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• Property appraisers actively mail notifications to property owners that they know have been in areas

Summary: The Committee on Finance and Tax met with a quorum present and heard a presentation from Lissette Kelly of the Department of Revenue’s Property Tax Oversight Office on property tax relief for catastrophic events. Kelly reviewed existing statutory relief for homestead, non-homestead, commercial, and agricultural property owners, including extended rebuild timelines, preservation of homestead exemption during rehabilitation, agricultural classification protections, and the catastrophic event refund program for residential property that becomes uninhabitable. She also explained the refund process, the roles of property appraisers and tax collectors, and prior legislative reimbursements to local governments after storms such as Ian, Nicole, and Idalia. Members asked about how portability works if a homeowner chooses not to rebuild, and Kelly said she would follow up with more detail. Senator Bernard also asked how residents learn about the refund application, and Kelly said property appraisers and tax collectors actively notify affected owners, including through mailings, FEMA and Red Cross sites, public service announcements, and outreach at community events. She said the property appraisers take the lead in promoting the program, with tax collectors also helping direct taxpayers to apply. The chair noted that staff will distribute the department’s guide to offices before hurricane season and said the committee’s next meeting, during the first week of session, will focus on property taxes more broadly. Kelly said the department would be willing to review the process further and bring suggestions if needed. No votes were taken on legislation, and the committee adjourned without objection.

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• The bill also provides for legislative reporting and notification to ensure transparency in how the funds
• are issues that folks identify, then those should be discussed as part of that to see if there were system
• I think that, you know, the way our water system works in California, we ought to consider some ongoing
• The Los Angeles flood control system is one of the most sophisticated in the world because of disasters
• very closely, and they have a task force that is working very hard on making sure that they have systems

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• learned a lot about our statewide system learned a lot about our statewide system of<00:11:26.959
• State cannot get in the VA system and look at veterans benefits.
• State cannot get in the VA system and look at veterans benefits.
• Speaker, Senate File 28, Elections, Voting Machine, and Voting System Test.
• The Senate adopted Voting System Test.

Keywords: 916, all

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• court system. court system.
• justice. court system justice.
• , to our health care system, to our public safety system.
• , to our health care system, to our public safety system.
• Cuts to our public education system, to our health care system, to our public safety system.

Keywords: 981, all

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• So, um, other than our school systems.
• the state's protection advocacy system the state's protection advocacy system for<01:36:40.480><
• system in our state. So, thanks. system in our state. So, thanks.
• <03:36:05.040> across and data within school systems across and data within school systems
• <03:53:09.680> the did set up the plantation system the did set up the plantation system the

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee opened hearings on SB 69, including a germane amendment on school board votes to accept or reject gifts and donations, and a non-germane amendment creating a virtual early childhood readiness family engagement program for preschool children not yet in kindergarten. Prime sponsor Rep. Glenn Cordelli said the literacy program was modeled on earlier HB 671, would be funded through gifts and donations rather than state appropriations, and would include reporting requirements to the governor and legislature. Members questioned changes from the earlier bill, including the move away from center-based language, the lack of a dollar threshold for school board action on donations, anonymous gifts, and whether the amendment preserved enough evaluation data. Testimony on the donation provisions raised concerns about broad language, timing, and public-meeting requirements. Rep. Timothy Han and Becky Wilson of the New Hampshire School Boards Association both noted that school districts already have policies and asked how the bill would work for routine donations, anonymous gifts, and situations that might require non-public discussion under right-to-know law. Wilson cited examples such as field-trip scholarships, backpack drives, and sports uniforms, and said the association was not taking a position but wanted clearer guardrails. Rep. Han said school boards may need to discuss some gifts in non-public session and that the bill should better address those circumstances. On the early literacy amendment, Wilson and others questioned whether the program was sufficiently developed, whether it was appropriate to rely on a primarily online model for very young children, and how it would interact with special education services and IEPs. A representative from Waterford.org, Rob Riley, testified in support, saying the program would be supplementary, adaptive, and family-engagement based, and that Waterford could provide devices and internet access for families who need them. He said the program would work alongside school districts and IEP teams rather than replace existing services. No vote was taken during the hearing; the chair said the committee would later exec the bills and try to get reports in for the calendar.

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• This bill addresses the loophole by requiring notification to a hospital or local law enforcement when
• In the end, the legal system turned its back on me.
• This guarantees that the criminal justice system has enough time to serve its purpose.
• The American system is still the finest in all of God's green earth.
• They do that by getting rid of the grand jury and going to a direct file system.

Bills: HB75, HB108

Keywords: building standards, youth camps, floodplains, safety regulations, environmental policies, drainage utilities, flood management, land use regulation, county authority, drainage fees, 1185, senate, all

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• Contamination getting into the public and private drinking water system.
• So the public water system is deemed safe that way.
• That system was turned off in 2015, and around that same time, the groundwater pump and treat system
• We've never seen any breakthrough of EDB through our treatment system.
• It's basically a three-part disclosure system.

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• It can take a while for these cases to work their way through the system.
• <01:57:40.000> to need and final yes what notification to need and final yes what notification
• years annually so it's a healthy system years annually so it's a healthy system right<03:30:01.640
• <03:48:33.720> and have ever had to the legal system and have ever had to the legal system
• The large majority of the cost in the system is not Tom Wooten's fatality.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• management system.
• management system.
• management system.
• management system.
• and county clerk notifications. and county clerk notifications.

Keywords: 958, all

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• Madam Chair and Senator Scott, MVD's Tapestry system—that's MVD's system of record—takes a scan of an
• We have those things scanned in our system.
• We have those things scanned in our system.
• Those kind of documents end up in our system, not because we specifically asked for them, but because
• How does the system work? Madam Chair and Senator, thank you for that question.

Bills: SB20, SB111, SB211, SB218, SB14

Keywords: prior authorization, pharmacy benefits manager, PBM, health insurer, prescription drugs, step therapy, formulary, auto-adjudication, electronic portal, appeals, medical necessity, serious mental illness, mental health, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, substance use disorder, addiction treatment, cancer, autoimmune disorder

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• They have to be a megawatt or larger, so substantial systems, not small ones.
• They've got all the batteries in place, dozens and dozens of chargers installed, and a control system
• system are available, to ensure that those resources can be shared and serve Californians where they
• In the spring of last year, we received notification of a conditional award of $600 million in federal
• It's one of the reasons why the Energy Commission partnered with the independent system operator and

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• So, the part of the bill I'm having trouble with the floor system coming up.
• >> The chair of appropriations says the floor system is working just fine. Ours is fine.
• Whose system is not working? Raise your hand. It just came back.
• I mean, would that be part of the weighting system? And who is the burden of proof on?
• <01:59:37.680> and sensitive locations notification and sensitive locations notification and

Keywords: House streaming session for Friday, April 10, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House met with 122 members present, heard the journal read, and proceeded through a long series of Senate messages, concurrence motions, and third-reading votes on a wide range of bills. Early business included conference committee appointments on Senate Bill 159 (Emergency Medical Services Vehicles and Ambulances, Required Supplies), Senate Bill 514 (Third Degree Assault), and Senate Bill 866 (Chain Restaurants, disclosure of sodium and added sugars), along with several other bills where the House declined to recede from its amendments and named conferees. The chamber also adopted concurrence on House Bill 1181 (children in out-of-home placement) and House Bill 1219 (climate change/homeowners insurance study), and adopted a favorable committee report on House Bill 1602 (no-cost cancer screening for volunteer firefighters), which was amended to add sponsors, make technical changes, and include retired volunteer firefighters before being ordered printed for third reading. The House then took up a Rules Committee consent calendar and moved a batch of bills to the appropriate committees. On third reading, it passed House Bill 1028 (Caroline County Board of Education compensation increase) and House Bill 1599 (Choptank River Enhancement Program and Maryland Seafood Industry Financial Assistance Fund) by constitutional majorities. It also rejected Senate amendments on House Bill 107 (Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program), House Bill 153 (residential rental apartments air conditioning requirement), House Bill 1063 (hunting management), and House Bill 1067 (lead and lead-based ammunition phase out), appointing conference committees in each case. House Bill 717 (Baltimore City raffles for organizations affiliated with professional baseball and football teams) and House Bill 892 (cemeteries, actions for sale/transfer/alternate use) also had Senate amendments rejected. The chamber then passed a series of Senate bills on third reading, including Senate Bill 309 (precious metal bullion or coins sales tax exemption), 523 (vernal pools identification), 742 (Maryland Protecting People with Disabilities Act), 141 (election misinformation/disinformation and deep fakes), 298 (Maryland Capital Police statewide jurisdiction), 515 (Health Services Cost Review Commission rate setting), 638 (Maryland Heritage Areas funding and grants), 28 (state employee arbitration reform), 72 (Baltimore County off-premises alcohol sales), 361 (Baltimore City alcoholic beverages license extension), 414 (Anne Arundel County nonprofit swim club license), 601 (cybersecurity standards), 305 (incarcerated individual training and reentry grant fund extension), 331 (retired law enforcement handgun permit renewal), 516 (protective body armor requirements and reporting), 651 (transfer-on-death deed establishment), 865 (private passenger automobile insurance work group), 933 (temporary appointment to the Commission on Judicial Disabilities), 261 (money transmission act definition changes), and 823 (Parole Commission selection committee changes). Most passed with little or no debate; Senate Bill 523 drew opposition from a delegate who warned that identifying vernal pools could lead to future regulation and land-use restrictions, while Senate Bill 823 prompted questions about victims’ rights and whether state’s attorneys remained opposed, with the floor leader saying the bill added a victims’ rights advocate to the selection committee and that opposition had been limited to written testimony. Several members later changed votes on Senate Bill 638 and Senate Bill 865 before the House moved on.

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• is it requires a health care institution to provide who provides abortions to and give written notification

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Since it was not a repeat finding and it was not a deferred report, they received a notification of the

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• This bill would not change the board approval process or notification to the taxing entities.

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• The woman that returned faith to the criminal justice system in Hillsborough County.
• Abusers are not afraid of the current system and laugh at it while innocent people pay the price.
• We'll have some kind of capital campaign to make sure we have a security system in place.
• The transparency is not there in our correctional system and it worries me greatly.
• Is that money coming from the public to us system or is that just within their own system?

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• , implementing California's earthquake early warning system, and establishing both the California's 9
• -1-1 and 9-1-1 system.
• I'm here today to support the public safety need to transition from an outdated landline system to a
• Additionally, sending modern emergency notifications and information such as wireless emergency alerts
• , FEMA's integrated public alert and warning systems, information on evacuation routes, or real-time

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• At least to our reading, there has never been any kind of warning or any kind of notification.
• I disagree with the because our relatives are a really, really important part of our lives, our system
• In Travis County, we have an online system.
• But if we invite the federal court system to re-examine this, we should say, re-examine it in a light
• Not only does the system stop looking for them, but we also stop offering them support.

Bills: HCR10, HB1814, HB2160, HB2353, HB2643, HB2971, HB3282, HB3382, HB3996, HB4507, HB4509, HB4805, HB5551, HB1863, HCR10

Keywords: family abduction, child safety, custodial rights, parental kidnapping, awareness day, marriage license, informal marriage, family code, identity verification, child support, family law, child custody, court interview, parent-child relationship, child welfare, attorney ad litem, compensation, legal representation, government entity, HB 2643

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• Other legislation before us is aimed at improving our criminal justice system, target oil... ...and better
• protect the public and those who work in our juvenile justice system and even improve our criminal justice
• system. to improve the statistical transparency of our jails and inmates who are housed out of state
• TJJD system entirely. The bill also prohibits TJJD from releasing youth from a state facility.
• They circumvent the system, and they cause the death of another person.

Bills: SB 476, SB 664, SB 745, SB 826, SB 989, SB 1080, SB 1171, SB 1320, SB 1437, SB 1727, SB 1809, SB 2289, SB 2320

Keywords: education, funding, school infrastructure, public schools, teacher support, intoxication manslaughter, criminal penalties, ignition interlock devices, youth offenders, vehicular homicide, Texas courts, judicial officers, associate judge, magistrate, master, referee, hearing officer, court administration, Government Code Chapter 54, Government Code Chapter 54A

Summary: The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice convened to address pressing issues surrounding oil field crime and safety on Texas highways. The meeting was initiated by Chair Flores, who emphasized the need for improved tools to combat repeat offenders having committed intoxicated driving, alongside tackling oil field theft that has escalated due to organized criminal activities. The committee heard public testimonies and engaged with various stakeholders, including law enforcement and industry representatives, who highlighted the complexities and dangers associated with these crimes. Notably, a significant focus was placed on Senate Bill 1320, which aims to establish a dedicated unit within the Department of Public Safety to investigate and address thefts specific to the oil and gas industry. This initiative seeks to strengthen coordination among various law enforcement agencies and improve training for local officers to combat these sophisticated theft operations more effectively.

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• What we're doing is urging you to provide consumer notification to people who are often confused at the
• to take action to add any California river currently listed in the National Wild and Scenic River System
• The state and federal systems are similar.
• AB 43 does not add to the state system any rivers or streams that aren't already in the federal system
• AB 43 does not add to the state system any rivers or streams that aren't already in the federal system

Summary: The committee heard and advanced a series of natural resources and climate-related bills. AB 70 would codify a definition of pyrolysis and allow procurement credit for projects using organic waste to generate pipeline biomethane; supporters said it would help divert organic waste from landfills, reduce methane, and support energy reliability. AB 30 would authorize E15 fuel sales in California, with supporters arguing it could lower consumer fuel costs and emissions, while opponents from boating and marine groups raised concerns about engine damage and the need for clear labeling and continued E10 availability. AB 66 would create a CEQA exemption for emergency evacuation routes in high fire-risk areas; supporters emphasized wildfire evacuation safety, while some members worried the bill lacked sufficient guardrails and environmental review. AB 399 would let the Coastal Commission consider blue carbon sequestration in coastal permitting and authorize blue carbon demonstration projects; environmental groups supported it, while business groups objected to new costs and regulatory uncertainty. AB 491 would codify California’s nature-based solutions climate targets for lands and wetlands, with supporters citing climate and adaptation benefits and the Farm Bureau opposing statutory targets. AB 580 would extend Metropolitan Water District authority related to the Colorado River Aqueduct, and AB 43 would make permanent state authority to protect federally designated wild and scenic rivers if federal protections are weakened. The committee also considered AB 436 to streamline siting and permitting of composting facilities and AB 539 to streamline certain Coastal Act procedures and reporting. Most measures received due-pass recommendations and were reported out on roll calls, with several bills also moving on consent; AB 404 was pulled at the author’s request.