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• There's an Amendment bar code 1, 6, 4, 72. Thank you, Mister Chair.
• Amendment bar code 9, 4, 8, 9, 0, 4, We will take that up.
• Utilities are government granted monopolies and government in the form of the Public Service Commission
• We are not a government agency.
• But literally what is provided is a section on costs and the section on benefits.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• of code created by 1167.
• of code created by 1167.
• Section 399.12.
• Same on the new language on reporting in the bill in Section 2.
• Section 2, by the way, is a requirement on the PUC, not the utilities.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy heard several bills focused on utility affordability, transparency, and clean energy. SB 327 would bar investor-owned utilities from using ratepayer funds to oppose municipal utility formation and would clarify the Public Advocates Office’s authority to inspect utility books; supporters framed it as a ratepayer protection measure, while utilities and telecom/broadband interests opposed it unless amended, citing concerns about scope and participation in regulatory proceedings. After questions about how it differed from AB 1167 and how PAO discovery disputes are handled, the committee passed SB 327 as amended to Appropriations on an 11-2 vote, later reopening the roll to 12-2. SB 1350 would allow renewable portfolio standard credit for power plants using green hydrogen, with the author and supporters emphasizing hydrogen’s role in decarbonization, grid reliability, jobs, and the Lancaster/ARCHES project. Environmental groups opposed the bill unless amended, warning about NOx emissions, paper transactions, and the need for stronger safeguards on hydrogen sourcing and delivery. The committee discussed amendments, including a minimum 20% hydrogen blend and emissions-related guardrails, and passed the bill to Natural Resources on a 14-0 vote, later reopening the roll to 18-0. SB 868, the Plug and Play Solar Act, would create a framework for small plug-in balcony solar devices for renters and others without rooftop solar access, while setting safety standards and limiting system size. Supporters said it would lower bills and expand access to solar; utilities and some public power entities raised safety and backfeed concerns, arguing interconnection review under Rule 21 remains necessary. After extensive discussion of safety, certification, and export limits, the committee passed SB 868 as amended to Appropriations on a 17-0 vote, later reopening the roll to 18-0. SB 1233, a transparency bill requiring additional disclosure about utility cash on hand, capital structure, and related reporting, drew utility opposition over duplicative processes and possible delays, but was passed as amended to Appropriations on a 10-3 vote, later reopened to 11-3. The committee also approved the consent calendar unanimously and adjourned after reopening the rolls for absent members to add on.

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• Modernizes intangible asset law in section 3 of the bill.
• And lastly, it helps with block the wire transfers in Section 5.
• Take that up as another bar code 6, 6, 8, 92. Thank you, chair.
• That's how I interpret that section. That's when that section should be used.
• But that's that's my interpretation to that Section. Thank you.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• <00:52:44.000> enforcement with our town's code enforcement with our town's code enforcement
• And what's section?
• So, thank you. learned that in government. No one likes learned that in government.
• <04:05:41.520> section<04:05:42.640> B basically in section A and section B basically in
• on the section two and three?

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• You know, the federal government is weakening our rights to vote.
• You know, the federal government is weakening our rights to vote.
• Federal law, specifically Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, ...Section 203 of the Voting
• Unfortunately, the scope of Section 203 is limited.
• The benefits of Section 203 are a right available to all.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• OK, so we are now subject to the procurement code. Is that accurate? Mr.
• Expenditures not subject to the procurement code?
• It is a very legal product under the federal government.
• President, Senator, it's on page 7 under section 788 F.
• I added in there for a new section D, not been convicted of any violation of the Children's Code.

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• Read the last section. Section 3, this act shall take effect immediately.
• Read the last section. Section 2, this act shall take effect immediately.
• Read the last section. Section 3, this act shall take effect immediately.
• Read the last section. Section 2, this act shall take effect immediately.
• Read the last section. Section 3, this act shall take effect immediately.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened, approved the journal, and then moved through a large number of motions to discharge bills from committees and substitute identical Senate bills for third reading. The chamber also received and accepted a Finance Committee report on nominations for Kathleen Mosier as Commissioner of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Terrence O’Leary as Commissioner of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, and John Kagia as Executive Director of the Office of Cannabis Management. All three nominees were confirmed, with Mosier and O’Leary confirmed unanimously and Kagia confirmed 57-1, with Senator Walczyk voting no. The Senate adopted previously approved resolutions recognizing June 2026 as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month and mourning the death of Susan Irene Wright of Harlem. Senators Brisport and Bottcher spoke at length in support of Pride Month, emphasizing LGBTQ+ history, resilience, and ongoing threats to the trans community. On the Susan Wright resolution, Senators Cleare, Bailey, and Bottcher praised her community leadership, philanthropy, and family legacy, and Assembly Member Jordan Wright was recognized in the chamber. The body then considered and passed many bills on the calendar, including measures on insurance, environmental conservation, public health, education, business law, labor, social services, highway law, and local tax exemptions. Several bills drew brief explanations of vote, including a measure to end higher insurance premiums for widows, a bill to prohibit correctional facilities from denying visitation because of menstrual products or IUDs, and a Medicaid-related bill to expand access to blood pressure monitors for pregnant people. Most bills passed with broad support, though some had notable opposition from a small group of senators. Late in the session, the Senate took up a proposed constitutional amendment on redistricting. Senator Stewart-Cousins sponsored the measure, and Senator Walczyk questioned it extensively, arguing voters had previously approved an independent redistricting process and objecting to changes that would remove the Legislature’s two-thirds map-approval requirement and alter the commission’s role. The sponsor said the changes were needed in response to aggressive partisan redistricting in other states and would still require voter ratification in future sessions. The transcript ends during that debate, with no final vote on the amendment shown.

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• fee section and the adjustment provisions.
• fee section and the adjustment provisions.
• fee section and the adjustment provisions.
• fee section and the adjustment provisions.
• members of a government members of a government entity<01:15:36.360> uh<01:15:37.000>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• devices and it threw the code devices and it threw the code P<00:34:13.839> whatever<00:34
• I was looking up all the error codes, the P codes, that list for emission so-called emission failures
• codes, the P codes up at all the error codes, the P codes that<01:33:41.600> list<01:33:41.920
• sections.
• So, so with respect to section sections.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• joint committees with the Committee on Energy, Intergovernmental Affairs, and the Committee on Government
• Committee on Government Operations, same recommendation. House Bill 344 House Draft 1.
• Committee on Government Operations, same recommendation. House Bill 344 House Draft 1.
• Committee and government much.
• defined in section defined in section 291c-26.<00:26:26.159> Those<00:26:26.400> were<

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint committees heard House Bill 344 HD1, which would require new buildings to include electric vehicle charger-ready parking stalls. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support from the State Energy Office, Department of Accounting and General Services, the Disabilities and Communication Access Board, and others. Members asked about cost and infrastructure impacts; the State Energy Office said the added cost would likely be modest if planned from the start, but that electrical capacity remains a key challenge for expanding EV charging. The chairs proposed two amendments: extending the bill to cover on-grade parking lots and adding language for Level 1 or Level 3 charging when appropriate. After discussion, both committees voted to pass HB 344 HD1 with amendments. In the Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs committee, the chair voted aye, one member voted with reservation, and excused members were noted; the Government Operations committee also passed the measure, with one aye vote and one vote with reservations. The committees also heard House Bill 10001 HD1 SD1, relating to the Maui wildfire settlement trust fund. The Governor’s Office, Attorney General’s Office, Maui County, and the Tax Foundation testified in support. Members questioned Hawaii Electric Industries’ ability to fund its share of the settlement and whether the state should pay first or in tranches. The chair proposed amendments requiring all defendant parties to submit payment plans and proof of ability to pay, and requiring non-state defendants to fund their shares into escrow before the state releases its share. The committee adopted the amendments and passed the bill unanimously by the members present. Later, the committee deferred action on House Bill 229 HD1 until March 20 for clarification on amendments, then passed House Bill 860 HD1 with amendments addressing liability for limited resurfacing of disputed roads, and passed House Bill 1161 HD2 with amendments concerning highway fund use, formula calculations, and EV-related county fees.

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• Health Policy sections. Health Policy sections.
• ><00:04:50.680> amendment<00:04:50.960> is coded The amendment to amendment is coded The
• amendment to amendment is coded<00:04:51.600> A8.
• coded A8. coded A8.
• coded A13. coded A13.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House took up Senate File 476, the human services policy bill on continuity of care, assisted living safety, vulnerable adult protections, and program integrity. Representative Noor, the bill’s author, described it as a broad policy package covering direct care and treatment, Department of Health policy, aging and disability services, behavioral health, maltreatment of vulnerable adults, continuity of care, and miscellaneous changes. Representative Schumacher also supported the bill, saying the final language reflected extensive stakeholder work and compromise, especially in aging and long-term care, while also adding guardrails around fraud-related processes and other DHS policy decisions. Several amendments were considered. A DE3 amendment was offered and adopted, and an A8 amendment to the amendment was initially discussed as a way to create a legislative working group and bring more community input into human services program changes, but Representative Curran withdrew it. Curran then offered A11, which would have changed billing limits for individualized home supports with training, but withdrew that as well after noting DHS concerns about possible costs. The House then suspended the rules to allow Noor’s A13 technical amendment, which was adopted. On third reading, Representative Frederick praised the bipartisan work and highlighted provisions addressing intimidation of staff in the Minnesota Sex Offender Program, extending voluntary return time for certain civilly committed individuals, and allowing some DCT staff to move from unclassified to classified positions. Noor thanked staff and reiterated that the bill protects vulnerable people while preserving program integrity and taxpayer dollars. The bill passed as amended by a vote of 93 ayes to 39 nays, and its title was agreed to.

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• How does that work with the language in Section D?
• And I'll have the code call roll. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• You know, I don't have that Century Code section up in front of me, but it's my understanding that, yes
• general civil actions to govern proceedings under this chapter.
• I'll refer to the section generally.

Keywords: 908, all

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• It just brings up the code sections.
• Um, I think there's a hundred in the code section.
• That the committee self amends by reference code section 751031 and section 751033. >> ...and section
• > and in the code section, giving courts and in the code section, giving courts and providers<
• So it just has a code sections in it.

Keywords: MS House Floor - 10 February, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then established a quorum and dispensed with the reading of the journal. Members also introduced a number of guests and visitors, including University of Southern Mississippi programs, 4-H participants from across the state, and several local constituents. A Mississippi 4-H president, Morgan White, addressed the chamber and spoke about the value of 4-H in building leadership, confidence, and agricultural skills, and noted the state’s first-in-the-nation 4-H slingshot curriculum and competition. The chamber then moved to the calendar and took up several bills. House Bill 943 was called up and passed after a committee substitute was adopted; the bill was explained as removing a repealer related to joint reports of examination by the Commissioner of Banking and Finance and the Federal Reserve Bank. House Bill 1265 also passed after being explained as extending a repealer for the debt service management act. House Bill 1477 was taken up next and generated extended discussion; it would create a process for abandoned safety deposit box contents, requiring notice to owners, allowing a period to cure delinquency, and then transferring contents to the Treasury Department for eventual disposition. Members asked several questions about House Bill 1477, especially about how long property would be held, how heirs would be notified, how cash and tangible items would be treated, and whether documents such as wills should be scanned or preserved before destruction. The bill’s sponsor said cash would remain unclaimed property, tangible items would generally be sold at public auction, and the Treasury Department would hold property for a minimum period before sale, with heirs still able to claim it for a time. The sponsor also said the bill had support from banking and credit union groups. No final vote on House Bill 1477 is shown in the transcript excerpt.

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• So that is, I'm wrapping up my section here.
• So that is, I'm wrapping up my section here.
• I was trying to figure out where the federal government was paying for this.
• So I'm going to close this section of our informational meeting.
• "There's also an 11% tribal initiative set-aside, and that dedicated funding stream honors our government-to-government

Keywords: 907, all

Summary: The committee held an informational hearing focused first on Oregon Medicaid coordinated care organization (CCO) finances and rate setting. Oregon Health Authority staff explained how 2025 CCO financial results will inform 2027 capitation rates, including reserve requirements, subcapitation arrangements, and major cost drivers such as behavioral health, pharmacy, rural hospital costs, and dental directed payments. They said the Legislature’s added 2025 funding materially improved CCO margins and that, without it, the program would have been negative overall. Members asked about retained earnings, subcapitation, behavioral health utilization, ABA therapy, and whether outcomes are being evaluated; OHA said rate setting is actuarial and that CCOs, OHA, and other partners all play roles in monitoring efficacy and access. OHA also reviewed House Bill 4039 changes intended to increase transparency and give CCOs earlier access to rate information and reconciliation exhibits. CCO representatives then testified that the system is under significant financial pressure and that behavioral health state-directed payments, benefit changes, and federal uncertainty from H.R. 1 are reducing flexibility. CareOregon said it has lost more than $500 million over the last couple of years and is now making provider terminations and other network changes to align spending with available funding, while emphasizing that CCOs must make hard decisions about which services and providers can be sustained. Eastern Oregon CCO said rural and frontier factors, cost-based hospitals, air ambulance needs, and statewide efficiency adjustments are not fully reflected in rates, and that dental funding is especially strained. Trillium similarly warned that state-directed payments and benefit expansion pressures are constraining the global budget model and that H.R. 1 could worsen acuity and volatility. Members pressed the witnesses on who is responsible for evaluating treatment effectiveness, especially for ABA and psychotherapy, and on how utilization limits and reimbursement changes are being used to control costs. The committee then shifted to an overview of the Affordable Care Act and Oregon’s commercial insurance market. Department of Consumer and Business Services staff explained actuarial value, metal tiers, premium tax credits, medical loss ratio rules, and the main drivers of premium rates: cost trend, utilization trend, and administrative costs. They said mandates have likely added only a limited amount to premiums over the past decade, though the exact effect is difficult to isolate, and they gave examples of how high-cost, low-volume services versus broad, high-utilization services can affect rates differently. Staff also noted that Providence Health Plan and PacificSource Health Plans are withdrawing from the individual market, though consumers should still have at least three insurer options in every county and may have four in many counties. The division said it is in the middle of reviewing proposed 2027 rates and will continue its public rate review process, including hearings and written comment.

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• Senate Bill, 582 establishes a process in which local governments, Code Enforcement board or special
• Next we're going to go to Tab 14 Cs for SB 806 on the riveting Florida dress code.
• And we have this crazy trend of government vehicles, road crews, government government workers where
• Let's govern it like it's a DUI senator. I would be all with you.
• I love open government unlawful, holding our government or officials accountable.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Currently, local government code mandates that counties manage surplus or salvage property, including
• code says, we have to try to auction them.
• Unfortunately, with our current code, residents have no protections or recourse from their county government
• HB 3335 amends the local government code in regards to the disposal of a county surplus or salvage property
• HB 3335 amends the local government code to require counties to retain sufficient control over the donation

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• So when you look at the bill, section one is the 609 section, so that's removing that penalty for the
• <00:03:18.799> data it in uh chapter 13 which governs data it in uh chapter 13 which governs
• Senator Hauschild, if you would take us through your bill section by section.
• <00:14:51.839> by through um your bill section by through um your bill section by section<
• prefer section by section and I prefer section by section and I completely<00:16:14.000> understand

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It simply repeals the section of code that allows students to transfer schools and retain athletic eligibility
• The bill simply repeals the section of code that allows students to transfer schools and retain athletic
• I don't recall that being in code any place.
• And so we have followed state law for three years in state code.
• They have their own governing body.

Keywords: 994, senate, all

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• We'll take up Amendment Bar Code 555-350 by Senator Kaladayut.
• It ensures that the Florida Building Code is consistent with the international code as it relates to
• over this, as a citizen board that governs over this.
• , like having a peeing section in a pool.
• This is due in large part to the preemption that has paralyzed governing bodies and local governments

Summary: The committee heard and acted on a long agenda of local, housing, education, construction, and claims bills. It first took up SB 1730 on affordable housing/Live Local changes, adopting an amendment that narrowed and clarified several provisions, including density, height, parking, attorney fees, and exclusions for certain protected areas, then reported the bill favorably. It also approved SB 1674, which clarifies that local investment restrictions cannot block Israel bonds, after a clarifying amendment. SB 140 on charter schools was reported favorably after significant debate over school conversion, teacher contracts, local control, and the use of surplus school property for housing or other public purposes; several speakers opposed it as harmful to public schools, while the sponsor said it preserved district authority and added options for municipalities and job creation. The committee also passed SB 96 and SB 4, two local claims bills, and SB 1714, which allows SHIP funds to help mobile home owners with lot rent and requires local housing plans to address mobile home park closures.

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• State Bar Association Business Law Section.
• It's a bill that exemplifies good governance, updating our laws.
• The amendment is coded A-5.
• The amendment is coded A-B-C-D-E.
• The amendment is coded A-9.