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• And I mentioned under the federal law, if they get a work permit, they then can get a CDL.
• Under the federal law, once these people get a work permit, which they can do, they're eligible for a

Keywords: 964, all

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• THEN THEY HAVE TO SAY THERE ON CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT ALREADY.
• YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE CONCEALED CARRY PERMITS PEOPLE WALKING AROUND CAMPUS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOW

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• So even though the permitting is different in the two states, the geological conditions of that area
• “Put in more stations and monitor that area as best as we can, but the permitting is what drives most

Bills: SB29, SB64

Keywords: SB29, math requirements for teaching license, teacher licensure, teacher endorsement, mathematics methods, elementary education, secondary education, special education, early childhood education, reciprocity, Public Education Department, Mathematics and Science Education Act, mathematics instructional leadership framework, professional learning plan, K-3 screening, mathematics screening assessment, mathematics difficulty, support plan, multilevel support, intervention

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• seek to reduce air pollution through traditional programs like our cleaner projects, monitoring, permitting
• It will allow the permitting of gravity wells with appropriate and rigorous testing and reporting afterward

Summary: The Assembly Natural Resources Committee met with some initial delay while waiting for quorum, then approved the consent calendar items SB 234, SB 484, and SB 839. The committee heard several bills focused on wildfire mitigation, biomass use, climate resilience, and geologic hazard mapping. Members and witnesses repeatedly emphasized the need to balance climate, air quality, public health, and land management goals, with testimony both supporting and opposing biomass-related proposals. SB 88 (Caballero) would direct state agencies to support beneficial uses of forest and agricultural biomass, including biochar and low-carbon energy. Supporters argued it would reduce open burning, improve air quality, and create rural economic opportunities; opponents, including environmental groups, argued woody biomass energy is costly, polluting, and harmful to forests and communities. The bill passed as amended to Appropriations. SB 653 (Cortese) defining environmentally sensitive vegetation management also passed, with supporters describing it as a voluntary framework to align wildfire fuel reduction with biodiversity and habitat restoration; no opposition was heard, and a member requested to be added as a coauthor. The committee also approved SCR 50 (Stern), which urges state climate agencies to define maladaptation and develop criteria for reviewing climate-related policies and investments, and SB 567 (Limón), a pilot program to study converting idle oil wells into gravity energy storage wells. SB 567 drew support from the sponsor and labor/local government witnesses, while the Water Replenishment District opposed unless amended, citing groundwater protection concerns in key basins and asking for additional safeguards. Finally, SB 831 (Limón) passed, clarifying the scope of geologic hazards to include conditions tied to climate change and natural disasters such as post-fire debris flows, subsidence, and coastal erosion. All measures were reported out of committee, with several absent-member votes later added to complete the roll.

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• This was a facility that was operating under various permits and polluted.
• Not general fund: the environmental license plate fee, the waste discharge permit fund, etc.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• You know, they can call a developer in and say, hey, either clean it up or you get denied your permit
• So yeah, you have to go to PNZ, get a permit, let them know what you're spraying.

Bills: HB2013, HB4163, HB4810

Keywords: property owners associations, chickens, urban farming, land use, homeowner rights, agriculture, municipal regulation, governmental requirements, farm management, inspections, border control, trade, state funding, 1184, house, all

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• IT PERMITS BUT DOES NOT REQUIRE THE DAY TO BE SUITABLY OBSERVED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE CAPITAL AND ELSEWHERE
• IT PERMITS INSTRUCTION TO BE DELIVERED ON THE DESIGNATED DAY OF THE HARMFUL IMPACTS OF THE HOLOCAUST

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• At least the permit process gave them that process because people had to come in and at least buy a permit
• And if they didn't have a permit, then they could be able to question them about it.
• And if they didn't have a permit.
• And if they didn't have a permit,<02:19:48.319> then<02:19:48.479> they<02:19:48.640>
• could be able to permit, then they could be able to question<02:19:49.359> them<02:19:49.520>

Keywords: 920, all

Summary: The Alabama Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, excused absent senators, and adopted the previous day’s journal. The chamber received several House messages referring local bills to the Committee on Local Legislation, including measures affecting Lawrence, Clayurn, Limestone, Shelby, and Alabaster. The Senate also recognized guests in the gallery, including local leaders, law enforcement officials, and a Jackson County Junior Leadership group. During personal privilege remarks, Senator Figures offered a tribute to Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr., highlighting his civil rights legacy, political influence, and impact on Black voter participation and representation; the Senate observed a moment of silence. Senator Smitherman also thanked her for the remarks. The Senate then adopted Senate Joint Resolution 47, mourning the death and celebrating the life of John J. Guthrie Jr., and Senate Joint Resolution 48, commending Tommy Jax for emergency actions to help a sick child. The Senate considered numerous confirmations from the Committee on Confirmations, all receiving favorable reports and being confirmed by unanimous or near-unanimous roll calls, including Walter Bracie and Eric Bone to the Alabama Manufactured Housing Commission, Morgan Garner and Susie Beal to the Alabama Electronic Security Board of Licensure, and Joe Brown, Brian Williams, James Spears, Charles Hedrickk, and Kathy Pierce to the Alabama Board of Polygraph Examiners. Committee reports also advanced several bills, including local legislation and county/municipal government measures. On the floor, the Senate adopted a special order calendar and passed or adopted several bills: SB 239 on child custody jurisdiction enforcement, SB 190 on a sales tax exemption for an ocular eye service company, SB 252 on Governor’s Mansion Authority employees and leave benefits, SB 170 on health savings account regulatory coordination, SB 210 on the chiropractic board, SB 242 on commercial driver’s licenses, and SB 70 on crimes and offenses. SB 247 on insurance was carried over at the sponsor’s request for further work, and SB 83 on guardianships and conservatorships was taken up with discussion of a committee amendment to clarify removal of proceedings from probate to circuit court and notice requirements; the transcript cuts off before final action on that bill.

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• It is sensible for plan fiduciaries to be permitted to consider such factors and to be able to adopt
• And that's precisely what the rule from the Biden administration permitted.
• Plan fiduciaries to be permitted to consider such factors and to be able to adopt them if they don't
• And that's precisely what the rule from the Biden administration permitted.
• <00:58:00.799> to fiduciaries would be permitted to fiduciaries would be permitted to consider

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, January 15, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• <01:01:35.839> under state so to speak unless permitted under state so to speak unless permitted
• because religious instruction is not permitted.
• <01:19:51.840> to the public schools are not permitted to the public schools are not permitted
• . permitted. permitted.
• <01:52:36.719> the not they were going to permit the not they were going to permit the Chromebook

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• They will get, in order to present proof of bonding and insurance, and it also permits them to obtain
• uh<00:04:02.959> and<00:04:03.239> it<00:04:03.480> also<00:04:03.840> permits
• <00:04:04.519> them<00:04:04.720> to insurance uh and it also permits them to insurance
• uh and it also permits them to obtain<00:04:05.400> a<00:04:05.640> contractor obtain
• If this were not true, all antiquated and modified machines would not be legally permitted in use today

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• <03:49:14.479> Seeing<03:49:14.800> no<03:49:15.040> further permitting fees
• Seeing no further permitting fees.
• <03:57:54.239> By<03:57:54.560> streamlining<03:57:55.279> permit<03:57:55.680
• By streamlining permit and energy goals.
• By streamlining permit and reducing<03:57:56.479> regulatory<03:57:57.279> redundancies,

Keywords: 981, all

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• Senate Bill 166, Senator Bailey, shellfish aquaculture penalty, suspension, or revocation of permit or
• allows the Department of Natural Resources to suspend or revoke a shellfish aquaculture harvester permit
• guideline and pre-approved permit guideline and pre-approved permit application<00:30:26.320>
• 21.400> building or renovation for which the building or renovation for which the building permit
• is issued before the bill's permit is issued before the bill's effective<01:02:24.160> date.

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate reconvened with a quorum present and then proceeded through committee reports, largely adopting favorable reports and amendments without objection. Early measures included SB 530, which funds grants for multigenerational social connection programs for older adults; SB 731, clarifying the legal status of the Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council; SB 809, directing a feasibility study on a caregiver infrastructure program; SB 860, creating an Aging Resilience Fund with reporting and budget protections; SB 910, requiring insurance reimbursement for services provided by graduate-level clinical interns under supervision; and SB 972, making several Baltimore City alcoholic beverages licensing changes. Each of these bills was advanced to third reading after committee amendments were adopted. The Finance Committee also advanced SB 555, establishing a Dementia Services and Brain Health Program and a provider resource toolkit for dementia care; SB 757, creating a Maryland Local Sourcing Portal to connect businesses with local sources for tariff-impacted goods; SB 772, creating an employment training and opportunity database to help people qualify for or maintain Medicaid and SNAP; SB 792, requiring hospitals to adopt and train staff on immigration-enforcement policies consistent with Attorney General guidance; SB 869, establishing a workforce training pilot program through Commerce and community colleges; SB 905, creating an advanced manufacturing grant program through TEDCO; and SB 974, changing who may serve as inspector for the Caroline County Board of License Commissioners. Most of these bills were reported favorably with technical or narrowing amendments and then ordered printed for third reading. Budget and Taxation advanced SB 28, which would create binding arbitration for state employee collective bargaining impasses and include a proposed constitutional amendment requiring funding in the Governor’s budget; SB 466, expanding a physician preceptor tax credit and adjusting training-hour requirements; and later SB 704, concerning estate tax treatment for qualified agricultural property transferred to an LLC. SB 557, a gaming-related bill, was laid over until the end of the evening at the majority leader’s request. In the Education, Energy, and the Environment report, the committee advanced SB 35 on a state natural science museum designation, SB 166 on shellfish aquaculture permit sanctions, SB 189 on municipal drainage inlet safety requirements prompted by a child’s death, SB 242 on civil relief for service members and spouses, SB 266 on local regulation of invasive trees and tree-of-heaven, and SB 267 on a corporate rental-property registry and local housing application review process. SB 267 drew a brief question from the minority leader, who asked whether prior opposition remained and how the amended bill differed; the sponsor said the opposition had gone away and described the bill as now focused on a responsible-owner registry and an administrative review process.

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• You may be allowed to continue if time permits.
• If disconnected while presenting testimony, you may be allowed to continue if time permits.
• <01:56:45.199> please<01:56:45.520> note to continue if time permits please note to
• continue if time permits please note that<01:56:45.960> the<01:56:46.079> house<01:56:
• It authorizes a landowner or lessee of important agricultural lands to apply to a county for a permit

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• In addition to that, we also have typically 24 temporary permits for people who are going through residency
• In addition to that, we also have typically 24 temporary permits for people who are going through residency
• In addition to that, we also have typically 24 temporary permits for people who are going through residency
• project regulatory program and increases project regulatory program and increases project permit
• This proposal also proposes fee increases for licenses, notifications, permits, and variances.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Health and Human Services Committee met on January 28, 2025, to review Governor’s budget proposals for several health-related licensing boards. The chair said no formal action would be taken and noted that final budget language was not yet available. The committee began with an overview from Bridget Anderson of the health-related licensing boards, who explained that the boards are fee-funded, operate as independent executive agencies, and handle licensing, complaints, rulemaking, and disciplinary matters. She also noted that the Board of Dentistry’s budget includes the Administrative Services Unit and criminal background check program, which can make the budget graphs appear larger than the dentistry board’s own operations. The Board of Dentistry requested funding for a new administrative staff position, estimating about $100,000 in salary, insurance, and fringe costs, to replace support lost when an administrative position was reclassified. Anderson said the board handled more than 300 complaints last year, with cases becoming more complex, especially involving surgical and implant procedures and imaging. Members asked about dental Medicaid access, but Anderson said that issue would be better directed to DHS’s Medicaid oral health division. The Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy requested a full-time position due to rapid growth in the number of regulated professionals, from about 4,000 in 2014 to nearly 10,000 now, and also sought authority to set a fee for out-of-state applicants under the Counseling Compact, with a cap of up to $100 though the board expects to charge much less. The Board of Podiatric Medicine asked to raise its fee ceiling, saying fees had not been increased since 1999 and that the board now faces a structural deficit of about $40,000 per year and declining reserves. Several senators expressed concern about “not-to-exceed” fee authority, calling it too open-ended and suggesting the legislature should scrutinize specific fee needs rather than approve broad ceilings. Similar concerns were raised during the Board of Chiropractic Examiners presentation, where the board sought $100,000 in additional spending authority and a fee increase after 32 years without an adjustment; members questioned the proposed ceiling approach and asked for more historical information before deciding. The Board of Dietetics and Nutrition Practice also discussed fee-setting authority, with the executive director explaining that the board had previously lowered fees without clear authority and later faced audit questions; she requested funding for a vacant administrative position, saying applications and revenues have increased sharply and no fee increase would be needed. The final presentation began with the Board of Pharmacy, which said it serves more than 26,000 licensees and oversees the Prescription Monitoring Program and opioid product registration. The board requested an extension of previously appropriated general fund dollars through fiscal year 2027 to continue paying legal costs tied to the insulin safety net lawsuit, emphasizing that this was not a new funding request but an extension of existing authority. No votes or formal actions were taken during the meeting.

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• , trip, prize, or other gratuity with a value more than $100 per employee per year to a licensed permitted
• gaming equipment except to a license distributor, a license organization, organization that has a permit
• I'm just curious: cities and counties also have to approve a permit. Is that correct?
• Have you had revocations of their authorities or their permits or their license, and/or any of the fines
• being in the jail, or are some of those like 24-7 program to be used for maybe a driving workers permit

Keywords: 908, all

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• little bit about what it would take to attract private sector investment into this sector and the permitting
• And so what we've laid out here is permitting in two phases, early site permitting, where, you know,
• The risks are just too high from a permitting and a cost standpoint, from a private sector standpoint
• with Kairos, they've poured first concrete in Tennessee, and TerraPower just received a construction permit
• They've poured first concrete in Tennessee, and TerraPower just received a construction permit.

Keywords: 908, all

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• subdivisions, dated February 25th, 2026, to whom was referred House Bill 2, engrossed facts fasttrack permits
• political subdivisions, dated February 25th, 2026, to whom was referred House Bill 2, engrossed fasttrack permits
• And if time permits, House Bill 41, engrossed um WHP... engrossed facts fasttrack permits act. engrossed
• facts fasttrack permits act.
• And if time permits,<01:07:54.799> House<01:07:55.119> Bill<01:07:55.599> 41,<01

Keywords: 916, all

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• And decision-making is to follow after the hearing, time permitting.
• and from all the testifiers<00:01:05.119> uh<00:01:05.360> time<00:01:05.680> permitting
• c><00:01:06.400> but<00:01:07.280> as<00:01:07.600> you testifiers uh time permitting
• but as you testifiers uh time permitting but as you all<00:01:08.080> know<00:01:08.560> we
• Decision-making will follow, time permitting. We are on SB 2999 relating to clean fuel standard.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Committee on Transportation heard several bills, beginning with SB 2010, which would authorize impoundment of motor vehicles for certain alleged or committed traffic violations. The Department of Transportation supported the bill, while the Department of the Attorney General asked for clarification in section 4 on who could seek remedies and what remedies would be available. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the measure, citing unclear officer-initiated impound criteria, potential strain on judicial or administrative resources, and concerns about hardship for families and indigent owners; the Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office supported the bill with amendments, saying it should be limited to traffic offenses and could serve as an alternative to fines or imprisonment. The chair then recessed before moving to the next items. The committee next heard SB 2527 on commercial driver licensing, which would require state and county firefighters exempt from CDL requirements to be subject to an alcohol and substance abuse policy equivalent to or stronger than federal DOT standards. DOT, the Department of Human Resources Development, county officials, and the Hawaiʻi Firefighters Association all indicated support. SB 2697, which would prohibit driving on roadway shoulders except in limited circumstances, also drew DOT support, with the Attorney General, judiciary, and others submitting comments. SB 2812, requiring driver license applicants to be tested on the dangers larger vehicles pose to pedestrians and bicyclists, was supported by DOT but opposed by the Public Defender, who argued the excessive-speeding portion was too broad for first offenses and that the DUI-related language was unnecessary because DUI relicensing already requires re-examination. SB 291, clarifying that drivers whose licenses were revoked for certain alcohol-related offenses must undergo re-examination before relicensing, received DOT support. The committee then took up SB 3044, which would remove references to pedestrian countdown timers and the requirement that pedestrians begin crossing before the timer starts. DOT opposed the bill, but Hawaiʻi Appleseed supported it, arguing the current rule is confusing and can lead to citations even when pedestrians can safely cross. The Department of Health submitted late comments emphasizing the importance of pedestrian-friendly infrastructure and physical activity, and the chair noted the split in testimony. Finally, SB 2995 proposed a zero-emissions rideshare rebate program funded by a rideshare fee and administered by DOT. Earthjustice strongly supported the bill, describing it as a fee-and-rebate structure to help rideshare drivers transition to zero-emissions vehicles. A witness for Tom Yamachika suggested that if the state wants to tax ridesharing, it should amend existing tax law instead of creating a new chapter, but the bill’s supporters said DOT was better suited to administer the rebate program and that similar models exist in California and Washington. The committee also heard SB 3153, which would authorize DOT to designate airport special district zones at airports statewide to improve security and enforcement; DOT’s airports deputy director supported the measure, saying it would clarify jurisdiction and help address trespassing and hazards, and senators asked about boundaries, mapping, and coordination with the Attorney General. No votes were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

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• They advise on building codes, seek necessary building permits, and the like.
• They advise on building codes, seek necessary building permits, and the like.
• They advise on building codes, seek necessary building permits, and the like.
• change is to make clear that these professionals and workers on local projects, filing the necessary permits
• They advise on building codes, seek necessary building permits, and the like.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all