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• House Bill 717 establishes a process in which a local government Code Enforcement board or special magistrate
• If any local government finds enforcement too burdensome, they're not required to implement that.
• The bill does not mandate that they have to enforce.
• So that's how they are enforcing them. Chair: Further questions? Chair: We have an amendment.
• Representative, you're recognized to explain Amendment Bar Code 096789.

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• We're also working to enforce the spending targets set by this new health care affordability bill.
• So first, 2025, the year we're currently in, is the first target, but it's not an enforceable target.
• This is a baseline target year. 2026 is the first year that there is an enforceable target.
• While maintaining access and ensuring equality, we also support OCA's implementation and enforcement
• per California Civil Code.

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• As I said, it'll expire actually in 2027 so it doesn't stay in code.
• We don't have USC codes in Indiana.
• Because that's exactly what that USC code is put, was voted on and put in place for.
• I don't like to enforce a bill to see if I'm eligible for it or not.
• The Attorney General will, but he's the one that also has to enforce it.

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• The EIR also concluded the project exceeds the applicable fire codes, so this issue has been litigated
• So this is better than a code-compliant project. Fire authorities in your area all approved that.
• Our union has worked closely with enforcement agencies in the aftermath of a variety of... ...in our
• Our union has worked closely with enforcement agencies in the aftermath of a variety of these cases.
• Faith Borgias, on behalf of the California Association of Code Enforcement Officers, aligned with the

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• where the funds that are collected from enforcement are deposited.
• I am truly proud of the progress that was made on the 16- and 17-year-old enforcement provision.
• It has to give our law enforcement the tools to go after these predatory actors.
• AB 972 ensures that the law is both easily understood and enforceable.
• We owe it to our students to be precise in the protections we provide. ...and enforceable.

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and pledge, then moved through a long Daily File with several major policy bills and multiple commemorative resolutions. The most debated measure was AB 379 on human trafficking and child exploitation. The bill was presented as a stronger, more comprehensive version that increases penalties for adults soliciting minors, adds a loitering offense tied to purchasing commercial sex, raises fines for businesses that facilitate trafficking, creates a Survivor Support Fund, and establishes grants for victim services and vertical prosecution. Several members spoke in support, while Assemblymember Sharp-Collins raised concerns that the loitering provision could be vague and disproportionately enforced against Black, Brown, and LGBTQIA+ people. The bill passed after debate, with the clerk reporting 72 noes and the measure still passing. The Assembly also passed AB 1415, which expands the Office of Health Care Affordability’s authority to review more health systems, private equity and hedge fund acquisitions, and managed service organizations in order to better track cost drivers and medical debt. Other policy bills approved included AB 711 on coordinating court reporters for motion hearings, AB 1142 on horse event entry fees, AB 309 on preserving access to sterile syringes for HIV and hepatitis prevention, AB 358 on allowing victims to consent to searches of hidden surveillance devices like AirTags and spy cameras, AB 592 on outdoor dining for restaurants, AB 1341 on clarifying contractor licensing violations, AB 752 on easing child care center siting, AB 1166 on extending debt-settlement rules to commercial financing, AB 806 on mobile home resident cooling rights, AB 972 on explicit sex discrimination protections in higher education, AB 416 on emergency room 5150 authority, AB 632 on expedited collection of penalties for serious local code violations, AB 672 on PERB notification and intervention rights, AB 876 on CRNA scope of practice, and AB 760 on temporary mobile home housing after disasters. Most of these measures passed with broad bipartisan support, though AB 672 drew sharp opposition from Assemblymember DeMaio over concerns about PERB and state bureaucracy. The chamber also adopted several resolutions recognizing May observances and public service groups. These included ACR 63 designating May as California Fairgrounds Appreciation Month, ACR 69 for California Physical Fitness and Mental Well-Being Month, ACR 76 for California Small Business Month, ACR 77 for Drowning Awareness and Prevention Month, HR 36 for Lung Cancer Action Week, HR 39 for National Public Works Week, and HR 41 for National Hospital Week. Members used the resolutions to highlight local institutions, public health, and community services, and each was adopted after co-author rolls and voice votes. The session ended after the Assembly completed the day’s file and moved through a series of routine procedural motions and adjournment-related business.

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• But in terms of enforcement, I think that's going to be when grants are allocated.
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement, otherwise known as ICE, ineligible to receive a state-funded loan
• These displays generate critical local revenue that supports essential services like law enforcement,
• and regular code updates.
• This step matters because California currently requires state buildings to go beyond the minimum code

Summary: The Governmental Organization Committee met as a subcommittee for much of the hearing because a quorum was initially absent, and it heard several bills focused on nonprofit support, alcohol regulation, immigration-related funding restrictions, outdoor advertising, and green building standards. SB 1240 by Senator McNerney would create an Office of Nonprofit Empowerment to help nonprofits navigate state procurement, grants, and reimbursement processes; supporters, including the Child Care Resource Center and the Little Hoover Commission, said nonprofits provide essential services but face delayed payments and burdensome bureaucracy. Committee members raised accountability concerns, but the author emphasized the bill does not dispense grants and would cost about $1.7 million in the first year. The bill was later approved and sent to Appropriations. The committee also heard SB 917 by Senator Laird, which would remove the estate-grown grape requirement for wineries selling at farmers markets, allowing more family wineries to participate; winery and grape grower representatives said the change would help direct-to-consumer sales and local growers. SB 1171 by Senator Caballero would make private entities that contract with ICE ineligible for state-funded loans or grants; supporters from immigrant-rights groups described ICE detention and raids as harmful and inhumane, while some members spoke in favor of using state funds to avoid indirectly supporting ICE-related activity. Both bills advanced on party-line or near-party-line votes and were sent to Appropriations or Local Government as noted in the roll calls. Senator Rubio presented SB 1195, which would expand tied-house exemptions for certain entertainment, convention, and sports venues in specified counties, and SB 1228, which would allow a small number of existing outdoor advertising displays to continue operating despite a statutory sunset. Supporters said SB 1195 would create economic opportunity and clarify current law, while SB 1228 was described as a narrow fix to preserve legally permitted signs and local revenue; both bills passed the committee and were sent to Appropriations. The committee also considered SB 1398, which would recognize Green Globes as an alternative green building certification for state projects alongside LEED; supporters argued it would add flexibility and competition, while the U.S. Green Building Council opposed bypassing the Department of General Services’ equivalency review. The bill was approved and sent to Appropriations. The committee also took up a consent calendar and adjourned at 2:55 p.m.

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• But in terms of enforcement, I think that's going to be when grants are allocated.
• I think that's going to be when grants are allocated, then that's when the enforcement would have to
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement, otherwise known as ICE, ineligible to receive a state-funded loan
• These displays generate critical local revenue that supports essential services like law enforcement,
• and regular code updates.

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• That occurs meets the code requirements and those sorts of things, but in some areas when those delays
• What's the enforcement mechanism if cities don't meet Committee Member: Those.
• So tell me, is there an enforcement mechanism to get them to in fact adhere to those deadlines?
• Bill Longley: Well, that's what I mean in terms of the enforcement of that.
• Bill Longley: My recollection is if you were to dig into 212 of the local government code, and I can

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• I'm there to inform our patrons, not, not to enforce anything.
• It's going to take time for law enforcement to get there.
• Protects the right to film law enforcement interactions.
• Um, if we're talking about law enforcement, frontline law enforcement.
• If, if this is really targeted to frontline law enforcement.

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• Chair, members, by way of background, statute defines foreign law as any law, rule, or legal code, or
• Foreign law means Sharia law or any law, rule, legal code, or system other than the Constitution, our
• Foreign law means Sharia law or any law rule legal code or system other than the Constitution our laws
• The law is enacted by the state and enforced by our courts.”
• The law is enacted by the state enforced by our courts.

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• <01:04:36.720> of to the code of conduct and code of to the code of conduct and code of ethics
• Um when the code of conduct and code of ethics were created many years ago, uh, my understanding is code
• The code of ethics is not. actionable. The code of ethics is not.
• <01:07:40.720> of >> the code of conduct is so the code of >> the code of conduct
• and code of when the code of conduct and code of ethics<01:09:55.440> were<01:09:55.679> created

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• The New Hampshire Department of Education enforces a code of conduct that outlines violations of these
• and the code of conduct.
• c><02:08:29.360> of code of ethics and code of code of ethics and code of conduct<02:08:31.199
• Our educators uphold and follow the principles in the code of ethics and the code of conduct.
• Our educators uphold and follow the principles in the code of ethics and the code of conduct.

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Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, the national anthem, leaves of absence, guest introductions, and memorial remarks honoring former Representative Carolyn Gargas of Hollis, who was remembered for her long House service, work on child and family issues, and community involvement. The House then adopted a consent calendar and approved a motion to withdraw House Bill 431, which would have created a commission to review draft rules on minimum standards for public school approval and state academic standards; the motion failed after a roll call vote, so the bill remained in play. The House next took up House Bill 109-FN, relative to false reports to law enforcement. The majority supported the bill as a way to add penalties for knowingly false reports about law enforcement officers, arguing officers deserve protection from false accusations and that the knowingly standard is a high bar. The minority opposed it as duplicative of existing law and warned it could chill legitimate complaints against police. After debate and a division vote, the majority committee report of ought to pass was adopted, 198-173. The House also considered House Bill 218-FN, which would provide victims of crime a free police report. The committee amendment changed the bill so victims would receive a written confirmation that a crime occurred rather than the initial police report, to avoid conflicts with right-to-know law and active-investigation confidentiality. Supporters said the change was a small but important clarification agreed to by law enforcement and domestic violence advocates, while opponents argued the original language was already workable and that the floor amendment was unnecessary. A division vote was requested on the amendment, and the transcript ends during that debate before the final outcome on HB 218 is shown.

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• I've been involved with code making a panel that's a committee that's involved in going over the code
• I've been involved with code making a panel that's a committee that's involved in going over the code
• When the code changes, I've been involved with over the previous years code making a panel that's a committee
• <02:23:16.240> accreditation codify the law enforcement accreditation codify the law enforcement
• Uh presently we enforcement agencies.

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• You know, show up with a QR code or an email address and let me have them.
• It ensures the Florida Building Code is consistent with the International Code as it relates to tall
• So they're always welcome to be a part of the code of conduct process.
• There is one amendment, bar code 649992.
• Who identifies that and how would that be enforced? Thank you.

Summary: The committee first took up CS/SB 1606 on patient access to records. The sponsor explained that the bill, as amended, would align Florida law more closely with HIPAA by defining “designated record set,” requiring providers to furnish requested records within set timeframes, allowing a limited extension with notice, and requiring records to be produced in the requested form if readily producible. Several members asked about patient portals, legal representatives, and whether the bill affected meaningful-use rules or post-mortem access. Multiple witnesses opposed the bill, arguing it could create cybersecurity risks, conflict with existing privacy rules, and burden providers; supporters said it would improve patient access and consistency. The committee adopted the amendment and then reported the bill favorably. The committee then considered CS/SB 712 on construction regulations. The bill would direct DEP to establish rules for synthetic turf and limit local governments from banning it if state rules are followed, while also addressing change orders, public works bidding, elevator rails, alarm contractor work, building code updates, spaceport exemptions, permit document limits, and single-trade inspections. Amendments removed the pool and spa contractor provisions and the tall mass timber language. Testimony on the bill centered heavily on the pool industry, with contractors and the Florida Swimming Pool Association opposing expansion of scope to general and building contractors, while some speakers supported other parts of the bill. After adopting the amendments, the committee reported the bill favorably. Finally, the committee heard CS/SB 1288 on parental rights. The bill would allow minors to be tested for STDs without parental consent but require parental consent for treatment, expand parents’ rights to access records and control certain health decisions, and restrict health care services, medical procedures, and biofeedback devices for minors absent consent or an exception. An amendment moved survey and questionnaire provisions into the education code, added an explicit court-order exception, clarified DNA and biofeedback provisions, and added emergency behavioral health exceptions. The committee heard extensive public testimony both for and against the bill, with supporters emphasizing parental authority and opponents warning it could delay STI treatment, mental health care, and other services for vulnerable minors. The transcript ends during public testimony on the bill, before any final committee action is shown.

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• In the corporate income tax space, the bill updates the Florida corporate income tax code by adopting
• the Internal Revenue Code as amended and in effect on January 1, 2025.
• We adopt the federal income tax code as our corporate income tax code rather than coming up with our
• Our corporate income tax code rather than coming up with our own. So we do that every year.
• That law enforcement is the performance of a government duty owed to the general public at large.

Summary: The Ways and Means Committee met on April 16, 2025, with one agenda item: PCB WMC-2502, the committee’s tax package. Chair Duggan presented the bill as a broad tax measure covering sales tax, tourist development taxes, ad valorem/VAB procedures, affordable housing property tax changes, tangible personal property, special assessments, fuel taxes, communication services taxes, corporate income tax updates, pari-mutuel/card room taxes, local incentives, and a redistribution of horse industry trust fund money. He also noted emergency rulemaking authority for the Department of Revenue and estimated a recurring state impact of $34.6 million in FY 2025-26. Members questioned several provisions, including the aviation fuel tax repeal, the delay of the natural gas fuel tax, the extension of the local communication services tax freeze, the charitable trust corporate income tax clarification, the reduction in card room taxes, and the affordable housing changes tied to the Live Local Act. Public testimony included support from airlines, UPS, child care management, and others, while the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association opposed the lifeguard/TDT change, the Florida Association of Counties and Florida League of Cities opposed the missing-middle exemption changes, and local government representatives raised concerns about revenue impacts and the loss of local opt-out authority. The committee also adopted Amendment 1 by Representative Rizzo, which limits certain special assessments on RV parks when based on square footage. During debate, members split on some provisions but generally supported the package, with comments focused on aviation competitiveness, preschool assessment relief, lifeguard funding, affordable housing, and the horse industry funding shift. Representative Duggan closed by emphasizing that the bill was only the beginning of the process and would continue through conference and floor consideration. The committee then voted 16-1 to report PCB WMC-2502 favorably, with Representative Alvarez voting no.

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• But for example, if law enforcement requested it, it would be available to them. Them. Thank you.
• I just want to assure the committee nothing about this will change the way law enforcement can access
• and implementing that, we realized that there was a disconnect between this definition in the MVD code
• goes over to law enforcement if requested.
• The only thing I can tell you is preparedness, you know, with local law enforcement, and trying to be

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• A group of officers who changed law enforcement in Texas.
• HB 908 by Spiller-Williams, a reporting of law enforcement agencies of missing children in the National
• HB 909 by Thompson, relating to law enforcement misconduct in law enforcement. enforcement interactions
• Relating to the identification of early voting ballots mailed by electronic code referred to the committee
• Readers by law enforcement agencies refer to the committee on homeland security public safety and veterans

Bills: HCR21, HCR22, HCR23, HCR24, HCR25, HCR26, HCR27, HCR31, HCR41, HCR42, HCR43, HCR44, HCR45, HCR52, HCR53, HCR66, HCR67, HCR73, HR8, HR10, HR13, HR20, HR21, HR50, HR59, HR61, HR71, HR74, HR79, HR84, HR86, HR90, HR91, HR102, HR103, HR107, HR113, HR125, HR126, HR132, HR142, HR145, HR149, HR150, HR152, HR167, HR179, HR181, HR183, HR186, HR192, HR196, HR199, HR207, HR211, HR212, HR213, HR216, HR249, HR256, HR259, HR261, HR263, HR272, HR281, HR285, HR294, HR295, HR300, HR305, HR311, HR313, HR315, HR316, HR323, HR331, HR339, HR340, HR346, HR349, HR352, HR357, HR358, HR360, HR363, HR374, HR377, HCR20, HCR28, HCR30, HCR32, HCR49, HR14, HR15, HR19, HR23, HR24, HR25, HR26, HR27, HR29, HR47, HR48, HR55, HR56, HR66, HR85, HR92, HR93, HR95, HR96, HR140, HR155, HR164, HR204, HR241, HR242, HR250, HR253, HR260, HR262, HR265, HR279, HR310, HR312, HR328, HR332, HR359, HR362, HR367

Keywords: recognition, award, petroleum industry, leadership, community service, HCR 22, House Concurrent Resolution, Texas Legislature, commendation, honorary resolution, Dr. James Olson, James Olson, University of Texas Permian Basin, UT Permian Basin, psychology professor, 50 years of service, faculty recognition, academic award, Piper Professor Award, Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award

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• It establishes a vehicle pursuit policy for law enforcement agencies, effective 2026.
• Standards Board is the law enforcement Standards Board is inappropriate<00:37:53.920> the<00:
• However, by 2024, no citations have been issued due to the vague language and unclear enforcement.
• However, by 2024, no citations have been issued due to the vague language and unclear enforcement.
• adoptions, sorry, it wasn't traffic code.

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Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on February 6, 2025, and heard testimony on several transportation-related bills. HB 667 would require DOT or county departments to scan deceased cats or dogs found on public roadways for microchips, record information, and report it to county animal services. DOT said it supported the bill, and the Hawaiʻi Humane Society and others strongly backed it, describing it as important for grieving pet owners. A private citizen also testified in support, saying the measure could help families learn what happened to missing pets. The chair noted there were nine supporters. The committee then heard HB 230 on sending a carbon copy of traffic citations to vehicle owners, followed by HB 77, which would make civil identification cards free to issue or renew. The Attorney General’s office said it had already submitted comments on HB 77, DOT opposed it, and a private citizen supported it as a way to reduce barriers to basic services. HB 668, which would make license suspension mandatory for operating a vehicle without insurance, drew opposition from the Office of the Public Defender and DOT. The Public Defender argued current law already allows suspension and that a mandatory rule would discourage people from obtaining insurance, increase court burdens, and disproportionately affect indigent drivers; the chair emphasized that driving is a privilege and raised concerns about uninsured driving in rural areas. The Public Defender also said it would look into whether state insurance options could help people who cannot get traditional coverage. The committee also took up HB 12, which would bar inspection certificates for mopeds or vehicles modified to increase NOx emissions. DOT offered comments, Citizens Against Noise supported it, and the Motorcycle Industry Council opposed it; the chair noted six additional supporters and ten opponents. HB 169 would raise the minimum age for moped operators from 15 to 16 and increase the helmet requirement age from 18 to 21; DOT supported it, while Moped Doctors, Moped’s Direct, and seven individuals opposed it. HB 220 would require moped operators to carry insurance under motorcycle/motor scooter insurance laws; DCCA offered comments, DOT supported it, and Moped Doctors and ten individuals opposed it. Finally, the committee heard HB 277, which would establish a statewide vehicle pursuit policy for law enforcement agencies. The Policing Project at NYU and the ACLU of Hawaiʻi supported the bill, citing national data on deaths and injuries from pursuits and arguing for a baseline limit on pursuits for minor offenses; the Hawaii Police Department and Maui Police Department opposed it. The committee also heard HB 54, which would make a third or subsequent excessive speeding offense a Class C felony and allow vehicle forfeiture. DOT supported it, while the Public Defender opposed it, arguing the bill was overly harsh, internally inconsistent, and likely to strain courts, law enforcement, and probation systems by turning a traffic offense into a felony with prison exposure and jury-trial rights. No votes or final actions were taken on the measures in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• I would say over the years, there have been various levels of enforcement of that.
• I don't know that we have a lot of enforcement authority there, though.
• Ever clap eyes on the software; heaven forbid, look at the code, you wouldn't want to do that.
• And to enforce that, you have to have adequate oversight. Have a quality surveillance plan.
• These are the standards that you're going to use to define code quality.

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• <00:04:13.280> or but it should not be up to zip code or but it should not be up to zip code
• handling of immigration enforcement. handling of immigration enforcement.
• While immigration enforcement actions While immigration enforcement actions directly<01:01:33.560>
• has reported enforcement activity has reported enforcement activity has fundamentally<01:01:42.640
• enforcement activities taking place. enforcement activities taking place.

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