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• ,<00:17:03.440> and physicist, disruptor, author, and physicist, disruptor, author, and visionary
• That action in member fuel bank debt.
• > Congress,<04:31:43.199> and again, that authority is Congress, and again, that authority
• Congress has already has the authority to admit D.C. as a state.
• Congress has already has the authority Congress has already has the authority to<04:38:50.719>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• We appreciate the intent of the measure, offer our comments, and defer to mass transit authorities.
• and the discretion without the author and the discretion without the<00:31:59.919> government
• driving debts are 100% preventable<00:36:10.839> yet<00:36:11.079> they<00:36:11.280><
• 108 relating to vessels which authorizes 108 relating to vessels which authorizes dot<00:54:25.799
• the airports advisor Council authorizes the airports advisor Council authorizes the<01:14:26.679

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on a series of transportation-related bills. SB 21 on water carriers would create an inflationary cost index mechanism; DOT, Agriculture, DCCA, the PUC, and several harbor and logistics interests supported it, while Pacific Transfer opposed. SB 1478 would require vessel masters to follow harbor master evacuation orders during emergencies; DOT clarified it applies only to commercial ports, with support from Hima and the Harbor Users Group and opposition from the Hailongm Association. SB 108 would authorize DOT to regulate vessel noise near commercial harbors; the White Harbor Users Group opposed, while DOT said it supported the intent but warned the bill may be preempted by federal law. SB 1475 would raise the bond ceiling for harbor improvement projects from $100 million to $600 million, and SB 1473 would cap central services assessments on DOT funds at $5 million and tie them to CPI; DOT supported both, and Budget and Finance explained the central services fee is generally a 5% deduction from special funds with some statutory exceptions. The committee also heard SB 1402 on securing mooring lines in state commercial harbors, which drew support from the General Contractors Association of Hawaii and the Hawaii Longline Association. SB 1522 on vehicle title transfers was supported by the City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Customer Services. SB 599 would require DOT or counties to scan deceased cats and dogs for microchips before disposal; DOT said it would provide scanners, the Hawaiian Humane Society and a private witness strongly supported the bill, and the committee discussed that the measure would not charge pet owners and that Oʻahu microchip rates are about 80% for dogs and 70% for cats. SB 1025 would allow service and non-service animals on mass transit under certain conditions; DHS offered comments, Maui and Honolulu opposed, while the Hawaiian Humane Society, the Environmental Caucus, and others supported it, and an opponent raised concerns about large pets, service animals, and the need for size and off-peak restrictions. Later, the committee heard SB 1096 on license plate-flipping devices, with DOT and Honolulu police supporting it. SB 384 would expand victim restitution in DUI-related negligent homicide cases to include child support for surviving minor children; DOT, MADD, and the Kiki Injury Prevention Coalition supported it, while the Public Defender opposed, arguing the restitution amounts would be unverified and better handled through civil remedies. SB 597 would extend the deadline for the administrative driver license revocation office to issue decisions, and the Attorney General, police, and Maui prosecutors supported it because of drug-testing delays, especially on neighbor islands. Finally, SB 1285 would create a lower-level impaired driving offense and authorize administrative action; the Attorney General and Public Defender both raised concerns about charging discretion and resource impacts, while county, public health, alcohol policy, and victim advocates strongly supported the bill as a life-saving measure. The transcript ends partway through testimony on SB 1285, with no final committee votes or actions recorded in the excerpt.

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• Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors, and lead us not
• HB 3567 by Frank relating to the authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the
• HB 3578 by McLaughlin relating to the authority of a county that borders the United Mexican states to
• HB 3620 by police are relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue
• Affairs HB 3641 by Bell of Montgomery relating to the authorities of county to regulate noise levels

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• Or during bill referral if permission is granted or authorized to convene upon adoption by the House
• Tyler Obrey, Derek Franco, author. Linda Culpepper.
• Submitting to public utility agencies, providing authority to issue bonds, providing authority to impose
• HB 1486 by letter back relating to the debt accord.
• H.C.R. 100 by Flores, Authorizing the Bureau.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• This bill provides for the State Workers Insurance Fund and Investment Authority.
• This bill authorizes the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to join the Counseling Compact.
• This bill provides legislative authorization for itemized capital bridge projects throughout the Commonwealth
• that may be funded through debt or current revenues.

Keywords: Scheduler, 973, house, all

Summary: The House convened, approved a prior journal, confirmed a quorum, and received several bill referrals and calendar motions before moving into caucus and committee announcements. Members also welcomed a number of guests and student visitors to the chamber. After recess, the House resumed with committee reports from Appropriations and Rules, agreeing to re-reported bills including House Bills 1006, 106, 2014, 2037, 2460, 2512, 2559, 2644, 733, 2455, 2499, and 2529. The chamber adopted two resolutions: House Resolution 462 designating May 17, 2026, as World Neurofibromatosis Awareness Day, and House Resolution 553 designating May 19, 2026, as Pontian Greek Genocide Remembrance Day. Both sponsors spoke in support, with the NF resolution emphasizing awareness, diagnosis, and research, and the Pontian Greek resolution focusing on remembrance of historical persecution and ethnic violence. The House also passed several bills on final consideration, including House Bill 2014 on opportunities for minors in emergency service organizations, House Bill 2037 on cryptocurrency-related ethics restrictions, House Bill 2512 on rideshare pricing protections, House Bill 2644 on legislative authorization for capital bridge projects, and House Bill 2559 on state property conveyances. Amendments were considered on several measures. On House Bill 2359, which prohibits government agencies from entering nondisclosure agreements related to data centers, one amendment requiring hyperscale data centers to pay their own energy costs failed on a 101-101 tie, another amendment making the bill effective immediately was adopted, and a third amendment protecting trade secrets failed. On House Bill 779 regarding abusive towing practices, an agreed-to amendment was adopted. House Bill 733 modernizing marriage ceremony law, Senate Bill 1294 on penalties for unlicensed commercial driving schools, and Senate Bill 1259 clarifying parole record privilege and access were agreed to, and House Bill 2499 concerning the State Workers Insurance Fund and Investment Authority was also advanced. The House then recommitted several bills to Appropriations, removed others from the tabled calendar, and adjourned until June 30, 2026.

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• This bill provides for the State Workers Insurance Fund and investment authority.
• This bill authorizes the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to join the Counseling Compact.
• This bill provides legislative authorization for itemized capital bridge projects throughout the Commonwealth
• that may be funded through debt or current revenues.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, journal approvals, quorum call, and a series of guest recognitions, including students, interns, local officials, and advocates visiting the chamber. Members also announced caucus and committee meetings, and the House recessed before returning later in the day for floor action. After reconvening, the House adopted several committee reports and then considered a series of resolutions and bills. It adopted House Resolution 462, designating May 17, 2026, as World Neurofibromatosis Awareness Day, and House Resolution 553, designating May 19, 2026, as Pontian Greek Genocide Remembrance Day, both by 200-2 votes. The chamber also agreed to House Bill 733 on marriage ceremony law, House Bill 2529 on scheduling metatomidine as a Schedule 3 controlled substance, and Senate Bill 1294 on civil penalties for unlicensed commercial driving schools. The House then debated House Bill 2359 on data center nondisclosure agreements and related amendments. One amendment requiring hyperscale data centers to pay their own energy and infrastructure costs failed on a 101-101 tie, while another amendment to make the bill effective immediately passed 201-1 and a third amendment to protect trade secrets failed 87-115. The bill itself was agreed to after amendment. The House also approved House Bill 2455 on collective bargaining rights for Pittsburgh school administrators, House Bill 2499 on State Workers Insurance Fund investment authority, Senate Bill 604 joining the Counseling Compact, and House Bill 1006 on penalties against abusive towing practices, with one agreed-to amendment added. Several measures then passed finally by recorded vote: House Bill 2014 on opportunities for minors in emergency service organizations, House Bill 2037 on cryptocurrency-related ethics restrictions for public officials, House Bill 2512 prohibiting ride-share pricing based on certain device conditions, House Bill 2644 authorizing capital bridge projects, and House Bill 2559 on Millersville University and other conveyances. House Bill 2559 drew floor criticism from Representative Conklin over the state land conveyance process, though it still passed 154-48. Before adjournment, the House recommitted several bills to Appropriations, removed additional Senate bills from the table calendar, and adjourned until June 30, 2026, at 11 a.m.

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• just applications and recommendations just like they currently do, and then the legislature has the authority
• to authorize those that are available by loans.
• Section five also just allows agencies that receive monies through the transfer fund to escalate their authority
• We've lowered our debt for our state.

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 2 April, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

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• they could have cheaper rates and cheaper borrowing costs when borrowing for capital or refinancing debt
• In 1953, Arizona's state legislature authorized the governor to enter into a compact with other Western
• primary responsibilities: they provide strategic direction for the organization, they have fiduciary authority
• Legislation enacted in 2025 revised statutory provisions for the program, including authorizing schools

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Current law, however, imposes certain limitations on the Attorney General's authority to make emergency
• ESF decisions, as well as the ESF Testive fund and may include public equities, private markets, and debt
• To ensure proper implementation and prevent misuse, the controller is authorized to request documentation
• Prior to 2022, institutions of higher ed and university systems were temporarily authorized to participate

Bills: HB104

Keywords: property tax, ad valorem tax, tax rate election, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, de minimis rate, local government, special district, tax increase, tax notice, public hearing, tax code, Health and Safety Code, Texas property taxes, taxing unit, election threshold, two-thirds vote, majority vote, budget approval

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• The bill does not express. grant any additional rulemaking authority to any state office or institution
• Additionally, House Bill 5437 does not create a new taxing authority. Thank you.
• This is well within the legislature's role to ensure that public-backed debt aligns with responsible
• I appreciate the bill's author and their team, but I think it's a little bit misguided and unartful in

Bills: HB447, HB897, HB993, HB2673, HB3671, HB3680, HB3897, HB4506, HB4753, HB4812, HB4894, HB5148, HB5437, HB5650, HB5652, HB5654, HB5656, HB5661, HB5665

Keywords: traffic impact studies, municipal utility district, bonds, road projects, eminent domain, HB 897, Texas land sale, state property, Austin real estate, Travis County, General Land Office, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, HHSC, Health and Human Services Commission, state records facility, archives building, library funding, capital improvements, lease of state land, public land disposition

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• Hawaii Public Housing Authority Hawaii Public Housing Authority Census.<01:35:59.280> Apologies
• In terms of the training and authority, these folks would not have law enforcement authority.
• authority to make that kind of decision. authority to make that kind of decision.
• The 149... the fixed debt? Okay.
• legislative or tool authorizations legislative or tool authorizations including<06:20:03.040>

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• They adopt two different tax rates, a tax rate to fund debt service and a tax rate to fund maintenance
• the work that gets done when we are calculating. the no new revenue and voter approval rates and the debt
• To decide what tax rate they need to adopt, what debt rate they need to adopt to pay their debt.
• We calculate their debt.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• The fee increases can be subject to court rulemaking, and the Supreme Court has obviously the authority
• Court to um that authorizes the Supreme Court to establish<01:54:39.040> by<01:54:39.280>
• authorized groups or SAGs um<03:26:24.000> that<03:26:24.359> pay<03:26:25.520> um<
• Retiree health transfer, the first 09 are benefits and statutorily authorized groups, etc.
• benefits and statutoily authorized benefits and statutoily authorized groups<03:38:43.040> etc

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee reviewed a handout comparing House Bill 2 to current retirement law and walked through the bill section by section with staff from the retirement system. The discussion focused on vesting, earnable compensation, average final compensation, compensation-over-base limits, special duty pay, normal retirement age, re-retirement, and maximum benefit rules for Group 2/Tier B members. Staff explained that some provisions would restore pre-2011 rules, including counting certain end-of-career payments such as unused sick and vacation time in earnable compensation and reducing the AFC averaging period from five years back to three. They also described how the bill would eliminate the current cap on compensation over base, which mainly affects overtime, and noted that the actuarial cost of the AFC-related changes is interrelated rather than easily broken out by feature. A separate discussion covered the special duty pay limitation, which currently applies to Tier A and would be removed under the governor’s bill for both Tier A and Tier B members after their vested buy date. Staff said the actuary estimated that removing the special duty limitation would increase costs by about $13.9 million. Members also asked about the practical difference between overtime and special duty, with staff explaining that special duty generally involves work for a private third party, often police detail work, while overtime depends more on staffing and scheduling. The committee also reviewed the normal retirement age changes for Tier B and the possibility that some members would need to work longer to reach the new vested buy date. Members raised concerns about an ambiguity in the bill that could allow already-retired Tier B members to return to work, then re-retire and claim the higher benefits, or allow vested deferred members to stop working and wait for the new vested buy date. Staff said the governor’s office did not intend to allow that result and requested clarifying language, noting that the bill as drafted does not expressly prohibit it. The committee also discussed part-time and seasonal work after retirement, with staff explaining that such work generally does not restore membership unless the person takes a full-time position requiring enrollment. Finally, the committee reviewed the maximum benefit provisions and noted that HB 2 in the current year does not change the maximum benefit date or include the 1.5% annual escalator that had been part of the 2023 proposal, making the current bill more costly than the earlier version.

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• authority for the department to do that. authority for the department to do that.
• <00:33:12.960> the mineral leasing act to authorize the mineral leasing act to authorize the
• ,<00:49:16.000> it's know the good neighbor authority, it's know the good neighbor authority
• a simple update to allow the authority a simple update to allow the authority for<00:55:58.799><
• <01:49:15.760> the authorized $100 million from the authorized $100 million from the strategic

Keywords: 916, all

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• So I mean 16 authorizes fees if you have an election and 15 as amended in 2020 authorizes fees without
• <00:08:42.080> the hiring staff and and authorizing the hiring staff and and authorizing the
• Nor would the 2020 authorization.
• Title 15 authorizes and purposes.
• authority and other statutes. authority and other statutes.

Keywords: 916, all

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• And since Senator Putnam is the author of a number of the provisions and also chairs the ag committee
• c><00:15:52.160> Putnham<00:15:52.720> is<00:15:53.199> the<00:15:53.600> author
• <00:15:54.000> of<00:15:54.160> a uh Senator Putnham is the author of a uh Senator
• ><01:29:49.040> issue<01:29:49.440> of<01:29:49.920> coerced<01:29:50.760> debt
• um with the um uh issue of coerced debt um with the um uh issue of coerced debt and<01:29:52.360

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• > bill,<00:10:46.800> Senator co-authors on the bill, Senator co-authors on the bill, Senator
• Um so authorities maybe not so much.
• <00:42:00.400> Seam co-author on this bipartisan bill.
• Seam co-author on this bipartisan bill.
• Um, and I do have some questions for the author or the testifiers.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• She was not given that authority.
• By what authority?
• and what's the executive authority.
• But our equal branch of government keeps giving our authority away.
• Is it going to be the Health Care Authority? Is it going to be the state auditor?

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• Heavenly Father, your word instructs us to pray for those in authority over us, so we Heavenly Father
• , your word instructs us to pray for those in authority over us, so we stand here today in obedience
• authorized by the appropriate governing body.
• , authorizing expectant mothers to park in disabled parking spaces.
• It will be the local authorities. ...the local authorities. Senator Polsky in questions.

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of introductions and moments of silence recognizing recent tragedies and public figures, including students affected by the FSU shooting, John Thrasher, Coach Amir Abdur-Rahim, and conservation and youth groups visiting the chamber. The body also adopted Senate Resolution 1878 honoring Coach Abdur-Rahim and Senate Resolution 1892 recognizing Florida Wildlife Corridor Week. The chamber then moved through a long special-order calendar, passing several bills with little or no opposition. Measures approved included child care and early learning provider regulation updates (SB 738, 37-0), false reporting/swatting penalties and cost recovery (SB 726, 38-0), health care billing and collection protections/medical debt (SB 656, 38-0), hazardous walking conditions for schoolchildren (SB 650, 38-0), young adult housing support for foster and homeless students (SB 584, 38-0), the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program disclosure bill (SB 508, 37-1), trust fund interest for court-approved purposes after a debated amendment (SB 498, 28-10), transportation and traffic-safety changes including school bus camera hearings and micromobility rules (SB 462, 37-0), public records exemptions for AHCA investigators and JQC/appellate court clerks (SB 342, 34-4; SB 302, 35-3; SB 300, 35-3), municipal water and sewer utility rate fairness for Miami Gardens/North Miami Beach (SB 202/HB 11, 36-2), motor vehicle offenses involving obscured plates and impersonation (SB 44/HB 253, 36-0), trespass at large-scale ticketed events and law-enforcement-controlled sites (SB 1828/HB 1447, 35-1), patient refund of overpayments (SB 1808, 37-0), stem cell therapy standards (SB 1768, 37-0), insulin administration by direct support professionals and relatives (SB 1736/HB 1567, 38-0), and pre-arranged transportation services/rideshare impersonation (SB 1696/HB 1525, 37-0). Several bills were temporarily postponed, including cardiac emergencies, chemicals and consumer products, motor vehicle manufacturers and franchise dealers, and education. Debate centered most heavily on the trust fund interest bill, with supporters arguing it would stabilize funding and better reflect market rates, and opponents warning it would sharply reduce legal aid funding and hurt access to justice. The transportation bill also drew extensive questions and amendments, including removal of a speed-limit increase, changes to school bus infraction hearing procedures, micromobility regulation, and flood-wake enforcement. The municipal water bill prompted constitutional and fairness concerns, while the public records bills were defended as necessary to protect investigators and court personnel from doxing and harassment. Most measures ultimately passed with strong bipartisan support, though the scholarship disclosure bill and trust fund interest bill drew the most visible dissent.

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• 2858 does not create any new pathways to citizenship or legal status beyond the temporary period authorized
• bill, Texas not only Uh, is not, uh, changing federal immigration law, but rather requesting the authority
• be filing with the local authorities.
• Uh, now, local authorities don't have the existing.
• But I'm here today to say I'd love to work with the authors.

Bills: HB 256, HB 1308, HB 1554, HB 1743, HB 2308, HB 2351, HB 2858, HB 3676, HB 3784, HB 4312, HB 4552, HB 4823, HB 4852, HB 5007, HB 5010, HB 5520, HB 5524, HCR 19

Keywords: E-verify, employment verification, illegal employment, state contracts, government entities, license suspension, immigration compliance, state grant funding, E-Verify, compliance, penalties, immigration, government contracts, employee status, state contractors, E-verify program, legally present, employment practices, legal services, public money