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• one 2, again, how do we as a legislature come back and look at maybe changing what the use is the permitted
• So that just became a concern of mine.

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• facilitate the goal of hearing as much from the public within the limits of our time, we will not permit
• And how much do counties, quite frankly, like mine, which is not in this bill, have an impact or an effect

Summary: The Assembly Transportation Committee heard SB 63 by Senator Wiener, as amended and coauthored by Senator Arreguín, a Bay Area transit funding measure intended to avert major service cuts at BART, Muni, Caltrain, and AC Transit. The authors said the region faces a fiscal cliff and that without new revenue, BART could collapse and other systems could face severe reductions. They described the bill as the product of extensive negotiations among the five Bay Area counties and transit operators, with San Mateo and Santa Clara counties opting in during the process. Much of the discussion focused on accountability and governance. Supporters said the bill includes some of the strongest oversight provisions in recent memory, including a third-party efficiency review and ad hoc adjudication committees that can withhold a portion of funding if operators fail to correct problems. Assembly Member Papin and Assembly Member Lackey argued the measure amounts to a taxpayer bailout with insufficient representation and too much control left to MTC, while the authors responded that the bill gives affected counties direct complaint and enforcement authority and that MTC must follow the ad hoc committees’ recommendations. Several members asked about complaint procedures, withholding thresholds, opt-in/opt-out issues, and whether the funding would return to the source counties if withheld. Testimony in support came from SPUR, Caltrain, MTC, the Bay Area Council, BART, SamTrans, VTA, San Francisco MTA, transit coalitions, environmental groups, local governments, and labor. Supporters emphasized the risk of severe service cuts, the importance of preserving recent investments such as Caltrain electrification, and the need for regional self-help. There was no registered opposition witness, though some members spoke against the bill. The committee ultimately voted 11-5 to pass SB 63 as amended to the floor, with the committee amendments also removing urgency language.

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• That's a concern of mine I'm struggling with and I'm trying to get there.
• Fundamentally, this bill allows Texans to continue to exercise medical liberty by permitting patients

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• This House Bill permits the county judges... ...and commissioners of the Cedar Creek Hospital District
• I'm grateful that this committee is learning about manufactured homes and the communities like mine that

Bills: HB9, HJR1, SB1331, SB1375, SB1443, SB1578, SB2251, SB2519, SB2553, SB2655, SB2764, SB2907, SB3030, SB3033, SB3035, SB3036, SB3037, SB3043, SB3047, SB3050, SB3051, SB3056, SB3057, SB3063, HB9, HB467, HB331, HB1244, HB1399, HB2559, HB2730, HB3307, HJR1, HJR99, SB3048, SB3052, SB3053, SJR78, HB1327, HB2723

Keywords: HB 9, Texas Tax Code, property tax, ad valorem tax, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, truth in taxation, local government finance, municipality, county, special taxing unit, sales and use tax, sales tax revenue, tax rate calculation, tax levy, maintenance and operations, debt rate, unused increment rate, disaster relief rate, taxing unit

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• , and therefore, many local governments do not have much experience with the design, safety, or permitting
• Those were similar to mine.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Its use in the bill as it is seems to permit universities to randomly and arbitrarily punish some students
• This one, mine. It's been a 13-hour day. What you got?

Summary: The Senate Education Committee K-16 resumed public testimony on Senate Bill 735, a Holocaust education bill. Alice Min spoke in support, saying learning about difficult parts of history is important for understanding American history and the experiences of minority communities. Sheila Hemphill also supported the bill but urged broader language to include multiple genocides and more instructional material. After a brief exchange, public testimony on SB 735 closed and the bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 800, which would strengthen higher-education orientation materials on sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking policies, and Senate Bill 2310, which would require public institutions to post clearer online degree and transfer requirements. Both bills were explained by their authors, committee substitutes were adopted, no public testimony was offered, and each bill was left pending. Senate Bill 2055, a cleanup bill for the Texas Leadership Scholars Program, was also heard and left pending after no testimony. A major portion of the meeting focused on Senate Bill 1069, which would require investigations and mandatory termination for faculty found to have discriminated against students based on religion, with a department placed under conservatorship after a termination. The author said the bill was meant to address religious discrimination and protect students; several witnesses, including Muslim and Jewish law students and other advocates, argued it was too vague, lacked a definition of religious discrimination, threatened academic freedom, and could chill speech. The bill was left pending after testimony. The committee also heard Senate Bill 2972, which would set new limits on expressive activity on public university campuses, including restrictions on encampments, masks, sound amplification, and protests during finals; opponents said it would restrict free speech and protest rights, while the bill was adopted as a committee substitute and left pending. Senate Bill 2815, allowing students to choose the diploma name after a university merger or renaming, was briefly heard and left pending. Later, the committee took up pending business and voted out several bills. SB 2920, SB 2398, SB 2927, SB 2929, SB 1241, SB 1395, SB 401, SB 1972, and SB 2540 were reported favorably, with some committee substitutes adopted and several placed on the local and uncontested calendar. SB 1241’s substitute would have the Higher Education Coordinating Board study standardized test equivalency scores for admissions. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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• I also get about 60 hours of mine week donated to track how current statute, 1, 0, 0, 6, 0.2 8 has impacted
• They permitted that it breaks along every part except has literary value. Never part.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• I encourage you to pray in your tradition as I pray in mine.
• Because when I did so, vehicles are still permitted to pass because the red lights are not coming on.
• Because when I did so, vehicles are still permitted to pass because the red lights are not coming on.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• When time permits, can we go back to 713, please? Apologies, Madam Speaker.
• When time permits, can we go back to 713, please? Okay, let's finish up 715.
• Can I change mine to a no? Representative Elyn: In support. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Bills: HB1952, HB1951, HB1929, HB2497, HB2208, HB2572, HB1953, HB2551, HB2549, HB1737, HB1628, HB1769, HB2493, HB2264, HB1997, HB2168, HB2427, HB1805, HB2180, HB2184, HB2219, HB2469, HB2233, HB2519, HB2141, HB1904, HB2201, HB2410, HB2007, HB2385, HB2444, HB2349, HB2235, HB1872, HB2416, HB2291, HB2292, HB2263, HB2359, HB2455, HB1509, HB1514, HB1515, HB1648, HB2164, HB2323, HB1825, HB2172, HB1888, HB2005, HB2387, HB2358, HB2119, HB2276, HB2472, HB1714, HB2325, HB1541, HB1960, HB2140, HB2315, HB2367, HB2388, HB1696, HB2333, HB2138, HB2332, HB2283, HB2059, HB2057, HB2589, HB2417, HB2337, HB1588, HB2217, HB2020, HB1915, HB1742, HB2026, HB1965, HB1546, HB2360, HB1563, HB1749, HB2614, HB1511, HB1753, HB1849, HB1641, HB2161, HB2194, HB1721, HB2284, HB2188, HB1897, HB1880, HB1573, HB1876, HB20, HB2137

Keywords: HB1952, Hawaii agriculture, University of Hawaii, CTAHR, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience, Kauai, agricultural research station, extension station, capital improvements, general obligation bonds, GO bonds, appropriation, ADA compliance, Americans with Disabilities Act, certified kitchen, greenhouse, laboratory, field research, cesspool decommissioning, invasive species

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• order to facilitate the committee's business and public participation in today's hearing we will not permit
• deliberating legislation itself, the signing of non-disclosure agreements probably is already not permitted
• When their family members, like mine, reviewed their donation records, they frequently found that these

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• order to facilitate the hearing as much from the public within the limits of our time, we will not permit
• Public comment may be provided only at the designated time and place, and as permitted by the chair,
• And so we end up with an enormous amount of data that we haven't fully mined yet.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I don't understand why we considered first when districts like mine have laid off over 30 public school
• Districts like mine desperately need more state funding and not through the current formulas.
• truly need more state funding, and we need to reopen the funding formulas that fund districts like mine
• That is a big concern of mine. So I'm glad that you came to the People's House.
• I want to tell you about one student, a former student of mine.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Ways and Means Committee held its final public hearing on the FY26 state budget, with chairs and members emphasizing that public testimony would help shape the budget and asking speakers to keep remarks brief. Committee leaders introduced members, explained the hearing process, and repeatedly thanked residents, students, and advocates for participating. No votes were taken during the hearing. Testimony focused heavily on education funding and the Chapter 70 formula. Students from Amherst, Northampton, Gateway Regional, Chester Elementary, and other districts described budget-driven cuts to electives, special education supports, paraprofessionals, counselors, transportation, and building maintenance. They urged higher Chapter 70 aid, increased minimum aid, rural school aid, and a reopening or restructuring of the funding formula, arguing that current formulas leave many districts unable to meet student needs and force local layoffs and overrides. Other speakers urged funding or protection for a range of programs and facilities, including the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute for homicide survivor services, the Museum of African American History, the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and CART/interpreter services, the Access to Counsel housing legal aid program, the Department of Mental Health and Pocasset Mental Health Center, and Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children. One speaker opposed offshore wind-related spending and urged a reset of the state’s energy approach, while another advocated ending the aircraft sales tax exemption. Committee members responded sympathetically to many speakers, asked a few follow-up questions, and several expressed support for maintaining or expanding the programs discussed.

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• And if I'm not mistaken, that's janitorial duties and not mine within the scopes of a DOE teacher.
• And if I'm not mistaken, that's janitorial duties and not mine within the scope of a DOE teacher.
• And if I'm not mistaken, that's janitorial duties and not mine within the scope of a DOE teacher.
• We're moving on to HB 2140 HD2 relating to essential permitting positions.
• relating to essential permitting relating to essential permitting conditions.<02:05:16.080> Recommendation

Bills: HB1977, HB1764, HB1934, HB2533, HB1790, HB2181, HB1870, HB2140, HB2468, HB2358, HB1588, HB1688, HB1986, HB2030, HB2195, HB1949, HB1695, HB1950, HB2094, HB2115, HB2297, HB2336, HB2416, HB2049

Keywords: maternal health, infant health, mobile application, Medicaid, healthcare access, state programs, music education, public concerts, Hawaii State Library, cultural collaboration, music accessibility, libraries, education, reading programs, early childhood, nonprofit, community engagement, teacher retention, Hawaiian language education, special needs schools

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• Extraordinary Chardonnay, which I happen to own, and I get a permit to sell at the Graponi Conference
• The way our direct shipping program works in the state right now, it is the license permits are tiered
• The wine manufacturers' direct shipping permit fee is $100.
• The wine manufacturers' direct shipping permit fee is $100.
• Mine ranges from 3 to 4. Mine ranges from 3 to 4. I have a medical background.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• bill will support the proper permitting bill will support the proper permitting of<04:19:49.199>
• A bill to amend Public Law 99-338 with respect to Kawia project permits.
• the tribe to obtain special use permits. the tribe to obtain special use permits.
• John Lewis was a hero of mine.
• John Lewis was a hero of mine.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, July 14, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• been noticed that executive sessions on pending legislation may be held throughout the day, time permitting
• in-person public testimony, with additional time allowed for questions and answers if the speaker permits
• and that's based on the number permits and that's based on the number of<00:07:50.120> pin<00
• mine mine face<01:36:21.880> further<01:36:22.400> questions<01:36:23.159> represent
• hotel under any leas concession permit hotel under any leas concession permit right<01:59:45.360

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• When this came forward and the volume started, the request for permits, we wanted to identify the permit
• number on the online listing. ...identify the permit number on the online listing, and that was the
• Have there been any issues on privacy in providing the permit number and any others?
• We went from 350 permits to 1,500 permits.
• Current law permits a court to continue a case for a reasonable time.

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several bills, beginning with SB 41 by Senator Wiener, which would regulate pharmacy benefit managers by increasing transparency, banning patient steering and spread pricing, and requiring full pass-through of rebates. Supporters, including independent pharmacists and health advocates, said PBM practices are driving up drug costs and closing neighborhood pharmacies. Opponents from PBM and health plan groups argued the bill overlaps with recently enacted licensing and reporting requirements, would not lower consumer prices, and may be preempted by ERISA. Members discussed confidentiality issues, consumer savings, and the relationship between SB 41 and the new budget trailer bill; the author asked for an aye vote. The committee then took up SB 378, also by Senator Wiener, aimed at online marketplaces that advertise illegal intoxicating hemp and unlicensed cannabis products. Supporters from labor, public health, and the licensed cannabis industry said online sales are undermining regulated businesses and exposing children to unsafe products. Opponents from tech and hemp industry groups warned the bill is overbroad, could sweep in general-purpose platforms and lawful hemp wellness products, and raises Dormant Commerce Clause and First Amendment concerns. The author said he would narrow the bill, remove industrial hemp references, and address strict liability and standing issues; members largely focused on how to target illegal products without capturing lawful marketplaces. SB 243 by Senator Padilla addressed AI companion chatbots, with supporters including Common Sense Media and transparency advocates warning that these systems can be addictive, manipulative, and dangerous for minors and vulnerable users, citing studies and the death of a Florida teenager. The bill would require disclosures, anti-addiction design limits, self-harm protocols, audits, reporting, and a private right of action. Tech and business groups opposed the measure as overly broad and said its definitions could sweep in general-purpose AI tools; several members supported the goal but questioned the breadth of the definitions and the private right of action. Finally, SB 522 by Senator Wahab would extend just-cause eviction protections to rental units that were previously covered by the Tenant Protection Act but were destroyed in disasters and later rebuilt. Supporters, including Los Angeles city officials and tenant advocates, said the bill would help keep displaced renters housed after wildfires and other disasters. Apartment and realtor groups opposed it, arguing it would remove a key exemption needed to finance rebuilding and could discourage post-disaster reconstruction. Members expressed support for tenant protections in disaster areas, and the author asked for an aye vote.

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• Meaning, as was pointed out in the agenda, there are facilities to rent, there are sites and permits
• can be used for the first or second year for infrastructure, recognizing that the barriers are on permitting
• All of this happened because the system was not built to ensure that families like mine have access to
• be addressed now as we await single rate reform, as hold harmless sunsets and as child development permit
• I'm here to ask you to increase the funding for legal services so that more families like mine can stay

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• across 46 states so far and the District of Columbia, where various forms of regulated gaming are now permitted
• across 46 states so far and the District of Columbia, where various forms of regulated gaming are now permitted
• across 46 states so far and the District of Columbia, where various forms of regulated gaming are now permitted
• Go ahead, Paul. >> Now, this is definitely Tress's area, not mine. I just thought I'd...
• Go ahead, Paul. >> Now, this is definitely Tress's area, not mine. I just thought I'd...

Bills: SCR145, SCR132, SCR31, SCR110

Keywords: traffic violations, demerit point system, driver license points, traffic safety, hit and run, reckless driving, repeat offenders, recidivism, Department of Transportation, DOT, task force, traffic enforcement, road safety, vehicle code, license suspension, county police, Hawaii transportation, SCR132, Senate Concurrent Resolution, Makakilo Drive Extension

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• As soon as I turned mine on to answer you, I could hear it start to squeal there.
• Long-Term Post-Mining Water Treatment Permits.
• a long-term treatment and establishes the means of calculating additional bond amounts for an LTT permit
• Design-build project delivery method: the Senate added language to permit the department to use design-build

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Free Conference Committee on the 2026 General Assembly budget met to reconcile differences between the House and Senate versions of House Bill 500. Leaders opened by thanking the other chamber’s work, asking members to turn microphones on and off to avoid feedback, and stressing the need to clearly note decision points so both chambers record the same actions. Staff then walked through the bill page by page, explaining that the committee was comparing only House and Senate differences, not the governor’s proposed budget. The discussion covered a wide range of appropriations and language items, including next generation non-911 services, school safety reporting tools, restored funding for brain injury, epilepsy, veteran service, homeless veterans, and rocket docket programs, debt service changes, rural infrastructure, disaster aid caps, Attorney General and Medicaid fraud funding, agriculture and county fair grants, auditor and pension-related appropriations, school facilities and SEEK funding, and numerous education programs. Members also discussed charter-related funding such as Star Academy, Dolly Parton Imagination Library, school resource officers, school-based mental health providers, AP/IB exams, Governor’s Scholars and Entrepreneurs, and several pilot or initiative programs in economic development, energy, and labor. Several items were described as technical corrections or restorations of language and funding, while others reflected differences in amounts or how funds would be distributed. There were several questions and comments from members about wording such as “implement and carry out,” the absence of the governor’s budget from the comparison document, and whether SEEK funding should be tied to teacher raises. The chair and other members emphasized that the committee’s role was to reconcile the two chambers’ budgets, not to adopt the governor’s proposal. Members also raised concerns about opioid settlement funds and the Dolly Parton Imagination Library match rate, with one senator urging restoration of the House language. No final vote or formal action was taken in the portion provided; the meeting primarily consisted of explanation, questions, and discussion of proposed budget differences.