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• Show that amendment fails. Read the next amendment.
• That's the amendment. Are there questions on the amendment? Are there amendments to the amendment?
• That is the amendment. Other questions? Are there amendments to the amendment?
• Any questions on the amendment? Amendments to the amendment? None on the desk, Mr. Speaker.
• amendment.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for the Parkland shooting victims, quorum call, and the Pledge of Allegiance. The Rules and Ethics Committee special order report for February 13, 2025 was adopted, setting the day’s special order calendar and debate times. The chamber then took up immigration-related special order items, beginning with Senate Memorial 6C, which urged the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to provide guidance and training for 287(g) agreements. Members debated federal immigration policy and state cooperation with DHS, and the memorial passed 85-27. The House next considered Senate Bill 4C, an immigration bill creating new state offenses related to unlawful entry and reentry into Florida and requiring a mandatory death sentence for an unauthorized alien convicted of a capital felony. Members questioned the bill’s constitutionality, including Supremacy Clause, due process, and Eighth Amendment concerns, and several speakers argued it would create separate classes of people and invite litigation. Multiple amendments were offered to narrow or expand exemptions, including protections for Venezuelans on TPS, certain Haitian TPS and humanitarian parole recipients, undocumented people brought to Florida as children working in critical professions, and a proposal to delay action pending court rulings; all of those amendments were rejected. The bill passed 85-29. The chamber then took up Senate Bill 2C, which would create a State Board of Immigration Enforcement led by the Governor and Cabinet, establish a local law enforcement immigration grant program and advisory council, repeal the undocumented-student fee waiver, and appropriate more than $300 million for immigration enforcement. The sponsor described it as supporting cooperation with federal immigration agencies and ending the in-state tuition incentive for undocumented students. Early questioning focused on the impact on “dreamers” and whether the bill would effectively raise their tuition costs; the sponsor said it removed the incentive of in-state tuition but did not bar attendance. The transcript cuts off during that exchange, before final action on SB 2C is shown.

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• The clerk has an amendment to the amendment.
• The amendment in the strike-and-insert amendment in the amendment...
• Are there any further amendments to the amendment? No, sir.
• Are there any further amendments to the amendment? No, sir.
• I declare the amendment adopted. The amendment is adopted. Is there further amendment to the bill?

Keywords: 994, senate, all

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• <00:58:12.400> There<00:58:12.640> are<00:58:12.799> technical amendment of
• There are technical amendment of bylaws.
• Senate 25 and House 8 amend the deadlines for returning the absentee ballot.
• amend the deadlines for returning the absentee<01:05:24.039> ballot.
• And we could resume this if you will permit me to ask at our next gathering.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• This is a letter from Korn Ferry, which is back-up to the amendment. So where is the amendment?
• I don't have an amendment.
• the amendment I don't have an amendment the amendment I don't have an amendment what<00:10:34.160
• addressed in the amendment.
• with the amendment.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The hearing opened on House Bill 192, which concerns the Joint Committee on Employee Classification process for state employee positions. Representative Peter Schmidt explained that the bill is a procedural step to send already-reviewed classifications to Korn Ferry and then into statute and the budget. Department of Corrections staff and Commissioner Helen Hanks testified that one Deputy Director of Medical Services position had been omitted from the bill by mistake even though it had already gone through the JCEC process, and they asked for an amendment to add it. Hanks clarified that the position is an existing classified job being converted to unclassified status, not a new position. The committee discussed how the amendment would work and the quorum requirements for the JCEC, then closed the hearing on HB 192 after no further testimony. The committee then heard House Bill 435, sponsored by Representative Don McFarland, which would clarify professional engineering licensure law. McFarland said the bill is intended to make clear that work in IT security, electronics, digital systems, computing, and software is not the practice of engineering requiring a professional engineer license, while preserving licensure requirements for fields such as civil, structural, and building-related engineering. He said he had consulted with the American Council of Engineering Companies and that the bill is meant to remove ambiguity and legal risk, not deregulate engineering. Several members with engineering backgrounds spoke in support, describing the distinction between licensed PE work and other technical fields, and one member noted that software development and regulated software work typically do not require a PE license. The committee voted ought to pass on HB 435 by a roll call of 16-0 and placed it on consent. Finally, the committee opened House Bill 210, which would create a commission to study the New Hampshire state flag. Representative Tom Corman argued that the current flag is a generic “state seal on a blue bedsheet” and does not meet common vexillological design principles such as simplicity, meaningful symbolism, limited colors, and distinctiveness. He said the proposed commission would include legislative members plus representatives of the New Hampshire Historical Society and the New England Vexillological Association, and would review the flag’s history and recommend whether to redesign it and how to do so. He also indicated he intended to add language to avoid costs, but the bill discussion was not completed in the portion provided.

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• They're also having to go through permitting for all of that.
• We approached them at a permit renewal and asked for a wider area.
• The bill was locked in, and no one wanted to amend it.
• And that was the other amendment that was not lined on a veto by a governor but by.
• and the responsible person for the NM Green Amendment.

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• The core change of this is that it amends the existing motor vehicle code definition and regulatory frameworks
• SB 22 adjusts statutory definitions and licensing provisions to permit manufacturers to become licensed
• When manufacturers are permitted to compete directly with their own dealers, it undermines confidence
• When manufacturers are permitted to compete directly with their own dealers, it undermines confidence
• Senator Charley, if the General Appropriations Act, or if you will, HB 2, if that is passed, once amended

Bills: SB22, SB310

Keywords: motor vehicle manufacturers, licensing, dealers, franchise agreements, consumer protection, water supply, sewage improvements, environment, funding, Mora County, 996, all

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• localities from forcing those small business owners to jump through burdensome regulatory hoops and permitting
• protect home home-based business owners against lengthy, uncertain, and expensive licensing and permitting
• House Bill 3527 will remedy this by amending the current definition of manufactured home and HUD code
• this is going to impact local ordinances on where these things are allowed and what, how they're permitted
• I know that there are amendments that are, that are being contemplated in future IRC, uh, iterations

Bills: HB303

Keywords: jail standards, living conditions, Harris County jail, safety, inmate welfare

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• We're not going to formal amendment yet.
• proposing an amendment to this bill? proposing an amendment to this bill?
• That's what we're trying to amend. 5264. That's what we're trying to amend.
• prime reasons for my proposed amendment prime reasons for my proposed amendment is<00:23:59.039>
• Um so to the amendment happen.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Judiciary Committee opened a hearing on Senate Bill 141, which would create a narrow exception to New Hampshire’s three-year deadline for motions for a new trial when a petitioner has newly discovered evidence, new forensic testing, or new scientific understanding. The prime sponsor’s representative and advocates from the Innocence Project and New England Innocence Project argued the bill is needed to help wrongfully convicted people access the courts, noting that exonerations often take many years and that outdated forensic science has contributed to wrongful convictions. The chair also said he had drafted a proposed amendment for committee review, but it had not yet been formally submitted. Witnesses supporting the bill emphasized that the measure would not guarantee relief, only allow a petition to be filed and reviewed under existing standards. They discussed examples such as arson science, explaining that some convictions were based on forensic methods later shown to be unreliable. Committee members asked about the scope of habeas corpus, whether the bill would create a new cause of action, and whether additional screening or pleading requirements should be added. The supporters said they would be open to requiring a petitioner to plead innocence, but opposed adding more burdensome preliminary procedures or counsel requirements at the filing stage. Thomas Farardi, from the Attorney General’s Office, testified in opposition or with caution, saying the bill was a “solution looking for a problem” because existing habeas corpus and coram nobis procedures already provide avenues for relief, and prosecutors can act when credible new evidence arises. He argued the current draft could invite additional litigation and create a new cause of action, and said he favored more screening before cases proceed. The discussion also touched on whether the statute applies in criminal cases, the current three-year limitation in RSA 526:4, and questions about posthumous petitions and petitions by deported individuals. No vote or executive action was taken during the hearing.

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• . amendments. amendments.
• . amendment. amendment.
• . amendment. amendment.
• . amendment. amendment.
• . amendment. amendment.

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Thursday, January 29, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate reconvened after a snow delay, heard an invocation from Reverend Scott Shelton, and conducted several floor introductions and recognitions, including birthday wishes for staff, a welcome for a temporary office staffer, recognition of the Center for Urban Families, and introduction of the week’s pages. The chamber then approved the prior journal and moved through bill and bond initiative readings, referring the listed measures to their standing committees or the capital budget subcommittee. The first substantive action was adoption of a favorable committee report on Senate Bill 17, an emergency bill authorizing the Baltimore City Board of Licensed Commissioners to issue a related event promoters permit for the CIAA tournament. The floor leader said the bill had no amendments, no fiscal impact, and no opposition in committee. The Senate adopted the report without objection and ordered the bill printed for third reading. The Senate then took up Senate Bill 1 from the Judicial Proceedings Committee, which would require the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to adopt a statewide policy on law enforcement face coverings, apply it to state, local, and federal officers in Maryland, and enforce violations through a civil citation and discipline. The committee report included two amendments: one technical and one making the policy statewide and preempting local policies. During extended debate, the bill’s sponsor argued that masks undermine transparency and trust and that the measure would create a uniform standard. A senator from Frederick County questioned whether the bill would effectively create a policy for federal agents without Maryland-specific training and raised concerns about enforcement, temporary detention, complaints, and possible conflicts with federal authority. The sponsor responded that officers would retain discretion, that the bill would be enforced through civil citations, and that similar civil enforcement mechanisms have been upheld in Maryland. No final vote on the amended report is shown in the transcript excerpt.

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• The E&R amendments are adopted.
• The bill with the amendment does do a lot of the amendment.
• There is an amendment.
• Clerk for an amendment to the amendment.
• Clerk, for an amendment. Mr. President, Senator Bosn moved to amend the amendment with FAA 1193.

Bills: LB878, LB958, LB958A, LB762, LB1187, LB966, LB929, LB962, LB1209, LB937A, LB962A, LB1050, LB1050A, LB965, LB1022, LB753, LB788, LB913, LB1055, LB1195, LB429, LB721, LB722, LB727, LB745, LB749, LB778, LR293, LR296, LR422, LR495, LR496, LR497, LR498, LR499, LR500, LR501, LR502, LR503, LR504

Keywords: paid parental leave, state employees, workplace benefits, family support, economic impact, Medicaid, Medical Assistance Act, home and community-based services waiver, HCBS waiver, waiver participant, assessment tool, clinical interviewing, service tier, retroactive coverage, doula, doula reimbursement, maternal health, prenatal care, pregnancy, birth outcomes

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• This is a very simple piece of legislation that amends current law to allow volunteer firefighters to
• I'm happy with this amendment that's going to come to the bill.
• In another potential committee sub or even as a floor amendment. Happy to answer any questions.
• In session, if this has to be a floor amendment, so that we can keep the bill moving.
• Are you willing to consider any of the amendments suggested in the two pieces? Yes.

Bills: HB164, HB164, HB411, HB627, HB 1226, HB1677, HB1865, HB1997, HB2985, HB3462, HB4188, HB4685, HB4840, HB5370, HB5424, HB5466, HB5509, HB5660, HB5673

Keywords: HB 164, HB164, Texas Flood Recovery, Reimbursement, and Reconstruction Program, Texas Division of Emergency Management, TDEM, Hill Country floods, July 2025 floods, flood recovery, disaster relief, flood reimbursement, reconstruction grants, resiliency standards, floodplain, base flood elevation, FEMA, Federal Emergency Management Agency, insurance denial, property damage, tenant assistance, rental property

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• Floor Amendment 2. Floor Amendment 2.
• amendment three. amendment three.
• Floor Amendment 1 and as amended by House Floor Amendment 3.
• Floor Amendment 2, and House Floor Amendment 3.
• Floor Amendment 2, and House Floor Amendment 3.

Keywords: 958, all

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• Madam Chair, there are amendments to both bills. There are amendments to both bills.
• Do you roll call, please, with amendment? On the motion to amend. Okay.
• Just seeking amendments? ...or opposed? Just seeking amendments? Okay.
• On the motion to amend and report, On the motion to amend and report Assembly Bill 3974, and to amend
• Yes, the amendment would be preferred, correct? The amendment would be preferred.

Keywords: 1146, all

Summary: The Assembly Budget Committee met on June 28, 2026 and considered a long list of budget and policy bills, reporting many of them out of committee, often with amendments. Early measures included AB 2550 on continued dependent health coverage for certain adults with disabilities, AB 4794 allowing tax data sharing with the New Jersey Innovation Authority and Secure Choice Savings Board, and AB 3381/SB 1493 updating occupational therapy licensure requirements. The committee also advanced AB 4014, creating a social media research center at a public four-year institution, though one member opposed it as unnecessary spending given existing research on social media harms. Another bill, AB 5048/SB 1281, would ban certain apparel and diaper products with intentionally added PFAS; some members opposed it over safety and cost concerns, especially for firefighter gear, but it was reported. The committee also moved AB 383, which promotes volunteerism to help FamilyCare and SNAP recipients meet eligibility requirements, and AB 4357, extending telehealth pay parity, though one member objected to parity between telehealth and in-person care. The committee then took up several energy, environmental, and housing-related bills. AB 5188, the Advanced Grid Technologies Act, was released despite opposition from some members and labor interests. AB 2524 would let dual-use solar projects participate in community solar, and AB 5236 would strengthen pediatric psychiatry and behavioral health services; both were reported. AB 5348, allowing temporary use of open-space and related funds for certain municipalities, drew sharp criticism as a diversion of preservation money to fill budget holes, but passed. AB 5280 returned unexpended county appropriations to Hudson County and authorized supplemental operating aid; it also passed despite objections about prior bidding violations. AB 5347 provided certain motor vehicle-related funding to municipalities and was reported, as was AB 5334/SB 4423, appropriating Green Acres and CBT revenues for local open space and park projects. A major portion of the meeting focused on tax and business-related bills. AB 5329 increased the child tax credit for 2026-2028, with testimony urging that the expansion be made permanent; it was reported. AB 3899, the General Contractor Licensing Act, also passed. AB 5310/SB 4406 clarified sentencing under certain circumstances and was reported. AB 5330, allowing temporary transfers in the pension system, drew testimony from NJEA warning that the State Health Benefits Program was in crisis and asking for a longer repayment period to avoid rate spikes; the bill was still reported. AB 1326 created a higher education governance and funding task force and was amended to add a Talmudic institution or theological seminary representative. Later, AB 5333/SB 4424 appropriated additional Green Acres and CBT funds for recreation and conservation projects and was reported. The committee also advanced several business and alcohol-related measures, including AB 5235 establishing the School-Based Partnership for Access and Resilience for Kids program, AB 5325 reducing business formation fees, AB 4836/SB 2368 on portable solar devices, AB 4881 establishing an advanced nuclear energy procurement program, AB 3974/SB 3183 revising renewable energy incentive and solar interconnection rules, AB 4013 creating a social media research center focused on addictive behavior, AB 5225 making temporary alcohol beverage provisions permanent, and AB 5295 revising alcoholic beverage licensing laws. The most contentious debate came on AB 4085, the Fair Price Protection Act, which would restrict “surveillance pricing” and regulate grocery pricing practices. Consumer advocates supported the bill as a protection against individualized pricing, while retailers and chambers of commerce argued the language was too broad and could undermine loyalty programs, discounts, and electronic shelf labels. Despite those objections, the committee voted to report the bill after amendments. Finally, AB 4530/SB 3739 on EV supply equipment standards was reported, and AB 5322 imposing a temporary cap on net operating loss deductions under the corporate business tax sparked strong opposition from business groups and a policy debate over whether legitimate losses and investment-related deductions should be limited; the bill was still moved out of committee.

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• , 1276 as amended, 1306 as amended, 1315, 1347 as amended, 1416, and 1419 as amended, to be referred
• 1347, as amended, 1306 as amended, 1315, 1347, as amended, 1306 as amended, 1315, 1347, 1416,<01
• on this amendment. on this amendment.
• amendment. Thank you. amendment. Thank you.
• I am in favor of this<04:05:03.520> amendment. this amendment. this amendment.

Keywords: 981, all

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• I believe there is an A7 author's amendment. Can you explain your amendment, please, Senator Klein?
• Madam Chair, I offer the A7 as an author's amendment. All right. A7 is an author's amendment.
• I didn't have a author's amendment.
• We were shocked to learn that we would need a permit, one that would add cost and license and permit
• Author's amendment. All in favor, say I. Opposed? Amendment is adopted, Senator Hemmingsen-Jaeger.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We issued our own permit to move forward on it, so that's a start. own permitting and its own planning
• You know, is our permit issued acceptable to insurance companies?
• You know, is our permit issued acceptable to insurance companies?
• You know, is our permit issued acceptable to insurance companies?
• You know, is our permit issued acceptable to insurance companies?

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• We are in full support of the bill and the amendment, the purpose of this work.
• And it amends the tax code. And we're not getting that kind of review.
• And it amends the tax code, and we're not getting that kind of review.
• Would the sponsor consider an amendment to have this apply only the classic case?
• Would the sponsor consider an amendment to have this apply only the classic case?

Bills: SB47, SB110, SB122, SB143, SB168

Keywords: food recovery, composting, waste management, solid waste surcharge, organic waste reduction, environment, grants, advisory group, bosque management, Rio Grande, environmental protection, water resources, fiscal appropriation, drinking water, well owners, water testing, water treatment, public health, agriculture, New Mexico Department of Agriculture

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• sixth amendment challenges? sixth amendment challenges?
• appropriate to offer my A2 amendment. appropriate to offer my A2 amendment.
• for my uh amendment. for my uh amendment. >> Please<01:01:58.960> do.
• . amendment. amendment.
• amendment is adopted. amendment is adopted.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• you want to move the A1 amendment? you want to move the A1 amendment?
• Senator Weber offers the A2 amendment. It is an author's amendment.
• as amended will be laid over. as amended will be laid over.
• Uh it's the A21 amendment. amendment. amendment.
• amendment, please say I. I. Posting. amendment, please say I. I.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We’re back on the bill as amended. Any questions on the bill as amended?
• That is amendment barcode 528050, late-file amendment by Senator Simon.
• That is amendment barcode 528050, late file amendment by Senator Simon.
• So one amendment, which is amendment barcode 593-370.
• On the amendment, all in favor of the amendment, say aye. Any opposed?

Summary: The Judiciary Committee met with a quorum present and considered several bills. SB 106 on exploitation of vulnerable adults would allow service of process on scammers through the same nontraditional communication methods they use; it passed 8-0. CS/SB 280 on candidate qualification would create an enforceable party-affiliation requirement and a private right of action to disqualify noncompliant candidates; it passed unanimously. CS/SB 948 on flood disclosures was amended to extend disclosure requirements to residential leases, condo developer leases, and mobile homes, with tenant remedies if disclosures are not provided and flooding causes major losses; it passed 8-0. The committee also advanced CS/SB 498 on IOTA interest rates after a lengthy debate over legal aid funding and bank regulation. Supporters argued the bill would restore sustainability and fairness to the program by setting alternative interest-rate benchmarks, while opponents said it would cut funding for civil legal aid and that banks participate voluntarily. After testimony from legal aid leaders and bankers, the bill passed 7-2. SB 774, requiring clerks to electronically transmit certain mental health, substance abuse, and risk protection orders to sheriffs within six hours, was presented in response to a fatal Volusia County incident and passed 11-0. CS/SB 752 on defamation and online publication was amended to require removal from a website rather than the internet, then passed 8-2 after testimony from the media, a private attorney, and supporters who said it would help people harmed by false online reports. The committee also heard SB 832 on former phosphate mining lands, which would create a narrow defense against strict liability claims if notice and gamma radiation survey requirements are met. The bill was amended to clarify notice provisions and received support from industry and technical witnesses describing radiation surveys and reclamation practices. The transcript cuts off before the final vote on SB 832, so no committee action on that bill is shown in the excerpt.