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Bills: HR190 , HR189 , SJR11

Keywords: censure, Congress, interruption, decorum, Representative Al Green, constitutional amendment, state laws, education, voting rights, election integrity

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• It has to do with fire codes.

Committee: House Municipal and County Government

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• Not on the federal issues, not on licensing, not on banking, not on transport, you know, all these other
• We helped support the next section of distribution.
• There's a thing in transportation in the Bay Area that my colleagues are familiar with here, including
• When I try to draw analogies into things like air quality, like CARB, like transportation, regional transportation
• The task force has also recommended some change to Fish and Game Code sections that are outdated, given

Committee: Senate Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture

Summary: The committee held its annual Zeke Grader Fisheries Forum to review the state of California fisheries and aquaculture, with panels planned on salmon, Dungeness crab, kelp, and ocean conditions. Chair McGuire opened by emphasizing the severe challenges facing West Coast fisheries, the importance of Proposition 4 funding for coastal resilience and habitat restoration, and the need to protect rural coastal economies and tribal fishing traditions. He also noted recent positives such as the first recreational salmon season in three years, the removal of four Klamath River dams, and a strong but shortened Dungeness crab season. Secretary of Natural Resources Wade Crowfoot and CDFW Director Charlton Bonham described the state’s salmon strategy, habitat restoration work, and efforts to reduce permitting delays and improve fishery management. They highlighted Klamath dam removal, Delta wetland restoration, floodplain and stream restoration, and use of Prop. 4 funds to support salmon recovery. Bonham reported limited but encouraging salmon openings in 2025, stronger returns in some runs, and ongoing concerns about federal funding cuts, reduced hatchery production at Nimbus, and the need for more monitoring and enforcement resources. He also said illegal cannabis cultivation is causing serious environmental damage through water diversion and toxic chemicals, and described increased enforcement through a unified state task force. Testimony from tribal, commercial, and conservation witnesses focused on salmon recovery needs. Yurok Tribe fisheries director McCovey said the Klamath run remains extremely weak, with the tribe still unable to sustain a commercial fishery, but praised dam removal and new state legislation to secure minimum flows. PCFFA president George Bradshaw called for major investment in aging hatchery infrastructure, especially in the Central Valley, and said three consecutive salmon closures have devastated coastal communities. CalTrout’s Schneider stressed that salmon remain at risk statewide, urged more monitoring, habitat reconnection, water management improvements, and flexible restoration funding, and said the state must accelerate work to keep pace with climate change. On Dungeness crab, CDFW’s Dr. Schumann reviewed the 2024-25 season, noting record prices per pound, about 8.5 million pounds landed, and roughly $55 million in ex-vessel value despite delays and trap reductions. He outlined new RAMP 2.0 rules, phased-in gear marking requirements, updated electronic monitoring, and alternative gear authorization, while warning that whale entanglements, warm water, and domoic acid remain major risks and could delay the 2025-26 opener. Committee members and witnesses discussed the need for certainty for the fleet, the growing use of ropeless or alternative gear, and the importance of continued monitoring and testing as the season approaches.

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• </c><00:31:39.240><c> says</c> when you read it, what that section says when you read it, what that section
• This is your<00:43:51.160><c> section.
• So, where does your your section.

Summary: The committee first heard several measures and took testimony without questions on SB 2431 relating to health savings accounts and SB 2797 relating to consumer protection. For SB 2797, the DCCA Office of Consumer Protection offered comments, Retail Merchants of Hawaii opposed the bill over gift card fraud compliance costs and legal risk, and AARP Hawaii supported it. The committee also heard SB 2946 on foreclosures, where the Hawaii State Bar Association’s Collection Law Section and several lenders, associations, and individuals opposed the measure, while the Hawaii Bankers Association and others offered comments. SB 2961 on insurance drew comments from the Insurance Division and Hawaii Insurance Council, with NAMIC opposing and some individuals supporting. SB 2948 on insurance fraud received comments from the Insurance Division and support from the American Property Casualty Insurance Association, with NAMIC and the Alliance for Responsible Consumer Legal Funding also commenting. No votes were taken during the hearing portion, and the committee recessed after testimony. The committee then reconvened for decision-making on the 9:30 agenda. SB 2431 was passed with amendments, including DOTAX-requested changes, a five-year limit on credit carryforwards, removal of an aggregate cap, a rural definition, transparent reporting, technical amendments, and a deferred effective date of July 1, 2050. SB 2797 was also passed with DCCA-requested amendments, technical changes, and the same deferred effective date. SB 2946 was deferred because there was no testimony in support. SB 2961 was passed with amendments, but after Senator McKelvey raised concern that policy-limit language could undermine the bill, the committee removed two policy-limit amendments before adopting the recommendation. SB 2948 was passed with amendments deleting certain definitions, aligning penalties and public-records provisions, adding coordination and disclosure clarifications, and making technical changes; one no vote by Senator Awana was recorded, with the rest in favor. The committee also considered SB 3000 from a prior hearing and recommended passage with amendments clarifying the Attorney General’s authority, creating a special fund, and addressing concurrent actions, again with a deferred effective date and one no vote by Senator Awana. In a joint CPN/GVO agenda, SB 2258 relating to school agriculture procurement targets was passed with amendments after the Department of Education said it would need to follow up on whether changing the target period from calendar year to school year would create procurement or scheduling issues; the committee added technical changes, a deferred effective date, and routed the bill to Ways and Means, with a note that Education should also have received it. In a later joint CPN/AEN hearing, SB 2452 relating to climate-friendly insurers drew strong opposition from the Insurance Division and several insurance groups, who warned it could push insurers out of the authorized market and into the surplus lines market, raising costs; Senator Dela questioned whether the bill would worsen an already strained market, while the division said the legislature could make the policy choice but warned of market disruption. The hearing then moved to SB 2760 on invasive species, where DLNR, DAB, CGAPS, and the Oahu Invasive Species Committee generally supported broader inspection and quarantine authority, civil penalties, and longer interim-rule authority, while committee members asked about staffing, treatment capacity, and implementation for non-agricultural commodities such as building materials and vehicles.

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• This authority is reaffirmed throughout Oklahoma's statutory code.
• The Department of Transportation, Department of Human Services, and Medical Marijuana Authority all reduced
• Then, sometimes agencies have requirements for public transportation and other factors like that being
• The next section determines the space requested as general support space.
• Because of incorrectly coded expenses, WAFT is only able to estimate that the total rent paid by the

Committee: Senate Oversight Committee for the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency (LOFT)

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• one from the amendment to remove section one from the SD1<00:08:01.840><c> and</c><00:08:02.000><c>
• </c><00:16:23.519><c> Is</c><00:16:23.759><c> there</c> 1, relating to transportation.
• Is there 1, relating to transportation. Is there any<00:16:24.320><c> discussion?
• </c><00:41:37.599><c> Is</c><00:41:37.839><c> there</c><00:41:38.000><c> any</c> to transportation.
• Is there any to transportation. Is there any discussion?

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• ><00:39:15.040><c> and</c> transportation leaves after school and transportation leaves after school
• Transportation to and from the place of instruction, including transportation for students with disabilities
• Transportation.
• So number two, it says section new section innovation schools applicability, right, by inserting after
• </c><04:25:33.040><c> C</c> current statute for EFAS in section C current statute for EFAS in section

Committee: House Education Policy and Administration

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• Section 1 is the severability clause.
• We're talking about here in this section, first-degree murder.
• According to this section of the legislation, that is the case.
• Like, this is new sections relating to vulnerable persons.
• New sections relating to vulnerable persons.

Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the House Journal by roll call vote, 123-0. Members then used points of personal privilege to recognize National Police Week, honor fallen officers, and offer extended tributes to departing colleagues and a departing representative, followed by numerous introductions of special guests, interns, students, and visiting groups from schools and universities. The chamber then received Senate messages and committee reports before taking up House Bill 1839, 2921, and 3015 together. The sponsor described the measure as a technical correction to online age-verification language related to pornography, and members noted the bill had already passed the House and Senate overwhelmingly. The House concurred in Senate Amendment 1 by a vote of 104-30, then adopted the conference/TAFP motion and finally passed the package 112-25. Members next considered House Bill 2596 in conference committee. The sponsor explained the bill as a small-business health plan measure that also included a negotiated amendment expanding private insurance coverage for contraception from a six-month to a 12-month supply, while removing Senate-added blood pressure cuff language and adding a severability clause. After debate about the process and policy, the House adopted the conference report 120-26 and then third-read and passed the bill 119-27. The final major item was Senate Bill 905, creating the Missouri Ranger training program to allow school districts, if they choose, to place specially trained personnel with narrow law-enforcement powers in schools. Debate focused heavily on school safety, local control, funding, training, and whether armed personnel in schools would help or harm students. Supporters argued it would provide an optional, low-cost safety tool, especially for districts without school resource officers; opponents argued it would escalate fear, resemble a prison environment, and fail to address mental health and other root causes. The House moved the previous question, adopted the amendment, and continued debate on the bill.

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• that that is sent in regards to renewable energy, the second part or paragraph two of the existing code
• And Section 1 transfers the Soil and Water Conservation Commission from the Department of Agriculture
• So do you know if this section or this new section of code or this changes to code would prohibit another
• of millions of dollars annually in crop value, supporting key sectors in our economy, such as transportation

Committee: Senate Resources and Environment

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• set are you familiar with that is there is there a central location we can go this section of code is
• Section 7.09, Fraud Reporting.
• I'll verify the codes.
• And it's all I see in the codes, so is there a code for this for the merit?
• And so, uh, tax code, the Texas tax code generally covers how districts set their INS rates.

Committee: House Delivery of Government Efficiency

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• So Section 143 of the Local Government Code sets up a civil service protection for a lot of law enforcement
• 31.158 of the Natural Resources Code.
• Multiple sections of the Occupational Code address these issues, first by removing the Pan-American Games
• After they were filed, it lists a section of the code.
• As Section 37056 of the Utilities Code already grants the PUC significant authority to approve or deny

Bills: SB383 , SB1012 , SB1181 , SB1705 , SB2075 , SB2221 , SB2586 , SB2864 , SB2994

Committee: Senate Business & Commerce

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• </c><00:07:50.639><c> um</c> Transportation is planning on um Transportation is planning on um widening
• It's there by mass transportation, and most of the employment is in town anyway.
• </c><00:15:31.600><c> Our</c> facility somewhat up to code. Our facility somewhat up to code.
• That doesn't include the transportation cost.

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• </c><00:23:27.360><c> cannabis</c> location, while transporting cannabis location, while transporting
• </c> prior 21 days or while transporting prior 21 days or while transporting cannabis<00:23:43.159><c
• So, this section is actually about transporting the seedlings from an ATC for distribution to the people
• 51.760><c> law,</c><00:24:52.320><c> that</c> this section of the law, that this section of the law,
• within that section because I that also within that section because I don't<02:34:06.000><c> have</c

Committee: Senate Judiciary

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• sciences school realized that they are... sciences school realized that they are not listed in the code
• That would actually create a separate code section to... create a separate code section to exempt the
• You can see on line 121 about $39.9 million for transportation.

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

Committee: House Ways and Means Education

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

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• Transportation, of course, is an issue if a person has to go to another location to be able to rectify
• so ...to the Legislature on any activities under the sections.
• is understood to be a stronger predictor of health than their genetic code.
• I was appointed to the town's transportation committee and began contributing to the town's transportation
• Since then, I've been involved a lot in transportation, but also in everything else from housing and

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Election Laws

Summary: The Joint Committee on Election Laws held a hearing on a wide range of voting-access and election-administration bills. The largest portion of testimony focused on same-day voter registration (H. 834/S. 505), with support from Rep. Gentile, Boston and Chelsea officials, civic groups, and election administrators from Maine and Vermont. Supporters argued that same-day registration would help eligible voters who move frequently, miss deadlines, or face administrative errors, and would reduce rejected provisional ballots. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and Vermont elections director Sean Sheehan testified that same-day registration has worked in their states without major administrative problems and has helped increase turnout. A Boston-based panel also described high rejection rates for provisional ballots and the burden of registration cutoffs on renters, students, immigrants, and low-income voters. A second major topic was restoration of voting rights for incarcerated people, including S. 524 and related House bills. The committee heard extensive virtual testimony from incarcerated individuals at MCI Norfolk and MCI Shirley, who said voting should be restored as part of rehabilitation, civic engagement, and reintegration. They described disenfranchisement as dehumanizing and argued that voting would help maintain family and community ties, reduce recidivism, and give incarcerated people a voice on laws affecting prisons and reentry. Rep. Erica Uyterhoeven also testified in support, saying the bill would restore municipal voting rights for incarcerated residents and align with broader efforts to expand political participation. The committee also heard testimony on bills affecting election administration and access, including a proposal to reduce or eliminate mandated early in-person voting in primaries and shorten the general-election early voting period, with supporters from the town clerks’ community arguing that low usage, staffing burdens, and costs justify the change. Opponents warned that reducing in-person early voting could hurt voters who do not use mail ballots and could disproportionately affect communities of color. Other bills discussed included decoupling the municipal census from voter registration, requiring periodic accessibility inspections of polling places, and a Somerville home-rule petition on non-citizen municipal voting and another on lowering the voting age in municipal elections. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the hearing.

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• The committee substitute amends the transportation code, changing the population threshold for border
• The bill as filed amended the population threshold in a section of the statute that is not specific to
• All right, you've got a hotel definition under the tax code.
• You've got human trafficking under offenses on specific sections.
• You can't get a private cause of action, and the section doesn't limit the hotel owner or operator's

Bills: HB1532 , HB2731 , HB3483 , HB4308 , HB4580 , HB4582 , HB5509 , HB5663

Committee: Senate Local Government

Summary: The committee heard and discussed several local-government-related bills, mostly with committee substitutes. House Bill 2731 would let certain border counties regulate roadside vendors selling live animals in unincorporated areas and along public rights-of-way; the substitute narrowed the bill to live animal sales only and excluded livestock and other roadside commerce. House Bill 3483 would streamline TCEQ review of special utility district revenue bonds by removing tax-bond requirements that do not apply to SUDs. House Bill 4308 would create a county industrial development district framework, limited in the substitute to certain counties including Fort Bend County, to help finance industrial sites and related infrastructure. House Bill 5663 would create a Wood County Hospital District memory-care-focused district with no taxing power, intended to help pursue grants and other funding for a new facility. House Bill 4582 addressed attainable housing in Dallas and Tarrant counties, allowing local reimbursement tools for developers under a uniform, optional framework. House Bill 5509 would let municipalities suspend or revoke a hotel’s certificate of occupancy if law enforcement and a criminal court both find probable cause of human trafficking, with the substitute adding due-process protections. House Bill 1532 created a Lake Houston dredging and maintenance district funded by revenue from dredged material sales and revenue bonds, with no taxing authority or eminent domain. House Bill 23, heard as pending business, would revise the process for local governments to rescind development documents and adjust third-party reviewer liability and eligibility rules. House Bill 4580, concerning property tax exemptions for charitable organizations such as the Houston Rodeo, was amended to remove language about exempting revenue from property use and instead focus on land used for agricultural, youth, and educational support. Public testimony was generally supportive on the bills heard, with witnesses including county officials, utility and water association representatives, hotel industry representatives, and housing developers. Several speakers emphasized the need for faster financing or permitting tools, flood mitigation, housing affordability, anti-trafficking enforcement, or local economic development. Some members raised concerns about scope, precedent, consultation with affected senators, and due process, particularly on House Bill 4582 and House Bill 5509, but the committee largely accepted the committee substitutes as improvements. No public testimony was offered on several bills, and most measures were left pending before later being voted out. The committee took recorded votes on multiple pending bills and reported them favorably, often with committee substitutes adopted in lieu of the filed versions. House Bills 1532, 2731, 3483, 5509, 5663, and 4580 were reported out, with 1532 and 5663 passing unanimously and 3483, 2731, and 5509 also receiving favorable votes despite one present-not-voting on 3483. House Bill 23 and House Bill 4582 were left pending subject to call of the chair. The committee then recessed until adjournment or later.

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• President. ...be entitled an act relating to transportation offenses involving death.
• I want to jump to Section 10.
• I want to ask you about a section in the bill I'm sure you're really familiar with.
• We showed a reenactment of certain sections. It didn't amend any of the law within those sections.
• In terms of transportation, the amendment includes the following provisions.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including interns, Denim Day awareness, a resolution honoring Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange, and a remembrance of former Senator Karen Johnson Gendron. The chamber then moved to special order bills. CS/HB 687 on transportation offenses involving death was substituted for SB 138, amended to add warnings and penalties for refusal of breath or urine tests, and passed 37-0. CS/SB 306 on Medicaid providers, requiring broader after-hours access and network availability for Medicaid enrollees, also passed 37-0. The Senate then took up CS/CS/HB 913 on condominium associations, a major post-Surfside reform bill. Senator Bradley explained that the measure was intended to provide financial relief and flexibility while preserving safety and accountability. The bill was substituted for SB 1742, amended several times to limit milestone inspections and structural integrity reserve studies to buildings three habitable stories or more, and then passed 37-0 after extensive debate. Senators from both parties praised Bradley, Pizzo, Garcia, and staff for years of work on condo safety and affordability, with several members describing the bill as a balance between protecting residents and avoiding financial hardship. The final major item was CS/HB 1205, the bill on amendments to the state constitution and citizen petition drives. Sponsors Gates and Grohl argued the bill was needed to combat fraud, identity theft, and misuse in the petition process, citing a lengthy Office of Election Crimes and Security report. The House bill was substituted for SB 7016, and the chamber considered a long series of amendments and substitute amendments addressing petition circulator registration, volunteer participation, submission deadlines, invalid-signature thresholds, voter notification, and fiscal impact statements. Several amendments were adopted, while others were debated over whether they would protect access to the citizen initiative process or strengthen election integrity. The transcript ends during debate on the main substitute amendment, before final disposition on the bill is shown.

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• </c><05:40:16.080><c> of</c> themselves because it is a code of themselves because it is a code of conduct
• What the law says is that you section.
• Having transportation improvement plan.
• :24.160><c> plan</c><10:21:24.480><c> at</c> the 10-year transportation plan at the 10-year transportation

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• That's a QR code for anybody who wants to scan that and go directly to where our materials may be.
• </c> and and how we can make the tax code and and how we can make the tax code more<00:24:53.679><c>
• All of Minnesota's PILT laws or PILT eligibility is defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 477A.
• All of Minnesota's PILT laws or PILT eligibility is defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 477A.
• All of Minnesota's PILT laws or PILT eligibility is defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 477A.

Committee: Senate Taxes