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• IS THE CURRENT STANDARD THAT ONCE A STATE OF EMERGENCY IS DECLARED LOCALLY THAT THE PURCHASE AND SALE
• ANY LOCALLY DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY THAT THERE SHOULD NEVER BE A PROHIBITION ON THE SALE OR PURCHASE
• WHAT WAS THE JUSTIFICATION THAT THE CITY OFFICIALS GAVE WHEN THEY PROHIBITED THE PURCHASE OF FIREARMS
• THEY ARE DOING IT AND THEY ARE SAYING THAT YOU CANNOT PURCHASE A FIREARM OR GUN.
• WHETHER IT'S LOCAL, STATEWIDE, HURRICANE OR SOMETHING LIKE COVID-19 OR LOCALLY UNREST, YOU CANNOT PURCHASE

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Exemption certificates are provided by customers to substantiate tax-exempt purchases.
• By taxing purchasers, the bill raises costs for all entities trying to use modern advertising tools.
• Our members, wholesalers, who have the responsibility of purchasing and affixing tax stamps to packs
• Tobacco is often purchased with gasoline, food, beverages, and other items by adult consumers.
• They lose the entire basket of goods that the customer would have purchased at our store, so we lose

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Revenue held a long hybrid hearing on a wide range of tax bills, with testimony covering cigarette and tobacco taxes, nicotine pouches, contractor rental equipment exemptions, aircraft sales tax exemptions, rolling stock, advanced sales tax payments, a gun and ammunition excise tax, a digital services tax, and a psilocybin cultivation/tax proposal. Committee chairs outlined the hearing process and noted that 39 House-filed sales and excise tax bills were being heard for required reporting by November 28. No votes were taken during the hearing. On tobacco-related bills, supporters including Senator Keenan, the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, and Tobacco Free Mass backed higher cigarette taxes and closing the synthetic nicotine loophole, arguing the measures would reduce youth initiation, encourage cessation, and offset health care costs. Retailers, wholesalers, and convenience-store groups opposed the increases, warning of smuggling, out-of-state purchasing, and harm to small businesses; premium cigar representatives argued cigars should be treated separately from cigarettes. The committee also heard testimony on H. 3067 and related bills concerning nicotine pouches, with public health advocates supporting taxation and industry witnesses urging a lower, more competitive rate. Several other bills drew sharply divided testimony. United Rentals supported H. 3065 to simplify contractor rental equipment exemption paperwork, while airport and aviation groups opposed bills to repeal the aircraft sales tax exemption, saying it would hurt airport competitiveness and jobs. The Transportation Association of Massachusetts backed rolling stock tax exemptions, saying the current tax discourages fleet investment and interstate commerce. Restaurant industry representatives supported repealing advanced sales tax payments and changing penalty rules, saying businesses were hit with retroactive penalties after unclear pandemic-era changes. On H. 3082, an excise tax on guns and ammunition, gun violence prevention advocates, Roca, and Giffords supported the bill as a dedicated funding source for prevention and survivor services, while sportsmen’s groups opposed it as unfair to lawful gun owners and harmful to conservation funding. The committee also heard testimony on H. 3208, a digital advertising services tax, with Representative Paulino supporting it as a way to capture revenue from online advertising and fund public needs, while the Chamber of Progress opposed it as costly and burdensome for small businesses and campaigns. Finally, multiple witnesses testified on H. 4050 regarding psilocybin cultivation and taxation: advocates from Mass Healing, Roca, the Reason Foundation, and individuals describing personal medical benefits urged a regulated, permit-based system, while the hearing ended after all signed-up speakers were heard and the chair adjourned the meeting.

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• First, VDACS previously administered the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program that worked to connect
• Child Care Cooperative Agreement, which was managed by VDACS in Virginia and provided funding for purchasing
• secretary was engaged in successful legislation that will make it easier for Virginia schools to purchase
• that loss of federal funding, we are not able to provide grants to local producers to be able to purchase
• Because of the loss of this grant, those school divisions now cannot afford to purchase that produce.

Keywords: Virginia Commission to End Hunger, 976, house, all

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• The acquisition of flood easement was just under 40, or 38 acres, excuse me, and we purchased 286 acres
• It's my understanding that they acquired 244 acres that they purchased, and the...
• Of those acres, the... of easement for... and purchase parcels were all from private landowners.
• We're talking about a structure with 20% of the footprint sitting on purchased private land, and then
• When the watershed district first proposed the project, due to COVID, on purchasing from these months

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• Madam Chair and members, HB 2376 prohibits a school district governing board from purchasing, entering
• into an option agreement to purchase, or entering into a lease-purchase agreement to purchase any school
• It restricts the maximum term for which a governing board can enter into leases or lease-purchase agreements
• It also requires a school site, building, or grounds that is being purchased to be within the geographic
• It also requires a school site, building, or grounds that is being purchased to be within the geographic

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The committee worked through a very long minority caucus calendar covering a wide range of bills, with many items being described and then either left on consent, pulled from consent, or noted for votes. Topics included bullion and state depository proposals, a produce incentive appropriation, a biennial budget change, veterans services funding, driver licensing and traffic enforcement measures, procurement and public records changes, school board and school facilities rules, SNAP work requirements and verification, child welfare and juvenile justice provisions, housing and homelessness measures, energy and fuel policy, election administration, and several tax, commerce, and licensing bills. Members repeatedly raised concerns about constitutionality, federal preemption, duplication of existing law, and whether some measures were policy priorities that had been vetoed in prior sessions and were returning unchanged. Several bills drew extended debate. Members objected to English-proficiency requirements for commercial drivers and motor carriers, arguing federal law and the supremacy clause would bar them. Earned wage access regulation prompted strong opposition over consumer harm, overdraft cycles, and high effective APRs. School-related bills were criticized for overregulating public schools while not imposing similar requirements on ESA/private-school programs, especially on fingerprint clearance and reporting. SNAP-related bills were also opposed as setting unrealistic mandates and repeating vetoed proposals. Other contested measures included a drag-show criminalization bill, a bill restricting photo enforcement, a bill limiting local regulation of unmanned aircraft, and a bill conforming Arizona tax law to federal changes, which members said would benefit wealthy taxpayers and corporations without a clear funding source. The committee also heard a number of supportive or less controversial measures, including bills on veterans awareness, dementia care telemonitoring, Braille transcription funding, CPA licensure pathways, cash acceptance by retailers, and some child safety and court administration changes. Several bills were pulled from consent for further discussion, while others were noted as having unanimous or near-unanimous votes. The meeting ended with caucus announcements, including an affordability award presentation, an upcoming Latino Caucus discussion on community land trusts, and an invitation to African American Legislative Day activities, followed by adjournment.

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• That's a full-on purchase.
• That's how Azure works versus G5, which is a straight-out purchase. Thank you. Great.
• And I think the other thing you mentioned is purchasing redundant tools.
• We purchase a tool, things changed, and now we have to maybe revisit it in the future.
• They restrict how customers can use their previously purchased software on other cloud providers.

Summary: The Assembly Select Committee on Cybersecurity and the Assembly Committee on Emergency Management held a joint informational hearing focused on maximizing the value of state cybersecurity investments, especially by fully using security features already included in existing vendor contracts. The first panel included representatives from Microsoft, Zscaler, and Palo Alto Networks, who described the products and services they provide to California and generally agreed that agencies often have strong adoption in some areas but still face challenges from tool overlap, limited staff, lack of awareness of available features, and the need for ongoing training and configuration support. They also discussed major threats such as ransomware, data loss, attack-surface exposure, IoT/OT vulnerabilities, and the growing role of AI in both attacks and defenses. Members pressed the vendors on whether state departments underuse purchased cybersecurity tools, how to improve utilization, and how to address the cybersecurity workforce shortage. The vendors said utilization is often constrained by staffing, procurement complexity, and the need to align tools with agency missions and maturity levels, but emphasized that training, leadership buy-in, and regular vendor-agency collaboration can improve results. They also discussed how AI can help with phishing triage, data-loss prevention, and security operations, while warning that agencies must manage AI safely and with human oversight. The second panel featured officials from the Department of Technology, Cal OES/CalSIC, and the California Military Department. They described statewide oversight efforts including audits, independent security assessments, continuous monitoring, advisory services, vulnerability disclosure programs, and workforce development initiatives such as the Information Security Leadership Academy and Cybersecurity Education Summit. Officials said some underutilization is real, but it is often tied to differing agency maturity, overlapping tools, and deliberate feature restrictions to reduce attack surface and complexity; they emphasized a balanced approach using people, process, and technology, with plans of action and milestones to hold departments accountable. They also noted federal uncertainty around MS-ISAC and the state and local cybersecurity grant program, saying California is advocating through federal partners and monitoring the impact. The hearing ended after public comment and adjournment.

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• And if we're talking about building a hospital, if a medical developer comes to me seeking to purchase
• comes to me if a medical developer comes to me seeking<00:02:43.519> to<00:02:43.760> purchase
• <00:02:44.080> my<00:02:44.400> house, seeking to purchase my house, seeking to purchase
• looking at someone who just<00:02:49.680> wants<00:02:49.840> to<00:02:50.000> purchase
• /c><00:02:50.319> the<00:02:50.560> property<00:02:50.959> to just wants to purchase

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee discussed House Bill 353, a proposal to tighten eminent-domain procedures and property protections while still allowing public projects. Supporters said the bill would not prohibit condemnation, but would require proof that property is in blight, give owners notice and an opportunity to cure, require a reasonable plan and funding for the public use, and ensure the taking is limited to what is necessary. They argued this would protect good-faith property owners, prevent abandoned projects, and make the process more efficient for utilities and infrastructure by encouraging easements where possible instead of full takings. Much of the discussion focused on the proper measure of compensation and the broader constitutional limits on eminent domain. Several members argued that compensation should reflect current market value and that public benefit should not be treated as the standard for value. Others said market value can be unfair in cases involving unique property uses, damage to land, or public-private projects, and suggested owners should share in some upside. Members also raised concerns about Kelo v. City of New London, the risk of abuse by governments or large corporations, and the need to protect farmers and rural landowners from one-sided treatment. A number of legislators supported the concept but asked for more detail on how the bill would work in practice, whether it is based on model legislation from other states, and how it could be tailored to Kentucky. The bill sponsor said it was a modified model policy and was open to amendments to make it more Kentucky-specific. No vote or final action was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• first quarter of the year as people tried to rush their orders in and get as much as they could purchase
• wouldn't have a major immediate effect on electric vehicles or minor effect on electric vehicle purchases
• any diesel fuel that is consumed within New Mexico by commercial vehicles, whether the fuel was purchased
• will also make the payments out to the IFTA organizations who distribute the revenue from diesel purchased
• We started, uh, we started shifting to the purchase of, uh, major supplies like steel and aluminum to

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• It updates the New Mexico Rental Purchase Agreement Act to include electronic disclosures for required
• requirements for rental purchase agreements.
• The bill mandates that when a consumer enters into a rental purchase agreement electronically, regardless
• when it's purchased.
• Still as part of the purchase? Mr.

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• You don't really know why it was purchased.
• Well, one of the axe throwing purchases was for a field trip.
• orders because as forms and any purchase orders because as you<00:13:56.560> can<00:13:56.720
• don't really know why it was purchased. don't really know why it was purchased.
• was for a of the ax throwing purchases was for a field<00:14:13.279> trip.

Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call: 0:00:08 26RS SB 3: 0:02:50 26RS SB 1: 0:21:12, 958, all

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 3, which would expand financial transparency requirements for Kentucky school districts. Sponsor Senator Lindsey Tichenor said the bill would require public access to budgeting and spending information, including final working budgets, monthly credit card statements, superintendent contracts and compensation, audits, and related financial reports posted on district websites. A committee amendment correcting citations was adopted by voice vote. Supporters, including Laura O’Brien, described examples of district spending they viewed as excessive and argued that more detailed public disclosure would help taxpayers and school boards identify misuse of funds. Senator Higdon and others voiced support for transparency, while Senator Meredith said he supported the intent but wanted the bill to go further. The committee passed SB 3 with 11 aye votes and one no vote, with favorable expression. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1, sponsored by Senator David Givens, which would restore and clarify governance changes for Jefferson County Public Schools by defining the roles of the school board and superintendent. Givens said the bill responds to a state Supreme Court ruling and includes 42 stated reasons for the governance changes. Opponents, including Jefferson County Teachers Association president Maddie Shepard, JCPS Superintendent Brian Yearwood, and board member James Craig, argued the bill would weaken local democratic control, concentrate authority in one administrator, and reduce community voice. Yearwood said he works collaboratively with the board and that the bill is about adults and governance rather than students, while Craig said the district needs stronger oversight, not less. Supporters of the bill argued that the current structure has not produced adequate results and that the changes are needed to improve outcomes and accountability. The transcript ends during the SB 1 testimony and discussion, before a final vote is taken.

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• The Bloomington Port Authority purchased the property in question, which was most recently the site of
• The one thing I'm not, and I understood your comment that the Port Authority purchased it to prevent
• it to prevent low density uh purchased it to prevent low density use<00:21:08.720> for<00:21:
• I've been able to use it to purchase feeder pigs, which I then raised to market.
• I've been able to use the program to purchase feeder pigs, which I then raised to market.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Material, supplies, and equipment need to be purchased after March 11th, 2024, up through September 9th
• Material, supplies, and equipment need to be purchased after March 11th, 2024, up through September 9th
• As I mentioned, as amended with the A1 amendment, I described the dates that those purchases would be
• The county asks for your support in exempting the construction materials and supplies purchased for this
• for this projects from the purchased for this projects from the state<01:05:16.200> sales<01:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• What remains is a sub-pool that rarely contains substitutes with this hard-to-staff content expertise
• These remaining substitutes in the pool don't qualify for the permit that was created for longer statutory

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• sections allow a homeowner to conduct certified swimming classes in the homeowner's private residential pool
• sections allow a homeowner to conduct certified swimming classes in the homeowner's private residential pool

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 4466, the sub health supplemental budget bill, and moved it to the Ways and Means Committee after a walkthrough of the fiscal spreadsheet and the DE1 amendment. Nonpartisan staff explained that the bill produces general fund savings of about $2.4 million in FY27 for the 2026-27 biennium and about $97.7 million in the next biennium, with most savings tied to HR1-related Medical Assistance changes affecting adults without children. The Department of Health provisions were described as largely cost-neutral, with some increases for implementation, data, and IT work. Staff then reviewed the DE1, which combines several bills into four articles. The bill includes health licensing board changes, Department of Health provisions such as all-payer claims database fees, newborn screening fee exceptions, loan forgiveness and scholarship program extensions, workforce shortage grant changes, and reciprocal licensure and mortuary science provisions. The federal conformity article makes changes related to MA work and community engagement requirements, six-month renewals, retroactive eligibility limits, contact information updates, cost sharing for MA expansion enrollees, and related provider tax and disability-notice provisions. Article 4 and Article 5 were described as forecast adjustments for DHS and the Department of Children, Youth, and Families. Public testimony focused largely on the federal conformity and eligibility provisions. Legal aid testified that the work requirements and retroactive eligibility changes would be confusing, could expand requirements beyond intended groups, and would increase uncompensated care. The Minnesota Hospital Association said shortening retroactive eligibility would increase uncompensated care and strain hospital finances, and Unidos Minnesota criticized the immigrant eligibility changes as harmful to lawfully present immigrants and Native communities. Blood Cancer United supported the all-payer claims database provisions and urged attention to fertility coverage. Representative Elkins offered an amendment to add $55,000 for the Department of Health to include denied-claims data in the all-payer claims database; Department of Health staff said the idea was useful and provided a one-time setup cost, but the amendment was not acted on in the portion of the transcript provided.

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• non-substantive correction to the fee listed for each separate inspection of the bonding for swimming pools
• non-substantive correction to the fee listed for each separate inspection of the bonding for swimming pools

Bills: HF4598, HF4884, HF3732

Keywords: workers' compensation, Minnesota workers' compensation, Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, reinsurance association, Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Association, WCRA, occupational disease, presumption, first responders, firefighter cancer, PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, police officer, paramedic, emergency medical technician, correctional officer, security counselor, public safety dispatcher, temporary total disability, permanent partial disability

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• There's two that I would give them to: a whole another pool for girls only 11 to 17 and Susanna Wesley
• There's two that I would give them to: a whole another pool for girls only 11 to 17 and Susanna Wesley

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures. SB 1296 HD1, relating to disaster recovery, would exempt reconstruction of lawfully constructed structures damaged or destroyed in a declared disaster from special management area permits under certain conditions. OPSD, DLNR, the County of Maui, Front Street Recovery, and the Grassroot Institute supported the bill, saying it would speed rebuilding after disasters like the Maui fires; one witness noted the bill would not cover shoreline parcels unless amended, and members asked about the five-year rebuild window, the meaning of “lawfully constructed,” and whether unlawful structures were excluded. Testimony was also heard on SB 1413, which would allow the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to dispose of abandoned property in federal public housing projects after notice and within five days; HPHA said the bill would help address illegal dumping and clarify procedures. SB 31 HD1, concerning discriminatory restrictive covenants, was briefly described and had support from the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission and comments from the Uniform Law Commission, with no in-person testimony. The committee then heard SB 1341, which would add HEMA and the Office of Homeland Security to agencies allowed to review energy industry information and would expand the program’s emergency-management purpose. The Hawaii State Energy Office supported the measure, saying the data is important for emergency response and fuel-supply planning. SB 10008 HD1 would authorize counties to adopt ordinances enforcing accessible parking space requirements and clarify county enforcement of EV-related parking provisions; the Disability and Communication Access Board strongly supported the accessible-parking provisions, saying current enforcement is weak, while noting section three on EV spaces is already largely in statute and could be struck if the committee preferred. Tina Yamaki of the Retail Merchants of Hawaii testified in opposition. Finally, the committee heard SB 1028 SD1 HD1, which would eliminate fees, fines, and court costs for offenses committed by minors, discharge existing related debt, limit community service for minors to 72 hours, and repeal certain penalties tied to minors and their parents or guardians. The Office of the Public Defender, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Juvenile Justice State Advisory Council, Community Alliance on Prisons, and DebtFree Justice Hawaii supported the bill, arguing that youth fines burden families, worsen poverty, and disproportionately affect Native Hawaiian youth. The Department of the Attorney General offered comments, raising possible constitutional title issues because the current draft incorporates material from HB 129 and includes sections that may relate more to restitution or curfew than to fines and fees; supporters responded that the title is sufficient and cited case law. No votes or final actions were taken on the measures in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• of the population from participating in the elections, so that you have kind of a smaller. voting pool
• You would have a larger pool of selection. Correct.

Bills: SB16, SB76, SB310, SB311, SB396, SB505, SB827, SB964, SB1209, SB1210, SB1386, SB1470, SB2035, SJR37, SB 16

Keywords: voter registration, proof of citizenship, Election Code, criminal offenses, limited federal ballot, transportation, infrastructure, funding, public safety, state regulation, election, polling places, voter access, state oversight, electronic voting, voting, polling place, elections, countywide program, election integrity

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• section for the purpose of purchasing section for the purpose of purchasing owning<00:38:27.560>
• With homebuyer education required prior to the purchase agreement, this model sets up home buyers for
• agreement this model to the purchase agreement this model sets<01:04:14.960> up<01:04:15.119>
• a home and competitive and purchasing a home and not<01:09:38.279> just<01:09:38.480> any<
• the home and build their home purchase the home and build their home equity<01:22:06.080> and

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Clems's point that equipment has to be purchased every four years and asks what typically happens to
• He explained that qualifying data center purchases are exempt from sales and use tax, but businesses
• Hansen said that under current Minnesota law, qualifying data center purchases are exempt from sales
• The usual sales tax applies at the time of purchase, but qualifying data centers can then be refunded
• The usual sales tax applies at the time of purchase, but qualifying data centers can then be refunded

Keywords: 1183, house

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• purchases with These lease purchases with non-appropriation<01:24:47.679> clauses<01:24:48.560
• The lease purchase agreement does not contain a quote escape clause.
• <01:26:35.280> agreement Um and then the lease purchase agreement Um and then the lease purchase
• city council would rather purchase it city council would rather purchase it for<02:28:43.840>
• restaurant that then could purchase restaurant that then could purchase Kino.<02:56:13.840> Um

Keywords: 1189, house, all