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• Paul resident for 16 years now.
• Paul resident for 16 years now.
• </c><00:25:13.200><c> significant</c> the River Center now require significant the River Center now require
• They don't require the three-fifths authorization requirement.
• </c><00:34:34.560><c> the</c> potential uses they don't require the potential uses they don't require

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The case requires that any aggravators be found by the jury.
• We're not required by law.
• They are required to comply in part with 287(g).
• , legal residents, and undocumented persons live together.
• It does not even allow or require cooperation with ICE. It does not require cooperation with ICE.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the journal, and adoption of the special order calendar for the day. The chamber then took up House Bill 1B on immigration, along with discussion of anticipated Senate changes. The sponsor described the bill as creating a chief immigration officer housed in the Department of Agriculture, establishing an Office of State Immigration Enforcement, expanding cooperation with federal immigration authorities, increasing criminal penalties for certain offenses by unauthorized aliens, ending undocumented-student fee waivers, and providing substantial appropriations for enforcement and related programs. Members also questioned the Senate version’s proposed mandatory death penalty provision for certain capital offenses involving unauthorized aliens, as well as pretrial detention, 287(g) participation, DMV reporting requirements, and the bill’s effects on schools, teachers, social workers, and local agencies. The sponsor and supporting members repeatedly said the bill required broad cooperation with federal immigration enforcement and that existing federal law would control where conflicts arose. A major portion of the debate focused on whether the bill would allow or require immigration enforcement in schools and other sensitive settings, and whether teachers, school resource officers, and social workers could be placed in conflict with federal privacy or professional obligations. Members also raised concerns about detention based on suspected status, the standard of proof for immigration-status determinations, prison and jail impacts, workforce shortages, and the fiscal effects on counties and state agencies. The sponsor said the bill did not provide DMV funding, that the state would need to study some implementation questions, and that the appropriations included $25 million for a local law enforcement participation incentive program and up to $350 million for broader implementation and coordination. Several amendments were offered and failed. Representative Chambliss proposed protecting schools, churches, and places of worship from enforcement activity; Representative Escamani offered amendments to preserve in-state tuition for Dreamers and to grandfather currently eligible students; Representative Woodson offered a similar Dreamer-related amendment; and Representative Bartleman proposed barring local law enforcement from entering schools during school hours to detain children solely for immigration status. Supporters of these amendments argued they would protect children, preserve educational access, and prevent trauma in schools and houses of worship. The House rejected each amendment by voice vote, and the transcript ends during debate on the Bartleman school-safety amendment before final disposition is shown.

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• They're the ones that require us to keep it confidential.
• So there's training that's required of accredited folks.
• No requirements, no standards, no reporting. Nothing.
• The laws also require owners to provide notice of opportunities to purchase at fair market rates to resident
• It would require an owner to provide notice of opportunity to submit an offer to purchase to resident

Summary: The committee heard several bills, with most drawing support after amendments or ongoing stakeholder negotiations. SB 29, by Senator Laird, would extend a sunset on the law allowing pain-and-suffering claims to survive a plaintiff’s death; supporters, including a family member describing a medical negligence case, labor groups, consumer advocates, and disability and elder organizations, argued it prevents defendants from running out the clock, while hospitals, medical groups, and business organizations warned of higher costs and added liability. After extensive debate about data collection, settlement reporting, and the impact on health care access, the bill passed to Appropriations on a divided vote. SB 294, by Senator Reyes and presented by Senator Laird, would require employers to notify a worker’s emergency contact if the worker is arrested or detained and would create a template to inform employees of state and federal labor rights. Labor and worker advocates said the bill would help workers understand and enforce their rights amid weakened federal enforcement; there was no opposition on file, and the bill passed unanimously to Appropriations. SB 697 would modernize water-rights adjudication by allowing the State Water Board to use technology instead of requiring in-person field investigations; with no opposition, it also passed unanimously. The committee also advanced SB 37 on attorney advertising, SB 645 on peremptory challenges in civil cases, SB 303 on bias-mitigation trainings in public workplaces, and SB 464 on expanding pay-data reporting for specified state workers. SB 37 drew support from consumer and legal groups but concerns from Walker Advertising about joint advertising; members said negotiations were ongoing, and the bill passed. SB 645 would extend anti-bias jury-selection rules to certain civil rights cases; criminal-defense and defense groups said they were close to agreement, and the bill passed. SB 303 and SB 464 were both amended to narrow scope and moved forward after several opponents shifted to neutral or removed opposition. The committee also approved a consent calendar of additional bills, all sent to Appropriations.

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• IMGs are not exempt from residency program requirements, even if they have already completed that training
• </c> IMGs are not exempt from residency IMGs are not exempt from residency program<00:15:45.000><c> requirements
• Um, but I think a conversation about what those residency requirements look like would be in order.
• Um, but I think a conversation about what those residency requirements look like would be in order.
• c> would</c> residency requirements look like would residency requirements look like would be<01:12:07.000

Committee: Joint Labor, Health & Social Services

Keywords: 916, all

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• </c> does not meet the requirements does not meet the requirements of<00:48:56.600><c> eligibility</c
• We have processes in place that require candidates to show proof of residency when they register to vote
• </c> documentation of proof of residence documentation of proof of residence authorized<00:59:48.400>
• </c><01:10:35.480><c> IDs</c> legal resident IDs legal resident IDs to<01:10:37.480><c> all</c><01:10
• We have a provision from Senator Abeler requiring training and emergency intervention when a resident

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c> Clinic rural psychiatric residency Clinic rural psychiatric residency program<00:20:33.679><c> in
• , rural psychiatric residency program, primary health care residency program, and I believe that we’ve
• </c> the medical education and residency the medical education and residency programs.<00:52:56.640><
• care</c><00:53:09.839><c> residency</c><00:53:10.319><c> program,</c> primary healthc care residency
• </c> In addition to that, it will require In addition to that, it will require about<00:59:25.040><c>

Bills: HB235 , HB236 , HB565 , HB237 , HB238 , HB239 , HB240 , HB241 , HB242 , HB235 , HB236 , HB565 , HB237 , HB238 , HB239 , HB240 , HB241 , HB242

Committee: House Ways and Means Education

Keywords: social media, age verification, minors, under 16, children online safety, online privacy, platform regulation, deceptive trade practice, Attorney General, civil penalties, punitive damages, consumer protection, account creation, algorithmic feeds, internet safety, youth social media, HB236, Baldwin County, Board of Equalization, per diem

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• CEQA is a really important law that requires disclosure and mitigation of a project's significant impacts
• Residents also described regularly having to alter their daily lives in response to these conditions,
• They also adjust the minimum collection site requirements for medium-format batteries.
• Generally, we try to offer free collection disposal opportunities for our residents.
• , free access for residents and local governments to properly manage and dispose of batteries.

Committee: Senate Environmental Quality

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ARE SAFE. WE ASK YOU TO OPPOSE THIS BILL.
• THE PRIMARY RESIDENCES THAT WHICH IS PROTECTED, NOT HOW MANY OTHER PROPERTY SOMEBODY MAY OWN.
• WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE, RIGHT? >> HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.
• IT WAS REROUTED AND I HAD CONSTANT SECURITY ON MY RESIDENCE.
• NOT ALL ACCIDENTS REQUIRE THE STORAGE AND 50 FEET APART.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• But the disproportionately high number of deaths are of Williams residents.
• I've been a lifelong resident of Williams, so I've seen an awful lot of change in Highway 64.
• the outlined requirements.
• An ID is required for access to life with practical and legal... ...standing box of food.
• An ID is required for access to life with practical and legal purposes.

Summary: The committee heard and advanced six measures. SB 1118, as amended, appropriates $3 million to the Department of Health Services for a grant program to help rural hospitals install enhanced radiation protection systems in cardiac catheterization rooms; testimony from an interventional cardiologist emphasized worker safety, reduced radiation exposure, and recruitment/retention of physicians, and the bill passed 10-0. SB 1154 provides $500,000 to ADOT for a traffic and safety study on SR 64 between Williams and the Grand Canyon; local officials, law enforcement, and fire personnel described heavy tourism, rising crashes, and the need for broader roadway improvements, and it passed 6-4. SB 1063 appropriates $10.4 million for safety improvements on U.S. 70 in the San Carlos Apache area; tribal leaders and law enforcement cited high fatality and injury rates, dangerous design features, and limited federal funding, and it also passed 6-4. The committee then approved SB 1153, which creates a Grand Canyon National Park specialty license plate and fund; the Grand Canyon Conservancy supported the measure as a way to generate dedicated revenue for park programs, and it passed 10-0. SCM 1001, as amended, urges naming SR 260 the Donald J. Trump Highway through the State Board on Geographic and Historic Names rather than ADOT; the memorial drew sharply divided testimony and debate, but it passed 6-4. Finally, SB 1209 exempts homeless individuals and those using shelter addresses from non-operating ID fees and extends the validity period for those IDs to eight years; advocates said the change would help people obtain housing, jobs, and services, and it passed 9-0.

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• No, but most people live at their primary residence, do they not? Yes.
• Resident information, they would not read the bill as carefully as you are.
• And I had constant security at my residence.
• Because not all accidents require the storage of 50 feet apart.
• Accidents require the storage of 50 feet apart.

Summary: The committee took up several claims bills first and reported both favorably without debate. SB 20, relating to relief of J.N., a minor, would pay the remaining $400,000 of a $600,000 settlement after an 11-year-old was injured on a Hillsborough County sidewalk with a known defect; SB 14, relating to the estate of Pineal Januier, would authorize payment of the remaining $1.7 million of a $2 million settlement after a drowning at a Miami Beach youth center pool. Both bills were supported by the sponsors and the Senate Special Master’s favorable recommendations, and both passed on roll call votes. The committee then considered SJR 1510 and its implementing bill, SB 1512, both by Senator Avila, which would create a new property tax benefit for owners who lease a non-homestead residential property for more than six months in order to encourage more affordable rental housing. Local governments, the Florida League of Cities, and the Florida Association of Counties opposed the proposal, warning of major revenue losses, impacts on public safety and services, and uncertainty for local budgets; several senators also questioned whether landlords would pass savings on to renters and whether the measure would worsen density and parking issues. Despite the opposition, both measures were reported favorably after the sponsor said the bills would be refined and revised. SB 674, by Senator Wright, was reported favorably with support from property appraisers who said it would let them budget and pay hiring or retention bonuses, similar to authority already given to tax collectors, to help compete for specialized staff. CS for CS SB 268, by Senator Jones, also passed after an amendment adding congressional members; the bill would create a public-records exemption for certain home-address information for elected officials, and debate centered on balancing transparency with safety after members described death threats and harassment. The committee then approved SB 100, by Senator Fine, which would bar government buildings from displaying flags representing political viewpoints and allow active or retired military or National Guard members to use reasonable force to stop desecration of the U.S. flag; the bill drew extensive opposition from transparency, civil rights, and LGBTQ advocates who argued it was vague, unconstitutional, and aimed at pride flags, while supporters said government should not endorse political messages. Finally, CS for SB 1664, by Senator Trumbull, was reported favorably after a strike-all amendment. The bill would require voter reapproval every eight years for certain local discretionary taxes, including tourist development taxes and some local option taxes, unless pledged to revenue bonds. Cities, counties, tourism groups, and the lodging industry opposed it, saying the measure would create uncertainty, threaten tourism marketing and beach restoration funding, and make long-term infrastructure and debt planning difficult. Senator Trumbull argued the proposal simply gives voters a recurring chance to decide whether they still support the taxes and the projects they fund.

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• A community once thrived with over 30,000 Japanese Americans before its residents were forcibly taken
• We are reminded that moving forward requires remembering. Renewal without memory is amnesia.
• Over almost three years, more than 120,000 Americans and residents of Japanese ancestry were deprived
• Good policy requires both funding and oversight.
• renewable energy in the portfolio, well before state requirements mandated similar levels.

Summary: The Assembly convened, established a quorum, and opened with a prayer and pledge that reflected on Japanese American incarceration during World War II and recent storm-related losses in California. The chamber then handled routine procedural matters, guest introductions, and several consent and file items before moving to floor debate on a series of resolutions and budget measures. The main policy item was HR 82, declaring February 19, 2026, a day of remembrance for the incarceration of Japanese Americans. Members from both parties and several caucuses spoke in support, emphasizing the injustice of Executive Order 9066, the importance of remembering civil liberties failures, and the need to guard against similar abuses today. The resolution drew some criticism of its rhetoric toward federal law enforcement, but after debate the Assembly added 72 coauthors and adopted HR 82 by voice vote. The chamber also adopted ACR 128, a resolution recognizing solidarity with Ukraine, and later passed ACA 7, a constitutional amendment related to government preferences, after a partisan debate over whether it would restore or prohibit discrimination. The Assembly also took up two budget-related concurrence items. AB 107, described as technical and conforming changes to the 2025 Budget Act and adjustments related to Proposition 4 projects, passed concurrence 59-3 and was sent immediately to the Governor. AB 117 authorized the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to borrow up to $590 million from already awarded transit capital funds to support operating costs for BART, Muni, AC Transit, and Caltrain; supporters called it a bridge loan to stabilize transit, while opponents called it a bailout lacking accountability. The measure passed concurrence 52-16 and was also transmitted to the Governor. The session ended with adjournments in memory of former Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster, with members praising his leadership in city government, energy policy, and clean energy development. The Speaker then announced the bill introduction deadline and the next floor session date before adjourning the Assembly until Monday, February 23, 2026.

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• We have residents from the Windward side joining us today for our annual legislative field trip.
• One of the problems she noticed when she was a resident there, I don't believe she is anymore, was that
• had one goal in mind clean up resident had one goal in mind clean up our<00:11:16.760><c> community<
• Thank you so much, uh, senator from Kūʻia, as a resident of my district, I’d like to take a moment to
• </c> waiver of the public notice requirement waiver of the public notice requirement pursuant<00:17:32.720

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• There's also a requirement of a plan to mitigate the construction impacts and also a requirement for
• This requirement, as I understand it, was twice a year before.
• They still have to meet their standards and requirements.
• That framework says when a permit is required, which triggers CEQA, and when a permit isn't required,
• And CEQA is unique in that it requires mitigation and it requires public disclosure and involvement of

Committee: Senate Environmental Quality

Summary: The committee heard several bills related to environmental quality, housing, transportation, and waste policy. SB 1375, by Senator Cortese, would create a narrow CEQA exemption category for certain transit and rail projects that have already undergone extensive environmental review. Supporters, including VTA, the City of San Jose, BART, Caltrain, MTC, and Climate Reality Silicon Valley, said it would reduce duplicative review and speed projects like the Diridon Station modernization. Committee members emphasized added amendments requiring displacement, construction-impact, and natural resources plans, and the bill passed 5-0 as amended to Transportation. The committee then took up SB 1031 on compostable plastics labeling. The author and supporters such as Californians Against Waste and the California Compost Coalition argued the bill would reduce consumer confusion, curb contamination in compost and recycling streams, and direct OEHHA to study health and environmental impacts. Opponents including manufacturers, BPI, retailers, and other industry groups said the bill would effectively ban compostable products in California, harm businesses, and fail to fix the underlying National Organics Program issue. After extensive discussion about labeling, composting capacity, and costs, the bill passed 2-2 on call to Appropriations. SB 958, relating to the Midway Rising redevelopment project in San Diego, was presented next; supporters said it would help move forward a large housing and mixed-use project on city-owned land after years of review and voter approval, and it passed 3-0 on call to Local Government. SB 1075, the Clean Air Promise, drew the most extensive debate. The bill would strengthen implementation and enforcement of AB 617 community emissions reduction plans and local plans in overburdened communities. Environmental justice advocates and youth supporters backed the measure, while local governments, business groups, air district representatives, and industry groups warned it would create uncertainty, add land-use constraints, and act as a housing and cost driver. The author accepted several committee amendments and said the bill was still being worked on, but the motion to pass it to Local Government resulted in a 2-2 tie and the bill remained on call. SB 1064, by Senator Dahle, would reduce clean truck check testing frequency for low-use heavy-duty vehicles and equipment from twice a year to once a year. Agricultural and trucking witnesses supported it as a practical, cost-saving change, while air quality advocates opposed weakening a program they said prevents excess emissions and protects public health. The bill passed 4-0 on call to Transportation. Finally, SB 1258 was presented as a revised measure on remediation of hazardous waste sites on the Cortese list. The author said the committee amendments replaced the bill’s original approach, but he continued to argue that remediation should be aligned with housing development so contaminated infill sites can be cleaned up and built on more efficiently. Developers and environmental consultants supported the concept, saying current timing rules create risk and leave sites idle, while the committee continued to hear testimony as the transcript ended.

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• </c> requires that they be released. requires that they be released.
• </c> therapeutic community residence. therapeutic community residence.
• Crimes require intent.
• Crimes require intent.
• But it requires the initiative of the legislature. It's not a required review.

Keywords: 926, house, all

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• Like I said, the residents of Poplar Bluff overwhelmingly passed it back in, I believe, 2010 or 2011.
• We're traditionally, in 1994, our growth was where our resident base serves.
• Hancock requires us to go to the voters, so we either ask for a property tax—that's our only avenue.
• And that fee would be reconsidered as part of moving toward a sales tax model for those residents.
• We serve a community of over 13,000 residents, along with many across Saline County.

Committee: House Local Government

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• This would require contact information for buyers and sellers.
• This would require contact information for buyers and sellers.
• documents based solely on the number of residents residing at the assisted living home.
• We serve frail seniors, individuals with disabilities, and residents needing memory care.
• Is there an age limit that's required to go into the assisted living? No, but...

Committee: House Government

Keywords: 1182, all

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• </c> example, it expands work requirements example, it expands work requirements for<00:16:14.840><c>
• requirement for Medicaid for the work requirement for Medicaid for certain<00:36:31.520><c> groups</
• For Medicaid uh requirements.
• This work requires a communities.
• </c><01:57:24.120><c> The</c> system our residents deserve. The system our residents deserve.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• J.R. requires 24-hour nursing care and supervision. B.H.D.'
• I'm a Walton County resident born and raised in Santa Rosa Beach.
• I'm also a lifelong Florida resident. I've always gone to the beach.
• I'm now a Miramar Beach resident of Walton County.
• I'm a full-time resident of Santa Rosa Beach in Walton County, Florida.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Summary: The committee first took up CS for Senate Bill 304, which would address child protective investigations involving children with certain pre-existing genetic or medical conditions. Senator Sharif said the bill is intended to prevent children from being wrongly removed from their families when symptoms of conditions such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, osteogenesis imperfecta, rickets, or vitamin deficiencies are mistaken for abuse. Several parents and advocates testified in support, describing long dependency cases and removals they said were caused by misdiagnosis. The committee adopted a substitute amendment that removed language requiring certain medical personnel to provide differential-diagnosis analysis, and the bill then passed favorably with unanimous support. The committee then heard SB 1430 on post-judgment execution proceedings relating to terrorism, sponsored by Senator Collins, who described the long effort by U.S. victims of the FARC to enforce a federal judgment and recover assets. The bill would clarify procedures for terrorism-related judgments, modernize intangible asset law, and help prevent terrorists from hiding assets or blocking wire transfers. After one supportive appearance form and no debate, the bill passed favorably. The committee also approved SB 96, a local claims bill for Jacob Rogers, and SB 382, an affordable housing rent bill that was amended to define base rent and apply to certain shorter-term rental agreements entered after July 1, 2026; SB 382 drew support from housing advocates and some opposition, but passed unanimously. Several claims bills were also approved: SB 4 for Patricia Armini, SB 6 for Jose Correa, SB 28 for Darlene Engerville and J.R., SB 30 for the estate of M.N., and SB 24 for Mandy Penny Lemon, each involving injuries or damages caused by local government or hospital district negligence and each reported favorably after brief testimony and roll calls. The committee also passed SB 658 on waiver or release of liens after discussion about form language and enforceability. SB 72, which would allow campaign funds to pay certain child care expenses incurred while a candidate is actively campaigning, prompted questions about definitions and safeguards; the sponsor said the bill would require the expense to exist only because of campaign activity, and the bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee approved SB 1142 on release of conservation easements, which would create a statewide process for releasing certain small, low-value parcels from conservation easements if mitigation credits are secured elsewhere. The bill drew support from the sponsor and a property representative, but environmental advocates and President Passidomo raised concerns about flood control, wildlife corridors, and whether the bill was too property-specific; the sponsor said he would continue working on the language. The committee also heard extensive testimony on SB 1622, which would repeal the 2018 customary use law and restore local authority over public beach access. Supporters argued the current law has privatized beaches, hurt tourism, and led to harassment and conflict, while opponents defended private property rights and warned against taking away owners’ ability to exclude others. The transcript ends during testimony on SB 1622, before a final vote is shown.

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• New Mexico has the fifth-highest per resident cost of gun violence in the U.S. at $3,133 per resident
• State licensing requirements and laws require...
• State licensing requirements and laws requiring or allowing inspections or audits of gun dealers are
• Is there somebody that would check them and say, you're not a Texas resident, you're a New Mexico resident
• Is there somebody that would check them and say, you're not a Texas resident, you're a New Mexico resident

Bills: SB48 , HB250 , SB17

Committee: House House Commerce & Economic Development Committee

Keywords: State Fairgrounds District, fairgrounds bonds, public financing, bond authorization, gross receipts tax, gaming tax, tax-backed bonds, infrastructure funding, Albuquerque fairgrounds, State Fair Tid, economic development, municipal bonds, revenue pledge, capital projects, New Mexico finance, technology, innovation, advisory board, entrepreneurial support, stakeholder representation

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• home is not occupied by the full-time resident.
• Unfortunately, this also requires the presentation of a doctor's note.
• That requirement...
• You could have a 25% requirement. That's not always the case.
• I'm a resident of San Francisco, and I strongly support AB 1157. Thank you.

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: 988, house, all