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• So we are worried that that's going to incentivize foreign crop feeds, which we heard about the deforestation

Summary: The hearing was a select committee discussion on the transportation costs and impacts of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), with opening remarks from the co-chairs and members emphasizing affordability, climate goals, and the need to explain the program’s benefits to the public. The first panel from CARB and the California Energy Commission described how LCFS works as a market-based, declining carbon-intensity program that rewards lower-carbon fuels, supports zero-emission vehicle infrastructure, and is intended to reduce greenhouse gases and local air pollution. They argued the program has driven billions in private investment, increased alternative fuel use, and that LCFS credit prices are not the main driver of retail gasoline prices, which they said are dominated by crude oil, refining, and distribution costs. Members questioned the panel on the gap between the regulatory target and actual carbon-intensity performance, the role of credit banking, which fuels are generating the most credits, how the 2025 amendments affected the program, and whether LCFS credits are truly additional. CARB explained that banking helps cost-effectiveness and investment certainty, that ethanol, renewable diesel, and biodiesel currently provide the largest volumes while electricity is expected to grow, and that the updated targets were informed by the state’s 2045 carbon-neutrality goals and the 2030 scoping plan. The Energy Commission said its data show environmental programs add some cost to gasoline but do not drive price volatility, which is mainly tied to crude oil and refinery margins. The second panel, featuring academic and research experts, focused on program design, out-of-state credit generation, and broader economic effects. Speakers said LCFS is successful because it ties incentives to emissions benefit, uses life-cycle analysis, and allows flexible compliance that lowers costs compared with more direct regulation. They also said the program’s benefits generally outweigh costs, that it can reduce air pollution disparities and support equity, but that some issues—especially indirect land use change, additionality, and older program assumptions—need more research and may warrant future rulemaking. One researcher noted that while LCFS likely raises gasoline prices somewhat, the effect is uncertain by design and usually smaller than normal market fluctuations, and another warned that limiting credit generation too narrowly could create legal and efficiency problems.

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• > between<00:29:47.440> both language is a compromise between both language is a compromise
• So best versions of the policy language.
• When it's involving abuse and neglect, that professional judgment language is consistent with the language
• /c><06:44:05.360> response language about retaliation in response language about retaliation in
• So, this has the identical language.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• In the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, language was added to give taxpayers due process and
• In the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, language was added to give taxpayers due process and
• In the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, language was added to give taxpayers due process and
• was added to give of 1998, language was added to give taxpayers<03:29:17.680> due<03:29:18.000
• more alarming, the Senate's language more alarming, the Senate's language also<05:54:37.360>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• environment where they speak a special language and they're specially trained?
• We clarified that obligations incurred by both spouses during marriage was the original language.
• We clarified that obligations incurred by both spouses during marriage was the original language.
• I think the original language had some ambiguity about what the impact of that would be as well.
• I think the original language had some ambiguity about what the impact of that would be as well.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee met for its first meeting of the new session with opening remarks, member introductions, and a discussion of committee logistics. Members described their backgrounds and priorities, including criminal justice, right-to-know and privacy issues, domestic violence, death-with-dignity legislation, abortion, firearms, landlord-tenant policy, housing, and technology/privacy concerns. The chair noted there were already 34 bills assigned to the committee and expected more, and said the committee would likely continue to have a heavy workload this session. The chair also outlined how the committee would operate: meetings would generally be on Wednesdays, with possible Mondays as needed; hearings would not require a quorum, but executive sessions would; and members were asked to provide updated phone numbers and email addresses, especially cell numbers. He explained that the committee would continue its practice of seating members in a mixed partisan arrangement to encourage communication, and that the new clerk had joined the committee. A significant portion of the meeting focused on procedures for executive sessions and meeting times. The chair said the committee would follow the traditional rule allowing executive sessions on bills heard that day if proper notice was given, but he would avoid taking up controversial matters without full attendance. Members then discussed whether meetings should start at 9, 9:30, or 10 a.m., with concerns raised about long commutes, evening obligations, and winter driving after dark. No formal vote was taken in the portion provided, but the chair indicated he would try to accommodate the committee’s preference while balancing the workload.

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• . >> You know, and this is where the language we're trying to come up with some language that is adoptable
• language they would like to see.
• >> you know, and this is where the language >> you know, and this is where the language
• language that is adoptable. language that is adoptable.
• :56.799> think<00:19:56.880> there's different language and I think there's different language

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• And the reason it doesn't say taser in the language is because it's designed, who knows what next year's
• is it doesn't say tas in the language is because<00:58:39.119> it's<00:58:39.440> designed
• We right now are at a position which about one out of six people in America is foreign born, which is
• Now, if you look at the language of this, this is the entire bill, the entire resolution.
• Now, if you look at the language of this, this is the entire bill, the entire resolution.

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

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• It adds language in here. Again, I think it adds process.
• It adds language in here. Again, I think it adds process.
• It adds language in here. Again, I think it adds process.
• It adds language in here. Again, I think it adds process.
• It adds language in here. Again, I think it adds process.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• But again, we've put language in the contract to make that deadline flexible so that if we run into roadblocks
• again<00:26:33.840> it's<00:26:34.400> we've<00:26:34.960> put<00:26:35.200> language
• <00:26:35.520> in<00:26:35.679> the again it's we've put language in the again it's
• we've put language in the contract<00:26:36.080> to<00:26:36.720> um<00:26:36.880>
• the recruitment of faculty and students, how much, if any, is the consideration of domestic versus foreign

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the May 12 minutes, then deferred item 285 on the routine personal service contract green list for Western Kentucky University to the July 2026 meeting. It also noted that several deferred university contracts had been withdrawn by the institutions, and then approved the remaining agenda items without objection, including personal service contracts, amendments, memoranda of agreement, Kentucky Entertainment incentive agreements, deferred items, and corrections, except for items pulled for further review. The main pulled item was a Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts contract supporting Fayette District Court’s juvenile treatment court through Fayette County Public Schools. Court officials explained that the program, created under Supreme Court rules in 2022, serves court-connected juveniles with mental health and related needs, operates at the courthouse, and uses a school-employed program manager funded through a pass-through arrangement with Fayette County Public Schools and the Urban County Government. They said the program has had over 100 referrals, accepted about half, and had at least 25 successful graduates, with 11 high school graduates among participants. Members asked about who pays for drug screens, family involvement, and what counts as successful completion; the officials said the Urban County Government’s Division of Youth Services pays for drug screens and services, and that parents must participate in classes and support services. The committee then approved the contract review, with some members explaining their votes in support and one member emphasizing the committee’s role in reviewing contracts in the public interest. The committee also reviewed two Auditor of Public Accounts contracts. The auditor’s representative said contract 11, with Vantage Point Solutions, will examine the Kentucky Communications Network Authority/Kentucky Wired network for $700,000, well below the $1.5 million appropriated, and that a report is expected before the 2027 regular session. Contract 12 funds a special examination of investment managers used by Kentucky’s retirement systems, prompted by a Legislative Oversight and Investigations request to assess whether investments tied to ESG factors are consistent with fiduciary duties; the representative said the retirement systems have been cooperative and that findings are expected on a similar timeline, with some flexibility built into the deadline. After questions about the Texas litigation referenced in the explanation, the committee approved both auditor contracts without objection.

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• To clarify the process for a foreign entity doing business in the state that is withdrawing its certificate
• Um, we have been working on some language regarding diversity on the Public Service Commission, and we
• working<01:57:42.800> on<01:57:43.679> uh<01:57:43.920> some<01:57:44.719> language
• been working on uh some language been working on uh some language regarding<01:57:46.880> uh<

Keywords: 920, all

Summary: The Alabama Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a roll call establishing a quorum. Senators then adopted the prior day’s journal and excused absent members. A lengthy point of personal privilege followed, in which Senator Smith criticized the prior day’s handling of the special order calendar and argued that minority-party senators were denied the chance to speak, while Senator Coleman said Senate Bill 318 had been removed from the calendar and tied that to Child Abuse Prevention Month; she also noted Senate Bill 43, which would provide civil recourse for child sex assault survivors, had not advanced. The presiding officer also recognized guests in the gallery, including staff from the Alabama Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention and members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. The Senate then received multiple committee reports, largely on a unanimous or near-unanimous basis. Finance and Taxation Education reported favorably on House Bills 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 565, 517, and 98, and Senate Bill 380, with some substitutes or amendments; Finance and Taxation General Fund reported Senate Bill 378 favorably; County and Municipal Government reported House Bills 568, 499, and 433; Education Policy reported House Bills 8 and 380; Banking and Insurance reported House Bill 545; Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development reported House Bill 586 with two nays; Healthcare reported House Bills 533 and 605; Tourism and Marketing reported House Bills 513 and 626 and Senate Bill 357; and local legislation committees reported several Mobile County and Madison County bills, including Senate Bill 379 relating to Madison County and various House bills, all advancing to the next legislative day. In motions and resolutions, the Senate agreed to allow committee reports to be received at any time during the day. Several resolutions were introduced and referred to the Rules Committee, including Senate Joint Resolution 100 honoring Presley Skelton, SJR 101 commending Auburn University’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, SJR 102 establishing the Alabama Forest Products Retention and Pulp and Paper Mill Stability Study Commission, SJR 103 mourning Norman Wendell Arnold, and SJR 104 designating Alabama as the river state. The chamber also suspended the rules to take up Senate Joint Resolution 105, commending Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth for his service; the resolution included a lengthy recitation of his background and accomplishments and was read for immediate consideration with all senators added as sponsors.

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• I hope that we can amend the language somewhat. We have more work to do.
• made some suggestions to the language made some suggestions to the language was<01:40:02.320>
• concern that the way that the language concern that the way that the language that<01:46:32.760>
• think there was some suggested language think there was some suggested language that<01:46:36.960
• <02:11:28.760> could because right now our language could because right now our language could

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It had language in there, in a process, that would be similar to how timber is treated now in terms of
• harvesting and not carbon sequestration because at that time carbon sequestration was probably as foreign

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The meeting opened with a quorum present and approval of the April 17 minutes. The commission then heard a presentation from attorney Jacob Rhodes of Cleveland, Waters and Bass on the history and legal basis of New Hampshire’s timber tax, explaining that timber was historically treated as part of real property, that a 1913 case confirmed that view, and that a 1949 constitutional amendment created a separate timber yield tax to discourage clear-cutting and support forest conservation. He described the tax as a tax on the yield when timber is severed, not an income tax, and noted that towns are reimbursed through a system based on Department of Revenue Administration market data and local reports of cut. Members and guests asked how “yield” is defined, how the timber tax interacts with current use, and whether carbon sequestration could be treated similarly. Testimony explained that current use generally is not affected by harvesting timber, that towns can tax standing timber under RSA 79:5 but rarely do because it is labor-intensive, and that carbon credits might be valued using a similar market-data approach. Several speakers discussed a prior bill drafted with DRA input that would have treated carbon more like timber, but noted it never fully advanced in the General Court and that the version ultimately discussed by the House differed from the earlier DRA-comfortable draft. The discussion also covered whether carbon sequestration agreements are effectively long-term leases or transfers of timber rights, with Rhodes suggesting that 99-year arrangements could be taxable transfers of real property under DRA rules, though he had not reviewed specific agreements. DRA staff said they do not currently have a timber-like survey mechanism for carbon and would likely need access to proprietary market data or a subscription service to build one. No formal vote was taken beyond approving the minutes; the commission appeared to agree to revisit the carbon/timber valuation issue and the draft bill at a future meeting.

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• Do we have any law against foreign ownership of farmland in Minnesota? Some states do. Mr.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So this just mirrors the language that we already do for search warrants and allows you to do it for

Bills: HB3419, HB4153, HB3430, HB3791, HB3277, HB4119, HB4408, HB3905, HB3968, HB3835, HB3386, HB2650, HB3742, HB3588, HB3748, HB4303, HB4311, HB3028, HB4428, HB4429, HB4132, HB1889, HB3265, HB1739, HB4434, HB3313, HB3852, HB4263, HB3413, HB3414, HB3415, HB3416, HB3417, HB3418, HB3420, HB2116, HB2206, HB3625, HB2939, HB3721, HB1823, HB2425, HB4440, HJR1087, HB4003, HJR1077, HB1770, HB1675, HB3627, HB3891, HJR1067, HB3462, HJR1053, HJR1054, HJR1044, HB3472, HB1225, HJR1019, HB4145, HJR1081, HB1746, HJR1069, HJR1050, HB1638, HB3327, HJR1055, HB3127, HB4488, HB2955, HB3781, HB3783, HB3802, HB2471, HB2937, SCR16, HB2960, HB3466, HB3262, HB3269, HB3152, HB4140, HB4142, HB3148, HB3378

Keywords: corruption, nonpublic information, government accountability, criminal law, public office, driver license, reading proficiency, minors, education requirements, alternative testing, attendance, remedial reading, public school, oath of enrollment, court financial obligations, cost hearing, payment plan, community service, court compliance program, debt relief

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• <00:07:35.520> barriers, because of uh language barriers, because of uh language barriers,
• directly guided by statutory language. directly guided by statutory language.
• different than the language that is in. different than the language that is in. it<03:58:37.920>
• the language to just be contributing to. the language to just be contributing to.
• see in section two for speech language see in section two for speech language pathology<04:18:32.159

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• <00:09:50.399> in that being said there's some language in that being said there's some language
• Do you feel that, without definitions, that language is ambiguous?
• better language would be the language better language would be the language from<01:17:22.080>
• <03:52:57.560> was think the era in which that language was think the era in which that language
• That is what this bill uses language from, to harbor. That's to hide.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• decisions speak directly to the language decisions speak directly to the language that<04:08:57.279
• tribunals in that language tribunals in that language you<04:10:51.600> know<04:10:51.680
• What a rare pleasure. no specific language that says pains and no specific language that says pains and
• prosecuted under the current language. prosecuted under the current language.
• [snorts] Um, my final question with regard to you: you said the language is standard language, the same

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• So that's the language that allows for the continuous appropriation, and because the percentages and
• So that's the language that allows for the continuous appropriation, and because the percentages and
• Okay, thank you for introducing more complex language, but go ahead and tell us your thoughts on this
• They even call it a board, a body corporate, some, you know, in their language.
• They wanted it to be their language.

Keywords: 916, all

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• So, this amendment just adds that language back into the bill.
• amendment and put that language in here. amendment and put that language in here.
• <04:16:44.000> that little bit too far in the language that little bit too far in the language
• So the first part is just to clearly understand, is all this language the exact same language that exists
• clearly understand is all this language clearly understand is all this language the<04:30:38.319

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• We have 57 domestics here in the state; the rest, being from out of state, we refer to as foreign insurers
• Representative Ery pointed out that it made the bill into proper language and explained what was going
• 13:44.480> proper uh turned into uh the proper proper uh turned into uh the proper proper language
• :46.878> what<05:13:47.080> was<05:13:47.240> going<05:13:47.440> on language
• ABC explained what was going on language ABC explained what was going on and<05:13:47.958> we're<

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The meeting featured presentations from the Department of Administrative Services and the Treasury Department on state revenue reporting and unclaimed property. State Comptroller Dana Call explained DAS’s role in compiling statewide revenue reports, including the annual revenue plan set through the budget process and the monthly revenue focus reports that track cash receipts. She noted that unrestricted general fund revenue is about $2 billion annually, while miscellaneous other revenue is a much smaller and less predictable category, averaging roughly $30 million to $32 million a year. She also described two more material internal revenue lines: statewide indirect cost recoveries and post-retirement benefit recoveries, which are billed to agencies and often tied to federal reimbursement rules. Members asked about the interest line in the revenue charts and about how the figures were presented, and Call clarified that the totals were in millions and that the interest item would be explained by the Treasurer. She also explained that the indirect cost and post-retirement recoveries are internal cost allocations that flow back into the unrestricted revenue pool and are reflected in agency budgets as interagency costs. Treasurer Monica Meissner then outlined Treasury Department functions, including bank deposits, statewide disbursements, banking relationships, investments, debt management, compliance, the FONA College Savings Program, the ABLE Plan, scholarship programs, and the abandoned property program. In discussing unclaimed property, she said holders report property after a five-year dormancy period, the state uses automated systems and outreach to locate owners, and claim activity has increased. In fiscal year 2024, the state returned about $12.2 million to citizens through roughly 12,000 claims; over the last 10 years, about $72.6 million has been returned. She also said the state escheated $19.9 million to the general fund and $1.8 million to counties last year, and explained that securities-related proceeds are harder to estimate because they depend on market conditions. No votes or formal actions were taken.

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• So I think SHPD therefore is asking that the language shall be changed to may, or some additional language
• > this additional language be added to this additional language be added to this bill<00:25:39.720
• In response to that report, we do not believe that the language should be retained.
• The committee asked whether that language should be retained or not.
• In response, the witness said they do not believe the language should be retained.

Keywords: 910, house, all