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• corners within our do uh just for small corners within our city.<00:48:37.119><c> Um</c><00:48:37.599
• But only a very small percentage of properties qualify for historic tax credits, as you've heard from
• But only a very small percentage of properties qualify for historic tax credits, as you've heard from
• </c> this obligation, we are building a small this obligation, we are building a small natural<01:13:
• Our district has a long-standing tradition of educational excellence in Silver Bay and Two Harbors.

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Constitution of the United States of America, and this brings back your constitutional rights while on a boat

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: 989, all

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• He is a small businessman in Las Cruces and runs Lost Cruces, the...
• This is his small business. It's been there for about seven or eight years now.
• He is also a board member of the Solsero Knowledge Center, which is my small LLC business that is at
• It's not just about film; it's about all these small businesses, hotels, and all the different laundries
• As we go forward, this individual has A long-standing career in public service and 32 years as a small

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• </c> compliance costs on small businesses. compliance costs on small businesses.
• Such time as he may consume. solutions to lift up small small solutions to lift up small small businesses
• This is so hypocritical as he's bombing small boats that he...
• This is so hypocritical as he's bombing small boats that he... call.
• small boats that he describes as full of drugs coming to the United States.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• </c> the community of Proctor, um a small the community of Proctor, um a small city<00:19:28.160><c>
• What this change matters because it's fairness for small cities.
• It has relevance for small communities. It does not increase taxes.
• </c><00:24:54.280><c> You</c> it's fairness for small cities. You it's fairness for small cities.
• Um it has relevance on small state.

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• the House Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Natural Resources regarding boating
• Wildlife and Fisheries to submit an annual report to the certain legislative committee regarding boating

Bills: SCR12 , HB221 , HB509 , HCR58 , HB75 , HB1222 , SB121 , SB312 , SB348 , SB485 , SCR9 , SCR58 , SB65 , SB215 , SB249 , SB269 , SB282 , SB296 , SB323 , SB363 , SB369 , SB474 , SB490 , SB492 , SB500 , SB514 , HCR54 , HCR79 , HCR87 , HCR94 , HCR104 , HCR32 , HB944 , HB17 , HB41 , HB73 , HB223 , HB244 , HB410 , HB750 , HB759 , HB906 , HB966 , HB1006 , HB1009 , HB1086 , HB1107 , HB1112 , HB1215 , HB1242 , SB208 , SB217 , SB283 , SB387 , SB389 , SB401 , SB408 , SB469 , HB74 , HB119 , HB368 , HB414 , HB552 , HB732 , HB776 , HB848 , HB870 , HB953 , HB956 , HB1236 , SB29 , SB42 , SB43 , SB78 , SB149 , SB274 , SB300 , SB341 , SB382 , SB441 , SB449 , HB134 , HB210 , HB258 , HB359 , HB468 , HB784 , HB1117

Keywords: logging, recognition, John Keith, environment, safety, Mississippi River bridge, Trump Expressway, transportation, federal funding, Louisiana highways, injection wells, public hearing, geologic sequestration, environmental impact, public comment, Ascension Parish, state capitol, economic development, community partnership, celebration day

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, received a prayer and pledge, adopted the journal, and heard messages from the House reporting final passage of several Senate bills and concurrence in SCR 86 and 87. The chamber also observed personal privileges honoring the lives of Edith K. Kirkpatrick and Susan Ann Traylor Bidick, with family members present and a moment of silence held for Bidick. The House later refused concurrence on Senate amendments to HB 42 and HB 159. The Senate then took up a series of resolutions, most of which were adopted without objection. These included studies on energy infrastructure and modernization (SR 174, amended to add an alternative energy industry representative and a consumer advocate), breast pump Medicaid reimbursement (SR 175), digital student IDs (SR 176), lethality assessment protocols in domestic violence cases (SR 177), problem gambling prevention (SR 178), community water system grading (SR 179), condolences for Sharon Courtney (SR 180), and expansion of the Louisiana Tumor Registry (SR 181). The chamber also adopted SCR 85 honoring the Sam Houston High School Broncos baseball team after a recorded vote of 36 yeas and 8 nays. On bills returned from the House, HB 1222 on grocery initiative grants failed on final passage by a vote of 18 yeas and 19 nays. SB 312 had House amendments rejected, SB 348 and SB 485 had House amendments concurred in, and SB 121 on congressional redistricting was the subject of extensive debate over racial gerrymandering, district configuration, and expected litigation before the Senate concurred in the House amendments by 28 yeas and 10 nays. The Senate also concurred in several House concurrent resolutions, including studies or reports on flooded corn and migratory waterfowl, deer hunting with dogs in Kisatchie National Forest, support for a Senator Kennedy letter to the Fish and Wildlife Service, boating safety reporting, and subsurface data review. Finally, HB 944 creating a Women’s Health Consortium within the Department of Health was amended to address funding concerns and convert it into a more task-force-like structure, then passed 37-0 with nine coauthors. The Senate then recessed until 1:30 p.m. to continue work, including conference committee reports.

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• Kind of like, you know, to drive a boat, you got to have a boating education course.

Committee: Joint Highways and Transportation

Keywords: Highways and Transportation - Room 216, 30 January, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

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• In recent years, Joe embraced more time at home, playing golf, boating, working in the yard, traveling

Keywords: 1212, all

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• town that percentage city and a small town that percentage and<00:18:06.799><c> I</c><00:18:06.960><
• Um and so I'm trying to small 5% audit.
• Let's say it's a small race and it doesn't take much of anything to do that hand recount. they shall
• And in close races, small inconsistencies matter.
• Manpower: current system small staff versus hand counts, 68 to 2,220 workers per election.

Bills: HB0022 , HB0052 , HB0076

Committee: Senate Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

Keywords: municipal officers, recall election, petition requirements, local governance, voter participation, elections, hand counting, recounts, vote auditing, Wyoming legislature, electoral process, annexation, landowner rights, municipal law, city planning, property, local government, 916, all

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• industry is not just companies like Enterprise, the industry consists of larger companies as well as small
• Auto claims involve a very small percentage of auto claims.
• I have two K-vehicle vehicles and a third currently on a boat coming from Japan.
• Current law can be a barrier for small rental car companies, which stifles competition.
• Current law can be a barrier for small companies, small rental car companies, that is, which stifles,

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Transportation

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Transportation held a hybrid hearing on a large slate of bills covering motor vehicle sales, registration, title processing, dealer regulation, and several local matters. Chair Cyrro noted that Senate Bill 2414 had been postponed at the sponsor’s request, though public testimony would still be accepted. The hearing then heard testimony on measures including S. 2367, which would make an insurer primary for losses caused by an insured driver in a rental car; H. 3698 and related bills on codifying registration of 25-year-old imported Japanese kei vehicles; H. 3701 on requiring lienholders to release titles within seven days; H. 3690 on capping dealer documentation fees; and H. 3641 on requiring education for class two motor vehicle dealers. Testimony also addressed e-titling and e-signatures, peer-to-peer car sharing, temporary license plates, duplicate plates, general registration plates for motor vehicle distributors, and a bill to ban tinted license plate covers. Supporters of the rental-car insurance bill argued Massachusetts is an outlier compared with 47 other states and said the change would improve fairness, competition, and consumer understanding without raising premiums. Dealers and industry groups generally supported e-titling/e-signature modernization and the inspection-related bill, but urged safeguards to preserve title, registration, and insurance verification. The Massachusetts State Auto Dealers Association opposed the doc-fee cap, saying documentation fees are a disclosed cost-recovery tool that varies by dealership. Representatives and advocates for kei vehicles said the RMV’s 2024 reversal showed the need to codify the rules in law, while opponents of the RMV’s approach described it as arbitrary and harmful to owners and importers. Supporters of the dealer-education bill said it would curb unregulated “curbstoning” and help ensure proper title handling and consumer protection. Several local and specialty bills also drew testimony. Hatfield officials supported a local bill allowing golf carts on certain town roads under strict safety rules, and Representative Ayers testified for a bill banning tinted license plate covers to aid toll collection, law enforcement, and vehicle identification. Senator Lovely and other advocates supported the “Easy ID” license plate proposal, saying it would improve vehicle recognition in crime and child-abduction investigations. The committee took no votes during the hearing and adjourned after public testimony concluded.

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• section, which I will be offering an amendment before this execs out because the clerks do have a small
• But I think that's a small percentage.
• And I just don't think, I just don't think you legislate to the small people, you know, the small population
• What's nice about it on my boats and several other trailers, I can get a permanent tag.
• We've got three more little dachshunds and another real small one, a German Shepherd.

Committee: House Government Efficiency

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• So quantum computing is using quantum things, often really small things like atoms or single particles
• As I mentioned earlier, we're a small team.
• So we are too small to be duplicating efforts.
• This is at a small level. It's a great example.
• And even in small batches, right, we're talking less than a dollar per sensor.

Committee: House Science, Technology & Telecommunications Committee

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• Six people, 151,000 homes damaged, 500,000 small businesses in disaster-declared counties, 5,000 miles
• It was in one of the small towns where I had a former mayor who had been in the town for a long time.
• So they're kind of left in the lurch because it's a small community.
• It's real, it's just small.
• It's a small town of fewer than 5,000 residents.

Committee: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

Keywords: homeowners insurance, natural disasters, insurance costs, climate change, disaster preparedness, federal policies, bipartisan solutions

Summary: The meeting reviewed critical issues surrounding the rising costs and accessibility of homeowners insurance across the United States, particularly in light of increasing natural disasters linked to climate change. Members engaged in extensive discussions regarding the implications for families and the economy, citing significant increases in premiums and decreasing availability of policies in high-risk areas. Supervisor Peysko highlighted the direct impact of federal policies on local communities, emphasizing the growing burden on homeowners as they face skyrocketing insurance costs amidst a backdrop of environmental challenges and regulatory constraints. The committee expressed a unified call to action for bipartisan solutions, focusing on improving building codes and enhancing disaster preparedness measures.

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• We have Kyle Langen, waving in support, representing Boat U.S., and we have Albert Bolito, American Great
• We've got people invested in small businesses.
• So what this bill is doing, it's not only hurting small businesses and regulating this hundred, just,
• Let's say you care about small businesses and you care about government regulation, you know, and not
• We are not going to decimate any small business.

Committee: Senate Fiscal Policy

Summary: The Committee on Fiscal Policy considered several bills and reported all of them favorably. SB 70-24, on state planning and budgeting, was presented as a modernization of the long-range planning program to simplify reporting, remove outdated measures, and focus on key data points and outcomes; it passed without opposition. CS/SB 166, on administrative efficiency in public schools, made broad changes to school accountability and operations, including lowering the stakes of certain student assessments, giving districts more flexibility on evaluations, contracts, certification, calendars, facilities, and VPK oversight. Two amendments were adopted: one clarifying that Title I funds may be used for STEM services, and another refining how advanced degrees count on salary schedules. The bill passed favorably after testimony both supporting and opposing the changes, with supporters emphasizing flexibility and opponents raising concerns about teacher evaluation and instructional practice. CS/SB 164, on vessel accountability, was described as a measure to address derelict and at-risk vessels by improving owner identification, creating a free long-term anchoring permit program, increasing penalties, and authorizing grants for local governments in the FWC prevention program. It received support from marine industry groups and was reported favorably. CS/SB 472, on education and correctional facilities for licensed professions, would allow inmates to receive credit toward licensure for qualifying coursework; a strike-all amendment added coordination with DBPR and professional boards. The bill drew support from criminal justice, business, and policy groups and passed unanimously. The committee spent the most time on CS/SB 438, on food and hemp products. Senator Burton and co-sponsor Senator Davis argued the bill was needed to regulate intoxicating hemp products, restrict child-appealing packaging and signage, ban synthetic hemp products, cap THC content in edibles and beverages, and require hemp beverages to be sold through alcohol-style distribution channels. Supporters, including alcohol distributors and some public safety advocates, said the bill would improve testing, labeling, and consumer protection. Opponents, including hemp retailers, farmers, and libertarian advocates, argued it would harm small businesses, reduce consumer choice, and push sales to the black market. After extensive debate, the bill was reported favorably. At the end of the meeting, senators requested to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on tab five, and the committee adjourned.

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• Currently, total irrigated land acreage in the state is relatively small.
• And by incremental, I don't mean small.
• So there's the six, I call them the big six or the small six.
• You would make hay on these small little wetlands.
• It's not a small amount. It's one foot of water over one acre of land.

Committee: Joint Agriculture and Water Management Committee

Summary: The committee met for its third interim meeting, approved the prior meeting minutes, and heard a series of statutory reports from the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Water Resources. Chair Hauck noted that Legislative Management had denied the committee’s earlier request for a fertilizer capacity study, and that the committee would also revisit the proposed Union Pacific/Norfolk Southern merger later in the day. Commissioner Doug Goring reported on several agriculture topics, including uncrewed aerial systems grants to detect noxious weeds, irrigation expansion potential, the low-carbon fuels program for ethanol plants, the Environmental Impact Mitigation Fund, model zoning ordinances for animal feeding operations, and fertilizer production and usage in North Dakota. He emphasized that fertilizer supply depends heavily on natural gas and water, that most nitrogen fertilizer is imported, and that large-scale fertilizer plants require very large capital investments. Members discussed fertilizer storage, natural gas pipeline capacity, water availability, and the role of state infrastructure in supporting value-added agriculture. A major portion of the meeting focused on the Department of Water Resources’ economic analysis tool for water conveyance and flood-related projects. Dr. Dwayne Poole explained that the tool was created under 2017 legislation to help evaluate projects expected to cost $1 million or more, and that the department is proposing adjustments to better account for end-of-useful-life conditions and changing hydrologic data. He said the changes would remain focused on direct, demonstrable costs and benefits, not indirect impacts, and would be implemented through guidance and operating procedures rather than statutory changes. Committee members and water users discussed whether the revisions would better reflect real-world conditions, including deferred maintenance, changing rainfall patterns, and downstream effects. A representative from the Water Resource District Association said the group was working with DWR and hoped to review test scenarios before the June meeting. The committee then received a detailed presentation on Devils Lake, its outlets, and the Tolna Coulee control structure. State Engineer John Paskowski reviewed lake history, outlet capacities, sulfate and downstream flow constraints, and the purpose of the Tolna Coulee structure in limiting head cutting and preventing uncontrolled downstream releases. Members questioned whether the structure was effectively a dam, whether the lake would naturally overflow without it, the last time the outlets ran, and whether water quality in Devils Lake has improved over time. Paskowski said the outlets last operated in August 2025, that sulfate levels still limit operations, and that the lake has freshened somewhat but not enough to eliminate water-quality concerns. The discussion also touched on whether water from flooded areas or closed-basin systems could be reused for irrigation, and on the broader implications of wet cycles, inundated land, and drainage management across the state.

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• It's going to see a small decline there this month at 3.5%.
• So we expect to have a small impact there.
• And when you look into some of those specific categories, those are small numbers.
• So we expect to have a small impact there.
• And when you look into some of those specific categories, those are small numbers.

Committee: All ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC)

Keywords: 1204, all

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• Let Down Junior was laid out Junior Plumbing, LLC because fecal matters and also I have a small farm
• It's hidden because that's what these attacks are, their little small pieces.
• not only for my own attorneys but the party suing me and industry significantly larger than me as a small
• You know, most of us are just small business owners.
• Chris Peterson with Hell's Bay Boat Works followed by Tyler Carter. Petersen recognized, sir.

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• No, I agree, but I was just looking at what the bill specifically—it's, so for the very small employers
• Also, is this all personal property—cars, trailers, motorcycles, boats?
• that gets... ...district that does receive a lot of state funding, if I'm a small school, a harmless
• So it's a very limited levy, and so it really impacts our small communities.
• It really impacts our smaller, and a lot of our small rural communities that have that limited sales

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Record the boat vote. Lock the machine. Record the boat 100. Yay. Z's HP310 final passage.
• when you buy it from seafood off a boat when you buy it from seafood off a boat when you buy it from
• little amount that it was just a small little amount that it was just a small little amount that was
• to go you're trying to get those people to go you're trying to get those people to go and go to a small
• area, that $7,500 and go to a small area, that $7,500 and go to a small area, that $7,500 wouldn't relate

Bills: HJR 4 , HJR 6 , HB 195 , HB 13 , HB 143 , HB 135

Keywords: occupation tax, securities, financial regulation, tax exemption, legislative amendment, capital gains tax, realized gains, unrealized gains, investment income, asset sale, capital assets, wealth tax, estate tax, trust tax, tax limitation, constitutional amendment, Texas Constitution, Article VIII, property tax, sales tax

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• Chair, Kapp, Minnesota Small Cities: Yes, however, I would say the issues a city deals with in a small
• Chair, Kapp, Minnesota Small Cities: Yes, however, I would say the issues a city deals with in a small
• </c> one uh Mr chair Ka Minnesota small one uh Mr chair Ka Minnesota small cities<00:37:08.240><c> uh
• </c> cities we usually have a one swing boat cities we usually have a one swing boat that<00:41:39.319
• they're soliciting donations small they're soliciting donations small donations<01:20:01.800><c> to</

Committee: Senate Elections

Keywords: 1187, senate, all