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• House Joint Resolution 75 shall be considered read.
• res75 targets a recently finalized res75 targets a recently finalized energy<04:11:00.399> conservation
• the final rule correctly.
• to mandated to invest in it this final to mandated to invest in it this final rule<04:38:41.600>
• Reading and math scores are not where they need to be.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Uh, this should clean the measure up to make it easier to read for those who like to read Hawaii Revised
• Uh, this should clean the measure up to make it easier to read for those who like to read Hawaii Revised
• Uh, this should clean the measure up to make it easier to read for those who like to read Hawaii Revised
• This should clean the measure up to make it easier to read for those who like to read Hawaii Revised
• Do you want to read your conferees? Oh, yes. I'll read our conferees.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• It really provides for the towns to start to address this in a way that they themselves can finally start
• I have to read the bill again, I apologize, but I haven’t at the top of my tip of my tongue.
• One evening in August, I was reading the paper and there was an ad for a Habitat for Humanity meeting
• One evening in August, I was reading the paper and there was an ad for a Habitat for Humanity meeting
• I live in North Reading.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Housing heard testimony on several housing bills, with much of the discussion focused on seasonal communities and funding for year-round housing in places like Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, Cape Cod, and the Berkshires. Speakers supported bills including H. 4410/S. 966 and related seasonal communities legislation, which would allow local option real estate transfer fees and expand tools for towns to preserve and create affordable housing. Testimony emphasized severe housing shortages, high home prices, workforce displacement, and impacts on public safety, schools, health care, and local businesses. Many witnesses said the transfer fee would provide a sustainable local revenue stream, citing prior land bank models on Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard as proof the approach can work. The committee also heard testimony on H. 3989 regarding seasonal community designation, with supporters arguing that towns should be included automatically or through a simpler opt-in process, and on H. 4568 to expand the Family Self-Sufficiency Program, which would broaden access to a federal voucher-based savings and self-sufficiency model. Senator Edwards testified in support of a bill to create training for municipal board members, describing it as a toolkit to improve informed local decision-making. Senator O’Connor testified for a bed bug bill, saying it would create clearer landlord and tenant notification and treatment requirements and provide needed legal guidance after his family’s experience with an infestation. Senator Lovely also testified for the Homeworks program, which provides transportation so homeless children in motels and shelters can attend after-school activities. The committee further heard testimony on a bill to fund housing in seasonal communities through a transfer fee and on a companion measure to expand the seasonal communities toolkit, with repeated calls for favorable reports. Witnesses from public safety, health care, housing nonprofits, schools, and local government described staffing shortages and housing insecurity as urgent problems. Later, the committee took testimony on H. 1559/S. 102 to maintain stable housing for families with pets, with animal welfare groups supporting protections against eviction, breed discrimination, and excessive pet rent. They said housing-related pet surrenders are a major driver of shelter intake. The hearing also included testimony on H. 1498 to limit criminalization of homelessness, which would restrict citations, fines, and related consequences for outdoor camping tied solely to homelessness.

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• And finally, our implementation office has provided successful coordination and project management to
• And finally, our implementation office has provided successful coordination and project management to
• going on by the FBI um before it finally going on by the FBI um before it finally you<00:19:57.280
• Motion read it for you, Mr. Chairman, if everyone is ready to vote.
• Senator Pappas, you want me to read the motion?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Chair, I believe your reading is correct of the language.
• It was amended in the amendment, no, to... ...read.
• Was I just given a final homeo release date?
• Okay, Senator Rasmusson, final thoughts, then we'll go to Senator McKuen for final thoughts.
• <03:51:07.319> thoughts committee Senator McKuen final thoughts committee Senator McKuen final

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Revenue Officer prepares an impartial estimate of those, which the committee incorporates into the final
• You then have one opportunity on August 3rd to consider any public comments submitted and file the final
• And then finally, we have some increased expenditures.
• I've already read it and played with it. So let's put that up.
• I read these because I'm old-fashioned like that.

Summary: The Financial Estimate Committee met on July 6, 2026, to begin work on the financial estimate for IP 28, after reviewing the statutory process and confirming that only IP 28 had cleared the signature threshold for consideration. Staff explained the committee’s duties under ORS 250.125 and the timeline for draft statements, public hearing, and final adoption. The committee also designated Carol Moreno C. Fuentes to file the committee’s eventual statements. Staff from the Department of Administrative Services and the Legislative Revenue Office presented preliminary analysis of IP 28, describing major uncertainties in estimating impacts because the measure is not a tax law change and would affect multiple industries and government functions. Preliminary figures discussed included an estimated $56.5 million loss in the current biennium and $6.7 million in reduced expenditures, with larger projected revenue losses of roughly $244.1 million to $258 million and reduced expenditures of $30.7 million to $34.9 million in 2027–29, plus $87.8 million to $88.3 million in increased expenditures. Analysts said the biggest effects would likely involve agriculture, fish and wildlife, hunting and fishing, local government enforcement, and possible shifts in state funding, but many impacts remained difficult to quantify. Committee members raised concerns about local government costs, law enforcement and prosecution burdens, impacts on the hospitality and recreation sectors, possible effects on tribal governments and treaty rights, and whether the measure would affect shellfish and crabbing. They also discussed the Humane Transition Fund, subsidies, possible litigation costs, and whether the statement should include broader uncertainty language and multiple scenarios. Members generally agreed the draft should be revised to better reflect uncertainty, clarify assumptions, and possibly use bullets or other formatting to improve readability. No vote was taken. The committee agreed to treat the current draft as a working version, with staff to revise it based on the discussion and return an updated draft before the next meeting scheduled for July 17 at 2 p.m., with both in-person and virtual participation available.

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• Please listen to the first reading of the bill.
• Please listen to the first reading of the bill.
• third reading of the bill. third reading of the bill.
• <00:21:41.360> of Please listen to the second reading of Please listen to the second reading
• <00:34:27.919> is The eyes do have it and third reading is The eyes do have it and third reading

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House began with a devotional and then took up several Senate bills for first reading and referral: S. 323 on miscellaneous agricultural subjects, S. 325 on regional planning and Act 250 tier jurisdiction, and S. 328 on housing and common interest communities. The chamber then adopted House Resolution 16, reaffirming Vermont’s friendship with Taiwan and supporting stronger bilateral relations and Taiwan’s participation in international organizations. The resolution was adopted by voice vote after its reading, and remarks followed welcoming guests from Hazen Union School and Director General Charles Lao of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston. During the action calendar, the House postponed action on H. 657, relating to services for unaccompanied homeless youth, for one legislative day. It then passed H. 727 on sustainable data center deployment, H. 935 on emergency management, and H. 938 establishing the Vermont homelessness response continuum. The House also committed H.R. 15, another Taiwan friendship resolution, to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development. The main substantive debate centered on H. 941, relating to municipal regulation of agriculture. The committee explained the bill as a response to a Vermont Supreme Court ruling and described it as restoring limits on municipal regulation of farms while allowing narrow local exceptions and creating a stakeholder group to continue studying the issue. Testimony came from a broad range of agricultural, municipal, and policy stakeholders, and the committee reported a 7-0-1 vote. An amendment offered by Representative Durfee, based on feedback from the House Environment Committee, replaced a Tier 1A concept with parcel-size-based exceptions, clarified state authority over growing fruits, vegetables, and flowers, and adjusted the stakeholder charge; the House adopted the amendment and ordered the bill to third reading. The House also heard announcements about committee appointments, caucus meetings, a public hearing on community safety concerns, and then adjourned until April 1, 2026.

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• We are looking for our final author and our final members.
• We have our final author here as he gets settled.
• final three bills.
• Before we move to our final bill, I would like to note that we are on our final bill.
• All right, calling all final members to the office.

Summary: The Assembly Transportation Committee met first as a subcommittee due to the lack of a quorum, then later obtained a quorum and took up several bills. The committee heard SB 1064, which would reduce the frequency of Clean Truck Check testing for low-use heavy-duty vehicles; supporters said it would ease burdens on rural agricultural businesses, while clean air advocates opposed it as weakening an important emissions program. The bill was approved and sent to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. The committee also heard SB 1174, which would give Caltrans bid preferences to construction firms with employee stock ownership plans; supporters argued it would build worker wealth and improve project quality, while contractor groups opposed it as likely to raise costs and reduce competition. That bill was approved and sent to the Assembly Judiciary Committee. The consent calendar items SB 607, SB 962, and SB 990 were also approved. The committee then heard SB 1279, which would allow Long Beach to place additional speed safety cameras on Pacific Coast Highway. Long Beach officials and several safety and advocacy groups supported the bill, citing high fatality rates and repeated pedestrian crashes on that corridor, while some members raised concerns about fines, affordability, and whether cameras would address pedestrian-related collisions. The bill passed as amended to the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee. SB 1213, the Clean Truck Transportation Act, would require more price transparency for medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission truck incentives and direct agencies to explore alternative financing tools; supporters said it would improve affordability and competition, while one manufacturer and the trucking association raised implementation concerns. It passed to the Assembly Natural Resources Committee. The committee also heard SB 1013, which would tighten rules for automated license plate reader use by limiting retention to 30 days, requiring audits and training, and restricting access and hot list use. Privacy advocates supported the bill as overdue accountability, while law enforcement groups argued the retention limit would hinder investigations and that some technical definitions needed work. The bill passed to the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee. SB 1315, dealing with advanced driver assistance systems, would prevent automakers from disabling a consumer’s ability to drive their own vehicle through software updates and would encourage DMV testing questions about ADAS responsibilities; after amendments, industry opposition softened and the bill passed to the Assembly Judiciary Committee. Finally, SB 1246, on autonomous vehicle emergency response, would require U.S.-based remote drivers, quicker on-scene response, and better coordination with local agencies; first responders and labor groups supported it, while AV industry groups remained opposed unless amended. The bill passed to the Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee. The transcript ended as the committee began hearing SB 1250, a planning bill to incorporate wildlife connectivity into transportation asset management, with the sponsor and supporters explaining it would improve safety and habitat planning without mandating specific projects.

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• <00:41:44.520> is cuz I'm only what I'm reading is cuz I'm only what I'm reading is corporations
• Senator Lucero said this was his final remark.
• And he went on to, I just pulled it up and read through it here.
• This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Item three reads, "The bill available.
• You can have remedial reading teachers. You can look at how you're teaching reading.
• How you teach reading. B.
• In fact, that was a reading.
• How you teach reading. kids. How you teach reading. >> Last<01:21:07.840> line.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The commission met to approve the May 18, 2026 minutes and then focused on how SB 57’s special education cost study should inform HB 1099, which creates a separate study committee on residential placements and related education costs. Members discussed sending the commission’s minutes and findings to that new committee, noting the short timeline for its work and the need to be specific about unresolved issues so the new group does not duplicate the same questions. A major topic was the cost and responsibility for students placed at Spalding and similar residential programs, especially transportation and whether costs are paid through the Department of Education’s episode-of-treatment (EOT) fund, local districts, DHS, or Medicaid. Staff explained that for students with disabilities, EOT funds cover special education and transportation costs tied to the placement, while students without disabilities are handled through DHS care-management and best-interest meetings. Members raised concerns about whether some students at Spalding are receiving no schooling, whether transportation costs are substantial, and whether Medicaid reimbursement could offset some expenses. The commission also discussed confusion over district responsibility when students placed in residential programs attend school in another district, using Winnisquam as an example. Several members said the receiving district was not notified that DHHS-approved programs could bring in additional students and costs, and they suggested DHHS or its care-management entity should notify both the district of residence and the receiving district when a program is approved. The group agreed this notification issue, along with transportation funding, privacy concerns in Medicaid-to-schools billing, and the distinction between special education placements, EOT placements, and other voluntary residential placements, should be passed to the HB 1099 study committee for further work.

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• informational hearing is going to go over our budget bill and the trailer bills, which are reflective of our final
• Finally, we will conclude with public comment. An opportunity for public comment.
• Worked day and night over the past couple of weeks to finalize this agreement, so thank you, of course
• Thank you for the investments in the final budget agreement. Mr.
• Finally, we stand in solidarity with the state building trades as a fellow U.S. citizen.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Would you like to present your final bill, SB 1063? Yes, sir.
• And finally, they did, even though it wasn't unanimous.
• I had nothing to read for the longest time. I heard about it wrong.
• through the final vote counts.
• And finally, file item 10, that is 5 to 1, and that bill passes and is out.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• And finally, I want to briefly talk about worker wages.
• And as I go to page four to read why and how that... was determined.
• If you add up all those children in the final column, we'll get you a corrected memo on this.
• Look at our data on kindergarten reading and reading proficiency from.
• And the reading rates are up, right?

Keywords: 996, all

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• final decision triggering judicial review.
• failure to meet a goal into a final failure to meet a goal into a final decision<00:15:26.079>
• <00:37:42.680> over instead these concerns were read over instead these concerns were read
• subdivision 2 that prevents a final subdivision 2 that prevents a final decision<00:54:35.559>
• My final question, sure. Um, Mr.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• It's been a while since we've looked at some of these bills, and this one will be on final read.
• It's been a while since we've looked at some of these bills, and this one will be on final read.
• It's been a while since we've looked at some of these bills, and this one will be on final read.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Shall be considered as read. report. Shall be considered as read.
• > 26<02:24:04.800> NDAA Finally, the fiscical year 26 NDAA Finally, the fiscical year 26
• And finally, the bill families.
• And in fact, if you read the record of decision, if you actually read the record of decision, there's
• Florida didn't bother to read the bill. Florida didn't bother to read the bill.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• This joint assembly is convened pursuant to the provisions of JRS 43, which the clerk will now read.
• President, I ask permission to read the letter from the retired Supreme Court Justice.
• Now, I wasn't going to read some of the reviews, but we did hear negative reviews, so, with Mr.
• Now, I wasn't going to uh read some of Now, I wasn't going to uh read some of the<00:55:15.120> reviews
• Wonderful to see you finally stopped milling about.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• What we're going to do is hit a high level of how the organization of the document reads.
• What we're going to do is hit a high level of how the organization of the document reads.
• <00:19:53.240> conditions cancellation date and finally conditions cancellation date and finally
• As I read the statute, it shouldn't be included in the forecast, but it is.
• Senator: So I can just read it to you if that's helpful.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The Finance Committee met for its first 2025 meeting, with co-chairs Senator Marty and Senator Pratt opening the session and members and staff introducing themselves. No bills were heard; the meeting was focused on orientation and on reviewing the committee’s budget rules for the new biennium. Committee members and staff from both caucuses, Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB), and legislative fiscal offices were introduced before the presentation began. MMB fiscal staff Brian D. and committee fiscal staff explained that budget rules are a nonbinding agreement between MMB and House and Senate fiscal staff that guides how fiscal proposals are tracked and understood. They reviewed the history of the rules, noting that the current document reflects the most substantial update since the rules were first adopted in the early 2000s, and that the 2025 version was reorganized into eight sections after extensive interim work by House, Senate, and MMB staff. The presenters emphasized that the rules are updated annually, are intended to promote consistent fiscal tracking and transparent communication, and are used as guidance for budget bills rather than as law. The presentation highlighted several substantive rule areas: general tracking rules and comparison points for budget documents; appropriation drafting guidance; treatment of transfers, revenues, and inflation; planning estimates and “budget tails”; and rules for extending, canceling, or reappropriating existing appropriations. Staff also described new or revised provisions, including guidance on understanding current-law changes, using Department of Revenue estimates for tax revenue, and treating inflation in the forecast as a general pressure estimate rather than appropriated dollars. The committee was asked to review the updated rules, but no vote or formal action was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.

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• So, I'll just read this very quickly.
• So, I'll just read this been updated. So, I'll just read this very<00:10:55.280> quickly.
• <00:26:24.480> report uh 2024 final report uh 2024 final report uh uh uh I<00:26:26.960>
• uh la- last time I think our final uh la- last time I think our final report<00:45:35.800> committee
• and and read and and read because<01:12:53.560> of<01:12:53.640> the<01:12:53.760>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The Special Committee on COVID Response Efficacy for New Hampshire held its first organizational meeting. The chair read the committee’s updated mission statement, which says the bipartisan committee will fact-find on the state’s COVID-19 response and its impact on the healthcare system, with focus areas including federal guidance, federal funds, emergency use authorization vaccination efforts, long COVID, the Patient Bill of Rights, and vaccination policies. The chair also announced committee staffing changes: Linda McGrath stepped down as vice chair and Representative Gerard was named vice chair; Representative DeRoy was named clerk. The chair emphasized the committee’s work is intended to be science-based and fact-finding, not anti-vaccine, and noted that the committee may issue follow-up reports and recommendations. Members discussed a broad list of topics for future hearings, including long COVID treatment, ongoing vaccination policies, reporting of COVID deaths, standards of care and provider discretion, COVID-related funding such as ESSER/CARES Act money, and communication of treatment developments during the pandemic. Representative Pollina argued the committee should examine specific treatments and outcomes, including remdesivir, oxygen/intubation practices, and ivermectin, and raised concerns about whether some treatments were harmful or suppressed. He also focused on pediatric vaccination policy, saying the committee should review New Hampshire’s recommendations for children and medical students, and questioned the state’s reliance on federal guidance versus independent review. The chair responded that shifting federal positions may justify an independent New Hampshire evaluation and asked him to gather more information and potential witnesses. In open discussion, members suggested additional witnesses and topics, including local funeral directors, nursing homes, and emergency medical services, as well as how nursing homes were affected by positive tests and admission restrictions. Another member suggested the committee consider what products it should produce, such as a final report, possible bill recommendations, and better documentation or footnotes tying findings to testimony and scientific sources. The chair said the committee’s deliverables could include reports, letters to department heads or legislative leaders, and other actions, and noted that the committee’s 2024 report and supporting documents are available on the House committee page. No votes or formal actions beyond the organizational appointments were taken.

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• <00:29:20.320> and score, which means you can read and score, which means you can read and
• Thank you, and your final comments. >> Thank you, Mr.
• And final testifier is Mr.
• I think the studies I've read show great promise.
• Um, and with that, that's about my final closings, but I do want to mention one more thing.

Bills: HF4588, HF3685, HF4577, HF4932

Keywords: veterans, veterans affairs, mental health, behavioral health, rural health, rural areas, access to care, task force, Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, general fund appropriation, veteran suicide prevention, PTSD, service members, military families, telehealth, rural psychiatry, high school diploma, armed forces, education policy, military service