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• Secretary, call the next committee from the Committee on Local Legislation: Senate Bill number 44.
• that committee chairmen won't hear. committee chairmen won't hear.
• Committee amendment pending. Mr.
• Committee.
• It was a committee amendment. It might... It was a committee amendment.

Bills: SJR 3 , SB 5 , SJR 36 , SJR 3 , SB 616 , SB 565 , SB 384 , SB 5 , SB 21 , SB 72 , SB 140 , SB 262 , SB 370 , SB 372 , SB 495 , SB 627 , SB 703 , SB 764 , SB 842 , SB 971 , SB 790 , SB 767 , SB 480 , SB 1066 , SR 44 , SR 135 , SR 171 , SR 180 , SR 185 , SR 187 , SR 188 , SR 191 , SR 197 , SR 198 , SR 199 , SR 200

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• Speaker, your conference committee appointed to confer with the like committee...
• committee report.
• committee report.
• committee report.
• committee report.

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• Committee of the Whole is called to order.
• The Committee of the Whole is called to order.
• Chair, I move that when the Committee of the Whole rises to report that the subfloor committee amendment
• The Committee of the Whole rise to report.
• Now for the Education Committee amendment, I further move that the Education Committee amendment to Senate

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• Members of the committee, for the record, Kelly's staff to the Labor and Workplace Standards Committee
• The committee is at ease.
• Elizabeth Wren, staff to the Local Government Committee, briefs the committee.
• Committee.
• The committee is at ease.

Bills: HB1073 , HB1128 , HB1316 , HB1408 , HB1591 , HB1592 , HB1634 , HB1906 , HB1960 , HB2073 , HB2145 , HB2248 , HB2266 , HB2301 , HB2333 , HB2365 , HB2401 , HB2416 , HB2421 , HB2438 , HB2474 , HB2475 , HB2515 , HB2517 , HB2523 , HB2548 , HB2597 , HB2637 , HB2640 , HB2660 , HB2675 , HB2685 , HB2720 , HB1742 , HB2104 , HB2186 , HB2405 , HB2557 , HB2593 , HB2636

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: national guard, military support, defense, state security, veteran services, child care, workforce standards, education, child development, training requirements, postsecondary education, homelessness, foster youth, education access, support programs, community preservation, development authorities, funding, local governance, state resources

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• </c> have any standing committee reports. have any standing committee reports.
• Committee of the whole.
• , committee, committee, &gt;&gt; Senator<01:16:21.440><c> Larson.
• Committee<01:33:49.520><c> the</c><01:33:49.920><c> whole</c> Committee the whole Committee the whole

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• The bill is now before the Committee.
• I would like to offer an apology to the Committee for my failure to put the amendments before the Committee
• Oddly enough, the Committee amendments from the Committee on Education are purely technical.
• This came to us from the House Committees on Education and the Senate Committee on Education.
• Members of the committee, you have before you the committee substitute for House Bill 5088.

Committee: Senate Finance

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• House Standing Committee Report No. 151. House Standing Committee Report No. 152.
• House Standing Committee Report No. 154. House Standing Committee Report No. 155.
• House Standing Committee Report No. 156. House Standing Committee Report No. 157.
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• committee report 177 standing committee report 178<00:29:19.440><c> standing</c><00:29:19.840><c> committee

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• the adoption of the favorable committee report, the two committee amendments in the favorable committee
• committee report.
• </c> committee amendments. committee amendments.
• </c> favorable committee report. favorable committee report.
• </c> favorable committee report. favorable committee report.

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• We're an adoption of a fair bill committee report in Houseville 27, but a favorable committee report
• The committee report is adopted. Mr.
• The committee report is adopted. Mr.
• Revenue Committee.
• Elections in the Indian Affairs Committee, thence the House Judiciary Committee.

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

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• </c> favorable committee report. favorable committee report.
• c> committee</c> There are two committee committee There are two committee committee amendments.<00:44
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• </c> favorable committee. favorable committee.
• </c> committee committee report is adopted. committee committee report is adopted.

Summary: The Senate convened with an invocation by Rabbi Ari Goldstein, whose remarks were journalized at the request of the senator from District 33. The chamber then recognized the doctor of the day, Dr. Maryann Lamont, for her 50 years in medicine and her work in neurology and stroke care, and also thanked a legislative aide, Samantha Briggs, who is leaving for law school. The presiding officer noted a quorum was present and moved into the day’s floor work. The Senate handled several messages and committee reports, including a conference committee appointment on Senate Bill 18, which concerns provisional social work licensure. In Finance, the chamber advanced Senate Bill 246 on Health Services Cost Review Commission member terms, Senate Bill 370 on acupuncture board revisions, Senate Bill 564 creating a Division of Data Protection in the Attorney General’s office and a related work group, Senate Bill 782 on telecommunications infrastructure protections, Senate Bill 808 on health insurance provider panel requirements, Senate Bill 849 on agricultural equipment warranties, Senate Bill 867 on the Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission, and Senate Bill 982 on mutual insurance holding companies converting back to mutual insurers. Most of these bills were reported favorably with technical or conforming amendments, which were adopted without objection, and each was ordered printed for third reading. The committee also considered several House bills with Senate cross-files or identical measures. These included House Bill 118 on money transmitter licensing, House Bills 339 and 512 on Anne Arundel County Board of License Commissioners compensation, House Bill 1100 on telecommunications infrastructure protections, House Bill 1395 on agricultural equipment warranties, House Bill 1473 creating Maryland’s Future Board, House Bill 226 on Department of Disabilities housing programs, House Bill 278 codifying the Longevity Ready Maryland plan, and House Bill 746 on collaborative care model coverage and cost-sharing limits. In each case, the committee reports were adopted, amendments were approved where offered, and the bills were advanced to third reading or passed for third reading, with no recorded opposition on the floor.

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• Emily Stevens staffed the committee.
• The committee is at ease.
• is staff to this committee.
• Committee.
• The committee is at ease.

Summary: The committee first received staff briefings on amendments for a series of bills, including measures on child care workforce standards, homelessness programs, community preservation authorities, domestic violence survivor relief, public defense funding, student behavioral health supports, water system ownership changes, nonprofit health carrier surplus assessments, 340B drug pricing reporting, Secretary of State filing fees, step housing, campaign security reimbursements, digital equity programs, a Boys and Men’s Commission, a waste-to-energy facility’s Climate Commitment Act obligations, 6PPD tire substitutes, and an early education scholarship. Staff described the policy changes and, where available, the expected fiscal effects of each proposed substitute or line amendment. The committee then went into caucus before returning for executive session. In executive session, the committee voted out House Bill 1073, then adopted a Couture line amendment to House Bill 1128 exempting private K-12 schools with licensed child care programs from the child care employer definition before reporting the bill out as Second Substitute House Bill 1128. House Bill 1316, 1408, 1591, 1592, 1634, 1906, 1960, 2073, 2145, 2248, 2266, 2301, 2333, and 2365 were also reported from committee, with several amendments adopted along the way. Notable actions included adopting an emergency clause for House Bill 1408, rejecting proposed amendments to House Bill 1591 that would have narrowed relief for survivors and removed retroactivity, adopting a narrower amendment to House Bill 1592’s public defense funding formula, and adopting a substitute to House Bill 2145 that limited 340B reporting to hospitals. The committee also debated and rejected several amendments to the step housing bill, House Bill 2266, including proposals for larger school/daycare buffers, more local oversight, and broader local government authority; the bill still advanced on a 16-13 vote. House Bill 2073, which requires nonprofit health carriers to contribute surplus funds to Cascade Care Savings, advanced over concerns about using one-time money for an ongoing program. House Bill 2248 advanced after an amendment redirected annual license fee deposits to the state treasury rather than the Secretary of State’s revolving fund. House Bill 2333 was narrowed to allow use of campaign funds for personal security reimbursements, and House Bill 2365 advanced with some amendments adopted and others rejected as the committee began discussing additional digital equity oversight provisions.

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• Committee.
• , then Senate Judiciary Committee, then Senate Finance Committee.
• , then Senate Judiciary Committee, then Senate Finance Committee.
• , then Senate Judiciary Committee, then Senate Finance Committee.
• Not get the committee report down for Friday's committee in time.

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• We have added a House Committee substitute for... ...a House Committee substitute for House Bill 3383
• When I say Committee of Origin, I mean the House Committee.
• It came out of the House Committee last week. The House Committee.
• Is any member of this committee on that committee?
• Yeah, so I sit on the Elections Committee. This bill came through the committee.

Committee: House Rules - Legislative

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• Standing Committee Report No. 877.
• Standing Committee Report No. 727. Third reading of ... Standing Committee Report No. 727.
• Standing Committee Report No. 729.
• Standing Committee Report No. 732.
• Standing Committee Report No. 733.

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• There were Senate committee amendments adopted. Rep.
• Cruz moves to adopt the conference committee report.
• The conference committee report has been adopted.
• I'm sorry, adopt the conference committee report.
• There were Senate Committee amendments adopted.

Bills: HR310 , HR314 , HR316 , HR317 , HR321 , HR275 , HR276 , HR279 , HR282 , HR286 , HR289 , HR292 , HR295 , HR302 , HR319 , HCR112 , HR307 , SCR59 , SCR61 , SCR62 , SCR68 , SCR69 , SCR70 , SCR54 , SCR55 , SCR64 , SCR75 , HCR79 , HCR104 , HB75 , HB410 , HB719 , HB750 , HB944 , HB1098 , HB1220 , HB1252 , HB359 , HB210 , HB468 , HB1117 , SB382 , HB368 , HB552 , HB732 , HB870 , HB1236 , SB29 , SB42 , SB43 , SB149 , SB208 , SB274 , SB300 , SB312 , SB387 , SB389 , SB401 , HR74 , HB998 , HB901 , HR20 , HCR65 , HCR71 , HCR98 , HB284 , HB306 , HB341 , HB366 , HB393 , HB458 , HB577 , HB603 , HB605 , HB614 , HB625 , HB646 , HB733 , HB752 , HB773 , HB798 , HB911 , HB955 , HB996 , HB1035 , HB1069 , HB1113 , HB1140 , HB1180 , HB1191 , HB1240 , HB1255 , SB82 , SB89 , SB97 , SB123 , SB237 , HB36 , HB42 , HB74 , HB119 , HB159 , HB258 , HB259 , HB302 , HB414 , HB459 , HB848 , HB956 , HB1017 , HB1028 , HB1095 , SB217 , SB283 , SB469

Keywords: oil and gas, orphan wells, inactive wells, shut-in wells, marginal wells, plugging and abandonment, well decommissioning, site remediation, site restoration, Oilfield Site Restoration, OSR program, financial security, bonding, taxpayer liability, public liability, offshore wells, onshore wells, coastal erosion, Department of Conservation and Energy, natural resources

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• When I say Committee of Origin, I mean the House Committee.
• It came out of the House Committee last week. The House Committee.
• These committee members didn't understand what they were voting for in committee, and so I don't want
• Is any member of this committee on that committee?
• Yeah, so I said on the elections committee, this bill came through the committee.

Committee: House Rules - Legislative

Summary: The Missouri House Legislative Rules Committee met to consider a long hearing notice of bills and resolutions. Chair Cupps opened by explaining that the committee would proceed through all items on the notice, including a late-added House Committee Substitute for HB 3383, and announced an initial motion to recommit Senate Substitute for SB 889 back to its House committee of origin. He said the bill’s language appeared to be aimed at banning corporal punishment in public schools, and he wanted the originating committee to review it further before the Rules Committee advanced it. That recommit motion passed 9-2. The committee then took up and mostly advanced a large number of measures, including bills on tourism revenue, county health officers, library boards, soil erosion control, child maintenance after DWI fatalities, initiative petitions, foreign law, post-conviction relief, property development applications, local taxation, child care licensing, administrative rules, workforce training grants, water resources, judiciary offenses, water service line fees, hospital zones, prepaid wireless emergency charges, a commemorative day, disabled veterans’ property tax credits, unemployment administration, school district operations, military leave, health care provider networks, mobile food vendors, school emergency response devices, compensation for property owners in certain cities, young driver offenses, insurance regulations, tax credit cleanup, public water supply districts, downtown redevelopment incentives, workplace violence prevention in health care, pass-through entity taxation, county development disability resource board levies, county finances, and a civic recognition resolution. Most of these passed unanimously or with only a few dissenting votes; HB 1734 failed 5-6, and HB 2291, HB 2124, HB 2139/2175, HB 2254, HB 2693, HB 2699, HB 2767, HB 2933, HB 32110, and HB 3220 each drew some opposition or abstentions. Several bills prompted discussion. HB 2933, dealing with school district operations, was explained as banning seclusion rooms and restraints in response to a DOJ probe; it passed 10-1. HB 3174, on emergency responses in schools, would provide wearable panic buttons subject to appropriations, and members discussed funding and whether it created an unfunded mandate; it passed 11-0. HB 2877, on unemployment administration adjustments, was clarified as shifting existing unemployment tax money for administrative funding without adding cost to employers, and it passed 11-0. HB 3383, on nonprofit corporations’ hiring practices and signature gathering for initiative petitions, was described as requiring E-Verify for certain signature gatherers; after questions about burdens on employers and election process concerns, it passed 9-0 with two present. The committee also advanced HCR 52 encouraging participation in America 250 celebrations and HCR 31 creating a Seal of Civic Recognition Award. At the end, the committee took up House Committee Substitute for Senate Bills 1066 and 1088, a property taxation measure, and it was given a due pass recommendation. Chair Cupps thanked the sponsors who stayed through the lengthy hearing and said the committee might meet again later in the week, likely Thursday, before adjourning.

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• </c> amendment the committee report. amendment the committee report.
• </c> committee report. committee report.
• Do we have any standing committees? Select committees? Delegations?
• Select<01:31:47.720><c> committees?</c> Select committees? Select committees? Delegations?

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• Reports from standing committees.
• Your Committee on the Judiciary has had under consideration engrossed Committee Substitute for House
• Your Committee on the Judiciary has had under consideration engrossed Committee Substitute for Committee
• Your Committee on the Judiciary has had under consideration engrossed Committee Substitute for Committee
• Your Committee on the Judiciary has had under consideration engrossed Committee Substitute for Committee

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• </c> committee report. committee report.
• </c> committee report. committee report.
• committee report.
• </c> committee amendments. committee amendments.
• </c> committee report. committee report.

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• I move that the committee amendment by Representative Wynn in the Judiciary Committee be adopted.
• Again, this is a floor amendment to the Judiciary Committee amendment. To the committee amended.
• We're on the committee amendment.
• The Committee of the Whole is called to order. The Committee of the Whole is called to order.
• Tony, your committee on your committee on your committee on government's constitutional passing and the