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• No substantive changes.
• No substantive changes.
• No substantive changes. executive board. No substantive changes.
• that changed the uh there was a change that changed the bachelor's<01:25:34.639> degree<01:25
• So with that, changes are needed.

Bills: HF3935, HF2216, HF4354, HF4210, HF4212

Keywords: assisted living, healthcare, training, unlicensed personnel, resident rights, safety regulations, nursing home, long-term care, guardian, conservator, arbitration, mandatory arbitration, consumer protection, fee increase, rate increase, price hike, private pay, public funds, Medicaid, waiver services

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• Will there be changes? See no changes.
• Will there be changes? See no changes.
• Will there be changes? See no changes.
• Will there be changes? See no changes.
• So, what changed? What changed our attitude towards out-of-state tax? Thank you, Mr. President.

Bills: HB3327, HB3711, HB4104, HJR1077, HB3329, HB4322, HB4202, HB4203, HB4457, HB3983, HB3660, HB3802, HB2933, HB2955, HB2956, HB3781, HB3521, HB3794, HB3796, HB3800, HB3183, HB4316, HB4484, HB3469, HB3464, HB3173, HB3989, HB3016, HB2979, HB2988, HB2288, HB3062, HB3315, HB3372, HB3530, HB3622, HB3755, HB4266

Keywords: State Board of Education, Oklahoma education board, board appointments, school governance, education reform, governor appointments, legislative appointments, speaker of the house, president pro tempore, senate confirmation, board vacancies, removal for cause, public education, state superintendent, school board training, board member qualifications, emergency clause, Oklahoma statutes 70 O.S. 3-101, school funding, transparency

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• When we walk away at the end of the day, the metrics in the formula need to change.
• I mean, they really need to change.
• It made significant changes.
• It made significant changes. as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act became law.
• It made significant changes that would affect Florida's corporate income tax code.

Summary: The Finance and Tax Committee met with a quorum and considered two Senate proposed bills. The first, SPB 7046, was the Senate tax package. It included changes to Live Local property tax exemptions, charter school distributions from voter-approved property tax levies, limits on special assessments for RV parks, revisions to fiscally constrained county funding and eligibility, a permanent sales tax exemption for small propane tanks, a hunting/fishing/camping sales tax holiday, restrictions on governmental net zero policies, and new voting thresholds for certain local millage actions. Staff estimated the bill would reduce general revenue by about $77 million in FY 2026-27 and about $50 million recurring. An amendment making the charter-school distribution change prospective starting July 1, 2026, was adopted. A late-filed amendment by Senator Gaetz on disability tax exemptions was withdrawn for lack of a fiscal analysis. The charter school provision drew the most debate. Senator Jones and Senator Bernard raised concerns that expanding eligibility to charter schools authorized through alternate authorizers could reduce funding available to traditional neighborhood public schools and that the effective date did not give districts enough time to plan. Senator Avila argued the change corrected an omission from earlier legislation and ensured public schools, including charter schools, were treated equally. Several speakers supported the fiscally constrained county provisions, while the Florida Association of Counties urged grandfathering for counties that could currently opt out of the Live Local exemption and asked the committee to review language on millage thresholds and net zero provisions. SPB 7046 was ultimately reported favorably as a committee bill by a roll call vote. The committee then took up SPB 7048, which updates Florida’s conformity to the Internal Revenue Code as of January 1, 2026, and partially decouples from federal changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The bill addresses federal changes to bonus depreciation, Section 179 expensing, research and experimental expenses, business meals, and business interest deductions, with some provisions phased in or adjusted over time. The Florida Chamber testified in support of continued conformity but expressed concerns about administrative burdens and the bill’s partial decoupling structure. After brief debate, the bill was reported favorably as a committee bill by roll call vote, and the committee then adjourned.

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• You heard the changes to the bill.
• Do any members wish to change their vote?
• Do any members wish to change their vote?
• I'm just curious what that change does.
• It's in our Constitution, recently changed from an institution... ...recently changed from an institution

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The North Dakota House convened with prayer, roll call, and recognition of guests and student visitors, then moved through a long calendar of resolutions and bills. Early in the session, members honored Mandan High School’s e-sports team for state championships and recognized House Minority Leader Zachary Ista’s birthday. The House then passed HCR 3037 unanimously, urging mandatory reporting requirements for public officials, after committee support and remarks emphasizing accountability in public office. The chamber then considered numerous Senate amendments and final-passage votes on bills covering ambulance service grants (HB 1597), Public Service Commission records and open meetings (HB 1110 and HB 1063), squatter/trespass law (HB 1305), nonconforming structures in local governments (HB 1500), academic tenure policy (HB 1437), retirement eligibility for correctional officers and state radio dispatchers (HB 1274 and HB 1419), a Medicaid dental study (HB 1567), above-ground fuel storage tank regulation (HB 1058), gaming site authorization procedures (HB 1615), an oil extraction tax incentive outside the Bakken and Three Forks formations (HB 1483), and simple assault protections for hospital workers (HB 1341). Most of these measures passed, though HB 1231, which would have created a study on early discontinuation of sex offender registration, failed on final passage. A major point of debate was Senate Bill 2354, which would restrict student use of personal electronic devices during the school day in public and nonpublic schools, with exceptions for medical and special education needs and annual reporting on impacts. Supporters argued it would improve focus, behavior, and mental health, while opponents raised concerns about private-school regulation, logistics, liability, and duplication with a similar bill. The House passed SB 2354, and also passed SB 2112, which temporarily authorizes the Life Skills and Transition Center to serve certain non-eligible youth in crisis, despite objections that the facility should remain focused on developmental disabilities and concerns about repeating past institutional problems. The House also debated and rejected HB 1300 on legislative term limits after extensive discussion about whether the Senate’s date change altered the effect of the voter-approved measure. The session ended with announcements, committee notices, and adjournment until April 8, 2025.

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• Um, the fifth change would be the divestment legal action is changed to an NREM proceeding, and I mentioned
• their records, change their county records to reflect that change.
• it can be changed.
• We changed that. That did not require a rule change. That was not appropriate. Did anybody think?
• These are non-substantive changes. These are non-substantive changes, but they make it more clear.

Bills: SB29, SB406, SB447, SB875, SB893, SB1033, SB1346, SB1362, SB1539, SCR22, SB 29

Keywords: business organization, internal management, corporate governance, partnerships, liability reduction, birth certificate, biological sex, gender identity, health and safety, sex assignment, SB 875, Texas, independent school district, ISD, school board trustee, superintendent, campus administrator, electioneering, political signs, early voting

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• My goal is to help people change themselves so they can change the world.
• This must change. average of 40%. This must change.
• change.
• The change Congress programmatic change.
• million surely necessitates a change. million surely necessitates a change.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• changes and corrections. changes and corrections.
• The original bill did change servings.
• We're making changes to ensure program.
• This change one serving per container.
• <00:13:44.880> also any combination licensing changes also any combination licensing changes

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I was just thinking of the larger change. >> Drawn to the change.
• was changed to implement. was changed to implement.
• that same change. that same change.
• So I didn't change anything. I didn't change any requirements.
• <01:19:54.880> it we need to change it again or change it we need to change it again or change

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The change in the climate, which therefore caused her to die.
• It's only if you are attributing the damage to actual climate change.
• cases, the 40 type climate change cases.
• It's related to climate change.
• Just any little bit of it could be related to climate change.

Bills: SB480, HB621, HB637, HB804, HB841, HB1056

Keywords: fishing gear, Oyster Bayou, shrimping, regulation, marine resources, HB621, Act 658, renewable energy, recycling, decommissioning, wind energy, solar power, solar facilities, wind turbines, energy infrastructure, end-of-life disposal, universal waste, recyclable materials, waste reduction, Department of Environmental Quality

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• It's only if you are attributing the damage to actual climate change.
• cases, the 40-type climate change cases.
• It's related to climate change.
• It doesn't have to be all related to climate change under this bill.
• Just any little bit of it could be related to climate change.

Bills: SB480, HB621, HB637, HB804, HB841, HB1056

Keywords: fishing gear, Oyster Bayou, shrimping, regulation, marine resources, HB621, Act 658, renewable energy, recycling, decommissioning, wind energy, solar power, solar facilities, wind turbines, energy infrastructure, end-of-life disposal, universal waste, recyclable materials, waste reduction, Department of Environmental Quality

Summary: The Senate Committee on Natural Resources met on May 14 and approved the April 29 minutes. The committee first heard HB 1056, which authorizes transfer of certain state property in Natchitoches Parish tied to a former school building now considered dilapidated and a nuisance; it was reported favorably. HB 841, described as a landman code of conduct bill and expropriation-related measure, was voluntarily deferred so the sponsor could work on additional changes over the interim. The committee then took up HB 804, the Louisiana Energy Protection Act, which would bar future lawsuits seeking climate-change damages against fossil fuel companies and other entities. Supporters said it would prevent speculative climate litigation while preserving legitimate claims for permit violations and other existing statutory causes of action. Opponents from coastal litigation and the Sierra Club argued the bill was drafted too broadly and could affect legacy cases, property rights, and regulatory enforcement; the committee adopted Amendment 3875 to grandfather existing filed cases and make the bill effective upon gubernatorial signature, then reported the bill favorably as amended. HB 621, requiring recycling of decommissioned renewable energy infrastructure and updating the state’s waste framework for modern energy components, was reported favorably. HB 637, which revises oil field site restoration fees and lowers rates for marginal, stripper, low-pressure, and incapable wells, was also reported favorably. Finally, SB 480, as amended, allowed boats to anchor in Oyster Bayou so long as they are not within an oyster lease and someone remains on board; the committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably before adjourning.

Transcript Highlights:

• The county seat package is changing to $4,231,543.
• So the change here that you see is intended to reflect the organization's name change.
• They will see some changes on line 22 and line 35 to reflect inventory changes for these companies.
• There are no proposed changes to this section.
• The changes that you see on lines 13 and 14 are reflecting changes to the base amounts being provided

Keywords: 1064, all

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• actually make these changes?
• And it's changed so much. And name changes for us is like, 'Oh my God,' right?
• What what what changes? What to it? What what what changes?
• asking for changes?
• It didn't change a thing.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• Anyone wish to change your vote? Secretary will close the roll. Anyone wish to change your vote?
• Anyone wish to change their vote? Secretary will close the roll. Anyone wish to change their vote?
• Anyone wish to change their vote? Anyone wish to change their vote? Secretary will close the roll.
• Anyone wish to change their vote? Secretary will open the roll. Anyone wish to change their vote?
• Anyone wish to change your vote? Thank you. Anyone wish to change your vote?

Keywords: 909, all

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• This change is functionally lowering the cost of this type of electrical permit by $3.
• This change is functionally lowering the cost of this type of electrical permit by $3.
• This change is functionally lowering the cost of this type of electrical permit by $3.
• This change is functionally lowering the cost of this type of electrical permit by $3.
• This change is functionally lowering the cost of this type of electrical permit by $3.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• You'll see in column R and V are the changes to the base, and you'll see a total change for the state
• So I'm see it in the changes page.
• <00:14:31.680> to $72,82,000 and there is no change to $72,82,000 and there is no change to
• requirements that do sometimes change. requirements that do sometimes change.
• Um, the other change that we made was a change that had been previously changed where you could get up

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 2312 and first adopted the DE1 amendment, after which the amended bill was discussed. Nonpartisan fiscal staff walked through the spreadsheet and explained the bill’s higher education budget changes, including increases for state grants and tribal college assistance, unchanged funding for several existing programs, and reductions or eliminations for items such as state work study, summer academic enrichment, student loan counseling, concurrent enrollment, and the student parent support initiative. Staff also noted transfers to special revenue funds, the cancellation and reappropriation of ALS research funding, and a new licensing/registration revenue item. The committee was told the bill met the committee’s zero target overall, with a net general fund change of zero relative to the February forecast, while also adding some non-general fund expenditures for program licensing and registration. Members asked several questions about the transfers and specific line items, including whether any new special revenue accounts were being created, the foster care wraparound services line, and the treatment of the University of Minnesota and Centric Care partnership. Staff explained that the transfers generally did not create new accounts, that some items were not in the base, and that the U of M/Centric Care partnership was a one-time appropriation in the prior bill but was now being built into the base at a different amount. The University of Minnesota section also included new or continued funding for medical school development, health training restoration, emergency assistance grants, ALS research, and a weather resiliency program, while the Mayo Foundation section eliminated funding for Mayo Medical School and the Mayo family medicine residency program. The policy portion of the DE1 was then introduced. It included a maximum tuition and fee amount for state grants, direct appropriation of emergency assistance grants to Minnesota State, a juvenile justice appropriation for Metropolitan State University, and the ALS research reappropriation to the University of Minnesota. It also contained repealers for unfunded programs, including a delayed repealer for the student parent support initiative. In the higher education policy article, the bill would allow Minnesota State to offer applied doctoral degrees in cybersecurity, make technical changes to hunger-free campus and sexual misconduct procedures, extend pregnant and parenting student protections to private institutions, allow OHE to retain up to 10% of certain competitive grants for administration, consolidate reports, change the state grant formula so negative FAFSA contributions count as zero, and reduce the state grant lifetime credit cap from 180 to 120 credits. The Northstar Promise provisions would limit tuition and fees to resident rates and require MnState, and request the University of Minnesota, to ensure eligible students receive the benefit.

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• bill um I am not in favor of changing bill um I am not in favor of changing the<00:13:07.160>
• It doesn’t change the outcome of the vote; it changes the process in which the vote is taken.
• > the able to change again doesn't change the able to change again doesn't change the outcome<
• That statute was changed in '19.
• Change it 90 to 45 on line 19. Change the 90 to 45 as well.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• <00:03:23.360> Yes, changes to the code of ethics. Yes, changes to the code of ethics.
• c> other<00:04:29.440> two<00:04:29.759> changes the other change the other two changes
• the other change the other two changes are<00:04:30.720> housekeeping<00:04:31.680> provisions
• > with<00:09:45.360> the So the recommended changes with the So the recommended changes
• submit a different recommended change submit a different recommended change later.<00:09:54.399>

Keywords: Part two will take place after first executive session., 958, all

Summary: The commission first returned from executive session and noted that discussions there were preliminary only and no final agency action was taken. It then approved the budget report, which staff said was within year-to-date budget parameters. Members discussed recommended changes to the code of ethics. Staff proposed four items: defining and prohibiting sexual harassment as ethical misconduct; two housekeeping changes related to lobbyist registration notice and campaign contribution language; and a possible reduction of the post-service waiting period for former legislators to become lobbyists from two years to one year. Members agreed the lobbying cooling-off period was a broader General Assembly issue and voted to recommend only the first three changes, leaving the fourth for later review. The chair noted the July 1 deadline for submitting ethics-code recommendations to the LRC. The commission also approved renewal of a $100,000 contract with Casey Bailey and Mains for Robert Jenkins to continue serving as enforcement counsel, with hourly rates of $125 for the attorney and $40 for the paralegal. Finally, it approved a 3% cost-of-living pay increase for General Counsel Steven Pium, discussed possible conference attendance and informal opinions, and adjourned after no further business.

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• <00:23:41.039> So changes. It just includes base items. So changes.
• Um, jumping down to the change item, the first change item, which is on line 41, there's the $500,000
• jumping down to the change item, the first<00:24:33.039> change<00:24:33.279> item<00:
• <00:30:43.120> but development fund has some changes but development fund has some changes
• The total change for the labor standards division is a decrease of $391,000, and all the change items

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:04:09.200> to There are some slight changes to There are some slight changes to the<00
• to property classification changes.
• property tax proposals that um change property tax proposals that um change the<00:07:09.960>
• changes over time. changes over time.
• Change the letter. Change the term. Change the letter. Change the term.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• You'll see in column R and V are the changes to the base, and you'll see a total change for the state
• change that's being made there? change that's being made there?
• <00:40:20.160> I bills that we had in the change. I bills that we had in the change.
• requirements that do sometimes change. requirements that do sometimes change.
• Um, the other change that we made was a change that had been previously changed, where you could get

Bills: HF2312

Keywords: higher education, college finance, student aid, financial aid, state grants, North Star Promise, scholarships, tuition relief, Minnesota State, University of Minnesota, Office of Higher Education, work-study, child care grants, Indian scholarships, tribal colleges, Hunger-Free Campus, student parents, pregnant students, parenting students, sexual misconduct