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• complicated set of facility complicated set of facility requirements.<00:03:00.239> You'll
• <00:05:21.520> about 1990s with some very strict rules about 1990s with some very strict rules
• curve, ensuring that our facilities curve, ensuring that our facilities remain<00:16:20.399>
• facilities daily. facilities daily.
• <00:21:14.480> they the modern high-tech facilities they the modern high-tech facilities they

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• That also assumes this administration adheres to the bill's own rules, something we know we cannot be
• It caps the total state-directed payment amounts for inpatient hospital and nursing facility services
• I mean, obviously what's so important is not just what rules are being changed and what regulations,
• So I think with a lot of that, I believe we're still waiting for the rules and the guidance from the
• And workers need to be trained on the new policy and the new rule.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Accountability and Oversight held its fifth hearing of the year to examine the newly enacted federal H.R. 1 and its effects on California. Members and the chair described the law as a major threat to state health, food, education, and climate programs, and emphasized that California would not be able to fully backfill the federal cuts. Several members also highlighted the bill’s tax provisions, including temporary deductions for tips, overtime, seniors, and auto loan interest, while warning that the largest benefits flow to higher-income taxpayers and that major cuts to Medi-Cal, CalFresh, and clean-energy incentives are delayed or phased in over time. The Legislative Analyst’s Office and the Department of Finance presented detailed overviews of the bill’s likely impacts and implementation timelines. They identified the main affected areas as health care coverage and financing, food assistance, higher education, personal income taxes, and clean-energy/electric-vehicle credits. They explained that H.R. 1 limits provider taxes used to finance Medi-Cal, adds work and redetermination requirements, restricts CalFresh eligibility and increases state costs, changes student loan and Pell Grant rules, extends and modifies federal tax provisions, and phases out many clean-energy credits. Finance also noted major rescissions of Inflation Reduction Act funds, new border and immigration enforcement spending, and the possibility of PAYGO sequestration if Congress does not act to offset the deficit increase. During member questions, the committee focused on likely enrollment losses, administrative burdens, and fiscal exposure for the state and counties. Witnesses said many details still depend on federal guidance, but they estimated significant impacts on Medi-Cal, CalFresh, and graduate/professional student borrowing, and noted that California’s high CalFresh error rate could increase state costs. UC testified that the elimination of Graduate PLUS loans would affect thousands of professional students, especially in health, law, and other high-cost programs. Members asked for follow-up data on county, health, and tax impacts, and staff agreed to provide additional tables and estimates as implementation guidance becomes clearer. Public commenters from counties, early childhood advocates, health coalitions, disability rights groups, immigrant-rights organizations, and other stakeholders urged the Legislature to mitigate the law’s effects. They warned of higher county costs, reduced access to health care and food assistance, increased administrative burdens, and harm to children, immigrants, people with disabilities, and low-income families. Several urged new state revenue solutions and stronger protections for Medi-Cal, CalFresh, child care, and home- and community-based services. No votes were taken; the hearing was informational and ended with a commitment to continue monitoring federal guidance and to work on state responses in the budget process.

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• Some of you may have been on one of our tours to come and see the facility.
• To return to the source cleaner than when it was piped into the facility.
• Facilities that the city is looking at down there.
• That's an example for the Kay Bailey Hutchison facility.
• And they can start using their lake and facilities in that lake.

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• And then it steals resources from rules.
• identify which correctional facilities identify which correctional facilities have<01:18:48.800>
• to get into all of those facilities to get into all of those facilities including<01:19:05.360><
• educational staff in those facilities. educational staff in those facilities.
• He said it really does help provide workforce to all our manufacturing facilities and medical facilities

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• how valuable our timber industry is, and we're not going to see good cordwood being put into, uh, facilities
• wood products, so that instead of bringing discarded wood products to landfills, they could go to facilities
• for use to being put into uh facilities for use to produce<00:02:16.280> energy<00:02:16.959>
• <00:02:23.680> where<00:02:23.879> we they could go to facilities where we they could
• go to facilities where we could<00:02:24.160> create<00:02:24.680> renewable<00:02:25.200

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: House File 249 was moved toward the General Register after Representative Igo offered and the committee adopted an author’s amendment that removed a 50% line and clarified the bill’s language. Igo described the bill as a change to Minnesota’s carbon-free definition to include woody biomass from timber harvesting residues and discarded wood products, arguing it would support an all-of-the-above energy strategy, reduce landfill use, and create markets for forest byproducts while avoiding clear-cutting or use of good cordwood for energy. Several industry witnesses testified in support. Ray Higgins of the Minnesota Timber Producers Association said the bill would help utilities convert coal plants to use forest residues and dead or dying timber, and argued Minnesota forests are significant carbon sinks with annual growth exceeding mortality. Tom McCabe, a logger and trucker from Duluth, said biomass markets are critical to his business, help reduce fire danger, and support rural economies, while Rod Enberg described past waste of low-value timber and said biomass markets have helped businesses and local economies, including a successful chip-burning system at American Peat Technology. Rick Horton of Minnesota Forest Industries said woody biomass can provide reliable baseload power, help manage dead and dying forests affected by spruce budworm, emerald ash borer, and eastern larch beetle, and keep industrial energy costs competitive. Opposition came from Sarah Meridian of CURE, who argued the bill conflicts with Minnesota’s 100% carbon-free law because burning biomass emits carbon dioxide and other pollutants, and said the bill’s broad reference to discarded wood products could allow combustion of treated or contaminated wood. In committee discussion, Representative Craft questioned whether biomass can truly be called carbon neutral on the time scales discussed, noting that decay and regrowth can take decades and warning against overstating the climate benefits. The bill was advanced despite those concerns, with supporters emphasizing forest management, rural jobs, and energy reliability.

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• Wants to go to the facility; there is still a process they have to follow.
• I would like to recognize the Rules Chair, Senator Passidomo.
• An argument is made that you are changing the rules, and I understand that argument.
• We have the 80/20 rule.
• Before I recognize the Rules Chair, any announcements? Okay.

Bills: SJR36, SR8, SR14, SR15, SR17, HCR54

Keywords: accountants, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, advocacy, legislation, business issues, memorial, law enforcement, sacrifice, tribute, community support, service, community, Holocaust, remembrance, antisemitism, human rights, education, Holocaust Remembrance Day, memorialization, sexual assault

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• So that is what the administrative rule looks like there.
• Is it something we can leave to rule?
• The same one that runs the live racetrack also runs a simulcast OTB facility in Fargo.
• We're not there as much as we are a locked facility.
• Then we kind of drop down to the indigent defense, the court facility fee.

Summary: The Judiciary Interim Committee met to begin its study of charitable gaming and the ownership of alcoholic beverage establishments by licensed charitable gaming organizations, a study directed by Senate Bill 2334. Legislative Council gave an overview of the constitutional and statutory framework for charitable gaming, site authorizations, rent limits, proceeds, and recent legislative changes. The Attorney General’s Gaming Division then clarified the financial flow of gaming, explaining that in fiscal year 2025 North Dakota had about $2.5 billion in gross gaming proceeds, with roughly 88-90% paid back in prizes and about $256 million available to organizations after taxes; most of that activity came from electronic pull tabs. Members asked for more detail on winnings, replays, rent, and the breakdown of manufacturer/distributor revenues, and the AG’s office agreed to provide supplemental information. The committee also heard from the League of Cities and the Association of Counties about local site authorization. Cities said they have a limited role in approving gaming sites, can adopt policies after public hearing, may charge up to $100, and can set certain conditions, including local nexus requirements, but cannot require donations or force a specific charity or site. The League said it had worked with stakeholders on a model policy to provide more consistency, though members raised concerns that local requirements could become too restrictive for charities serving broader areas. Counties said the issue is mostly a city matter, with little county involvement beyond minimal site fees and general site approval. The North Dakota Gaming Alliance testified in support of the study and provided IRS-related material suggesting charities may use asset diversification, while emphasizing it had not taken a position on whether charities should own bars. Members questioned whether bar ownership is being used for site stability or to channel charitable gaming dollars, and whether city policies might disadvantage charities with broader missions. The committee also discussed the relationship between gaming organizations, manufacturers, and distributors, including restrictions on incentives and interference, and asked for more information on those entities and their ownership. Later in the meeting, the Racing Commission gave its regular update on live racing, pari-mutuel wagering, ADW providers, purse and promotion funds, a new TRPB contract, and concerns about cease-and-desist actions from other states. Finally, the State Hospital superintendent briefly reported on the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s support services, including the SORT team, training, and security assistance for the hospital campus.

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• And then we also did an analysis of the use of overtime at a treatment facility at the Department of
• Human Services and also at a correctional facility at the Department of Corrections.
• um at the Department treatment facility um at the Department of<00:01:23.360> Human<00:01:23.600
• c> of Human Services and also at a of Human Services and also at a correctional<00:01:25.520> facility
• at the Department correctional facility at the Department of<00:01:27.040> Corrections.

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• I do believe it is the only facility in Cibola County.
• Senate Bill 132, germane, thence referred to the Rules Committee.
• Senate Bill 160, Germane, thence referred to the Rules Committee.
• income tax credit and the child care facility donation corporate income tax credit.
• , prohibiting cameras and filming or recording in certain areas of a detention facility.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Will the clerk court rule is relaxed.
• any kind of way to um question the rules any kind of way to um question the rules that<01:46:14.960
• the final rules, the egg commissioner the final rules, the egg commissioner decided<01:46:27.520
• That's why I to challenge this ruling.
• per bed capex to build a new facility per bed capex to build a new facility depending<02:05:10.080

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The Senate met with a quorum present, approved the previous day’s journal, and received several housekeeping notices, including corrected engrossments/enrollments and committee reports. The Committee on Education reported Senate Bill 23, and the Committee on Judiciary reported Senate Bill 149, both amended and referred to Appropriations with favorable recommendation. The chamber also recognized former Representative Lang Sias as a special guest and heard several moments of personal privilege, including introductions of guests connected to the Boulder Boulder race and the Leadership Program of the Rockies. The Senate then took up Senate Resolution 6, designating April 2026 as National Donate Life Month. Supporters highlighted Colorado’s high donor registration rate, the work of Donor Alliance, and personal stories about organ and tissue donation saving lives. The resolution was adopted 34-0, with the current roll call added as co-sponsors. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 7, designating April 2026 as Second Chance Month. Proponents emphasized the impact of collateral consequences on people with criminal records, the importance of employment and reentry, and the value of redemption and public safety; the resolution passed 34-0 and the current roll call was added as co-sponsors. Finally, the Senate considered Senate Joint Resolution 23, recognizing Young Americans Bank and the Young Americans Center for Financial Education for their contributions to financial literacy education in Colorado. The resolution cited House Bill 25-1192’s new financial literacy requirements and praised the organizations’ experiential learning model and statewide reach. Senators spoke about Bill Daniels’ legacy and the programs’ impact on students, including testimony that the institutions have served hundreds of thousands of Colorado youth. The resolution was read at length and discussed, but the transcript cuts off before a final vote is shown.

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• risk of having 50 states with 50 different sets of requirements for how you can propose a rule?
• SEC rule 14A-8. It's not a product of the New York Stock Exchange, right?
• That's an SEC rule. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Senator.
• I am fully regulated under the current laws and rules that T. D. L. R. has in place.
• This rule helps ensure that dealers are not misleading.

Bills: SB264, SB542, SB924, SB1008, SB1029, SB1036, SB1057, SB1058, SB1185, SB1202, SB1358, SB1364, SB1376, SB1569, SB1664, SB1697, SJR50

Keywords: SB 264, Texas Workers' Compensation Act, group self-insurance, self-insured groups, workers' compensation, Texas Department of Insurance, commissioner of insurance, certificate of approval, guaranty fund, trust fund, wind down, dissolution, labor code, insurance regulation, employer coverage, risk pool, business and commerce, trade workforce economic development, property owners' association, water conservation

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• with OHA as required under the rules with OHA as required under the rules that<00:54:47.599>
• We have, like, one-time review in our rules.
• , capacity is at all of our facilities, capacity is at all of our facilities, whether<01:37:39.920
• First up, we have facilities.
• <01:54:28.880> to health could adopt its own rules to health could adopt its own rules to

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard several bills on water, land, housing, permitting, and historic preservation. For SB 746/SD2/HD1 on invasive species, DLNR and the Department of Agriculture supported the intent but warned that a bounty approach for coconut rhinoceros beetle could have unintended consequences, divert resources from biocontrol research, and be vulnerable to abuse; Hawaii Farm Bureau supported the measure. The committee also heard SB 1541 on the WoE water system, with testimony from ADC, Kunia Village Title Holding Company, and Farm Bureau in support, emphasizing the importance of the system for agriculture and the high cost of water on lands already dedicated to farming. The most extensive discussion was on SB 66, relating to building permit review and county permitting authority. DPP opposed the bill, saying the problem is not just agency review time but the broader permitting process, including applicant corrections, outside-agency review, staffing shortages, and low pay that make it hard to fill vacancies. DPP said it already meets or beats existing review deadlines for residential permits and is using tools like electronic plans and AI to help applicants submit better plans. Several supporters, including Iron Workers Local 625, an individual witness, and Hawaii Food Industry Association, backed the bill but urged a pilot program or other safeguards; some also asked for broader permit coverage beyond single-family homes. Committee members questioned DPP about whether applicant correction time should count against the clock, whether self-certification could be used, and whether the state should fund any new mandate. The committee then took up SB 26 on affordable housing, with HHFDC, OPSD, and HCDA in support and no opposition noted. Finally, on SB 1263 relating to historic preservation, HHFDC and DLNR supported the bill, while OHA offered comments and requested amendments, especially on the new risk-based review process for high-, medium-, and low-risk areas. OHA said the new procedure should be implemented carefully and allowed more time, describing it as a pilot that should be done well to be useful while still protecting cultural and historic resources. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• If you use that against a licensed facility. Um and um against a licensed facility.
• Boston certainly has huge medical facilities, academic research facilities, federal funding to support
• reproductive healthc care facilities reproductive healthc care facilities you're<04:30:50.000>
• , facilities, facilities, can<04:37:46.000> you<04:37:46.320> talk<04:37:46.561> about
• Court's ruling, I guess, on 2000 that Court's ruling, I guess, on 2000 that basically<06:05:38.878>

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• facility may be constructed at any facility may be constructed at any location<01:05:04.960> consistent
• Um, just, you know, they needed more of a warehouse-type facility.
• generating facility. Thank you. generating facility. Thank you.
• facilities that can provide that energy. facilities that can provide that energy.
• portrayed them or as giving a bad ruling portrayed them or as giving a bad ruling or<02:19:43.920

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee began a work session on House Bill 1600, concerning access to the centralized voter registration database on election days. Secretary of State David Scanlan testified that the state already has a new statewide voter registration system connected to town clerks and supervisors of the checklist, and that the bill was probably unnecessary but acceptable if the legislature wanted it. He raised concern about language that could require direct electronic access in every polling place, noting that some polling locations lack reliable internet or cell service and that municipalities can change polling locations, which could make a rigid requirement expensive and impractical. Members discussed whether the bill should be clarified to allow direct or indirect access, including use of a phone-based workaround, and the secretary said that would address his concern. The committee then voted on HB 1600. Representative Maguire moved ought to pass with an amendment adding “direct or indirect access” on page one, line seven, and the motion was seconded. The amendment was adopted 9-0 by voice vote, and the committee then voted 9-0 to OTP the bill. The chair stated that HB 1600 would be placed on consent. The committee next took up House Bill 1197F FN, a technical correction to insurance laws. Members noted it had already passed the House with amendment and that the fiscal note was effectively indeterminate but would not affect the general fund because the insurance agency is self-funded. The committee voted 9-0 to OTP the bill; the chair said consent calendar placement would be decided by the full committee. Finally, the committee opened a work session on House Bill 11:30 FN regarding judicial performance evaluations. Representative Lynn, the bill’s sponsor, argued that the fiscal note overstated the immediate cost and said the judicial branch could likely manage through the current biennium while implementing the new system. He also supported making judges’ names public and said the bill’s anonymity provisions were aimed at protecting the identities of questionnaire respondents, not the judges being evaluated. Members asked about public disclosure, internal access to evaluation materials, and the removal of language allowing the governor and executive council to receive evaluations on request; discussion continued on those points, but no final vote on HB 11:30 FN was taken in the portion provided.

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• The bill is our revenue rules bundle containing 27 rules from six different agencies.
• The strike-and-insert amendment language includes two rules.
• The 27 rules from six different agencies, a strike-and-insert amendment language, and two rules, one
• I need to request a Rule 43 ruling as a practicing legal attorney in the state of West Virginia.
• I need to request a Rule 43 ruling as a practicing legal attorney in the state of West Virginia.

Keywords: 994, senate, all

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• Before we get started, I have just a couple of housekeeping rules in order.
• counties to update their rules counties to update their rules ordinances<00:36:28.880> to
• <01:16:18.719> but along we couldn't amend the rules but along we couldn't amend the rules
• <01:48:33.320> I'm space in an existing state facility I'm space in an existing state facility
• so we want to strike the need for rules so we want to strike the need for admin<02:21:43.680> Rules

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• I will also quickly say that these are not like 'anybody can come' type of facilities.
• It's each one has a set of rules and conditions for being on that premise. Thank you.
• With regard to, are there any facilities that don't ask people to leave?
• The childcare facility loan fund, they've helped advise on our regulations.
• But how are you working with them as they make rules that have to do with the care of babies?

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• facilities. This is line 31. facilities. This is line 31.
• F9, $2 million increase for door controls at correctional facilities.
• , Correctional Facilities, Correctional Facilities, of<00:35:21.000> 868,850 of 868,850 of
• controls at correctional facilities. controls at correctional facilities.
• impervious surface rule impervious surface rule uh<00:51:11.520> to<00:51:11.640> the<

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• <01:02:25.359> but some clarifying language and Rule but some clarifying language and Rule
• But as you can see, the facility is not very clean.
• But that was an unlicensed facility that our agents investigated.
• <01:13:57.800> that but that was an unlicensed facility that but that was an unlicensed facility
• I don't want a dollar amount; I just want to know, is there any rules around that?

Keywords: 1183, house

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• inflation, not facilities, not surgical facilities,<00:10:36.800> but<00:10:37.040> the
• staff for the new facility. staff for the new facility.
• <00:42:21.760> personnel need to bring our facilities personnel need to bring our facilities
• > facilities<01:40:25.280> that facilities, that's those facilities that facilities, that's
• c><01:49:00.800> that >> Any facilities or organizations that >> Any facilities or

Keywords: 924, joint, all