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• York in relation to requiring the New York City Department of Transportation to provide notice to schools
• just note that this was a very important bill personally, Senator Rhodes, who I believe went to high school
• An act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law and Public Officers Law in relation to establishing a school
• speed zone camera demonstration program in the City of New Rochelle, providing for the repeal of such
• An act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law in relation to requiring instruction on work zone safety

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee held its final meeting of the 2026 session, with Chair Jeremy Cooney noting quorum and thanking staff and members. The committee considered a large agenda of transportation-related bills, including measures on school construction notice from NYC DOT, inspection station disclosures, electronic signatures for vehicle registration forms, sex trafficking awareness and prevention, passenger notification after sexual assault incidents involving transportation network companies, hazardous materials rail notifications, ATV seasonal use, highway dedications, disabled-person license plates, a DMV study of inspection stations and fees, lighting requirements for e-bikes and e-scooters, school speed zone cameras in New Rochelle, work zone safety instruction for new drivers, removal of registration stickers in favor of electronic certificates, complete streets considerations, hands-free device rules for bus/taxi/livery drivers, bans on virtual reality headsets while driving, early registration renewal for deployed service members, and road salt distribution requirements. Most bills were reported from committee by voice vote, often with bipartisan support. Several members offered brief comments supporting bills aimed at public safety, worker protection, distracted driving prevention, and trafficking awareness. Senator Gallivan opposed the bill eliminating registration stickers, citing concerns that the stickers help law enforcement quickly identify registered vehicles; that bill was referred to Finance. The committee also referred the road salt bill and the supplemental rail-worker protection bill to Finance, while some other measures were referred onward to Codes or Consumer Protection. The meeting closed after the supplemental rail-worker protection bill was added at the end of the agenda and reported with bipartisan support. Overall, the session emphasized transportation safety, worker protections, and administrative updates to vehicle and highway law.

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• Schools.
• Can we also identify the aquifer recharge zone and begin to put in place some sort of a plan to slow
• Once it's coming through those recharge zones, whether through a series of structures or something like
• All right, do y’all have any data on recharge zones or mapping on recharge zones? We do.
• All the major and minor aquifers are mapped fairly well, and we've got both the recharge zones, which

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• We have some students with us today from Underwood School, who are guests of Representative Twight and
• and the zones, this seemed like a pretty reasonable change.
• School for the Deaf is $3.388. The School for the Deaf is $3.388.
• In North Dakota Vision Services, School for the Blind is $1.936.
• But this is basically what the Common Schools Trust Fund deals with.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present, then approved journal corrections and recognized visiting students from Underwood School. The chamber also handled several conference committee appointments after failing to concur with Senate amendments on House bills 1022, 1049, 1229, and 1029, and after the Senate failed to concur on House amendments to Senate bills 2010 and 2113. The House then concurred in or passed a series of amended measures, including House Bills 1481 (dental insurance loss ratio and reporting), 1511 (physician guidance on abortion law, with an emergency clause), 1562 (mandated reporter training), 1197 (correctional facilities study), 1095 (child protective services liaison work group), 1317 (barber licensing board changes), 1549 (corrections facility grants and reentry-related provisions), 1354 (appraiser evaluations), 1374 (open meeting exemption for township supervisors during on-site inspections), 1355 (abbreviated notice for administrative rulemaking), 1025 (advanced nuclear energy study), 1470 (Game and Fish fee changes), 1592 (Lignite Research Council updates), and 1375 (alcohol service/photo ID provisions). Final passage votes were recorded on each bill, with most passing comfortably and some drawing notable opposition, especially HB 1470 and HB 1549. The House spent substantial time on Senate Bill 2011, the Highway Patrol appropriation. Members discussed shifting one-time funding from the general fund to the Electronic Motor Carrier Permit Fund, including body armor, preliminary breath tests, an emergency vehicle course, resurfacing, fleet costs, and handgun/taser replacement, while also noting a federal grant and no new FTEs. Questions focused on salary-line increases and the new-and-vacant FTE pool, with Appropriations explaining that those dollars had been moved back into agency budgets from OMB. The bill passed 84-6. The House also passed Senate Bill 2013, the Commissioner of University and School Lands appropriation, after discussion of Trust Lands operations, unclaimed property staffing, and distributions from the Common Schools Trust Fund; one member was excused for a conflict, and the bill passed 67-22. Senate Bill 2023, the Racing Commission appropriation, passed 65-25 after a brief explanation of the agency’s responsibilities and funding. A major policy debate centered on Senate Bill 2385, which revises mobile home park regulation. Supporters said it creates receivership procedures if a license is revoked, requires clearer tenant notices, limits certain fees, and strengthens protections against eviction and utility overcharges. Two members were excused from voting due to conflicts tied to mobile home park ownership, and the bill passed 84-4. Another extended debate occurred on Senate Bill 2159, which allows the State Energy Research Center to study nuclear-related projects with approval from the Industrial Commission and consultation with the radioactive waste advisory council. Supporters said it is meant to help study advanced nuclear energy while preserving existing prohibitions on high-level radioactive waste storage; opponents raised concerns that the language could weaken prior protections and open the door to waste-related research or storage. The transcript ends during that debate, before a final vote on SB 2159 is shown.

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• Then they were using a portion of the $40 million for something called innovation zones.
• These are like basically a high school reform type strategy. That was another $12 million.
• Just real quick, back to page 26, line 284 for the School of Medicine. I'm all in.
• Chair and Senator, this is only a piece of that School of Medicine cost.
• That went up a little, and the pilot project related to innovation zones, which Mr.

Bills: SB193, SB132, SB35, SB145

Keywords: SB193, acequia, community ditch, irrigation works construction fund, water infrastructure, ditch infrastructure, irrigation, New Mexico water law, agricultural water, farmers, Rio Grande, acequia association, forest land protection revolving fund, state fund transfer, irrigation projects, SB132, DOIT, Department of Information Technology, software replacement, equipment replacement

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• In my own school district, I've had multiple parents come to me at Connor Independent School District
• We had 3 teachers quit because they're told, you cannot tell mom and dad that their child comes to school
• SB 13, authored by Senator Angela Paxson, would remove sexually explicit books from our school libraries
• HB 1655 would ban social transitioning in public education, meaning that your, the teachers at schools
• Gun-free zones don't protect criminals, not law-abiding citizens.

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• These include frail elders, persons with disabilities, homeless school children, survivors of domestic
• We control our land use, our zoning, our permitting process.
• Something else that you tackled was the permitting and zoning issue, and you left it to the locals.
• We want to see you give the approval to the zoning or site plan or whatever.
• So what we've done with a combination of land use, zoning, and permitting approaches is...

Summary: The committee met to hear a panel on workforce and attainable housing, with presentations from Florida Housing Finance Corporation, Pensacola Habitat for Humanity, Wendover Housing Partners, the City of Tallahassee, and Escambia County. Speakers described how state and local tools such as SHIP, the Live Local Act, land trusts, accessory dwelling units, infill development, and public-private partnerships are being used to expand housing supply and preserve long-term affordability. Several panelists emphasized that housing demand is rising across income levels, that workforce households often need subsidy to buy or rent, and that housing location, transportation access, and proximity to jobs and services are critical. They also highlighted challenges including rising construction costs, limited land, insurance, NIMBY opposition, and the need for more flexible financing tools and employer participation. Members asked about area median income thresholds, whether current programs are reaching the households most in need, and what additional tools might help. Florida Housing said its traditional rental programs generally serve households at or below 60% AMI, while need is increasingly reaching up to 80% AMI statewide and higher in some regions; staff also provided examples of AMI levels by county. Other discussion focused on the impact of local government opt-outs, tax abatements, corporate ownership of single-family homes, insurance costs, Fortified construction standards, and whether bonuses or other income calculations can unintentionally disqualify applicants. Panelists urged more political will, more local flexibility, and additional incentives for employers and landowners to support housing near jobs. The committee also used an anonymous interactive polling exercise, and members identified partnerships, SHIP funding, local government action, cost, and insurance as key issues. In closing, the chair said the committee would continue a member-driven process and likely hold a workshop on housing-related topics. No formal votes or bills were taken up in the meeting, and the session adjourned after the discussion.

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• That's right, and so this is like within that zone, it's okay, but once you get into the room.
• Our judges understand that they have the authority to enforce the 100-foot exclusion zone, but they have
• the discretion to allow cell phones to be operated within that 100-foot zone while folks are standing
• A lot of people think it's within the electioneering zone, which is 61.003 for election day and 85.036
• Otherwise, we just need to be collecting all devices at the hundred-foot zone because there's still that

Bills: HB1968, HB2279, HB2739, HB2803, HB3909, HB3918, HB4253, HB4475, HB5115, HB5430

Keywords: election services, contracting, political subdivisions, county elections, election code, voter registration, citizenship status, election law, cancellation, disqualification, Texas Election Code, voter identification, registration, election integrity, identification documents, election, watcher, polling place, removal, Texas Elections Code

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• Over the last several years, the City of Plano has made focused efforts to support this zone through
• House Bill 3076 will create a project finance zone, also known as a PFZ. FC within Frisco, Texas.
• The Project Finance Zone encompasses a large area of Frisco with a variety of projects currently under
• Are you able to say what this change of the Project Finance Zone is going to be used for?
• Twenty-two other cities now benefit from the broader zone.

Bills: HB 1039, HB2289, HB2370, HB2404, HB3066, HB3076, HB3117, HB3118, HB3169, HB3178, HB3179, HB3182, HB3196, HB3241, HB3377, HB3500, HB3567, HB3715, HB3954, HB4098, HB4109, HB4222, HB4226, HB4412, HB4659, HB4682, HB4683, HB4755, HB4926, HB5165, HB5562, HB5596

Keywords: hotel occupancy tax, municipal revenue, tax authority, border counties, tax legislation, municipalities, hotel tax revenue, convention centers, economic development, local government authority, HB 2370, HOT tax, venue projects, convention center, municipal finance, local government code, Section 334.0082, tourism tax, debt financing, bond repayment

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• seasonal layoffs are um with your school seasonal layoffs are um with your school related<00:24:
• individuals that were driving school individuals that were driving school buses<00:25:24.880>
• There's nothing left in the well. that comes in during the 20we zone, that comes in during the 20we zone
• -week zone, you want the WBA to move.
• , coming in at the the 20we zone, coming in at the the 20we zone, that'd<01:35:36.560> be<

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• We are part of the school, so during the initial school year we participate in back-to-school nights.
• School.
• You are zoned for that school. You have to go to that school.
• , charter schools, and public schools.
• school, non-paid school.

Summary: The committee first heard SB 206, which would require cardiovascular pre-screening and blood pressure testing for student athletes beginning in the 2026-2027 school year. Chairman Miller said the bill was prompted by concerns about undiagnosed hypertension and sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes, and Coach Marcus Scott testified about his own kidney transplant after years of untreated high blood pressure. Members asked about who would perform the screenings and how follow-up would work; the American Heart Association said existing athletic physical processes and referral networks could handle it. An amendment was adopted, and the committee reported SB 206 favorably as amended. The committee then took up SB 305, which would require a publicly available statewide career-alignment dashboard showing how degree programs connect to workforce outcomes, including completion, employment, wages, and high-demand jobs. Chairman Edmonds and student task force member Cruz Cassard said the goal was to help students understand job opportunities in Louisiana and reduce the number leaving the state after graduation. Workforce and higher education stakeholders supported the measure as a transparency and workforce-planning tool. The committee reported SB 305 favorably. Next, the committee considered HB 624, a school safety cleanup bill updating references from crisis management plans to emergency operations plans and aligning school emergency language with national standards. Representative Johnson and the Louisiana Center for Safe Schools said the bill would not create new mandates or costs, but would clarify existing requirements. The committee reported HB 624 favorably. The committee then heard HB 1022, as substituted, concerning school-based health care services. Representative Jackson said the bill was intended to clarify that medical decisions in school-based health centers should be made by licensed health professionals, not school staff, while preserving parental consent. Testimony from school-based health center providers supported the bill, but several members raised concerns about consent, parental authority, and whether the language shifted too much responsibility away from schools; the Charter School Association suggested adding more collaborative language. After discussion, the committee adopted the substitute and reported HB 1022 favorably by a 10-4 vote.

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• This relocation placed a busy Greyhound terminal near homes, schools, restaurants, and small businesses
• In Houston, you don't have zoning, so when you say residential neighborhood, there's no zoning.
• There's no zoning.
• Because we don't have zoning, as you know, but it would have given us time to... ...with local police

Bills: HB2026, HB2427, HB2455, HB2560, HB3510, HB3966, HB3986, HB4429, HB5436, SB3062

Keywords: memorial highway, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, Archer County, highway designation, vehicle weight, ports of entry, Texas Transportation Code, truck regulations, load limits, Adopt-a-County Road, funding, road maintenance, county partnership, public recognition, memorial designation, highway, Sergeant Mark Butler, transportation, Brazos County

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• Now, this bill doesn't touch local zoning issues, right?
• We have opportunity zones coming up.
• And we support schools,... ...an intersection of industry, higher ed, and public ed.
• And we support schools, but we also support the families and students directly.
• Our goal is to get into more than 200 schools in the next year with hydroponics.

Keywords: 985, all

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• their schools and universities. their schools and universities.
• We took them to school. We had them in our cars at school.
• We took them to school. We everywhere. We took them to school.
• And he chose that school because he believed that they would not have guns in their school.
• or private career the private school or private career school<01:47:31.360> statutes.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And so this is like within that zone it's OK, but once you get into the room.
• Our judges understand that they have the authority, um, to enforce the hundred-foot exclusion zone.
• There's no reason if someone has to deal with picking up children from school.
• Where your children go to school, where you pay taxes, all the aunties you have to report to.
• for schools that your child goes to and not somebody else's schools.

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• Number 65 suspends deadlines for the further consideration of House Bill 938, extending repealing zones
• . of House Bill 938, extending repealing zones of several youth court statutes.
• This is a high school...
• This is a high school classmate of mine, and when I called him because I can't drive anywhere, he said
• He was a high school student who just passed away this past week. Senator Hobson: Thank you, Mr.

Bills: SB3408, HB4171, SB3403, SB3404, SB2210

Keywords: economic development, industrial authority, Yazoo County, trustees, grants and loans, local government, taxation, tourism, parks and recreation, Ackerman, restaurant sales tax, local funding, suffrage, voting rights, restoration of rights, felony conviction, Mississippi legislation, restoration, criminal record, legislation

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• <00:10:49.320> staff educators and school staff educators and school staff would<00:10:51.160
• I have four children that attend our public schools, and every day we drop them off at our schools with
• , We place great trust in our schools, We place great trust in our schools, and<00:37:35.800>
• and going into our schools and going into our schools to<00:41:36.440> create<00:41:36.800
• personal opportunity zones. personal opportunity zones.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, a roll call establishing a quorum, approval of the prior day’s journal, adoption of committee reports, and the first readings of several House and Senate files. The chamber also received Senate File 476, which was referred to Ways and Means, and Senate File 4807, which was sent for comparison with a House file. The Speaker announced members to escort the Governor to the joint convention on April 28. The main floor action was House File 3489, an education bill establishing field trip supervision rules and creating the criminal offense of grooming. Representative Bennett described the bill as a response to survivor testimony and explained that it would prohibit staff from being alone with students in certain circumstances, create felony penalties for grooming, make grooming grounds for educator license discipline, add grooming to mandatory reporting and training, and allow the Department of Education to look back further in investigations. Bennett and several members also noted the bill’s fiscal note, including added investigative staffing and prison costs. During debate, multiple members from both parties voiced support, emphasizing student safety, mandatory reporter training, clearer field trip rules, and better communication with licensing boards. Several members thanked survivor Hannah LaPresto and Detective Chad Clausen for their work and testimony, and some members stressed that grooming is a deliberate process and that the bill is intended to protect children without vilifying educators. Representative Jordan also highlighted prevention through education about consent and grooming. No amendments were offered, and the bill was given its third reading; members repeatedly urged a green vote, though the transcript provided does not include the final roll-call result.

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• zone.
• zone.
• school.
• school.
• AB 887 requires school districts and charter schools to adopt a plan to ensure all high schools offer

Summary: The Assembly met on May 23, 2025, established a quorum after a roll call, and proceeded through a long House of Origin floor session with prayers, the Pledge of Allegiance, and routine parliamentary actions. Early in the day, a motion by Assembly Member Gallagher to suspend the rules and take up AB 12 immediately failed on a 18-39 vote. The chamber then moved through the daily file, with many measures passing by wide margins, often with bipartisan support and little or no opposition. Among the notable bills discussed were measures on law enforcement oversight and records access (AB 847), CalFresh data-sharing exemptions (AB 593), campus-area housing for students and staff (AB 893), insurance and wildfire hardening updates (AB 1), missing middle housing code changes (AB 6), tribal peace officer status in a pilot program (AB 31), utility bill analysis before new mandates (AB 61), fairgrounds funding (AB 258), Diwali as a state holiday (AB 268), labor and worker organizing rights (AB 288), algorithmic price-fixing and antitrust enforcement (AB 325), elections and jail voter information (AB 331), protections for judges and court personnel (AB 343 and AB 352), school construction procurement (AB 361), school-zone speed limits (AB 382), transit worker protections (AB 394), blue carbon coastal mitigation (AB 399), K-9 standards for law enforcement (AB 400), livestock carcass composting (AB 411), translation of housing materials (AB 413), immigrant educational rights notices (AB 419), gun violence restraining order implementation (AB 451), special education and child care measures (AB 560 and AB 563), cannabis tax relief (AB 564), and disability access protections for businesses (AB 649). Several bills addressed housing, energy, public health, and public safety, and many authors emphasized affordability, transparency, and administrative efficiency. The session also included several ceremonial or recognition items, including ACR 73 declaring Italian American Heritage Month, which was adopted by voice vote after 65 coauthors were added. Most measures were approved overwhelmingly, though a few drew some dissent, including AB 421? no—AB 399 passed 42-30, AB 450 passed 49-6, AB 461 passed 49-8, and AB 621 passed 58-0. The transcript ends partway through AB 772, which was introduced as an educational equity bill addressing cyberbullying after school hours, but the remainder of that item is not included in the provided text.

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• Merchant mariners who served in an active war zone.
• remaining merchant mariner veterans of Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, and so forth, sailed into active war zones
• on armed ships, yet... ...sailed into active war zones on armed ships, yet the ship was sunk and then
• our World War II guys and to honor the merchant mariners who sailed unarmed ships into active war zones
• I don’t care if they got activated, you know, to a combat zone or not.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs held its fourth public hearing of the 2025-26 session on recognitions, definitions, and designations related to veterans. Chairs John Velis and Joseph McGonagle opened the hybrid hearing with housekeeping rules and noted the committee’s reporting deadlines. The hearing focused on several bills honoring veterans and military-related service, including H. 3825 to include reserve components in flag half-staff recognition for service members killed in action, S. 2499 to place a State House marker honoring three Medal of Honor recipients from the war on terror, S. 2498 to add Merchant Marine recognition at veterans cemeteries and the State House and create a Massachusetts merchant mariner medal, and H. 2500/S. 2500 to have Massachusetts fly the Honor and Remember flag for Gold Star families and fallen service members. A major portion of the hearing centered on H. 3871 and S. 2467, which would update the Commonwealth’s definition of “veteran.” Testimony came from the Office of Veterans Services, veterans organizations, Public Health Service and NOAA representatives, National Guard and Reserve veterans, and Gold Star advocates. Witnesses argued the current state definition is inconsistent with federal law and excludes some service members who should be recognized, especially members of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps, reservists, and some National Guard members. Supporters said the bills would improve fairness, consistency, and access to benefits and services, while several speakers emphasized that service in uniform should be honored regardless of branch. Some testimony also urged a broader moral recognition of all who raised their right hand, while others focused on aligning state law with federal definitions and closing gaps in eligibility. Committee members asked questions about the practical and fiscal effects of broadening the definition, including how the proposed language would interact with existing federal standards and state benefit programs. Witnesses explained that the bills would remove the current 180-day and 90-day active-service calculations and instead recognize certain active service and six-year reserve or Guard commitments, though some members noted that this could create a broader state standard than the federal one. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing, and the committee concluded after hearing from the final witness and adjourning.

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• year-old Raymond Oliveras was crossing the road in front of his newly purchased home with his high school
• zones, or other conditions that local governments have established to protect their communities. ...
• access restrictions, school zones, or other conditions that local governments have established to protect
• We serve 67 schools as their school transportation. That's 90% of our schools in the county.
• We serve as 67 schools as their school transportation. That's 90% of our schools in the county.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Schools.
• I was having a meeting, uh, with our Scott County Schools middle school principal, where my son attends
• County Schools County Schools principal<00:17:07.560> middle<00:17:07.839> middle<
• 00:17:08.040> school<00:17:08.240> principal principal middle middle school principal principal
• And my current Sunday school teacher is a retired 160th Chinook pilot.

Keywords: 958, all