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• SB 1146 would grant the Railroad Commission rulemaking authority to adopt any rules reasonably necessary
• direction, and I say that because taking away liability for the landowner, making sure we go through a rulemaking
• , you know, you know I'm a stickler for rulemakings, uh, and making sure there's an actual RRC employee

Bills: SB 1150, SB 763, SB 1061, SB 1146, SB 1198

Keywords: concrete plants, environmental regulation, permit process, air quality, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, SB 1061, uranium mining, production area authorization, TCEQ, Water Code, groundwater, groundwater conservation district, restoration table value, restoration values, contested case hearing, Chapter 2001, mineral rights, surface owners, notice requirements, environmental permitting

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• And um this also in rulemaking license.
• So I wouldn't want to leave that to rulemaking.
• Uh, aren't left rulemaking or left out.
• Thank you." the rulemaking authority there it gives the rulemaking authority there it gives them<01:55
• I think that the the rulemaking I think that the the rulemaking authority<01:55:22.320> provides

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• And so this past year, the commission went through a very detailed rulemaking process.
• We almost, we call these almost workshops rather than official rulemakings.
• That rulemaking, that proposed rule, was issued for comment for the public and industry to comment on
• That has not been a topic for the rulemaking discussions, so Thank you very much for that.

Keywords: 996, all

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• So I could say to you right now that filing an initial proposal is part of the rulemaking adoption of
• for when rulemaking begins in the statute.
• they're tasking JELCAR with when they give the rulemaking authority.
• I had actually... it says an agency or agency official having rulemaking authority.
• what's going on in the rulemaking what's going on in the rulemaking process<00:44:06.240> to<

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Although the FDA has not engaged in rulemaking to establish a formal definition for the term natural,
• 00:18:02.720> in Although the FDA has not engaged in Although the FDA has not engaged in rulemaking
• 03.440> to<00:18:03.679> establish<00:18:04.160> a<00:18:04.480> formal rulemaking
• to establish a formal rulemaking to establish a formal definition<00:18:05.440> for<00:18:05.600
• Although the FDA has not engaged in rulemaking to establish a formal definition for the term natural,

Bills: HB139, HB172, HB156

Keywords: HB139, Alabama discrimination, civil rights, public accommodations, employment discrimination, equal access, protected classes, race discrimination, sex discrimination, religious discrimination, age discrimination, disability discrimination, national origin discrimination, school board discrimination, labor organization, employment agency, retaliation, private right of action, punitive damages, attorney fees

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• It's got misuse, and it had an expedited rulemaking, and because the legislature should not ever abdicate
• It had an expedited rulemaking, and because the legislature should not ever abdicate its responsibility
• It had an expedited rulemaking, and because the legislature should not ever abdicate its responsibility
• It had an expedited rulemaking, and because the legislature should not ever abdicate its responsibility
• It had an expedited rulemaking, and because the legislature should not ever abdicate its responsibility

Bills: HF1419, HF500

Keywords: nursing facilities, reimbursement rates, elderly care, minimum wage, healthcare funding, nursing home, employment standards, worker rights, Minnesota Statutes, labor compensation, 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 500, which would require the legislature to fund the Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board’s standards before they could take effect. An author’s DE2 amendment was adopted first; the amendment was described as pausing the board’s standards unless the legislature estimates and fully pays the cost for each nursing home. The bill author argued that mandates without money create serious consequences for seniors and providers, and said the measure would keep budget authority with the legislature rather than an appointed board. Supporters, including nursing home operators and the Long-Term Care Imperative, said the board’s holiday pay and minimum wage standards would create large unfunded costs, citing estimates ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars for individual facilities and more than $200 million statewide. They argued that some facilities could face debt, reserve depletion, or reduced access to care if the standards are not funded. Opponents, including SEIU workers and union leaders, said the board has improved staffing, recruitment, morale, and worker safety, and that caregivers deserve higher wages and holiday pay. They argued the bill would weaken the board’s ability to address chronic understaffing and would shift focus away from worker protections. Members also debated whether nursing home reimbursement rates have already risen enough to cover wages and whether the problem lies with how funds are used by providers. After public testimony closed, several members spoke in opposition and support. A roll call was requested, and the committee voted 9-7 to re-refer House File 500, as amended, to the Committee on Labor and Workforce and Economic Development Finance and Policy.

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• information of any lobbyist who's trying to come here and talk to you about whatever policy or rulemaking
• But page two, lines 9 through 18, allows for rulemaking by the department.
• I'm not a fan of rulemaking.
• A lot of times rulemaking can allow for intent that is not the intent of the bill to go forward and can
• So I'm personally not a fan of rulemaking.

Bills: SB1004, SB1012, SB1100, SB1110, SB1170, SB1213, SB1317, SB1402, SB1413, SB1416, SB1476, SB1511, SB1573, SB1655, SB1656, SB1709, SB1720, SB1723, SB1725, SCR1040

Keywords: sex offender registration, sex offender registry, A.R.S. 13-3821, sexual offenses, public safety, GPS monitoring, electronic monitoring, transient offender, homeless registrant, online identifiers, internet identifiers, sheriff notification, Department of Public Safety, DPS, DNA collection, juvenile adjudication, kidnapping of a minor, unlawful imprisonment of a minor, lifetime registration, community notification

Summary: The committee heard Senate Bill 1170, which would impose enhanced sentencing for selling dangerous or narcotic drugs to minors when the sale contributes to the minor’s death, and would treat the offense as a dangerous crime against children if the victim is under 15. The sponsor and families of overdose victims urged passage as a way to hold dealers accountable, while ACLU/AACJ opposition argued the bill would sweep too broadly, remove judicial discretion, and increase prison terms for people with substance use disorders. The committee recommended the bill do pass on a 5-2 vote. Members then considered Senate Bill 1012, which would change concealed-carry signage rules for Series 12 restaurants and limit liquor-license consequences in those settings. The sponsor and gun-rights groups said the bill was a narrow correction that would not expand carry rights or property rights, while liquor-industry opponents said it would override restaurant owners’ decisions about whether to allow firearms. The committee approved the bill 6-2. The committee also advanced Senate Bill 1511, requiring proof of lawful presence for drivers using non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses in Arizona and allowing citations and possible impoundment when proof is not provided. The sponsor tied the bill to trucking safety and fatal crashes, while no outside speakers testified. The bill received a 6-2 do-pass recommendation. Later, the committee adopted a strike-everything amendment to Senate Bill 1100 creating a state registration/disclosure system for lobbyists representing foreign adversary principals, with Homeland Security supporting the measure and CAIR Arizona opposing it as overbroad; the amended bill passed 8-0. Additional bills were heard and recommended do pass, including SB 1004 on GPS monitoring for homeless sex offenders, SB 1213 denying probation to unlawfully present defendants and requiring ICE notification, SB 1402 requiring probationers on electronic monitoring to pay the fee, SB 1709 mandating revocation and consecutive prison terms for probation violations by adults convicted of dangerous crimes against children, SB 1413 removing the $100,000 restitution cap for serious injury or death from moving violations, and SB 1416 updating missing-child notification and photo-distribution procedures. The committee also heard SB 1725, which would create a civil cause of action and petty offense for excessive marijuana smoke or odor drifting onto neighboring property; supporters, including a 13-year-old student and the sponsor, said it would protect neighbors and schoolchildren, while opponents argued existing trespass law is sufficient and the bill could conflict with medical marijuana protections. The transcript ends during testimony on SB 1725, before a final vote is shown.

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• The department was also severely behind on rulemaking.
• This led the Governor's Regulatory Review Council to mandate five-year rule reviews and rulemaking in
• On policy and procedures to institutionalize the rule review and rulemaking process.
• Is that done by rulemaking, or it's just something in the department that you just identified? Mr.
• Is that done by rulemaking or it's just something in the department that you just identified? Mr.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Joint Natural Resources and House Natural Resources, Energy and Water Committees of Reference heard the Arizona Auditor General’s sunset review of the Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board. The audit found the board generally met some licensing requirements, but it did not timely investigate and resolve 49 of 159 complaints in fiscal year 2024, and it did not fully comply with conflict-of-interest disclosure and filing requirements. The Auditor General also identified weaknesses in continuing-education verification and other sunset-factor areas, and the board agreed to implement all 21 recommendations. Board staff said complaint volume has risen sharply since the pandemic, that the board’s process is slower because every case goes through an investigative committee and then the full board, and that it has already corrected some conflict-of-interest issues and is adding tools to improve continuing-education audits. The committee then heard testimony from the board’s executive director and from the Arizona Veterinary Medical Association. The executive director emphasized the board’s public-protection mission, described the shortage of veterinarians and veterinary technicians, and said the board is working to improve efficiency through a new e-licensing system and staff training. Members asked about the shortage of large-animal veterinarians, complaint backlogs, and whether the board could do more to recruit rural practitioners; the board said it lacks direct recruiting authority but supports multiple licensure pathways and loan-assistance efforts. The veterinary association supported the board’s oversight and said it is also working on rural and large-animal workforce issues through partnerships and advocacy. The committee then voted to recommend continuing the board for eight years, until July 1, 2034. The committee next took up the Arizona State Land Department, beginning with the Auditor General’s presentation on the department’s sunset review and prior special audit. The audit found the department had not updated its required five-year disposition plan since 2011, had sold more than 48,000 acres without an active plan, had allowed agricultural rental rates to go unchanged since 2006 despite market increases, and had not consistently inspected mineral-related leases or properly managed reclamation bonds. The Auditor General said these issues created risks of lost revenue, reduced transparency, and public-safety hazards, and recommended 18 corrective actions in the main review plus 34 additional recommendations on other issues; the department agreed to most recommendations but declined to adopt a written policy for commissioner-initiated land sales. Commissioner Robin Sahid said the department is working through audit recommendations, has created a rules team, improved its customer portal, and is pursuing new policies on water use, transportation-basin leases, and disposition planning. Members questioned the department about agricultural leases, groundwater valuation, the Fondomonte leases and reimbursement for improvements, the canceled Coyotes land auction, backlog and processing times, and the use of consultants and administrative funds. The commissioner said the department had over 2,000 applications in queue when she arrived, that it has made progress reducing the backlog, and that it is conducting stakeholder outreach on water-efficiency standards and lease addenda. No final vote on the land department continuation was taken in the portion provided.

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• So, the FDA has switched off rulemaking of the remaining three in response to comments from manufacturers
• If that was the case, our own DTSC wouldn't be studying these chemicals as part of their own rulemaking
• And given that DTSC is moving forward with the pre rulemaking workshop, it would appear that federal
• rulemaking does not apply so we're not in conflict with federal government and it's also the case as

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I understand this might be in rulemaking I understand this might be in rulemaking change<00:17:16.160
• It's RSA 325:9, the board's rulemaking authority statute.
• Um this do you rulemaking authority.
• Um and at least in the case rulemaking.
• I don't know it should be in rulemaking.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• This was, of course, understanding that we had a deadline to complete our first set of rulemaking.
• This was, of course, understanding that we had a deadline to complete our first set of rulemaking.
• Both sets were passed initially through the board on May 9th of 2024 and then proceeded through rulemaking
• Both sets were passed initially through the board on May 9th of 2024 and then proceeded through rulemaking
• , and he said he is not very familiar with the rulemaking process, so he asked her to walk through what

Bills: HF1419, HF500

Keywords: nursing facilities, reimbursement rates, elderly care, minimum wage, healthcare funding, nursing home, employment standards, worker rights, Minnesota Statutes, labor compensation, 1183, house

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• The 26 and 27 have to go back to rulemaking, that's my understanding, before they move forward.
• We're the rulemakers, and we should be standing up for that.
• We're the rulemakers, and we should be standing up for that.
• We're the rulemakers, and we should be standing up for that.
• We're the rulemakers, and we should be standing up for that.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• saw an example of why it is concerned because the Public regulatory commission recently reviewed rulemaking
• , you know, whatever your oversight of that is, please be, if you can please encourage that the rulemaking
• Um, so the Economic Development Department has rulemaking authority there.
• There's a small bit of 170 that has rulemaking that you will address, which is related to the rule co-ops
• I think will play a large part of that rulemaking.

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• This bill has been acted as an exercise of the legislature's rulemaking authority.
• I think the rulemaking authority language is there to give the public notice that the bill might lead
• to some rulemaking, I think that's required.

Bills: HB18

Keywords: HB 18, Texas Legislature, quorum break, quorum-busting, legislative walkout, absent legislators, political contributions, campaign finance, political expenditures, legislative caucus, specific-purpose committee, Texas Ethics Commission, civil penalty, show cause order, district court, Fifteenth Court of Appeals, session fundraising, travel lodging food expenses, legislative session, compelled attendance

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• This bill's been acted as an exercise of the legislature's rulemaking authority.
• I think the rulemaking authority language is there, uh, to give the public notice that the bill might
• lead to some rulemaking.

Bills: HB18

Keywords: HB 18, Texas Legislature, quorum break, quorum-busting, legislative walkout, absent legislators, political contributions, campaign finance, political expenditures, legislative caucus, specific-purpose committee, Texas Ethics Commission, civil penalty, show cause order, district court, Fifteenth Court of Appeals, session fundraising, travel lodging food expenses, legislative session, compelled attendance

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• BMPs should be developed with negotiated rulemaking, not by rule as required.
• That should either be a negotiated rulemaking process, which is something that's in statute, or the actual
• I share TRAM's concern about best management practices; negotiated rulemaking probably doesn't make the

Bills: SB2037, SB1757, SB1758, SB1759, HB29

Keywords: rock crushing, permits, air quality, environmental monitoring, aggregate production, seismicity, public meeting, land use, SB 1758, cement kiln, portland cement, aggregate production operation, aggregate quarry, semiconductor wafer manufacturing, chip fabrication, semiconductor plant, vibration, seismic disturbance, liability limitation, TCEQ

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• <00:29:57.279> to for administrative rulemaking to for administrative rulemaking to incorporate
• ,<00:30:16.320> is fees, and allowing for rulemaking, is fees, and allowing for rulemaking
• Have you started that or the rulemaking on that yet? No, we have not.
• We are currently beginning the process of rulemaking to adopt Handbook 44, the 2025 version.
• Do you have a timeline on when you think that rulemaking process will be completed?

Keywords: 1183, house

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• visibility of the storefront entrance, and also any other criteria that Florida Commerce decides through rulemaking
• visibility of the storefront entrance, and also any other criteria that Florida Commerce decides through rulemaking
• Does Commerce have rulemaking authority to do that, or is it just how are they going to promulgate?
• We delegate the rulemaking authority to them in the bill. Okay. Is there a current program?

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development considered a full agenda of transportation, economic development, housing, emergency services, and specialty license plate bills. Several measures were explained and advanced without opposition, including the Department of Transportation agency bill (CS/CS/SB 1662), a Purple Heart toll exemption bill (CS/SB 574), a Florida Highway Patrol specialty plate bill (CS/SB 824), a construction disruption assistance loan program for small businesses (CS/CS/SB 324), a manufactured housing assistance bill for local housing plans (CS/SB 1714), a foreign agents registration bill (CS/CS/SB 766), military academy specialty plates (CS/SB 1024), a Safe Coastal Wildlife specialty plate (CS/SB 1246), an emergency services warning-light bill (CS/SB 1644), the Florida Wildflower specialty plate (SB 1152), and a toll exemption bill for 100% disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients (CS/SB 532). The committee adopted amendments on several bills. On CS/CS/SB 1662, Senator Collins’ strike-all amendment made a range of DOT-related changes, including the Florida Transportation Academy, seaport and airport accountability provisions, and allowing cranes to move under special blanket permits at night. On CS/CS/SB 324, the committee adopted a delete-everything amendment and a further amendment removing liability language; the bill would create a revolving loan program for small businesses harmed by public works construction, with members raising concerns about eligibility, verification of losses, and public records issues for financial documents. On CS/SB 766, an amendment clarified definitions and aligned the bill with federal FARA standards, including a 20% beneficial ownership threshold. On CS/SB 532, an amendment added Purple Heart recipients to the toll exemption. Testimony and debate were generally supportive, with several outside witnesses appearing in favor of the bills, including Florida PBA, the Florida Manufactured Homeowners Federation, the Florida Manufactured Housing Association, the Center for Security Policy, and the Florida Wildflower Foundation. Members highlighted constituent impacts and policy concerns on a few measures, especially the construction disruption loan bill and the disabled veteran toll exemption, where some senators suggested narrowing the scope or adding protections. All bills considered were reported favorably, and senators later requested to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on selected tabs before the committee adjourned.

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• visibility of the storefront entrance, and also any other criteria that Florida Commerce decides through rulemaking
• visibility of the storefront entrance, and also any other criteria that Florida Commerce decides through rulemaking
• Does Commerce have rulemaking authority to do that, or is it just how are they going to promulgate?
• We delegate the rulemaking authority to them in the bill. Okay. Is there a current program?

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development met to consider a full agenda of bills, beginning with CS/CS/SB 1662, the Department of Transportation agency bill. Senator Collins presented a strike-all amendment that retained creation of the Florida Transportation Academy, clarified the Florida Transportation Research Institute, restored legislative budget commission review for certain work program amendments, adjusted small-business and supply-chain grant provisions, added airport and seaport accountability measures, and allowed special blanket permits for oversized cranes to travel at night under FDOT safety protocols. The committee adopted the amendment and then reported the bill favorably. The committee also favorably reported SB 574, allowing Florida Purple Heart license plate holders to pass tolls free, and CS/SB 824, creating a specialty plate supporting Florida Highway Patrol troopers and scholarships. The committee then took up CS/SB 324, which creates a revolving low-interest loan program at the Department of Commerce for small businesses harmed by significant public works construction. Senator Smith described a local example involving prolonged sewer work in Orlando that hurt businesses in the Lake Ivanhoe district. Members raised concerns about fiscal impact, eligibility standards, proof of loss, business age, and whether financial records should be protected from public disclosure. The bill was amended to remove a hotline, add a webpage, and refine liability language, and the committee reported it favorably. The committee also favorably reported CS/SB 1714, requiring local housing assistance plans to include support for mobile home owners, including lot-rent assistance; CS/SB 766, revising registration requirements for agents and organizations tied to foreign countries of concern; and CS/SB 1024, creating specialty plates for the U.S. Military Academy and U.S. Naval Academy. Additional measures approved included CS/SB 1246, authorizing a Save Coastal Wildlife specialty plate with proceeds going to the Zoo Miami Foundation; CS/SB 1644, expanding warning light use for volunteer firefighters, medical staff, and organ transport vehicles, with discussion focused on Hatzalah emergency services; SB 1152, increasing the Florida Wildflower specialty plate fee to support conservation, research, and native seed industry development; and CS/SB 532, exempting 100% disabled veterans from tolls. An amendment to SB 532 also added Purple Heart recipients to the toll exemption. Several members requested to be recorded voting in the affirmative on selected tabs, and the committee adjourned after all bills were reported favorably.

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• notice of intended agency action within 90 days of the effective date of the legislation granting rulemaking
• But if there is not a mandatory delegation, the agency may reiterate rulemaking for proposed rules that
• would be any different than what is in specific the specific statute for which they're engaged in rulemaking
• on on wanted to do with the definition is Senator Grall. >> There could be general or specific rulemaking

Keywords: 999, senate, all