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• </c> background check that is also required background check that is also required here.<00:01:50.720
• </c> and and more uh requirements for that. and and more uh requirements for that.
• </c> residents be training on nutrition? residents be training on nutrition?
• </c> requirements that we have in the state. requirements that we have in the state.
• </c> requirements that we have in this state. requirements that we have in this state.

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• California residents are facing a high cost of living crisis, unlike anywhere in the nation.
• I am a combat veteran from Iraq, and I reside in North Highland, and I support this bill.
• Tax expenditures before 2014 were not required to include performance measurement standards.
• During the past decade, California residents paid about $29 billion...
• It does not require that.

Committee: Senate Revenue and Taxation

Summary: The committee heard several tax and revenue measures. SB 1277, by Senator Grove, proposed a California Cost of Living Tax Credit modeled on the 2022 middle-class tax refund to provide direct relief to low- and middle-income Californians facing high housing, gas, energy, and general living costs. Supporters said it would help working families, farmworkers, teachers, and others; opponents, including the California Tax Reform Association and the California Teachers Association, argued California already has a progressive tax system, that refundable credits are costly and can be difficult to administer, and that the bill would reduce General Fund revenues and Proposition 98 funding. The bill was held on call after extensive debate and no motion was made at that time. The committee then heard SB 1287, which would create a targeted tax credit to encourage private investment in short-line railroad infrastructure. The author and rail industry witnesses said the credit would support safety, bridge and track upgrades, emissions reductions, freight efficiency, and rural and agricultural supply chains, while opponents argued a direct grant program would be preferable to a tax credit. The bill was accepted with committee amendments and placed on call after a motion to move it forward. SB 1407 would exempt military retirement pay and surviving spouse benefits from state income tax, with the author, State Treasurer Fiona Ma, and veterans’ groups arguing it would help retain veterans in California, support second careers, and keep federal retirement dollars in the state. The California Teachers Association and California Tax Reform Association opposed it as another tax expenditure that would reduce General Fund revenue. The committee approved the bill on a due pass as amended vote to the Senate Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs, with several members voting aye and others not voting, and the bill was placed on call. The committee also heard SB 1349, which directs the Legislative Analyst’s Office to review major tax expenditures and evaluate their costs, beneficiaries, and effectiveness. Supporters, including CTA, AFSCME, cities, counties, and many teachers, said the state needs more accountability for roughly $94 billion in annual tax expenditures and their impact on schools and the budget. The bill was moved with committee amendments and placed on call. Additional measures discussed included SB 1078, authorizing Santa Cruz County to seek voter approval for a temporary local sales tax increase to fund health care and safety-net services; SB 1120, extending the California Competes Tax Credit through 2035 and making it refundable for certain strategic industries; and SB 1275, which would convert the state sales tax on vehicle purchases into a deductible vehicle license fee to reduce Californians’ federal tax burden. SB 1120 and SB 1275 both received support from business and industry witnesses, with no opposition testimony noted, and were moved on call or with a due pass as amended vote as the committee continued through the file.

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• . residences. residences.
• It requires targeted academic support.
• It preserves all certification requirements and clinical expectations.
• House Concurrent requirements.
• , which requires a balanced federal<00:38:57.440><c> budget.

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• Our state's reentry to practice requirement is two years.
• So, how do states require that someone be...
• We may require that physician to have oversight.
• Is there a way we can require?
• There's also no training required.

Committee: House Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

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• They just cannot do so to the residents where the plant sits.
• They just cannot do so to the residents where the plant sits.
• It's unfair to residents who reside in the same municipality as the water plant, and this bill will fix
• It requires two-thirds of legislature and a statement of significant fiscal impact.
• It requires the department to establish a statewide mapping program.

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of introductions and moments of silence recognizing recent tragedies and public figures, including students affected by the FSU shooting, John Thrasher, Coach Amir Abdur-Rahim, and conservation and youth groups visiting the chamber. The body also adopted Senate Resolution 1878 honoring Coach Abdur-Rahim and Senate Resolution 1892 recognizing Florida Wildlife Corridor Week. The chamber then moved through a long special-order calendar, passing several bills with little or no opposition. Measures approved included child care and early learning provider regulation updates (SB 738, 37-0), false reporting/swatting penalties and cost recovery (SB 726, 38-0), health care billing and collection protections/medical debt (SB 656, 38-0), hazardous walking conditions for schoolchildren (SB 650, 38-0), young adult housing support for foster and homeless students (SB 584, 38-0), the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program disclosure bill (SB 508, 37-1), trust fund interest for court-approved purposes after a debated amendment (SB 498, 28-10), transportation and traffic-safety changes including school bus camera hearings and micromobility rules (SB 462, 37-0), public records exemptions for AHCA investigators and JQC/appellate court clerks (SB 342, 34-4; SB 302, 35-3; SB 300, 35-3), municipal water and sewer utility rate fairness for Miami Gardens/North Miami Beach (SB 202/HB 11, 36-2), motor vehicle offenses involving obscured plates and impersonation (SB 44/HB 253, 36-0), trespass at large-scale ticketed events and law-enforcement-controlled sites (SB 1828/HB 1447, 35-1), patient refund of overpayments (SB 1808, 37-0), stem cell therapy standards (SB 1768, 37-0), insulin administration by direct support professionals and relatives (SB 1736/HB 1567, 38-0), and pre-arranged transportation services/rideshare impersonation (SB 1696/HB 1525, 37-0). Several bills were temporarily postponed, including cardiac emergencies, chemicals and consumer products, motor vehicle manufacturers and franchise dealers, and education. Debate centered most heavily on the trust fund interest bill, with supporters arguing it would stabilize funding and better reflect market rates, and opponents warning it would sharply reduce legal aid funding and hurt access to justice. The transportation bill also drew extensive questions and amendments, including removal of a speed-limit increase, changes to school bus infraction hearing procedures, micromobility regulation, and flood-wake enforcement. The municipal water bill prompted constitutional and fairness concerns, while the public records bills were defended as necessary to protect investigators and court personnel from doxing and harassment. Most measures ultimately passed with strong bipartisan support, though the scholarship disclosure bill and trust fund interest bill drew the most visible dissent.

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• RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE TREASURE THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE SPACES.
• IT MAKES CLEAR TIMESHARE BOARDS ARE REQUIRED TO MEET ONCE A YEAR AS OPPOSED TO FOUR TIMES REQUIRED BY
• THE BILL ALSO REQUIRES THAT SEARCH REPORTS REQUIRED STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS AND THOSE WHICH THE BOARD RETAINS
• INSPECTION PROCESS AS WELL AS THE NEW RESERVE REQUIREMENTS.
• RESIDENCY FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC OFFICIALS, FLORIDA RESIDENCY THAT IS.

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• Thank you. require the Department of Human Services require the Department of Human Services to<00:35
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• </c><01:03:02.319><c> opioid</c> disabled long-term care residents opioid disabled long-term care residents
• It became federal law, so it would be one of the required benefits.
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Committee: Senate Human Services

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• U.S. residents.
• it, so the lawsuit would be to require us to meet the requirements of the Clean Air Act, but it would
• it, so the lawsuit would be to require us to meet the requirements of the Clean Air Act, but it would
• The Clean Air Act requires it, so the lawsuit would be to require us to meet the requirements of the
• There was a requirement that if you're a resident in New Hampshire, you need to register your vehicle

Summary: The Transportation Committee held a public hearing on HB 249, which would allow bicycles, and in the bill’s language human-powered vehicles and e-bikes, to treat stop signs as yield signs and red lights as stop signs when safe. The bill sponsor, Rep. Seth Miller, said the measure is intended to improve cyclist safety and traffic flow at no cost to the state, citing Idaho and Delaware as examples where similar laws were associated with fewer crashes or injuries. He emphasized that the bill would remain optional, would not let cyclists ignore cross traffic, and would help riders avoid the unstable “wobble” that comes from repeatedly stopping and starting, especially on cargo bikes or other heavier bicycles. Committee members raised concerns about predictability, liability, and whether the proposal creates a special class of vehicle. Rep. Crawford asked why the bill also addresses left turns on red for one-way streets; Miller said that provision is meant to address situations where bicycles do not trigger signal equipment and could otherwise be stranded at a light. Rep. Gannon questioned the lack of explicit liability language, and Miller said he did not know of a separate provision but would be open to an amendment if the committee wanted clearer language. Rep. Hill and Rep. Emble expressed concern that other drivers would not know what cyclists intend to do and that the bill could create special rules; Miller responded that cyclists would still be required to yield and that the law would not change right-of-way rules. Several witnesses testified in support. Michael Frank, a Spofford cyclist and League cycling instructor, said the bill would help him safely commute and carry heavy groceries by reducing the effort and exposure involved in restarting after a full stop. Tim Blagden, former head of the Bike Walk Alliance of New Hampshire, said the bill reflects how many people already ride, saves energy and time, and would still require cyclists to stop at red lights unless the intersection is clear. He also noted that traffic signals often do not detect bicycles. No vote was taken during the hearing.

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• . accessibility requirements. >> Are there amendments?
• It requires each person handling initiative petitions to be a resident of the state and a U.S. citizen
• They should all be state residents.
• Form of the bill require that information will.
• Because first, this bill requires all petition circulators to be residents, but the Supreme Court has

Bills: HB 9 , HB 22 , HB 908 , HB 1392

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• In order to spend that money, they required them to put $142 million in reserves.
• They just cannot do so to the residents where the plant sits.
• It's unfair to residents who reside in the same municipality as the water plant, and this bill will fix
• It requires two-thirds of legislature and a statement of significant fiscal impact.
• It requires the department to establish a statewide mapping program.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions recognizing guests, students, advocates, and a resolution honoring the late USF men’s basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim. Senators also observed moments of silence for victims of recent campus violence and for former FSU President John Thrasher. The chamber then moved to special order bills, with several members explaining measures and, in some cases, substituting House companions before final passage. Among the bills passed were measures updating child care and early learning provider regulation; strengthening penalties and cost recovery for false reporting and swatting; extending protections against extraordinary medical debt collection; expanding hazardous walking condition criteria for schoolchildren; creating young adult housing support for foster and homeless students; and requiring private schools participating in the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program to disclose which accommodations they will provide. The Senate also passed a bill adjusting interest rules for trust accounts funding legal aid, after extended debate over the impact on legal aid funding and banking practices, and a transportation package that was heavily amended to address issues such as school bus camera hearings, beach vehicle use for equipment removal, flooded-street wake restrictions, expectant mother parking permits, micromobility regulation, and traffic signal modernization. The chamber also approved public-records exemptions for Agency for Health Care Administration investigators, Judicial Qualifications Commission employees, and appellate court clerks; a municipal water and sewer rate bill affecting Miami-Dade residents near a plant; motor vehicle offenses involving impersonating law enforcement and obscured license plates; trespass penalties at law-enforcement-controlled locations and large ticketed venues; refund requirements for patient overpayments; stem cell therapy authorization with source and consent limits; and insulin administration authority for direct support professionals and relatives in group homes. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including cardiac emergencies, chemicals and consumer products, and motor vehicle manufacturer/franchise dealer legislation. Most measures passed with strong bipartisan support, though the trust fund interest bill drew notable opposition and passed 28-10, and the Family Empowerment Scholarship bill passed 37-1.

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• Pretrial detention is already required for other serious violent crimes.
• Where does it say that they are required to do that?
• The City of Fort Lauderdale, Island Beach, there is no requirement in your bill that requires them to
• But what the bill requires, it requires them to cooperate with ICE.
• Our residents want us to help them and to keep a roof over their heads.

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• </c><00:08:26.400><c> for</c> direct admissions a requirement for direct admissions a requirement for
• I'm an emergency medicine resident.
• </c> outside a university residence hall. outside a university residence hall.
• </c><00:31:21.280><c> verification</c> university policy required verification university policy required
• </c> students watched from their residence. students watched from their residence.

Committee: Senate Higher Education

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• They also were required to get a business license.
• You can't require that the owner occupy the residence.
• You can't require that the owner have additional insurance.
• just like a private citizen to make contact with a resident.
• That requirement should be reserved for situations when such requirements are dictated by current law

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• in the town of Norfolk, House No. 3899, local approval received; the House bill relative to town resident
• requirements for the town manager of the town of Dalton, House No. 4210, local approval received; the
• The House bill relative to town resident requirements for the town manager of the town of Dalton, House
• House No. 3899, an act relative to the town resident requirement for the town manager of the town of
• Under the Constitution, a separate vote is required.

Summary: The House took up several committee reports and adopted a series of resolutions and procedural orders. It adopted resolutions honoring Yulanda Carrillo on her 102nd birthday and the Knights of Columbus Peabody Leo Council 508 on its 125th anniversary. The House also extended reporting deadlines for the Education Committee and the Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Committee, and concurred with a Senate referral of a sick leave bank petition for Emily Kulik. Joint Rule 12 was suspended for additional petitions, including a sick leave bank for Aden Daniels and a petition to rescind prior calls for a federal constitutional convention. The Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling reported a number of local bills for House consideration, including measures on Norfolk reserved capacity billing, Dalton town manager residency requirements, Lancaster’s animal control commission, Cambridge parking enforcement notices, Fairhaven’s charter, Malden’s charter, Ipswich’s charter, and a sick leave bank for John C. Murphy. The House suspended Rule 7A, took the bills through second reading, and ordered them to a third reading. The House then considered and adopted the emergency preamble for House No. 4364, authorizing easements to the town of Bourne. It also passed to engrossment two Department of Correction sick leave bank bills: House No. 4426 for Paul Stavisky and House No. 4427 for Fenneda Janow Patel. Finally, the House adopted an order to meet again Thursday at 11 a.m., and adjourned.

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• to maintain a scholarship account under a scholarship program because they no longer meet the requirements
• Because they no longer meet the requirements of that program.
• For all of the scholarship programs that we have established as a state, you need to be a state resident
• So if you violate the eligibility requirements of that scholarship program, then you are no longer eligible
• So if someone is no longer a resident, and I get the residency requirements, what happens to the funds

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• Deleting reporting requirement, Senator Gruters. Okay.
• This bill also requires... I can't afford to live in Miami.
• by removing the requirement that all individuals in a de novo group must be Florida residents, instead
• requiring only a majority.
• virtual attendance to satisfy quorum requirements.

Committee: Senate Banking and Insurance

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• We want to be more clear and objective and provide information to residents, everybody involved in the
• We want to be more clear and objective and provide information to residents, everybody involved in the
• Residents, the developers, and the affected entities like the school district and fire district.
• One way to deal with that, we think, would be to amend the countywide planning policy requirements to
• require annexation phasing.

Summary: The committee heard first from Ferndale city officials and a representative of FutureWise on annexation planning. Ferndale described its “annexation blueprint” or phased annexation plan as a way to tie urban growth area planning, capital facilities, and eventual annexation together earlier in the process. Speakers argued that counties often allow incremental development in urban growth areas without city-level standards, impact fees, or coordinated infrastructure planning, which can leave cities and taxpayers with higher future costs and make annexation less likely. Members raised questions about fire districts, county revenue loss, and whether annexation incentives or interlocal revenue-sharing agreements could help. FutureWise supported requiring annexation phasing in countywide planning policies, using pre-annexation agreements, and applying city standards in urban growth areas to make annexation more predictable and less contentious. The committee then received a primer and update from the State Building Code Council (SBCC). Staff explained the council’s composition, standing committees, technical advisory groups, and rulemaking process, including normal, expedited, and emergency rulemaking. They described the ongoing 2024 code cycle and the separate work underway on Senate Bill 5491 and related legislation concerning single-stair residential buildings and multiplex housing. Members discussed how the legislature can better direct the SBCC, the difference between prescriptive and performance-based code approaches, and the importance of involving technical experts early. The SBCC also addressed concerns about the wildfire urban interface code, noting that problems arose when code language and maps were developed on different timelines and applied to urban areas in ways that were not anticipated. Several members asked about regional differences, especially energy code impacts in eastern Washington and the role of natural gas. SBCC representatives said the council can use climate zones and appendices for some regional variation, but statewide statutory targets still constrain the energy code. They emphasized that the council is largely reactive to legislative direction and public proposals, and that clearer legislative intent would help avoid ambiguity in future code development. No votes were taken during this portion of the meeting.

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• You also talked about some project that would require mitigation of a bike path to Fargo.
• residents of the metro do.
• And we hear again and again that rural residents feel left behind.
• Rural residents need to get school and get to the store.
• Residents also don't deserve to be stuck at home.

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• Despite this growth, our city lacks a convention center hotel to support its residents and visitors,
• During the 88th session, we passed Senate Bill 1801, which requires districts to systematically audit
• Only a few breweries in the state produce the volume required to hit the $30,000 mark.
• This work requires significant resources and funding.
• I think it requires a difficult balance there, right?

Bills: HB249 , HB 1186 , HB2313 , HB2408 , HB2508 , HB2730 , HB2974 , HB3045 , HB3232 , HB3336 , HB3710 , HB4044 , HB4236 , HJR133 , HB249

Committee: House Ways & Means

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• I think that's one of the biggest scares for not just residents before our administration.
• There was no set minimum funding requirement under the previous state control legislation.
• And thank you for being here today as a proud taxpayer and resident of the city of St. Louis.
• And thank you for being here today as a proud taxpayer and resident of the city of St. Louis.
• We owe them cash money because we have done wrong by residents of the city of St. Louis.

Committee: House Crime and Public Safety