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• One is it creates a structure and a process for NIL to function in our state.
• the Maui wildfire exposure study and health registry, more than 2,000 residents have received lung testing
• the Maui wildfire exposure study and health registry, more than 2,000 residents have received lung testing
• 02.400> station<01:18:02.800> we<01:18:03.040> have<01:18:03.199> on functioning
• research station we have on functioning research station we have on Koi<01:18:04.400> and<01:

Bills: HB1183, HB1656, HB1658, HB1661, HB1663, HB1664, HB1859, HB2116, HB2271, HB2276, HB2335, HB2360, HB2387, HB2472, HB1805, HB2469, HB1815, HB1860, HB2117, HB2118, HB2437, HB2438, HB2604, HB1590, HB2156, HB2268

Keywords: retirement, pension, law enforcement, public safety, Hawaii Revised Statutes, indebtedness, salary recovery, employee compensation, deductions, financial management, collective bargaining, employee relations, impasse procedures, arbitration, public employment, HB1661, cafeteria plan, Section 125, Internal Revenue Code, flexible spending account

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• However, absent a larger upper basin program, the bill still allows a program to function in Wyoming
• in Wyoming for the benefit to function in Wyoming for the benefit of<00:53:56.000> Wyoming's<
• <00:59:04.720> some<00:59:04.960> of so that we can start testing some of so that we
• can start testing some of these<00:59:05.839> uh<00:59:06.079> projects.
• So there's all kinds of efforts, activities, studies, tests, and projects that we'll have to engage in

Keywords: 916, all

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• Prices change infrequently, not dynamically, and ESLs were technically and functionally designed with
• were technically and functionally were technically and functionally designed<00:36:44.120> with
• So it was really important to me to have a functional website that people could use to order books.
• <01:18:16.760> website<01:18:17.280> that to me to have a functional website that to
• Consumer Reports is well known for testing vacuums, cars, everything, and putting on a magazine.

Bills: HF3794, HF3408

Keywords: surveillance, price discrimination, wage discrimination, automated decision systems, consumer protections, data privacy, biometrics, consumer protection, price setting, biometric data, retail, privacy, 1183, house

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from March 3, 2026, and then received a presentation from the Minnesota Office of the Attorney General on the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act. Assistant Attorney General Caitlin Miko and Deputy Attorney General Jessica Whitney reviewed the law’s scope, consumer rights, business obligations, and enforcement history. They said the law took effect July 31, 2025, gives Minnesotans rights to access, delete, and opt out of sale, profiling, and targeted advertising, and is enforced by the Attorney General with penalties up to $7,500 per violation. They reported more than 200 complaints in the first six months, many warning letters, and a shift from education to active enforcement now that the initial warning-letter period has expired. Committee members asked about how the universal opt-out works, what happens when companies deny deletion or editing requests, how the office determines willful noncompliance, and whether the law could burden small businesses. The AG’s office said the opt-out can be set through privacy-protective browsers or extensions, companies must respond to consumer requests within 45 days, small businesses are exempt as defined by the SBA, and investigations look for patterns and evidence of willful conduct rather than minor technical violations. The office also said it needs additional funding to fully staff enforcement efforts and noted that it has already issued subpoenas and civil investigative demands. The committee then took up House File 3408, the Stop Grocery Surveillance Price Gouging Act. The author explained that the bill would prohibit retail grocers, physical and online, from setting individualized prices based on consumer information, would limit certain uses of facial recognition and electronic shelf labels, and would preserve narrow exceptions for discounts and loyalty programs. Public testimony followed from the Minnesota Farmers Union in support, arguing that grocery consolidation and surveillance pricing could worsen already high food costs and harm fair competition. The Minnesota Grocers Association opposed the premise that grocery stores use surveillance pricing, said shelf prices are generally uniform and set from a single storewide database, and argued electronic shelf labels are efficient and not nefarious. A technology company representative similarly said ESLs do not use personal data or facial recognition, prices are uniform, and a 2025 study found no meaningful price increases after ESL adoption. The bill was laid over for possible further discussion after the testimony.

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• The UDS person's two main functions are, first, to assist unit owners and associations to understand
• <00:31:56.120> first ud's person has two main functions first ud's person has two main functions
• And if we want to help homeowners and homeowner associations to function at a higher level, perhaps we
• And if we want to help homeowners and homeowner associations to function at a higher level, perhaps we
• uh at a higher level perhaps to function uh at a higher level perhaps we<00:50:37.640> should

Bills: HF2228, HF46, HF856, HF2149, HF2215

Keywords: homeowners insurance, property insurance, commercial property insurance, insurance affordability, insurance market stabilization, reinsurance, catastrophic reinsurance fund, self-insured pool, premium costs, coverage notice, liability reform, climate risk, climate change, housing affordability, multifamily housing, rental housing, common interest communities, cooperatives, small business insurance, Minnesota Commerce Department

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• help with the administrative functions help with the administrative functions of<00:53:48.000>
• The air test and the final air test to make sure that the air is good for reoccupancy after the abatement
• until tested and proven to be negative. until tested and proven to be negative.
• They're making<03:22:20.720> people<03:22:21.120> test<03:22:21.520> everything.
• <03:22:22.720> One Making people test everything.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• /c><00:56:21.920> the<00:56:22.160> ability<00:56:22.480> to<00:56:22.799> test
• the jury and that the ability to test the jury and that the ability to test the<00:56:23.280>
• of early childhood councils to include certain responsibilities and functions formerly performed by
• The children remote testimony statute has been tested in courts and withstands scrutiny.
• The children's remote testimony statute has been tested in the courts and withstood scrutiny.

Keywords: 981, all

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• So the work we did just 63 days ago hasn't even had a road test.
• a road test. a road test.
• And we have people intersect—what are we going to do, a blood test? You know, so how we decide?
• And we have people intersect—what are we going to do, a blood test? You know, so how we decide?
• A blood test, you know, so how we decide?

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• We've been through long nights, difficult debates, victories, and plenty of losses, and moments that tested
• like consumers rather than investors around our public infrastructure and what we need to keep a functioning
• like consumers rather than investors around our public infrastructure and what we need to keep a functioning

Summary: The House met on the final day of session with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the prior day’s journal by a 126-0 vote. Most of the early floor time was devoted to points of personal privilege, with members and the Speaker offering extended tributes to departing colleagues, House staff, law enforcement, military service, and the work of the chamber. Several members also used the occasion to reflect on their careers, thank constituents and families, and discuss issues such as property tax reform, police service, mental health, and bipartisan cooperation. The House then took up Senate messages and committee reports, followed by several bills and resolutions. Senate Substitute for House Bill 2636, dealing with mortgage modification and related consumer protections, was adopted 142-1 and finally passed 144-1. Senate Substitute for House Bill 2397, concerning water district dissolution and related safeguards, was adopted 129-16 and finally passed 127-17. Senate Substitute No. 2 for House Bill 2576, a naming and commemorative bill adding observances and memorial highways/bridges, was adopted 136-4 and finally passed 134-6. The chamber also received Senate action on Senate Bill 1408 and Senate Joint Resolution 87, and committee reports recommended passage on several deferred measures. The House also debated Senate Joint Resolution 95, which proposed creating a constitutional Show Me Prosperity Fund as a sovereign wealth fund intended to eventually eliminate state-imposed taxes through long-term investment returns. Supporters argued it would promote fiscal sustainability and long-term prosperity, while opponents warned that it would lock away money during a period of projected budget shortfalls and could leave the state unable to access funds when needed. The resolution was discussed at length with questions about funding mechanics, investment authority, and emergency access, but the transcript provided does not include a final vote on the resolution.

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• reserve Louisiana POST basic instructor, Northwestern University certified standard field sobriety testing
• It doesn't really function like Amber, but... That it's gone missing.
• It doesn't really function like Amber, but kind of an Amber 2.0, and it's targeted to local communities

Summary: The committee first approved the April 28 minutes and announced that Senate Bill 499 was voluntarily deferred. It then heard several House bills, beginning with HB 168, a reentry/transitional housing program for female parolees near release; supporters said it would improve public safety and reduce recidivism, and the bill was reported favorably without objection. HB 322, a cleanup bill from the Maggie Grace Act clarifying that victims or families requesting transcripts would not be charged, was also reported favorably without objection. HB 622, which aligns Louisiana criminal history information practices with federal rules, was amended and then reported favorably. HB 821, moving the School for Safe Centers from GOSEP to the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement, was reported favorably as well. The committee then took up HB 364, which directs State Police to partner on public awareness efforts about the illegality of discharging firearms, especially around holidays. An amendment removed a proposed printing cost and shifted the bill toward PSAs; the bill was reported favorably with amendments. HB 568, which strengthens enforcement of drug-free school zone laws by creating a clearer offense for openly smoking or vaping illegal drugs in school zones and setting a specific penalty for marijuana, drew extensive debate. Supporters, including the author and governor’s office, said it was needed to protect children and families and to give law enforcement a workable deterrent. Opponents argued it would impose harsh, geography-based penalties, sweep in medical cannabis patients and veterans, and worsen racial and fiscal disparities. After roll-call, the committee reported HB 568 favorably by a 3-2 vote. The committee also approved HB 296, a cleanup bill removing long-defunct programs from statute, without objection. HB 823, creating an Orleans Parish DA pilot diversion program for unhoused people accused of nonviolent offenses, was supported by Covenant House and others as a way to avoid criminalizing homelessness and was reported favorably without objection. Finally, HB 1038, a major bill revising the authority and liability structure of city marshals and local governments, prompted extensive testimony. The bill and amendments would limit some marshal powers in smaller jurisdictions, require local approval for certain staffing/insurance matters, and allow local governments to restore powers by ordinance. Supporters said it would reduce liability, clarify authority, and address problems in some marshal offices; opponents, including multiple marshals and law enforcement supporters, said it would undermine elected marshals, hurt small offices, and was too broad and under-studied. The transcript ends amid that hearing, with no final committee action shown on HB 1038.

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• and then about $275,000 for additional contractual services, including legal support and our audit functions
• Get to those lower rates so that we can improve the functionality of our benefit systems.
• they can spend more time in care, as opposed to paperwork, as well as reducing costs for repeated tests

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• The ones that I saw that didn't function correctly in the regular public school system... ...the ones
• that I saw that didn't function correctly in the regular public school system, to the ones who thrived
• But this individual would get 100% on start testing.

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through a long floor file of bills. Early measures passed with little or no debate, including AB 698 on local transfer taxes and affordable housing analysis, AB 456 on mobile home sales, AB 1129 on reportable infant health conditions, AB 69 on Fair Plan insurance notices and voluntary market searches, AB 357 on expedited student and faculty housing permits, AB 383 on firearms code cleanups, AB 426 on drones interfering with emergency response, AB 825 on energy affordability and transmission financing, and AB 699 on ballot transparency for local tax and bond measures. Most of these bills passed unanimously or with strong bipartisan margins, while AB 825 drew the most extended debate over whether it would lower costs or expand state control of energy infrastructure; it ultimately passed 45-5. The most contentious item was AB 84, which would strengthen oversight of non-classroom-based charter schools and tighten accountability for charter spending and operations. Supporters argued it was needed to stop fraud and misuse of public education dollars, citing major scandals and audit findings, while opponents warned it would harm legitimate charter schools, reduce educational options, and disproportionately affect rural and special-needs students. Several members said they supported the bill only to keep negotiations going, and others urged more targeted or delayed action. After extensive debate and multiple amendments, the Assembly passed AB 84 on a 41-22 vote. The chamber also took up AB 610, a housing bill that would require cities and counties to disclose planned housing restrictions and limit new constraints for three years after housing element approval. The author framed it as a certainty and transparency measure to help address the state’s housing shortage, while noting continued discussions with local governments and housing advocates. The transcript ends with the bill’s presentation and request for an aye vote, with no final vote shown in the excerpt.

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• I sign off on the premise that we will have a mass exodus... ...OF EDUCATORS IN THIS STATE AS A FUNCTION
• debate—potentially interrogated—especially when the bill provides no clarity on how this would even function
• Right now we have drug cartels testing the board, looking for our defense systems.

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• The bill acknowledges that airport names function as brand identities rather than separate legal entities
• This has everything to do with the state of Florida figuring out what our litmus test is going to be
• Florida has become a testing ground for censorship. It has been LGBTQIA+ visibility.
• work daily to get food on our tables, to care for our health needs, to make our tourism industry function
• again today, we have a provision already in Chapter 381.004 that actually covers and mandates HIV testing

Summary: The committee took up a long agenda of retained bills and several new measures, with most receiving favorable reports after amendments. Major debate centered on CS/SB 706, which preempts airport naming to the state and designates Palm Beach International Airport as the Donald J. Trump International Airport subject to FAA and trademark-related conditions. Senator Jones offered amendments to avoid private royalty benefits, but both failed. Senators Berman, Osgood, Jones, and Pizzo spoke against the bill, raising concerns about naming an airport after a sitting president, lack of local input, and ethical issues; Senator Mayfield defended the bill as cost-free to the airport and noted the naming agreement. The committee ultimately voted the bill favorably. The committee also approved CS/SB 546 on conservation land notice requirements and CS/SB 1014 on municipal utility service to properties outside city limits, both with amendments and some opposition from the Florida League of Cities on the utility bill. Several other bills were heard and reported favorably with little controversy. CS/SB 1500 would streamline uncontested probate proceedings; SB 962 would exclude farms and farm operations from certain zoning definitions tied to affordable housing preemption; CS/SB 820 would strengthen reporting for problem-solving courts; SB 840 would revise portions of last year’s hurricane-related land-use law to narrow its scope and sunset temporary restrictions; and SB 856 would require online property listings to show estimated ad valorem taxes, with an amendment excluding social media platforms and broadening liability protections. SB 110 would clarify homestead exemption eligibility for 98-year or longer residential leases. SB 394 would exempt certain underwriting managers handling limited facultative reinsurance from licensure requirements, and SB 434 would prevent wind-hardening improvements from increasing assessed value for residential property tax purposes. The committee also advanced several public-safety and transparency measures. CS/CS/SB 658 and 608, a combined water-safety bill, would require safety features for rental properties with pools or nearby water bodies and authorize DBPR enforcement; supporters framed it as a response to Florida’s high child-drowning rates, and Airbnb waived in support. SB 748 would place constitutional language on restoration of voting rights on sentencing score sheets, with broad support from voting-rights and civil-rights groups. CS/SB 824 would require annual reporting of unimproved school-district land inventories, and CS/SB 848 would create a framework for off-site stormwater treatment and related credits, with support from builders and mitigation bankers. The committee also heard CS/SB 1036 on school counselors, which clarifies certification requirements and performance criteria after a delete-all amendment.

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• The bill acknowledges that airport names function as brand identities rather than separate legal entities
• This has everything to do with the state of Florida figuring out what our litmus test is going to be
• Florida has become a testing ground for censorship. It has been LGBTQIA+ visibility.
• work daily to get food on our tables, to care for our health needs, to make our tourism industry function
• again today, we have a provision already in Chapter 381.004 that actually covers and mandates HIV testing

Bills: S0092, S0110, S0192, S0212, S0260, S0350, S0394, S0422, S0434, S0442, S0484, S0546, S0556, S0684, S0696, S0706, S0748, S0786, S0820, S0824, S0838, S0840, S0848, S0856, S0962, S1000, S1014, S1036, S1050, S1054, S1080, S1118, S1134, S1338, S1480, S1500, S1506, S1622, S1724

Keywords: employee protections, whistleblower, retaliation, public trust, ethics complaint, Commission on Ethics, Public Employees Relations Commission, public employee, local government attorney, public officer, adverse personnel action, protected disclosure, whistleblower retaliation, state agency, independent contractor, public employment, civil service, reinstatement, back pay, front pay

Summary: The Committee on Rules met with a quorum and considered a long agenda of bills, many of them retained from the prior week. The most debated measure was CS for SB 706, which would preempt naming of major commercial service airports to the state and designate Palm Beach International Airport as the Donald J. Trump International Airport, subject to FAA approval and a trademark agreement. Amendments were offered and rejected, including proposals to prevent private financial benefit from the naming. Several senators spoke in opposition, citing concerns about naming an airport after a sitting president, lack of local input, and the trademark/licensing arrangement; supporters argued there was no cost to the airport and that the bill simply set a state naming policy. The committee reported the bill favorably after a roll call vote. The committee also reported favorably CS for SB 546 on conservation land notice requirements, CS for CS for SB 1014 on municipal utility service to properties outside city limits, CS for SB 1500 on uncontested probate proceedings, SB 962 on excluding farms from certain zoning definitions, and CS for SB 820 on problem-solving court reporting requirements. The committee then approved several bills from Senator DiCeglie and Senator Arrington. SB 840, addressing land-use regulations for local governments affected by natural disasters, was supported by local-government and environmental advocates who said it would restore local control after SB 180’s hurricane-related restrictions; the sponsor said it was intended to correct unintended consequences of last year’s law. CS for SB 856, requiring online listing platforms to show estimated ad valorem taxes on residential listings, was amended to exclude social media platforms and broaden liability protections; the sponsor and a county property appraiser described it as a consumer-transparency measure. CS for SB 110, clarifying homestead exemption treatment for long-term leases that end at death, was also reported favorably. The committee took up a controversial strike-all amendment to SB 212, which focused on public swimming pools and added residency and related restrictions for certain sex offenders and offenders on community control or probation. The amendment drew strong opposition from advocates and affected families, who argued it would worsen homelessness, impose broad geographic restrictions, and lack evidence of improving child safety; supporters said it was a targeted public-safety measure. Despite the objections, the committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also approved SB 684 on electronic signatures for total-loss vehicle and vessel titles, SB 394 on reinsurance intermediary managers, SB 434 on property tax assessment treatment for wind-hardening improvements, CS for CS for SBs 658 and 608 on water-safety requirements for rental properties with pools or nearby water, SB 748 on adding voting-rights restoration information to sentencing score sheets, and CS for SB 824 requiring school districts to inventory unimproved real property. The meeting ended while the committee was beginning SB 848 on stormwater treatment, with an amendment being introduced as the transcript cut off.

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• the compact was attempting to, you know, provide some oversight and control over those kinds of functions
• that we've had those kind of functions that we've had for<00:13:44.639> u<00:13:45.360> 15
• When this partnership is functioning well, everyone benefits, including Minnesota's workforce.
• functioning well, everyone benefits. functioning well, everyone benefits. including<01:50:36.400
• I share the concerns with the experts who fear a political litmus test for loan forgiveness.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We are applying familiar, time-tested regulatory principles in a way that protects taxpayers, participants
• 50.960> are<00:09:51.040> applying<00:09:51.480> familiar,<00:09:52.160> time-tested
• We are applying familiar, time-tested We are applying familiar, time-tested regulatory<00:09:53.760
• that essentially the way things have been designed is that the risk pool, the reserves there, are functioning

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• for the first time seeks to put—or will put—administrative cost burden that was fully a federal function
• They offer pap smears, breast exams, STI testing, and many, many other things—comprehensive health services
• Planned Parenthood gives free testing, vasectomies, condom distribution, services for conditions, and
• preventive health care appointments, and getting them to go to the hospital. getting their regular testing
• amount that the exchange and the health care authority are looking at to make as an affordability test

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• of that requirement for the civics examination, where the students have to pass the naturalization test
• , the 128-question test.
• of that requirement for the civics examination, where the students have to pass the naturalization test
• , the 128-question test.
• , the 128-question test.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up HB 129, which would redefine “evidence-based” in public education. The Department of Education testified that the bill’s definition would conflict with federal definitions and be very restrictive, potentially affecting a wide range of instructional methods, curriculum materials, teacher training, civics requirements, suicide prevention training, and other programs. The department said the bill could force a broad overhaul of school practices, create local implementation burdens, and require at least one new state position, with a fiscal note estimating roughly $118,000 in FY 2026 rising in later years. Members also raised concerns about possible impacts on federal pass-through funding and whether the bill was workable. Representative Papovich moved to retain HB 129, and the motion passed 7-0. The committee then heard HB 133, a Department of Safety/DMV bill involving follow-up when a person votes using an out-of-state license or non-driver ID and then does not obtain a New Hampshire credential within the statutory timeframe. DMV officials said the bill would require a $40,000 technology upgrade plus a new full-time position, and that the fiscal note did not include postage or fully account for the manual work needed to match records, send notices, and review responses. They said the proposal also raised broader tracking issues because it would apply not only to voters but to anyone who had not obtained a New Hampshire license within 60 days, and they questioned whether DMV was the proper agency to make those inquiries. Committee members pressed the department on how the 60-day clock would be determined, whether the bill could amount to a kind of poll tax or raise privacy concerns, and whether voter ID cards or other exceptions would avoid that problem. The department explained that New Hampshire offers a free voter identification card through town clerks for people without a license or state ID, but said the bill did not exempt those cards and that the DMV would still be asked to investigate status after voting. Officials also said the bill would be difficult to enforce, that some cases would be ambiguous, and that any response from the DMV would likely amount to a request for information rather than an enforceable consequence. No vote on HB 133 was taken in the portion provided.

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• There is long-term functional and emotional impairments.
• Um, it does provide an appropriation that actually would function as a reimbursement as opposed to, you
• would function as a reimbursement<01:19:05.360> as<01:19:05.600> opposed<01:19:06.000>
• then we should make that very clear because I think the language right now, the reasonable person's test
• or the plain reading test would interpret must have access to mean that the schools have to provide

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• > no known quantity because it's never no known quantity because it's never been<01:26:02.000> tested
• It was it was proven it was been tested.
• That folks who were going without regular testing now had access to that testing under the ACA.
• regular testing now had access<03:55:15.439> to<03:55:15.600> that<03:55:15.840> testing
• access to that testing under the ACA. access to that testing under the ACA. that<03:55:17.520>

Keywords: 981, all