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• But uh the organization is made up of utility owners, and the Underground Damage Prevention Act is really
• But uh the organization is made up of utility owners, and the Underground Damage Prevention Act is really
• But uh the organization is made up of utility owners, and the Underground Damage Prevention Act is really

Bills: SB205, SB222, SB205, SB222

Keywords: appropriation, education funding, priority schools, Alabama education, State Department of Education, medical clinic board, clinic board, hospital bankruptcy, Chapter 11, bankruptcy, debt restructuring, municipal indebtedness, municipal bankruptcy, health care provider, acute care hospital, lease property, board immunity, director liability, civil liability, healthcare finance

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• He's an innovator and the owner of three patents. I was with... ...the owner of three patents.
• I asked the owner to show me some of his inventory, to show me some of his samples, and it was right

Bills: SB274

Keywords: cannabis, psychoactive cannabinoids, CBD, delta-8 THC, delta-9 THC, delta-10 THC, criminal penalties, youth protection, medical cannabis, 923, senate, all

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• We have heard that this is about law-abiding gun owners.
• I met with gun owners. I wrong people. I met with gun owners.
• More bills, more laws that tell law-abiding gun owners that they can't continue to be an owner of a gun
• law-abiding gun owners law-abiding gun owners that<02:22:07.920> they<02:22:08.240> can't
• that they can't continue to be an owner that they can't continue to be an owner of<02:22:11.680>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:42:28.319> occupied would allow us to reduce owner occupied would allow us to reduce owner
• owner occupied homes to 8.3%. owner occupied homes to 8.3%.
• This is owner<01:40:49.280> occupied<01:40:50.400> owner<01:40:50.960> owner<01:
• 40:51.360> occupied owner occupied owner owner occupied owner occupied owner owner occupied primary
• Rich land owners will care of our state.

Keywords: 916, all

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• So, we'll be available for owners.
• It closes off because we don't know who the owner is when we seize the machines inside a game room.
• It closes off because we don't know who the owner is when we seize the machines inside a game room.
• We would change that to be if the person restrained is the registered owner of a firearm and knows the
• of a firearm and knows registered owner of a firearm and knows the<02:38:26.680> location<02:

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 3123, which would treat free tuition or school-conditioned enrollment at private educational institutions as a conditional gift rather than a contractual obligation unless otherwise agreed in writing. The Office of the Governor supported the bill, and Kamehameha Schools and the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools strongly backed it, saying it would protect donor intent, preserve school-ohana relationships, and help maintain tuition assistance and educational access for families. A committee member commented favorably on the unity among school organizations, and there were no objections raised before the committee moved on. The committee then took up Senate Bill 2438, which creates a civil cause of action for interference with constitutional and statutory rights through threats, intimidation, or coercion, with private and government enforcement options and protections for constitutionally protected speech. Testifiers from the Community Alliance on Prisons and a know-your-rights educator supported the measure as a civil rights protection grounded in the Hawaii Constitution. No opposition testimony was presented during the hearing, and the measure appeared to receive general support from those who testified. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 3142, which establishes offenses for dangerous and habitual dangerous intoxication and allows civil protective custody and emergency examination in lieu of arrest in certain cases. The Attorney General, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Department of Health, and Department of Human Services supported the bill as a treatment-oriented diversion tool for people who are dangerously intoxicated and at risk to themselves or the public. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the measure, warning it could expand police discretion, burden emergency rooms, and function as a loss of liberty without sufficient treatment resources, while committee members questioned whether the bill would simply cycle people through emergency rooms and back onto the street. No vote or final action was taken in the portion provided; the chair said decision-making would occur at the end of the agenda.

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• So, if the renter moves on, the owner obviously owns the heat pump, Mhm., and there's nothing stopping
• obviously [clears throat] owns the owner obviously [clears throat] owns the<00:12:31.040> heat
• The bill has off-ramps for building owners that are experiencing financial distress or buildings that
• The bill also establishes a grant program within the Department of Commerce to assist building owners
• With that, the bill is laid over. the owners and tenants. Um so, I uh the owners and tenants.

Bills: HF4560, HF4559, HF2317, HF3179, HF4880, HF2862, HF4374

Keywords: Public Utilities Commission, PUC, energy regulation, utility regulation, electric utility, public utility, rate case, multiyear rate plan, decoupling, rate decoupling, greenhouse gas, social cost of carbon, environmental cost, resource planning, certificate of need, distributed renewable energy, interconnection, budget billing, electronic filing, contested case

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• A lot of those owners are from out of state, so they don't pay personal income tax either.
• Without water, every property owner, every renter, every visitor would be significantly impacted.
• <00:46:36.720> renter, every property owner, every renter, every property owner, every renter
• I just feel that we should focus on primarily serving owner-occupants.
• primarily serving owner. primarily serving owner.

Bills: SB2190, SB2338, SB2424, SB2356, SB2981, SB3028, SB3187, SB2378, SB2398, SB2192, SB2155, SB3219, SB3218

Keywords: affordable housing, employment contracts, salary caps, housing finance, public housing authority, executive compensation, parking minimums, off-street parking, transit-oriented development, TOD, housing supply, smart growth, redevelopment, adaptive reuse, micro units, rail transit, public transit stations, county zoning, land use, urban planning

Summary: The House Housing Committee heard testimony on a series of housing-related Senate bills. SB 2190 SD2 on inclusionary zoning drew support from HHFDC, Hawaii YIMBY, Grassroot Institute, Housing Hawaii’s Future, and Hako Seed Center, with opposition from OHA and Aloha Independent Living Hawaii. SB 2338 SD1, dealing with housing agency personnel authority, received comments from the Attorney General cautioning that the bill should be clarified to avoid conflicts with civil service and collective bargaining laws and recommending removal of a provision limiting employment contracts; HHFDC said its comments addressed those concerns and supported the measure. SB 2424 SD1, concerning HHFDC, received broad support from housing, business, and community groups, with one opposition. Testimony focused on changing the definition of “qualified resident” so people who already own an HHFDC-assisted unit could later purchase another if their housing needs change; HHFDC said the current rule forces people to sell before buying again and that the bill would help people move up the housing ladder and encourage more housing development. SB 2356 on parking also drew broad support from state agencies, housing advocates, business groups, and local officials, with Unite Here Local 5 in opposition. SB 2981 on land use had strong support from many organizations and 67 individuals, with Unite Here Local 5 opposing. SB 3028 SD2 on property conveyance generated the most detailed policy debate. Supporters, including Catholic Charities Hawaii, Hawaii Children’s Action Network, Indivisible Hawaii, and others, backed restructuring the conveyance tax into a marginal rate system and urged changes to revenue allocations, including dedicated funding for homeless services, DHHL, and the rental housing revolving fund. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii supported the marginal-rate concept but opposed dedicated special-fund allocations and criticized the bill’s blank sections. Committee members questioned the historical purpose of the conveyance tax, and the Tax Foundation explained it was originally a modest tax tied to property-value tracking when the state still ran the property tax system. The committee also heard SB 3187 SD2 on off-site construction, SB 2378 SD2 on housing permitting, and SB 2398 SD2 on residential housing utilities. OPSD supported SB 3187 but said it preferred the House version and wanted clarification that off-site certification should apply to factories in Hawaii, not out of state, to avoid outsourcing labor; it also suggested starting with a small scope. SB 2378 SD2 drew support from engineering, housing, and labor groups, with testimony that the House version included needed fixes to make the program insurable. On SB 2398 SD2, the Board of Water Supply opposed the bill, saying it could require disclosure of sensitive infrastructure information beyond ordinary water-availability assessments and raise critical-infrastructure and cybersecurity concerns; developers and housing groups supported the measure. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

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• We own, and I'm a partner-owner in 17 stores throughout Minnesota and Iowa. We're based out of St.
• had never had to deal restaurant owners had never had to deal with with with before<00:47:51.920>
• we need the landscape to business owners we need the landscape to be<00:48:57.799> consistent
• <01:30:47.719> have<01:30:47.960> an hospital that business owners have an hospital
• On December 16, I made the decision with other restaurant owners to open up our restaurant.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• own attorneys but the party suing me and industry significantly larger than me as a small business owner
• You know, most of us are just small business owners.
• And during that time, fishing guides, residents, business owners, mothers, grandmothers, fathers, we're
• I'm asking you to ensure this legislation does not limit the ability of conservation businesses owners
• On the flip side, as a business owner, we've been in the situation where someone who had a yeah with

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• I am the legislative chair for the Florida Chiropractic Society, a Florida chiropractor business owner
• But sometimes in contracts, owners want to put more emphasis on their projects to say how important it
• that in 2021, when we made revisions to the Burt Harris bill, we allowed the prevailing property owners
• that in 2021, when we made revisions to the Burt Harris bill, we allowed the prevailing property owners
• , should they prevail, to seek their legal fees and so. allowed the prevailing property owner, should

Summary: The Judiciary Committee met and took up a series of bills, beginning with SB 620, which would require candidates for federal, state, county, district, judicial, and school board offices to disclose any citizenship in countries other than the United States. The bill was presented as a transparency measure, with one opponent waiving time, and it was reported favorably on an 8-0 vote. The committee then heard SB 1396 on litigation financing consumer protection. Supporters from the Florida Justice Reform Institute, American Tort Reform Association, and U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform argued the bill would add transparency, limit funder control, and require disclosure of foreign entities involved in litigation funding. Opponents, including the Florida Justice Association, argued the bill would create strategic advantages for defendants and could affect discovery and settlement dynamics. The bill passed 7-2. The committee also approved SB 192, removing a $1,500 cap on patient funds chiropractors may hold in trust; SB 888, limiting indemnity and insurance requirements in design-professional contracts; CS/SB 332, creating a temporary closed-meeting exemption for pre-suit Burt Harris litigation strategy discussions; SB 820, requiring quarterly reporting on problem-solving courts; SB 1500, updating uncontested probate procedures; SB 1224, making fraudulent entry into rental dwellings a third-degree felony; and SB 1000, setting a floor and ceiling for interest rates on law firm trust accounts. Each of these bills was reported favorably, with broad support and little or no opposition. The committee also advanced CS/SB 694, which would compensate the descendants of the Groveland Four. Senator Bracey Davis described the bill as a final step in addressing the wrongful convictions, deaths, and long-term harm suffered by Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepard, and Ernest Thomas. Family members and advocacy groups testified in support, urging the state to complete its acknowledgment of wrongdoing with monetary compensation. An amendment was adopted to divide any appropriation equally among the four families. The bill passed unanimously. Finally, SB 144 creating a public records exemption for personal information of Judicial Qualifications Commission employees and their families was approved 9-1. Several members also requested to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on specific bills before the committee adjourned.

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• I am the legislative chair for the Florida Chiropractic Society, a Florida chiropractor business owner
• But sometimes in contracts, owners want to put more emphasis on their projects to say how important it
• has become really ineffectual because nobody wants to, and there will be, even sometimes property owners
• that in 2021, when we made revisions to the Burt Harris bill, we allowed the prevailing property owners
• , should they prevail, to seek their legal fees and so. ...allowed the prevailing property owner, should

Bills: S0144, S0192, S0332, S0532, S0620, S0694, S0820, S0888, S1000, S1224, S1396, S1500

Keywords: public records, employee protection, Judicial Qualifications Commission, information exemption, confidentiality, chiropractic physician, chiropractor, patient trust funds, escrow, advance payments, prepaid treatment, trust account, fiduciary duty, patient property, Florida Statutes 460.413, Board of Chiropractic Medicine, disciplinary action, commingling of funds, client funds, medical billing

Summary: The Senate Judiciary Committee met with a quorum present and first postponed SB 532. It then heard and approved SB 620, which requires candidates for federal, state, county, district, judicial, and school board office to disclose any citizenship other than U.S. citizenship. The bill drew one waiver in opposition from Common Cause and passed 8-0. The committee also heard SB 1396 on litigation financing consumer protection. Supporters said it would add transparency, limit funder control over litigation, and require disclosure of foreign entities involved in funding; opponents argued it would create strategic advantages for defendants and could burden plaintiffs. The bill passed 7-2. The committee later approved SB 192, repealing a $1,500 cap on patient funds held in trust by chiropractic physicians, and SB 888, extending limits on indemnity and insurance requirements for design professionals in private contracts; both passed unanimously among those voting. The committee also approved several Judiciary-related measures. CS/SB 332, as amended, creates a narrow temporary public meetings/public records exemption for certain pre-suit Burt Harris litigation strategy discussions by local governments, and passed 7-0. SB 820, which strengthens quarterly reporting requirements for problem-solving courts, passed 10-0. SB 1500, implementing probate process recommendations to raise small-estate thresholds, clarify access to safe deposit boxes, and improve enforcement in uncontested probate, also passed 10-0. SB 144, creating a public records exemption for personal information of current and former Judicial Qualifications Commission employees and their families due to harassment concerns, passed 9-1. The committee then approved CS/SB 1224, as amended, making it a third-degree felony to fraudulently obtain possession of a rental unit through false written statements, counterfeit documents, or impersonation; the bill passed 10-0. SB 1000, setting a floor and ceiling for interest rates on law firm trust accounts tied to the Wall Street Journal prime rate, passed 10-0 after testimony from banking and credit union representatives and support from Senate leadership. Finally, CS/SB 694, providing compensation to the descendants of the Groveland Four, was heard with emotional testimony from family members and advocates describing the wrongful convictions, killings, and decades-long effort for redress; an amendment specified equal shares for the four families, and the bill passed 10-0. Several members requested to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on specific bills before the committee adjourned.

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• I'm the owner of Iron Range Learning Center.
• Members of the committee, my name is Karen DeVos, and I'm the owner of Little Learners Early Childhood
• I'm a very recently retired owner-operator of two Primrose schools here in the Twin Cities, and I've
• Than center owners. And that is a better solution, I believe.
• I'm the owner and director of Eskomani's Child Care and Preschool. Sorry.

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras

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• They are business owners, entrepreneurs, educators, scientists, professionals, public servants, and community
• HB 3871 by Shaheen relates to the audit of financial records of a certain property owners association
• HB 3908 by Curtis relating to the violations of the restrictions by laws or the rules of Property Owners
• HB 3966 by Morales of Harris relating to requiring owners or operators of commercial passenger bus services
• relating to certain regulation, landscaping, and water conservation practices by certain property owner

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• And then it’s up to the employer, like any of you who are business owners yourselves, to decide what
• We have over 20,000 small business owners here in Texas, 300,000 nationwide.
• Business owners need options. Business owners need options that are more than all or nothing.
• We ourselves are small- to medium-sized business owners. Many of us find ourselves navigating...
• We ourselves are small- to medium-sized business owners.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Identifying who's the owner of the data.
• Four different owners of data.
• All of those owners had to approve and be involved in how that data was associated.
• That's the data owner. make changes." That's the data owner.
• Four different owners of data. Four different owners of data.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee met on May 29 and approved the draft minutes. DHHS Commissioner Weaver then opened the department update by asking Medicaid Director Henry Litman to brief members on federal and state Medicaid changes, and later turned to DHHS Chief Operating Officer David Weathers for an update on data governance. Members also asked that acronyms be spelled out in future materials and requested a follow-up on the federal Medicaid rule once it is published. Litman reviewed several federal Medicaid provisions tied to HR 1/"OBBA" and related state implementation issues. He said the first major change would be restrictions on certain non-citizens’ Medicaid coverage, affecting about 400 people in New Hampshire, with notices likely 30 to 60 days before the effective date. He also discussed new work requirements/community engagement rules, saying New Hampshire is on track to implement them and will likely need a state plan amendment rather than an 1115 waiver. Other changes included shorter retroactive coverage periods, a new state option for certain community-based services with an estimated $740,000 in implementation support, a freeze and phased-down reduction in the Medicaid enhancement tax beginning in state fiscal year 2029, and limits on directed payments to hospitals after a grandfathering period. He also noted that Medicaid enrollment has fallen from pandemic-era levels, with about 167,000 people covered as of May 1, and that the department is working with CMS on child premiums and other cost-sharing changes approved in HB 2. Committee members asked how the department could plan for the 2029 changes given the number of elections before then, and Litman said federal rules may be adjusted over time as states and stakeholders raise concerns. He emphasized planning for the worst while hoping for the best, and said rural health care transformation funding would help the state prepare. In the second presentation, Weathers explained that data governance is now embedded in DHHS operations to control access, manage reporting, and respond to risk. He defined it as managing what data is collected, how it is used, who can access it, and what laws apply, and said DHHS has moved from governance as a committee to governance as an operational process. He described privacy impact assessments for new systems going into production, monthly privacy and security training, and ongoing review of access controls and data-sharing rules.

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• I am a gun owner and recognize that most gun owners are responsible gun owners.
• This is a, uh, attempt, unfortunately, to further regulate law-abiding gun owners.
• This is a, uh, attempt, unfortunately, to further regulate law-abiding gun owners.
• A ban that would affect law-abiding gun owners.
• . owners. owners.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I urge my colleagues to listen to our local business owners and join me in supporting making the 199A
• to our I urge my colleagues to listen to our local<00:25:50.279> business<00:25:50.600> owners
• and<00:25:51.679> join<00:25:51.960> me<00:25:52.320> in local business owners
• and join me in local business owners and join me in supporting<00:25:53.640> making<00:25:54.159
• and violated the anti-deficiency owners and violated the anti-deficiency act<05:04:53.798> after<

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, January 13, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• My name is Andrea Anderson, and I am a former and small business owner in Livingston Parish.
• I'm a small business owner myself. I know it's a good question. That's why I ask it.
• Why should you not have that freedom to make that decision as the business owner?
• Why should you not have that freedom to make that decision as the business owner?
• it's not discrimination at all, but it's just the owner of a movie theater wanting to put people in

Summary: The Senate Committee on Health and Welfare met on May 13 and approved the minutes from the prior week before taking up a series of House bills, many of them with testimony from sponsors, agency officials, and stakeholders. Early action included HB 971, which would direct LDH to equalize Medicaid reimbursement rates between independent rural health clinics and hospital-owned rural health clinics; the sponsor described a significant payment disparity and the committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also deferred HB 1030 and HB 796 until the following week before moving to other items on the agenda. Several bills dealing with Medicaid and provider regulation were advanced. HB 414, as amended, closes a loophole so health care providers cannot hire unlicensed workers with certain serious out-of-state convictions; amendments addressed effective dates, FBI background-check issues for therapeutic group homes, and delays for direct support professional applicants caused by minor record issues. HB 740, as amended, creates an independent review process for Medicaid claims disputes in the coordinated system of care for behavioral health providers, with amendments clarifying applicability dates and program definitions. HB 786, which prohibits extrapolation in managed care claims recoupments and requires recovery to be based on actual overpayments or underpayments, was also reported favorably. HB 915 set timelines and accountability standards for prior authorization and utilization management in Medicaid managed care and was reported favorably after testimony about delays in care. The committee also heard and passed several bills affecting health professions and facilities. HB 405 simply updates the name of the national acupuncture certification body. HB 1095 allows nursing homes to use alternative power sources while keeping existing generator and fuel requirements. HB 557 defines long-term care pharmacies for policy purposes. HB 779 authorizes expedited partner therapy prescriptions for certain sexually transmitted diseases. HB 933 creates an optional commemorative birth certificate, with part of the fee going to the Office of Women’s Health. HB 796, carried by another representative for the author, establishes a chiropractic preceptorship program with on-site supervision requirements and was reported favorably after questions about student training and patient safety. The committee also heard emotionally charged testimony on HB 288, which would place the term “miscarriage” alongside “spontaneous abortion” in medical documentation and patient communication. Several witnesses described the distress caused by current coding language, and supporters said the change would make records more compassionate and understandable; the bill was reported favorably. HB 403 increased the cottage food gross-sales cap, and after testimony from small producers and the committee’s discussion of other states’ higher limits, an amendment raised the cap to $150,000 before the bill was reported favorably. HB 930 modernizes cosmetic-product regulation and creates a small home-based producer exemption under a wholesale-sales threshold; it was also reported favorably. Finally, HB 1041, a no-mandate bill restricting discrimination based on medical intervention status, prompted extended debate over exemptions for schools, hospitals, and other entities, with one amendment failing on a roll-call vote and the discussion continuing over the scope of the bill and federal funding concerns.

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• So if the owner of that farm passed away tomorrow, the value of that estate would be $5 million to $6.5
• um so if the owner of that said<00:07:41.639> Farm<00:07:41.960> passed<00:07:42.280><
• Seriously, I'm a third-generation owner of my land, and it's a legacy.
• Seriously, I'm a third-generation owner of my land, and it's a legacy.
• Seriously, I'm a third-generation owner of my land, and it's a legacy.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Introductory roll call vote, Senate File 51. owners. In this it says that we were owners.
• In this it says that we were that<01:45:55.679> land<01:45:55.920> owners<01:45:56.320>
• So this was for<01:46:08.480> resident<01:46:09.040> land<01:46:09.360> owners<01
• :46:10.000> only for resident land owners only for resident land owners only um<01:46:12.159><
• that are currently smaller land owners that are currently getting<01:46:52.159> landowner<01:

Keywords: 916, all