3228, HJR98, HB246

Keywords: federal directives, state authority, Tenth Amendment, government enforcement, local governance, gold standard, legal tender, currency, transactional currency, financial transactions, electronic payment systems, state finance, regulatory compliance, electric trucks, charging infrastructure, advisory council, transportation, sustainability, criminal penalties, official information

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• I will author the committee report and, without objection, this will go on consent. >> No objection.
• Standard exists to authorize these plug-in solar systems.
• <02:48:48.240> We<02:48:48.479> don't alternative forms of bonding.
• We don't alternative forms of bonding.
• <03:06:02.240> I<03:06:02.399> just people who are doing the bonding.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Next, Bill number 1574A, sponsored by Senator Krueger, an act amending the Public Authorities Law in
• Next, Bill number 1574A, sponsored by Senator Krueger, an act amending the Public Authorities Law in
• If you look to the previous definition for eligible bond care device, it would have to be battery powered
• Next, Bill Number 2183A, sponsored by Senator Parker, an act to amend Energy Law and Public Authorities
• So you need state authorization in order for the developer to make a microgrid? Yeah.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Energy and Telecommunications, chaired by Senator Kevin Parker, considered a lengthy agenda of energy- and utility-related bills. The committee discussed measures on utility outage penalties for combination utilities, a NYSERDA-backed electric landscaping rebate program, stronger utility storm response compliance, a study on utility reporting of late payments to credit agencies, a used zero-emission vehicle rebate program, alternative fuels along the New York State Thruway, a property tax exemption for energy-related utility real property, a NYSERDA pilot microgrid at Glenwood Houses, a prohibition on PSC approval of certain utility rate increases, a sustainable aviation fuel tax credit, a usage monitoring program, and a bill on denial of increased utility rates and charges. Several bills prompted questions about who would pay for the programs or penalties, with sponsors and staff repeatedly stating that fines would be paid by utilities and that many programs would be funded through NYSERDA or existing appropriations, though members raised concerns about whether ratepayer funds or system benefits charges could be used. The electric landscaping rebate bill drew extended debate over whether its equipment definitions could allow companies to use battery equipment charged by generators, while the microgrid pilot and used EV rebate bills were defended as investments to improve reliability, lower peak costs, and build a secondary EV market. Senator May spoke in support of the Glenwood Houses microgrid and the related investment rationale. Most bills were advanced after motions and votes, often with some no votes or without-recommendation votes. The committee reported several measures to third reading, including the utility outage penalties bill, the utility storm response bill, the utility rate increase restriction bill, the usage monitoring program, and the denial of increased utility rates and charges bill. Other bills were advanced to the Finance Committee, Budget and Revenue Committee, or Local Government Committee, including the electric landscaping rebate program, the used EV rebate program, the alternative fuels bill, the tax exemption bill, the Glenwood Houses microgrid pilot, and the sustainable aviation fuel tax credit.

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• <01:30:08.480> requirements eliminating the bonding requirements eliminating the bonding requirements
• That's usually what's authorized by the PUC.
• It is removed, so those amendments do not have an authority in Chapter 150A anymore, so I don’t know
• It is removed, so those amendments do not have an authority in Chapter 150A anymore, so I don’t know
• For the House version, there used to be a quarantine authority in the original version as introduced,

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures, beginning with SB 48 SD2 HD1 relating to combat sports. The Attorney General offered a technical comment on the bill’s effective date, and several testifiers from the combat sports community strongly supported the measure with amendments. They argued that boxing and MMA should be treated separately, that the current regulatory structure has made events too costly and reduced opportunities, and that more local oversight would help revive the sport and give youth a constructive outlet. Committee members questioned whether the bill’s medical staffing requirements would apply to boxing, MMA, or both, and whether the added requirements would increase costs and reduce access. The witness from the combat sports community said amateur boxing is already regulated through USA Boxing, that the DCCA should focus on professional boxing, and that for safety he would support two physicians and one ambulance for boxing and MMA events. The committee then took up SB 117 SD2 HD1 relating to transportation. The Department of Transportation and the Ulon Initiative testified in support, and the bicycling community was listed as supporting as well. Members focused on the bill’s rebate program for electric transportation devices, asking how successful it had been and whether removing the rebate would affect use. DOT said the program began in February 2023 and had issued about 500 rebates totaling roughly $166,000, aimed at helping people without vehicles access transportation options. The department explained that the bill would broaden access and increase the rebate amount, including additional assistance for low-income applicants. Finally, the committee heard SB 897 SD3 HD1 relating to energy and wildfire liability. The Division of Consumer Advocacy, the Public Utilities Commission, the Attorney General, Clearway Energy Group, Ulon Initiative, Kawai K, IBEW Local 1260, and Hawaiian Electric all testified in support, while the Hawaii Association for Justice was listed as opposed but not present. Supporters said the bill would help finance wildfire mitigation and infrastructure improvements through securitization, reduce wildfire risk, and address utility cost and credit concerns. Hawaiian Electric emphasized that the bill is forward-looking, would help protect customers from future wildfire-related cost increases, and requested amendments including a study on a future wildfire recovery fund. In questioning, members pressed Hawaiian Electric on the liability cap, asking whether it would have applied to the Maui wildfires and whether it would cover personal injury or wrongful death; the witness and company counsel clarified that the aggregate cap applies only to qualifying property damage, not personal injury or wrongful death, and said they would follow up on how the cap would calculate in a Maui-type event. Hawaiian Electric also said it would seek financing under the bill if enacted and updated members on settlement funding efforts, including raising the first $550 million in equity and divesting assets to help meet its obligations.

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• Phase two is part of the initiative that was in the bonding capacity.
• The estimate that is in the bonding bill is 155 million. These numbers. Mr.
• So this is for the bonding, not for the budget, or is it? Mr.
• Chair, Representative, no, this is not for the bonding.
• Projects that are identified for the bonding bill—is that in here? Mr.

Keywords: 996, all

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• The Water Project Fund changes on House Bill 109-8 temporarily allow the New Mexico Finance Authority
• to award funds without going through authorization by the legislature until December 2029. ...without
• going through authorization by the legislature until December 2029.
• And I did have a couple questions on this bill because we both sit on the Finance Authority Oversight
• And so this bill, it would make it easier for... ...the Finance Authority Oversight Committee.

Bills: HB111, HB103, HB109, HB128, HJM2, HJM3, HM7, HM17, HM4, HM22, HM23, HM24, HM26, HM2, HM16, HM11, HM14, HM21, HM34, HM50, HB49, HB60, HB108, HB120, HB124, HB145, HB154, HB158, HB164, HB180, HB291, HJR6, HJR7, HR1, HJM1, HM13, HM47

Keywords: water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance

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• FLORIDA SENATE, AND DANIEL PEREZ, SPEAKER OF THE FLORIDA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY
• Representative McClure, I want to turn your attention to page 27 of the Senate bill with regard to bond
• status as being a factor in determining if someone is being held in pretrial detention or without bond
• When you are in a bond hearing determining someone's immigration status. >> Representative Garrison from
• Authority to the Chief Immigration Officer.

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• by maintaining authority for the by maintaining authority for the Department<00:18:48.800> of
• Absent<00:19:15.040> this<00:19:15.240> authority, Absent this authority, Absent this authority
• I will move the DE3 amendment for the bill author to get it in the form that the bill author wishes.
• in the form that the bill author in the form that the bill author [clears throat]<00:51:35.720><
• get the bill in the form the bill author get the bill in the form the bill author wishes,<00:51:

Bills: HF4502, HF3388, HF4106, HF400, HF4138, HF4118, HF4203

Keywords: trusted contact, financial exploitation, elder abuse, elder financial abuse, fraud prevention, financial institution, banking, credit union, broker-dealer, account security, dormant account, consumer protection, scam, suspicious activity, protective services, law enforcement reporting, Minnesota Statutes chapter 45A, HF3388, Minnesota premium security plan, reinsurance

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• That includes mechanical thinning, prescribed fire, and cross-boundary authorities.
• <01:20:58.320> It<01:20:58.640> also and crossboundary authorities.
• It also and crossboundary authorities.
• this bill the Republicans put in same-day authority to be able to jam this tax scam through.
• you you put in a same day rule authority you you put in a same day rule authority to<03:01:35.439

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 1012, house, all