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• Many of you talked about liability exposure or the cost of claims and then discussions about consumer
• Many of you talked about liability Many of you talked about liability exposure<00:17:59.120>
• some fraud and tort liability issues. some fraud and tort liability issues. to<00:24:57.360>
• So this proposed theme is liability issues, legal issues, and tort reform.
• factors and then also the liability factors and then also the liability issues<01:44:11.760>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We're doing a bunch of stuff on housing innovation construction this year, construction defect liability
• Wysocki just said, if you would like to not bear the liability associated with allowing residents into
• So we could actually just be asking a park owner to bear that liability potentially.
• There was also testimony with respect to the liability waivers and HCD's processing time, and I don't
• The liability waivers and HCD's processing time, right?

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• There were concerns that this bill could cause potential unintended liability exposure for local governments
• without this committee substitute, this training mandate does not create new civil or criminal liabilities
• It also preserves the legislative intent while limiting unintended civil liabilities for counties that
• <00:30:42.120> civil while limiting unintended civil while limiting unintended civil liabilities
• for counties that do not opt liabilities for counties that do not opt out.<00:30:45.360> So,<

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The House convened with an invocation and pledge, established a quorum with 95 members present, excused absent members, and suspended the rules to allow co-sponsorships and vote modifications. The chamber also received notice that the Senate had passed Senate Bills 33, 37, and 56 and requested concurrence, and it approved the journal from February 27, 2026. The House then considered several bills. House Bill 648, relating to motor vehicle dealers, was explained as closing loopholes in warranty compensation for class 7 and 8 heavy-duty truck dealers; it passed 94-0. House Bill 299, relating to machine gun conversion devices or “Glock switches,” was amended by House Committee Substitute 1, described as mirroring existing federal law so local law enforcement can enforce it; it passed 65-25, with one member explaining support as a constitutional gun restriction. House Bill 282, “Troy’s Law,” relating to vehicle lights for tow trucks, was amended to allow green flashing, rotating, or oscillating lights for wreckers and was presented as a safety measure honoring tow operators killed or injured on highways; it passed unanimously. House Bill 658, relating to limited commercial driver’s licenses for agricultural businesses, was amended with clarifying language and passed 93-0. House Bill 519, relating to a voluntary notation on driver’s licenses or IDs for people with communication disorders, was described as a non-stigmatizing safety tool for first responders and passed 92-0. House Bill 246, “Keion’s Law,” requiring animal control officers to receive training to identify and report child abuse and neglect, was amended to address county liability concerns and passed 85-0 after testimony about child maltreatment data and the link between animal abuse and child abuse. After the bills, the House took up additional business, including moving House Bills 619 and 651 from Appropriations and Revenue for second reading. The chamber also adopted Citation 52 recognizing the Model Laboratory School Personal Finance Team for winning a state competition, and Citation 51 honoring the Blueprint for Kentucky’s Children and Children’s Advocacy Week. Members announced committee meetings, an Americans for Prosperity Kentucky reception, and a Women’s History Month recognition highlighting Martha Layne Collins as Kentucky’s first and only female governor.

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• When Kansas attempted to arm school staff, commercial insurers refused to cover the liability.
• Is there any liability insurance that the PDD manufacturers will have to carry, or even the companies
• It is not addressed necessarily in the bill, but I am sure there will be liability insurance from the
• manufacturers as well as the ...there will be liability insurance from the manufacturers as well as
• It creates confusion about liability, coverage, and licensure risk. Thank you. Thank you, sir.

Summary: The committee first took up CS for SB 896 on school safety, which would expand the Guardian program to public postsecondary institutions, require active assailant response plans and threat management protocols, improve reporting and information sharing, and make it a felony to discharge a weapon within 1,000 feet of a campus. A late-file amendment by Senator Polsky was adopted to clarify that students who are also employees or faculty at a public postsecondary institution are not eligible for the Guardian program. The bill drew strong opposition from faculty, students, and gun-safety advocates who argued that more guns on campus would create confusion, weaken safety, and undermine campus police; supporters said trained guardians would improve deterrence and protection. After debate, the committee reported the bill favorably by a roll call vote. The committee then considered SB 1690 on child care and early learning services, which updates child care laws, reduces some regulatory burdens, and expands the Florida Education Foundation’s authority to fundraise for early learning from birth through VPK. Members discussed oversight of the related direct-support organization and the removal of certain notice requirements, while supporters from Moms Rising and other advocates said the bill would help families access affordable, high-quality child care and support home-based providers. One opponent argued the bill added more government regulation, but the committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. Next, the committee passed CS for SB 118, a narrow bill on non-ad valorem special assessments for recreational vehicle parks, clarifying how assessments are calculated for RV spaces and campsites. The bill received supportive comments from RV advocates and was reported favorably without controversy. The committee then took up CS for SB 1220, the Department of Transportation package, which included provisions on seaports and airports, personal delivery devices, autonomous vehicles, broadband and utility permitting, and advanced air mobility. Amendments were adopted that revised research institute membership, limited some delivery-device provisions, and clarified cruiser light rules for law enforcement; after questions about utility preemption and PDD safety, the bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee began hearing SB 1756 on medical freedom, which would require new vaccine educational materials, expand school-entry exemptions to include conscience-based objections, limit the Surgeon General’s emergency vaccination authority, and allow behind-the-counter ivermectin for adults with written information and liability protections. The bill drew extensive testimony from both supporters and opponents, with supporters emphasizing parental rights, informed consent, and vaccine injury concerns, and opponents warning about reduced immunization rates, public health risks, and the appropriateness of ivermectin provisions. The transcript ends during public testimony and debate on SB 1756, before final action on that bill is shown.

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• They wound up adding to the unfunded liability. It's just a matter of practice.
• originally they changed the terms of that contract from what we had been led to believe and the potential liability
• 37.520> the what we had been led to believe and the what we had been led to believe and the liability
• liability liability potential<00:37:40.000> liability<00:37:40.720> shifted<00:37:41.920
• > from<00:37:42.240> the potential liability shifted from the potential liability shifted

Keywords: HB 66 (discussion only) -- 00:05:33 Consideration of HB 213 -- 00:12:16 Consideration of HB 314 -- 00:22:11, 958, all

Summary: The House State Government Committee opened its first meeting of the year with prayer, the pledge, a roll call, and a reminder of committee procedures, including sign-up rules for public testimony, decorum expectations, and recognition of staff. The chair noted the committee had a quorum and outlined the day’s agenda, which included three bills. Representative Hodgson presented House Bill 66 for discussion only, explaining that it would distinguish between boards and commissions that can meet entirely electronically and larger public agencies that should have a quorum physically present unless there is an emergency. He said the bill also aimed to require agencies to post member information and contact details online so the public can provide feedback. Representative Tipton asked whether the bill would apply to state and local bodies, and Hodgson said it would; no vote was taken on HB 66. The committee then considered House Bill 213, sponsored by Representative Emily Callaway, on reemployment of retired police officers. A committee substitute was adopted unanimously. Callaway said the bill would reduce barriers to rehiring retired law enforcement officers, allow local agencies and universities to offer health benefits in lieu of retirement benefits, lower the service threshold for this specific rehiring from 20 years to 15 years, and give agencies flexibility on retirement contributions. She emphasized that the bill would not allow double dipping and had no quantified fiscal impact. Members raised a question about review by the Public Pension Oversight Board; Callaway said that had not yet occurred, and the chair noted the committee’s practice that pension-related bills are typically reviewed by that board first. Despite that concern, the committee voted 16-2 to report HB 213 favorably, with two members passing. Finally, the committee took up House Bill 314, relating to the Kentucky Communications Network Authority and declaring an emergency. After adopting a committee substitute, Representative Matt Lockett said the bill was intended to reorganize oversight of Kentucky Wired by moving KCNA into the Finance and Administration Cabinet under the Commonwealth Office of Technology, abolishing KCNA’s separate executive director, transferring KCNA functions and records to COOT, and restructuring the board with new members and two governor appointments from lists submitted by KACo and KLC. He said the measure was meant to provide stronger oversight and more direct control over the project, and that the emergency clause was needed because of budget implications. Members asked for clarification on the differences between committee substitutes, and Lockett said one prior substitute removed the attorney general from the board at his request, while the current one added the governor’s appointments. He also said a floor amendment would strike language related to a nonprofit board associated with Kentucky Wired. The transcript ends during discussion of HB 314, before any final vote is shown.

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• says a person is is that a natural person like is that like a human being that is engaging that has liability
• says a person is is that a natural person like is that like a human being that is engaging that has liability
• says a person is is that a natural person like is that like a human being that is engaging that has liability
• says a person is is that a natural person like is that like a human being that is engaging that has liability
• it says a person, is that a natural person, like is that a human being that is engaging that has liability

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• House, requires watercraft and boat livery owners who rent out vessels to maintain commercial boat liability
• strikes a burden-of-proof language that requires clear and convincing evidence and strikes board liability
• understanding. ...a burden-of-proof language that requires clear and convincing evidence and strikes board liability

Keywords: 1182, all

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• licensing regulations, that is most relevant here, as language to the Dram Shop statute to limit civil liability
• Our Arizona Supreme Court recently held that the Dram Shop liability statute is, I'm sorry, the NARMOP
• liability was not recognized at statehood, so the underlying statute here did not violate the anti-abrogation

Keywords: 1182, all

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• lot of work next interim to figure out how to do more cost containment around health insurance and liability
• But the big deal that I have been working on this year was the liability to the state through civil actions
• We have to set precedents in those court cases to determine where our liability is.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Yeah, if I could just add on the liability front, it's very real, I think, for venues in this state and
• So the improvements that we have here would help us address those liabilities and also save us on the
• Liability is real.
• And what we're finding is that we really rarely host an event where there's not liability challenges
• And so investing in this infrastructure, especially on the liability front.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• It extends direct wage liability to developers per Labor Code Section 218.8.
• Second, the developer liability prevention.
• Second, the developer liability prevention. ...pertaining to.
• Second, the developer liability prevention. ...does. However, two things are worth noting.
• Second, the developer liability prevention. Government resources.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• There's going to be a whole lot of liability when the basement start getting wet as Chair Quam talked
• prevent basements from flooding or what have you, they're going to see to it that it's there from a liability
• There's going to be a whole lot of liability when the basement start getting wet as Chair Quam talked
• There's going to be a whole lot of liability when the basement start getting wet as Chair Quam talked
• There's going to be a whole lot of liability when the basement start getting wet as Chair Quam talked

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: House File 2614 was heard with a delete-everything amendment adopted at the outset. The bill, as explained by the authors, would prevent local governments from requiring amenities or common property that effectively force the creation of a homeowners association, while still allowing developers to create HOAs voluntarily when needed. The authors said the language was negotiated with stakeholders, including the League of Minnesota Cities, and was intended to be moved on to the Housing Committee for further discussion. Supportive testimony came from Housing First Minnesota and the Minnesota Homeownership Center. They argued that unnecessary HOA mandates can raise housing costs, reduce homebuyer choice, and shift public infrastructure costs onto homeowners through dues in addition to property taxes. Testifiers cited examples involving single-family developments, a Burnsville case involving a large roof assessment and disputed ACH withdrawal, and the Heritage Park development in Minneapolis, where an HOA was required but later became difficult to dissolve. They said the bill would preserve HOAs where they are genuinely needed, such as townhomes or shared-amenity developments. Members raised questions about the removal of county-specific language in the amendment, the meaning of the bill’s references to services and common property, and whether the bill would still allow neighborhood signs or other developer-requested features. A major point of concern was stormwater ponds and drainage infrastructure: one member argued that prohibiting cities from requiring HOA maintenance of such facilities could shift costs to taxpayers, while the authors responded that the bill was meant to stop cities from mandating discretionary amenities and that maintenance issues had been partly addressed in the amendment. The committee did not take a final vote in the portion provided, but the amendment was adopted and the bill was discussed for referral onward.

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• <00:46:41.359> in<00:46:41.440> Minnesota, would have a tax liability in Minnesota,
• would have a tax liability in Minnesota, so<00:46:42.080> it<00:46:42.200> could<00:46
• It's about whether they have nexus and whether they have tax liability, a corporate income tax liability
• He also said he had misspoken: it would not be based on tax liability, but on a return requirement.
• , it would not be based on tax liability, it would not be based on tax liability, but<00:50:03.840

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The immunity from liability that has mentioned a few times—why are we having another standard for treatment
• The immunity from liability that has been mentioned a few times—why are we having another standard for
• The immunity from liability that has been mentioned a few times—why are we having another standard for
• The immunity from liability that has been mentioned a few times—why are we having another standard for
• The immunity from liability that has been mentioned a few times—why are we having another standard for

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: On the deferred agenda, the Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs took up SB 1364, which makes emergency appropriations for law enforcement personnel costs, and SB 1452, which relates to the Uniform Controlled Substances Act. The chair recommended both measures pass with amendments, including technical corrections and a committee-report effective date of July 1, 2077. For SB 1364, the amendments included specified general fund and transfer fund amounts for DAGS, the Judiciary, and the Department of Law. For SB 1452, the chair said the bill was being corrected to fix a drug-name error that had been replicated from a federal mistake. Both recommendations were adopted by vote, with Senator Dort excused. The committee then discussed SB 1612, a joint measure on fitness to proceed that would require and appropriate funds for a five-year pilot program involving the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Department of Health, with interim and final reports to the Legislature. Testimony was mixed: the Judiciary and Department of Health were supportive, while the Office of the Public Defender and the Disability Rights Center opposed it, arguing it conflicted with best practices and the Clark consent order, and that people found not fit to proceed must be sent to the state hospital. DCR said its main concern was that the bill would still require patients to be housed in its facilities, which it said are not rehabilitative and are already strained by staffing shortages and limited access. The bill’s author argued the proposal was meant to create joint custody and reduce the high cost of state-hospital placement, but the committee did not take final action in the portion provided. In the joint hearing with Health and Human Services, the committees heard SB 1322, a broad rewrite of the state mental health code. The Attorney General supported the measure as a comprehensive cleanup and modernization effort, but many testifiers raised concerns. Queen’s Health System and Hawaii Health Systems Corporation supported the concept but warned about emergency-room impacts and asked for amendments; IHS supported the bill with a caveat about assisted community treatment procedures; and the Public Defender, Disability Rights Center, and others opposed parts of it, citing due process, privacy, HIPAA, counsel rights, liability immunity, and the reduction of an involuntary-treatment panel from three clinicians to one psychiatrist. The hearing also covered SB 951 on child protection, where the Department of Defense supported the bill and proposed technical amendments and MOUs with military components to clarify reporting and coordination procedures; DHS and the Attorney General said they were still working through possible changes. Finally, SB 228 on excited delirium was heard, with the Public Defender and Disability Rights Center supporting the bill and arguing the term has been misused and that better police de-escalation training is the real solution.

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• If their tax liability is less than the credit, it would roll over for up to three years.
• So let's say their tax liability is under that. They wouldn't be getting...
• So let's say their tax liability is under that.
• So anything that we can be doing to bring that income tax liability down is going to... ...an income
• So anything that we can be doing to bring that income tax liability down is going to be something that

Bills: SB12, SB13

Keywords: tax credit, physician, healthcare, income tax, rural health, tax deduction, gross receipts, coinsurance, managed care, 996, all

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• INSTANCES IN WHICH THERE HAS BEEN, WHETHER A LAWSUIT OR BY REGULATION, ANY CONCERNS ABOUT WHERE THE LIABILITY
• WHERE DOES THE LIABILITY FALL? >> Chair Yeager: DOCTOR CAITLIN, GO RIGHT AHEAD. >> Dr.
• THAT LIABILITY WOULD ULTIMATELY FLOW TO THE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS OVERSEEING THAT DECISION.
• SOME LAWS LIKE THE UTAH LAW THAT I MENTIONED THAT EXPLICITLY PROHIBITS DISCLAIMERS OR SHIFTING LIABILITY
• YOU HAVE A LICENSE REGULATED INDUSTRY AND THERE IS LAWS RELATED IN THE INDUSTRY IN GENERAL, THE LIABILITY

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• The substitute makes a change that will improve the implementation and tighten the liability language
• Does that liability continue in perpetuity?
• But you have a trailing liability, would you not? I think you would. Okay, that's a good question.
• Provision so that they pass the liability off. Right. That would be the best solution.
• bill up in environmental tomorrow which you'll hear again to make sure that there's some financial liability

Bills: HB246, HB796, HB 1056, HB1544, HB1846, HB2001, HB2618, HB2625, HB2869, HB2898, HB3069, HB3114, HB3157, HB3228, HJR98, HB246

Keywords: federal directives, state authority, Tenth Amendment, government enforcement, local governance, gold standard, legal tender, currency, transactional currency, financial transactions, electronic payment systems, state finance, regulatory compliance, electric trucks, charging infrastructure, advisory council, transportation, sustainability, criminal penalties, official information

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• company or a limited liability company owned by two individuals who are family members.
• individually owned limited liability individually owned limited liability company<00:35:42.000><
• > company company or a limited liability company company or a limited liability company owned<
• So, is the Department of A now going to take on the ownership or the liability of paying the producers
• So, is the Department of A now going to take on the ownership or the liability of paying the producers

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Also, risk of liability issues if a property owner, small farmer, or rancher cannot immediately comply
• Clear liability protection should be considered.
• <00:09:31.240> issues<00:09:31.880> if<00:09:32.000> a also risk of liability
• issues if a also risk of liability issues if a property<00:09:32.519> owner<00:09:32.959>
• protection should be clear liability protection should be considered<00:09:42.920> again<00:09

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The hearing opened with committee procedures and then took up SB 1, relating to vegetation management near utility lines. DLNR opposed the bill, saying it would shift rights, responsibilities, and liability onto the state and private landowners. Hawaiian Electric supported the measure with amendments, describing it as a first step to address wildfire risk and improve public safety and system reliability. The Hawaii Farm Bureau and Command Schools both raised concerns that the bill could impose significant costs, liability, and access burdens on farmers, ranchers, and other landowners, especially where easements are old or unclear. Life of the Land argued the issue belongs before the Public Utilities Commission, and PUC staff explained that the commission is already reviewing Hawaiian Electric’s wildfire mitigation plan and vegetation management in a docket, with a decision expected by September and public meetings scheduled for April 23 and 24. Committee members questioned the need for legislation versus negotiated solutions, and witnesses said private parties could potentially renegotiate easements without statute. The committee then heard HB 1296, relating to disaster recovery. DLNR and OPSD supported the bill, saying it would ease regulatory burdens in post-disaster rebuilding and help speed permit review. Testimony and member questions focused on the bill’s five-year rebuilding timeline, the role of the coastal zone/SMA process, and how long permit reviews typically take; OPSD said SMA major/use permits generally take about six months, while minor permits are faster. Members also discussed whether the bill would apply to existing structures damaged in disasters and whether the amendments from the Attorney General’s office and OPSD were acceptable; no objections were raised. Finally, the committee heard SB 1170, relating to the expeditious redevelopment and development of affordable rental housing. HHFDC supported the bill, and testimony from a Maui affordable housing project said the measure is needed to rebuild the Weinberg Court Apartments, a 63-unit affordable project in Lahaina, using insurance funds rather than government money. Members asked whether the bill would help existing affordable rental projects damaged before the enactment of related coastal rules, and the response was that the bill is aimed at existing structures damaged during events and intended to speed rebuilding of affordable housing.

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• Yeah, so it's on page 3, 149 M7, liability and disclosure, and he was interpreting that that means they
• uh uh a liability uh uh a liability section<00:38:00.040> yeah<00:38:00.280> so<00
• <00:38:04.400> and liability and liability and disclosure<00:38:06.240> and<00:38:06.520
• You were mentioning where I can't follow where it's said that they... that gives the liability of where
• Page three, M... having liability and disclosure.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee first took up an amendment to a bill dealing with digital assets, zoning, utilities, and noise. Members discussed removing the “private key” language, clarifying that the bill would prohibit state or local governments from treating digital asset mining differently from other industrial uses, and narrowing several provisions based on feedback from the Municipal Association. There was also discussion about electricity use, rate schedules, and whether the bill would allow payment of electric bills in Bitcoin; members clarified that bills would still be paid in dollars and that discriminatory rates were not allowed. The amendment was approved on a straw vote, and the committee then voted 7-1 to adopt the amended bill. The committee then considered a separate bill related to a paint stewardship program. The sponsor explained that the amendment would remove references to a fee structure that had troubled him in public hearing, while still preserving the plan and oversight by the Department of Environmental Services. Members discussed whether the bill’s liability and disclosure language affected antitrust concerns, and a representative from the American Coatings Association testified that the program’s environmental management practices and liability provisions were intended to ensure responsible handling and cleanup. The committee ultimately voted 7-1 to adopt the amended bill. Later, the subcommittee moved to liquor-related business. It first voted unanimously, 7-0, to retain a cannabis-related item. It then discussed a tavern license bill that would create a 21-plus tavern category, with the Liquor Enforcement Division explaining that the restriction was tied to alcohol-only venues and the potential for late-night entertainment and nightclub-style operations. Members raised concerns about local control and public safety, and the discussion referenced existing cocktail lounge rules and the possibility of towns opting into such a license. The transcript cuts off before a final vote on that item is shown.