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• When I first was elected, Phil Hart was here as my seatmate, and an ethics complaint had been filed against
• example, if you're charged criminally by the prosecutor, everybody finds out when the complaint's filed
• permitted only upon advance notice to the presiding officer, who in their sole discretion may limit or refuse

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from March 13, 2026, then took up House Resolution 27, a proposed change to House ethics rules. Representative Barbieri argued the changes would keep ethics complaints confidential until the committee determines there is a breach, remove attorneys from the process, allow the committee to choose its own chair, and reduce public spectacle and outside influence. Several members raised concerns about secrecy, transparency, due process, possible criminal implications, and the lack of counsel, while the Idaho Press Club testified in opposition, saying the public has a right to know about accusations against elected officials. After debate, a motion to send the resolution to the floor with no recommendation failed, a motion to hold it in committee also failed, and the original motion to send it to the floor with a due pass recommendation passed 8-7. The committee then turned to Idaho State Police administrative rules tied to the governor’s zero-based regulation effort. Lieutenant Colonel Russ Wheatley presented several dockets, explaining that changes to civil asset forfeiture reporting, public safety and security information systems, state criminal history records, and the sex offender registry were largely non-substantive cleanups that removed duplicate language or updated procedures, with one sex offender registry change reflecting a new photo-transfer process after a DMV system change. The committee approved those rule dockets after brief questions about fiscal impact and whether forms or required information were being removed. Next, Nancy Woolley of the Sexual Offender Management Board presented a temporary rule and a pending rule reducing continuing education requirements for certified evaluators and treatment providers and removing duplicative language. The committee approved the temporary rule and then approved the pending rule with an early effective date of sine die. Finally, Brian Nichols of the Office of Administrative Hearings presented pending rules updating the Idaho Rules of Administrative Procedure, including new provisions addressing artificial intelligence use in contested cases, sanctions for misuse, and site visits by presiding officers. Members raised concerns about broad discretion, legislative intent, self-represented parties, and whether site visits should be allowed. The committee ultimately approved the pending rule but exempted sections 11, 12, and 515 from approval.

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• All this includes language that has not been filed and it would allow for Hygienist who do lasers.
• But, you know, I refuse to let the pain stop me from speaking up because the bill is bigger than my discomfort
• Thank you, Representative Redondo, for caring enough to file this good bill.

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• This includes language that has not been filed and it would allow Joanne Heart: for hygienists who do
• But, you know, I refuse to let the pain stop me from showing up because the bill is bigger than my discomfort
• Thank you, Representative Redondo for caring enough to file this good bill.

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• I don't see how the tax commission can refuse this kind of broad language.
• that you're looking at, I don't think the summit's been redone since the committee substitute was filed
• So this has Nothing to do with those income caps that were a part of the originally filed bill.

Bills: SB683, SB1579, SB1389, SB1387, SB1390, SB1391, SB2063, SB1829, SB2060, SB1842, SB1398, SB1212, SB2158, SB102

Keywords: education, tax credit, student support, private school, Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit, financial assistance, homeschooling, qualified expenses, property tax, valuation increase, taxpayer rights, homestead, protest process, school choice, tuition assistance, income limits, parental choice, accreditation, sales tax, motor vehicles

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• qualify for nomination or election to a federal, state, county, or district office, a candidate must file
• Subsequent court filings after the involved Louisiana law firms collapsed revealed approximately $30
• I want to first honor the late Senator Geraldine Thompson, who refused to let Florida forget what happened

Summary: The Judiciary Committee met and took up a series of bills, beginning with SB 620, which would require candidates for federal, state, county, district, judicial, and school board offices to disclose any citizenship in countries other than the United States. The bill was presented as a transparency measure, with one opponent waiving time, and it was reported favorably on an 8-0 vote. The committee then heard SB 1396 on litigation financing consumer protection. Supporters from the Florida Justice Reform Institute, American Tort Reform Association, and U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform argued the bill would add transparency, limit funder control, and require disclosure of foreign entities involved in litigation funding. Opponents, including the Florida Justice Association, argued the bill would create strategic advantages for defendants and could affect discovery and settlement dynamics. The bill passed 7-2. The committee also approved SB 192, removing a $1,500 cap on patient funds chiropractors may hold in trust; SB 888, limiting indemnity and insurance requirements in design-professional contracts; CS/SB 332, creating a temporary closed-meeting exemption for pre-suit Burt Harris litigation strategy discussions; SB 820, requiring quarterly reporting on problem-solving courts; SB 1500, updating uncontested probate procedures; SB 1224, making fraudulent entry into rental dwellings a third-degree felony; and SB 1000, setting a floor and ceiling for interest rates on law firm trust accounts. Each of these bills was reported favorably, with broad support and little or no opposition. The committee also advanced CS/SB 694, which would compensate the descendants of the Groveland Four. Senator Bracey Davis described the bill as a final step in addressing the wrongful convictions, deaths, and long-term harm suffered by Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepard, and Ernest Thomas. Family members and advocacy groups testified in support, urging the state to complete its acknowledgment of wrongdoing with monetary compensation. An amendment was adopted to divide any appropriation equally among the four families. The bill passed unanimously. Finally, SB 144 creating a public records exemption for personal information of Judicial Qualifications Commission employees and their families was approved 9-1. Several members also requested to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on specific bills before the committee adjourned.

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• I think fundamentally the bill right now refuses the fund of the data infrastructure the agency's own
• We filed a motion to vacate, stop the clock, and negotiate with the prosecutors to change the charge
• We filed a motion to vacate, stop the clock, and negotiate with prosecutors to change the charge to something

Summary: The Technology, Economic Development, and Veterans Committee first met in executive session on House Bills 2157, 2351, 2365, 2357, and 2446. Staff briefed proposed substitutes and amendments for each bill. HB 2157, concerning high-risk AI systems, was amended to exempt activities regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act and covered entities under HIPAA; members discussed balancing consumer protections with flexibility for developers and deployers. HB 2351, addressing protections for emergency responders and emergency operations, was described as clarifying definitions and procedures, including a mental health crisis defense and changes to emergency operation zone notifications; some members raised concerns about deconfliction and implementation details. HB 2365, on digital equity, was amended with several definitional and data-sharing proposals, though some amendments were rejected over fiscal concerns. HB 2357, creating the Washington Division of Civil Air Patrol within the Military Department, passed without amendment. HB 2446, on developing a quantum technology industry strategy, was amended to extend the strategy deadline, broaden who Commerce may contract with, and correct terminology; members noted concerns about industry involvement in the strategic plan and fiscal impacts. All five bills were reported out of committee with do pass recommendations, with recorded votes of 8-5 on HB 2157, HB 2351, and HB 2365, unanimous support for HB 2357, and 12-1 for HB 2446. The committee then held a public hearing on HB 2523, which would make the community reinvestment program ongoing, require periodic updates and reporting, and direct a study of fund distribution and use. Testifiers from workforce boards, tribal programs, reentry services, community organizations, and Commerce described successful uses of the program for job training, reentry, small business support, legal services, and economic mobility, and urged the bill’s passage. Some suggested strengthening accountability, reporting, and access for new organizations. Commerce staff said the program has served more than 190,000 people and supported over 400 organizations, and asked for technical adjustments to keep administrative costs low. The bill was then closed for hearing. The committee also heard HB 2606, which would revise the Office of Privacy and Data Protection’s duties and performance measures, remove some reporting requirements, and add review of agency AI projects. The prime sponsor described it as a “stay-in-your-lane” cleanup bill responding to JLARC recommendations, and the state chief privacy officer testified in support, saying the office could implement the changes within existing resources. After questions about local government support and public resources, the hearing on HB 2606 was closed and the committee adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• qualify for nomination or election to a federal, state, county, or district office, a candidate must file
• Subsequent court filings after the involved Louisiana law firms collapsed revealed approximately $30
• I want to first honor the late Senator Geraldine Thompson, who refused to let Florida forget what happened

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard and advanced a series of bills on candidate disclosure, litigation financing, professional liability, public meetings, problem-solving courts, probate, wrongful conviction compensation, public records, and housing fraud. Senate Bill 620, by Senator Mayfield, would require candidates for federal, state, county, district, judicial, and school board offices to disclose any citizenship in countries other than the United States; it drew one waived-in opposition from Common Cause and was reported favorably 8-0. Senate Bill 1396, by Vice Chair Burton, would regulate litigation financing, including limits on funders’ recovery, restrictions on funder control, and disclosure of foreign entities involved; it received support from several business and tort-reform groups, opposition from the Florida Justice Association, and was reported favorably 7-2 after questions about the purpose and scope of the disclosures. Senator Martin’s bills also moved forward. SB 192 would remove the $1,500 cap on patient funds chiropractic physicians may hold in trust for prepaid services; it was supported by the Florida Chiropractic Society and reported favorably 7-0. SB 888 would extend to private contracts the current limits on indemnity and insurance requirements for architects, engineers, surveyors, and landscape architects, and it was reported favorably 7-0 after testimony from engineering and design professionals. Senator Bradley’s CS for SB 332, as amended, would create a narrow public meetings/public records exemption for pre-suit Burt Harris litigation strategy discussions by local governments; it was adopted and reported favorably 7-0. SB 820 would require quarterly reporting on problem-solving courts, including participant counts, offenses, completion, failure, and recidivism data, and it was reported favorably 10-0. SB 1500 would update uncontested probate procedures, raise certain small-estate thresholds, clarify safe-deposit-box authority, and strengthen enforcement provisions; it was reported favorably 10-0. The committee also advanced several other measures. CS for SB 694, by Senator Bracey Davis, would compensate the descendants of the Groveland Four; it was amended to divide any appropriation equally among the four family branches, received extensive emotional testimony in support, and was reported favorably 10-0. SB 144 would create a public records exemption for personal information of Judicial Qualifications Commission employees and their families due to harassment concerns, and it was reported favorably 9-1. CS for SB 1224, as amended, would make fraudulent entry into a rental dwelling a third-degree felony when done through false statements, counterfeit documents, or impersonation; it was supported by Florida Realtors and the Florida Apartment Association and reported favorably 10-0. SB 1000 would set a floor and ceiling for interest rates on law firm trust accounts tied to the Wall Street Journal prime rate, and it was reported favorably 10-0 after stakeholder compromise. The committee also took up SB 532 only to temporarily postpone it, and at the end members recorded additional affirmative votes on selected bills before adjournment.

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• In striking irony, it was the dean of this very dental school who filed a complaint with the dental board
• The Attorney General's office is ready to roll the dice if a lawsuit is filed.
• You can't file bankruptcy. You know, these folks could be stuck.
• Again, a number of them refused to report.
• explicit enough in the bill where it states that an employer may not retaliate against you if you refuse

Bills: SB1041, SB1088, SB1118, SB1128, SB1168, SB1176, SB1189, SB1207, SB1250, SB1272, SB1274, SB1286, SB1428, SB1457, SB1461, SB1503, SB1519, SB1537, SB1582, SB1618, SB1654, SB1713, SB1827, SCR1012, SCR1020

Keywords: electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, cybersecurity, homeland security, artificial intelligence, state appropriation, VPN security, zero trust, housing, zoning, middle housing, urban development, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes

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• Biden's refusal to enforce our immigration laws created a national security crisis, but now, with President
• 00:14:01.720><c> vote</c> Actually did have eligibility to vote for them, so we House Republicans refuse
• </c><00:28:35.200><c> to</c> funding because their party refuses to funding because their party refuses
• Speaker, my colleagues simply refuse to acknowledge the natural dynamics of the marketplace.
• </c><02:52:41.640><c> to</c><02:52:41.880><c> acknowledge</c> colleagues simply refuse to acknowledge

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• through the treating agency, requiring the request to be delivered to the medical director, who must file
• Everybody who was on a court order for treatment has the right to file a petition for habeas corpus.
• So when a child is taken into temporary custody, a report has to be filed.
• A report needs to be filed when temporary custody is given.
• So when a child is taken into temporary custody, a report has to be filed.

Bills: HB2035, HB2086, HB2434, HB2611, HB2732, HB2733, HB2830, HB2923, HB2932, HB4004

Keywords: kinship care, child welfare, foster care, relative placement, child protection, vaccination mandates, mask requirements, public health, government entities, COVID-19, controlled substances, prescription monitoring, opioid crisis, healthcare regulations, patient safety, group homes, children's rights, safety protocols, employee training, mental health

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• I file a habeas petition. That is correct. Go ahead. Thanks.
• to fix here is that a district attorney chooses for a partisan reason, maybe political reasons, to file
• in 1987 with the Meschel case, in which the court ruled that. 191 County and district attorneys to file
• Ironically, the Stevens case helps highlight this, because it was the local prosecutor that refused to
• We're voting on the bill as filed. as presented to the committee, not a committee substitute.

Bills: SB108, SB318, SB507, SB511, SB533, SB1026, SB1386, SB1433, SB1434, SB1596

Keywords: elections, Election Code, poll workers, election clerks, presiding judge, alternate presiding judge, polling place, central counting station, county chair, political party, gubernatorial election, vote counting, election administration, Texas elections, precinct officials, ballot counting, county election officials, election integrity, election fraud, Attorney General

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• SCR 1013, elections placed on file. Representative R. Carbone.
• SCR 1013 elections placed on file. Representative R. Carbone.
• We had reports that hadn't been filed in a decade.
• To file 50 bills, that's your ability and your right.
• to, and not just refuses to, puts a target on them by saying— ...refuses to, and not just refuses to

Keywords: 1182, all

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• And I see you do have one late-filed amendment. Would you like to explain that late?
• If there are any objections to taking up the late-filed amendment first?
• The bill does not change any particular substance of the filing requirement.
• I mean, I've filed the bill.
• I mean, I've filed the bill.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• suit as soon as the governmental body refuses to supply public information and before the AG issues
• That said that they could file the notice during the administrative part.
• Also, the rules of civil procedure do allow you to provide for filing a petition to quash.
• Businesses are being solicited by mail and phone, claiming that the companies are required to file or
• General Motors opposes Senate Bill 1917 as filed for the following reasons.

Bills: SB1113, SB1117, SB1206, SB1460, SB1802, SB1906, SB1917, SB2340, SB2455, SB2680, SB2690, SB705, SB748

Keywords: SB 1113, converter's license, converter license, motor vehicle dealer, auto dealer, vehicle conversion, converted vehicles, direct sales, retail sales, trailer, semitrailer, manufactured trailer, chassis, manufacturer's statement of origin, MSO, Occupations Code, Transportation Code, Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, dealer licensing, general distinguishing number

Summary: The committee took up pending business first and reported several bills favorably, including SB 2139, SB 2610, SB 1856, SB 2530, SB 2401, SB 2858, and SB 3016, with most of those measures moving out on committee substitutes and being sent to the local and uncontested calendar or to the full Senate. The committee also heard SB 1906 on expanding Chapter 342E consumer lending rates; supporters argued it would modernize Texas law and expand access to safe, regulated credit, while opponents from Texas Appleseed and AARP warned it would raise costs on already expensive loans and worsen debt burdens. SB 1906 was left pending after testimony. The committee also reconsidered and re-voted SB 1856 after a procedural issue, with the substitute ultimately adopted and the bill reported favorably. The committee then heard SB 1113, which would clarify that certain vehicle converters, including a Texarkana business, do not need an additional dealer license to sell converted vehicles. The bill’s supporters described a long-standing business model and said the new metal license plate rules had created problems, while the Texas Automobile Dealers Association opposed the bill in its current form and said it could be resolved through DMV action or narrower changes. DMV said it was still researching a possible administrative fix, and SB 1113 was left pending. The committee also heard SB 2680, a Public Information Act cleanup bill dealing with emergency deadlines, business-day exclusions, and litigation timing; broadcasters and other open-government advocates argued the issues were already addressed by prior law and court rulings, while the Attorney General’s office said the bill would help with catastrophe notices and timing conflicts. SB 2680 was left pending. Other bills heard included SB 1117, which would allow any Texas-licensed dentist to administer botulinum toxin neuromodulators for aesthetic purposes in the oral and maxillofacial region; the author and dental witnesses said it would clarify scope and improve access, and the bill was left pending. SB 2340 would clarify the Attorney General’s investigative authority over Texas corporations, including pre-suit depositions and sworn written questions; opponents raised due process and separation-of-powers concerns, and the bill was left pending. The committee also heard SB 705 and SB 748, both TDLR cleanup bills, and SB 1206, which would impose timelines and notice requirements on municipalities reviewing transmission projects; SB 1206 was supported by an electric cooperative and left pending. SB 1460, creating an ethics violation registry tied to licensing consequences, drew constitutional and due-process objections from several witnesses and was also left pending. After a recess, the committee heard SB 1802 on landlord duties to repair mobility assistance devices like elevators and ramps in rental housing, with the author describing prolonged outages affecting seniors; the bill was left pending. Finally, SB 2455, creating an Energy Waste Advisory Committee to coordinate efficiency and demand-response programs, drew support from energy-efficiency and environmental witnesses and was left pending, and SB 2690, targeting deceptive business-certification solicitations, was laid out and opened to testimony before the transcript ended.

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• It's actually a Senate file XXX.
• </c><01:44:12.880><c> file</c><01:44:13.240><c> 3861</c> Senate File 4121, Adrian and Suzanne Scheller
• Abeler will move Senate file 38 Abeler will move Senate file 38 should<01:44:31.320><c> be</c><01:44:
• </c> your bill is up, Senate file 4121. your bill is up, Senate file 4121.
• </c><01:45:29.240><c> 4121,</c><01:45:30.400><c> Adrian</c> Senate file 4121, Adrian Senate file 4121

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Already, China is leading in the 6G patent race, filing about 35% of patents globally.
• in the 6G Already, China is leading in the 6G patent<04:48:57.040><c> race,</c><04:48:57.920><c> filing
• about</c><04:48:58.920><c> 35%</c><04:48:59.920><c> of</c><04:49:00.080><c> patents</c> patent race, filing
• about 35% of patents patent race, filing about 35% of patents globally.<04:49:01.920><c> To</c><04:49
• I refuse to go backwards.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, April 28, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• I would say that if they are trying to skirt federal law and they refuse to take a drug test, they refuse
• to pass CPR training, they refuse to pass a physical, putting their customers at risk, I... ...refuse

Keywords: 965, house, all

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• Um, line 11, it starts, you know, if a person under arrest for violation of an offense refuses to submit
• How does that change somebody's length of stay, you know, sentence, etcetera, if they simply just refuse
• And none of that happens; none of us can... ...getting a blood test out of somebody who's refused without
• What happens to a person's Fifth Amendment right to refuse to incriminate themselves?

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• We expect that the data dashboards, data reports, and data files we release to be useful across the state
• school facility, does the public school system have a right back into that list of first right of refusal
• school facility, does the public school system have a right back into that list of for stride of refusal

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We cannot ignore the real challenges facing middle-class and working families, but we also refuse to
• suggest to people, again, we're going to have more than 60 hearings that are about to be noticed on the file
• immigrants, communities, and vulnerable families while handing massive tax breaks to the wealthy, we must refuse

Keywords: 988, house, all