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• Passing House File 3378 is a simple test.
• Passing House File 3378 is a simple test.
• community solar standard in Minnesota. community solar standard in Minnesota.
• That's standard and community solar law.
• Hortman's 2013 solar energy standard Hortman's 2013 solar energy standard included<00:42:06.400>

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• It increases the legal standard to line with the Tort Claims Act.
• It's not 100% clear whether what the standard really is. Some courts...
• Some courts seem to be looking to that deliberating different standards.
• The standard should be deliberate indifference.
• Not every one of those kits gets forwarded for testing.

Bills: SB246, SB146, SB300, SB301, SB309, SM17

Keywords: massage therapy, licensure, health and safety standards, continuing education, establishment licensing, civil rights, sovereign immunity, damages, public body, lawsuit limitations, legal notice, child welfare, computing infrastructure, data management, Department of Health, appropriation, foster care, Indian children, cultural competency, training services

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• out of college, I guess, we still had to go to the legislature to get the personal exemption and standard
• From net income, we take two things that are important: obviously, the standard deduction in Section
• So, taxpayers can take the standard deduction or the itemized deduction, and the definition of itemized
• So the standard deduction, again, New Mexico conforms.
• GILTI income, net CFC tested income, or NCTI, is computed on a much broader base.

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• Those repercussions would be, it's a violation of a standard of care, and that would be up to their board
• Today I bring before you HB 1083, a bill that aims to standardize the timeframes for accessing medical
• We have McKenna Davis with Alliance for Health Information Operations Standards, waiving in opposition
• heard about this bill, the provision that really shocked me was that a minor child can go and get tested
• Next up, we'll have HB 677, State Group Insurance Program coverage of standard fertility preservation

Summary: The committee took up a large health and human services agenda and first approved HB 711, the Spectrum Alert bill, which would create a statewide alert system for missing autistic children and require FDLE to coordinate training with state and local agencies. The measure drew a supportive waiver from the Florida Smart Justice Alliance and passed unanimously, 24-0, reported favorably. Members then considered CS for HB 229 on health facilities, which modernizes the Health Facilities Authority Act to allow additional nonprofit health system structures to use tax-exempt financing. Two amendments were adopted: one requiring advance notice, public hearings, and stakeholder notifications before a nonprofit hospital closure, and another removing a property tax exemption for a nonprofit hospital that closes and fails to maintain emergency services for 120 days, applied retroactively to January 1, 2025. The Florida Hospital Association opposed the amendments, citing workforce and nonprofit-status concerns, but the bill as amended passed 24-0. The committee also approved CS for HB 1405 on juvenile justice status offenders, expanding early truancy intervention, parent involvement, and shelter placement review timelines; it passed 24-0. CS for HB 27, joining the Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact, and its linked public records bill CS for HB 29 both passed unanimously after supportive testimony from several advocacy and business groups. The committee then debated HB 111 on out-of-network referrals and HB 1083 on patient access to records. HB 111 would require referring practitioners to inform patients in writing when a referral is out of network and to apply out-of-network payments to deductibles; it drew opposition from medical groups over administrative burden and patient-care concerns, but passed 17-8. HB 1083 would shorten the time for producing medical records to 14 working days and standardize access rules, with amendments clarifying portal access and delaying the effective date to January 1, 2026; despite opposition from some health information and provider groups over HIPAA and access concerns, it passed 19-7 as amended. Later, the committee approved HB 883, allowing autonomous practice for psychiatric nurse practitioners with the required credentials, after strong support from nurse practitioner groups and opposition from psychiatric and medical associations; it passed 23-3. HB 1297, which aligns Florida’s electronic prescribing exceptions with federal law and removes several state exemptions, passed 19-7 despite opposition from hospice, emergency physician, rheumatology, and medical groups concerned about paper prescriptions in emergencies and hard-to-find medications. HB 1353 on home health care services and CS for HB 989 on foster home licensure transfers both passed unanimously after supportive amendments. The committee also heard HB 1505 on parental rights, which would require written parental consent for many health care services, surveys, and biofeedback devices for minors and expand parental access to records; the bill drew extensive support testimony but also questions and concerns about confidentiality, abuse reporting, and existing exceptions, and the transcript ended before a final vote on that bill.

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• To my understanding, the goal of the amendment is to ensure that there are clear, uniform standards across
• In September, Otero became a testing ground for ICE's novel theory that it could legally detain people
• And within the past few months, ICE has rescinded all of the minimum required standards that had been
• CV&M support holding these corporate bad actors to a basic standard of care for our communities, our
• Second, we have a pretty standard approach to how we would tackle any job losses that happen.

Bills: SB100

Keywords: burglary, aggravated burglary, dwelling, criminal law, property rights, 996, all

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• Most of the notice periods have plenty of time because they are set up for standard mail, so email will
• This bill conforms state geographic materials in the academic standards to the new federal designation
• from New York, California, and different states that had similar standards in order for me to compare
• know there were points made up, even if it was just one thing the teachers We have to change their test
• Even though some of the textbooks still showed Pluto, our teachers updated the test to make sure our

Bills: HB 9, HB 22, HB 908, HB 1392

Keywords: property tax, ad valorem tax, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property, tax exemption, local government finance, appraisal district, chief appraiser, rendition statement, property tax relief, small business, commercial property, leased property, related business entity, unified business enterprise, tax situs, Texas Tax Code, local taxing unit, constitutional amendment

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• It varies, although most of California is now quite challenging from a cost-of-living standard.
• will be $118.9 billion, so $3.6 billion more than forecast at the 2024 Budget Act. 2023-24 remains in Test
• 2, while both 2024-25 and 2025-26 are in... ...while both 2024-25 and 2025-26 are in Test 1.
• It has to do with the fact that Test 1 is operative and the state is paying maintenance factor.
• in that they included all... ...consistent with the standards in that they included all sorts of budget

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance met for its annual Proposition 98 overview, with Chair Alvarez outlining the committee’s focus on K-12 funding, student outcomes, and use of one-time funds. Superintendent Tony Thurmond gave an update on education issues, including wildfire recovery support for affected school communities, ongoing concerns about federal threats to education funding and immigration enforcement, progress on literacy and math, dual-language immersion, educator housing, and support for dual enrollment. Members broadly expressed support for these priorities, while also raising concerns about implementation, funding stability, and the need for schools to remain safe places for students. The committee then reviewed the Governor’s Proposition 98 proposal. The Department of Finance said the 2025-26 Proposition 98 guarantee is projected at $118.9 billion, with higher revenues and TK-related rebenching driving the increase. The LAO said the budget adds about $7.5 billion over two years and discussed the volatility of the guarantee, especially in 2024-25, when changes in revenue could have an outsized effect on school funding. Members questioned the proposed $1.6 billion delayed settle-up payment, the legal basis for delaying it, and the impact of possible federal funding freezes. The LAO presented alternatives such as a reserve deposit or delayed disbursement, while Finance said the proposal is intended to manage uncertainty. Members also raised concerns that ethnic studies implementation was not funded in the January budget, and Finance said the administration was not proposing funding for it. The committee next heard on the Proposition 98 rainy day fund and education deferrals. Finance said the reserve would receive a mandatory deposit of about $1.2 billion in 2024-25 and a discretionary deposit of $376 million in 2025-26, leaving a balance of about $1.5 billion. The LAO supported rebuilding the reserve as a way to manage volatility. On deferrals, Finance described the Governor’s plan to eliminate remaining deferrals by 2025-26, and the LAO said paying them off improves cash flow and budget resilience. Members generally supported eliminating deferrals and rebuilding reserves, though some asked about acting earlier if revenues allow. The committee also reviewed the proposed $1.8 billion student support and professional development block grant; Finance said it would fund professional development, recruitment and retention, and dual enrollment, while the LAO recommended clearer language on local discretion and use for one-time costs. Members were divided, with some supporting flexibility and others warning that one-time block grants can create instability and confusion for districts.

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• <03:43:31.359> In<03:43:31.680> 2022, standard? In 2022, standard?
• standard accountability practices. standard accountability practices.
• They must meet state standards.
• They must meet state standards.
• add more testing, add more structure. add more testing, add more structure.

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• the standards of um uh<01:13:06.080> the<01:13:06.320> standards<01:13:06.719> the<
• the common standards of uh the standards the common standards of decency.<01:13:08.400> I<01:
• evolving standards of decency. evolving standards of decency.
• crash test dummy for everybody else? crash test dummy for everybody else?
• standards and the recommendations. standards and the recommendations.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• doing, my draft employee contract for Representative Simmons, and a hire letter that I sent that is standard
• So the per se and functional tests of activities that are incompatible with the legislator, I got to
• And then it says, you know, the functional test applies to specific legislative actions, votes, and the
• So the per se and functional tests of activities that are incompatible with the legislator, I got to
• And then it says, you know, the functional test applies to specific legislative actions, votes, and the

Summary: The hearing resumed in the Legislative Ethics Board matter involving Tara Simmons after the board confirmed no ex parte communications had occurred overnight. Respondent’s counsel moved to dismiss two allegations at the close of the board staff’s case: that Simmons pressured the Administrative Office of the Courts to alter a contract in favor of her employer, and that she violated ethics rules by combining legislative support for AEJG with a personal donation to the organization. Board staff opposed the motion, arguing the evidence showed Simmons’s legislative and personal dealings were intertwined. After a recess for deliberation, the board denied the motion to dismiss, and the hearing moved into the defense case. The first defense witness was Sharon Navas, executive director of the Equity and Education Coalition (EEC). Navas testified that she met Simmons in 2018, later hired her, and took steps to separate Simmons’s legislative duties from her work for EEC. She said Simmons was never paid for lobbying or legislative acts, that her compensation came from unrestricted funds, and that the organization used written ethics-compliance language and a formal scope of work. Navas also described the proviso-funded dashboard project involving Anthony Powers and Chris Stanley, testifying that Simmons was not involved in the project’s day-to-day work, did not attend the meetings about the dispute, and was not part of the alleged contract disagreement. On cross-examination, staff focused on the contract documents, the dashboard work, and whether the scope of work matched the parties’ understanding. Tara Simmons then testified in her own defense. She described her background, legislative career, disability accommodations, and extensive efforts to seek ethics guidance from House counsel and board-related materials before taking outside employment or supporting provisos. She said she relied on prior ethics advice when separating her legislative role from outside work and when seeking provisos for AEJG and EEC. Simmons also addressed her relationship with Anthony Powers, describing it as a friendship rooted in criminal justice reform work and prior collaboration. The hearing was still in the middle of Simmons’s direct testimony when the transcript excerpt ended, with no final ruling on the merits or disposition of the allegations.

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• And whereas home-educated students score above the national institutional average on achievement tests
• average above the national institutional average on<00:20:12.480> achievement<00:20:12.960> tests
• ,<00:20:13.280> regardless<00:20:13.800> of on achievement tests, regardless of on
• achievement tests, regardless of their<00:20:14.040> parents'<00:20:14.400> level<00:20
• Approximately nine out of 10 Coloradans support setting standard prices for drugs to make them more affordable

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The Senate met with a quorum, approved the journal, and then proceeded out of order to consider Senate Joint Resolution 20, recognizing April 9, 2026, as Home Education Day in Colorado. Senator Pelton spoke in strong support of home education, describing it as a parent-led choice that benefits students and families. The resolution was adopted on a 30-0 vote, and the current roll was added as co-sponsors. The chamber then took up the consent calendar and passed House Bill 1229, House Bill 1244, and Senate Bill 153. HB 1229, which concerns the human-animal bond as a social determinant of health, drew three no votes from Senators Pelton, Zamora Wilson, and Baeza; the other two measures passed unanimously. The Senate also laid over third reading of bills until Friday, April 10. In Committee of the Whole, senators considered Senate Bill 72, which increases criminal penalties for assaultive conduct involving a motor vehicle and adds causing death with a motor vehicle to criminally negligent homicide. The committee adopted the report and advanced the bill on second reading. Later, the chamber laid over Senate Bill 134 and House Bill 1084 until April 10, and then took up Senate Bill 140, which would exempt certain rare disease and plasma therapies from review by the Prescription Drug Affordability Review Board. Sponsors and supporters argued the bill protects access for patients with rare diseases and prevents harm to treatment development, while opponents said it would weaken the PDAB’s affordability work and was too broad. Senators Weisman and Gonzales spoke against the bill, with Weisman citing concerns about the federal definition used and Gonzales defending the PDAB’s role in lowering drug costs; the debate continued in the transcript without a final vote shown.

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• mentioned by testifiers is the standard mentioned by testifiers is the standard in<00:19:58.000>
• And it’s all a balancing test.
• And it's all there's a balancing<00:29:58.240> test.
• c> we're<00:29:59.279> trying<00:29:59.360> to<00:29:59.520> do balancing test
• What we're trying to do balancing test.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• ,<00:11:04.399> uh devices, uh particular testing, uh devices, uh particular testing, uh catalytic
• And so as an example here I'm just showing the Tesla 4680 battery, that is the standard battery that
• Um, that is the standard battery that they put into the electric vehicles.
• This is more standard chemical processing.
• >> Um, so the standard material for ablation in aerospace is a carbon material. >> Mhm. >> Very good.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00 Attendance Roll Call 01:58 Approval of Minutes 03:05 Member Comments 03:18 Nanotechnologies in Energy 06:20, 958, all

Summary: The committee met and approved the minutes, then heard announcements and introductions from members and guests, including an invitation to an East Kentucky trail ride opening and welcomes for new EPIC and Kentucky Coal Association representatives and several constituents. After the opening business, the committee turned to a presentation on nanotechnology and energy applications by Rodney Andrews of the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research. Andrews explained how nanoscale materials behave differently because of their size and surface area, and described uses in consumer products, batteries, solar panels, catalysts, coatings, sensors, and energy storage. Members asked about the relationship between nanomaterials and coal, and Andrews said carbon nanotubes can be made from coal-derived hydrocarbons, which members noted as an opportunity for Kentucky’s coal and manufacturing sectors. He also discussed work on improved solar coatings, more stable perovskites, fuel-processing catalysts, hydrogen storage, renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, electromagnetic shielding, and conductive yarns and fabrics. The presentation also covered more advanced applications such as thermoelectric textiles, power transmission materials, thermal transport composites for aerospace, nanofluids for cooling, and fusion reactor shielding. In the final discussion, members raised questions about electromagnetic pulse protection and quantum computing; Andrews said the materials discussed could absorb and spread energy and that shielding applications may help with EMPs, while quantum computing remains limited by extremely low operating temperatures. No formal votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes.

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• 00:17:17.760> know,<00:17:17.919> I<00:17:18.079> think<00:17:18.319> I test
• pitting piece, you know, I think I test pitting piece, you know, I think I would<00:17:18.720> hope
• We standardized the fee reductions as fixed percentages.
• We standardize<01:39:13.600> the<01:39:13.920> fee<01:39:14.239> reductions<01:39
• :14.719> as<01:39:15.040> fixed standardize the fee reductions as fixed standardize the

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• So we have a, for example, we have a specific area of strength around the development and testing of
• and new innovative treatments that we could test as well. and then establish data networks with other
• Standards for Law Schools, has informed Texas Southern in a written assessment that the law schools for
• situation to bring Texas Southern Law education into alignment with contemporary legal education standards
• I intentionally mentioned at the end the fact that the statute tests Texas Southern with two missions

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• This bill also updates whistleblower investigation timelines to align with federal standards, allowing
• duplicative This bill also updates whistleblower investigation timelines to align with federal standards
• gt;> BNF strongly opposes this bill and stand >> BNF strongly opposes this bill and stand test
• . test. test.
• Requires the department, board, commissions, and agencies to process the complaint pursuant to their standard

Bills: SB2119, SB3131, SB3069, SB3180, SB2137, SB2993, SB2778, SB2672, SB2014, SB2967

Keywords: reimbursement, public employees, travel costs, government travel policy, finance management, job title, administrative assistant, executive assistant, state personnel, civil service, modernization, employment standards, DAGS, Department of Accounting and General Services, comptroller, civil service exemption, collective bargaining exemption, public works special project branch, specialized public works, information technology modernization

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• all be challenged—not because they violate existing law, but because they fail a new constitutional test
• of Atencio versus the State of New Mexico, which is seeking similar environmental protections and testing
• We believe that this bill goes above the national standard of environmental rights and ensures that the
• terms of the immediate implementation of the amendment, because this is a right that hasn't been tested
• And they've used standard principles of constitutional law, interpretation, and trust law to help inform

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• SB 1691, ESA assessment standards accreditation. SB 1692, ESA tutor safety rules.
• SB 1756, standard Arizona plan coordinate system.
• SB 1756 standard Arizona plan coordinate system.
• SB 1783, 10-a-lifetime limit, drug testing. SB 1784, juvenile sentence reduction hearings.
• We have the gold standard in voting: paper ballots, early voting in person and by mail, and a robust

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• Moving to page three, we have the Peace Officer Standards and Training Board.
• <00:08:27.680> standards<00:08:28.080> and<00:08:28.319> trainings<00:08:28.720>
• board standard standards and trainings board standard standards and trainings board uh<00:08:
• 30.319> standard<00:08:30.639> and<00:08:30.960> training<00:08:31.599> standards
• <00:08:32.080> and uh standard and training standards and uh standard and training standards

Keywords: 1183, house

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• county may adopt by ordinance standards county may adopt by ordinance standards for<01:01:52.319
• good cause not to apply the standards. good cause not to apply the standards.
• That's where testing is happening.
• That's where testing is are.
• Around and apply one standard one way and another standard a different way.

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