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• My concern is if somebody pays that 25 dollars and it's not expedited, can that consumer get their money
• they're not able to expedite that, and the fee has already been paid, my question is, will that consumer
• Would you be willing to make an amendment that speaks to if service is not provided, that the consumer
• to the the taxpayer or the constituent good and I guess would you just go off of the word of the consumer
• And I appreciate the guardrails that have been put in place to protect our Fourth Amendment rights.

Bills: SB1220, SB1221, SB1239, SB1309, SB1349, SB1434, SB1516, SB1531, SB1538, SB1861

Keywords: memorial designation, interchange, Terry Walker, transportation, Oklahoma, driver license, tracking system, expedited delivery, Service Oklahoma, REAL ID, public safety, apportionment, state revenue, funding, vehicle registration, infrastructure, state roads, bridges, economic development, highway construction

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• Let's take up Tab 1, CS for SB 290 on the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, by Senator
• CS for SB 290 on the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, by Senator Truenow.
• So, yeah, we're just trying to protect some green space in these rural communities, and, you know, looking
• It also weakens the automatic protections for state parks, forests, and wildlife management areas, and
• Lena Juarez, waving in support, and Alex Haley, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Bills: S0290, S0320

Keywords: agriculture, landscape equipment, gasoline-powered, ecologically significant parcels, local government regulations, educational efficiency, public schools, district school boards, budget transparency, school accountability, instructional personnel

Summary: The Committee on Fiscal Policy met and first took up CS for SB 290, a broad Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services bill. The committee adopted a strike-all amendment that, among other things, set density requirements for certain small municipalities, delayed biosolids-related changes from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 2028, required higher insurance coverage for fumigation businesses, increased fines for fumigation violations, extended the time contractors have to pay subcontractors and suppliers from 15 to 30 business days, preempted certain county agritourism permitting ordinances, and renamed the Bonifay Forestry Station. Senators raised concerns about local government preemption, the biosolids timeline, and especially the new felony penalty for nonpayment of subcontractors and suppliers. Audubon Florida testified in opposition to the state lands and biosolids provisions, while several agricultural and industry groups waived in support. The bill was reported favorably after debate, with Senator Bracy Davis voting no and Senator Jones expressing concern about the contractor penalty. The committee then heard SB 320 on administrative efficiency in public schools. The bill would reduce district-level requirements across assessments, personnel, facilities, budgeting, and early learning administration; expand teacher apprenticeship pathways; create longer instructional contracts and renewable professional certificates; simplify testing and evaluation rules; increase flexibility for Title I and discretionary capital funding; and streamline facility planning and architectural requirements. School district and education association representatives waived in support. Senators Osgood and others praised the deregulation and flexibility, while Senator Bracy Davis asked about remedies if charter schools fail to respond directly to Department of Education expenditure questions. The sponsor said the bill is intended to reduce administrative burden while preserving accountability. SB 320 was reported favorably by roll call vote. The committee then adjourned.

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• health services access enterprise, which is created in the bill and to the youth programming and protections
• Whether a consumer purchases a game on a physical disc or via digital game on a physical disc or via
• By imposing an additional tax only when consumers engage in in-game transactions, the legislation does
• tax on a specific type of transaction within a single industry, effectively subjecting the same consumer
• behavior and creates unequal distorts consumer behavior and creates unequal treatment across industries

Keywords: 981, all

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• education for certain students who are under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective
• HB 1232, by Turner, relating to the reporting of violations of law under the whistleblower protection
• HB 1239, by Gein, relating to the permanent layerary examination periods for mental health protective
• HB 1350, by Turner, relating to the registration and total charges charged for extensions of consumer
• credit that a credit service organization obtains for a consumer or assists a consumer in obtaining,

Summary: The House met to read a large slate of newly filed bills and resolutions and refer them to committees. The measures covered a wide range of topics, including health care and insurance, public education, elections, criminal justice, public safety, taxes, transportation, agriculture, environmental regulation, higher education, housing, and local government. Several proposals focused on abortion and reproductive health, firearms, voter registration and ballot access, school curriculum and accountability, property tax and homestead issues, and state contracting and agency oversight. A number of constitutional amendments were also filed, including proposals on initiative and referendum, veto override authority, vaccination refusal, parental rights in education, gun rights, Medicaid expansion, and various tax exemptions. No substantive debate, testimony, or votes occurred during this portion of the meeting; the clerk simply read the bills and resolutions and announced their committee referrals. The list included both general legislation and joint resolutions, with many items sent to standing committees and several to subcommittees. The House then adjourned without objection until 2 p.m. on Tuesday.

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• ability to protect themselves. ability to protect themselves.
• Speaker, is about protecting these workers. Protecting these workers.
• We must protect the Department of Education, and we must protect IDEA.
• We must protect the Department of Education, and we must protect IDEA. We must protect IDEA.
• services, and due process protections. services, and due process protections.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• and consumer debt.
• a senior policy adviser at Protect a senior policy adviser at Protect Borrowers,<00:14:10.959>
• [clears throat] Uh, I'm consumer debt.
• Um, and our consumers understand that.
• c><00:50:47.359> and<00:50:47.680> the ability to protect yourself and the ability to protect

Bills: HF3889, HF2567, HF3878

Keywords: workforce development, grant program, employment, economic development, funding, employment contract, labor policy, employee rights, unconscionable provisions, public policy, legal enforcement, airport workers, wage standards, labor rights, minimum wage, economic equity, 1183, house

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• worker protection act. worker protection act. >> Further<00:55:05.359> discussion.
• When we protect our elections, we us.
• number of interlocking protections number of interlocking protections against<01:40:52.880> um
• <02:42:20.000> their Coloradoatans in protecting their Coloradoatans in protecting their privacy
• c> for<04:25:08.880> the consumer protections are needed for the consumer protections are

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The Senate met with a quorum, approved the journal, and received several committee reports advancing or disposing of bills. Committee actions included favorable referrals for measures such as House Bills 1336, 1069, 1227, 1314, 1132, 1342, 1196, 1224, and Senate Bill 178, while Senate Bill 100 and House Bill 1308 were postponed indefinitely. The chamber also adopted a motion allowing current Joint Budget Committee members to leave while the Senate remained in session. On third reading, the Senate passed Senate Bill 134, a bill concerning fees imposed by payment card networks, after a close 18-17 vote. Supporters argued it would help restaurants and other small businesses by limiting swipe fees on sales tax, while opponents warned it would not lower consumer costs and could trigger litigation and broader conflicts among financial institutions, payment processors, and businesses. The Senate also passed Senate Bill 165 on species conservation funding, Senate Bill 138 on reducing administrative burdens in the health care system, Senate Bill 172 on the Front Range passenger rail district, House Bill 105 on reducing barriers in the Labor Peace Act and eliminating Colorado’s second union-election requirement, House Bill 106 on designating higher education institutions as thriving institutions, and House Bill 1312 on peace officer participation and POST-related changes. The Senate then moved into committee of the whole for second-reading consent calendar bills and adopted House Bills 1235 and 1299. Later, House Bill 1113 on election law modifications was taken up in committee of the whole; amendments were adopted to update terminology, extend Secretary of State review time for petitions, and exempt special districts from a recording fee. The bill’s sponsor and supporters described it as a technical and security-focused update to election administration, emphasizing voter access, anti-intimidation protections, and data safeguards. The transcript ends while debate on House Bill 1113 continues.

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• Because protecting life shouldn't stop at words.
• Because protecting life shouldn't stop at work. whose lives will never be the same.
• Because protecting life shouldn't stop at words.
• This is a bill that strengthens consumer protections for residents who are installing solar systems at
• This is a bill that strengthens consumer protections for residents who are installing solar systems at

Keywords: March 13, 2026 - Regular Session Part 2, 976, house, all

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• Additionally, I was proud to fight for a rejection of IHSS cuts to actually protect seniors, to protect
• Thanks to our continued advocacy, the budget protects PACE rates and funds additional capacity to protect
• You get legal protection services.
• But protecting those opportunities requires protecting the funding guarantee that makes them possible
• But protecting those opportunities requires protecting the funding guarantee that makes them possible

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The Assembly Budget Committee met to consider the 2026 Budget Act, which leaders described as the compromise budget expected to move to the floor later that evening. Opening remarks emphasized that the plan balances the budget over two years, reduces the structural deficit, and builds reserves, while also protecting core programs from federal cuts. Jason Sisney outlined the legislative budget plan, saying it uses higher-than-expected revenues and reserve balances to reject some proposed reductions and fund temporary restorations and new spending in areas such as education, child care, health care, housing, homelessness, and public safety. Department of Finance representatives said the administration appreciated the two-year balanced framework and the effort to address out-year deficits, while noting the plan includes additional spending and revenue changes. Sisney also previewed floor bills including AB 109, SB 110, SB 122, and SB 125, with SB 122 described as a modification to the tax credit proposal and SB 125 as the managed care organization tax proposal. Subcommittee chairs then described the major policy choices in their areas. Health chair Addis said the budget responds to federal health care rollbacks by protecting Medi-Cal, clinics, hospitals, dental care, and other safety-net services, while also supporting reproductive care, gender-affirming care, and county health systems. Education chair Alvarez highlighted increased school funding, expanded learning, special education, teacher support, community colleges, and a change to Cal Grant eligibility for older community college students. Other chairs emphasized child care expansions, homelessness and housing funding, prison closure and criminal justice savings, wildfire mitigation, county support for Medi-Cal and CalFresh administration, and accountability measures tied to homelessness and corrections spending. Several members also raised concerns or priorities, including the impact of the MCO tax on providers, the need for more support for local journalism, transit and climate funding, biotech and R&D incentives, and continued work on Prop 98 and long-term revenue solutions. No formal votes were taken in the portion provided, but members broadly expressed support for the budget framework and the need to continue negotiations with the administration before final passage. The committee discussion repeatedly framed the budget as a response to federal policy changes and a choice to protect vulnerable Californians while maintaining fiscal responsibility. The vice chair, citing LAO warnings about future volatility and limited reserves, pressed Finance on whether the budget represented a record-sized state budget and whether revenues were also at record levels, underscoring concerns about the state’s preparedness for a downturn.

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• if you want to if you want to protect if you want to if you want to protect the<00:05:26.320>
• AI, mostly dealing with consumer AI, mostly dealing with consumer privacy,<00:10:59.120> with
• <00:24:58.080> privacy that we're protecting worker privacy that we're protecting worker privacy
• So protecting data and making sure then that any data that is collected, workers are aware of and are
• meaningful guard rails set up to protect meaningful guard rails set up to protect motans<00:57:39.119

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Thomas Mana Morardi, executive director of the Office of Consumer Protection.
• director of the Office of Consumer director of the Office of Consumer Protection.<00:16:49.519><
• U Morardi with the Office of Consumer Protection. >> I just want to say you have my favorite name in
• U Morardi with the Office of Consumer Protection. >> I just want to say you have my favorite name in
• But DCCA, you guys got some cash and your job is to protect the consumer.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• by the service but this protected by the service but this subscription<00:23:43.240> is<00:23
• By reducing peak load, it will benefit all consumers.
• The other end of the spectrum, we have the people consuming.
• <02:03:21.760> assuming<02:03:22.040> that people consuming assuming that people consuming
• decision making related to Consumer decision making related to Consumer interests<04:28:41.760><

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• If you buy from a surplus lines company, the consumer is not protected. You're on your own.
• <00:26:34.480> You're the consumer is not protected.
• You're the consumer is not protected.
• We buy trucks to protect lives, to protect property.
• > to<00:39:44.400> protect trucks to protect lives to protect trucks to protect lives to

Keywords: Government Structure - Room 409, 12 January, 2026; 2:00 P.M., 925, all

Summary: The committee held its first meeting under its new Government Structure Committee name and began by electing Senator Chris Johnson as secretary. The chair explained the committee’s purpose as improving efficiency, effectiveness, and stewardship of taxpayer dollars, and said members had asked statewide officials and agencies for ideas on streamlining government and reducing costs. Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gibson testified at length about ways his agency has found efficiencies, especially after the COVID-era consolidation of three agencies into one. He said state procurement and construction rules can add major time and cost to projects, citing a proposed $300,000 building that grew to about $1 million through the state process. He recommended raising repair and quote thresholds, streamlining construction procedures, reconsidering restrictions on payments between state agencies, and allowing more flexibility for agencies to help one another when authorized. Members questioned Gibson about the repair caps, the construction cost increase, Ticketmaster and other technology/vendor arrangements, and whether agencies should have more decentralized control over contracts. The chair and several senators agreed the committee should examine red tape, vendor relationships, and procurement rules, and Gibson said he would provide more information and work with the committee. No formal legislation was acted on in the portion provided. The transcript then shifted to testimony from the Insurance Commissioner, who said his department is heavily affected by IT and board structure issues and oversees 17 boards. He urged consolidation of some boards, criticized the effects of SB 2362 on special-fund agencies, and said the State Fire Academy and other operations have been constrained by general-fund treatment and limited authority. He also discussed insurance-rate pressures, including projected premium increases, wind pool rate concerns on the Gulf Coast, and the need for mitigation to stabilize costs.

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• Passing this bill also protects the consumer by ensuring these devices are safe for use.
• 12.719> the<01:30:13.120> consumer<01:30:13.600> by this bill also protects the
• consumer by this bill also protects the consumer by ensuring<01:30:14.400> these<01:30:14.719>
• It's protecting the privacy of those individuals. It's protecting the privacy of the family.
• <02:04:58.880> the protect we're trying to protect the protect we're trying to protect the

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, and approved the journal. Members then took up Senate Joint Resolution 4, which designates September 20-26, 2026, as Frontotemporal Degeneration Awareness Week in Colorado. The resolution was read at length, with Representative Clifford speaking in support and describing FTD as a devastating, early-onset dementia that affects families during working and child-rearing years. The resolution passed on a 60-0 vote. The chamber also handled scheduling motions, including removing House Bill 1110 from special orders and placing several bills on special orders for March 4. The meeting then shifted into committee-style consideration of House Bill 1205, concerning changes to state law to reflect the federal expansion of good neighbor authority agreements. After a minor committee-report correction adding wildlife habitat language and removing the safety clause, the report was adopted and the bill passed. Sponsors said the measure aligns state law with federal statute and supports recreation projects and cross-ownership coordination in wildfire-prone landscapes. The bulk of the discussion focused on House Bill 1145, concerning water quality in mobile home parks. Sponsors Velasco and Phillips said the bill responds to longstanding water problems in mobile home communities, including discolored, foul-smelling water and contaminants such as arsenic and E. coli, and that it strengthens testing, complaint, and enforcement authority. Two amendments were offered by Representative Richardson and Representative DeGraaf to narrow or clarify the bill’s standards and hearing provisions; both were defeated. The committee report was then adopted and the bill advanced, with supporters emphasizing public health and financial burdens on residents and opponents warning about vague standards, penalties, and possible unintended effects on park owners.

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• HF 2169 from Representative Schwartz, a bill about allowing protective orders from Canada to be recognized
• We have been allowing provisions in statute that have consumer protections that require age verification
• that protect minors and have money laundering provisions.
• Without these protections, there's no 21-year-old age restriction, no money laundering protections, and
• 42:14.720> no Without these protections, there's no Without these protections, there's no 21-year-old

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House took up Senate File 4760, a public safety package, and first adopted an amendment to insert House language into the Senate file. Members then heard brief explanations of several included provisions, including a section from House File 3870 that would make Office of Justice Programs research and victim-related data private, clarify privacy for data collected by the Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls office and the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives office, and remove outdated statutory language. Representative Novotny also described the package as combining a number of previously passed stand-alone bills and a few additional provisions. The chamber then adopted amendments A5, A7, and A8. A5 inserted House language and adjusted an effective date related to public employer discretion in hiring; A7 allowed the Office of Legislative Auditor to request BCA fingerprinting and federal tax information as required by federal rules; and A8 clarified language affecting jail medical services and custody-related safeguards after collaboration among Representative Witty, the sheriffs association, the Department of Corrections, and advocates. Representatives Hansen, Moller, and Witty all urged support for those changes. A proposed A3 amendment from Representative Duran, which would have kept the current age of delinquency rather than implementing the previously enacted change, drew extensive debate. Supporters argued counties, law enforcement, and other stakeholders were not ready for the change and lacked infrastructure, while opponents said the 2024 law was intended to address serious gaps in juvenile justice and child welfare and should take effect as planned. After a roll call, the House rejected A3 by a vote of 66 yeas to 67 nays. The transcript then indicates another Duran amendment, A2, was called up, but the excerpt ends before its disposition.

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• c> Minnesota<00:19:47.840> and million consumers in Minnesota and million consumers in Minnesota
• stories told and to grow their consumer stories told and to grow their consumer base.<00:30:31.600
• based on where they lived. comprehensive consumer data privacy law comprehensive consumer data privacy
• <01:01:25.280> a have private users, users that consume a have private users, users that consume
• There are a lot of consumers like.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• It protects patients’ access to health care, and it also protects physicians’ ability to practice without
• physicians that maybe shouldn't be protected.
• physicians that maybe shouldn't be protected.
• House Bill 306 includes protections for consumers against the rising use of facility fees by hospital
• We started by focusing on the patient protection piece, knowing that under law, Patients are protected

Keywords: 996, all

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• prediction consumer protections, but the prediction consumer protections, but the prediction markets
• President, it's just simply a way for them to skirt our very well-crafted laws to protect consumers,
• c> no consistent consumer protections, no consistent consumer protections, no guaranteed<01:17:21.920
• uh well-crafted laws to protect uh well-crafted laws to protect consumers,<01:18:03.240> protect
• and uphold the consumers, protect and uphold the public's<01:18:04.760> health.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The Senate was called to order, a quorum was established, and remote voting was authorized for several members. The body adopted committee reports except those related to Senate Concurrent Resolution 6, gave Senate File 4067 a second reading, and referred newly introduced bills as listed on the agenda. It also adopted a motion to strike and re-refer House File 3379 to the Committee on Finance, and then moved into special orders and floor debate. The main floor action was on House File 2358, a public safety bill providing enhanced criminal penalties for certain coercion offenses. Senator Lang described it as creating a Minnesota crime targeting sexual extortion of children, including online extortion. Senator Maye Quade supported the bill and spoke about the tragic constituent story behind it. The Senate took a roll call and passed the bill 67-0, with its title agreed to. The Senate then began debate on Senate File 4511, which would clarify Minnesota gambling law to prohibit prediction-market style betting disguised as futures contracts. Senator Marty argued the bill was needed to stop companies such as Kalshi and Polymarket from using futures-contract language to evade state gambling restrictions and to protect existing regulated gambling businesses. Senator Johnson initially offered the A10 amendment to delay action until federal jurisdiction issues are resolved, but withdrew it after debate. He then offered the A8 amendment to preserve longer-term weather-related hedging contracts, which Senator Marty supported as a distinction from short-term, manipulable bets; the A8 amendment was adopted. Debate continued with questions about the bill’s scope, including whether it would reach election-related or financial contracts.

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• And it does maintain confidentiality of the child victim, which is also protected by other statutes to
• It's, I'm just the what, how could we do it for protect and put protections in place, um.
• To protect the rights of the innocent.
• So I mean the protections as far as what's in the statute or the bill as it's written, uh, in the very
• They require consumer to pay both annual subscriptions and monthly fees, which creates a member only

Bills: HB 741, HB 1199, HB 2070, HB 2402, HB 2542, HB 2665, HB 2789, HB 3096, HB 3396, HB 3595, HB 3747, HB 4116, HB 4127

Keywords: child welfare, relative caregiver, monetary assistance, Department of Family and Protective Services, child custody, family law, emergency power, nursing facilities, assisted living, generator requirements, health and safety, emergency generators, power outage, emergency generator, assisted living facilities, power source, child abuse, neglect registry, court findings, Medicaid

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• put protections in place to protect the rights of the innocent?
• So I mean the protections as far as what's. the statute or the bill as it's written in the very last
• And so do you see this bill as providing an extra level of protection?
• Only two states where monthly membership discount for prescriptions are unavailable to consumers. was
• And typically, the consumer who we represent is the one paying the higher rate.

Bills: HB741, HB 1199, HB2070, HB2402, HB2542, HB2665, HB2789, HB3096, HB3396, HB3595, HB3747, HB4116, HB4127

Keywords: child welfare, relative caregiver, monetary assistance, Department of Family and Protective Services, child custody, family law, emergency power, nursing facilities, assisted living, generator requirements, health and safety, emergency generators, power outage, emergency generator, assisted living facilities, power source, child abuse, neglect registry, court findings, Medicaid