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• United States and all members of Congress take an oath to defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Third reading of Senate Bill 242, Senate Draft 2, relating to foreign ownership of agricultural land.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Graduates Assistance Program, and this program was intended to reduce practice barriers faced by foreign

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The meeting was an informational walkthrough for the Health Finance and Policy Working Group, focused on committee structure, budget basics, and major health-related accounts and programs. Staff explained the roles of House Research and House Fiscal, then reviewed key funds used by the committee, including the general fund, government special revenue fund, federal funds, the health care access fund, remediation account, and drinking water revolving fund. They also outlined the committee’s main budget areas, noting that medical assistance is the largest general fund item and that the Department of Health is a substantial agency funded by a mix of federal, general fund, and special revenue dollars. A major portion of the presentation covered subsidized health coverage programs. Staff described Medical Assistance (Minnesota’s Medicaid program) as an entitlement for eligible Minnesotans, with no premiums or cost sharing, and explained its managed care and fee-for-service delivery systems. MinnesotaCare was presented as a separate federal-state basic health program for people who are not eligible for MA, with income limits, premiums for adults age 21 and older, and cost-sharing requirements; staff noted that federal premium tax credit changes affect MinnesotaCare premium ranges. The presentation also summarized MNsure’s role in the individual market and in determining eligibility for premium tax credits, cost-sharing reductions, MinnesotaCare, and MA. The committee also received an overview of health-related licensing boards and occupational regulation. Staff said Minnesota has 16 health-related licensing boards, funded mainly through the state government special revenue fund and subject to legislative appropriation, and explained that health occupations may be regulated by the Department of Health, the Office of Emergency Medical Services, or the boards under chapter 214. Interstate licensure compacts were briefly noted as a way to ease practice across states. No bills were debated and no votes or formal actions were taken during the meeting.

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• of it seemed like a lot of the languages of it seemed like a lot of the languages in<00:34:00.320
• inspection that you consider language inspection that you consider language similar<01:19:33.000
• on Colorado I think Colorado's language on Colorado I think Colorado's language but<01:34:39.119
• This was borrowed out of Minnesota's language.
• This bill's language does not touch placards.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 119-FN, which would allow rental companies registering a rental fleet to choose New Hampshire as their base jurisdiction under the International Registration Plan. The DMV witness said the state already has this capability under the IRP and did not support the bill, adding that no additional staffing should be needed. Committee questions focused on whether the bill would change where registrations are done, what implementation would require, mileage tracking, decals, and inspection requirements. A representative of the Motor Transport Association also said the bill was unnecessary because the option already exists, while noting some related truck-registration and property-tax issues. The chair then closed the public hearing on HB 119-FN with no further speakers. The committee next heard House Bill 612, which would let youth operators renew up to 30 days before turning 21 and receive a temporary license so they can transition to a standard horizontal license without an extra DMV trip. The sponsor and DMV director strongly supported the bill, describing a long-standing problem where early online renewals can trigger another vertical youth license, forcing a duplicate transaction and fee after the birthday. The DMV said the change would reduce confusion and workload, and estimated a one-time system update cost of $48,000. Members asked about whether the proposal was effectively a 30-day extension, how law enforcement would view the temporary status, and whether the system could handle printing and mailing the new horizontal license; the director said the DMV could manage it and that the bill was the best approach. The chair closed the hearing after no one else testified. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 209, which would exempt new vehicles from inspection in the second year after purchase, effectively allowing two years before the next inspection. The sponsor argued the bill would save taxpayers money and reduce unnecessary trips for owners of new vehicles. Supporters said newer vehicles are already maintained through warranties and routine service. Opponents, including the New Hampshire Auto Dealers Association and a service manager from a dealership, argued the bill was not limited to truly new cars, would weaken safety by delaying inspections on vehicles that can still develop tire, brake, and other defects, and could raise costs for everyone else if inspection volume drops. The Motor Transport Association clarified that commercial motor vehicles remain subject to annual federal inspection requirements. No vote was taken in the transcript, and the hearing remained open with testimony continuing.

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• So you'll see the language on the hearing sheets that we can have exec at any time.
• One thing that stands out is that the bill uses the language, quote, "taxing jurisdiction."
• That the bill uses the language, quote, "taxing jurisdiction."
• One last thing is the language of the law makes this happen.
• For these reasons, uh, language groups.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I need to reset just real quick, and again, if I'm not speaking your language, please correct me.
• That's their background; that's the language they speak.
• But a basic question is, is there a basic standard language?
• Apple has their own proprietary software and language.
• So what he's saying about having to program the radio to the new system, or the foreign system, if you

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• And again, if I'm not speaking your language, please correct me.
• That's the language that they speak.
• Our folks are speaking the same language to them.
• Is there a basic standard language?
• Apple has their own proprietary software and language.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• 01:08:36.799> add we want to add in in we want to add we want to add in in we want to add language
• into our leases that uh helps language into our leases that uh helps the<01:08:40.480> land<01
• you<02:16:36.719> have<02:16:37.359> all<02:16:37.599> the<02:16:37.760> language
• <02:16:39.120> the<02:16:39.439> defaults you have all the language the defaults you
• have all the language the defaults towards<02:16:41.040> your<02:16:41.679> position<02

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• was that they're identifying as, I guess, present tense with their service provider to find where foreign
• we really appreciate the General Assembly making sure that you all were able to streamline this language
• <01:46:38.719> this all were able to streamline this all were able to streamline this language
• :46:40.159> for<01:46:40.400> us<01:46:40.639> so<01:46:40.800> that language
• and our statute for us so that language and our statute for us so that no<01:46:41.280> cost<

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Roll Call 00:00:27 Legislative Research Commission 00:01:15 KentuckyWired Operations Company 00:17:30 Wireless Internet Service Providers Association 00:40:15 Administrative Office of the Courts 01:08:55 Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts 01:33:00, 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the July 9 minutes without objection and heard from Jay Hartz and Jonathan Harris of the Legislative Research Commission. Members asked about Capitol and legislator security in light of recent targeted shootings in other states. Hartz said LRC had removed members’ home addresses from its website, was reviewing other state-government records for similar information, and was working with the Speaker, Senate President, Kentucky State Police, and outside security experts on broader safety measures. He also said LRC is exploring commercial products to help block personal contact information from public view, but declined to name vendors publicly. Harris added that driver’s license scans at the Capitol are handled by Kentucky State Police, while LRC has a process for flagging high-volume or concerning contacts for police review. The LRC also reported that redistricting work has already begun, with census coordination underway, evaluation of redistricting software including Mapitude and open-source tools, and plans to make the same tools available to the public in the LRC library. The committee then heard from Kentucky Wired Operations Company CEO Robert Morphonius, COO Tom Snyder, and counsel Patrick Hughes about the Kentucky Wired network. They explained the corporate structure: Kentucky Wired Operations Company is a private for-profit special purpose entity that designs, builds, operates, and maintains the network; Kentucky Wired Infrastructure Company is a nonprofit instrumentality used for financing; and Open Fiber Kentucky handles commercialization of excess capacity under a wholesale agreement. They said Kentucky Wired Operations is in the operations and maintenance phase, with those obligations continuing until 2045, and that technical changes to the network generally require KCNA approval through formal change-order processes. They also said the company conducted a market test in June 2023 under Schedule 19 of its contract, considered proposals including Open Fiber and the incumbent service provider, and retained the existing provider. Members asked about KCNA’s role, procurement, network customers, and revenue. The witnesses said Quac operates outside normal state procurement because its process is governed by contract, while KCNA acts as the Commonwealth’s oversight authority and filter for changes. They identified current network users as including AOC, KCTCS, postsecondary education, and other Commonwealth agencies, with all requests routed through KCNA; they also said a separate change process for Exceliccom is in litigation. On funding, they said the operation is paid through monthly appropriations, with roughly a million dollars a month for the service provider and a couple hundred thousand for Quac’s oversight, not including debt service, which is bundled into the availability payment. The discussion ended as members began asking about responsibility for damage-related costs such as squirrel-related outages.

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• about that language because um it about that language because um it the<01:19:45.280> the<01:19
• if there's something with this language. if there's something with this language.
• be surprising you with the language. be surprising you with the language.
• So, that language is unclear.
• So, that language is unclear. And Okay? So, that language is unclear.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• of discovery, county of discovery, a subpoena issued by a court or other authority, clerk, and the foreign
• It's like, "Hey, the government is trying to make companies register their large language models."
• And that that affects language models."
• that that language that that language would<00:39:26.360> supersede<00:39:27.560> any<
• analyzed the language in this bill. analyzed the language in this bill.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Are there any limitations as to the types of solar panels that can be used, or, like, for example, foreign-made
• President, Again, the language reads that it is where a flare gun is sold or offered for sale or given

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened, approved the prior journal, and then processed a series of motions to discharge bills from committees and substitute identical Senate bills, which were so ordered. Several bills were also recalled from the Assembly, had reconsideration votes taken, and were restored to the third reading calendar after receiving 58 ayes. Amendments were received on a number of bills, and those measures retained their place on the calendar. The main business of the day was Privileged Resolution 2318, sponsored by Leader Stewart-Cousins, honoring Senator Michael Gianaris with the President Pro Tempore and Senate Majority Leader’s Legislative Legacy Award. The resolution and floor remarks reviewed his long career in the Assembly and Senate, his role as Deputy Majority Leader and floor leader, and his work on housing, criminal justice, voting rights, labor, environmental, consumer, transit, animal welfare, and other major legislation. Members from both parties spoke at length, praising his strategic skill, mentorship, humor, and influence, while also noting his support for younger members and his commitment to family. Several senators described personal experiences showing Gianaris’s mentorship and political guidance, and many referenced his Greek American identity, Queens roots, and interests such as Star Wars and the Mets. Senators also emphasized that he was leaving on his own terms to spend more time with his wife and daughters. The resolution was adopted with broad support, and Gianaris then spoke in response, reflecting on nearly 30 years in state government, the major laws passed during his tenure, and the relationships he built in the chamber.

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• project and how do we know that our natural resource in our area isn't being tied up for 100 years by a foreign
• a uh<00:59:08.520> you<00:59:08.600> know,<00:59:08.760> a<00:59:08.840> foreign

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The meeting began with introductions, approval of the March 6 minutes as amended to add an attendee list, and a brief overview of the day’s agenda. The committee heard two presentations from carbon project developers, with the first from Dylan Jenkins of Finite Carbon. He described Finite Carbon’s work in improved forest management projects, its role in developing carbon methodologies and protocols, and its experience with projects in New England, Appalachia, Alaska, and Canada. He also outlined the difference between compliance and voluntary carbon markets, the role of registries and intermediaries, and the types of buyers in the market, including large corporate buyers and long-term off-take partners. A major focus of the presentation was how forest carbon projects are structured and how credits are monetized. Jenkins distinguished between removals and reductions, explaining that removals come from new forest growth while reductions are tied more closely to baseline assumptions and standing stock. He said improved forest management projects can generate both types of credits, and that removals generally command higher prices because they are easier for buyers to understand and verify. He also emphasized that carbon project commercialization can occur before, during, or after credit issuance, and that landowners may be paid through a variety of structures, including leases, advance fees, per-unit payments, or off-take agreements. Jenkins then addressed the committee’s tax-related questions, saying House Bill 123 appeared intended to treat carbon credit sales similarly to timber sales for local tax purposes. He argued that carbon credits are a forest product and that taxing them can be reasonable in principle, but he stressed that lawmakers should distinguish between commoditization and commercialization when deciding what event to tax. He noted that credits may be created but never sold, and that in some programs landowners retain timber and carbon rights while in others the developer has deeper control over those rights. In response to questions, he said the industry uses protocols, verification, and third-party oversight to address baseline and quality concerns, but acknowledged that baseline setting remains a major point of debate in the market.

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• We are at an all-time record of the number of foreign-born people in this country.
• We are at an all-time record of the number of foreign-born people in this country.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, January 15, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• ,<00:41:51.920> literature, science, language, literature, science, language, literature,
• I would like to thank the majority for working with us in the markup to add language that ensures that
• I would like to thank the majority for working with us in the markup to add language that ensures that
• I want to thank the majority for working with us to include language that guarantees the property is
• Chairwoman Charles has spent her career protecting the lower Elwa's culture, preserving their language

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

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• But even today, the common language of the common platform, without standardization, without a framework
• That's their background; that's the language that they speak.
• could maybe, maybe we have to legislate, we'll have to figure it out, but is there a basic standard language
• Apple has their own proprietary software and language.
• What he's saying about having to program the radio to the new system or the foreign system, if you want

Keywords: flooding, emergency response, communication systems, first responders, disaster management, Texas Water Development Board, regional planning, public safety

Summary: The meeting primarily focused on discussions around the recent floods in Texas, specifically addressing emergency preparedness, response coordination, and recovery efforts. Officials from various agencies provided testimonies on the challenges faced during the emergency, including issues with communication systems among first responders. Notably, the need for improved inter-agency communication and technology integration was emphasized, with recommendations for establishing regional communications units for better coordination during disasters. The audience included local government representatives and emergency management partners, who shared insights and experiences from the recent flooding events.

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• <00:59:22.319> lobbying create a plain language lobbying create a plain language lobbying
• so and so voted against a plain language so and so voted against a plain language lobbying<01:00
• because your amendment adds language because your amendment adds language that<01:18:26.800>
• concerned about that or the language concerned about that or the language because<01:19:32.239><
• if your language passes? if your language passes? Representative<01:31:13.840> Greenman.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• <02:03:54.880> blockchain is that the language blockchain is that the language blockchain
• :04:48.000> being<02:04:48.159> deleted this language um that's being deleted this language
• <02:05:20.000> in, time since we've put this language in, time since we've put this language
• And there is a little precedent for this having this language in the bill.
• <02:40:10.560> that So that's very important language that So that's very important language

Keywords: 916, all

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• I was appointed by the Office of Foreign Affairs as a member of the public land trust working group,
• I think it's stated elsewhere, but I'm happy to provide some language to the chair, vice chair, and,
• Who's the user that's being charged or contemplated in this language that's being changed?
• <02:57:37.520> creates what this does is this language creates what this does is this language
• a and I want to insert similar language a and I want to insert similar language uh<03:27:38.520>

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Summary: The committee met on February 12 at 2 p.m. and heard several measures related to corrections, re-entry, law enforcement, retirement benefits, and gun violence prevention. On HB 10002, which would extend the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission coordinator’s term and clarify unannounced inspection authority, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said it had no objection to the term length or to 24/7 unannounced access. The commission’s chair, Commissioner Mark Patterson, asked for a longer term, saying the commission needs more time and stability to manage reform efforts after years without staff during COVID. Community Alliance on Prisons and Carolyn Eaton also supported a longer term, with both suggesting six years would better insulate the position from politics. The chair noted he had asked Chair Bot for background on the prior committee’s changes and said that could be discussed during decision-making. The committee then heard HB 67, which would require DCR to help inmates obtain civil identification documents such as IDs, birth certificates, and Social Security cards as soon as practicable, including for people in furlough or community placement programs. DCR said it supported the bill and described ongoing work with the city and county on ID machines and with agencies on certificates and Social Security cards. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Oversight Commission, Community Alliance on Prisons, and the Office of Public Defense all supported the measure, emphasizing that identification is essential for housing, employment, and successful re-entry and noting the disproportionate impact of incarceration on Native Hawaiians. On HB 1183, which would classify certain law enforcement administrators and Department of Law Enforcement employees as Class A members for retirement purposes, the Department of Human Resources Development, the Employees’ Retirement System, and the Department of Law Enforcement all supported the bill. DHRD said it would help recruitment and retention, ERS said it had technical amendments to suggest, and DLE said the change would help with succession planning and allow the governor to appoint the most qualified leader. The committee also heard HB 1045, an emergency appropriation bill to cover payroll fringe benefits for Department of Law Enforcement personnel after salary funding had been shifted to other departments; Budget and Finance and DLE explained the need for the supplemental funding, and no opposition was noted. Finally, the committee took up HB 664, which would create an Office of Gun Violence Prevention, a grant program, a resource bank, and a special fund. The Attorney General recommended adding standards for grant awards and warned of overlap with the existing Gun Violence and Violent Crimes Commission, suggesting consolidation and repeal of the older commission to avoid duplication. Supporters included the Brady Campaign, Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action Hawaii, a physician, and an Army veteran, who argued the office would centralize data, coordinate prevention efforts, and help secure outside funding. Testimony was mixed, with the chair noting 37 supporters, nine opponents, and three commenters, but no vote was taken during the hearing.

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• uh, there's several factors to them, but probably the two most important factors in the trigger language
• Um, it clarifies some language that I think was creating a lot of ambiguity and threat for litigation
• Um it clarifies some language the bill.
• Um it clarifies some language that<01:22:18.080> I<01:22:18.400> think<01:22:18.639>
• sports teams, arts programs, language sports teams, arts programs, language that<01:39:30.159>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all