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• AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK WE ARE DOING THINGS INTERNALLY TO REDUCE OVERTIME TO THE EXTENT WE CAN.
• SO I DON'T SEE IT GETTING ANY BETTER AND WE FIX THAT IN SPITE OF ALL THE THINGS WE DO INTERNALLY TO MAKE
• REDUCE THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS AT INCENTIVE CAMPS BECAUSE THESE ARE THE MEN AND WOMEN OF FOLLOW THE RULES
• AND I THINK CHAPTER 33 NEEDS TO CHANGE THE RULES BOOK BECAUSE I WANT THEM TO HAVE LESS OFFICERS THERE

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• But the Supreme Court didn't rule in that favor.
• They didn't rule that in a vacuum. They ruled, in part, because of an amicus brief.
• They didn't rule that in a vacuum.
• Supreme Court, they ruled in Kennedy v.
• Next, we'll take up tab 19, CS for SB 754 on International Baccalaure tab 19 CS for SB 754 on international

Summary: The committee took up a series of criminal justice, health, and public safety bills, with several measures reported favorably after brief sponsor presentations and mostly no opposition. CS for SB 1782 on dangerous excessive speeding, CS for SB 306 on Medicaid provider network access, CS for SB 716 on mandatory minimums for certain sexual offenses by registered offenders, CS for SB 1084 on intimate image dissemination and digitally forged images, and CS for CS for SB 1604 on corrections-related litigation and sentencing changes all passed the committee. Members also approved CS for SB 1838, which increases protections for court officials from tampering, harassment, and retaliation, and CS for SB 1252, which directs FDLE to study a statewide pawn data database. CS for SB 468 on fleeing or eluding, CS for SB 490 on off-duty concealed carry for certain officers, and CS for SB 890 on blood clot screening and treatment also received favorable votes, with SB 890 drawing supportive testimony from the bill sponsor, medical and patient advocates, and family members affected by blood clots. The most extensive debate centered on CS for CS for SB 1804, which would create a capital offense for adults trafficking children under 12 or mentally incapacitated persons for sexual exploitation. Senator Martin defended the bill as a response to especially heinous crimes and argued it fit within constitutional punishment principles, while several members raised concerns about the Eighth Amendment, the risk of lengthy and costly litigation, and the possibility of retraumatizing victims. The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers testified in opposition, citing moral objections, due process concerns, and constitutional precedent; the bill nevertheless was reported favorably. The committee also approved CS for CS for SB 572, the “Pam Rock Act,” which tightens dangerous-dog rules, adds enclosure, microchip, insurance, and penalty requirements, and allows stronger enforcement actions after serious attacks. The Rock family and animal control supporters testified in favor, describing the bill as a response to fatal dog attacks and urging stronger accountability for owners. For SB 572, members discussed insurance requirements, the role of local authorities in classifying dangerous dogs, and whether the bill would affect ordinary pet insurance or only liability coverage after a serious attack. The sponsor said the measure is not breed-specific and is aimed at dogs that have already caused significant harm. The committee also heard testimony from family members of Pam Rock and other victims, along with supporters from animal control and sheriff’s offices. All of the bills taken up in the meeting that were voted on were reported favorably, and no roll-call votes failed.

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• I’m very familiar with um waste disposal rules and a lot of um waste disposal rules and a lot of people
• That is why the bedroom rule is such an important rule.
• > rule.
• They need to be able to rely on one set of rules, not 234 different sets of rules.
• :39:26.960> could international building code you could international building code you could

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Uh, and you might not need a rules.
• We have a disclosure rule, discovery and disclosure superior court rule 22, where both sides share information
• We have a disclosure rule, discovery and disclosure Superior Court Rule 22, where both sides share information
• We have a disclosure rule, discovery and disclosure Superior Court Rule 22, where both sides share information
• :37.040> legitimate<04:22:37.840> uh strict rule can chill legitimate uh strict rule can

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It was called the Putting America first in International Environmental Agreements, executive order.
• Um, those tariffs were enjoined by the Court of International Trade on May 20th, but that enjoinment
• They enjoined that ruling, and they're going to hear oral arguments on the tariffs July 31st.
• You can see we're gonna need family medicine physicians, internal medicines, geriatric physicians, um
• Um, and then we ended up, uh, with a $1.7 million special appropriation, um, to fund some of our internal

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• It seems like manufacturers are facing some inflationary pressures in international markets today, and
• There was a rule that was, that was open for comment that would require new front of package labeling
• Uh, United States consumers, as well as international consumers, um, some of the, some of the products
• basis or on a national basis, um, I would, I would need to get more information to talk about international
• So, um, starting in probably 2015, um, HEB, our food scientists, our internal dietitians started on our

Bills: HB25, HB38

Keywords: ivermectin, pharmacist authority, prescription-free, healthcare regulation, patient access, interest rate, ad valorem taxes, homesteads, property tax, tax deferral

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• The Quad Agency may provide suggestions for the replacement rule, but does not have the authority to
• rewrite another agency's rules, regulations, policies, or actions.
• And because they were governed by different rules, they had to physically move those children from one
• room to another because the spaces for those same kids were in conflict with the different rules and
• If you do intervene and a judge does rule on your side, you may be the only parent that child has.

Bills: HB163, HB216, HB721, HB2035, HB2038, HB3057, HB3153, HB3233, HB3595, HB3801, HB3812, HB4076, HB4129, HB4377, HB4535, HB4666, HB4730, HB4743, HB4903, HB5149, HB5155, HB1534

Keywords: epinephrine, healthcare, emergency response, administration, medical policy, health care, itemized billing, patient rights, provider regulations, Texas Health and Safety Code, cost disclosure, insurance, benefit plan, administrators, chemical dependency, treatment facilities, minor admissions, parental notice, mental health, medical licensing

Summary: The committee met without a quorum at first, then established a quorum with five members present. Members heard and left pending several House bills, including HB 4743 on allowing hospitals to license mobile stroke units under a hospital license, HB 4129 on earlier DFPS enforcement tools for single-source continuum contractors in community-based foster care, HB 4903 creating a Quad Agency Child Care Initiative to coordinate child care regulations across state agencies, HB 3812 revising the gold card/prior authorization process for physicians, HB 4535 requiring written informed consent before COVID-19 vaccination and a standardized state information sheet, and HB 4666 reducing the frequency of some HHSC reports to the legislature. The chair also noted HB 35 would be voted on later after a subcommittee back was received, and that a large number of bills would be heard the next day. Most of the testimony focused on HB 4535 and HB 4730. On HB 4535, supporters argued the bill would strengthen informed consent for COVID vaccination by requiring written consent and clearer state-level information about risks, manufacturer liability protections, and adverse-event reporting; opponents, including a pediatrician and medical groups, said existing federal and state informed-consent materials already cover these topics and warned the bill could create duplicative paperwork and penalties. On HB 3812, the Texas Medical Association supported changes that would extend the gold-card evaluation period to one year, raise transparency, and make prior authorization exemptions easier to administer, while health plans said they were neutral and viewed the bill as a balance between reducing burden and preventing fraud or unsafe care. HB 4730 drew extensive testimony from adoption professionals, birth mothers, adoptive parents, and child welfare advocates. The bill would require DFPS to create a relinquishment form, train child-placing agency staff, and extend the minimum waiting period for voluntary relinquishment from 48 hours to seven days. Supporters of the current law argued the 48-hour period aligns with hospital discharge, allows informed decisions, and helps birth parents and adoptive families begin healing and bonding without pushing children into foster care or creating legal and Medicaid complications. The author said the bill would be revised and that the seven-day provision was a work in progress. No votes were taken on the bills during the meeting; each bill was left pending after public testimony closed.

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• The war continues as dictators with rule of gun invade democracies with rule of law.
• with rule of gun invade democracies<02:26:59.040> with<02:26:59.280> rule<02:26:59.600
• But the only times in which I haven't done that are when the form of a rule, the mechanism of a rule,
• <03:41:33.840> is<03:41:34.160> abused rule, the mechanism of a rule is abused rule
• > for<03:41:42.399> most it which was a normal rule for most it which was a normal rule for

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, February 12, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• I guess, the needing to change a rule.
• Like, if they can make all the rules, they should be able to change those rules if it's not in statute
• The law, explain to me what the law was before the rule, how the rule changed the law, and how this would
• I cannot rule that out.
• We changed some rules before I was in this position, but I do understand it codified in rule, not in

Bills: HB3000, HB2622, HB2283, HB541, HB1776, HB1803, HB1669, HB2588, HB220, HB3415, HB50, HB1314, HB 107, HB220, HB50, HB107

Keywords: ambulance service, rural healthcare, grants, financial assistance, qualified counties, mental health, patient transport, female attendants, security measures, healthcare regulation, epinephrine, anaphylaxis, health care, school safety, training, emergency response, direct patient care, healthcare, physicians, medical services

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• But there's a series of rules and... ...data represents what's meaningful for them, but there's a series
• of rules and program participant guidelines and also tools that we provide for this purpose.
• We don't know how the international student situation is going to finalize.
• We do know that Massachusetts has been blessed by having a lot of international students who come here
• We don't know how the international student situation is going to finalize.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee held a hearing on census preparation, focusing first on testimony from U.S. Census Bureau staff James Whitehorn and Andrea Grace Johnson. They described the Bureau’s decade-long geographic and redistricting programs, including the Boundary and Annexation Survey, School District Review Program, Participant Statistical Area Program, and Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA), along with the Block Boundary Suggestion Project and voting district collection. They emphasized that Massachusetts has been a strong partner in these efforts and explained how the Bureau is using updated street data, building footprints, machine learning, and change detection to improve address lists and track new housing. Whitehorn also reviewed the 2030 redistricting data program, the legal basis for it under PL 94-171, the role of state nonpartisan liaisons, and the expected timeline for data delivery. He noted that OMB’s revised race and ethnicity standards will merge those questions into one and add a Middle Eastern/North African category. Committee members asked about the new standards, state contacts, and how boundary updates are submitted, and the witnesses said they would provide the slide deck and contact information. Wendy Underhill and Helen Brewer of NCSL then testified about why census preparation matters for states, stressing its impact on data, federal funding, and political representation. They outlined optional steps states can take before 2030, including staying in touch with Census Bureau staff, identifying state and local personnel involved in census work, supporting local participation in Bureau programs, and creating complete count committees or commissions. They cited Massachusetts’s prior complete count committee and grantmaking efforts as an example and said such efforts can improve self-response and overall accuracy. They also noted that state legislatures can act as conveners and trusted messengers, and they discussed broader issues such as privacy protections, differential privacy, budget uncertainty, and the possibility of future litigation or a citizenship question. Secretary of State William Galvin then gave extended remarks on Massachusetts’s 2020 census experience and the need to prepare early for 2030. He said the state faced major challenges in 2020 from the pandemic, litigation, and rhetoric about citizenship, and that Massachusetts relied heavily on local records, university data, and community outreach to document residents, especially students and non-native-born populations. He argued that the state should strengthen local recordkeeping now through LUCA, annual resident lists, assessors’ and zoning records, and other local data sources, and he urged support for a proposed $500,000 appropriation for census-related grants and technical assistance. Galvin said better preparation is needed because housing patterns, population shifts, and local administrative capacity have changed since 2020, and he emphasized that the goal is to improve the completeness of the records the Census Bureau will use in 2030.

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• A fun fact about me is I was an intern last year, and I'm a majority assistant policy advisor.
• I'm a majority research intern.
• Chairman and members, just as a reminder, the committee adopted rules last session.
• As a reminder, House and committee rules require all strike-everything amendments to be distributed by
• It was oftentimes maybe an international adversary trying to create chaos in our schools.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• And with that, I want to adopt the rules for.
• The proposed Senate rules, committee rules, were distributed to your offices via Dropbox. rules mirror
• any objection to adopting the rules?
• Rule 4, Section 13.
• So there's already rules in place to say we're talking about. a topic, and then we have rules in place

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Even if they're not really playing by the rules They don't choose to work here That's why I'm saying
• So if I can give a little rules, a little tips. We don't like an egg.
• I am the National Executive Director of the International Cinematographers Guild, IATSE Local 600.
• I'm a director of cinematography in the International Cinematography Guild, IATSE, Local 600, as well
• I started as an intern when I was still in college, and I've worked in this business my whole life.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• And it ensures localities follow their own rules.
• Well, how do you think the city and the county are going to rule? ...or the county?
• Well, how do you think the city and the county are going to rule on a ruling that they already made?
• I ruled against the town. So I know what happens. Thank you. Members, any questions? Yeah. Mr.
• However, what will happen in a building code, for example, let's say that the International Building

Bills: SB1254, SB1431, SB1478, SB1566, SB1787

Keywords: workers' compensation, industrial commission, safety regulations, employee protection, penalties, compliance, municipal planning, homeowners associations, design regulations, property rights, building permits, single-family homes, liquor, alcohol, spirituous liquor, liquor license, liquor licensing, Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control, restaurant to-go cocktails, mixed cocktails

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• And so I will respect the rules of this House, but in On the floor, and so I will respect the rules of
• the House Rules Committee.
• the House Rules Committee.
• It is rule germane pursuant to Article 4, Section 5(B)(1) of the New Mexico Constitution. ...It is rule
• House Bill 268... ...House Rules Committee.

Bills: HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM21, HM25, HB9, SB2, SB19

Keywords: nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial

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• Home rule message at the desk. Read the last section.
• Home rule message at the desk. Read the last section.
• Home rule message at the desk. Read the last section.
• Home rule message at the desk. Read the last section.
• Home rule message at the desk. Read the last section.

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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• Courts have consistently ruled that compelled speech by private companies must meet strict scrutiny and
• To better illustrate this, the United States Supreme Court has ruled against broad restrictions on digital
• Internal research from. Many of these companies show the harms that are being created internally.
• We changed the rules, you know, that program; we changed it for those that are trying to add another

Bills: HF2435

Keywords: healthcare, dementia services, public health funding, opioid prevention, women's health, community health boards, mental health

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• Yes, so you'll fix that so that it conforms with current CDPH rules, which shows that those students
• Our concern is about how this bill changes the rules for how coverage works.
• The first one is from Samantha Slaughter, a local international board-certified lactation consultant
• Olivia Herrera, intern at Stone Advocacy, on behalf of the California Children's Hospital Association
• Olivia Herrera, intern at Stone Advocacy on behalf of the California Children's Hospital Association

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• The agency had begun internal audits and continuous improvement projects, especially in our air and water
• The agency had begun internal audits and continuous improvement projects, especially in our air and water
• All permits will be held to the exact same Clean Air Act rules as before.
• <00:49:08.599> as the exact same Clean Air Act rules as the exact same Clean Air Act rules
• I will be bringing it back to the Rules Committee, of which I serve, if it doesn't.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I've served on the Election Law Committee, the Judicial Committee, and the Rules Committee, and have
• I've served on the Election Law Committee, the Judicial Committee, and the Rules Committee, and have
• I took it I that was International I took it I didn't<00:16:04.279> take<00:16:04.440> it<
• We've been in New Hampshire for 24 years, retired here after an extensive career in the international
• know rule know rule 31<00:22:23.600> all<00:22:24.120> spending<00:22:24.480> bills

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The Finance Committee met for an organizational opening session in which the chair, Ken Weyler, called the committee to order and members introduced themselves. The introductions established the committee’s leadership and membership, including Vice Chair Dan McGuire, ranking member Mary Jane Wallner, deputy ranking member Karen Eil, clerk Jerry Griffin, and other members from both parties. Many members briefly described prior legislative service and professional backgrounds, with several noting prior experience on Finance or related budget committees. Chair Weyler then outlined committee procedures and expectations. He emphasized that Finance handles spending bills and fiscal notes, that bills will generally be heard by the full committee and then referred to the appropriate division, and that executive sessions may be used to save time when positions are clear. He reviewed rules on attendance, dress, phones, paperwork handling, committee replacements, conflict of interest and recusal, and the process for testimony, including that members should listen without debating witnesses and that sponsors of bills must recuse themselves from questioning witnesses on their own bills. He also described the committee’s structure and workload, noting three divisions and the role of legislative budget staff. Weyler said the committee would likely see bills from many policy committees that have fiscal impacts, and he encouraged policy committees to find offsets within their own areas rather than assume new spending will be added. No bills were heard and no votes were taken during this portion of the meeting.