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• Where can you find an agreement to get those moving again? No.
• agreement of the policies that were in the budget agreement?
• </c><00:07:37.840><c> agreement</c><00:07:38.240><c> of</c><00:07:38.479><c> the</c> um like a a written
• agreement of the um like a a written agreement of the policies<00:07:39.120><c> that</c><00:07:39.280
• Like you released the topline agreement.

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• Senate Bill 1968 instead encourages written representation agreements between agents and buyers, aligning
• The bill requires a written agreement signed by both parties before touring homes that outlines the specific
• Increases transparency with written agreements, requiring written agreements be executed with these prospective
• agreement.
• The written agreement that must be signed has to have several terms in it, and this is for transparency

Bills: SB75 , SB715 , SB776 , SB1299 , SB1405 , SB1968 , SB2021 , SB2077 , SB2148 , SB2321 , SB2330 , SB2411

Committee: Senate Business & Commerce

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• </c> their collective bargaining agreement? their collective bargaining agreement?
• there as written cover there as written there<00:54:16.079><c> should</c><00:54:16.240><c> be</c><00
• </c><01:18:02.880><c> on</c> mandatory project labor agreements on mandatory project labor agreements
• ,</c> relative to project labor agreements, relative to project labor agreements, the<01:25:20.239><c
• This is what usually agreement is.

Committee: House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

Summary: The committee opened its labor hearing on SB 655 and outlined the day’s schedule, including a later working session on SB 416 and an executive session planned for 2:30 p.m. Senator Dan Innis introduced SB 655, describing it as a technical bill affecting employee leasing companies/professional employer organizations (PEOs), workers’ compensation coverage, and a Senate-added minimum wage exemption for minor league baseball players covered by a collective bargaining agreement. He said the PEO change would let either the PEO or the client business hold workers’ comp coverage, while still requiring coverage, and argued it would align New Hampshire with most other states and reduce barriers for small businesses and multi-state employers. He also said the baseball provision would clarify wage treatment for minor league players and support the Manchester team. Justin Warell of Insperity testified in support of the PEO portion, explaining that PEOs provide HR, payroll, benefits administration, and workers’ compensation administration through a co-employment model. He said the bill would preserve mandatory coverage while allowing flexibility for the client or PEO to maintain the policy, which could help clients who already have preferred coverage or who face cost or administrative issues in multiple states. He noted that most clients would still remain under the PEO’s policy and said Insperity would submit written comments. Committee members asked about how the arrangement would work, whether the client or PEO would pay, and whether the bill would affect liability insurance packaging; Warell said the employer still bears the cost and that the bill mainly gives larger clients an option. One member asked him to remain available for possible follow-up after hearing from the labor department. Stephen Gonzalez of Major League Baseball testified in support of the minor league baseball exemption. He said MLB and the MLB Players Association negotiated a collective bargaining agreement that already provides players with salary, housing, meals, per diems, health and retirement benefits, disability continuation, tuition assistance, and signing bonuses. He argued that treating players as hourly workers creates impractical time-tracking problems because players do work-related activities on their own time, and said the bill would recognize them as salaried workers and avoid litigation over what counts as hours worked. Committee members questioned why the exemption was needed if players are already salaried and whether MLB could simply amend its CBA; Gonzalez said the bill would help prevent wage-and-hour lawsuits and noted that similar exemptions have been enacted in other states. No vote was taken during the hearing, and the chair indicated the bill would be considered for executive action later that afternoon.

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• The CSSAs were recently written up as foreign missions of the Chinese Communist Party.
• The CSSes were recently written up as foreign missions of the Chinese Communist Party.
• And I would say that as written, that's ...handicapping our universities.
• ...the way the bill's written, it doesn't exceed.
• the university, through private funding, has had agreements.

Committee: House Education

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 399 by Senator Bass, which would create the Louisiana Higher Education Research Security Council to review and potentially block certain gifts, contracts, academic partnerships, and research partnerships involving foreign adversary sources. Bass said the bill is intended to protect university research, intellectual property, and students from foreign influence, and would also require public disclosure of certain foreign-linked arrangements and a plan to eliminate foreign-adversary-linked software. Supporters from State Armor argued Louisiana universities have been vulnerable to Chinese Communist Party influence and intellectual property theft. Representatives from Tulane University and Lenovo raised concerns that the bill could create duplicative review, delay research, raise costs, and sweep in legitimate private or multinational entities; a proposed amendment to exempt entities operating under a CFIUS national security agreement failed 4-8. After debate, the committee moved SB 399 favorably. The committee then considered Senate Bill 310 by Senator Cloud, presented by Representative Carlson, which would require public school and college health centers to display information about pregnancy resources available in Louisiana. Supporters from Louisiana Right to Life said the bill would help connect pregnant students with existing state and private assistance programs, while the ACLU submitted a red card in opposition without speaking. The bill was moved favorably without objection. The committee also advanced House Resolution 171 by Representative Turner, which calls for a study of the workforce-oriented TOPS Tech and M.J. Foster programs, with business and workforce groups supporting the study as a way to measure outcomes and return on investment; it was moved favorably. Next, the committee took up House Bill 1084 by Representative Turner, a tuition autonomy bill for public post-secondary institutions. An amendment was adopted to add a conceptual framework for tuition-setting considerations, but the bill would still remove the existing 10% over two years cap and allow institutions to set tuition more freely. Turner argued universities need more flexibility because state funding has declined and campuses face deferred maintenance and operating pressures. Several members, especially Representative Carlson, warned that higher tuition could reduce access and that the bill did not address broader structural problems in higher education. Despite those concerns, HB 1084 was moved favorably by an 8-3 vote. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 351 by Senator Jackson Andrews, which would let families apply for child care assistance through CCAP once pregnancy is known, rather than waiting until after birth, to help move them up the waiting list. An amendment was adopted to have BESE, rather than the department, handle rulemaking and to allow the House and Senate education committees to approve the implementation process. The bill was then discussed as a way to help parents return to work sooner, and the hearing continued with questions from members.

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• agreement.
• You sign a confidentiality agreement.
• If they enter into that agreement, they have a 12-month window.
• Some enter into an economic development agreement.
• I believe it, I believe the way this is written, it's just, ...I believe the way this is written, it's

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several guest and staff introductions. The chamber then took up returning messages from the House and acted on multiple bills, with votes recorded on each. Senate Bill 628 on transportation facility designations was concurred in as amended and passed 31-4 after discussion about naming roads for deceased individuals and an exception for President Trump. The House amendment to the Live Local affordable housing package, CS/CS/HB 1389, was also concurred in and passed 35-0; Senator Claudio explained it as the fourth iteration of the Live Local Act, including new provisions allowing certain affordable housing on qualifying religious property, extending some timelines, and removing accessory dwelling unit language. CS/CS/HB 1451 on utility services was concurred in and passed 30-6 after questions about phasing out surcharges and reporting requirements. The chamber also substituted CS/CS/HB 1279 for SB 7038 and adopted an education amendment package before passing the bill 36-1, while several other measures were temporarily postponed. The Senate then considered CS/CS/SB 484 on data centers and concurred in the House amendment 383-957, passing the bill 31-6. Senator Avila said the amendment strengthened ratepayer protections, required a PSC tariff filing, and directed an OPAGA study on large-scale data centers. Several senators pressed concerns about the removal of the Senate’s nondisclosure agreement prohibition, the possibility of delayed public awareness of data center projects, and whether costs could be shifted to other ratepayers; Avila responded that the amendment preserved local land-use authority and that ratepayer costs could not be borne by the general body of ratepayers. Debate reflected a split between senators who supported the bill as a needed regulatory framework and those who objected to the transparency changes and the loss of the Senate’s original NDA language. Later, the Senate took up land use and development regulations, substituting CS/CS/CS/HB 399 for SB 208. An amendment by Senator Jones to remove language affecting a Fontainebleau Hotel water park project in Miami Beach failed 17-20 after debate over local control and preemption. Senator McLean’s amendments then added a sunset date and other changes, and Senator Claudio’s amendment preserved Miami-Dade’s urban development boundary supermajority protections and related planning provisions. The chamber then began extended debate on Senator Martin’s amendment creating a process for property owners to challenge rural boundary designations and seek compensation or removal from the designation without going to court; supporters framed it as a property-rights and due-process measure, while opponents argued it would undermine local planning, impose costs on taxpayers, and weaken voter-approved rural boundaries in Orange and Seminole counties. The transcript ends amid that debate, with no final vote shown on the rural boundary amendment in the excerpt provided.

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• It simply requires that the Department of Ag post the agreement between the U.S.
• So this is just going to improve the accessibility of the public to see the agreement between the U.S
• Forest Service and the... ...the accessibility of the public to see the agreement between the U.S.
• The bill as written is... ...the strike everything amendment to 1199.
• The bill as written is, or the striker as written is good with us, and we're happy to actually make that

Bills: SB1198 , SB1199 , SB1286 , SB1683 , SB1761

Committees: House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs , House House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee of Reference

Keywords: Arizona beef council, beef promotion, agricultural marketing, commodity council, livestock, cattle industry, ranching, rural affairs, self-financed program, sunset extension, continuation bill, market development, beef products, Arizona agriculture, Title 41, Title 3, sunset review, marketing order, producer assessment, Salt River horse herd

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• It's well written. It makes sense. And I heartily support it. It's well written. It makes sense.
• The act requires written rental And it does a number of things.
• Among them, the act requires a written rental agreement, allows owners to deny occupants access to their
• I just want to touch on four things: it authorizes electronic rental agreements, clarifies unsigned agreements
• That use confirms acceptance of the agreement.

Bills: SB6061 , SB5844 , SB6079 , SB6137 , SB5831 , SB6031 , SB6178

Committee: Senate Business, Trade & Economic Development

Keywords: tourism, self-supported assessment, funding, statewide promotion, economic development, storage rental, tenancy agreements, tenant rights, landlord obligations, termination notice, insurance, wildfire prevention, policy nonrenewal, cancellation, risk management, sports wagering, sports betting, sports gambling, bookmaking, gambling regulation

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• </c><00:18:39.679><c> And</c><00:18:40.000><c> my</c> to have those agreements.
• And my to have those agreements.
• Has the federal government signed such agreements so far that you know of?"
• </c> example of a law where um it was written example of a law where um it was written in<00:26:21.120
• </c> agreements that's no longer in the bill. agreements that's no longer in the bill.

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• consultation agreement approved by affected tribes.
• consultation agreement approved by affected tribes.
• Proposed substitute labeled F offered by Senator Short, strikes is written to the underlying bill and
• Strikes is written to the underlying bill and strikes the underlying bill and requires DAP to convene
• I thought it would work well in this. ...to work on negotiated agreements. It works very well.

Bills: SB6124 , SB6171 , SB6284 , SB5609 , SB6172 , SB6246 , SB5932 , SB6269 , SB6223 , SB5975

Committee: Senate Environment, Energy & Technology

Keywords: appliance affordability, cost index, energy efficiency, consumer protection, Washington state, energy facilities, large energy consumers, regulation, environment, sustainability, artificial intelligence, data privacy, technological impacts, cultural resources, land use, environmental policy, exemptions, state laws, Washington climate policy, greenhouse gas

Transcript Highlights:

• A covenant means a solemn agreement, a binding legal agreement.
• A covenant means agreement. And to make a contract a binding agreement, we both change things.
• You don't want that agreement to run longer than 365 days, correct?
• Each of those physicians has a non-compete agreement in their contracts.
• We will get him. ...written quite right. And I did speak with the sponsor.

Committee: House Health and Mental Health

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• As a reminder, this bill allows development agreements with regional transit authorities to establish
• So I want to make sure that there is written permission.
• Sound Transit has attained written permission from the property owner to proceed with this work.
• and labor in agreement.
• and labor in agreement.

Summary: The Local Government Committee met for its final meeting of the session and considered six bills in executive session after a caucus break. The committee first took up Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 6026 on residential development in commercial and mixed-use zones. Members debated how to balance housing production with local control and walkable downtowns. The committee adopted a striking amendment that removed some exemptions, capped ground-floor commercial or mixed-use requirements at 40% of affected acreage, extended the compliance deadline to 18 months, and barred such requirements on publicly subsidized affordable housing projects. A proposed amendment to raise the population threshold from 30,000 to 40,000 was rejected. The bill was then reported out with a do pass recommendation on a 5-2 vote. The committee next considered Substitute Senate Bill 6309 on permitting tools for high-capacity transit projects, including development agreements with regional transit authorities. Two property-rights-related amendments were rejected or modified, and an ADA-related amendment was adopted to ensure accessibility requirements were not waived. The bill was reported out as amended. Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 5374 on tribal representation in transportation planning also advanced after an amendment changed “consult” to “coordinate,” aligned county processes with the Growth Management Act, and added access to technical assistance; the bill passed out of committee with a do pass recommendation. Senate Bill 6132, allowing a narrow increase in indebtedness for select inland port districts to preserve federal funding eligibility, passed unanimously without amendment. The committee also approved Substitute Senate Bill 6076, which streamlines procurement rules for consumer-owned utilities on clean energy, storage, transmission, and distribution projects, with members noting broad support from utilities and labor. Finally, Substitute Senate Bill 5729, which limits local governments from charging applicants for certain third-party reviews already covered by staff review in affordable housing permitting, was reported out unanimously. The meeting ended with members thanking staff for their work during the session and adjourning the committee.

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• Is everyone in agreement with that? Does that sound okay?
• Any comments on that, agreement, to disagreement?
• But if we think that as written, there's something that the But if we think that as written, there is
• So if there is agreement around the room that what Mr.
• If there is agreement around the room that what Mr.

Committee: Joint Child Custody Review Task Force

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• NEXT WE WILL TAKE OF TAB 11 CS FOR CS FOR SB 922 ON EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS.
• AND NONCOMPETE AGREEMENTS AND DEFINES A NONCOMPETE AGREEMENTS AND ENSURES THE EMPLOYEE ARE PROTECTED
• AGREEMENTS.
• CHALLENGING THESE AGREEMENTS ARE NOT NECESSARILY SYMPATHETIC VICTIMS TO THE MASSES OF FLORIDA?
• SO THE WAY THE BILL IS WRITTEN LAND-USE WOULD HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE.

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• . agreement. agreement.
• </c> I know that we are always seeing written documentation about what the agreements look like.
• note, when employees are coming up with these agreements, even if they're not written, they're arguably
• note, when employees are coming up with these agreements, even if they're not written, they're arguably
• up with these agreements, even if they're<02:11:29.240><c> not</c><02:11:29.600><c> written,</c><02:

Committee: House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

Transcript Highlights:

• I will be reading a list of individuals who submitted written testimony for each measure.
• Yes, okay, so you're in agreement at least with that?
• Yes, okay, so you're in agreement at least with that?
• Yes, okay, so you're in agreement at least with that?
• We will stand on our written testimony in strong support of Ms.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Summary: The joint hearing began with SB 59 on prescription drugs, which drew extensive testimony from insurers, pharmacies, patient advocates, and health organizations. Supporters argued the bill would address PBM practices such as spread pricing, unclear reimbursement, and patient steering, and would help independent pharmacies and lower patient costs by passing rebates through to consumers. Opponents from health plans and PBM-related groups raised concerns, while Walgreens supported the measure and suggested amendments to establish a reimbursement floor. After questions, the committee accepted the Hawaii Pharmacist Association’s proposed amendments, added technical changes and a defective date of December 31, 2050, and voted to pass SB 59 with amendments. The remainder of the hearing focused on a series of nominations and reappointments to health, aging, disability, mental health, juvenile justice, and advisory boards. Nominees and agency representatives generally described their backgrounds and interest in serving, with support testimony emphasizing experience, continuity, and the value of volunteer service. Several nominees highlighted issues such as mental health access, substance abuse treatment, elder services, language access, disability access, and rehabilitation services. The Department of Health, SHPDA, DHS, and other organizations largely testified in support of the nominees. No votes were taken on the nominations during the transcript excerpt, and the chair repeatedly thanked the nominees for their service and testimony. The hearing also included brief procedural remarks about time limits, Zoom testimony, and a possible reconvening date in case of technical difficulties.

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• I would recommend a rewrite in 67-8204, capital A, on intergovernmental agreements to help facilitate
• But I don’t think this is the way this is written that we can solve it with this bill.
• It requires Idaho law enforcement agencies to apply for available 287(g) agreements with ICE.
• And it just has to be a written agreement that they can't.
• Over 100 state and local agencies currently participate in 287(g) agreements nationwide.

Committee: House Local Government

Transcript Highlights:

• But in 1218, it allows the purchaser to be responsible for repairs or improvements if a written agreement
• agreement for the required repairs.
• And um that written agreement for the purchaser to make those for the purchaser to make those would have
• sale agreement.
• </c><05:52:10.558><c> So,</c> reapply for the pilot agreement. So, reapply for the pilot agreement.

Committee: House Housing

Transcript Highlights:

• Oral and written testimony were taken in those committees, and we received written testimony on these
• agreement from the applicable restaurant authorizing the action.
• agreement from the applicable restaurant authorizing the action.
• </c><00:10:57.160><c> agreement</c> a first obtaining a written agreement a first obtaining a written
• </c> submits a subsequent bid or written submits a subsequent bid or written notice<00:15:48.839><c>

Committee: Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection

Summary: The joint Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection and Judiciary decision-making meeting on February 21, 2025, considered a long list of previously heard measures and generally recommended passage, often with amendments that delayed effective dates to July 1, 2050 or made technical clarifications. Among the measures acted on were bills relating to property, hotels, service disruptions, transportation, consumer protection, license plates, condominium disputes and fines, election fraud intimidation, vehicle inspection fines, restaurant reservation services, insurance claim checks, foreclosed home sales, labor relations court authority, public housing authority powers, community outreach boards, arson penalties, driving without a valid license, pet animals in vehicles, important agricultural lands, public records retention, transit-oriented development review, sex offender-related licensing actions, National Guard assault penalties, federal recognition timing, medical cannabis caregivers, cease-and-desist orders, and critical infrastructure information sharing. Several measures drew specific discussion or reservations. SB 1030 on election fraud intimidation was amended after consultation with the Attorney General to focus on unconcealed carry and add definitions. SB 5 on legislative vacancies was recommended to pass unamended, but the committee noted constitutional concerns and requested an Attorney General opinion. SB 95 on inspection fines was amended to set a $400 fine amount, though one member objected and the recommendation failed in at least one committee. SB 102 on third-party restaurant reservation services was amended to clarify who may sue and to allow contracted reservation services to distribute reservations on a restaurant’s behalf. SP 1022 on leaving pets in vehicles was amended to remove duplicative language because existing animal cruelty law already covered the conduct. SP 1451 on critical infrastructure information sharing was amended to tighten confidentiality language from “would reveal” to “could reveal” vulnerabilities. Most measures were adopted by the committees with little or no opposition, though several members noted reservations or objections on particular bills, including transportation, consumer protection, and inspection-fine measures. One bill, SB 1255 on records retention for government-function contractors, was deferred to a later meeting on February 26, 2025. Overall, the committees advanced most measures with amendments and recorded the recommendations for transmission to the next committee or chamber.

Transcript Highlights:

• In my written Hampshire per year.
• And this was written in this discussion. And this was written in the<01:44:29.119><c> 1970s.
• And the collaborative agreement.
• . agreements. agreements.
• </c><03:52:17.680><c> We</c> written in the initial language. We written in the initial language.

Committee: House Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> the amendment is written the amendment is written thanks<00:31:24.639><c> representative</c> thanks
• <c> as</c><01:49:52.119><c> well</c> out written um written comments as well out written um written comments
• </c> two interconnection agreement two interconnection agreement requests<02:32:53.680><c> and</c><02
• </c> in negotiating a settlement agreement in negotiating a settlement agreement The<04:24:34.800><c>
• </c> of a proposed settlement agreement of a proposed settlement agreement signed<04:49:31.080><c> by

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy