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• the difference between the fire code and building code that Mr.
• the difference between the fire code and building code that Mr.
• the difference between the fire code and building code that Mr.
• the difference between the fire code and building code that Mr.
• code that Mr.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• I'm going to enforce this strictly so everyone is treated the same. Okay. Go ahead, Ms.
• Wind it up, I'm going to enforce this strictly so everyone is treated the same. Okay, go ahead, Ms.
• I'm going to enforce this strictly so everyone's treated the same. Okay, go ahead, Miss Wheeler.
• I'm a retired federal law enforcement officer with 28 years of civil service.
• I'm a retired federal law enforcement officer with 28 years of civil service.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Third, fair enforcement.
• We would request that enforcement remain with the Attorney General and other public prosecutors.
• We need enforceable laws, which is why EFF is proud to support SB 957 and ask for your aye vote.
• You're tying the hands of federal law enforcement. The bill doesn't apply to state.
• Enforcement interacts with various agencies and private companies. So I will be a no vote.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I urge you to not repeal the Labor Pool Act; strengthen it, enforce it.
• The absence of a dedicated enforcement agency does not make the law unenforceable.
• It also requires removal within five days of a law enforcement notice being posted.
• If not removed, law enforcement may dispose of the vessel. That is the bill.
• We will take up Substitute Amendment bar code 7, 9, 7, 5, 9, 2, by Senator Simon.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• like education rather than enforcement like education rather than enforcement or<00:58:54.960>
• So, um, sessions add on to the codes.
• I misunderstood it as being basically a way to get around the Fourth Amendment and enforce building codes
• I pointed it out to Linda. enforcing the terms of the lease or not enforcing the terms of the lease or
• weren't enforcing weren't enforcing >> and<01:14:05.440> what<01:14:05.679> makes

Bills: SB874, SB2097, SB2098, SB2126, SB2154, SB2153, SB2160, SB2123, SB2110

Keywords: veterinary medicine, prescription, consumer rights, transparency, pet medication, sustainable agriculture, climate adaptation, food system resilience, grant program, Hawaii agriculture, agriculture, clean plant program, disease-free plants, plant propagation, small farms, midsize farms, sustainable farming, Hawaii, data analysis, market study

Summary: The committee heard several agriculture-related bills. SB 874 on veterinary medicine would require veterinarians, upon a client’s request, to provide a written prescription for an animal patient in an existing veterinary client-patient relationship, allow Hawaii-licensed pharmacies to dispense those prescriptions, and authorize the Veterinary Medicine Board to set penalties. Testimony was overwhelmingly supportive, with supporters citing lower costs and consumer choice; the Hawaii Veterinary Medical Association said veterinarians already should be doing this and supported the bill if amended. One testifier in opposition argued the bill needed a conspicuous notice requirement so pet owners know they can request prescriptions. Committee members and the Department of Agriculture said they were not aware of widespread problems, and discussion focused on whether the measure was already consistent with current practice and whether amendments would address remaining concerns. The committee also heard SB 2097, which would create a climate-resilient food systems grant program in the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity and appropriate funds. The department, Hawaii Farm Bureau, Hawaii Farmers Union, Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council, and others supported the bill, saying it could help farmers and ranchers invest in resilience, infrastructure, and technology. Several testifiers asked for clearer definitions, especially for terms like “food hubs” and “resilience hubs,” and suggested adding technical assistance and clearer eligibility criteria. The department explained the program was intended for shovel-ready projects in the middle of the supply chain, with a focus on farmers in a certain revenue range, and said it was modeled on a USDA program. SB 2098 would establish a clean plant program to produce and distribute disease-free plant material to growers, nurseries, and other producers. Testimony was supportive, emphasizing biosecurity, nursery industry needs, and preventing invasive species and crop disease. The department described the program as using tested clean stock, tissue culture facilities, and data collection to support future planting decisions, and estimated a two-year ramp-up. Members questioned whether the program duplicated existing work at CTR/other partners and whether data collection should be centralized, but the department said the effort would build on existing varieties and partnerships rather than overlap them. Finally, SB 2126 would create a conventional farming grant program for small and midsize conventional farmers. Supporters from the department, Hawaii Farm Bureau, and Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council said conventional agriculture deserves support and that the bill would help increase food production. Opposition and comments focused on the bill’s exclusion of organic farmers; one farmer said the measure was unfair unless amended to include organic producers, while a Farmers Union witness said the bill was too vague about the grant’s purpose and should be clearer about its goals. In response to questions, the department said the exclusion of organic farming was not intentional and that the bill was meant to support all agriculture, though no vote or final action was taken in the excerpt provided.

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• Director, can you explain to us what a public contract code exemption is?
• So the exemption from the Public Contract Code allows for more flexibility and more timeliness.
• It's a Public Contract Code exemption under which we use the RFI process.
• The technical aspect of this was that we had the exemption from the Public Contract Code in the 2025
• With increased immigration enforcement, $50 million is needed. Thank you. Good evening.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• I know a lot of people say it's code enforcement.
• I know a lot of people say it's code enforcement.
• I know a lot of people say it's code enforcement.
• I know a lot of people say it's code enforcement.
• has a statewide building code.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Labor Committee heard Senate File 560, a bill to require the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to establish a cost-per-square-foot valuation for residential building permits. Senator Dornink said the measure is intended to make permit fees more fair, reasonable, transparent, and predictable, and to reduce housing costs by limiting large differences in permit fees between municipalities. He said the bill would be sent to the Housing Committee without recommendation, and members discussed but did not act on a related amendment that would have shifted plan review and inspection fees to hourly and trip-based charges and made fee information publicly available. Testimony from Housing First Minnesota supported the bill’s goal, arguing that Minnesota’s housing shortage and high new-home prices make it important to reduce inefficiencies in the permitting system. The witness said permit valuations are often increased by cities, leading to higher costs for homebuyers, and cited examples of large fee differences between municipalities and claims of overcollection. He said some other states, including Texas and Wisconsin communities, use square-footage-based approaches. A League of Minnesota Cities representative opposed the amendment language and cautioned that trip charges and hourly billing would make fees less certain, could raise costs, and would be especially burdensome in Greater Minnesota; he said current valuation-based fees better reflect the actual cost and complexity of service and can be appealed if disputed. A representative of the Association of Minnesota Building Officials also raised concerns about the amendment, saying building departments provide consultations, inspections, plan review, and other services beyond a single trip, and that trip charges would not fit a responsive fee-for-service model. He said the current valuation system helps cover the full range of permitting work, though he acknowledged that a consistent square-foot valuation standard could improve transparency and reduce disputes over project value. Committee members asked about other states’ approaches and the scope of the bill, and the discussion emphasized that the proposal applies to one- and two-family dwellings.

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• It would also improve municipalities' ability to enforce that.
• This is just looking to actually enforce the fines that are on the books.
• It never allowed me to enforce the SDC decision.
• code.
• code for what is and what is not hate speech on university campuses.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee opened with procedural guidance for a very large hearing, explaining testimony limits, written testimony procedures, and rules for maintaining order. Members then heard testimony on a wide range of bills, including proposals to define antisemitism using the IHRA definition, regulate facial recognition technology, restrict weaponized robotics and drone use, expand protections for journalists’ confidential sources, address access to decedents’ email accounts, and create or adjust rules around municipal enforcement and animal cruelty fines. Several sponsors and advocates asked for favorable reports, and committee members asked clarifying questions on implementation, costs, and how the bills would interact with existing law. On facial recognition, sponsors and advocates described the technology as a threat to privacy, due process, and civil liberties, and urged adoption of the Special Commission’s recommendations, including warrant requirements, notice to defendants, and limits on untargeted surveillance. Support came from legislators, the ACLU, CDT, EFF, and a UMass professor, while committee members asked about current state law and municipal bans. On robotics, Senator Moore and industry witnesses from MassRobotics, Boston Dynamics, and AUVSI supported a bill prohibiting weaponized robots and requiring warrants for certain law enforcement uses, describing it as a public-safety and trust-building measure. On the shield law bill, newspaper publishers, journalists, NEFAC, and the Reporters Committee argued Massachusetts needs statutory protection for confidential sources, citing costly subpoenas and chilling effects on reporting. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to expand the right of publicity to cover image and voice, with SAG-AFTRA members supporting protections against AI-driven exploitation and some discussion about viral content and consent. Another bill would allow limited access to a decedent’s email accounts, with one witness describing a family’s inability to use a deceased relative’s email to notify friends. The committee then took testimony on psilocybin-related bills: supporters described medical and personal benefits and argued for narrow decriminalization or study, while an opponent warned of public-health risks, impaired driving, and youth exposure; the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society supported limited, safety-based decriminalization. Finally, the committee heard strong support for a “safe reporting” bill for sex workers and trafficking survivors, with advocates saying immunity would encourage victims and witnesses to report crimes without fear of arrest, and members raised questions about how the immunity would work in practice.

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• End opinion into enforced conformity."
• Senator Dibble, do you know, is there a code that you're not going to pay if there's a code?
• ,<01:12:02.360> um and coding, um and coding, um they<01:12:03.080> might<01:12:03.640
• Subdivision 17 are enforcement and penalties.
• Subdivision 17 are enforcement and penalties.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Uh they'll review risk mitigation, liability, enforcement and oversight, possibilities of reinsurance
• <00:04:10.959> and<00:04:11.280> oversight, liability, uh enforcement and oversight
• , liability, uh enforcement and oversight, uh<00:04:12.799> possibilities<00:04:13.680> of<
• So, we're actually building homes to the modeled codes instead of... people you have on here.
• and Standards to add Construction Codes and Standards to add to<00:10:45.600> that.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The amendment, let's take up Amendment Bar Code 768-966 by Senator Claudio.
• We'll take up Amendment Bar Code 555-350 by Senator Kaladayut.
• It ensures that the Florida Building Code is consistent with the international code as it relates to
• That is the strike-all. ...is consistent with the international code as it relates to tall mass timber
• But any number of hotels and condominiums put out their own color-coded beach chairs.

Summary: The committee heard and acted on a long agenda of local, housing, education, construction, and claims bills. It first took up SB 1730 on affordable housing/Live Local changes, adopting an amendment that narrowed and clarified several provisions, including density, height, parking, attorney fees, and exclusions for certain protected areas, then reported the bill favorably. It also approved SB 1674, which clarifies that local investment restrictions cannot block Israel bonds, after a clarifying amendment. SB 140 on charter schools was reported favorably after significant debate over school conversion, teacher contracts, local control, and the use of surplus school property for housing or other public purposes; several speakers opposed it as harmful to public schools, while the sponsor said it preserved district authority and added options for municipalities and job creation. The committee also passed SB 96 and SB 4, two local claims bills, and SB 1714, which allows SHIP funds to help mobile home owners with lot rent and requires local housing plans to address mobile home park closures.

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• <00:52:54.640> It enforcement hurts our community. It enforcement hurts our community.
• sensitive immigration enforcement in sensitive immigration enforcement in sensitive locations<00
• , closely with our local law enforcement, closely with our local law enforcement, um,<00:56:56.240
• Minnesota's law local law enforcement. Minnesota's law local law enforcement.
• out of the ability to enforcement out of the ability to enforce<01:16:53.679> the<01:16:53.840

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• ,<00:51:14.160> they get a hold of the law enforcement, they get a hold of the law enforcement
• and certainly know the criminal code. and certainly know the criminal code.
• And if provisions of the criminal code And if provisions of the criminal code are<01:03:14.440><
• public guidance before enforcement public guidance before enforcement begins.<02:29:55.640> It
• becoming a kind of a gotcha enforcement becoming a kind of a gotcha enforcement tool<02:36:44.160

Keywords: 981, all

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• We don't have countywide planning and zoning, and we don't have code enforcement out in the county, as
• Louis, and I'm going to say 100 of them for sure don't have code inspection or any of those things that
• assessor discretion, and I'm not sure, you know, ...the assessor discretion, and I'm not sure what in code
• it's probably easier to determine, probably because you have an occupancy permit process with your code
• enforcement, whereas in Pulaski County, it says we don't have that advantage.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Blackman will temporarily replace Representative Taylor on the Committee on Public Safety and Law Enforcement
• Second reading of bills: HB 2785, conformity with the Internal Revenue Code; HB 2824, capital improvement
• HB 2785, conformity with the Internal Revenue Code; HB 2824, capital improvement financing; HB 2908,
• billion dollars to the Colorado River Litigation Fund if I had to, because everything depends on enforcing
• Speaker Pro Tem, I proudly announce that the Public Safety and Law Enforcement Committee will be meeting

Keywords: 1182, all

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• >> I don't know what else is in the code >> I don't know what else is in the code and
• it doesn't tell me how the current code it doesn't tell me how the current code read<02:58:26.319
• So this is just retiring the code of 1931 and us going with the code of 2019. just a cleanup bill.
• <03:21:06.239> to bill would require law enforcement to bill would require law enforcement
• Again, I support law enforcement.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• Voters should never wonder whether ballots were improperly handled, and law enforcement powers should
• This also limits what local law enforcement and local prosecutors can do if they receive a matter that
• Shouldn't we want our law enforcement agencies at the local level to also look into these issues?
• , and for non-Vehicle Code infractions allows for a noncustodial warrant to be issued.
• This is a straightforward cleanup bill to make sure our hemp enforcement laws will work as intended.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Please be aware that violations of these rules may subject you to removal or other enforcement actions
• , specifically the Education Code statute. 14500 and 41020 at all.
• This administration isn't just enforcing immigration law.
• Nearly 60% of educators have. observed increased absences from immigration enforcement.
• It is urgent that immigration enforcement activities are added losses in school funding.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Code.
• <00:43:05.720> And<00:43:05.840> then primarily enforces the US code.
• And then primarily enforces the US code.
• enforce the bill. enforce the bill.
• are communicating with law enforcement are communicating with law enforcement and<02:15:55.400><

Keywords: House streaming session for Friday, April 10, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House met with 122 members present, heard the journal read, and proceeded through a long series of Senate messages, concurrence motions, and third-reading votes on a wide range of bills. Early business included conference committee appointments on Senate Bill 159 (Emergency Medical Services Vehicles and Ambulances, Required Supplies), Senate Bill 514 (Third Degree Assault), and Senate Bill 866 (Chain Restaurants, disclosure of sodium and added sugars), along with several other bills where the House declined to recede from its amendments and named conferees. The chamber also adopted concurrence on House Bill 1181 (children in out-of-home placement) and House Bill 1219 (climate change/homeowners insurance study), and adopted a favorable committee report on House Bill 1602 (no-cost cancer screening for volunteer firefighters), which was amended to add sponsors, make technical changes, and include retired volunteer firefighters before being ordered printed for third reading. The House then took up a Rules Committee consent calendar and moved a batch of bills to the appropriate committees. On third reading, it passed House Bill 1028 (Caroline County Board of Education compensation increase) and House Bill 1599 (Choptank River Enhancement Program and Maryland Seafood Industry Financial Assistance Fund) by constitutional majorities. It also rejected Senate amendments on House Bill 107 (Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program), House Bill 153 (residential rental apartments air conditioning requirement), House Bill 1063 (hunting management), and House Bill 1067 (lead and lead-based ammunition phase out), appointing conference committees in each case. House Bill 717 (Baltimore City raffles for organizations affiliated with professional baseball and football teams) and House Bill 892 (cemeteries, actions for sale/transfer/alternate use) also had Senate amendments rejected. The chamber then passed a series of Senate bills on third reading, including Senate Bill 309 (precious metal bullion or coins sales tax exemption), 523 (vernal pools identification), 742 (Maryland Protecting People with Disabilities Act), 141 (election misinformation/disinformation and deep fakes), 298 (Maryland Capital Police statewide jurisdiction), 515 (Health Services Cost Review Commission rate setting), 638 (Maryland Heritage Areas funding and grants), 28 (state employee arbitration reform), 72 (Baltimore County off-premises alcohol sales), 361 (Baltimore City alcoholic beverages license extension), 414 (Anne Arundel County nonprofit swim club license), 601 (cybersecurity standards), 305 (incarcerated individual training and reentry grant fund extension), 331 (retired law enforcement handgun permit renewal), 516 (protective body armor requirements and reporting), 651 (transfer-on-death deed establishment), 865 (private passenger automobile insurance work group), 933 (temporary appointment to the Commission on Judicial Disabilities), 261 (money transmission act definition changes), and 823 (Parole Commission selection committee changes). Most passed with little or no debate; Senate Bill 523 drew opposition from a delegate who warned that identifying vernal pools could lead to future regulation and land-use restrictions, while Senate Bill 823 prompted questions about victims’ rights and whether state’s attorneys remained opposed, with the floor leader saying the bill added a victims’ rights advocate to the selection committee and that opposition had been limited to written testimony. Several members later changed votes on Senate Bill 638 and Senate Bill 865 before the House moved on.

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• and who makes the recommendations for enforcement.
• The Secretary is charged with administering or enforcing. Charged with administering or enforcing.
• That's not always practical, and it's not enforceable either.
• Public school is defined and all of this lives in the public school code.
• These provisions do not apply to law enforcement of any kind.