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• Of course, you may recall the Purple Star Schools program, bonding bill funding for maintaining MDVA
• Of course, you may recall the Purple Star Schools program, bonding bill funding for maintaining MDVA
• Of course, you may recall the Purple Star Schools program, bonding bill funding for maintaining MDVA

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And they can invest it in stocks, bonds, or real estate, or any combination thereof, bonds that have
• A couple years ago, they had some good ratings on, or good interest rates, I would say, on some bonds

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• At the Health Care Authority, we can move the needle on several of these drivers like child and parental
• So what I wanted to highlight is that the health care authority is here for New Mexicans when they need
• On slide 13, the Health Care Authority also administers the Health Care Affordability Fund.
• There's other changes that they're doing by way of just their administrative authority.
• In 2012, there was a bond that passed, and we were told the school was going to be refurbished.

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• <00:02:41.040> senator<00:02:41.440> abler also thanking my co-author senator abler
• And anyway, I'm glad I co-authored it. Thank you. I completely agree.
• And anyway, I'm glad I co-authored it. Thank you.
• And anyway, I'm glad I co-authored it. Thank you. Well, Senator, yeah, Mr.
• And anyway, I'm glad I co-authored it. Thank you. Well, Senator, yeah, Mr.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• But we thank the authors of this measure as well, much needed.
• But we thank the authors of this measure as well, much needed.
• But we thank the authors of this measure as well, much needed.
• activities to the authorizing activities to the authorizing statutes<00:47:47.760> um<00:
• It authorizes the director of finance to issue general obligation bonds and appropriates funds to the

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint committees first heard SB 1146, which would appropriate funds to the University of Hawaiʻi to develop an action plan and pre-engineering concept plan for debris management and water quality control in the Ala Wai Watershed. Testimony was largely supportive from DLNR, a UH student, and a special improvement district representative, while one speaker suggested the work should be coordinated with existing efforts to avoid duplication. Committee discussion focused on the multi-jurisdictional nature of the watershed, existing debris-trap work that captures only about 20 to 30 percent of debris, the role of the university in capstone projects and recommendations, and the relationship to the existing Geni project and other community efforts. Members also asked about costs, tracking progress, and the difference between water-quality improvements and the larger debris problem. The committees then voted to pass SB 1146 with amendments, including blanking out the appropriation and deferring the effective date to July 31, 2050. The motion passed in both committees, with votes recorded in support and no opposition noted during the decision-making. The committees also heard SB 321, which would deem certain fee simple privately owned lands transferred to adjacent property owners or community associations if specified conditions are met. Testimony was in support from several individuals, but members raised concerns about the lack of input from counties and the state, and about how the bill might affect roads already used by the public or maintained by local governments. After discussion, the committees voted to advance SB 321 unamended to the next committees, with the measure adopted in both committees despite one recorded no vote in the Water and Land committee.

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• Now, there's always an appeal authority.
• That captain would have the authority to recommend that lowering of his rank, but that NCO, the sergeant
• We have a do pass on the amendment by the author, seconded by the chair.
• By the author, seconded by the chair. Were there any questions on the amendment?
• Senator Rader, you're recognized for a question to the author. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Summary: The committee considered and advanced a series of bills, beginning with House Bill 3834, which creates a revolving fund at the Department of Health for ibogaine research. The author said the measure is limited to clinical trials, has support from several tribal nations, and would not have an immediate fiscal impact, though retirement-related costs were discussed as roughly $1 million based on prior estimates. HB 3834 passed 20-0. House Bill 3940, updating Oklahoma Military Department provisions, National Guard retirement benefits, and some Uniform Code of Military Justice language, also passed after questions about the same estimated retirement cost and the effect of changing the date for implementation; it passed 21-1. Members then approved House Bill 4346, with an amendment aimed at addressing fraud concerns in agricultural sales tax exemptions. The bill would extend reciprocity to holders of ag sales tax exemption cards from Texas and other surrounding states, allowing them to use those exemptions in Oklahoma border communities. Opponents argued the change would place too much burden on retailers to verify out-of-state cards and could increase liability, but supporters said it would help rural businesses. The bill passed 17-4. House Bill 2947, allowing clinical interns and accredited behavioral health graduate programs to bill Medicaid for supervised services, passed 21-0, and House Bill 3257, extending state benefits for 100% disabled veterans to those similarly disabled due to negligence at a VA hospital, also passed 21-0. The committee next passed House Bill 3264, which adds domestic abuse by strangulation to the list of 85% crimes. Supporters emphasized the seriousness of strangulation and its connection to later homicide risk, while questions focused on prison population growth and costs; the bill passed 21-0. House Bill 4326, dealing with Oklahoma Promise homeschool language and the definition of certified classroom personnel, was amended to remove unrelated T-SET restructuring language and then passed 19-2. House Bill 4421, “Leo’s Law,” which requires fentanyl testing in child welfare drug screens when fentanyl use is suspected, drew emotional testimony about a child’s death and had its fiscal estimate discussed as dropping from $125 million to about $16 million; it passed 22-0. Finally, the committee approved House Bill 3944, a State Finance Act cleanup and modernization measure, after questions about reporting dates and public finance oversight, and House Bill 3979, which raises financing caps under the Oklahoma Economic Development Finance Pool, after an amendment to add an effective date and emergency clause; both passed 21-0. House Bill 4118, updating the family caregiver tax credit and raising the maximum credit while keeping the annual cap unchanged, passed 20-1. The meeting ended with thanks to members and staff and adjournment.

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• It does not expand the definition of nuisance or create new government authority.
• Removing the $15,000 limit on the total value of fines that may be imposed authorizes local governments
• Botana: This bill provides for the City of Naples Airport Authority to be elected and appointed by City
• come to fruition or arise as the authority shifts from a dependent special district to an independent
• Passports in that area are issued by the Palestinian Authority.

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• However, states have the authority to dictate which fire provision standards are adopted in their own
• While still respecting the authority of cities to plan and protect their historic areas and established
• It carefully protects the authority of municipalities to regulate master plan subdivisions and historic
• The committee substitute to House Bill 1835 prohibits cities from requiring unnecessary permits, bonds
• It preserves local authority where appropriate, but also ensures that cities can't use zoning to effectively

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• They are citing authority: New Hampshire RSA 147:1.
• They are citing authority: New Hampshire RSA 147:1.
• New Hampshire RSA 147 colon Authority New Hampshire RSA 147 colon one<01:24:55.040> now<01:24
• And maybe this is getting to the weeds, and you’ve just answered this, but even a bond that received
• And maybe this is getting to the weeds, and you’ve just answered this, but even a bond that received

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Okay, now we're waiting for authors.
• We are going to wait 10 more minutes for Senate authors to come to committee.
• I want to thank the author for introducing 525.
• We just want to thank the author. or California. Actually, not in opposition.
• Thank you for the author.

Summary: The Assembly Insurance Committee met to hear several bills related to insurance coverage, wildfire risk, workers’ compensation, and paid family leave. SB 8 by Senator Ashby would extend workers’ compensation and disability protections to Sacramento County park rangers, with testimony emphasizing that they perform law-enforcement-like duties and should receive the same protections as comparable officers. SB 429 by Senator Cortese would create a public wildfire catastrophe model and related wildfire safety program, with support from the Department of Insurance and consumer advocates who said public access to modeling data would improve transparency and help evaluate private insurance risk models. The committee also heard SB 525 by Senator Jones, which would require the FAIR Plan to offer coverage options for manufactured and mobile home owners, including replacement cost coverage. Supporters said the bill would help lower-income residents obtain meaningful insurance protection, while no opposition testified. SB 495 by Senator Allen, as amended, would require insurers to provide a larger contents-coverage advance after a total loss during a declared emergency without requiring an immediate itemized inventory, extend proof-of-loss deadlines, and require insurers to provide catastrophe modeling and reinsurance data to the Department of Insurance. Several insurers withdrew opposition after amendments, and the Department of Insurance and United Policyholders supported the measure. SB 590 by Senator Durazo would expand paid family leave to cover care for designated persons or chosen family members, with strong support from AARP, labor, civil rights, caregiving, and health organizations, and testimony from a parent describing the need to care for a non-legal family member during surgery recovery. The committee also took up consent items SB 230 and SB 854. After roll calls, SB 8, SB 429, SB 495, SB 525, and SB 590 all received do-pass votes, with SB 429 sent to the Committee on Emergency Management, SB 495 to Judiciary, and SB 525 and SB 590 to Appropriations. The consent calendar bills were also approved, and the committee adjourned.

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• It's a very<00:15:53.560> strong<00:15:53.920> bond very strong bond very strong bond like
• For example, there's levy authority.
• For example, there's<00:32:12.840> levy<00:32:13.160> authority.
• there's levy authority. there's levy authority.
• they also have some rule-making authority as well.

Bills: HF3879

Keywords: outdoor heritage, conservation, habitat restoration, natural resources, wildlife management, 1183, house

Summary: The committee approved the April 8, 2026 minutes and then took up House File 3879, the Legacy Finance Outdoor Heritage bill. The committee adopted the DE1 author’s amendment, which incorporated the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council’s revised recommendations and made technical corrections, and staff explained that the bill appropriates about $191.081 million in Outdoor Heritage funding, plus carryforwards and an extension for a carp deterrent project at Lock and Dam. Staff also noted the bill makes no changes to the Clean Water Fund or Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, and the bill was moved to the Committee on Ways and Means. A large portion of the meeting focused on the Roseau Lake rehabilitation/Roseau River restoration project and related concerns about landowner impacts, eminent domain, drainage, and whether Outdoor Heritage dollars are being used on private property. Landowners and their attorney testified that the project threatens private farmland, that they do not consent to easements or takings, and that funding should be paused until litigation and legal questions are resolved. They described flooding, drainage problems, financial burdens, and long-term harm to family farms, and asked the committee to suspend funding for the project. Supporters of the project, including Roseau Mayor Dan Fabian and farmer/watershed district manager Jason Bratton, said the project is part of a broader flood-mitigation effort following the 2002 Roseau flood and would help control water, reduce flood damage, and improve conditions for downstream farmers. After testimony, the committee considered the A5 amendment, offered by Representative Heintzeman, which would delete the Roseau Lake Rehabilitation Project Phase 3 from the bill. Members debated the amendment, with some emphasizing landowner concerns and pending litigation and others defending the project and the council’s vetting process. The transcript cuts off during continued discussion, and no final vote on the A5 is shown in the provided text.

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• Land grants do have zoning authority, so it makes sense for them to have their own authority as well
• An author, he wrote many books on land grants and conducted a lot of research.
• Because Chili Lee has zoning authority, they've zoned some of their common lands for...
• , or the Center for Land-Grant Studies, which is kind of where he was based, had authored.
• Basically, that work plan included 40 ASECIA projects, with authorization to fund 40 of them.

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• It's authorizing warrant for the funding of state special education aid. Aid.
• essentially authorized is the $500,000. essentially authorized is the $500,000.
• If it's a bond, then you put it out to bid.
• <02:21:55.200> That's bond, then you put it out to bid.
• That's bond, then you put it out to bid.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 292, which would authorize a governor’s warrant to cover special education aid shortfalls from the education trust fund, and from the general fund if needed, so local school districts would not have to absorb prorated costs or raise local property taxes. Senator Lang said the bill was prompted by a prior $15 million special education funding shortfall caused by higher-than-expected catastrophic aid claims, including more qualifying students and the recent increase in the special education age limit to 22. He emphasized that the bill is intended to ensure the state meets its funding commitment and avoid shifting costs to towns. Members asked about how the bill interacts with House Bill 742 and House Bill 773, including whether the language should be merged or whether the state should fund 100% versus an 80% floor. Lang said he was open to improving the bill and to adding a study committee or performance audit on special education costs, but maintained that the state should not push costs to local taxpayers when it has available funds. The hearing on SB 292 was then closed, with no vote taken. The committee then opened Senate Bill 98, which would extend for five more years a tax credit program for donations to regional career and technical education centers. Senator Waters said the program has been successful in building partnerships between CTE centers and employers, especially through equipment donations that support training and apprenticeships. He cited examples including automotive, marine trades, and advanced manufacturing programs, and said the five-year extension would let lawmakers continue to review whether the incentive is working as intended. Several members questioned whether the credit is effectively a 100% subsidy and how the cap works. Waters and another member explained that the underlying program has an aggregate cap of $500,000 and that credits are prorated if requests exceed that amount; they also said the donations are primarily equipment, not cash. Some members raised concerns about whether businesses could also claim other tax deductions or credits, but the sponsor said the existing structure has been in place for years and has been revisited periodically. No vote was taken during the hearing excerpt provided.

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• So I'm proud to author this year's version of the Increase Teachers of Color Act.
• as lead authors of the 2022 Increase Teachers of Color Act.
• <00:02:21.040> of with Senator Nelson as a lead author of with Senator Nelson as a lead author
• of Republican co-authors as lead authors of Republican co-authors as lead authors of the<00:04:44.600
• Thank you so much. us with an increased levy authority to us with an increased levy authority to avoid

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Finally, the bill authorizes an eligible school to adopt policies to allow employees to carry a concealed
• While law enforcement may be notified of the number of staff authorized to carry, there is no language
• So the current law allows schools to authorize a peace officer on campus to carry a firearm.
• So school district governing boards can already choose to authorize someone to carry a firearm.
• , respects parental authority, and provides consistency across the state of Arizona.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• And so I think between HCMC and bonding and fraud, school safety, there's a lot of pieces still in play
• <00:09:59.280> between<00:09:59.920> HCMC<00:10:00.600> and<00:10:00.720> bonding
• And so I think between HCMC and bonding And so I think between HCMC and bonding and<00:10:01.520

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The discussion focused on reactions to Governor Walz’s final State of the State address and the remaining priorities for the end of session. DFL leaders described the speech as hopeful and a summary of accomplishments over the past several years, highlighting education, paid family and medical leave, climate and labor policies, fraud prevention, affordability, and a new economy shaped by AI. They said the governor’s call to action on gun violence was especially important and argued that Minnesotans care more about the results of legislation than whether bills passed with bipartisan support. Gun violence prevention was a major topic. Leaders said the legislature had already passed measures in 2023 and 2024 including red flag laws, universal background checks, and a ban on binary triggers, and they defended those laws as saving lives. They said the governor’s renewed push for gun legislation was not divisive and that Republicans should join the effort. They also discussed public safety more broadly, including capital security and judicial security, saying there was bipartisan support for a security bill. Other priorities mentioned for the final weeks included combating fraud, making life more affordable, child tax credit changes, a tax on social media/data companies, HCMC modernization and IT, bonding, and school safety. Leaders said the Senate would take up health and human services next, expected the gun package to move out of finance and reach the floor soon, and anticipated conference committees or working groups to begin. They said they were confident the legislature could resolve differences with the House’s single-subject approach and finish its work by the May 18 deadline without a special session.

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• to job applicants they are already authorized to check.
• Questions of the author?
• Questions of the author?
• They do it by letter of credit or by bonding.
• Members' questions with the author? Hearing none. Let's see, Senator Kolkhorst.

Bills: HB431, HB1522, HB1922, HB2467, HB2468, HB3228, HB3229, HB3306, HB3803, HB3804, HB3805, HB3806, HB4219, HB4238, HB4344, HB4386, HB4739

Keywords: HB 431, Texas Property Code, Property Code Chapter 202, solar roof tiles, solar shingles, solar energy device, homeowners association, HOA, property owners' association, POA, renewable energy, residential solar, distributed solar, roof-mounted solar, homeowner rights, architectural control, open meetings, public notice, transparency, government efficiency

Summary: The committee first took up pending business and favorably reported several House bills without opposition, including HB 11, HB 132, HB 1041, HB 1606, HB 2286, and HB 5061. Each was moved out of committee with a recommendation that it do pass and be printed, and several were also recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee then heard HB 3306, which would extend existing construction-contract indemnity exceptions to electric infrastructure construction, maintenance, and vegetation management work for electric utilities and transmission and distribution utilities. The sponsor said the bill would reduce litigation and insurance costs for ratepayers, while construction industry witnesses argued it would shift liability onto subcontractors and create broad-form indemnity in a way Texas law has generally prohibited since 2011. HB 3306 was left pending. The committee also heard HB 4739, a Comptroller-requested cleanup bill to repeal an outdated Finance Code provision requiring remittance of a portion of certain delinquency charges to the state, and HB 3803, HB 3804, and HB 3806, all Department of Banking-requested cleanup bills dealing with confidentiality and supervision rules for perpetual care funds, state banks, and trust companies. Those bills were briefly explained and left pending without testimony. HB 4219, aimed at improving Public Information Act compliance by requiring timely notice when records do not exist or are being withheld, allowing complaints to the Attorney General, and imposing training and fee consequences for noncompliance, drew support from a journalist and a policy analyst and was also left pending. The committee then heard HB 4238 on coerced debt and identity theft. The sponsor explained that the committee substitute narrows the bill to court-ordered findings of identity theft/coerced debt, gives collectors seven business days to stop collection activity, and removes a section to avoid litigation over court orders. A law professor and a family violence advocate testified in strong support, describing coerced debt as a barrier for domestic violence and elder abuse survivors trying to rebuild credit and access housing, jobs, and utilities. The bill was left pending. HB 1522, which would require local governments to post meeting notices three business days in advance and make budget materials more accessible online and in physical form, also drew support, though a school business officials representative raised concerns about the timing language, proposed-budget wording, and taxpayer impact statements for school districts; the bill was left pending after discussion. Later, the committee heard additional pending bills, including a PUC background-check bill that would expand the commission’s authority to check current employees and contractors and obtain FBI criminal history information, HB 3805 updating money services business regulation, HB 431 extending HOA solar-panel protections to solar tiles, and HB 3228 and HB 3229 on wind and solar recycling financial assurance and recycler solvency. HB 3228 received support from a Sierra Club witness who said recycling and disposal plans are needed for end-of-life renewable energy equipment, and HB 3229 was described as requiring recyclers to show financial resources at 125 percent through a letter of credit or bond. These bills were heard and left pending.

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• This bill simply amends that code section which allows and authorizes them.
• maximum annual debt service payable to all authority obligations.
• in a manner consistent with this article and determined by resolution of the authority.
• This bill will give the Alabama ABC board the authority to...
• Alabama ABC Board the authority to create a new license fee to have enforcement out in the field.

Bills: HB227, HB255, HB465, HB472, HB482, HB483, HB526, HB529, HB484

Keywords: firefighter benefits, occupational disease, line of duty, disability pension, death benefits, retirement benefits, hypertension, heart disease, respiratory disease, cancer presumption, HIV, hepatitis, municipal firefighters, state firefighters, fire districts, workers' compensation, public safety employees, post-retirement benefits, benefit eligibility cutoff, occupational illness

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• I'm Carrie Armijo, the Cabinet Secretary of the Health Care Authority.
• I'd like to just briefly recognize the Health Care Authority team.
• We received 78 new funded authorized FTEs, so we're working on filling those.
• health and human services agencies, not just the Health Care Authority.
• Well, we're looking at bonding with children.

Keywords: 996, all

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• We do this with bonding to ensure that we have a truly bipartisan bill.
• Why would we give that authority up to such an important industry that we all value?
• I recognize the author of the amendment, the member for Meeker, Representative Gilman.
• I recognize the author of the amendment, the member from Douglas, Representative Franzen.
• But if there is no objection, we'll allow the author of the amendment to speak first.