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• Insurance safety was a significant concern and proved to be a challenging task.
• Obviously, I think as we look at, as an industry and as we're a little loyal with Commissioner Staples

Bills: SB766, SB290, SB494, SB1145

Keywords: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water regulation, environmental protection, pesticide management, natural resources, LP-gas, property owner notice, gas installations, safety notification, petroleum theft, task force, oil and gas, law enforcement, economic impact, environmental regulation, water permits, water quality, land application, 1185, senate

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• And if this starts to drop off, you're going to see insurance rates go up.
• <01:53:22.600> rates<01:53:22.880> go you're going to see insurance rates go you're
• going to see insurance rates go up. up. up.
• currently facing a homeowner insurance currently facing a homeowner insurance um<01:55:19.960>
• That just seems like an Commissioners.

Keywords: 916, all

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• Um, I know that this was an issue that was brought up to me by the commissioner last year.
• Um, so it's just it's not addressed in the... up to me by uh the commissioner last up to me by uh the
• commissioner last year.<01:11:01.280> Um,<01:11:01.600> and<01:11:01.840> that<
• <03:24:35.279> Um, insurance effect of all these fires.
• Um, insurance effect of all these fires.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• small business owner, and the community, including the counties and property taxes, being a county commissioner
• , former county commissioner.
• 00:02:27.680> being<00:02:27.959> a<00:02:28.120> county<00:02:28.400> commissioner
• <00:02:28.840> former taxes being a county commissioner former taxes being a county commissioner
• former county<00:02:29.480> commissioner county commissioner county commissioner uh<00:02:30.879

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The House Tax Committee met for an organizational and orientation session. Members and staff introduced themselves, with several lawmakers noting their districts, business backgrounds, and interest in tax policy. Chair Greg Davids then opened the committee’s first substantive item: a presentation from House Research and House Fiscal staff on how the committee works and on basic tax concepts. House Research staff Sean Williams and Chris Clayman explained their roles in drafting bills and amendments, writing bill summaries, answering legal and policy questions, and modeling tax proposals. They also described the committee’s key documents, including partisan and nonpartisan bill summaries, revenue estimates, fiscal notes, and supporting materials. Their presentation covered core tax concepts such as tax bases, rates, deductions, exemptions, credits, tax revenues, and tax expenditures, emphasizing that tax expenditures function like spending through the tax code and are reviewed by a legislative commission. The staff then reviewed Minnesota’s major taxes, focusing on the individual income tax and business taxation. They explained that Minnesota’s individual income tax starts with federal adjusted gross income, then applies state additions, deductions, subtractions, and credits, and that the state’s income tax brackets and rates are set separately from federal law. They also outlined the difference between corporate franchise taxes for C corporations and individual income tax treatment for pass-through entities, and discussed how the federal SALT cap led Minnesota and other states to adopt pass-through entity taxes so businesses could preserve federal deductibility of state taxes. Members asked questions about a duplicate “marriage penalty” entry on a slide, the purpose of Minnesota’s marriage penalty credit, comparisons with other states, and the timing and effect of the pass-through entity tax; staff answered that the duplicate was a mistake, the credit offsets bracket-related marriage penalties, and the pass-through entity tax was adopted in response to the federal SALT cap.

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• officer or employee of the commissioner officer or employee of the house<04:27:07.840> may<04
• <04:27:45.359> may delegate or resident commissioner may delegate or resident commissioner
• delegate or resident commissioner delegate or resident commissioner serves.<04:28:18.560> Whereas
• <04:28:43.279> in delegates or resident commissioners in delegates or resident commissioners
• Member, delegate, or resident commissioner.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• The insurance paid $5 million.
• That took about four months of negotiating with an insurance company, and I was told if I could get to
• paid $5 million to get to $5 insurance paid $5 million to get to $5 million<00:04:17.440> that
• <00:04:20.799> company negotiating with an insurance company negotiating with an insurance
• Glumac thanked Commissioner Mark Hort, Joanna Bears, and the Department of Revenue staff for working

Keywords: 1183, house

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• She didn't accept insurance and only prescribed compounded hormones.
• Those hormones wouldn't be covered by insurance as they were not FDA approved.
• She didn't accept insurance and only prescribed compounded hormones.
• Those hormones wouldn't be covered by insurance as they were not FDA approved.
• My other options for treatment are a provider in Boston who doesn't take my insurance and informed me

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee opened by explaining hearing procedures and time limits, then heard testimony on House 2499, a bill to create a public awareness campaign on menopause and related midlife health issues. Supporters, including a nurse, the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women, and other advocates, said menopause is widely misunderstood by patients and providers, leading to delayed care, unnecessary suffering, workplace impacts, and inequities in women’s health. Several speakers shared personal experiences with symptoms being dismissed or misdiagnosed and urged the committee to advance the bill. The committee then took testimony on a package of endometriosis bills, including House 2527 and Senate 1564, calling for a task force and broader awareness efforts. Patients, a physician, and advocates described long diagnostic delays, severe pain, infertility, medical gaslighting, and limited access to specialists and effective treatment. They argued for more research, provider education, and a coordinated state strategy, and several asked for favorable reports. The chair also noted the hearing was running behind and extended time to allow more testimony. Later, the committee heard Senate 1579, which would eliminate parental consent and judicial bypass requirements for abortion access for minors under 16. Planned Parenthood representatives, physicians, legal advocates, and students argued the current law creates unnecessary delays and harms vulnerable youth, especially those in unsafe homes or foster care, while supporters said minors can already consent to other reproductive health care. A pro-life witness opposed the bill and emphasized parental involvement and support services. The committee also heard House 2403 and Senate 1560, which would create a Human Service Transportation Consumer Advisory Board; disability advocates and riders described past safety problems and current service gaps, and supported the board as a low-cost way to improve accountability, rider input, and reliability. No votes or final actions were taken in the excerpt.

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• Gigi Poynter, County Commissioner Stanley Tuttle, County Commissioner Gary Wright.
• And finally, members, the amendment excludes the school safety allotment and regional insurance provision
• There's a school safety allotment and regional insurance allotment from teacher pay raises.
• There's somebody very involved in the making of that bill, and that's one commissioner, Mike Morath,
• lost, that Harris County lost because of what Commissioner Mike Morav did. by having that money sent

Bills: SB2, HB2, HB2000, HB2196, HB213, HB222, HB645, HB1458, HB 1022, HB141, HB502, HB643, HB3093, HB1700, HB 117, SB503, SB2, HB 120, HB20, HB150, HB6, HB 100, HB210, HB215, HB1393, HB 1151, HB 1268, HB142, HB451, HB 124, HB2, HB2000, HB2196, HB213, HB222, HB645, HB1458, HB 1022, HB141, HB502, HB643, HB3093, HB1700, HB 117

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, child grooming, sex offender registration, criminal justice, reportable conviction, law enforcement, virtual education, hybrid learning, school funding, average daily attendance

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• And then from the family medical benefit insurance fund, a decrease of $5 million a year.
• The Family Medical Benefit Insurance Account was established in the 2023 session with a... know paid
• account for startup benefit insurance account for startup cost<00:30:37.360> um<00:30:37.520>
• Um the family medical benefit<00:32:49.519> insurance<00:32:49.919> account<00:32:50.240
• > was benefit insurance account was benefit insurance account was established<00:32:51.120>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And I want to commit that existing fund balance is under strong consideration by the Board of Commissioners
• So they're self-insured at this point because they can't get insurance.
• many property owners and small business owners are not calling in the crime due to challenges with insurance
• to deliberate about whether reporting the crime will affect them in another way, whether that's insurance

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• going to restore that, that they're going to have a fire buffer around that so that they can get insurance
• That so that they can get insurance, right, so that the whole thing can start to pencil.
• It's got a—there's FEMA, there's insurance, like there's a lot of other Project in your hazmat plan.
• Like, it's got a—there's FEMA, there's insurance, like there's a lot of other sort of preconditions to
• I'm a commissioner for the Office of Small Business in San Francisco, and I'm in support.

Summary: The committee heard multiple bills, with extensive discussion focused on short-term rental regulation, street vending, park/public safety financing, transit-oriented housing fees, and demographic data collection. SB 346 would require short-term rental platforms to provide local governments with listing addresses and related information to help collect transient occupancy taxes and enforce local ordinances; supporters argued cities and counties need the data to identify unlicensed operators and recover taxes, while opposition from platforms raised privacy and due process concerns and said administrative subpoenas already exist. The bill was amended and passed 7-0 to the Judiciary Committee. SB 635, the Street Vendor Business Protection Act, sought to protect street vendors’ personal information from being shared in ways that could expose them to federal immigration enforcement; supporters described raids and fear in vendor communities, and the bill passed 6-1 to Public Safety. SB 499 would clarify that certain park and recreation facilities designated in local safety or hazard mitigation plans can qualify for fee deferral exemptions when they serve emergency or public safety functions; supporters said parks can serve as fire buffers, evacuation sites, and recovery hubs, while some housing advocates sought a clearer nexus to development impacts. The bill passed as amended 6-0 to Appropriations. SB 358, which would modernize traffic impact fee rules to better reflect lower automobile trip generation for walkable, transit-oriented housing, drew support from housing and transportation advocates and passed 8-0 to Appropriations. SB 515, aimed at improving demographic data collection and reporting by local governments and state entities, passed to Appropriations on a 4-0 vote. The committee also took up SB 276, presented by Assembly Member Stefani on behalf of Senator Wiener, which would allow San Francisco to create a permit-and-enforcement system for the sale of commonly stolen goods on sidewalks. Supporters said the measure is needed to address fencing operations and protect legitimate vendors, while emphasizing it is narrowly targeted and not aimed at food vendors or permitted sellers. The transcript ends during testimony on SB 276, with supporters from the Mission street vendor community and San Francisco Public Works describing enforcement problems and the need for clearer rules and city resources.

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• When we presented this bill last week in the committee, both the commissioner of the Department of Insurance
• Representative Bray, insurance. >> Gentleman from McCracken. >> Mr.
• Representative Bray, insurance.
• Um, we require an annual insurance fraud report by the Department of Insurance, with the idea being we
• > Insurance<01:57:15.520> with<01:57:15.840> the the Department of Insurance with

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, approved the journal, excused absent members, and suspended rules to allow co-sponsorship and vote modifications. The Senate reported passage of Senate Bills 52 and 124, and several House committees reported favorable action on bills including HB 1, HB 2, HB 94, HB 246, HB 282, HB 299, HB 307, HB 519, HB 613, and HB 648. Most of those measures were ordered to first reading and placed on the calendar; HB 1 and HB 307 were sent to the Rules Committee after having had two previous readings. The House then recessed briefly before returning to the orders of the day. The chamber took up HB 568, relating to public adjusters. The sponsor explained that the bill would prohibit new public adjuster licenses, allow current licensees to renew, impose conflict-of-interest and contract requirements, set a 5% fee cap, and bar public adjusters from negotiating claims, citing consumer protection concerns and legal opinions about the practice of law. After debate and a brief explanation of vote from a member citing local storm-related abuses, the House voted on roll call and passed HB 568 with one nay vote. The House then considered HB 1, which would opt Kentucky into the federal education freedom tax credit program. Supporters said it would allow private donations to scholarship-granting organizations to benefit Kentucky students without using state general funds, and argued it could help public, private, and homeschool families with education-related expenses. Opponents criticized the speed of the process, warned it could open the door to vouchers and charters, and argued it would mainly benefit wealthier donors while public schools remain underfunded. Members also questioned the bill’s waiver of 11th Amendment immunity and received explanations that the waiver was limited to federal-court jurisdiction over the federal program and would not create individual liability for state actors. A motion to table the bill failed with 19 votes in favor, and debate continued.

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• And we had unemployment insurance in here from DEED, and it was interesting that presentation.
• So, unemployment insurance, number.
• money out of unemployment insurance money out of unemployment insurance fraudulently.<01:24:32.880
• I'm an assistant commissioner with the Department of Administration, our admin.
• Thank you, Assistant Commissioner Hayes.

Bills: HF3043, HF2891

Keywords: public safety, illegal remunerations, healthcare fraud, grants, criminal penalties, state law, grants management, state employees training, certification, monitoring grants, accountability, grant fraud, 1183, house

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• Thank you, Commissioner.
• Senator Farnsworth, if you'd like, we can call up maybe the commissioner or someone to talk about the
• Senator Farnsworth, if you'd like, we can call up maybe the commissioner or someone to talk about the
• I help with groceries, gas, and pay for my own car payments and insurance.
• I use my summer payments and insurance.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Right, because I don't remember having to do appropriations for the Insurance Division, Kahoolawe Island
• division kahol La Island insurance division kahol La Island Reserve<01:03:37.200> commission<
• First up, we have a Hawaiian Homes Commissioner from Kauaʻi in support, Dennis Nevis, and then I'll ask
• <01:09:57.719> from<01:09:58.120> Kawaii uh hawan Holmes commissioner from Kawaii uh
• hawan Holmes commissioner from Kawaii and<01:09:58.800> support<01:09:59.679> uh<01:09

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 410, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ biennium operating budget. OHA asked for a modest increase over its base budget, including $1.2 million to fund 13 new full-time positions for a strategy and implementation team tied to its long-term plan, with emphasis on housing, education, health, and economic resilience. OHA also described a broader effort to work directly with executive branch departments to improve outcomes for Native Hawaiians. Testimony was largely supportive, with several individuals speaking in favor and one testifier expressing strong frustration about Native Hawaiian rights and access to resources. The chair noted there were 38 additional written/supporting testimonies and three in opposition. Members asked about OHA’s funding sources and public land trust revenues; OHA said it is not receiving the full 20 percent share, described a public land trust working group and system issues, and said a related bill would seek funding to begin an inventory. No vote was taken in the portion provided. The committee then considered House Bill 304, which would make the Hawaiian version of a law binding when the law was originally drafted in Hawaiian and later translated into English. The Judiciary supported the bill, saying it reinforces Hawaiian as an official language and looks to the original language for legislative intent. The Attorney General supported the intent but recommended narrowing the bill with a proviso to avoid ambiguities, limiting it to laws originally drafted in Hawaiian that were not later amended, codified, recodified, or reenacted in English. Public testimony was generally supportive, though one speaker raised broader sovereignty concerns. Members questioned how many laws would be affected and whether the proposed amendment would undercut the bill; the Attorney General said the amendment was meant to address uncertainty in interpretation. No final action was reported. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 603, which would direct OHA to administer a Native Hawaiian business marketing program to promote Native Hawaiian-owned businesses through marketing and technical assistance. OHA supported the concept, saying a label or branding program could help consumers identify and support Native Hawaiian-owned businesses, but requested that funding be redirected to a working group to study program design, implementation, enforcement, and long-term viability. The chair noted four supportive testimonies had been received, and a member asked OHA to confirm that its programs serve all Hawaiians, not only those eligible for homelands; OHA said it serves all Hawaiians in the state. The transcript ends before any vote or further action on HB 603.

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• I am the other commissioner on Scully.
• ,<01:38:32.239> deposition<01:38:32.800> commissioners, commissioners, deposition commissioners
• , commissioners, deposition commissioners, excuse<01:38:33.600> me,<01:38:34.159> and<01
• ,<01:39:20.080> further deposition commissioners, further deposition commissioners, further
• Uh, Charles Mooney, Uniform Law Commissioner.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Um uh if if private insurance stuff.
• <00:45:52.160> pay<00:45:52.319> for insurance wants to help pay for insurance wants
• , Medicaid for sure, private insurance, Medicaid for sure, private insurance, that's<01:53:00.320
• to private insurance. to private insurance.
• <01:57:25.119> and submitting to private insurance and submitting to private insurance and

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• We've heard from Commissioner Jenkins some of the time where this spending has occurred, why it is the
• Because the commissioner sort of just take the testimony.
• And they had asked the DYS commissioner to come and explain why his numbers had grown so much.
• And they had asked the DYS commissioner to come and explain why his numbers had grown so much.
• As regards an issue that you mentioned earlier, Commissioner—you've been so many times the commissioner

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The commission on correctional consolidation and collaboration heard testimony focused on how Massachusetts uses custody levels, staffing, programming, and medical release tools, with Prisoners’ Legal Services arguing that the system is overusing expensive high-security settings and underusing step-down options. Dave Rainey said the incarcerated population has dropped substantially over the last several years, but spending and staffing have not fallen in proportion. He argued that DOC overclassifies people into medium and maximum security, relies too heavily on behavioral assessment units that function like segregation, and keeps people in restrictive settings such as Souza-Baranowski and Shattuck Hospital longer than necessary. He also said medical parole is underused and that many people with serious chronic illness or advanced age pose little public-safety risk and should be released through existing legal pathways. Sheriffs and other commission members pushed back on some of those points, emphasizing that staffing needs are driven by the acuity of the current population, that corrections is not overstaffed, and that classification decisions involve serious public-safety judgments. They also stressed that some high-cost medical placements are necessary because people remain under sentence and require care, and that furloughs and other release tools can create security risks if contraband or substance use is involved. The discussion also covered the role of county sheriffs versus DOC in reentry, with several members saying county systems tend to do more day-to-day step-down and release planning, while DOC has more difficulty moving people through lower-security settings before release. Ben Foreman of MassINC offered a more systemwide, data-focused perspective, praising the state’s transparency and arguing that Massachusetts has made major progress in reducing incarceration and increasing public safety. He said the state still has an opportunity to improve by right-sizing facilities, investing in community-based mental health treatment, and using the commission to better understand the capital and operating costs of the current system. In response to questions, he said he was aware of DOC studies on programs like furlough but had not reviewed recent ones, and he noted that total-control facilities like Souza-Baranowski have long been criticized in the research literature for poor outcomes. Nora Wassel of the Women and Incarceration Project then testified that the commission should issue an interim report and scrutinize the planned new women’s prison, which she said is not justified by current population trends or available data. She argued that women are overclassified under DOC’s own tools, that reentry beds and minimum-security placements are underused, and that the system may be failing to account for women’s distinct medical and reentry needs. The meeting ended with continued discussion of reentry, furloughs, day reporting, and whether consolidation should mean fewer facilities, better step-down pathways, or both.

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• for Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee substitute for Senate Bill 20: An act relating to insurance
• for Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee substitute for Senate Bill 20: An act relating to insurance
• Senate Bill 21, introduced by Senator Stefanics and others, an act relating to health insurance requiring

Bills: HB111, HB108, HB145, HB164, HB291, HJR6, HR1, HB63, HB64, HB165, HB184, HB200, HB4, HB7, HB20, HB65, HB66, HB80, HB88, HB96, HB166, HB285, HB295, HB306, SB29, SB37, HJM2, HJM3, HJM1, HM7, HM17, HM4, HM22, HM23, HM24, HM26, HM2, HM16, HM32, HM13, HM47, HM20, HM51, HM1, HM31, HM35, HM36, HM46, HM53, HM54, HM11, HM14, HM21, HM34, HM50

Keywords: water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance

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• But the thing about Susan and Representative Herrera is that my brother is an acequia commissioner.
• It expands a GRT deduction for New Mexico health practitioners by including co-insurance paid directly
• by patients under health insurance or managed care plans, in addition to co-payments and deductibles
• What are their insurance costs?

Bills: HB111, HB108, HB145, HB164, HB291, HJR6, HR1, HB63, HB64, HB165, HB184, HB200, HB4, HB7, HB20, HB65, HB66, HB80, HB88, HB96, HB166, HB285, HB295, HB306, SB29, SB37, HJM2, HJM3, HJM1, HM7, HM17, HM4, HM22, HM23, HM24, HM26, HM2, HM16, HM32, HM13, HM47, HM20, HM51, HM1, HM31, HM35, HM36, HM46, HM53, HM54, HM11, HM14, HM21, HM34, HM50

Keywords: water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance