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• We're a blue state.
• We're a blue state.
• So thank you for state a lot.
• State Representative Greenpeace Hawaii. State Representative Greenpeace Hawaii.
• state tax liability. state tax liability.

Bills: SB2309, SB2317, SB2318, SB2319, SB2321, SB2323, SB2332, SB2405, SB2485

Keywords: agricultural loans, financial support, Hawaii agriculture, food security, revolving fund, agriculture, insurance, small producers, state support, biosecurity, farm coverage, public-private partnerships, agricultural policy, agricultural statistics, data collection, Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, economic analysis, market development, grant funding, climate resiliency

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several agriculture-related measures, beginning with SB 2309, which would require the agricultural loan division to sell portions of its loan portfolio and use the proceeds to expand the agriculture loan revolving fund. The Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity and the Hawaii Farm Bureau supported the bill, along with several other organizations and individuals. A committee question focused on the risk of not finding a qualified buyer for the loan portfolio; DAB said a mandatory sale of the full amount could force a less favorable rate, while flexibility to sell different amounts could produce a more equitable return. The measure drew eight supporters and no opposition. The committee then took up SB 2317, which directs DAB to study insurance coverage for small producers and report back to the Legislature. DAB and multiple farm groups supported the bill. In response to a question about cost, DAB estimated about $250,000 would be needed, with the study likely covering crop, health, and liability insurance. The next measure, SB 2318, would establish an agriculture statistics program in statute. DAB said it strongly supported the bill and could ramp up quickly if positions were provided; the committee discussed whether a first report could be completed by year’s end if the bill became law midyear, and DAB said yes. SB 2319, which would fund and make permanent a full-time grant writer position at DAB, also drew strong support from DAB, the Hawaii Farm Bureau, Ulupono Initiative, the Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council, the local food coalition, and others, with testifiers emphasizing the position’s return on investment and success in bringing in federal funds. The committee also heard SB 2321, establishing a two-year pilot program to respond to the twoline spittlebug. DAB, ranching groups, and many others supported the bill, citing the pest’s spread and the need to act before it becomes unmanageable. A DAB pest control manager said he would need to research past response details and provide them later. Members emphasized the importance of early intervention. For SB 2323, which creates a farmland transition commission to study barriers to farmland access and recommend solutions, DAB offered comments and support for the intent, while farm groups generally supported the concept but raised concerns about the proposed age range and whether a separate commission was necessary. DAB said the Board of Agriculture likely would not have the capacity to perform the commission’s duties and estimated there would be costs to establish it, though no figure was available at the hearing. Finally, the committee heard SB 2332, which reestablishes the agriculture and food security special fund, creates a carbon emissions tax and dividend fund, gradually raises carbon-related tax rates, and provides a refundable carbon cashback credit. DAB supported the measure and deferred to Taxation on details; the Department of Taxation said it would stand on its comments, and the Attorney General’s office offered comments and recommendations. Carbon Cashback Hawaii and the County of Hawaii Department of Research and Development supported the bill, arguing it would reduce emissions, protect lower-income households, and be relatively simple to administer.

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• My last question is it pertains to the state preemption. And so does the state preemption..."
• "Question as it pertains to the state preemption, and so does the state preemption prevent the cities
• So towers and wreckers are being asked and tasked by the state, and the state is codifying a National
• The state has 420 cities and 67 Thank you. process. The state has 420 cities and 67 counties.
• It does a lot to move our state.

Bills: S0260, S1220, S1352, S1362, S1370

Keywords: electric vehicle, EV, battery fire, lithium-ion battery, towing, wrecker service, vehicle storage, submerged vehicle, saltwater damage, fire marshal, fire safety, tow yard, impound, storage fee, administration fee, local ordinance, county ordinance, municipal ordinance, insurance coverage, motor vehicle insurer

Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee heard several bills, beginning with SB 1362 on advanced air mobility. Senator Harrell described the bill as a framework for vertiports and eVTOL aircraft, but an amendment removed the sales tax exemptions and narrowed the sovereign immunity provisions to vertiports co-located at airports. Supporters said the bill would help Florida lead in emerging aviation technology, while opponents and some members raised concerns about safety, local control, and extending immunity to unproven facilities. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. The committee also considered SB 260 on storage of damaged electric vehicles. The bill, as amended, would allow local governments to set a daily administrative fee of up to three times the normal rate for storing EVs with visible battery damage or saltwater intrusion, reflecting fire-safety spacing requirements. Testimony from insurers, towing interests, and fleet operators focused on whether the fee was justified, whether cleanup language could lead to cost shifting, and whether more data reporting should be required. The amendment was adopted and the bill was reported favorably. Members then approved SB 1352, which creates a secure online portal for license plate seizures and related DMV functions, preserves disabled veterans’ plate designations, prohibits license plate covers that obscure plates, and routes online license and ID renewals through county tax collectors. SB 1370 was also reported favorably; it closes a loophole so drivers who never obtained a license can still face habitual traffic offender penalties after repeated offenses. Finally, the committee took up SB 1220, a broad FDOT transportation package. After amendment, it retained provisions on trails, SunTrail, seaports, airports, drone delivery, autonomous vehicle protections, and FDOT coordination on federal funding, while removing the digital driver’s license provision and the rapid rail compact language. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably.

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• in the country... ...to make Alabama the most military-friendly state in the country, and how do we
• Military-friendly protects our military assets from moving out of the state of Alabama.
• So now she shows up to this new state where she may never even been there before.
• So now she shows up to this new state where she may never even been there before.
• I can read the text if it is in the state when it comes to the state what we're doing is adding five

Bills: HB292, HB307, SB33, HB292, HB307, SB33

Keywords: economic development, incentives, transparency, compliance, Alabama Jobs Act, speedy trial, visiting judge, court administration, public interest, criminal justice, SB33, marriage, premarital class, conflict resolution, marriage license reform, probate judge, Administrative Office of Courts, AOC, domestic violence, intimate partner violence

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• represent and help us to listen and act with integrity and work together for the betterment of our state
• This is a bill that works with the Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy.
• are spread among very few people, which can result in sharp fee increases as we've seen in other states
• states like Alaska. states like Alaska.
• Any further business for the committee to consider for the good of the people of the state of Alabama

Bills: HB59, HB128, HB59, HB128

Keywords: early voting, electoral participation, voting centers, Alabama elections, absentee ballot, HB128, Alabama Board of Nursing, Sunset Law, sunset review, nursing board, nurse licensure, registered nurse, RN, licensed practical nurse, LPN, advanced practice nursing, certified registered nurse anesthetist, CRNA, consumer member, board appointments

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• Rural economic development is. for the prosperity of agriculture and our state, this bill expands the
• Please state your name, position, and tell us what you are doing. My name is Keith Graff.
• House Bill 5195 establishes the state agency website modernization and digital accessibility.
• We're the state chamber for the state of Texas, and I'm testifying in strong support of HB 5195.
• We also gathered input from 46 state agencies.

Bills: HB2564, HB2760, HB2765, HB2898, HB3260, HB3800, HB4341, HB4396, HB5195

Keywords: Defense Economic Adjustment, grant applications, economic assistance, local government, Evaluation panel, judicial review, Texas Workforce Commission, unemployment compensation, legal proceedings, labor law, rural development, infrastructure, Texas economic fund, private investment, job creation, meteorological evaluation towers, wind resources, aviation safety, regulations, construction notice

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• We ask you to continue to bless this state, bless our nations, and bless our leadership, and Bless our

Bills: SB211, SB241, HB614

Keywords: school safety, local law enforcement, superintendent, complaints, school bus regulations, criminal enterprise, database, law enforcement, crime management, Alabama law, DUI, driving under the influence, drunk driving, license suspension, driver's license revocation, ignition interlock, interlock device, breathalyzer, alcohol offense, impaired driving

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• Homicidal in other states.
• rate of the home state of that out-of-state insurer.
• It specifically waives immunity for any private businesses within the state. ...state of Texas.
• So this was the law for many years that you could sue a state employee or a state entity if you were
• Defining this population in state code will help to provide more data and better alignment across systems

Bills: HB875, HB1667, HB2369, HB3844, HB4415, HB4479, HB4483, HB4676, HB5118, HB5400, HB5545

Keywords: workers' compensation, municipal construction, bidding requirements, small municipalities, contracting policies, first responders, PTSD, mental health, emergency services, medical expenses, injury claims, insurance carriers, opportunity youth, workforce development, employment, education, federal funds, employment discrimination, immunity waiver, public employees

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• She's an ARRI regional specialist working with the state department of education.
• We passed legislation to provide workers' compensation for state employees and Compensation for state
• That would actually create a separate code section to... create a separate code section to exempt the
• Alabama is kind of the flagship state for this program.
• Agriculture research and extension service to the state.

Bills: SB113, SB114, SB305, SB111, HB600, SB112, SB150, SB109, SB122

Keywords: education funding, appropriations, local education boards, school safety, workforce development, Alabama, technology, higher education, career technology centers, public institutions, grants, local education agencies, RAISE Act, student outcomes, public schools, accountability, weighted allocations, special education, English language learners, gifted students

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• State universities. state grants for the fiscal year state grants for the fiscal year 2024<00:31:57.159
• A student with an average State Grant would get a State Grant Plus scholarship of about $800.
• And then, finally, at Minnesota State colleges, the average State Grant is about $1,400.
• A student with an average State Grant would get a State Grant Plus scholarship of about $350.

Bills: HF2090, HF982, HF2229

Keywords: higher education, scholarship, financial aid, state grant, tuition assistance, Pell grants, student retention, education equity, disabled veterans, veterans' dependents, dependent children, college affordability, books and fees, University of Minnesota, public colleges, Office of Higher Education, veterans benefits, military families, permanent disability, 100 percent disability

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• One strategy has been to advance our state annual Municipal State Aid, or MSA, allotments to meet our
• is crisscrossed by state Brooklyn Center is crisscrossed by state highways<00:47:05.680> Highway<
• 1.5 million in annual Municipal state 1.5 million in annual Municipal state aid<00:48:00.000>
• project will be entered into the State project will be entered into the State Transportation<00:

Bills: HF192, HF268, HF1214, HF494

Keywords: Minnesota income tax, dependent exemption, personal income tax, tax relief, family tax relief, children, dependents, tax deduction, tax exemption, state revenue, inflation indexing, tax year 2025, taxable income, household tax policy, family tax credit, HF268, Joshua Schmidt Memorial Highway, memorial highway, highway naming, road designation

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• might be planning on running for reelection, and then all of a sudden a vacancy is created in the state
• It's going to allow Alabama to remain competitive and even excel beyond our neighboring states.
• Even excel beyond our neighboring states. There are no new taxes and no effect on the general fund.
• The company that's being recruited will pay for this fee and will reduce the state sales tax abatement
• It would reduce the state sales tax abatement by 75% and put it in that new fund.

Bills: SB45, SB73, SB169, HB243, SB177

Keywords: driver licenses, validation, identity, state laws, regulations, K-12 education, athletic associations, student-athlete eligibility, Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, governance, manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, motor vehicle crimes, restitution, law enforcement, HB243, Devinee Rooney and John Wesley Safe Streets Act, DUI, drunk driving, impaired driving

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• Now, in our current state code, it amends the electronic registration information center, which is a
• These are the states around us.
• However, it's still in state code that it could be used.
• So, the objective is to remove that from the state code.
• But this is one that is issued within the United States, although it could be from another state... but

Bills: SB5, SB142, SB158, SB171, SB5

Keywords: archives, history, board of trustees, vacancies, government control, SB142, Alabama, voting, voter registration, election law, Secretary of State, board of registrars, ERIC, Electronic Registration Information Center, National Change of Address, NCOA, voter roll maintenance, address change, voter list cleanup, inactive voter

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• welcome to the committee would you state welcome to the committee would you state your<00:13:32.480
• <00:15:55.079> no give to the children of this state no give to the children of this state
• place in the United States where every place in the United States where they've<00:30:49.440> uh<
• <00:59:13.079> statue negligent if we put into State statue negligent if we put into State

Bills: HF22, HF45

Keywords: parent's bill of rights, parental rights, minor consent, minors, parents, guardians, education rights, school records, home schooling, charter school, private school, health care consent, medical privacy, patient records, exam room access, biometric data, DNA samples, blood samples, mental health, physical health

Keywords: KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOHMfuBQBMU, 2026-06-21T07:17:08+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, 00:00:00 Meeting Start / Roll Call 00:02:04 Introductions 00:03:38 Approval of Minutes 00:03:50 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Postsecondary Institutions 00:05:42 University of Kentucky 00:51:50 University of Louisville 01:24:23 Eastern Kentucky University, Murray State University, Western Kentucky University 01:57:35 Public Comment 02:06:53 Administrative Regulations Review 02:08:40 Adjournment, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47

Keywords: KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XePnZuGfvpQ, 2026-06-21T07:17:05+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Meeting Start 00:00:00 Roll Call 00:00:11 Approval of October Minutes 00:02:03 Introduction of Guests: 00:02:39 Centralized Tax Reporting & Distribution System for State & Local Transient Room Taxes November 1 Report 00:03:29 Motor Vehicle Rental/Ride Share Business & Associated Fees 00:23:09 University Capital Project Requests 00:40:00 Follow-up Information from Prior Meeting & Correspondence Received 01:26:31, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47

Keywords: KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zDuykP7QmY, 2026-06-21T07:17:03+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, MEETING START 00:00 DELAY ROLL CALL 00:10 DISCUSSION WITH STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, KAREN SELLERS, RACHEL POYNTER, & TOM WATSON ON 00:46 UPDATES ON IN HOUSE POLL ELECTRONIC POLL BOOK PROJECT IN KY, PROJECT INVESTMENTS TO DATE, PERSONNEL ADDITIONS, TRAINING, & EQUIPMENT. DISCUSSION WITH KY OFFICE OF BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT, MEGHAN SANDFOSS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, 15:03 CONCERNING FUNDING & DEVELOPMENTS. ROLL CALL 29:33, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47

Keywords: KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni8cdBtfgzw, 2026-06-21T07:17:03+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, MEETING START 00:00:00 ROLL CALL 00:00:15 DISCUSSION WITH EASTERN KY UNIVERSITY ON ENROLLMENT, CLASS STATISTICS, 00:00:39 ASSET PRESERVATION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, AND BUDGET APPROVAL OF MINUTES 00:15:19 DISCUSSION WITH NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ON ALUMNI, ENROLLMENT, 00:16:02 PROGRAMS, CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND BUDGET DISCUSSION WITH KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY ON UPDATES, ENROLLMENT, 00:35:54 ASSET PRESERVATION, AND BUDGET REQUESTS, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47

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• As you stated, this is Senate Bill 79 by Senator Mizell.
• State regulation.
• Are you seeing them spread out all over the state?
• They're all out of state.
• How many states?

Bills: HB744, HR197, SB54, SB79, SB163, SB287, SB375, SB386, SB398, SB469, SCR5

Keywords: public utility, common carrier, regulation, Public Service Commission, New Orleans, constitutional amendment, distributed energy, energy storage, electricity demand, virtual power plants, reliability, hurricane resilience, esthetics, cosmetology, hair services, beauty industry, Louisiana regulation, Louisiana Economic Development, sunset law, legislative authority

Summary: The House Committee on Commerce met on May 11, 2026, and first advanced several Senate measures with little or no opposition. It reported favorably Senate Bill 79 recreating Louisiana Economic Development, Senate Concurrent Resolution 5 establishing the Louisiana-Ireland Trade Commission, and Senate Bill 375 on Class B firefighting foam, after adopting a technical amendment clarifying use in declared emergency firefighting operations. The committee also advanced Senate Bill 398, which moves manufactured and modular housing regulation under the Louisiana Contractors Licensing Board and expands inspection and enforcement provisions, after adopting two sets of mostly technical amendments and hearing testimony that the change would improve consumer safety and increase inspection coverage without adding net cost to locals. It then reported favorably Senate Bill 163 on virtual currency business licensing, after adopting an amendment providing that any future federal licensing law would preempt the state act, and Senate Bill 287 on virtual currency kiosks, which adds refund timelines, disclosure requirements, customer support, and reporting duties; witnesses from the banking and law enforcement community said the bill responds to common fraud complaints and improves consumer protection. The committee also reported favorably Senate Bill 54, which allows estheticians to blow-dry hair after certain services, despite strong opposition from cosmetology board representatives and industry witnesses who argued the service is outside esthetics training, could create scope-of-practice and facility issues, and should instead be addressed by lowering or revising separate blow-dry licensing requirements. The committee then considered House Resolution 197, which urges the Louisiana Public Service Commission to study the feasibility and value of distributed energy generation and storage resources. After adopting technical amendments and a second amendment changing mandatory language to requests and urging the PSC to coordinate with the LSU Energy Institute, the resolution was reported favorably. Testimony from solar and energy industry representatives, the PSC, and LSU focused on how distributed resources, batteries, rooftop solar, and virtual power plants could improve reliability, reduce costs, and help meet rising demand; members also discussed how the study would evaluate market value, avoided costs, and capacity benefits. Questions centered on methodology, grid impacts, and comparisons to Texas’s ERCOT system and Winter Storm Uri, with PSC officials emphasizing that the study would help determine whether such resources benefit ratepayers. Representative Wright presented House Bill 744, a proposed constitutional amendment to transfer regulation of certain New Orleans utilities from the city council to the Public Service Commission. He argued the change could reduce rates through consolidation and eliminate duplicative regulatory costs, while PSC officials explained the city’s authority is a constitutional exception dating back to 1921 and that Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana operate as separate companies with different regulatory environments. After discussion of rate impacts, utility structure, and whether the proposal should instead become a study, the bill was deferred. The committee then began Senate Bill 386, the Louisiana Data Privacy Act, which would give consumers rights to access, correct, delete, and opt out of certain uses of personal data; the sponsor introduced the bill and the committee started considering technical and substantive amendments, but the transcript ends before final action on that measure.

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• State Fire Departments the Minnesota State Fire Departments Association,<00:08:52.640> the<00:
• firefighters in the state of Minnesota. firefighters in the state of Minnesota.
• I see that you have an amendment coded A1.
• criminal record checks under state law. criminal record checks under state law.
• > what examine what the state laws are, what examine what the state laws are, what they<00:44:

Bills: HF4371, HF4317, HF2817, HF3496, HF4151, HF3826, HF4425, HF3990

Keywords: HF4371, Minnesota background checks, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, Office of the Legislative Auditor, Legislative Auditor, criminal history records, national criminal history record information, public safety, statutory amendment, section 299C.76, requesting agency, state audit, oversight, background screening, criminal records, county agencies, MNsure, Department of Revenue, Department of Human Services

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• current state and that is not changing. current state and that is not changing.
• >> State your name and go for it. >> State your name and go for it.
• Our code of ethics and our practice act requires us to deliver care within our professional and jurisdictional
• Our code of ethics and our practice act requires us to deliver care within our professional and jurisdictional
• the majority of APRNs across the state. the majority of APRNs across the state.

Bills: HF3521, HF3563, HF82, HF2689, HF1794, HF3544, HF3516, HF1752

Keywords: hospital moratorium, hospital construction, bed capacity, hospital expansion, health care facilities, hospital licensing, safety-net hospital, level I trauma center, Ramsey County, Minnesota health law, hospital beds, new hospital exception, certificate of need, inpatient capacity, emergency care, trauma services, health system regulation, state moratorium, hospital modernization, health infrastructure