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• HB 918 by Scofield We are relating to the authority of a property owners association to regulate the
• HB 932, by Wally, relating to the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact authorizing fees, referred to
• AB 954 by Spiller relating to the authority of a county to cancel subdivisions in extraterrestrial.
• HB 998 by Toth Relating to the authority of Individual before purchasing real property to be used as
• H.G.R. 15 by Smithy, proposing a constitution amendment authorizing the denial of bail under the limited

Bills: HCR21, HCR22, HCR23, HCR24, HCR25, HCR26, HCR27, HCR31, HCR41, HCR42, HCR43, HCR44, HCR45, HCR52, HCR53, HCR66, HCR67, HCR73, HR8, HR10, HR13, HR20, HR21, HR50, HR59, HR61, HR71, HR74, HR79, HR84, HR86, HR90, HR91, HR102, HR103, HR107, HR113, HR125, HR126, HR132, HR142, HR145, HR149, HR150, HR152, HR167, HR179, HR181, HR183, HR186, HR192, HR196, HR199, HR207, HR211, HR212, HR213, HR216, HR249, HR256, HR259, HR261, HR263, HR272, HR281, HR285, HR294, HR295, HR300, HR305, HR311, HR313, HR315, HR316, HR323, HR331, HR339, HR340, HR346, HR349, HR352, HR357, HR358, HR360, HR363, HR374, HR377, HCR20, HCR28, HCR30, HCR32, HCR49, HR14, HR15, HR19, HR23, HR24, HR25, HR26, HR27, HR29, HR47, HR48, HR55, HR56, HR66, HR85, HR92, HR93, HR95, HR96, HR140, HR155, HR164, HR204, HR241, HR242, HR250, HR253, HR260, HR262, HR265, HR279, HR310, HR312, HR328, HR332, HR359, HR362, HR367

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• SO I THINK IT JUST DOESN'T REALLY FIT INTO THIS PARADIGM OF EXCEEDING LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY.
• IT'S ALSO NOT A DISAVOWAL OF REGULATORY LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY.
• HE POINTED OUT SOME RULEMAKING AUTHORITY IS MANDATORY AND SOME RELATING AUTHORITY IS PERMISSIVE.
• PLANTE SAID LAST MONTH RULEMAKING AUTHORITY CAN BE PERMISSIVE.
• OVERWHELMINGLY MEMBERS THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE A RULE IS THAT AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THE LEGISLATURE UNLESS

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• House Bill 1024, authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer services to
• House Bill 4009, authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer services to
• An act authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer services to a certain
• An act authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer services to a certain
• An act authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer services to a certain

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Summary: The House took up several procedural matters, including concurrence with a Senate petition to establish a sick leave bank for Gregory Baker of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office, which was approved. The chamber also suspended Joint Rule 12 for additional petitions, including bills concerning the Dalton Fire District interim fire chief and a sick leave bank for Carlos Borges of the Department of Correction. The Committee on Steering then reported a slate of House bills for consideration, covering local matters such as Cheshire special elections, MWRA sewer service for a parcel in Sharon, animal cruelty fines and shelter funding, treasurer-collector duties in Berkeley, the Sandwich charter, amendments to the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act, and a Medford city charter. The House ordered several of those bills to a third reading. It then considered two engrossed bills establishing sick leave banks for Department of Transportation employees Daniel Wright Ender and Mark Capeman. The House adopted emergency preambles for both measures by recorded division and then passed each bill to be enacted. During the session, the Speaker also introduced Nepal’s ambassador to the United States, Luck Dashman Regimi. Finally, the House adopted an order to meet again Wednesday at 11 a.m., and then adjourned to that time, with the next session noted as a formal session with roll calls at one.

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• Members, let's give our respectful attention to the authors.
• And let me lead by saying, I have so much respect for the author.
• As a proud joint author, I support this bill.
• Just a quick question for the author. Without objection? Yes.
• Question to the author? Without objection. What's the title of origin?

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• The average authorized hours change based on that.
• We are waiting on authority. Are you able to share if you have any... We are waiting on authority.
• So when we talk about service authorization, the authorization is there.
• So when we talk about service authorization, the authorization is there.
• In its place, it authorizes the department to establish service standards, ...it authorizes the department

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• So, authority.
• Uh what I heard from the authority?
• Commissioner Gandhi. we needed this authority as I testified we needed this authority as I testified
• address and give you the full authority address and give you the full authority to<01:41:34.680>
• c> to state authorities have the authority to state authorities have the authority to enforce<01:

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• , I recognize the author of the amendment, Representative<00:14:25.680> Heinesman.
• , I recognize the author of the amendment, Representative<00:24:18.559> Baker.
• I recognize the author of the bill, the member from right, Representative Rarick.
• Thank you, Madam Speaker, and thank you, Chair Rarick, for authoring this bill.
• of the bill, Representative author of the bill, Representative Mahammud.

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• I recognize the author of the bill. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
• I recognize the member from Beltrami, the author of the bill.
• That was the choice of the author.
• I recognize the author of the bill, Representative Knudson.
• I recognize the author of the bill, Representative Zeleznikar.

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• <00:06:59.440> exist uh even though those authorities exist uh even though those authorities
• Um, the author A1 will be amended to incorporate to this bill. And so, Mr.
• When I say permit, I mean permit authorization and permit approval.
• When I say permit, I mean permit authorization and permit approval.
• chief author, Senator House. chief author, Senator House.

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• You authorized that court in the 2022 session.
• You authorized that court in the 2022 session.
• trust fund authority.
• We would like to ask for some salary and also some trust fund authority.
• That's inmate welfare trust fund authority, actually.

Summary: The committee met to hear fiscal year 2026-2027 legislative budget requests from several justice-related agencies. The Florida Commission on Offender Review requested funding for investigator and revocation staff salary increases to address turnover, plus nonrecurring funds for Wi-Fi, seven vehicles, technology support, and commissioner salary adjustments. The State Courts Administrator presented a broad judicial branch request focused on trial court case-management technology, additional case managers, trust fund authority for child support hearing officers, courthouse furnishings, district court flexibility in staffing, a future courthouse for the Sixth District Court of Appeal, Supreme Court elevator replacement, POM accounting implementation support, judicial security liaison positions tied to the Florida Fusion Center, expanded senior management service authority, and judicial salary adjustments. The Office of the Attorney General outlined pay and operating requests for consumer protection, citizen services, ethics, crime compensation, victim services, vehicle replacement, IT and cybersecurity, lease and operating costs, and PALM-related expenses, while several senators questioned the office about outside counsel contracts, contingency-fee arrangements, transparency, and the use of private law firms. The Department of Corrections made the largest presentation, describing severe staffing shortages, high turnover, rising inmate populations, increased assaults, and heavy overtime use. Secretary Ricky Dixon said the agency’s request was driven by constitutional and public safety needs and included funding for operations, security equipment, inflationary costs, vehicle replacement, offender information system modernization, technology restoration, inmate health services, drug and food cost increases, staffing pilots, maintenance, security infrastructure, Florida PALM, recruitment and retention, and $56 million for new correctional housing units. Members asked about inmate labor, prison safety, overtime, vehicle breakdowns, and whether more National Guard support was needed; Dixon said the agency needed more staffing and pay competitiveness rather than a long-term military presence. A correctional officers’ union representative also urged support for pay raises, citing low pay and staffing concerns. No votes were taken on the budget requests. The chair allowed extended questioning, especially for the Department of Corrections, but noted time constraints and asked agencies to return in a later committee meeting, including FDLE, which was deferred because of a House site visit.

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• If there's no other questions for the author members. And the bill will be left pending.
• I'm not sure if you're aware, but I've already got you a couple of, uh, co-authors on board.
• If funding is removed, by what authority would that be done? Who would be responsible for it?
• , but based on the authority of one man.
• And members, if there's no other questions for the author, the bill will be left pending.

Bills: HB39, HB227

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• The next item is the district may enter into contracts with the authority pursuant to the authority.
• There's also on New Mexico State Authority 20-20E-25A.
• It doesn't say that they have the authority, nor do they have the authority in existing state statutes
• May enter into contracts with the authority—that's the Texas report—to which the authority may issue
• That's the Spaceport Authority under the Spaceport Development Act.

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• All debate having ceased, the clerk will open the roll for co-authors.
• This is for co-authors. The clerk will close the roll. There are 45 co-authors added.
• The clerk will now open the roll to allow any member to add on as a co-author to the resolution.
• Members, this vote is for co-authors. All those who desire to vote, vote.
• There are 64 co-authors.

Summary: The Assembly convened on June 4, 2025, first addressing a quorum call before proceeding with the day’s business. Members handled several procedural motions, including a failed attempt to withdraw AJR 4 for immediate consideration, approval of requests to notice bills pending re-referral, and a successful motion to withdraw SB 119 from Budget and Fiscal Review and place it on third reading. The chamber also rescinded prior action on SB 47, re-referred SB 355 and SB 685 to Appropriations, and authorized notice for a Housing and Community Development hearing on SB 522. On the floor, the Assembly concurred in Senate amendments to AB 369, a measure on emergency services that increases access to life-saving medication for people with seizure disorders, by a unanimous vote. Members then took up AB 1138, the major film and television tax credit measure, with extensive support from the author and other members who described the bill as a response to California’s declining production and job losses; the bill’s urgency clause and Senate amendments were concurred in, and it was sent immediately to the Governor. The Assembly also concurred in Senate amendments to AB 313 on student financial aid. The body adopted SJR 2, which urges Congress to protect the rights of classified school employees, after debate emphasizing the importance of paraeducators, bus drivers, custodians, clerical workers, and food service staff. The Assembly then adopted the second-day consent calendar, including SCR 25 on nuclear fusion and several other Senate concurrent resolutions, and added coauthors to SCR 74 on Flag Day. The session concluded with announcements, birthday acknowledgments, and adjournment until Monday, July 7 at 1 p.m.

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• So, to just kind of cover what the statute covers, the mandatory reporting to immigration authorities
• I think what this bill will ultimately accomplish is creating a pathway between local authorities to
• report violent offenders who happen to be illegal immigrants to federal authorities.
• communication between local authorities communication between local authorities and<00:01:49.880
• <00:02:18.400> to<00:02:18.720> to pathway between local authorities to to pathway

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• The New Mexico Finance Authority, we also.
• And that process does include legislative authorization.
• Removal of legislative authorization.
• So they're still authorized to operate those. There's just no funding available. Mr.
• And so, yeah, sometimes projects are waiting on us to do the authorization.

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• Thank you to authors Putnam, Lang, Hoffman, and our chief author, Hauschild, for carrying this bipartisan
• Thank you to authors Putnam, Lang, Hoffman, and our chief author, Hauschild, for carrying this bipartisan
• Thank you to authors Putnam, Lang, Hoffman, and our chief author, Hauschild, for carrying this bipartisan
• Thank you to authors Putnam, Lang, Hoffman, and our chief author, Hauschild, for carrying this bipartisan
• Thank you to authors Putnam, Lang, Hoffman, and our chief author, Hauschild, for carrying this bipartisan

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• And if the author would please Who testified due to a report that had been completed, if the author would
• So I'd love to be added as a co-author at the appropriate time. Thank you, Senator.
• And, you know, already a co-author of the bill. but I just wanted to, can I again?
• a co-author as well, if she's okay with it.
• So I also want to be a co-author to this and just thank you.

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• We do include some information on public finance authority bonding authorization.
• The authority for our budget was found in... ...Office budget.
• Under the authorized transfer authority, we have transferred a little over a million dollars from the
• And then finally, the Clean Sustainable Energy Authority.
• Claire Vigasa is the executive director of the Transmission Authority.

Summary: The committee took roll, approved the March 18 minutes, and then received a compliance-report update on the Industrial Commission and related funds and programs. Staff reviewed the status of one-time appropriations and grant programs, including electric grid resiliency, lignite research, enhanced oil recovery, the Clean Sustainable Energy Authority, the salt cavern business-case study, and the new NDSU research and technology park grant. Members asked about funding balances, reimbursement timing, matching requirements, and how some commitments would affect the State Investment Fund and future biennia. Industrial Commission staff then gave a broader update on the agency’s administrative office, grant management system, leadership transitions at several commission agencies, and active grant rounds. They reported that the grant management system is nearing completion, that several agency leadership searches have concluded, and that the commission’s grant programs currently have 108 active grants totaling more than $165 million. They also described the Clean Sustainable Energy Authority round, the oil and gas research program’s enhanced oil recovery awards, the grid resiliency grants, the salt cavern study, and the research technology park program, noting that some projects are awaiting federal funds or additional matching cash. Ron Ness, speaking for the Oil and Gas Research Council, focused on the state of the oil industry and the enhanced oil recovery “Bakken 2.0” effort. He said production remains steady, but future growth depends on better infrastructure, longer laterals, and new EOR methods such as CO2, natural gas, and surfactants. He emphasized the importance of the Bakkeneast pipeline and related gas-utilization projects, the recent DOE funding that will return some money to the research council, and the need to modernize tax and incentive rules for CO2-based recovery. Members discussed the potential economic benefits for oil, agriculture, and manufacturing. The Bank of North Dakota then presented its compliance report and a broader strategic update. Bank leadership reviewed the bank’s mission, governance, participation lending, student lending, disaster programs, and legislatively directed programs, and said the bank is managing for a flatter deposit base and stronger liquidity because of fintech competition and changing market conditions. They reported improved earnings, with net income rising to about $231 million, and described Rough Rider Coin as a new internal payment rail for North Dakota banks and credit unions, not a public cryptocurrency. Members asked about student loan eligibility, disaster lending, and the bank’s capacity to support state programs while maintaining its balance-sheet and liquidity requirements.

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• So this subcommittee would be delegated the authority that is typically under the authority of the LCC
• :17:02.240> LCC typically under the authority of the LCC typically under the authority of the
• authorities would appoint members. authorities would appoint members.
• and do allow for expense reimbursement and per diem, if authorized under House and Senate rules.
• And that LCC staff are authorized to make any technical or conforming changes.

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• Okay, we will now move on to authors. Ms. Rodriguez, you are up and you are presenting AB 2641.
• And I'm happy to move the bill out as a co-author. So just appreciate your work.
• Thank you. ...better or more succinctly than the author did.
• I'd love to be added as a joint author if you'd have me. And with that, the motion is due pass.
• Authorization for school districts and community college districts to use job order contracting.

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