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• work, including editorial, sound, scoring, visual effects, and finishing, is increasingly being performed
• The five-year window through 2033 is reasonable and gives the Legislature time to evaluate and extend
• The five-year window through 2033 is reasonable and gives the Legislature time to evaluate and extend
• The FTB currently lacks the authority to delay or evaluate the merits of the action for nonprofits that
• So this bill says that California must evaluate nonprofits on their actual compliance record.

Summary: The committee heard and advanced several tax-related bills, beginning with AB 760, which would exempt settlement payments tied to the Garden Grove chemical incident from California income tax. The author and a school district trustee described evacuations, school closures, and losses to residents, businesses, students, and staff, arguing the payments should make victims whole rather than be taxed. There was support from the Orange County Board of Supervisors, no opposition, and the bill passed 3-0 to Appropriations, with committee amendments accepted. Members then heard AB 2319, creating a California post-production tax credit for film and television work done in-state, even when principal photography occurred elsewhere or the project did not receive the existing film credit. The author and supporters from the Motion Picture Editors Guild, California Post Alliance, and others said post-production jobs and facilities are leaving California and that the bill would help retain high-wage work; opponents were not present. The committee members generally supported the measure, and it passed 3-0 to Appropriations. AB 2186 followed, excluding future reparations benefits for descendants of formerly enslaved people from state income tax. The author and NAACP California-Hawaii State Conference said taxing such benefits would undermine reparative justice; there was no opposition, and the bill passed 3-0. The committee also heard AB 762, which would ban the sale of disposable nicotine vapes and add enforcement tools. Supporters, including waste, recycling, local government, and public health groups, said disposable vapes create fire hazards, waste problems, and costs for local agencies; opponents argued the bill would mainly eliminate the legal market while leaving illicit products untouched and urged stronger enforcement instead. The author accepted committee amendments adding CDTFA enforcement, but the bill was not voted on because a motion was pending and members were absent. Later, AB 1519, AB 2172, AB 2222, AB 1793, AB 2089, and AB 1265 were heard and each received support from committee members and passed 2-0 or 3-0 to Appropriations, with amendments accepted where noted. AB 1519 clarified that the 20-year tax collection statute of limitations should not be reset by later fees or penalties; AB 2172 would let large counties use a single assessment appeals commissioner for complex property tax appeals; AB 2222 would create a temporary tax credit for local news organizations to retain and hire journalists; AB 1793 would authorize symmetrical cash rounding to the nearest nickel after the federal penny phaseout; AB 2089 would streamline the welfare exemption filing process for affordable housing; and AB 1265 would extend and revise the historic building tax credit to encourage adaptive reuse for housing and mixed-use projects.

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• He is, besides studying performing arts and loving performing arts, he also loves math.
• He is a sophomore, and in addition to the performing arts, Boomlawn.
• Thank you for the wonderful performance.
• Thank you for the wonderful performance.
• Speaker, I have been to an NDI performance, and this is just a little taste of what those performances

Bills: HM19

Keywords: New Mexico Aviation and Aerospace Day, aviation, aerospace, space industry, missile programs, Spaceport America, White Sands Missile Range, White Sands Test Facility, Kirtland Air Force Base, drone, unmanned aircraft systems, commercial space transportation, NASA, aircraft, STEM education, research laboratories, Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory, flight testing, medical evacuation

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• So it's not all academic performance.
• There's screening, which is different than an assessment or an evaluation tool.
• It refers to that competent professional evaluation. Yes.
• Witness: It refers to that competent professional evaluation. Yes.
• And I evaluated her and she's got a 137 IQ.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• 00:05:05.360><c> and</c> against financial documentation and against financial documentation and evaluation
• <00:05:06.400><c> for</c><00:05:06.880><c> performance</c><00:05:07.440><c> outcomes.
• </c> evaluation for performance outcomes. evaluation for performance outcomes.
• 00:41:25.119><c> anyway,</c><00:41:25.599><c> we</c><00:41:25.839><c> would</c><00:41:26.079><c> evaluate
• </c> they do so uh anyway, we would evaluate they do so uh anyway, we would evaluate it<00:41:26.800>

Bills: HF4210, HF4212, HF4549, HF4464, HF4546, HF4447

Keywords: senior nutrition, older adults, aging services, home-delivered meals, congregate dining, meal delivery, grocery delivery, food insecurity, nutrition support, area agencies on aging, Minnesota Board on Aging, human services, special revenue fund, nonprofit grants, SNAP outreach, medically tailored meals, rural nutrition, food access, transportation services, elderly

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• As this is written, would a school be able to perform a check for headlight on a student?
• I'm glad it's going through other committees for others to evaluate.
• I'm glad it's going through other committees for others to evaluate. Thank you.
• I'm glad it's going through other committees for others to evaluate.
• surgeries we've heard that on Performing surgeries we've heard that on news<01:39:50.080><c> sources

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Since its original submission, the division has re-evaluated its agency vehicle needs.
• Since its original submission, the division has re-evaluated its agency vehicle needs, its original submission
• , the division has re-evaluated its agency vehicle needs and selected a different, less expensive model
• We've also improved our timeliness and performance in licensing, inspections, and investigations.

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The committee first heard a report from the Joint Millennium Fund co-chairs on recommended uses of Millennium Fund dollars. The recommendations included one-time funding for juvenile safety assessment centers and child advocacy centers, ongoing funding for the Upper River Youth Leadership Council Recovery Center, $5 million for a statewide drug awareness media campaign, and $25 million one-time for Medicaid claim payments to reduce the general fund impact in fiscal year 2027. Members asked about the Medicaid recommendation because the fund had previously been directed away from Medicaid; the co-chairs said the request was made in light of a revenue downturn and was intended as one-time funding, with any unused balance returned. The report was accepted by unanimous consent. The committee then reviewed the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses. Legislative staff summarized the division’s consolidation of licensing boards, staffing, fee-balance management requirements, and the governor’s and committee’s budget recommendations, including vehicle replacement and IT hardware requests. Administrator Russ Barron said the division has reduced overall expenditures since consolidation, improved licensing and inspection timeliness, and used fee changes, fee holidays, and board mergers to keep board balances within the target range. Members questioned rising personnel costs, the use of opioid settlement funds for prescriber DEA fees, the continued need for a 10% transfer exemption, vehicle replacement timing, and how complaints and discipline are handled; Barron said complaints drive investigations, boards set fees subject to legislative approval, and a universal discipline bill could improve consistency. Finally, the committee heard the state lottery budget. Staff described lottery revenues, prize payouts, dividend distributions to schools and state buildings, and a small one-time request for replacement computers. Director Andrew Arulenandum said the lottery has reduced management layers, renegotiated major contracts for significant future savings, and is trying to improve performance without relying heavily on paid advertising. Members asked about the role of lottery detectives, the return on advertising spending, and the need for MacBooks and iMacs; he said detectives investigate theft and other lottery-related crimes, advertising results are hard to isolate from jackpot size, and the Apple equipment is needed for in-house design work. The committee concluded its business and adjourned, with a reminder about upcoming budget-setting work sessions.

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• And this could be for or against the actual evaluation of that property.
• The next three bills are a result of the incentive Evaluation Commission work.
• One Question, and I'm sorry I didn't ask the evaluation commission this, but I didn't get through all
• I know if the work Well, it's a work's performed in Canada.

Bills: SB1280, SB1392, SB1393, SB1395, SB1400, SB1405, SB1832, SB1839, SB1989, SB2001, SB2143

Keywords: excise tax, oil tax, natural gas tax, state revenue, Oklahoma Corporation Commission, income tax, tax credit, aerospace sector, employment, economic development, adaptive reuse, affordable housing, urban renewal, economic impact, program, housing, revitalization, urban development, income tax credit, manufacturing

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• So within that 30-day window, a trial is performed, a disposition process in which evidence is heard,
• This process, as it's done now, actually speeds up the process by which we can evaluate whether those
• There is a real process in which that sort of evaluation happens.
• There is a real process in which that sort of evaluation happens.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• The law provides that a law enforcement officer may not board any vessel or perform a vessel stop without
• And it gives the commission that ability to evaluate all of it.
• And so we're leaving it to the to the subject matter experts to say, okay, yes, they're going to evaluate
• So they evaluate all of these factors and not just look at it just from a standpoint of vessel activity

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• for programmatic improvements, which we're compiling into potential projects to move forward to evaluate
• We've developed better processes to evaluate the environmental review program and whether it's meeting
• for programmatic improvements, which we're compiling into potential projects to move forward to evaluate
• We've developed better processes to evaluate the environmental review program and whether it's meeting
• We've developed better processes to evaluate the environmental review program and whether it's meeting

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Evidence shows that surgical intervention performed within the first 30 to 45 days of life offers the
• Evidence shows that surgical intervention performed within the first 30 to 45 days of life offers the
• It tightens the state's oversight in nursing education programs so that poor-performing programs are
• All programs, not just the low performers, are encouraged to offer preceptorships, which include job
• I think that gives students looking for a program the ability to evaluate whether that's the program

Bills: S0162, S0254, S0688, S0794, S1110, S1574

Keywords: surgical smoke, health standards, hospital safety, patient protection, medical regulations, nursing education, licensure, remedial courses, temporary license, graduate nursing preceptorship, Agency for Persons with Disabilities, background screening, support coordination services, developmental disabilities, Tatton-Brown-Rahman syndrome, public hearings, orthotics, prosthetics, healthcare, Medicaid

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services met with a quorum present and took up several health-related bills. CS/SB 1110 on Medicaid and insurance coverage for orthotics and prosthetics was heard first. The bill would require coverage for medically necessary orthotics and prosthetics without lifetime or continuous-use caps, direct AHCA to seek federal approval and update contracts, and require annual reporting. Testimony from a child using prosthetic “gymnastics blades,” his mother, and another young person with a prosthetic leg emphasized the high cost of activity-specific devices and the impact on children’s mobility, sports participation, and quality of life. Senators voiced strong support, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee then approved SB 1574, “Maddie’s Law,” which adds newborn screening for biliary atresia using the existing blood specimen collected at birth. The sponsor and the child’s father described the condition as time-sensitive and potentially fatal without early detection, and argued the screening could prevent transplants and save money. The bill was reported favorably. The committee also considered CS/SB 794 on background screening for employees of residential facilities and day training programs for people with developmental disabilities, plus a review of waiver support coordination quality, training, and access issues. Parents and a support coordinator testified that strong support coordination is essential for families and that the bill would help standardize expectations and improve services. An amendment aligning the bill with the House companion was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably. Members next heard SB 162, which requires hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to adopt policies using smoke evacuation systems during procedures that generate surgical smoke. Supporters, including nurses and the Florida Nurses Association, described surgical smoke as a workplace hazard with toxic chemicals and potential cancer risks; hospital representatives said they support the intent but argued existing federal and state standards already regulate the issue and the bill is too prescriptive. A late-filed amendment clarifying the smoke must be “effectively captured and filtered” was adopted, and the bill passed favorably. The committee also approved CS/SB 254, a major nursing education bill that tightens oversight of low-performing nursing programs, creates a temporary provisional license and preceptorship pathway for graduates awaiting NCLEX results, requires remediation for delayed testing, and increases transparency by posting passage rates. Nursing groups supported stronger standards, while private nursing schools warned the bill could reduce capacity and discourage program directors; the amended bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee heard SB 688, which would reestablish licensure and regulation of naturopathic doctors in Florida, create a board of naturopathic medicine, set licensure and renewal requirements, and define the scope of practice while excluding most prescription authority. Supporters said it would expand health care choices and allow naturopathic doctors to practice openly, while opponents from the medical community warned the bill could authorize diagnosis and treatment without sufficient training and rely on unproven therapies. The bill was reported favorably. The committee then adjourned after members thanked staff for their work.

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• The standard of care in treating these cases after viability is to induce labor or perform a cesarean
• Health care providers who perform abortions. The floor amendment does something even worse.
• So now, even if an abortion is performed in order to... ...strikes that language.
• So now, even if an abortion is performed in order to save the life of a mother, that is going to be a
• the mother, a Class 6 felony will be... ...an abortion is performed to save the life of the mother,

Keywords: 1182, all

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• The NCOA lists also include some people who are voters evaluating such changes carefully.
• </c><04:35:28.520><c> this</c><04:35:29.359><c> uh</c> preventing from performing this uh preventing
• from performing this uh discretionary<04:35:30.520><c> supplemental</c><04:35:31.359><c> hand</c><04:
• I was going to perform a parallel supplemental hand count of the governor's race.
• </c> V voting machine on when they performed V voting machine on when they performed their<04:58:12.638

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• roadmap to implement the following strategies: expanded recycling education and outreach efforts; evaluate
• Basically, what the bill is trying to achieve is to require that the DOE provide student performance
• You know, the academic performance, the teacher performance, everything is going to continue the way
• You know, the academic performance, the teacher performance, everything is going to continue.
• Continue. academic performance, the teacher performance, everything is going to be, continue the way

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge, and heard several member introductions before moving to the special order calendar. The chamber first took up SB 200/HB 295 on a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan, which directs DEP to develop a statewide recycling strategy by 2026 with stakeholder input and a three-year implementation roadmap; the House bill was substituted and passed 38-0. Senators then approved CS/CS/SB 492 on mitigation banking and land development after adopting two McLean amendments, including one on out-of-service credits and another incorporating phosphate mining lands provisions; the bill passed 35-3 after debate over possible constitutional issues. CS/SB 494 on aggravated animal cruelty was also amended and substituted with the House companion to add a searchable FDLE database of convicted animal abusers and a sentencing multiplier, with an agriculture-related exemption; it passed 37-0. The Senate next passed CS/CS/SB 500/HB 711 creating the Spectrum Alert for missing children with autism, including training and coordinated alert procedures, with a House amendment to align implementation timing and funding; it passed 37-0. CS/CS/SB 524/HB 1089 added Duchenne muscular dystrophy to newborn screening tests and passed 36-0. CS/CS/SB 592/HB 393 revised the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program by lowering approval thresholds, clarifying eligibility and ownership issues, and adding sliding-door wind-driven rain mitigation devices; it passed 37-0 after discussion about funding and insurance premium credits. CS/SB 742/HB 1145 on workforce education allowed charter schools direct access to grant funding and expanded money-back guarantees for certain programs, and it passed 37-0. CS/CS/SB 822/HB 443 on charter schools generated extensive debate and multiple amendments, including a Jones amendment requiring parent acknowledgment of school rules; the bill would expand charter autonomy, reporting flexibility, enrollment capacity, and governance provisions, and it was placed on the calendar for third reading after the amendment process. Later, the Senate passed HB 827 on a statewide study of automation and workforce impact, which would examine job displacement, wages, vulnerable regions, and training needs, by a 35-0 vote. It also passed CS/CS/SB 964/HB 181 on parole guidelines, CS/SB 976/HB 901 on court-appointed psychologists, and CS/SB 1084/HB 1451 on sexual cyber harassment and digitally forged intimate images, all unanimously. CS/CS/SB 1156 on a Home Health Aid for Medically Fragile Children Program was amended to clarify training requirements and passed 37-0 after supportive debate about helping parents care for medically fragile children. Finally, CS/CS/CS/SB 1240/HB 1091 on substance abuse and mental health care was amended to allow designated facilities to retain certain stabilized patients during the 72-hour involuntary examination period and passed 37-0. Several other bills were temporarily postponed, and the chamber also recognized guests and interns throughout the session.

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• Military protective orders, also called MPOs, are similar to civil restraining orders and perform...
• the impacts of discrimination... ...demographic trends, identify disparities, evaluate the impacts of
• We can't issue them a three-day perform or quit for not signing it.
• And then they're going to get a three-day perform or quit to either get rid of the pet or vacate.
• going to get a three-day performer quit to either get rid of the pet or vacate.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• /c><00:08:40.560><c> with</c> will continue as well along with will continue as well along with evaluation
• of processes and practices to evaluation of processes and practices to determine<00:08:44.240><c> um
• </c><01:51:06.560><c> and</c><01:51:06.800><c> make</c><01:51:07.040><c> budgetary</c> to evaluate and
• make budgetary to evaluate and make budgetary allocations<01:51:09.040><c> which</c><01:51:09.199><c
• , how they're managing and um performing, how they're managing and um to<01:54:01.199><c> offer</c><01

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• as</c><00:09:28.480><c> we</c><00:09:28.600><c> did</c><00:09:28.760><c> the</c><00:09:28.920><c> evalu
• ><00:09:29.519><c> ation</c><00:09:29.839><c> so</c><00:09:30.000><c> we</c> in need as we did the evalu
• ation so we in need as we did the evalu ation so we did<00:09:30.279><c> use</c><00:09:30.480><c> that
• Then once we see all of the bids for those locations from internet service providers, we will evaluate
• and look at the next round um evaluate and look at the next round um and<00:26:39.399><c> try</c><00

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• the public, to inform the public on enforcement actions that are being taken in this realm, and to perform
• the public, to inform the public on enforcement actions that are being taken in this realm, and to perform
• the public, to inform the public on enforcement actions that are being taken in this realm, and to perform
• the public, to inform the public on enforcement actions that are being taken in this realm, and to perform
• </c> agencies um so the employer evaluated agencies um so the employer evaluated all<00:28:45.200><c>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Many individuals classified as independent contractors are performing work that legally qualifies them
• prioritize the protection of Idaho's authorized workforce and erodes the foundations of how a court evaluates
• As of December 2023, over 64 million Americans had performed freelance work in the previous year for
• independent contractor, where you control the result as the one contracting; you don't control how they perform
• independent contractor where you control the result as the one contracting, you don't control how they perform

Summary: The Senate Commerce Committee first approved the minutes from February 26, 2026 by voice vote. It then heard House Bill 738, which would allow an additional option for LLC organizers to list a commercial registered agent’s address instead of a residential/home address on the Secretary of State’s website, with the stated goal of improving privacy and safety for home-based businesses while preserving existing LLC formation options. Representative Dygert said the bill was developed with input from the Secretary of State’s office and that other states use similar approaches. After questions about the definition and use of commercial registered agents, the committee voted to send HB 738 to the Senate floor with a do pass recommendation. The committee then took up House Bill 645, a proposal to create voluntary portable benefits accounts for independent contractors and other 1099 workers. Majority Leader Den Hartog and a supporting witness described the bill as a way for contractors and hiring entities to contribute to worker-owned accounts that could be used for benefits such as health, disability, life, retirement, income replacement, and unemployment insurance, with administration by approved third-party providers under Department of Insurance oversight. Supporters argued the bill would expand flexibility and access to benefits without changing worker classification, and noted similar laws in other states. Opponents, including the Idaho AFL-CIO, warned the bill could worsen worker misclassification, blur the line between employees and contractors, and create concerns about immigration verification, workers’ compensation, and tax treatment. Committee members raised repeated questions about whether the bill could affect the right-to-control test, workers’ compensation, federal classification rules, and whether the accounts might be used without health coverage. The sponsor and witness responded that the bill would not alter existing classification law, would not create an employer-employee relationship, and would remain subject to federal law. After closing debate, the committee approved HB 645 on a 5-4 roll call vote and sent it to the Senate floor with a do pass recommendation. The committee then adjourned after completing its agenda.

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• So the ZBR effort is the comprehensive evaluation of the rule chapter to identify and remove outdated
• So, getting into some of our performance measures, I won't go into great detail here, but as you can
• We were a little bit low, as you can see there, in performance measure 6: percentage of expiring lease
• Another one to point out is performance measure 8.
• Eight and nine are new ones that we've just added to our performance measure reports in the last couple

Keywords: 989, all