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• Okay, so Anne-Salemone, engineer and businesswoman.
• That should be the same standard that we apply fairly to any other observance as a recognition.
• Data centers are powerful economic engines.
• to... ...standard throughout the entire country as it relates to data centers.
• I'm going to take up tab 13, CS for SB 556 on requirements for a standard high school diploma.

Summary: The committee took up a long agenda of retained bills and several new measures, with most receiving favorable reports after amendments. Major debate centered on CS/SB 706, which preempts airport naming to the state and designates Palm Beach International Airport as the Donald J. Trump International Airport subject to FAA and trademark-related conditions. Senator Jones offered amendments to avoid private royalty benefits, but both failed. Senators Berman, Osgood, Jones, and Pizzo spoke against the bill, raising concerns about naming an airport after a sitting president, lack of local input, and ethical issues; Senator Mayfield defended the bill as cost-free to the airport and noted the naming agreement. The committee ultimately voted the bill favorably. The committee also approved CS/SB 546 on conservation land notice requirements and CS/SB 1014 on municipal utility service to properties outside city limits, both with amendments and some opposition from the Florida League of Cities on the utility bill. Several other bills were heard and reported favorably with little controversy. CS/SB 1500 would streamline uncontested probate proceedings; SB 962 would exclude farms and farm operations from certain zoning definitions tied to affordable housing preemption; CS/SB 820 would strengthen reporting for problem-solving courts; SB 840 would revise portions of last year’s hurricane-related land-use law to narrow its scope and sunset temporary restrictions; and SB 856 would require online property listings to show estimated ad valorem taxes, with an amendment excluding social media platforms and broadening liability protections. SB 110 would clarify homestead exemption eligibility for 98-year or longer residential leases. SB 394 would exempt certain underwriting managers handling limited facultative reinsurance from licensure requirements, and SB 434 would prevent wind-hardening improvements from increasing assessed value for residential property tax purposes. The committee also advanced several public-safety and transparency measures. CS/CS/SB 658 and 608, a combined water-safety bill, would require safety features for rental properties with pools or nearby water bodies and authorize DBPR enforcement; supporters framed it as a response to Florida’s high child-drowning rates, and Airbnb waived in support. SB 748 would place constitutional language on restoration of voting rights on sentencing score sheets, with broad support from voting-rights and civil-rights groups. CS/SB 824 would require annual reporting of unimproved school-district land inventories, and CS/SB 848 would create a framework for off-site stormwater treatment and related credits, with support from builders and mitigation bankers. The committee also heard CS/SB 1036 on school counselors, which clarifies certification requirements and performance criteria after a delete-all amendment.

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• The issue that we've had, frankly, is because of the lack of funding, the permitting engineers go to
• And so when you lose the permit engineer, your permitting process comes to a standstill for a while,
• while the new permit engineer that took over that application gets back up to speed.
• And then meanwhile, you're working on your engineering and your geology and so on.
• And then meanwhile, you're working on your engineering and your geology and so on.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• We also met with federal partners to talk about technology standards.
• didn't feel like I was going to quite belong because I was going to be working among scientists. and engineers
• Additionally, the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine published a recent report describing

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• need to capture, somehow, Senator Scott's comments on the metrics because they're not going to be standardized
• My name is David Gatterman, and I am the Executive Engineer for the Southern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood
• was one of the issues down in Florida was the entities that come in, and then they do their own engineering

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• However, the problem can actually be solved, and transportation engineers know the solution.
• But this bill falls short of the simple standard.
• But this bill falls short of the simple standard.
• Ultimately, this is... ...products that do not meet California standards or requirements.
• I see European Union standard, so yeah, I guess I'm really struggling with this one.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• And those are different consequences with different standards and different procedures.
• And then the don't meet these standards.
• We don't have the department, the engineers evaluating the project.
• We don't have the department, the engineers evaluating the project.
• We don't have the department, the engineers evaluating the project.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Education Funding Committee’s higher education subcommittee met to discuss HB 443, HB 510, and related issues. The chair explained the subcommittee membership and noted that Representative Luno was absent and replaced by Representative Bricky, with other full committee members allowed to participate in discussion but not final votes. No votes were taken during this meeting, and the chair said final subcommittee recommendations would likely come in the first week of November. On HB 443, which concerns terms of appointment to the Higher Education Commission, the chair described the bill as intended to let the governor replace members who are not attending or no longer representing the appointing organization. He said the prior governor supported the idea, but the current governor’s office believes the bill is unnecessary because nonattendance or loss of representation would already amount to resignation or removal. Members raised questions about legal authority and whether the same principle should apply to other boards. The chair said he was leaning toward finding the bill not needed, but would continue discussion later. The committee then spent most of the meeting on HB 510, which would establish due process rights for students, student organizations, and faculty at public higher education institutions and address collective bargaining issues. Supporters, including Representatives Papovich and Brown, argued the bill would provide clear, minimum protections, especially because campus rules are lengthy and vary by institution; Brown also suggested adding an independent ombudsman or representation for students. Opponents, including Representatives Burton and Bricky, said existing campus regulations already provide due process and that the bill could interfere with campus governance and collective bargaining. The chair and others discussed whether the bill’s definitions should be aligned with existing law to avoid confusion, and several members suggested using existing statutory definitions or cross-references. The chair also said the bill would apply only when disciplinary action is involved, not as a general challenge to DEI policies, though members referenced recent national examples involving DEI-related disputes as context.

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• <01:06:39.200> where workers Architects Engineers where workers Architects Engineers where
• So the other committee, I explained to them, go on Google it, go on whatever search engine and look up
• Go on whatever search engine and look up VAERS report, okay?
• We included draft standards attached to our testimony.
• We included draft standards attached to our testimony.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• FLORIDA STUDENT LAWMAKERS TO MANY SECRET OUT OF STATE THESE ARE THE TOP PERFORMING STUDENTS DOCTORS ENGINEERS
• THROUGH THIS IT WILL INCLUDE A RAPID ALERT FOR THE ENTIRE CAMPUS POPULATION IT WILL CREATE A STATE STANDARD
• THE MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS PUBLIC SAFETY ACT I THINK IS THE GOLD STANDARD.

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• Uh, page 121, external evaluation of childcare rules and minimum standards.
• The entity to provide an independent assessment of rules, regulations, and minimum standards for childcare
• Page 123, funding for search engine, multiple, multi-agency reporting conduct CEMA.

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• Well, that's not the standard that—Madam Chair, that's not the standard.
• This bill maintains that standard in spirit and intent.
• This bill maintains that standard in spirit and intent and numerically.
• Public safety standards remain intact.
• Even if it's reduced by 35 decibels, you're still louder than a jet engine.

Bills: SB1003, SB1006, SB1029, SB1037, SB1038, SB1039, SB1040, SB1053, SB1057, SB1060, SB1061, SB1068, SB1069

Keywords: election, canvass, certification, ballot tabulation, write-in candidates, registration, voting procedures, campaign finance, contribution limits, reporting requirements, political action committees, elections, campaign contributions, candidate committees, posthumous provisions, termination process, Arizona Revised Statutes, voting systems, vote tabulation, election security

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• criminal background check, must meet all federal legal requirements, demonstrate job-specific skills, standardized
• Texas is the economic engine that sustains the United States.
• We, we actually relocated engineers, top R&D, uh, researchers from over the uh over the world, including
• What is a standard for people everyday living in Texas. This is not tell us in this bill.
• Um, broad investigation powers, and especially without clear standards or suspicion of wrongdoing, increase

Bills: HB 256, HB 1308, HB 1554, HB 1743, HB 2308, HB 2351, HB 2858, HB 3676, HB 3784, HB 4312, HB 4552, HB 4823, HB 4852, HB 5007, HB 5010, HB 5520, HB 5524, HCR 19

Keywords: E-verify, employment verification, illegal employment, state contracts, government entities, license suspension, immigration compliance, state grant funding, E-Verify, compliance, penalties, immigration, government contracts, employee status, state contractors, E-verify program, legally present, employment practices, legal services, public money

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• background check, must meet all federal legal requirements, demonstrate job-specific skills, pass standardized
• Texas is the economic engine that sustains the United States.
• We actually relocated engineers and top R&D researchers from all over the world, including China, to
• What is a standard? For people living in Texas every day, this is not right.
• And it does so without clear standards, probable cause, or judicial oversight.

Bills: HB256, HCR19, HB256, HB1308, HB1554, HB1743, HB2308, HB2351, HB2858, HB3676, HB3784, HB4312, HB4552, HB4823, HB4852, HB5007, HB5010, HB5520, HB5524, HCR19

Keywords: severe weather, adaptation plan, vulnerability assessment, environmental protection, state agencies, federal agents, transparency, law enforcement, identification, public trust, immigration enforcement, HCR 19, Texas concurrent resolution, federal immigration enforcement, masked agents, facial coverings, visible identification, uniforms, badges, name tags

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• And as you will see in the amendments, which are lengthy because I hold my bills to the same standards
• I have over 30 years of tech industry experience as a CEO, CTO, and engineering leader.
• I have over 30 years of tech industry experience as a CEO, CTO, and engineering leader.
• So I think they raise the point that like there's the standard of copyright is not sort of fixed.
• We've gone through an incredibly expensive process of establishing that as our standard and that as the

Summary: The Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee met with a new membership roster and adopted its committee rules after quorum was established. The hearing then began with AB 412, the AI Copyright Transparency Act, which would require generative AI developers to provide copyright holders notice when registered copyrighted works are used in training data. The author and supporters, including SAG-AFTRA, the Transparency Coalition, voice actors, writers, labor groups, and other creators, argued the bill would give artists a practical way to learn whether their works were used and to vindicate their rights. Opponents, including EFF, CalChamber, RIAA, CCIA, Chamber of Progress, Bay Area Council, BSA, and TechNet, said the proposal was technically unworkable, could burden startups, conflict with existing law and pending litigation, and raise federal preemption concerns. Members discussed the bill’s amendments, including a fingerprinting approach and narrowing the bill to model developers, and the committee voted 8-2 to pass AB 412 as amended to the Judiciary Committee. The committee then heard AB 446, which would prohibit “surveillance pricing,” or the use of personal data to charge different prices for the same product or service. The author and supporters, including Consumer Watchdog, UFCW, labor organizations, and consumer/privacy groups, described examples of differential pricing tied to device type, location, shopping behavior, and digital price tags, and argued the bill would protect consumers from discriminatory and predatory pricing. Business and industry opponents, including CalChamber, grocers, retailers, travel, broadband, and other associations, said the bill could conflict with the CCPA, interfere with loyalty and rewards programs, and create confusion about personalized discounts and dynamic pricing. The discussion focused on how the bill would treat loyalty programs, whether existing privacy law already covers the issue, and whether the proposal would unintentionally affect legitimate discounts and promotions.

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• He said they get multiple requests in bonding for fire departments because of the new standards.
• He said they get multiple requests in bonding for fire departments because of the new standards.
• Uh, they have to be brought to the standards of fighting.
• Greenway, a prominent mining engineer and United States Senator who played a significant role in the
• who engineer and United States Senator who played<00:48:00.760> a<00:48:00.840> significant

Keywords: 1183, house

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• say, "Oh no, that window needed to be a little bit bigger," and now you have to go back to your engineer
• engineer, have it redrawn, resubmit it." engineer, have it redrawn, resubmit it."
• standard, where you have a permit called permit by rule.
• > where<00:09:13.040> you standard, a statewide standard where you standard, a statewide standard
• I appreciate the thought about different standards for different cities versus towns.

Bills: HB0002, HB0022

Keywords: building permits, local government, residential construction, permit timelines, code compliance, municipal officers, recall election, petition requirements, local governance, voter participation, 916, all

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• Connor Gussman, on behalf of the Engineers and Scientists of California, in support.
• Employers are already required to train workers on harassment and abusive conduct, standards that have
• It also allows providers to collect standard co-payments, co-insurance, or deductibles consistent with
• First, as stated, anticipating wage increases when bidding public works is standard practice.
• First, as stated, anticipating wage increases when bidding public works is standard practice.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• 6 7% was standard beginning in 2009<02:16:18.079> we<02:16:18.320> had<02:16:19.040>
• ,<03:07:13.520> automobile of course for jet engines, automobile of course for jet engines
• Uh, I will say the jet engine market, which while that is the largest single dollar amount of Kentucky
• Uh, I will say the jet engine market, which while that is the largest single dollar amount of Kentucky

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The meeting focused on preliminary fiscal 2026 revenue estimates and the governor’s office request for an official revision to fiscal 2026, with members reminded that any estimate adopted now would not bind the December official estimates. Staff from S&P Global walked through three forecast scenarios—control, optimistic, and pessimistic—based on recent federal tax changes, tariffs, and other policy developments, emphasizing that the outlook remains highly uncertain. Under the control scenario, the presentation projected below-trend real GDP growth of 1.8% in fiscal 2026, slowing to 1.5% by fiscal 2028, with unemployment peaking around 4.5% and the Federal Reserve cutting rates three times to a long-run range of about 2.75% to 3%. The optimistic scenario assumed lower effective tariffs, stronger growth, and better labor and housing outcomes, while the pessimistic scenario assumed a broader trade war, higher effective tariffs, faster deportations, weaker employment and consumer spending, and unemployment rising to about 6.3%. Speakers also noted that the forecast was prepared before later BLS revisions and that recent data on inventories and AI-related investment made the recent quarters look unusually volatile. Members discussed how the current fiscal 2026 outlook compared with earlier assumptions and noted that the eventual revenue revision may be smaller than the spread between the optimistic and pessimistic economic scenarios. The governor’s office and committee members also reviewed sector-specific impacts, including manufacturing, housing, light vehicle production, exports, and consumer sentiment, with particular concern about Kentucky’s auto and housing-related industries. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.

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• Moving on to page 11, you can see the Office of the State Engineer, or sorry, no. the Office of the State
• Engineer, my bad.
• Line 123 is another appropriation to the State Engineer for $5 million.
• So, we're also recommending amending these statutes to create standardization across years in the use

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• Are you saying that... the standard would be the same?
• These things still have to meet all those same standards. Requirements.
• It is treated as standard set by TCEQ, and I move passage.
• It creates a standard for the procurement and adoption of library materials.
• That is the standard: FDA approved. Approval.

Bills: SB15, SB646, SB800, SB790, SB748, SB571, SB1957, SB1923, SB1896, SB1760, SB1335, SB2368, SB2477, SB2587, SB2986, SB2965, SB1563, SB1467, SB1164, SB1137, SB614, SB705, SB918, SB955, SB869, SB850, SB863, SB1055, SB2206, SB457, SB2337, SB1610, SB1362, SB926, SB1494, SB251, SB456, SB500, SB1307, SB2615, SB2995, SB2321, SB2972, SB973, SB865, SB506, SB1522, SB1558, SB510, SB667, SB763, SB2073, SB1858, SB1660, SB2900, SB1433, SB1540, SB1964, SB1300, SB1644, SB2217, SB2373, SB2431, SB1758, SB974, SB2480, SB3039, SB3047, SB2781, SB826, SB766, SB527, SB1946, SB2885, SB1243, SB2610, SB857, SB2501, SB66, SB268, SB331, SB1302, SB519, SB2807, SB13, SB7, SB1718, SB1567, SB1233, SB413, SB2177, SB30, SB2024, SJR1, SCR27, SB2018, SB1580, SB2121, SB1049, SB1266, SB1400, SB1596, SB2753, SB2221, SB1719, SCR9, SB204, SB437, SB568, SB612, SB672, SB710, SB823, SB876, SB904, SB905, SB968, SB1084, SB1207, SB1230, SB1313, SB1504, SB1790, SB2232, SB2366, SB2367, SB2398, SB2515, SB2520, SB2589, SB2786, SB2790, SB3048, SB3050, SB3052, SB3053, SB3056, SB3029, SCR3, SCR18, SCR30, HCR146, HCR148, HCR149, HCR153, HCR155, HCR157, HB5560, HB762, HB1584, HB 107, HB 114, HB138, HB4386, HB2495, HB581, HB3348, HB5323, HB4341, HB6, HB2712, HB171, HB3153, HB143, HB2688, HB3464, HB449, HB3486, HB4263, HB2, HB1522, HB24, HB 1237, HB2637, HB3126, HB3233, HB4310, HB3487, HCR9, HB5331, HB1397, HB163, HB3250, HB3071, HB3463, HB5033, HB35, HB3824, HB216, HB4226, HB3512, HB18, HB5154, HB 103, HB851, HB647, HB4520, HB3016, HB2313, HB2818, HB2851, HB4486, HB4264, HB1500, HB5081, HB2974, HB2080, HB4384, HB5659, HB493, HB4903, HB2516, HB4488, HB4530, HB3689, HB145, HB43, HB5247, HB2221, HB5671, HB700, HB3711, HB 120, SB17, SB1637, SB1833, SB2155, SB21, SB2778, SB379

Keywords: SB 15, Texas Local Government Code, zoning preemption, housing affordability, small lots, lot size, lot density, single-family zoning, residential subdivision, municipal land use, local control, state preemption, parking requirements, setbacks, infill development, missing middle housing, lot width, lot depth, homebuilders, housing supply

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• we're proud to train more than2,500 Oklahomans every year to serve as teachers counselors nurses, engineers
• And so this is becoming Standard operating procedure of life in the United States.
• there's an incentive to reduce that tax burden, then you don't pay as much as what would be the standard
• So with that standard deduction, if it's if it's if our income tax rate is at 4.5%, you apply the standard
• And that's what we've allowed for standard deduction on income Taxes in Oklahoma, you, Mr.

Bills: SB2102, SB1940, SB1625, SB1442, SB1623, SB1242, SB1949, SB1592, SB1913, SB592, SB992, SB1241, SB259, SB1928, SB1426, SB1531, SB1561, SB1122

Keywords: credit card fees, merchant discounts, payment card network, interchange fees, transparency in fees, Oklahoma law, payment card, rebate, merchant, tax compliance, health insurance, mandate, impact analysis, insurance department, public health, access to healthcare, SB1442, alcoholic beverage control, ABLE Commission, liquor license fees