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• would just like, um, to make sure that women are treated with dignity and humanity, um, when these procedures
• The officers started on one end and went person to person with the squat and cough procedure before having
• I just want to say, if this procedure is about safety, they are failing miserably because during group
• Same, same procedure.
• And they go through additional evaluations, deposition, full trial with all procedural due process that's

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• fee collection, enforcement, and refund responsibilities to the controller and aligning appeal procedures
• makes sense for the controller to help with the accounting and auditing for this, but there are no procedures
• It makes sense to simply transfer that to the controller to do that, where you have procedures if a company
• They have clear procedures in the law.
• They have clear procedures in the law.

Bills: HB341, HB469, HB971, HB1624, HB2721, HB2959, HB3365, HB3731, HB3793, HB3861, HB3946, HB3966, HB4348, HB4401, HB4402, HB4924, HB4966, HB5563

Keywords: affordable housing, zoning, development, community support, local regulations, bicycle lanes, traffic collisions, Texas Department of Transportation, study, public safety, bicycles, electric bicycles, scooters, road safety, transportation study, commercial vehicle, safety standards, enforcement, Texas counties, transportation

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• , the federal level, I don't have any right to prepare statute, our problem gate, any type of of procedure
• allows dental hygienist to do laser therapy within the current scope of the practice specifies procedures
• Worse officer says and these procedures would be done in an office where there is a dentist in the office
• It's a minute procedure. Going back to the referral discussion.
• So I >> those the only 2 things I want to address is not a surgical procedure.

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• , including to examine the state's laws, the rules of court, and the practices relating to civil procedure
• commenced, prosecuted, or maintained five or more actions governed by the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure
• or the probate rules Actions governed by the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure or the probate rules that
• The statute expressly excludes cases governed by the family law and small claims rules of procedure.
• amended to extend its application to cases governed by the family law and small claims rules of procedure

Summary: The Judiciary Committee met with a quorum present and heard several Office of the State Courts Administrator presentations. Judge Mark Mahan discussed the impact of 2023’s HB 837 litigation reforms on court operations, explaining that the law’s changes to comparative negligence, filing deadlines, collateral source evidence, premises liability, bad faith claims, attorney’s fees, and offer-of-judgment rules triggered a major March 2023 civil filing surge. He described how filings tripled statewide, with especially large increases in auto negligence and premises liability cases, and outlined how circuits responded through active case management, added resources, and workflow changes. Members asked whether the bill’s immediate effective date contributed to the surge and whether clearance rates would normalize over time; Judge Mahan said the court system viewed its response as a success and expected rates to settle as the backlog is worked through. The committee then received a presentation on problem-solving courts from Jennifer Grandal and Judge Nina Richardson. Grandal reviewed Florida’s drug courts, mental health courts, veterans courts, dependency and early childhood courts, noting statewide best-practice standards, annual reporting requirements, funding sources, and data collection systems. Judge Richardson gave a local perspective on treatment courts, emphasizing that they address underlying mental health and substance use issues, rely on judicial supervision and sanctions as well as incentives, and help participants achieve recovery and avoid reoffending. She said the programs are accountable, transparent, and effective, and thanked the Legislature for continued support. Finally, Judge Rachel Nordby and Eric McClure outlined the judicial branch’s legislative agenda. Nordby summarized the Supreme Court workgroup’s recommendations to expand Florida’s vexatious litigant law, including broader coverage, fewer qualifying adverse cases, a longer lookback period, and a public records exemption for stricken defamatory or sham material. McClure then highlighted additional agenda items: modernizing the duty-judge statute, expanding senior management retirement eligibility, authorizing additional judgeships based on workload studies, removing the statutory cap on court-ordered nonbinding arbitration compensation, protecting appellate clerks’ personal information, allowing alternative authentication for certain judicial notarizations, and creating a hearsay exception for guardian ad litem reports and testimony. No votes were taken, and the committee adjourned after member introductions and staff introductions.

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• whose driver’s license didn’t have their home address a couple years ago, so we implemented some procedures
• , and we followed those procedures.
• and uh we followed those procedures and uh we followed those procedures<00:09:16.120> certainly
• c><00:09:16.480> we<00:09:16.680> disagree<00:09:17.640> with procedures certainly
• we disagree with procedures certainly we disagree with the<00:09:17.920> findings<00:09:18.399

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: Minnesota House DFL leaders held a press conference at the start of the 2025 session to argue that the election produced a tied House and that neither party has a majority. They said Minnesota law requires 68 members for a quorum, rejected the Republican view that 67 members would be enough to organize the House, and said Democrats would use parliamentary tools, including denial of quorum, if Republicans refused a power-sharing agreement. They framed their position as preserving the will of voters and called the Republican approach an illegitimate power grab. A major topic was the disputed House seat involving Brad Tabke/Tabkey and the related District 40B residency issue involving Curtis Johnson. Democrats said court testimony showed Tabke won and that overturning the result would disenfranchise thousands of voters, while Republicans were accused of trying to use a temporary advantage to force a special election. On the residency case, Democrats said they had a vetting process, disagreed with the trial court’s ruling, and noted Johnson chose not to appeal. They said they expect David Gottfried to win the upcoming special election on January 28 and that a certificate could issue by February 3. The leaders also discussed how a power-sharing arrangement could work if the House remains tied: committee chairs would be split 50-50, each side could set agendas, and speakership duties could alternate daily. They said this would allow hearings on issues such as fraud oversight, the budget, energy, education, the Social Security tax, the nuclear moratorium, and immigration-related proposals, though they described some Republican priorities as nonstarters. No formal votes were taken, and the event ended with Democrats saying they were still negotiating and hoped to reach an agreement before session begins.

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• An act to amend the Civil Practice Law and Rules, the Penal Law, the Criminal Procedure Law, the Correction
• An act to amend the Surrogates Court Procedure Act in relation to establishing new fee rates for large
• Court Procedure Act in relation to establishing new fee rates for large estates.
• An act to amend the Surrogates Court Procedure Act in relation to persons who may become a voluntary

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee met for its first meeting of the 2026 session and began with congratulatory remarks to the chair and other members. The committee then took up a short agenda of bills, with members repeatedly noting support for the chair’s leadership and for the committee’s work on language access, housing, family court access, and other judiciary issues. The first bill, Print 338 by Senator Bailey, would require certain New York City Civil Court documents to be provided in parties’ native languages; it was moved, seconded, and reported to the floor, with some members speaking in favor of language access. The committee also advanced Print 874, designating Harriet Tubman Day, and Print 2497 by Senator Gounardes, allowing certain testimony and evidence by agents in discrimination proceedings. Print 2597 by Senator Mayer, establishing standards for public access to family court, was also reported to the floor. Additional measures approved included Print 3394A on anti-stalking orders, with support noted for updating protections in the digital age; Print 5066 on housing courts; Print 5278 on new fee rates for large estates, which was described as bipartisan; Print 5285 on who may become a voluntary administrator; Print 5286 on prohibiting self-storage lien enforcement during state disaster or health emergencies; and Print 5968 on increasing the homestead exemption from civil judgments. Most bills were approved unanimously or without recorded opposition, and several were reported to the floor while others were referred onward as noted in the meeting.

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• They incorporate this very quote, or a variation of it, into the policies and procedures.
• They incorporate this very quote, or a variation of it, into the policies and procedures.
• in 2020 along with the procedures in 2020 along with the removal<00:23:47.080> of<00:23:47.159
• House File 1410 is the provision of a peace officer discipline procedure act.
• act are critical discipline procedures act are critical to<01:30:09.320> ensure<01:30:09.719>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• <00:10:03.320> this payroll practices and procedures this payroll practices and procedures
• <00:11:04.760> our management policies and procedures our management policies and procedures
• He said they have been using the Administrative Procedures Act and various legal procedures, and they
• He said they have been using the Administrative Procedures Act and various legal procedures, and they
• there is the administrative procedures there is the administrative procedures act<01:15:28.639><

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• House Bill 158 by Representative Horton is in the Code of Criminal Procedure relative to probation and
• House Bill 158 by Representative Horton is an act to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure relative to
• of Criminal Procedure relative to court filings, to permit filings on letter-sized paper.
• House Bill 769 by Representative Boyd is an act in the Code of Criminal Procedure relative to arrests
• Next bill, please. ...criminal procedure relative to juvenile sentencing to provide for a hearing to

Keywords: 974, senate, all

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• engage agency partners in the review and update of statewide financial management policies and procedures
• engage agency partners in the review and update of statewide financial management policies and procedures
• engage agency partners in the review and update of statewide financial management policies and procedures
• engage agency partners in the review and update of statewide financial management policies and procedures
• . procedures. procedures.

Bills: HF2783

Keywords: state government finance, biennial budget, appropriations, Minnesota Management and Budget, Healthy Aging Subcabinet, Office of Healthy Aging, older adults, aging policy, long-term care, caregivers, public health, Medicaid fraud, medical assistance fraud, attorney general subpoena power, fraud enforcement, business filing fraud, Secretary of State, deceptive mailings, consumer protection, certified public accountant

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• harass delay or needlessly increase the expense of the proceeding at the hearing we heard that procedural
• What's the procedure for them to file a complaint?
• Information requests by offering an alternative procedure whereby a government body that receives a public
• They don't expedite the procedure. In fact, they burden it with more delay.
• And so what this particular bill does, it puts in place additional procedural due process requirements

Bills: SB231, SB584, SB600, SB668, SB841, SB986, SB1003, SB1244, SB1625, SB1960, SB1963, SB1964, SB2026, SB2056, SB2368

Keywords: temporary emergency electric energy facility, temporary generation, emergency power, backup generation, mobile generator, portable generator, grid resilience, power outage restoration, transmission and distribution utility, TDU, Public Utility Commission of Texas, PUCT, Utilities Code Section 39.918, competitive bidding, lease authorization, emergency procurement, bulk power system, locational marginal pricing, reliability model, black start

Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce met with a quorum and first took up several pending and uncontested bills. It favorably reported SB 1405, SB 1762, SB 1977, SB 2077, SB 2148, and SB 1968, and also moved SB 2321 to the local and uncontested calendar. The committee then heard SB 819, which would change how the Public Utility Commission reviews proposed utility-scale solar and related interconnection projects. The committee substitute would shift the default so interconnection is allowed unless the PUC affirmatively prohibits it within 180 days, limit denial to cases where harm substantially outweighs benefits, remove public meeting requirements, retain setback and financial assurance provisions, add optional application materials such as national security and environmental information, and restore local control over county tax abatements. The substitute was adopted and SB 819 was favorably reported to the full Senate on a 7-3 vote. The committee then took up SB 231, focused on CenterPoint’s use of large emergency generators after Hurricane Beryl. Senator King explained that the original bill was intended to prevent customers from being charged for non-mobile generators that were leased at great cost and did not match the bill’s emergency-response purpose. CenterPoint’s Jason Ryan apologized for the company’s communication failures and said the company would make customers whole through a combination of rate reductions, foregone storm-cost recovery, and a donation of the 15 large generators to ERCOT for about two years to address a San Antonio-area reliability issue, with the company absorbing the associated costs. PUC Executive Director Connie Corona said the commission could enforce the agreement through its contested-case process. Public testimony included consumer and reliability advocates, one of whom argued utility-scale microgrids should be preserved as a policy option. SB 231 was left pending. The committee also heard SB 986, which would create an alternative process for routine Public Information Act requests so local governments can make initial redactions without sending every routine exception to the Attorney General, while preserving an appeal path and training requirements. Supporters said it would reduce backlog and speed access to records; opponents argued it would shift the burden to requesters and encourage delay. The AG’s office testified that the process could improve efficiency and still fit within current timelines if used promptly. SB 986 was left pending. Finally, SB 584 was briefly laid out to require consumer reporting agencies that buy data from others to ensure the information complies with Texas law on excluded items such as bankruptcies, judgments, and tax liens, and SB 600 was heard on heir property. SB 600’s substitute would strengthen notice, require an attorney ad litem, add an heir’s bill of rights, allow settlement conferences, and require fair-market-value sales protections; supporters said it would curb predatory partition practices, while opponents warned some provisions could burden or diminish minority heirs’ property rights. SB 584 and SB 600 were left pending after testimony.

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• But the speaker does get to make procedural rulings, right? Correct. Out of order? Correct.
• If you were 67-67, is there any provision to give you a little bit more oomph on those sorts of procedural
• But the speaker does get to make procedural rulings, right? Correct. Out of order? Correct.
• But the speaker does get to make procedural rulings, right? Correct. Out of order? Correct.
• ruls right correct out make procedural ruls right correct out of<00:09:38.000> order<00:09:38.680

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: House DFL leaders announced that they had reached a power-sharing agreement with Republicans to organize the Minnesota House and begin the session. They said the deal seats Rep. Brad Tabke, sends election contests to the Ethics Committee, requires 68 votes to create a vacancy, and provides for Republican committee chairs while moving to co-chairs and equal membership once the chamber is tied. They also said the agreement includes limits on the speakership, shared control of rules and conference committees, and a GOP chair for the Oversight Committee; members were to be present in the chamber that day to establish a quorum, with committees starting work Monday. Leaders framed the agreement as protecting the will of voters in Shakopee and statewide, and said Democrats had denied quorum to stop what they described as an attempted Republican power grab. They said the deal was essentially the same as an earlier offer, including conceding the speakership, and thanked negotiators from both parties. In response to questions, they said the breakthrough came after the Minnesota Supreme Court’s quorum ruling and that Republicans had not been ready to seat Tabke or share power before then. During the question-and-answer portion, leaders described the agreement as constraining the speaker’s powers, requiring bipartisan support for bills leaving committee and for floor action, and limiting unilateral procedural control. They said the arrangement would force both sides to be present and negotiate, with no bill reaching the floor without bipartisan cooperation. They also said the House would proceed that afternoon with the election of Speaker Lisa Demuth, followed by implementation of the power-sharing agreement, and that they expected the session to move forward under the new framework.

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• That's the committee procedures that we'll go through.
• We tried many years ago, I think more thoughtfully, to develop a process and a procedure where the Sentencing
• So Emily's back as the committee secretary, and you'll see some procedures that we refer to her in a
• So, Phillip, do you want to try and explain in about five minutes what that process of procedure is?
• It's also going to be about the process and procedure.

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• And the motion, as I understand it, is to just procedurally enable us to allow for that to happen, and
• I think procedurally we are where we need to be.
• I think procedurally we have satisfied, so I'm going to turn the body, if you're ready to vote.
• As a matter of procedure, I'm going to refer the bill to the Finance Committee, although I don't believe
• and a payment related to a natural gas project and providing for an effective date as a matter of procedure

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and approved the journal and the prayer for the record. The clerk read gubernatorial messages calling the legislature into a third special session and describing the call around House Bill 381, a major natural gas project bill addressing property taxes, municipal taxes, AGDC, reporting requirements, contract approval, an alternative volumetric tax, municipal impact grants, and related provisions. Messages from the Senate reported passage of a Senate-amended version of HB 381 and transmission of Senate Concurrent Resolution 203 to suspend certain rules related to the bill. The House introduced HCR 301 and HCR 302. HCR 301, which suspends rules on carryover of bills into a special session, passed 40-0. The House then took up the Senate amendments to HB 381. The Majority Leader outlined the Senate changes, including new school funding provisions, reorganization and oversight of AGDC funds, a public project dashboard, stricter bond approval requirements, a heating fuel assistance fund, changes to the alternative volumetric tax structure and distribution of revenues, a permanent rather than sunsetted tax break, new deadlines tied to final investment decision and construction, and a new graduated income tax on certain pass-through entities. He urged members to vote no on concurrence, and the House rejected concurrence 12-28. Because the House did not concur, the Speaker appointed a conference committee on HB 381 consisting of Representative Schrage, the Majority Leader, Representative Edgmon, and Representative Ruffridge. HCR 302, authorizing the House and Senate to recess for more than three days, passed 40-0 after members stated the recess was intended to allow conference negotiations to continue and that the body would return on a time certain. The House also received two governor-request bills, HB 3001 and HB 3002, both referred to the Finance Committee. The House then excused several members for specified absences and adjourned until July 1 at 10:30 a.m.

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• requiring voters to provide a government-issued ID concurrent with casting a ballot, and outlining procedures
• have the option to have their ballot tabulated at the voting location, removing language outlining procedures
• have the option to have their ballot tabulated at the voting location, removing language outlining procedures
• Chair, members, as passed the House, House Bill 2408 establishes complaint and investigation procedures
• Chair, members, as past the House, Houseville 2408 establishes complaint and investigation procedures

Summary: The committee heard concurrence and Senate-amendment explanations on a series of House measures. HCR 2001 would place a constitutional question before voters on election-related changes, including limiting voting to U.S. citizens, banning foreign national election contributions, requiring government-issued ID, and allowing ballot tabulation at the voting location; supporters described it as an election-security and faster-counting measure, while members noted possible county costs and the need for future appropriations if approved. HB 2305 on private towing was described as a statewide response to predatory towing, with Senate changes delaying local rate updates and creating a study/reporting framework for towing enforcement. HB 2321 would require DCS to place security freezes on children’s credit records, but the Senate removed the appropriation. HB 2397 revised HOA/condominium sale-notice procedures, and HB 2398 required insurance coverage for peer-to-peer or charter watercraft rentals while clarifying that ordinary boat ownership would not be mandated to carry insurance. The committee also reviewed HB 2406, which the Senate struck and replaced with confidentiality protections for records involving deceased minors and minor victims of child abuse; HB 2408, which revised nursing board complaint and expungement procedures, added complainant confidentiality protections, and required public posting of policy statements; and HB 2755, which was substantially rewritten to facilitate the sale of underperforming state trust lands by allowing certain lessees to apply to purchase parcels through an appraisal-and-auction process. Members discussed a specific Dairy Queen/state land parcel example as the practical impetus for HB 2755. HB 2957 would bar governments from requiring digital/mobile driver licenses for services and limit ADOT’s retention and use of identity documents and biometric data, with the sponsor emphasizing privacy and federal-law carveouts. Finally, HB 4005 would require AI instruction in schools, with the Senate expanding it from district-level instruction to grade-specific student requirements and directing ADE on curriculum development. Supporters framed AI literacy as essential for students’ future competitiveness and ethical use, while opponents objected to the mandate and questioned its fit for charter schools and core academics. The meeting ended after the committee moved through the bills and adjourned.

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• Senate Bill 1869 by Perry relating to the procedures for modifying the schedules of controlled substances
• Senate Bill 1904 by Coco relating to procedures for residential eviction suits to Business and Commerce
• Senate Bill 1987 by Hall relating to procedures and grounds for termination of the parent-child relationship
• Senate Bill 2014 by Zaffirini relating to policies and procedures regarding certain suits affecting the
• Senate Bill 2037 by Sparks relating to permit application review, review and contested case procedures

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• Does DCS have, in their procedures—I’m sure they’ve got a procedural manual—does their protocol spell
• What I’m asking is, if an employee is pulled, is there a backup plan—a procedure backup plan for care
• Is there a backup plan, is there a procedure backup plan for care immediately?
• I still just have a lot of procedural... ...questions that need answering.
• But I also said the policies, procedures, and contracts are written in a manner to circumvent the laws

Keywords: 1182, all

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• This bill would implement changes to the eligibility and administrative procedures for the California
• Additionally, the bill revises the procedures for applying to the CTF.
• Additionally, the bill revises the procedures for applying to the CTF benefit in tandem with a federal
• Additionally, the bill revises the procedures for applying to the CTF benefit in tandem with a federal

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• And so that's procedures in that way.
• procedures currently? procedures currently?
• because we are provided some procedures because we are provided some procedures that<01:58:16.080
• and these are very complex procedures and these are very complex procedures that<01:58:23.360>
• of uh procedures. of uh procedures.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• House File 1410 contains important updates to the corrections officers discipline procedures act.
• Under current law, correction officers do not receive the full set of procedural safeguards that apply
• <00:14:12.400> under<00:14:12.680> Minnesota's<00:14:13.320> public procedures under
• Minnesota's public procedures under Minnesota's public safety<00:14:14.240> system.
• 00:17:04.920> disciplinary and peace officer disciplinary and peace officer disciplinary procedures

Keywords: 1187, senate, all