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• We're going to hear House File 110 on the first side of things, so Representative, when you're ready,
• This hasn't gotten to me until late, okay, and it looks to me like they are changing language for easy
• Okay, members, Representative Hussein moves the amendment to his House File 110. the original bill it
• House File 110, ...
• House File 110 ... ...driving for workforce and economic development program that leads to stable employment

Keywords: 1183, house

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• YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THIS IS AI THAT IS WORKING ON THINGS THAT YOU AS YEARS AGO, HE WOULD TAKE OUT A FILE
• LAST YEAR I FILED MAYBE IT END UP BEING TOO TARGETED PIECES OF LEGISLATION DEALING SPECIFICALLY WITH
• INSURANCE COMPANIES MAINTAIN A CLAIM FILE WITH WHO, WHEN, WHERE, HOW IN THE INVESTIGATION TO THE EXTENT
• I KNOW INSURANCE COMPANIES REGULARLY GO THROUGH CLAIMS FILES, CLOSE FILES AND AUDIT THEM.
• WERE THOSE DENIALS THAT WERE REVIEWED BY AI OR JUST FILES IN GENERAL THAT WERE REVIEWED BY AI?

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• Taken up immediately without reference to file. Second. Thank you. Thank you.
• Okay, moving on to business on the daily file.
• Which brings us to file item 7, ACR 35 by Assembly Member Papin.
• Members, we are going to pass and retain file item number nine.
• Okay, moving on to file item 10, ACR 50 by Assembly Member Arreguín. The clerk will read.

Summary: The Assembly met on March 6, 2025, after a quorum call and prayer, then proceeded through routine floor business and several ceremonial resolutions. Early procedural motions included a failed attempt to suspend the rules to withdraw AB 844 from committee and bring it directly to the floor; that motion received 16 ayes and 45 noes. The body also unanimously approved a request to re-refer AB 341. Members then adopted several resolutions by voice vote after adding coauthors: ACR 35 recognizing Greek Independence Day, ACR 17 honoring women in carpentry and the BOOTS apprenticeship program, ACR 50 designating March 24, 2025 as Special Olympics Day, and H.R. 21 proclaiming Transgender Week of Visibility and March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility. Each resolution drew supportive remarks from multiple members, while H.R. 21 also prompted extended debate, including opposition centered on girls’ sports, locker rooms, and claims about state policy affecting transgender Californians. In each case, the resolutions were adopted after the coauthor roll and voice vote. The session concluded with adjournment in memory of San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Deputy Hector Cuevas, Jr., who died in the line of duty on March 17. Several members spoke in tribute to his service, his work with youth football, and his family. The Assembly then announced upcoming committee meetings and adjourned until Friday, March 28, 2025 at 9 a.m.

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• First up is House File 1621.
• House File 1701, Representative Nelson.
• House File 1701. Representative Chair Hanson. Thank you, Mr.
• Move House File 40. Thank you, Mr. Chair. House File 40 to be laid over.
• House File 40. Just a pretty simple bill.

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• The withdrawal fees are collected when annual reports are filed, which is the spring of the year following
• Most of the activity by way of exploration has been in those areas even as late as today. Mr.
• As late as today. Your chair? Yes. Mr.
• So anyone where they may be missing a service agreement with the city, a signature, they file the right
• Madam Chair and members, House Bill 2031 is an emergency measure that would require a person filing for

Bills: HB2026, HB2027, HB2028, HB2031, HB2078, HB2094, HB2095, HB2101, HB2102, HB2103, HB2260, HB2278, HB2827, HB2932, HB2933, HB2934, HB2986, HCM2009, HCR2038

Keywords: assured water supply, groundwater, commingling, commingled water, water supply, Arizona Department of Water Resources, ADWR, active management area, AMA, subdivision plat, development approval, water rights, municipal provider, private water company, certificate of assured water supply, written commitment of water service, groundwater savings credits, gray water reuse, replenishment district, Central Arizona Project

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• a files, complying with Clean<00:23:28.320> Water<00:23:28.640> Act<00:23:28.880> MS4
• late to the game here, obviously, but um late to the game here, obviously, but um obviously<01:15:43.679
• This was a relatively late addition to our agenda.
• was a relatively late addition to our<02:29:27.600> um<02:29:27.760> agenda.
• filed on or after July 126. filed on or after July 126.

Keywords: 916, all

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• That's why you guys file those papers. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
• Some might argue that marriage itself grants emancipation, but the so-called freedom comes too late.
• but the so-called Freedom comes too late but the so-called Freedom comes too late by<02:16:03.840
• I apologize for the late testimony.
• <02:25:21.000> testimony<02:25:21.560> for apolog olizee for the late testimony for

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committees on Health and Labor heard testimony on HB 1244, a measure relating to labor standards at health care facilities and nursing staff ratios. Committee members opened by explaining hearing procedures, including a suggested two-minute testimony limit and Zoom rules. The bill drew extensive testimony from hospitals, nursing organizations, unions, and individual nurses, with the central debate focusing on whether staffing ratios should be set by statute or left to collective bargaining and unit-level staffing decisions. Opponents included the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Straub Benioff Medical Center, Hawaii Pacific Health, Kapiolani Medical Center, and Queen’s Health Systems. They argued that fixed ratios are too rigid for the changing conditions of hospital care, could worsen workforce shortages, and should be handled through labor negotiations, staffing committees, and existing agreements. Several also pointed to investments in nursing education, loan repayment, and workforce development as better solutions. Queen’s said it had recently reached an agreement with nurses after more than 40 meetings that included a staffing framework, and Kapiolani and others emphasized the need for flexibility in emergencies and specialty care. Supporters, including the Hawaii State Center for Nursing, Pride at Work Hawaii, the Hawaii Nurses Association/American Nurses Association chapter, Hawaii Nurses Association Local 50, UNAC/UHCP, and individual nurses, said unsafe staffing levels contribute to burnout, turnover, errors, and patient harm. Testifiers described chronic short staffing, emotionally and physically exhausting workloads, and situations in which nurses were responsible for too many patients at once. Supporters argued that safe ratios are necessary to protect both patients and nurses, and that collective bargaining has not been enough to ensure safe conditions statewide, especially in facilities without unions. No vote or final committee action was announced in the portion provided.

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• Even as attendance began to recover by late January, we experienced a major operational shift.
• When the dad was late to pick up the children, one of the kids was sobbing in the office when I came
• As communication began to<00:28:57.760> come<00:28:58.159> in<00:28:58.480> late
• November about Operation to come in late November about Operation Metro<00:29:01.440> Surge,<
• <01:07:00.000> a Attorneys with SEIU helped her file a Attorneys with SEIU helped her file

Keywords: 1183, house

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• find the original owner that you bought it from and you can't find your bill of sale and you can't file
• can. ...original owner that you bought it from and you can't find your bill of sale and you can't file
• So, as mentioned, this is not changing the actual deadlines or the timelines that you have to file suit
• The main differences are, one, trying to set when the time starts for you to file a suit to challenge
• I haven't looked lately what all the updates are, but they post everything publicly.

Keywords: 965, house, all

Summary: The committee heard a series of natural resources and environmental measures, mostly local property transfers and Wildlife and Fisheries bills. It reported favorable on Senate Bills 229 and 71, which authorize property transfers in Bossier and Lafayette parishes, and on several department bills dealing with fishing and boating rules: SB 203 on possession of catch during multi-day trips, SB 429 on registration of lapsed or “orphan” boats, SB 204 on commercial fishing gear licenses for nonresidents, SB 205 reducing duplicate registration for federally documented boats, SB 213 on titling certain vessels and outboard motors, SB 257 removing Social Security number requirements from certain tags, and HB 662, a substitute bill setting a hierarchy for handling seized sick, injured, or orphan wildlife. The committee also adopted amendments and reported favorable SB 379, a technical cleanup bill tied to the Department of Conservation and Energy reorganization, though an opposition witness warned it could reduce minimum oil and gas royalties and asked for a fiscal note. Members also advanced several measures aimed at coastal and flood-related concerns. HCR 62, by Rep. Domangue, urges FEMA to review flood maps every five years instead of every ten and to better account for local flood-protection projects; members broadly supported it and discussed the burden of flood insurance in coastal parishes. SB 214 would give the Teche-Vermilion Fresh Water District authority to stop pumping during immediate flood risk events identified by the National Weather Service or GOSEP, and it was reported favorable. SB 274, as amended, requires lead hazard risk assessments and remediation for certain child care and pre-kindergarten facilities, with DEQ and LDH testimony supporting the update. HCR 78 memorializes Congress to pass the American Seafood Competitiveness Act of 2026, which supporters said would help Louisiana’s seafood industry and access federal loans and grants. The committee also debated broader policy resolutions. HCR 216, by Rep. Owen, sought to repudiate the Louisiana Climate Action Plan of 2022, but after extensive discussion about its purpose, possible effects on existing projects, and whether the legislature should instead hold a hearing, the resolution was voluntarily deferred. Finally, the committee took up SCR 24 on chronic wasting disease rules, adopted amendments raising the prevalence threshold from 1.5% to 2.5% and adjusting zone and baiting provisions, and continued discussion of the bill’s reset of management rules for deer disease control.

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• So third parties aren't encouraged to file lawsuits.
• I don't. so third parties aren't encouraged to file lawsuits and then also a little flexibility in the
• while this bill specifically only deals with commercial, Progressive would like the opportunity to file
• We get to the end, we wait, and then we are here late at night trying to figure out these last-minute
• By the time Department of Revenue puts out forms in January, the tax filing season has begun.

Bills: HB2091, HB2140, HB2320, HB2384, HB2398, HB2502, HB2780, HB2918, HB2939, HB2950, HB2999, HB4020, HB4026, HB4029

Keywords: insurance, financial surveillance, regulations, assessments, Arizona Revised Statutes, investment, state treasurer, gold bullion, treasury management, financial regulations, school districts, bonds, financial advisors, elections, municipal advisors, cost of borrowing, lease agreements, school property, tax exemptions, impact aid revenue bonds

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• Last year, when AT&T filed an application before the Public Utilities Commission seeking targeted relief
• You have to file an application. The application is reviewed at the FCC.
• The parties submitted initial proposals and reply comments in late 2024.
• The parties submitted initial proposals and reply comments in late 2024.
• , it was filed incomplete.

Summary: The committee held an informational hearing on Carrier of Last Resort (COLR) to examine its history, current operation, and possible future changes in California. Chair Tasha Berner said the hearing was prompted in part by AT&T’s 2023 request for relief from COLR obligations and by broader concerns about public safety, affordability, universal service, and access to modern broadband and telecommunications. The first panel featured a telecommunications expert who traced COLR back to universal service principles and explained how states have handled COLR differently, including full deregulation, limited rural obligations, or transition pathways tied to competition and customer protections. Members asked about affordability, federal and state processes for service withdrawal, and whether COLR remains necessary given modern competition. CPUC staff then described California’s COLR framework, explaining that universal service rests on access, reliability/quality, and affordability, and that COLR requires carriers to provide basic service, including voice-grade calling, 911 access, relay services, and Lifeline. Staff said AT&T’s application sought relief in nearly all of its territory, but no replacement COLR came forward during the proceeding, and public participation hearings drew thousands of comments and strong concern from rural and vulnerable customers. The CPUC outlined its ongoing rulemaking to reconsider whether the 1996 COLR rules and 2012 basic-service definition still fit current conditions, with workshops and public hearings scheduled and a proposed decision expected later in the year or into 2026. Members pressed staff on geographic outreach, wireless coverage, whether broadband can be part of basic service, public safety during wildfires, and what reporting and complaint processes currently exist. In the final panel, industry and public-interest witnesses sharply disagreed. A U.S. Telecom representative argued COLR is outdated, costly, and copper-focused, and said reform should allow technology-neutral alternatives such as wireless, fiber, and satellite while preserving reliable voice and emergency access. The CPUC Public Advocates Office countered that COLR remains a necessary public safeguard, especially for rural and low-income customers, and argued that any transition should maintain or improve service, with public benefits such as broadband investment and continued protections for 911, disability access, and affordability. Committee members focused on the difference between an obligation to serve everyone and a mere option to serve, and on whether the Legislature should provide clearer guidance as the CPUC’s rulemaking moves forward.

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• Warren Hall, Laori Inanaga, Paty Nanu, Lyle Matsunaga, Janine Villa, Laor Yuso, Matthew McNf, and late
• ><00:10:53.800> Matthew<00:10:54.240> mcnf<00:10:55.240> and<00:10:55.399> late
• laor yuso Matthew mcnf and late laor yuso Matthew mcnf and late testimony<00:10:57.560> uh
• , or could file for a new tariff because the economics of just finishing a rate case is probably five
• Why we've included a provision that requires us to file by August 31, 2025.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint Senate hearing focused primarily on SB 1201, a wildfire measure that would create a wildfire recovery fund and allow securitization for electric utilities. Hawaiian Electric strongly supported the bill, saying it would help protect customers, property owners, insurers, and the broader economy from future catastrophic wildfire liability while improving the utility’s credit profile and lowering financing costs. Support also came from DCCA Consumer Advocacy, the Attorney General’s office on written comments, Ulupono Initiative, Clearway Energy Group, IBEW Local 1260, Par Hawaii, KIUC, the Chamber of Commerce Hawaiʻi, Plus Power, and numerous organizations and individuals. Opponents or commenters raised concerns about the liability cap, victim compensation process, and fund structure, including the Hawaiʻi Association for Justice, the Hawaiʻi Regional Council of Carpenters, and the Hawaiʻi Insurance Council; Henry Curtis of Life of the Land supported the concept of a fund but questioned the catastrophe threshold and whether the fund would be empty without a prudency finding. Much of the discussion centered on whether the proposed fund would actually help restore Hawaiian Electric to investment grade, with senators comparing the proposal to California’s wildfire fund. Hawaiian Electric said the bill was only one part of a broader process, alongside physical risk reduction and settlement finalization, and argued that without the bill the utility would not regain investment grade. Senators also questioned the proposed $1 billion fund size, the fairness of ratepayer contributions versus shareholder contributions, and whether customers should pay for consulting and administrative costs; Hawaiian Electric said its proposed amendment would remove those consulting-related charges. The company also said the fund would accrue interest and, if unused, could be returned to customers, and that there would be replenishment and supplemental contribution mechanisms if the fund were exhausted. The Attorney General’s office said it still had further amendments to discuss, and the departments had not yet resolved where the fund should reside administratively, though Hawaiian Electric said it believed DCCA was the appropriate place but was open to alternatives. KIUC requested two amendments. No vote or final committee action was taken during the hearing, and the measure remained under discussion with questions and proposed amendments still outstanding.

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• OK, I, I, I asked just because I've been looking at allotments, a lot lately, and I think we all have
• As a result, I filed HB 1209.
• Senator Campbell filed a similar bill last session, Senate Bill 2368.

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• colleagues up in the gallery, we have some of the hardest working staff here early in the morning, late
• Numbers 761 to 770 return various Senate concurrent resolutions that were adopted in the House and filed
• Referrals and re-referrals are made in accordance with the supplemental orders of the day that may be filed

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• gratitude and appreciation to Senator Hughes, his staff, and all of the co-authors of Senate Bill 31 for filing
• That reproductive justice fund was only made possible by what was published in late August, early September
• Antonio Family Association, Texas Right to Life, and numerous San Antonio Family Association friends filed

Bills: SB 31, SB 33, SB 510, SB 871, SB 1868, SB 2024, SB 2166, SB 2309, SB 2880, SJR 27, SJR 39, SJR 40

Keywords: SB 31, Life of the Mother Act, Texas abortion law, medical emergency, reasonable medical judgment, pregnancy complications, maternal health, life-threatening condition, ectopic pregnancy, spontaneous abortion, miscarriage, unborn child, abortion exception, abortion ban, physician liability, health care liability claim, aiding and abetting, Texas Medical Board, State Bar of Texas, continuing medical education

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• Do you keep it in a file? Do you keep track of it in any way?
• following Hurricane Beryl and in review. of our recommendations following the wildfires. and it's in the file
• I was honored to be appointed to the position by Governor Abbott. in late 2024.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Whereas together, they built a legacy of love and success, raising five cherished children: the late
• Herford filed a... On March 11, 1963, Dr.
• Herford filed a lawsuit in his son's name to integrate the public schools in Huntsville.

Bills: SJR 2, SB 4, SJR 36, SJR 2, SB 4, SR 42, SR 74, SR 76, HCR 5, SB 710, SB 710

Keywords: SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, constitutional amendment, homestead exemption, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval, November 2025 ballot, local government, Ways & Means

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• file in the chain of title. file in the chain of title.
• Now, filing by entities.
• We've heard uh that was Senate File 82. We've heard uh that was Senate File 82.
• person that did the original filing. person that did the original filing.
• session to bring forward Senate file 32. session to bring forward Senate file 32.

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• It looks like from a job standpoint that we have recovered somewhere in late 2022 or 2023.
• Is that late 2022 or early 2023? But here now, drop right? Okay.
• Did I hear that we are losing jobs lately? Madam Chair, Representative...
• Tax, so it's reported together with SIT and it's filed on those forms.
• New Mexico, like most states, did that, and so we have a way that they can opt in—elect into filing a

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• Julia, thank you so much for the many bills that you have touched this session, for the late nights,
• After it was filed, I realized it said instant offense.
• After it was filed, I realize it said instant offense.
• They filed a lawsuit and got an expedited judgment and were able to march freely from ...and were able
• Marcello was killed in the line of duty in November of last year while fighting a structure fire late

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, offered an invocation, approved the previous day’s journal, and received a House message announcing passage of HB 4 on public school accountability and assessment. The chamber also recognized the Doctor of the Day, adopted SR 520 honoring Rosser Coke-Newton Sr. for his biography of former Governor Richard Coke, and adopted SR 518 recognizing Texas Moral Injury Awareness Day, with remarks focused on the impact of moral injury on veterans and first responders. The Senate later adopted SR 395 honoring the ninth class of Governor William P. Clements, Jr. Scholars, and several other resolutions were adopted by voice vote, including college savings awareness recognition and other member-sponsored recognitions. The body then took up several bills and resolutions on the floor. HB 3307, allowing online continuing education for arbitrators in property tax appeals, passed unanimously after suspension of the rules and the three-day rule. HB 913, renaming and reorganizing certain state hospitals, and HB 2970, governing the Gulf Coast Protection District and coastal barrier design, also passed unanimously. HJR 1 and HB 9 advanced a proposed constitutional amendment and statutory change to raise the business personal property tax exemption from $2,500 to $125,000; both measures passed, with HJR 1 receiving one no vote and HB 9 passing unanimously after a clarifying amendment. The Senate also passed HB 1151, which limits child removals and termination of parental rights based solely on parental medical treatment decisions, and HB 116, which revises grounds for involuntary termination of the parent-child relationship by removing the “O grounds” and requiring support from financially able parents whose rights were terminated. HB 1899 lowered the age for pyrotechnic operator licenses and fireworks display permits from 21 to 18. SB 1285, as amended, passed to protect bats by prohibiting entombment while preserving removal options from unoccupied spaces, and SB 2847 passed to promote innovations in core curriculum for faster bachelor’s degrees. On criminal justice, SJR 87, a proposed constitutional amendment requiring denial of bail for certain repeat violent felony offenders, passed after two floor amendments clarifying due process and representation language; Senator Eckhardt spoke against it on final passage, arguing it lacked judicial discretion and a clear-and-convincing standard. SB 3073, requiring magistrates to make written findings in certain criminal proceedings, also passed. Later, SB 128, requiring hospitals to report suspected child abuse-related information to HHSC, advanced on a divided vote, and SB 2619 and SB 2972 passed on public school accountability and expressive activities at public colleges, respectively, with Senator Eckhardt opposing SB 2972 as too restrictive on campus protest rights. The chamber also heard extended debate on HB 21, targeting “traveling” housing finance corporations and their use of tax exemptions for apartment projects, with supporters arguing it curbs abuse of the tax code and critics warning about unintended effects on affordable housing; the discussion continued with questions but no final action shown in the excerpt.