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• professionals, and qualified autism service paraprofessionals from the health and safety insurance code
• to the business and professions code.
• and paraprofessionals collectively referred to as QA SPS from the health and safety and insurance codes
• to the business and professions code.
• provisions from the Health and Safety Code and the Insurance Code to the Business and Professions Code

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Construction has built tens of thousands of miles of roadway, bridges, airports, earthwork, environmental cleanup
• No one can be treated like a criminal simply because they have an uninsured. Vehicle.
• when I was the president of the city council in Albuquerque that we have to be smarter than the criminals
• because the criminals They are really using technology to their benefit.
• One of the things that we put up on all the rest areas was a large QR code and feedback sign as well.

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• the taxpayers to pay for the cleanup the taxpayers to pay for the cleanup costs<00:32:48.240>
• The realities in southeast Minnesota include substandard wells not built to code.
• <00:37:11.680> that's<00:37:11.880> not<00:37:12.000> a built to code that's
• not a built to code that's not a responsibility<00:37:12.839> of<00:37:12.960> the<00:
• I was going to bring Revenue down here so they could kind of go over the tax code with us, and I was

Bills: HF363, HF2155, HF1524, HF821, HF1677, HF1292

Keywords: HF363, property tax credit, agricultural water quality credit, Minnesota agricultural water quality certification program, clean water fund, class 2a, class 2b, certified acres, conservation incentive, water quality, agricultural property, county assessor, county auditor, Department of Revenue, Department of Agriculture, property tax reimbursement, school district reimbursement, legacy finance, taxes committee, southeastern Minnesota

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• working group with members representing the judges, clerks of court, practicing attorneys in civil and criminal
• Most of this bill's cleanup to update the statute. Okay. Thank you for clarifying that for me.
• produce an unalterable and accessible representation of the original source, and it's really more of a cleanup

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and heard a series of bills, mostly from the Senate, covering military affairs, courts, veterans’ services, tobacco/vape regulation, and emergency alerts for missing persons with disabilities. Several measures were described as cleanup or modernization bills, including SB 317 adding the House and Senate military committee chairs to the Louisiana Military Advisory Council, SB 357 updating court administration and appellate e-case management provisions, SB 421 modernizing electronic records language, and SB 232 and HB 597 addressing judicial compensation and related funding/commission issues. The committee also heard SB 164, which would add public works employees to the definition of first responders, and SB 510, which would regulate certain licensed establishments that allow on-premises consumption of hemp/THC products and related age restrictions. These bills were generally presented as technical updates or alignment with existing practices, and the committee reported them favorably after brief questions and, in some cases, amendments. A major portion of the meeting focused on SB 208, which revises Louisiana’s law on services provided to veterans after a prior version was struck down. Senator Kathy and LDVA representatives said the bill is intended to protect veterans from unaccredited “claim sharks” by limiting fees and creating state-level safeguards, while an opponent argued the issue is preempted by federal law and should be left to Congress and the pending appeal. The committee also heard extensive testimony on SB 34, which would create “Bryan’s Call” emergency alerts for missing children and adults with cognitive or developmental disabilities, including wireless alerts and responder training. Family members and disability advocates described fatal risks from elopement and drowning, and supporters said the bill would fill a gap between Amber and Silver Alerts; the committee moved the bill favorably. Another bill, HB 302, sought to restrict vape sales near schools; the sponsor and Alcohol and Tobacco Control discussed possible language changes, and public health testimony supported broader protections for youth. Several bills were voluntarily deferred, including HB 1190, HB 1097, and HB 374-1, and the committee adjourned after reporting the remaining measures favorably.

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• Chairman and members, Senate Bill 2055 is a cleanup bill for the Texas Leadership Scholars, which Senator
• The cleanup bill does just a handful of things.
• On May 4th, 2024, I took an exam in criminal procedure focused on the Fourth Amendment, and I was indeed

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

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• of the new folks that are sitting in, Senator Gonzalez and I proposed a bill last year that was a cleanup
• So this is really a cleanup bill.
• Madam Chair, at the last meeting, the removal of the provisions relating to the procurement code and
• So anyway, it just seems like a cleanup bill, but I thought sometimes you can clean up too much, and
• All right, we are voting to endorse the cleanup PERA cleanup bill that we heard at our last meeting and

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• criminal penalty. criminal penalty.
• criminal activities. criminal activities.
• challenges posed by criminal activity. challenges posed by criminal activity.
• It's cleanup.
• It's<03:05:13.920> cleanup.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Minnesota Bureau of Criminal apprehension<00:59:14.880> and<
• values that the Bureau of Criminal values that the Bureau of Criminal apprehension<00:59:34.319>
• And then when they discover criminal fraud, it will be referred to us.
• And then when they discover criminal fraud, it will be referred to us.
• lab forensic lab to deal with criminal lab forensic lab to deal with criminal and<01:29:12.600><

Bills: HF2335, HF2400, HF2401, HF2522

Keywords: Medicare, health insurance, supplement policies, preexisting conditions, medical assistance, premium classification, real estate, appraisers, disciplinary actions, sanction matrix, Minnesota Statutes, continuing education, out-of-state, licensing, commerce, fraud prevention, automobile theft, law enforcement, insurance crimes, 1183

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• Lindsay, Director of Code Enforcement, Department of Labor and Licensing.
• They have to meet all the International or the Arkansas Fuel Gas Code, National Electric Code, and they
• In other states, mirroring their requirements, a code cycle.
• It's eight hours of training per code cycle.
• The classes they have to attend are for code updates.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• Section three and section 11 are more background studies cleanup.
• Um more background<00:07:35.280> studies<00:07:35.680> cleanup.
• Um this is background studies cleanup.
• <00:10:40.160> investigation, involved in a criminal investigation, involved in a criminal
• And they would criminal investigation.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• A lot of it is cleanup language that we figured when we took 1176 to the floor, there was a number of
• So the current Century Code requires that all schools must be at the 60 mills.
• So the way Century Code reads right now...
• It is impossible to get to most of those unless we open up new codes for those mill levies, which we
• You'd want voter-approved mill levies in there, especially if we could do it by a code.

Bills: SB2397

Keywords: oil and gas, tax exemption, development incentive wells, gross production tax, flaring, 908, all

Summary: The Senate Finance and Tax Committee met and first took up House Bill 1382, the gas tax bill. Members explained an amendment to ensure that the proposed three-cent gas tax distribution would include all counties and townships in oil-producing counties, rather than excluding non-oil-producing counties as in the original draft. The committee adopted the amendment unanimously, but then held the bill for the time being because of related work on the Department of Transportation budget in the House. The committee then turned to House Bill 1168, a large hoghouse amendment that combined the bill with the contents of House Bill 1176 and added technical corrections. The proposal would raise the primary residence property tax credit maximum from $1,250 to $1,650, keep the 75% cap with a $500 floor, and extend the credit to voter-approved levies while excluding special assessments. Other changes discussed included aligning the disabled veterans property tax credit with the $200,000 exemption level, adjusting budget and distribution dates so taxing districts are made whole sooner, exempting townships from a general-election vote requirement for levy increases, and modifying school funding formulas so schools are not shortchanged if mill levies are reduced under the cap. Testimony from the Association of Counties and the State Supervisor of Assessments was generally supportive of the technical cleanup and implementation changes, but they raised concerns about the June 1 distribution date, application timing, and the practicality of some programming and administrative changes. Committee members also discussed the policy and messaging implications of the 75%/floor structure and the difficulty of applying the credit to certain voter-approved levies. No final action was taken on House Bill 1168; the committee agreed to continue working on amendments and recessed until later in the day.

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• for tuition and fees to the list of entities that the DPS director must authorize the exchange of criminal
• justice information between the Central State Repository or Arizona Criminal Justice Information Center
• justice information between the Central State Repository or Arizona Criminal Justice Information Center
• They are worthy of a strong education, regardless of their zip code.
• Although, again, simple cleanup, so thanks for the conversation. Thank you.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• It is left up to the local city and township zoning code.
• left up to the local city and Township<00:03:53.959> zoning Township zoning Township zoning code
• 57.120> Grant<00:03:57.640> where<00:03:58.519> I<00:03:58.840> reside code
• as a city of Grant where I reside code as a city of Grant where I reside as<00:03:59.319> a<00
• incentive cleanup program uh which<00:12:40.120> was<00:12:40.360> simply<00:12:40.720

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So, for example, our coding classes are led by former robotics faculty members within Minnesota.
• So, for example, our coding classes are led by former robotics faculty members within Minnesota.
• So, for example, our coding classes are led by former robotics faculty members within Minnesota.
• This is just a cleanup bill of old statutes, unfunded statutes.
• , just a cleanup bill of old statutes, unfunded<00:45:24.240> statutes.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Taken together, SB 954 meets the promise of cleanup on SB 131 and provides a path forward to streamline
• And without any significant cleanup legislation, companies will continue to take advantage of the overly
• As written, SB 954 goes beyond cleanup.
• He said cleanup work is difficult, especially when people promise at the end of session that they will
• The Senator said cleanup is challenging, but the committee is continuing to work on it.

Summary: The Assembly Labor and Employment Committee heard several bills focused on labor standards, worker safety, and public transparency. SB 954 by Senator Blakespear would revise last year’s CEQA exemption for advanced manufacturing by adding worker protections such as prevailing wage, a skilled and trained workforce, high-road employment standards, and environmental guardrails. Supporters from labor, environmental justice, and conservation groups said the bill restores promised safeguards after SB 131, while business groups argued the added requirements would undermine the exemption and discourage investment. The committee voted 5-0 to do pass and re-refer SB 954 to Appropriations, leaving the roll open for absent members. The committee then considered SB 966 by Senator Gonzalez, which would codify refinery worker participation and safety protections adopted in 2017 after the 2012 Chevron Richmond fire. Supporters, including United Steelworkers and a former refinery worker, said the bill would preserve workers’ ability to report hazards, select representatives, and stop unsafe work, preventing future disasters. The Western States Petroleum Association opposed the bill, arguing it could be preempted by federal labor law and would add regulatory uncertainty. The committee passed SB 966 3-0 and re-referred it to Appropriations, with the roll left open. Next, SB 1203 by Senator Smallwood-Cuevas sought to modernize private security guard training, expand de-escalation instruction, strengthen accountability, and create a clearer professional pathway for the industry. The author and many security workers testified that guards are often first responders in volatile situations and need more practical training and better standards; opponents from industry and business groups warned the bill would raise costs, worsen staffing shortages, and create implementation problems, especially around third-party training and a new wage order. The committee voted 4-1 to do pass and re-refer SB 1203 to Public Safety, with one no vote and the roll left open. The committee also heard SB 1284 by Senator Smallwood-Cuevas, a transparency bill requiring DHCS to publish the names of large employers with workers enrolled in Medi-Cal and the estimated taxpayer cost. Supporters said the measure would show how low wages and unaffordable coverage shift health costs to the public, while opponents argued Medi-Cal enrollment depends on many factors and that naming employers would be misleading and amount to public shaming. After discussion, the committee voted 4-2 to do pass and re-refer SB 1284 to Appropriations, leaving the roll open. The transcript then began discussion of SB 1054 by Senator Cabaldon, which would improve workforce data collection and sharing to better evaluate job-training pathways, but the excerpt cuts off before testimony or action on that bill.

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• On January 15th, we issued an order that prohibits the cleanup and removal of fire debris and ash in
• We updated that order on March 4th to coincide with the way the cleanup is progressing.
• As you know, there are two phases to cleanup: phase one cleanup by the EPA to address the hazards, and
• phase two cleanup led by the Army Corps of Engineers to remove the fire debris.
• Our staff there answered questions about health risks, cleanup safety, and provided available resources

Summary: The Assembly Health Committee held an informational hearing on the health impacts of wildfires and the effects on health care systems and access to care. The first panel focused on public health consequences, with testimony from UCLA and UCSF physicians, a community organizer, and an Altadena recovery leader. Witnesses described acute and long-term physical harms from wildfire smoke and ash, including asthma and COPD exacerbations, cardiovascular and stroke risks, pregnancy impacts, infection risk, and possible added hazards from lithium-ion battery fires. They also emphasized mental health effects such as anxiety, depression, PTSD, “firebrain,” and the need for psychological first aid, trauma-informed community networks, and youth-focused resilience programs. Community advocates stressed that Latine, Indigenous, undocumented, and Black communities face disproportionate harm because of language barriers, unsafe work conditions, lack of insurance, and exclusion from disaster aid, and they called for stronger language access, worker protections, permanent disaster relief, and better outreach. Committee members asked about air monitoring, masks, wind events, lithium-ion batteries, and how to reach communities with translation and emergency information. Panelists said AQI is useful but incomplete, that N95s help for smoke but P100 masks are needed for ash/asbestos exposure, and that communities should be warned to stay indoors and avoid windy dust-ups after fires. They also discussed the importance of building relationships during non-emergency periods, using text alerts and trusted community organizations, and providing culturally and linguistically appropriate information. Several members and witnesses highlighted the need for more research on long-term health effects, especially for people with chronic lung disease, workers who cannot stay indoors, and residents exposed to repeated disasters. The second panel addressed health care system response and access to care. DHCS and DMHC described emergency flexibilities used during the Southern California fires, including federal waivers, extended Medi-Cal renewal deadlines, reinstated coverage for some disenrolled members, suspension of prior authorization and prescription refill barriers, out-of-network access at in-network cost-sharing, and communication through websites, toll-free numbers, and social media. Hospital and community health center leaders described major operational strain: emergency room surges, canceled surgeries, dialysis disruptions, staff displacement, temporary housing needs, and financial losses. Huntington Health and AltaMed reported using incident command systems, temporary care spaces, bilingual and culturally tailored services, mobile clinics, infection control measures, and community health workers to keep care going. Members and witnesses also discussed the need for better disaster staffing pools, more flexible facility rules, stronger mental health coverage, child care planning, and statewide coordination for future emergencies; no formal votes were taken.

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• Throughout the code, to simplify it.
• >> We don't get any, you know, anything from circuit criminal. >> Okay.
• Well, it shouldn't matter what your ZIP code is either if you're a victim of a crime.
• Well, it shouldn't matter what your ZIP code is either if you're a victim of a crime.
• Well, it shouldn't matter what your ZIP code is either if you're a victim of a crime.

Keywords: Appropriations - Room 216, 15 January, 2026; 2:00 PM, 925, all

Summary: The meeting began with a budget presentation from the Office of Capital Post Conviction. Director Chrissy Noble described the office’s work representing death-row clients in state postconviction, federal habeas, clemency, and related matters, and said the Legislature has historically funded the office with enough flexibility to handle unpredictable cases. She highlighted four pending actual-innocence cases, including matters involving false forensics and a shaken-baby syndrome challenge, and noted that such cases often require multiple experts. She also cited a recent example where the office was appointed to a case shortly before an execution date was set, and said flexible spending authority allowed the office to secure experts and file on time. The office asked to retain any remaining special-fund cash balance into FY26 and said it had not requested additional salary funding for FY26 because the increase was already handled through flexibility; members praised the office’s work and no vote was taken. The committee then heard from the Ethics Commission. Staff explained requests for salary realignment, additional funding for a part-time hearing officer who handles public records and open meetings cases, and a small amount for fuel/food that was described as a system-related placeholder. The commission said it had a backlog because complaints have become more numerous and complex, and that more funding would allow the hearing officer to process more cases. Members also discussed a prior $10,000 system request that had lapsed and was later found to have been underestimated; the commission said the earlier figure came from an initial quote and the later $25,000 estimate reflected the actual cost. The chairman and members commended the commission’s work, and no formal action was taken. Finally, the Administrative Office of Courts presented its budget requests. The office outlined a deficit appropriation request tied to county-funded court reporter increases, funding for two newly appointed judges, special-judge appointment costs, and death benefits for a court administrator in Warren County. The discussion then focused on judicial salaries, with the office noting Mississippi ranks near the bottom nationally in trial and Supreme Court judge pay, though a cost-of-living adjustment would place the state around 27th. The office said its request follows State Personnel Board recommendations and that it is also seeking a possible increase in filing fees to support the Judicial Operations Fund, which helps cover salary costs not paid from general funds. Members discussed redistricting, special appointments, and the possibility of using fee revenue rather than general funds to support future increases; no vote was taken.

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• It violates U.S. code.
• It violates U.S. code.
• It violates U.S. code.
• It violates U.S. code.
• It violates U.S. code.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• The QR code there, for anyone in the audience, or if you're here as a QR coder as well, will take you
• So that QR code and the LTWAF.AZWIFA.gov website do have all of that information available for public
• This is simply a cleanup from two years ago when you all voted to create a conservation district board
• This is simply a cleanup from two years ago, when you all voted to create a conservation district board
• So it's mostly a technical cleanup. There is no money appropriated for this.

Bills: HB2024, HB2053, HB2097, HB2116, HB2117

Keywords: water infrastructure finance authority, WIFA, water supply development, snowpack augmentation, cloud seeding, water augmentation, water financing, water infrastructure, Arizona water law, water conservation, groundwater recharge, stormwater recharge, reclamation and reuse, water rights, water supply projects, public-private partnership, long-term water augmentation fund, water provider, desalination, drought mitigation

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• We've got some cleanup work to do.
• They were omitted in the original list of professionals to provide fluoroscopy, so this is a cleanup
• So this is a cleanup of the aged statute, and stakeholders, because I knew this question was going to
• Again, Representative Julie Willoughby from District 13, this is a very straightforward cleanup bill.
• It literally is just a cleanup. What it is is many parts of law. It just states ambulance.

Bills: HB2049, HB2050, HB2051, HB2072, HB2082, HB2085, HB2177, HB2178, HB2179, HB2183, HB2195

Keywords: radiation therapy, particle accelerator, critical access hospitals, patient care, rural healthcare, radiologic technologist, radiologist assistant, radiology, imaging, x-ray, diagnostic x-ray, fluoroscopy, mammography, computed tomography, CT technologist, nuclear medicine technologist, bone densitometry, radiation safety, radiation licensing, scope of practice