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• </c><00:10:50.560><c> um</c> um to the general fund appropriations um um to the general fund appropriations
• <00:16:20.040><c> of</c><00:16:20.560><c> 187,000,</c> appropriation of 187,000, appropriation of 187,000
• So this would allow part of the appropriation that was originally appropriated to be used for admin,
• </c> appropriations bill, a governor's bill. appropriations bill, a governor's bill.
• </c> a clone that was heard by the Judiciary a clone that was heard by the Judiciary Committee<00:25:

Bills: HF4401 , HF4466

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

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• If a voter wants to vote for a write-in candidate, they write the name of the appropriate candidate.
• before, And I don't know if it would be appropriate to hear from Representative Tush as well, but I
• So I think it's a good faith effort to make that adjustment in an appropriate way.
• Good faith effort to make that adjustment in an appropriate way.
• And they could, you know, likely give you if they're... ...and accounted for appropriately.

Committee: Joint Government Operations Interim Committee

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• So it gets tied up in Senate Judiciary. Senators, I'm just speaking on the record here.
• Where legislative authorization is required after an appropriation is already granted.
• We've already appropriated the funds to the most professional agencies.
• Doesn't mean that I don't approve what she appropriated it for.
• But there have been additional appropriations, which is what makes this so much larger.

Committee: House New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee

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• <08:12:22.080><c> and</c><08:12:22.398><c> attacking</c> judiciary and attacking judiciary and attacking
• But the judiciary, the third branch.
• So how does he deal with the judiciary?
• The Supreme Court and our judiciary decide what the law is.
• </c> The Supreme Court and our judiciary The Supreme Court and our judiciary decide<08:40:44.080><c>

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• The removal of these separate, distinct, and complete appropriations does not affect any other appropriations
• All right, there was Appropriations D meeting immediately upon recess in the Appropriations room.
• I'd like to call a full Appropriations A Committee meeting immediately at the conclusion of Appropriations
• All right, Appropriations A, the entire committee will meet immediately after Appropriations D.
• Uh, ladies and gentlemen of the House, we had met Appropriations D and Appropriations A Committee and

Bills: HR144 , HB4182 , HC51 , HR169 , HB4178 , HB4179

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• </c> there's also $12 million appropriation. there's also $12 million appropriation.
• And every appropriation committee.
• </c> check if we can get the appropriation check if we can get the appropriation made<00:38:21.520><c
• </c> total appropriation to $54,400. total appropriation to $54,400.
• existing appropriation bringing the total<00:58:36.240><c> appropriation</c><00:58:36.880><c> to</c>

Summary: The meeting began with routine business, including welcoming new committee member Senator Reginald Thomas, approving the minutes, and receiving a correspondence report on several information items. Those items included University of Kentucky research equipment funding, UK capital project funding using federal/private funds, debt issues from McGoffin County and Owen County school districts, lease modifications by the Division of Real Properties, asset preservation project revisions at Eastern Kentucky University and Northern Kentucky University, and Kentucky Communications Network Authority (KCNA) information on Kentucky Wired critical infrastructure. The main discussion focused on a dispute over the Kentucky Wired communication shelters, or “huts,” and related payments under KCNA’s agreement with Asellicom/Excel. Brad Kilby of Asellicom testified that KCNA had not paid for the huts, that Asellicom had not received the alleged $8 million or any later payment, and that Asellicom remained the legal owner. Committee members pressed him on whether payment had been received, whether anyone else might have received it, and whether the lawsuit or dispute resolution process clarified the issue. Kilby said no payment had been received and that the matter was part of ongoing litigation. KCNA Executive Director Doug Hendricks and General Counsel Adam Atkins then testified. They said a certified check for $8.5 million was mailed in July, based on the Finance and Administration Cabinet secretary’s determination that $8.5 million was due under the model procurement code, even though KCNA had initially requested about $12 million to cover a worst-case estimate. They said the contract allowed payment in full or in tranches, that the huts were completed and operational, and that KCNA had not received documentation supporting Asellicom’s higher $10.1 million claim. Members expressed frustration over the missing check and the broader implications for Kentucky Wired, and one member requested that the committee obtain all agency requests related to KCNA/Kentucky Wired since inception; the co-chairs said they would look into making that information available. No formal vote was taken on the dispute during the portion provided.

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• No, state get this to go to judiciary.
• It would show up as a reduction in the MA appropriation in the appropriations article, Human Services
• as well after judiciary.
• appropriation will fund outreach appropriation will fund outreach staffing<02:12:58.800><c> programming
• :27.520><c> restoring</c><02:20:28.080><c> for</c> just an appropriation uh restoring for just an appropriation

Committees: Senate Health and Human Services , Senate Human Services

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• House Bill 111 by Representative Rigsby regarding human cloning is referred to the Judiciary Committee
• </c><03:17:22.560><c> Signed,</c><03:17:23.040><c> John</c> to the Judiciary Committee.
• Signed, John to the Judiciary Committee. Signed, John Treadwell,<03:17:23.840><c> clerk.
• by Representative Falner regarding criminal law is referred to the Judiciary Committee.
• </c> referred to the judiciary committee. referred to the judiciary committee.

Summary: The Alabama Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a roll call establishing a quorum. The chamber approved routine motions to excuse absent senators, dispense with the previous day’s journal, and allow introduction of bills and committee reports throughout the day. The Senate also received several House messages referring bills to committee, including local constitutional amendments for Limestone, Blount, and Mobile counties, a human cloning bill, a Fair Campaign Practices Act bill, a public education bill, a court fees bill, and a physician assistance bill. Committee reports were then taken up. The Finance and Taxation General Fund, Confirmations, State Governmental Affairs, County and Municipal Government, Education Policy, Banking and Insurance, Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development, Transportation and Energy, and Local Legislation committees all reported a number of bills favorably, many with amendments or substitutes. Several measures were advanced to the calendar for the next legislative day, and the Senate confirmed multiple appointments, including Eileen Meyer and Tiffany Martin to the Alabama Board of Midwifery, Jennifer Ag, Jerry Gross, and Edgar Hower II to the University of West Alabama Board of Trustees, Patricia Sims, Tony Cochran, and Sandy Stimson to the Alabama State Port Authority Board of Directors. The Senate then adopted a special order calendar under Senate Resolution 34, setting the order of business for the 10th legislative day. The main floor debate centered on House Bill 161, the App Store Accountability Act, which was described as a child-protection measure requiring parental permission, age verification by app stores, accurate app age ratings, and limits on minors entering contracts through app downloads. Senators speaking in support said the bill was needed to protect children from harmful online content and preserve parental control, and they discussed an amendment clarifying the meaning of “act” and preserving compliance with other state age-verification laws. The debate was ongoing in the portion provided, and no final vote on HB 161 appears in this excerpt.

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• I believe he's down in the Judiciary Committee.
• So, if down in the judiciary committee.
• </c><01:11:35.520><c> of</c><01:11:35.760><c> an</c> providing an appropriation of an providing an appropriation
• appropriation, have it, although they see the positive intent of this bill.
• > it</c> appropriate appropriation to have it appropriate appropriation to have it although<01:27:33.920

Bills: SB3275 , SB3105

Committee: Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection

Summary: The Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection reconsidered two condominium bills and adopted recommendations to pass both with amendments. For SB 2433, members approved amendments clarifying that condominium unit owners’ interests are to be recognized and protected in educational and related programs by the Real Estate Commission and DCCA, while making technical changes and changing the effective date. For SB 2838, the committee replaced the bill’s broader substantive language with a narrower requirement that associations provide electronic copies of specified documents, including master leases, reserve studies, audited financial statements, contracts, leases, and other agreements, along with technical changes and an amended effective date. Both measures were adopted unanimously by the members present, with Senator McKelvey excused. The committee then heard SB 2710 on animal issues, which would define and regulate dog breeders, set care standards, create county licensing authority, require records, and establish an animal abuser registry and related penalties. Testimony was mixed: the Public Defender and the American Kennel Club opposed the bill, arguing for stronger enforcement of existing laws rather than harsher penalties and warning that the bill would burden responsible breeders; the Hawaiian Humane Society supported the bill’s breeder regulation and registry provisions but urged removal of the hoarding section; and the committee noted 26 written testimonies in support, 14 in opposition, and four comments. In decision-making, the committee passed SB 2710 with amendments that blanked the license fee, deleted the animal abuser registry and shelter/pet store/breeder compliance checks, struck the hoarding provisions and proposed criminal penalty changes, and made technical changes with a deferred effective date. The committee also heard SB 2209 on rental discrimination, which would allow attorney’s fees to a prevailing party in source-of-income discrimination cases, and SB 2884, which would create a nonrefundable income tax credit for wind-resistant retrofits or hurricane shelters. The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission supported SB 2209, and the committee later passed it with a deferred effective date. SB 2884 drew support from DCCA’s Insurance Division, the Department of Taxation, HEMA, the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, and a public witness who urged hurricane preparedness; it was passed with the Department of Taxation’s proposed amendments and a deferred effective date. Finally, the committee heard SB 2922 on cooperative associations, which would create a general cooperative associations framework. DCCA offered comments, while the Hawaii Co-op Hui, Purple Maya Foundation, Enliven Cooperative, and Hawaii Farmers Union supported the measure and argued that current law is too limited for worker, producer, and multi-stakeholder co-ops. After discussion about using the existing chapter 421C structure rather than creating a new regulatory scheme, the committee passed SB 2922 with amendments adopting changes proposed in testimony from the Hawaii Farmers Union and deferred the effective date.

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• Facilities Appropriations, an act relating to appropriations to school buildings and facilities. >>
• </c><00:53:15.280><c> K</c> Bill 105 sponsored by appropriations K Bill 105 sponsored by appropriations
• </c> legislatively determined appropriation legislatively determined appropriation with<01:02:43.040>
• appropriations appropriations and<03:15:32.000><c> House</c><03:15:32.239><c> Bill</c><03:15:32.560>
• </c> and House Bill 52 to appropriation. and House Bill 52 to appropriation.

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• Senate Judiciary is now in session. My apologies.
• They still need to have appropriate housing, a way to support themselves, programming, supports in the
• They still need to have appropriate housing, a way to support themselves, programming, supports in the
• </c> Thank you, Chairman, and members of Senate Judiciary.
• I sat on House Judiciary. I'm a corporate attorney, and I'm a library trustee.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

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• We've talked about your bill before, and this came through the Judiciary Committee.
• We heard this bill in your committee on judiciary. It was voted out 9-0, great bill, no complaints.
• And so I don't think there's a person in the room that thinks it's appropriate or good for those businesses
• Both are subject to appropriations. And please remember that these are matching funds.
• And I want to emphasize that this is due to appropriations.

Summary: The House first established a quorum after a roll call and then moved through House Bills for Perfection, Informal. Members briefly recognized Doug Pitt and Crystal Simon of Care to Learn, with remarks highlighting the organization’s work providing clothing and other support to students in 60 communities and reaching about 130,000 students statewide. Several bills were then taken up and advanced. HB 2848, creating the offense of masked intimidation, was explained as targeting intentional harassment or threats while hiding one’s face; members discussed examples ranging from domestic intimidation to historical hooded groups, and the bill was ordered perfected and printed. HCS HB 1791, aimed at speeding building permits to help address housing costs and disaster recovery, drew debate over whether the 30- and 60-day permit deadlines would burden local governments; an amendment requiring code-enforcement staff to be certified in the adopted code was added, and the bill was adopted and perfected and printed as amended. HCS HB 2465, expanding small-business health coverage options by allowing one-person businesses to access group plans outside the ACA framework, was adopted and perfected and printed. HCS HB 2711, reducing the assessment rate on broadband infrastructure investment to encourage expansion, received amendments clarifying that the tax break is intended to promote broadband expansion; members debated whether upgrades within existing territories should qualify, and the bill was adopted and perfected and printed as amended. The chamber also advanced HCS HB 3080, restoring historic preservation tax credit language that had previously been struck down by the courts; supporters cited recovery and redevelopment projects in places such as Joplin, St. Charles, Independence, Odessa, and St. Louis, and the bill was adopted and perfected and printed. HB 1772, increasing state payments for adoption attorneys and separating guardian fees to help move children out of foster care more quickly, was described as a targeted effort to reduce legal barriers to adoption and was perfected and printed. HB 2096, raising state matching funds for regional planning commissions and updating the list of commissions, was also perfected. Finally, HCS HB 2913 and 3228, which would protect teachers and other school employees from liability when intervening to protect themselves or students in violent situations, was supported as a response to teacher concerns and was adopted and perfected and printed.

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• Next to him is Representative Michael Day of Stoneham, House Chair of the Judiciary Committee.
• Next to him is Representative Michael Day of Stoneham, House Chair of the Judiciary Committee.
• today that there really is a balance between making information transparent and then also providing appropriate
• So I'm not sure whether this is appropriate for you or maybe for one of the other people who'll be testifying
• Clark are you with us now so I'm not sure whether this is appropriate for you or maybe for one of the

Bills: H5004

Committee: Joint Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions

Keywords: public records, public records law, transparency, open government, government accountability, legislature, general court, governor's office, executive records, legislative records, constituent communications, policy drafts, deliberative process, freedom of information, FOIA, records access, Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 66, Chapter 4, veterans services records, initiative petition

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• Chair: Welcome to the Judiciary Committee. Please call the roll. Clerk: Chair Brannan. Rep.
• ruined the lives of a bunch of people on the other side of the state and the legislature thought the appropriate
• But, you know, I'm not losing sight of the fact that we are here on the Judiciary Committee and as a
• It's not safe, it's not appropriate, it's not lawful, it's not how law-abiding people behave.
• Lady Justice wears a blindfold and has a scale of justice and everything should be appropriate and fair

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• So, these are the appropriate.
• Lastly, there is an appropriation to the MFA to address housing.
• Senate Bill 2 has a $140 million appropriation.
• So, I'll start off with the judiciary, right?
• So say you appropriate that planning and design funding.

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

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• </c><00:18:09.600><c> for</c> program and any new appropriation for program and any new appropriation
• </c> open-ended warrant appropriation. open-ended warrant appropriation.
• Chair, would would it be appropriate Mr.
• It's not a new appropriation. appropriation. appropriation.
• </c><01:14:36.080><c> Committee</c> Senate, the Senate Judiciary Committee Senate, the Senate Judiciary

Summary: The Finance Committee first took up Senate Bill 63, which Representative Maguire described as a straightforward bill setting funding for the Division of Travel and Tourism. He said it was not controversial. The committee voted to retain the bill by roll call, with one no vote and one member absent, and the motion passed 23-1-1. The committee then considered Senate Bill 74, dealing with annual reporting requirements for state departments that issue permits. Representative Maguire explained Amendment 2282 would shorten the reporting burden by requiring summary data on delayed permits rather than listing every permit, and would delay the first report until 2027 so agencies would not have to reconstruct old data. The amendment was adopted by voice vote, and the bill was then approved as amended by a 24-1 roll call vote. Next, the committee heard Senate Bill 241 on construction of a public pier at Hampton Beach. Representative Sweeney moved inexpedient to legislate, saying the project was ambitious and lacked public support. The motion passed unanimously 25-0, sending the bill to consent. Division Two then took up Senate Bill 145, a replace-all amendment to the education freedom account bill. Supporters said the amendment clarified the bill, kept the policy intact, removed a reimbursement program and an open-ended appropriation, and established a cap of 10,000 students with priority for current students and certain other groups. Opponents argued the measure was still a major expansion, would increase spending after crossover, and that the cap was not meaningful. After discussion, Amendment 2301H was adopted and the bill was approved as amended by a 25-0 vote, with members noting it could go on consent because no money remained in it.

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• And with Judiciary, well, Judiciary about. Oh, okay. Oh, oh, my gosh. I'm so sorry.

Committees: Senate Senate Rules , Senate House Rules & Order Of Business

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• Speaker, we, your Committee on Judiciary, Rules and Administration, report that we have read and approved
• House Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee will meet Thursday, January 15th, at 1:30 p.m., Room

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• The Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence will come to order.
• I thank Chairman Leach and the members of this committee for working with the judiciary on this very

Bills: HB16

Committee: House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

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• The motion is due pass to Appropriations. Motion is due pass to Appropriations. Bryan, aye. Alanis?
• Motion is due pass as amended to Appropriations. Motion is due pass as amended to Appropriations.
• The motion is due pass to Appropriations. The motion is due pass to Appropriations. Bryan? Aye.
• The motion is due pass as amended to Appropriations.
• To Appropriations. Chair voting aye.

Committee: House Natural Resources

Summary: The committee heard a long agenda of natural resources and related bills, with several measures receiving broad support and due-pass recommendations. AB 80 on carpet recycling would require CalRecycle to implement prior reforms, expand collection sites, and improve reporting and backstamping; it drew support from the author, carpet industry representatives, labor, environmental groups, and no opposition. AB 452 would create a voluntary process for local governments to designate state surf reserves as part of 30 by 30 conservation goals; supporters included Save the Waves Coalition, tourism and environmental groups, and several members praised the bill, while the League of California Cities sought clarifying amendments. AB 823 would ban sale of certain personal care and cleaning products containing intentionally added plastic microbeads, but it generated significant debate over scope and ambiguity, with environmental groups supporting stronger restrictions and industry groups warning the bill could unintentionally affect sunscreens, cosmetics, fragrance encapsulation, and other products; the committee ultimately passed it 13-2 to Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials as amended. The committee also advanced AB 1046, which creates a narrow exemption from SB 1383 organic waste requirements for crop preparers and tree nut processors that do not send organic waste to landfills; agricultural groups and rural county representatives supported it, and it passed with no opposition. AB 252, the “Stop Laying Off Firefighters Act,” would require Cal Fire to maintain year-round staffing; the author and Cal Fire labor representatives argued wildfire conditions are now year-round and staffing gaps are unsafe, and the bill passed unanimously to Appropriations. AB 571 would provide a targeted CEQA exemption and urgency clause for the Southern California Veterans Cemetery at Gypsum Canyon; veterans, county officials, and supporters emphasized the long delay and need for a dignified burial site, and it passed unanimously to Military and Veterans Affairs. Later, the committee approved AB 1455, which would authorize the Board of Forestry to adopt emergency regulations and streamline future rulemaking for ember-resistant standards after recent Los Angeles County fires; it passed without opposition. AB 687, which would allow public agencies to use forest practice rules and timber harvest plans for certain fuel reduction projects, drew concerns from environmental groups about CEQA confusion and agency review, and while the author said it was not a CEQA exemption, the bill moved forward with some opposition and ongoing discussion. AB 652 would allow alternate members on the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District board to avoid quorum problems and passed with support from the City of San Diego. AB 317, the California First-Time Home Owner Dream Act, would exempt certain small, lower-cost homes from CEQA and defer property taxes to encourage affordable housing; it passed with support but also prompted concerns about guardrails against misuse in larger subdivisions. The committee also heard AB 900, which would require the Natural Resources Agency to develop a stewardship plan for current and future 30 by 30 lands; supporters from land trusts and conservation groups said stewardship funding and management are essential to make conservation durable, and the bill passed to Appropriations. Finally, AB 738 would let certain wildfire-disaster survivors rebuild under the solar standards in place when their homes were originally built, rather than newer requirements; the author and county representatives framed it as limited relief for underinsured homeowners, and the committee began discussion with questions about what other rebuilding requirements might be affected.