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• Representative Lai continued, saying, “Members, this body predates electronic devices, and for most of
• If you're looking at a 10,000-page court document like I was, that's pretty expensive.
• 10,000page court document like I was, that's<01:43:00.320> pretty<01:43:00.639> expensive.
• This is simply about<01:46:24.639> court<01:46:25.199> documents.
• about court documents. about court documents.

Keywords: 916, all

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• Those documents are available though if you go to the right places.
• Those documents are paid member." Okay.
• It's a 128-page document, and I don't know any ER doctor that reads a 128-page document, which is, by
• All the documentation will be forthcoming.
• <04:02:08.160> In publicly available documentation. In publicly available documentation.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• This is for electronic meetings, electronic voting.
• This is for electronic<00:03:01.120> meetings<00:03:01.400> electronic<00:03:01.800>
• electronic meetings electronic voting. electronic meetings electronic voting.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Please silence all electronic devices.
• Senate Bill 1054 on tampering with an electronic monitoring device.
• strengthening the integrity of Florida's criminal justice system by addressing the tampering of electronic
• System by addressing the tampering of electronic monitoring devices.
• The bill provisions definition of an electronic monitoring device is clarified, graduated...

Summary: The committee heard and acted on several criminal justice, public records, nuisance, and firearms bills. SB 1168, by Sen. Leak, would create a second-degree felony for aggravated installation or use of a tracking device or application when done in furtherance of a dangerous crime; it passed unanimously. SB 1054, by Sen. Garcia, would increase penalties for tampering with electronic monitoring devices, require immediate revocation of pretrial release for tampering, and bar further pretrial release on the current charges; after testimony raising concerns about unintended consequences and proof issues, it was reported favorably unanimously. SB 1198, by Sen. DeSigley, addressing fraudulent use of gift cards, was substantially revised by a delete-all amendment and a technical amendment, then reported favorably with support from retail and industry groups. SB 710, by Sen. Osgood, would create a public records exemption for personal identifying and location information of current and former Crime Stoppers employees, board members, and volunteers; it was reported favorably unanimously. SB 1022, by Sen. Wright, would strengthen nuisance abatement enforcement by raising fines, allowing tax-collector collection and special assessments, and authorizing foreclosure on unpaid liens; it was reported favorably after support from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. SB 716, by Sen. Martin, would impose mandatory minimum sentences for certain sexual offenses by registered sexual offenders or predators and bar early release; after an amendment to tie the penalty to prior convictions rather than registration status, it passed favorably. SB 878, also by Sen. Martin, would extend probation supervision for certain misdemeanor controlled-substance offenses and align them with existing alcohol-related probation rules; it passed unanimously. Finally, SB 952, by Sen. Guglia, would repeal the statute allowing firearm and ammunition sales restrictions during certain declared emergencies; after extensive testimony from gun-rights advocates and debate about local emergency ordinances, it was reported favorably.

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• , since we moved it from a refund to a credit, we want to get those certificates of rent paid electronically
• This is important documentation that is essential for eligible renters to file for their renters credit
• <00:59:26.280> that<00:59:26.400> is this is important documentation that is this is
• important documentation that is essential<00:59:27.000> for<00:59:27.240> eligible<00:
• Seventy-five percent of those expenses come from manufacturing industries, led by medical equipment, electronic

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 2437, the governor’s proposed tax bill, and first adopted the A25-Z42 amendment to put the bill in the desired shape. Commissioner Paul Marquardt of the Department of Revenue then presented the bill as part of Governor Walz and Lieutenant Governor Flanagan’s budget, describing it as a response to budget pressures that would make the tax system more fair and stable while supporting economic development and jobs. Marquardt walked through the bill’s major provisions. These included sustainable aviation fuel policy, repeal of K-12 education credit assignment, elimination of the political contribution refund, expansion of the research and development credit, short-line railroad infrastructure modernization, changes to the state airport fund levy, replacement of attachments and appearances with distribution systems, a narrow personal property tax exception for low-income housing tenants, reduced aquatic invasive species aid, and a 34% reduction in PILT payments. He then focused on the sales tax article, saying it would lower the statewide rate by 0.75% while expanding the base to selected professional services such as accounting, banking, brokerage, and legal services, with business-to-business transactions exempt. He said the proposal would be effective for sales and purchases after September 30, 2025, and estimated a first-year rate-cut impact of about $99 million versus $215 million from the service expansion, while arguing that most households would see a net tax cut. He also noted other changes such as landlord penalty adjustments, a 30% reduction in sustainable aviation fuel incentive payments, repeal of local government cannabis aid, and repeal of the tax filing modernization account. Public testimony began with Kyle Playford of the Financial Planning Association of Minnesota, who strongly opposed the proposed sales tax on professional services, especially financial planning. He argued that financial planning is an essential service for retirement, investment, and long-term financial security, and said the tax would raise costs for consumers, reduce access for middle-class families, small business owners, and retirees, and put Minnesota firms at a competitive disadvantage. The chair then indicated that additional public testimony would continue before member questions.

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• Because they aren't trained to, and these are legal documents between a family and a school district
• 09.599> legal aren't trained to and these are legal aren't trained to and these are legal documents
• 11.200> family<01:04:12.119> and<01:04:12.240> a<01:04:12.400> school documents
• between a family and a school documents between a family and a school district<01:04:13.079> to
• board must post the resolution for each approved transfer on its website and must transmit a timely electronic

Keywords: 1183, house

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• President, a New Yorker is not within the electronic health records.
• RESIDENT THROUGH YOU, MR.PRESIDY NEW YORKER IS NOT WITHIN THE ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS.
• Hence, this push that we had here in the body to incorporate those into electronic health records, so
• THAT PERSON MAY NOT HAVE AN ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD AND IS ONLY SAYING WHAT THEY CAN REMEMBER.
• You know, the whole purpose of electronic health records is exactly that: to make sure that for those

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened, approved the prior journal, and handled several motions to discharge and substitute identical Assembly or Senate bills, along with a number of amendments. The chamber also welcomed student visitors from the League of Women Voters’ Students of Albany program and a group of Staten Island titleholders, and later adopted previously approved resolutions honoring Dorothy E. Reid for her role in Brown v. Board of Education and recognizing Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. on Delta Day, with multiple senators speaking in support of both recognitions. The bulk of the floor session was devoted to third-reading votes on a large number of bills, most of which passed with broad support. Measures addressed public health, workers’ compensation, education, environmental conservation, insurance, labor, criminal procedure, domestic relations, tax, municipal authority, and correction law. Several bills were explained by sponsors as advancing stormwater management authority, labor-law transparency, public health protections, and stronger penalties for trafficking-related offenses; one bill on immunization in summer camps drew a defense from Senator Skoufis as a child-protection measure, while another on correction law passed with some Republican opposition. The chamber also took up a controversial public health/electronic health records bill by Senator Fernandez. Senator Martin questioned the bill at length about redacting certain categories of information, emergency access, provider obligations, and the impact on doctors’ ability to see complete medical histories. Fernandez said the bill was intended to protect patients from discrimination and to limit access to a small list of sensitive services, while also noting emergency exceptions and support from more than 200 health care providers. The debate remained focused on balancing privacy protections with concerns about continuity of care and record integrity.

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• IEPs are contractual documents that protect a child's education.
• IEPs are contractual documents that protect a child's education.
• And also I've been involved in the count verification after the electronic count.
• And also I've been involved in the count verification after the electronic count.
• We can do both without permanently embedding this policy into our state's founding document.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Once it is transferred electronically, the dispatcher on the other end does not have to create it; it
• Once it's transferred over<00:24:53.240> electronically,<00:24:54.040> then<00:24:54.240
• > it<00:24:54.440> is<00:24:55.080> it<00:24:55.280> the over electronically
• , then it is it the over electronically, then it is it the dispatcher<00:24:56.080> on<00:24:56.160
• The RFP and the original grant documents both gave until December 15th, 2026.

Bills: HF4810, HF4597, HF1082, HF3230

Keywords: public safety, radio communications, infrastructure funding, county funding, interoperability, ARMER network, local jurisdictions, HF4597, Minnesota public safety, 911, emergency dispatch, emergency communications, public safety appropriation, Metropolitan Emergency Services Board, PSAP, dispatch interoperability, real-time coordination, emergency response coordination, cross-jurisdictional response, 911 center awareness platform

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• > Well, I think we, in our report, and this is much more brief than our full report, we actually document
• Nearly half require what they call digital skills, things like coding and Python or programming for electronic
• 54:47.119> or<00:54:47.359> programming<00:54:47.839> for<00:54:48.160> electronic
• Python or programming for electronic Python or programming for electronic health<00:54:48.960>

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee on Education met without a quorum, so the minutes were not approved. The main presentation was from retired economics professors John Garren and Dr. Kums, who discussed their Bluegrass Institute research on teacher compensation in Kentucky since the Kentucky Education Reform Act era. They said teacher base salaries, adjusted for inflation, have declined over the last decade, while state-paid “on-behalf” benefits such as pension and health insurance contributions have risen sharply; they argued total teacher compensation has increased modestly overall, but less than per-pupil funding. They also presented broader context on staffing growth, declining average daily attendance, Kentucky’s low share of teachers among total school staff, and flat or weak NAEP and ACT performance trends, including widening white-Black score gaps on NAEP. Members questioned the methodology and interpretation of the compensation figures. Representative Bojanowski argued the on-behalf calculations may overstate teacher compensation because they include insurance and pension costs that also benefit classified employees and retirees, and he asked for clarification on the denominator used to derive the per-teacher amount. Representative Truit said the presentation could be misleading if it implies teachers earn $94,000 in salary, and he objected to framing pension stabilization payments as teacher pay. The presenters responded that they were using total compensation, not salary alone, said they had divided total personnel-related on-behalf payments by the relevant staff count, and promised to review and send a technical explanation. Representative Truit and Chairman Typton both emphasized that compensation should be viewed as salary plus benefits, not salary alone, and noted that pension contributions are part of the cost of employing teachers. The presenters said their intent was to show the full compensation package and its relevance to labor supply and teacher shortages, not to claim that individual teachers earn the total compensation figure as salary. No votes or formal actions were taken beyond the decision to revisit the minutes at a later meeting due to the lack of quorum.

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• This is for condominium association electronic meetings, electronic voting.
• So, um, we actually need a day to re-review the CD on this one. effective date for electronic voting
• effective date for electronic voting just<00:02:39.760> that<00:02:40.000> section<00:02
• Also, in Conference Room 224, we are adjourned. electronically.
• We do have hard copies electronically.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• So I think LAO's made the case very well both in the written documents and what you've said verbally
• the environmental permitting, including the California Environmental Quality Act—we do have a CEQA document
• We've completed our CEQA document. It is an approved document. We have additional permits.
• There will be significant documentation.
• All the documentation is there.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• It could create more burdens if current monthly filers that are required to file electronically now get
• shifted to be quarterly filers and they don't have to file electronically and they start submitting
• now get shifted to be electronically now get shifted to be quarterly<00:27:03.600> filers<00:
• <00:27:06.880> and<00:27:07.039> they<00:27:07.279> start uh file electronically
• and they start uh file electronically and they start submitting<00:27:07.840> paper<00:27:08.159

Bills: SB2278, SB2908, SB2987

Keywords: light pollution, outdoor lighting, fully shielded, Hawaii Revised Statutes, environmental protection, night sky, lighting fixtures, local control, exemptions, athletic facilities, wildlife conservation, Hawaiian culture, 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committees on Tourism and Economic Development and Technology heard several measures on February 12, 2026. HB 1950 would dedicate 15% of transit accommodations tax revenue to a new state-led marketing and branding special fund and require an annual tourism management plan. HTA and DBEDT supported the bill as providing predictable funding for marketing and tourism management, while the Tax Foundation of Hawaii opposed the special fund structure as limiting legislative flexibility. Members discussed the size of the allocation and whether a tourism emergency fund would still be needed; the bill later advanced with amendments that removed some provisions and blanked out the 15% figure for further discussion, and it passed with amendments. HB 2268 would add film production marketing and promotion to HTA’s powers. The governor’s office, HTA, the Hawaii Film Alliance, and several industry groups supported the measure, arguing that film and TV exposure drives tourism and generates significant spending and tax revenue, while one individual testified in opposition. In questions, HTA said it would use existing staff and did not have a separate cost estimate. The committee amended the bill to specify that film productions are primarily filmed in Hawaii and deferred the date to continue discussion; it then passed with amendments. The committee also heard HB 2156, which would raise filing thresholds for general excise tax and transit accommodations tax filers. The Department of Taxation said the change could increase administrative burden if more filers shift from mandatory electronic filing to paper filing, while the Tax Foundation noted the filing threshold issue is separate from e-filing requirements. The bill was moved forward with a deferred date. HB 1946, concerning time-share registration renewals and amendments, drew support from ARDA and other industry testimony, with no opposition noted; DCCA was said to be in talks with the industry. It was also advanced with technical amendments and a deferred date.

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• And you can document that somewhere that they... absolutely... yeah, they committed to supporting the
• ><01:10:07.199> so testimony electronically previously, so testimony electronically previously
• We then provide you a packet of all the documents you get as an employee at Label.
• He referred to a document he had provided to Mr.
• like the document I I uh provided to Mr. like the document I I uh provided to Mr. summers<02:31:

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I was wondering if we could have someone from the appropriations committee take us through those documents
• I was wondering if we could have someone from the appropriations committee take us through those documents
• I was wondering if we could have someone from the appropriations committee take us through those documents
• of the budget bill and 61 of the SR, your JAC adopted funding for medical licensing software and electronic
• licensing software and electronic licensing software and electronic signature<01:37:56.239> agreement

Keywords: 916, all

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• Today we have one contract for Fluke Electronics DBA E-Mate.
• Who else would know better what our issues are to draw up a bid document to get this bid than the person
• better what our issues are to draw up a better what our issues are to draw up a bid<00:44:00.800> document
• 01.680> this<00:44:01.920> bid<00:44:02.480> than<00:44:02.720> the bid document
• to get this bid than the bid document to get this bid than the person<00:44:03.119> who's<00:

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• House Bill 5366 would exempt records, files, and other documents relating to the West Virginia Judicial
• House Bill 5366 would exempt records, files, and other documents relating to the West Virginia Judicial
• Last, the bill modernizes job posting requirements by allowing electronic and social media postings in
• use, federal law requirements, law enforcement disclosures, valid subpoenas, real property title documents
• use, federal law requirements, law enforcement disclosures, valid subpoenas, real property title documents

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The Senate considered and passed a series of House bills on third reading, with several title amendments and a few effective-date motions adopted. Early in the session, members passed HB 4452 removing acreage limits on land owned by church or religious trustees, HB 4577 creating reciprocal driver’s license recognition agreements with Ireland and Japan, HB 4588 authorizing West Virginia participation in a federal tax credit scholarship program, and HB 4592 requiring higher education institutions to create coordinated campus safety maps. HB 4602 was amended to align with a prior Senate child welfare pilot program, and members discussed its projected cost and implementation timeline before passing it. HB 4603 created a pre-adjudicatory alternative disposition process in abuse and neglect cases, and HB 4606 narrowed bail rules by requiring consideration of residency and community ties while prohibiting personal recognizance bonds for violent felony offenses after an adopted amendment. The Senate also passed HB 4710 changing the party-registration deadline for candidates from 60 to 180 days before an election, with debate over its impact on independents, and made it effective January 1, 2027. HB 4712, known as Bailey’s Law, increased penalties for DUI causing death and related conduct, with emotional testimony from members about the victim and similar tragedies. HB 4765 established a pay raise for teachers, school personnel, and state police and added a market-pay enhancement system based on county cost-of-living differences; an amendment to the amendment capped county differentials and guaranteed at least a 1% increase in every county. HB 4865 created an optional program for high school and homeschool students to serve as election official trainees, and HB 4869 established narrow guaranteed-issue rights for Medicare supplement policies. Later bills included HB 4995, which strengthened video/audio recording rules in special education classrooms and was passed, then reconsidered and passed again; HB 4996 creating a new crime for making threats of violence against schools or children; HB 5048 guaranteeing virtual instruction for foster children in temporary placement; HB 5065 adding recordkeeping and geolocation requirements for hotel marketplace facilitators to ensure proper hotel tax remittance; and HB 5074 reallocating medical cannabis fund revenues to child protection, homeless services, research, law enforcement, and other purposes. The Senate also passed HB 5101, the Joanna Phillips Domestic Violence Prevention Act, which increased penalties for domestic violence offenses and adjusted bail provisions, after amending it to conform with the earlier bail bill. Additional measures passed included HB 5166 requiring notice before political committees are fined for filing violations and allowing limited extensions, HB 5168 directing $12 million in lottery funds to EMS first responders and county EMS support, HB 5182 authorizing certain state treasurer security personnel to carry concealed firearms, HB 5212 streamlining higher-education financial aid rules, HB 5214 allowing court-ordered drug testing of parents before reunification in abuse and neglect cases, HB 5353 regulating virtual currency kiosks with licensing, disclosures, and transaction limits, and HB 5366 exempting J-LAP records from FOIA to protect confidentiality for lawyers and judges seeking assistance. Most bills passed with strong bipartisan support, though HB 5074 and HB 5353 drew some dissenting votes.

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• infested zones as long as they're inspected, uh, treated, and identified and they go with the proper documentation
• For example, state investment in research such as the electron beam and gene editing that we heard earlier
• These documents were updated respectfully in October of 2015 and February of 2017.
• We've been asking USDA for months to update these documents.
• Today, these documents and the protocols that are in it, if there was a screwworm found this afternoon

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• PLEASE SILENCE ELECTRONICS AND ANYONE WISHING TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COMMITTEE HAND AN APPEARANCE CARD
• A NOTARY PUBLIC NOTARY PUBLIC IS SIMPLY SOMEONE AUTHORIZED TO WITNESS DOCUMENT SIGNINGS AND THIS LINGUISTIC
• MERITLESS LAWSUITS, ATTEMPTING TO RELITIGATE MATTERS ALREADY IS DECIDED BY THE COURT AND SUBMITTING DOCUMENTS
• NEXT WE TAKE UP TAB 23, CS FOR SB 1652 ON PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST FOR RELIEF OR OTHER DOCUMENTS STRICKEN
• SEXUAL PREDATORS ARE USING TOTAL MEDIA TO TARGET OUR YOUNG KIDS FOR NEFARIOUS REASONS, THAT IS WELL-DOCUMENTED

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• All public comments will be posted or on the electronic legislative information system, also known as
• And develop programs that directly address documented low-income workers. local, and regional skills
• absolutely amazing for for people that are new on this this slide deck was really good So SmartBook is a document
• appropriated to Texas Sun University is leveraged with precision. information, purpose, and accurate documentation
• Wait we have this document? Yes sir. Okay, I gotcha. And question, the.

Keywords: 1184, house, all