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• Chair Shaheen moves that HB 5430 without amendment be reported favorably to the full House with a recommendation
• Chair moves that SB 901 without amendment be reported favorably to the full House with a recommendation
• Chair moves that SB 2964 without amendment be reported favorably to the full House with a recommendation
• Chair moves that HB 3918 without amendment be reported favorably to the full House.
• House Bill 4171 amends the election code so that Mr.

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• In the Constitution, we have sovereign immunity, and the state has no liability and does not have to
• The Claims Commission gave claimant 30 days to amend his complaint and provide good-faith allegations
• Claimant did not amend his complaint.
• Claimant claimed that this denial of his motion constituted failure to comply with the federal court
• A right to the Constitution. Well, I get that, but how so?

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• Show the amendment to the amendment adopted. Please read the next amendment to the amendment.
• No further amendments to the amendment, Mr. President. We are back on the amendment as amended.
• Show the amendment to the amendment not adopted. Please read the next amendment to the amendment.
• Show the amendment to the amendment adopted. Please read the next amendment to the amendment.
• No further amendments to the amendment. Back on the amendment. Please read the amendment.

Summary: The Florida Senate convened with a quorum, opened with a prayer and Pledge of Allegiance, and heard several member introductions recognizing guests, interns, public servants, and a resolution honoring Indiana University quarterback Fernando Mendoza for winning the Heisman Trophy. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar and took up a series of bills, with some measures temporarily postponed and others advanced after brief debate and, in several cases, substitution of House companions for Senate bills. The first major bill passed was CS/CS/HB 355 on health care patient protection, which requires hospitals with emergency departments to have pediatric emergency care policies, training, equipment, and a designated pediatric coordinator; it passed 36-0. The Senate also passed CS/HB 1113 on public records, expanding confidentiality protections for victims and temporarily protecting the name of a law enforcement officer who becomes a victim in the line of duty; it passed 33-4. CS/CS/HB 1085 on local government cybersecurity was amended to place the program under the Florida Digital Service and to adjust grant timing, then passed 37-0. CS/CS/HB 925 on clerks of court passed 38-0 after amendments affecting revenue retention, legal notices, traffic citation distributions, and municipal fee sharing. CS/CS/HB 679 on trademark registration modernization and CS/CS/HB 589 on septic permit timing also passed unanimously. The most extensive debate centered on CS/CS/HB 991 / SB 1334, an elections bill that would use Real ID data to verify citizenship, change voter ID rules, alter candidate qualifying requirements, and revise election administration procedures. Senators offered and debated numerous amendments on documentation fees, senior exemptions, human review versus automated systems, student and retirement-center IDs, and effective dates; most were defeated, though one amendment adding stock-trading disclosure language for candidates was adopted. The bill’s sponsor cited election-crimes reports and specific prosecutions involving non-citizens as justification for the measure, while opponents argued it could disenfranchise eligible voters, especially students and seniors. The transcript ends during continued questioning and debate on that elections bill, before final disposition is shown.

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• Another one deals with a constitutional amendment that would create nominating committees for regents
• On Wednesday, we're going to be hearing the constitutional amendment to create an independent commission
• We might have a substitute for that constitutional amendment.

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• But the one constitutional right delegated to cities and counties is the right to zone.
• But the one constitutional right delegated to cities and counties is the right to zone.
• committee staff for working diligently with us, and we will be accepting the committee's suggested amendments
• We are joining the others in late opposition due to the recent amendments. Thank you.
• Motion is do pass as amended to Appropriations. Brian? Aye. Ellis? No. Alanis? Connolly? Aye.

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• May they be faithful to our state's constitution, and give witness in word and deed to the principles
• 8 a.m., and they'll be discussing the... following legislative procedures, requests for bills, amendments
• amendment to when I partnered with you, Mr.
• **Senate Bill 33** relates to forest conservation, enacting the **Wildfire Prepared Act**, amending and
• four or eight years, providing that an ignition interlock may be removed without a court order, amending

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• In apparent conflict with Arkansas Constitution, Article 12, the city bills these businesses through
• In apparent conflict, Arkansas Constitution, Article 12.
• In apparent conflict with the Arkansas Constitution, Article 12, Section 5, as interpreted by Attorney
• On the top of that page, the paragraph mentions Constitution, Article 12, Section 5.
• But, as Chairman Johnson mentioned, this particular one dealing with the Constitution is probably less

Summary: The committee approved the February 12 minutes and received updates on delinquent municipal water and sewer reports for 2022 and 2023, noting continued progress toward compliance and reinstatement of turnback funds for several cities. It also deferred several matters to the June 4 meeting, including Fargo’s municipal accounting noncompliance report, Jericho’s street-fund misuse issue, Biggers and Holly Grove deferred reports, and a group of private water and sewer reports lacking proper responses. Members then heard and filed a detailed report on the City of Strong, which involved repeat findings on undeposited receipts, improper use of solid waste funds, unsupported spending, late payroll tax payments, accounting control problems, and fund balance issues. Mayor Darrell Howell described corrective steps, including new internal controls, outside CPA assistance, repayment of misapplied funds, budget amendments, and efforts to address the findings; the committee commended the city’s efforts and filed the report. The committee also filed reports on Thornton Waterworks, Calhoun County, Salem, Briarcliffe, Compton Water Association, Montgomery County Regional Public Water Authority, Camden, Johnson County, and Sparkman, while deferring several private water reports and other unresolved items. A major portion of the meeting focused on the Pulaski County Regional Solid Waste Management District and other regional solid waste districts. The audit found issues in Pulaski County involving unapproved payroll items, missing credit card documentation, unapproved contracts, vehicle and cell phone documentation problems, lack of competitive bidding, and weak internal controls; members questioned the district’s practices and deferred the report to June while requesting district representatives appear. The committee also reviewed a statewide report on six regional solid waste management districts, with findings in Pulaski, Faulkner, and Benton counties and no findings in three others; that report was likewise deferred for Pulaski County questions. The meeting ended after a lengthy discussion with Cross County Rural Water System about overdue audit posting, water quality problems, grant-funded improvements, board notice practices, and the broader challenges facing rural water systems, after which the committee filed the report and adjourned.

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• A18 amendment. A18 amendment.
• . amendment. amendment.
• . amendment. amendment.
• c> would<00:32:44.720> amend So, this this amendment would amend So, this this amendment would
• ><00:53:15.480> uh<00:53:15.560> it amendment amendment does is uh it amendment amendment

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• Comments on my amendment? I move your amendment.
• We're on the floor amendment, not the amendment.
• Now we're on to the amendment as amended. Now we're on to the amendment as amended.
• This is the committee amendment as amended. I move the committee amendment as amended be adopted.
• I rise in support of the amended RAGE Amendment.

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• We're going to start with agenda item number two, which is SB 321 with Senate Amendment 1, an act to
• amend Title 26 of the Delaware Code related to utility billing.
• Our next bill is agenda item number one, which is SB 9 with Senate Amendment 1, an act to amend Title
• What constitutes an exceptional value wetland?
• What constitutes an exceptional value wetland?

Bills: SB9

Keywords: wetlands protection, nontidal wetlands, Delaware, environmental sustainability, climate change, carbon sink, permitting process

Summary: The House Natural Resources and Energy Committee met to consider two Senate bills. SB 321, with Senate Amendment 1, would change community solar billing so subscribers receive one consolidated utility bill instead of separate bills from the utility and the solar provider. Supporters said the bill would simplify enrollment and payment, improve customer retention—especially for low-income customers—and include safeguards such as guaranteed savings and an escrow mechanism to prevent cost shifts to other ratepayers. After public testimony from solar developers, the Public Advocate, the Sierra Club, and others, the committee initially lacked enough members present to release the bill, so the vote was circulated to absent members and the bill was later reported out for floor action. The committee then heard SB 9, with Senate Amendment 1, a long-negotiated wetlands protection bill. The sponsor and DNREC explained that it would create a state non-tidal wetlands program with exemptions for certain agricultural, conservation, and routine activities, general permits for some lower-impact projects, and individual permits for higher-value wetlands. Witnesses described the bill as a compromise among environmental, agricultural, development, and local government stakeholders, while some members raised questions about flooding, landowner impacts, wetland delineation, and the role of the regulatory advisory committee. Public testimony was broadly supportive from environmental groups, the Farm Bureau, builders, engineers, and affordable housing advocates. The committee then voted to release SB 9 from committee. At the end of the meeting, members offered thanks and remarks recognizing the chair’s service and leadership on environmental and energy issues. Both bills were ultimately released from committee and reported out.

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• And when you look at Amendment 3 that passed in 2024, and I know, and I want to make this very clear,
• But the language that is in our Constitution can be interpreted to mean abortion up until birth.
• That would be helpful because I think one of the things that I'm not clear about is what constituted
• I hear you, but it's the amended parts on it.
• I too will be voting my district, which overwhelmingly voted against Amendment 3.

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• SB 390 is a district-specific bill that makes a very narrow technical amendment to the Mello-Roos Act
• Thank you to the author for taking the amendments to include the city and county's suggestions, support
• Thank you to the author for taking the amendments to include the city and county, suggestions, support
• and the federal Constitution demand, but also about racialized wealth extraction.
• So I believe that the recent amendments addressed the concerns that were previously expressed.

Summary: The committee opened the June 18, 2025 Local Government hearing with housekeeping rules, noting that testimony would be in person and that disruptive conduct would not be tolerated. Because a quorum was initially lacking, the committee proceeded as a subcommittee and heard several bills before later taking formal votes once quorum was established. The agenda included 15 bills, with eight placed on the consent calendar and one bill pulled by the author. The bills discussed included SB 333, which would let San Luis Obispo County voters consider raising the local sales tax cap for transportation funding; SB 390, a district-specific measure for South San Francisco to address a Mello-Roos/CFD issue affecting properties with conservation easements; SB 394, which would increase penalties for water theft and allow local agencies to recover damages; SB 611, which would restore protections for housing projects tied to adopted community plans while CEQA litigation is pending; SB 757, which would allow nuisance abatement liens or special assessments to collect cleanup costs for chronic nuisance properties; and SB 489, which would require public agencies involved in housing approvals to post application requirements online. Supporters generally framed the bills as tools for infrastructure financing, housing production, transparency, public safety, or deterrence of theft and blight. Opposition was heard on SB 757, with critics warning about due process, foreclosure risk, and displacement of low-income homeowners. After quorum was called, the committee voted 7-0 to pass SB 757, and later approved SB 489 on a 10-0 vote. The consent calendar bills—SB 74, SB 225, SB 272, SB 409, SB 558, SB 735, SB 736, and SB 737—were approved together. SB 333 advanced on a 7-2 vote, SB 390 passed 9-0, SB 394 passed 9-0, and SB 611 passed 10-0. The hearing concluded with the committee adjourned after all listed actions were taken.

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• amendment? amendment?
• I like the<00:49:26.359> amendment. the amendment. the amendment.
• , third reading amendment the amendment, third reading amendment number<01:50:38.360> three.
• Second Amendment Protection Act Second Amendment Protection Act amendments. amendments. amendments.

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• The plaintiffs argued the state's system for funding school facilities did not meet the state's constitutional
• But if we don't have the information, I don't know how passing and amending the act before we have the
• We are protecting rights and constitutional viewpoints here through these Lawsuits.
• Senator, it would be amending the language in the act itself, and there's some other cleanup that we
• If it's truly bilingualism, which our constitution Thank you all so much for joining us today.

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• We conducted this audit as a part of our regular cycle of audits of the constitutional officers, which
• So the Secretary of State is one of four constitutional offices in Minnesota.
• <00:02:25.680> offices<00:02:26.040> in of four constitutional offices in of four constitutional
• The response explained that OA audits the constitutional offices on a four-year rotation.
• <00:54:05.520> Minnesota legislature around amending Minnesota legislature around amending

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• I believe there is an A1 amendment. Would you like to move that? I'll move the A1 amendment.
• Your bill has been amended.
• <00:28:41.840> uh<00:28:42.120> representative amendment uh representative amendment uh
• <00:43:11.200> um 2020 uh this is a good Amendment um 2020 uh this is a good Amendment um
• bill um I believe is this an amendment bill um I believe is this an amendment to<00:45:39.559>

Bills: HF2233, HF1524, HF1893, HF1396, HF2456, HF2959, HF2300, HF2412, HF3022, HF2825, HF1862, HF1373, HF1039, HF3070

Keywords: Uniform Special Deposits Act, special deposit, banking law, financial institutions, escrow, escrow account, trust account, security deposit, beneficiary, depositor, creditor process, garnishment, attachment, levy, setoff, recoupment, financial market infrastructure, retirement benefits, compensation, earnest money

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• It constitutes an unfair method of competition.
• It constitutes an unfair method of competition.
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• method<00:14:09.600> of It constitutes an unfair method of It constitutes an unfair method
• would you be amendable to that? would you be amendable to that?

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• I think do taxes Amendment amendments I think do taxes Amendment will<00:22:16.559> clear<00:
• amendments.
• Chair's recommendation will be to pass this measure with amendments. We have technical amendments.
• This measure will pass with amendments. We have technical amendments.

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Summary: The committee heard testimony on several housing-related measures, with most witnesses supporting bills aimed at expanding affordable housing tools and financing. SB 1169, creating a Community Land Trust Equity pilot program, drew support from HHFDC and Nahal UI, which said revolving funds would help community land trusts build permanently affordable housing more efficiently. SB 1200, establishing a workforce housing regulatory sandbox within HHFDC, also received support from HHFDC and others, though HHFDC noted concerns about whether the measure could be read to preempt county permitting and zoning powers. SB 511, which would require county legislative bodies rather than HHFDC to approve certain housing project exemptions, prompted HHFDC to suggest revised language and a possible processing deadline for applications; the discussion focused on avoiding indefinite delays and clarifying county and state roles. SB 1283, creating an emergency home loan assistance revolving fund, was introduced with comments from the Department of Budget and Finance and HHFDC. SB 612, on rent-to-build equity agreements for exempt housing projects, drew support and questions about how many affected projects are rentals versus for-sale units. SB 944, extending and expanding low-income housing tax credit provisions, received support from Sugar Creek Capital, Hawaii Housing, and the Chamber of Commerce, while the Tax Foundation raised a technical concern about inconsistent use of the term “taxpayer.” HPHA-supported bills SB 1413 and SB 1412 were also heard, along with SB 1632, which would direct DBEDT to develop a comprehensive action plan for a local housing market; testimony on that measure was strongly supportive but included calls to examine constitutional and legal issues and broader market-structure concerns. The committee also began discussion of SB 1033 and noted it was closely related to SB 1131, with the chair indicating an inclination to move only one of the two similar tax proposals forward.

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• This, by the way, I will accept the committee's amendments.
• I will accept the committee's amendments.
• Let me start by accepting the committee amendments.
• We've proposed amendments that preserve efficiency while maintaining.
• So I appreciate the author for accepting those amendments.

Summary: The committee heard several bills from Senator Umberg and Senator Allen, with testimony from supporters and opponents before roll-call votes were taken once quorum was established. SB 253, the annual State Bar fee bill, would keep fees unchanged while requiring two-year notice for substantial changes to the bar exam, including vendor changes, and returning to an older delivery method for the upcoming exam; it was presented as a response to recent State Bar problems and the February bar exam failure. SB 25, the Pre-Merger Notification Act, would require certain merger parties to provide California’s attorney general the same Hart-Scott-Rodino materials filed federally, so state antitrust review can occur in parallel with federal review; supporters said this would reduce delay and uncertainty, while members questioned whether it would add another layer of review. SB 36 would strengthen price-gouging enforcement after the January 2025 Southern California firestorms by requiring rental-listing platforms to report suspected gouging, expanding consumer and prosecutor remedies, and allowing warrants in housing-related cases; supporters said it would close loopholes, while opponents from business groups raised concerns. All three bills were later approved on roll call, with SB 36 and SB 413 placed on call before final passage and SB 253 and SB 25 moving forward on committee votes. The committee also heard SB 413, which would streamline access to juvenile case files in certain civil cases brought by or on behalf of the youth who is the subject of the file, allowing attorneys to use heavily redacted records without first petitioning the juvenile court. Supporters, including Los Angeles County counsel and county associations, said the current petition process is costly, slow, and routinely granted, creating delays in civil litigation and court congestion. Opponents, including the Youth Law Center, argued the bill would weaken longstanding juvenile confidentiality protections by bypassing judicial review and could expose sensitive information unnecessarily. After discussion about redactions, sealing, and the scope of access, the bill was passed on a do-pass-as-amended vote. Finally, Senator Wahab presented SB 436, which would extend the notice period for nonpayment of rent from three days to 14 days. Supporters, including tenant advocates, legal aid groups, and several local governments, argued the change would reduce unnecessary evictions, give renters more time to obtain assistance or a paycheck, and help prevent homelessness. Opponents, including apartment associations, property owners, and the California Association of Realtors, said the bill would burden landlords, especially small owners, and could unintentionally affect commercial leases; members also raised concerns about repeated late payment and the lack of stronger guardrails. The author said she would work on clarifying commercial coverage and safeguards, and the bill remained under discussion as the hearing continued.

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• I was somewhere on the amendment. No appearance cards on the amendment.
• The amendment is adopted. We're back on the bill as amended.
• We have an amendment on our agenda. We have an amendment submitted.
• I will withdraw the amendment. I will withdraw the amendment.
• This amendment, the strike all amendment, is in the bill.

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