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• Um I'm the senior director of government Um I'm the senior director of government relations<02:50
• It's an F64 code if it's a gender-related insurance billing code.
• But you would see that match up with an F64 code and then a mental health code; billing would line up
• code and then a mental health code code and then a mental health code billing<03:30:05.520> would
• <03:48:18.000> My outright fraud in the coding. My outright fraud in the coding.

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• Uh I familiar with local building codes?
• <00:26:25.200> of water like we have for other sections of water like we have for other sections
• This would cause us to now need to get in and look at zoning code, and it wouldn't be local zoning code
• <00:50:30.920> and to um it's in the second section and to um it's in the second section and
• It did include one section on the pier, but it had many other sections as well.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 27FN, which would change how improvements to dwellings over water are handled and align those projects more closely with the state building code. The bill was presented by Trisha Milo on behalf of Senator Lang, and attorney John Cronin explained that it arose from a specific New Hampshire Supreme Court case involving the Newcombs’ lakeside property, but that it could affect a small number of older waterfront homes statewide. He said the intent was to give the Department of Environmental Services (DES) limited waiver authority for improvements that do not harm water quality, plant life, or fish, while still requiring DES review and local permits. Committee members asked several questions about the scope of the bill, including whether it was tied to one case, how many properties might be affected, what counts as “living space,” and whether the language could allow larger decks or other expansions. Cronin said the bill was meant to be narrow, focused on access and egress and not on creating new living space, and that DES would still be able to deny unreasonable requests. He also described the Newcombs’ project as a rehabilitation of an older structure that had been approved locally and later challenged by DES, leading to the current dispute. Darlene Forst, the Wetlands Bureau administrator at DES, testified in opposition. She said the department was surprised the bill was being heard because it believed the Senate had sent it to interim study, and she argued the language was unclear and could have broader statewide effects than intended. Forst also said the underlying case was still active and should not be effectively re-litigated through this bill. No vote or final committee action was taken during the portion of the hearing provided.

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• And let me see, then I think we go into the next sections that have. 5, 10, 11, 76 on the very top of
• I know that this money is... is extremely helpful to the local governments.
• Chair, Representative [ID: member_12219], the local government is the lead. So Mr.
• The local government code fund has a higher match percentage of 20%, right?
• On page 10, we have our fiscal year. 2023 and 2024 local government road fund.

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• We have well-governed and well-run school districts.
• Section 30 needs to be amended. Thank you.
• These are good-government proposals from the LAO and FICMAT, and we shouldn't be... ...government proposals
• of the highest-profile functions of a governing board.
• California Education Code Section 46392 currently provides protections for local educational agencies

Summary: The Assembly Education Committee heard AB 84, a charter school accountability measure focused on non-classroom-based charter schools and fraud prevention. The author and supporters said the bill was intended to respond to the A3 charter fraud case and related scandals by strengthening audits, transparency, authorizer oversight, and funding determination rules, while ensuring public education dollars are used for public education. Supporters included FCMAT, CSEA, CTA, and CSBA, who argued the bill would improve oversight and protect taxpayers. Opponents, including the California Charter Schools Association, Green Dot, many charter parents, educators, and charter operators, said the bill was too broad, would impose major new costs and bureaucracy on all charter schools, and could reduce options for families, especially those using flexible, homeschool, or special-needs charter programs. After extensive testimony and committee discussion, the bill passed on a 5-1 vote and was sent to Appropriations, with the item left open for additional votes. The committee then approved a consent calendar of 11 education bills, including AB 542, AB 563, AB 731, AB 753, AB 784, AB 964, AB 988, AB 1034, AB 1233, AB 1255, and AB 1381, all moving to Appropriations. The consent calendar passed unanimously. Later, the committee heard AB 1454, a literacy and reading instruction bill authored by Assembly Members Rubio and Revis. The bill would require the state to create professional development resources for evidence-based literacy instruction, update English language arts and English language development instructional materials, and revise administrator preparation standards to include literacy training. The authors and a broad coalition of supporters, including CTA, EdVoice, Families in Schools, Decoding Dyslexia, school administrators, and parent advocates, described the measure as a compromise aimed at improving reading outcomes and addressing California’s literacy crisis. There was no opposition testimony at the hearing, and members voiced strong support for the bill and its collaborative approach.

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• The amendment is coded A6. >> I recognize the member from Ramsey, Representative Mhler, to your amendment
• I wanted to remind the body that rule 6.10 governs confidentiality, and so we will agree to that section
• conf confidentiality and so we governs conf confidentiality and so we will<00:04:52.320> agree
• ><00:04:52.720> to<00:04:52.960> that<00:04:53.280> section<00:04:54.000> and
• <00:04:54.320> hopefully will agree to that section and hopefully will agree to that section

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• vote-by-mail to an in-person, and that means they know what that—they know the, every ballot has a code
• And just to update, and I think you know this so well, is the ballots are coded.
• And just to update, and I think you know this so well, is the ballots are coded.
• nonpartisan organization that supports states in making government more accessible and efficient.
• organization that supports states in making government more accessible and efficient.

Summary: The committee heard a long agenda of elections-related bills. It first approved three consent items: AB 808, AB 1029, and AB 1072. The committee then took up AB 1249, which would require non-Voter’s Choice Act counties to offer at least one Saturday early-voting location before statewide elections and allow in-person return of vote-by-mail ballots at designated county offices or satellite locations. Supporters said it would expand access for working voters and those with transportation barriers; some members raised concerns about ballot verification and added workload for rural counties. The bill passed the committee on a divided vote and was placed on call for absent members. The committee next considered AB 25, a voter ID and election integrity measure that would require citizenship verification, government ID for voting, tighter voter-roll audits, and a 72-hour ballot-counting deadline. The author and supporters argued it would restore public trust and improve election integrity, while opponents from the League of Women Voters, ACLU California Action, labor groups, disability advocates, and others said it would restrict access, burden vulnerable voters, and amount to voter suppression. After extensive debate, the committee voted the bill out on a narrow split and kept it on call. Members also approved AB 1164, which clarifies when voters are entitled to a replacement ballot and updates the Voter Bill of Rights language; AB 1441, which would create an independent citizens redistricting commission in Merced County despite opposition from the county board over cost and local control; and AB 16, which would clarify county election officials’ authority to begin processing vote-by-mail ballots earlier and clean up outdated code. The committee also heard AB 1411, which would require non-VCA counties to prepare voter education and outreach plans and use a Secretary of State template, with the sponsor saying it would improve voter information statewide.

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• <00:15:19.880> and process of shaping our government and process of shaping our government
• :19:29.040> embodies innocuous, but this section embodies innocuous, but this section embodies
• the<00:37:42.320> Minnesota Government Relations with the Minnesota Government Relations
• When I was a kid, I lived in government housing in a one-bedroom apartment.
• > a<00:42:16.960> one-bedroom government housing in a one-bedroom government housing in

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Summary: House File 29 was heard in committee as a proposal to suspend adoption of the revised social studies standards, push implementation to 2030-31, repeal the requirement to embed ethnic studies across all standards, and cancel related appropriations. The bill sponsor argued Minnesota schools should focus on basic academic achievement and that ethnic studies requirements add burdens and distract from reading, math, and science. The chair moved the bill to the Committee on Education Finance after opening the hearing and then took extensive public testimony. Testimony was sharply divided. Supporters of HF 29, including Katherine Kersten, Deanna Moose, Kendall Qualls, Hillary Swanson, and Diane Smith, argued the ethnic studies framework is ideological, overly focused on race, insufficiently transparent, and costly in professional development time; several said it would divide students or burden teachers. Some supporters also claimed the standards or framework promote activism, critical race theory, or racial stratification. Opponents, including Mark Westfall, Crystal Johnson, Jim Grathwol, Marcus Penny, Claude Sigman, and Courtney Major, said the standards are inclusive, research-based, and designed to help students understand multiple perspectives, civic life, and the contributions of diverse Minnesotans. They emphasized that ethnic studies can improve engagement, critical thinking, and representation, and that teachers should be trusted to implement the standards. No final vote on the bill was taken in the portion of the meeting provided. The only formal action noted was the chair’s motion to re-refer House File 29 to the Committee on Education Finance.

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• So they're because they're government subsidized program, if you will, correct?
• OK, sorry, I just missed that crossed out in the section of the bill. It's, uh, voluminous. OK.
• Currently, uh, if you follow the building code and you do an inspection program that TDI oversees, you
• This would be something to go on above and beyond the current building code.
• They, they switched the building codes to support this. So, big fans of this bill. Please vote yes.

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• practitioner violates Florida's existing ban on gender-affirming care on a minor in violation of section
• This silences professionals, endangers youth, and expands unchecked government power.
• sex hormone therapy treatments or puberty blockers for these minors and present it to insurance or code
• sex hormone therapy treatments or puberty blockers for these minors and present it to insurance or code
• sex hormone therapy treatments or puberty blockers for these minors and present it to insurance or code

Summary: The committee met with a quorum present and heard a series of health care-related bills, with Chair Tuck emphasizing respectful debate and noting that all bills on the agenda would be voted on that day. The first measure, HB 743, would give the Attorney General authority to investigate and bring civil actions against health care practitioners who violate Florida’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors, and would make aiding or abetting such conduct a third-degree felony. Supporters said it closed loopholes and protected minors and parental rights, while opponents argued it was vague, overbroad, and could chill lawful care and professional judgment. The bill passed 13-4 and was reported favorably. The committee then unanimously approved PCS for HB 567, which narrows a continuing-education requirement for podiatrists so only those who prescribe controlled substances must take the related two-hour course. It also unanimously approved HB 439, allowing chiropractors, under specified training and certification requirements, to inject vitamins and nutrients while continuing to prohibit intravenous injections. The committee also passed HB 1235 to enter Florida into the respiratory care interstate compact, and HB 1237, a linked public-records/public-meetings exemption needed to implement that compact; both measures were supported as workforce and access-to-care bills and passed without opposition. Later, the committee approved PCS for HB 809, which addresses temporary physician certificates in areas of need and aims to prevent doctors from losing the ability to practice when area designations change. Members asked about licensure pathways and the effect of federal or board designation changes, and supporters framed the bill as protecting continuity of care in underserved communities. The committee also unanimously passed HB 1347 to align clinical laboratory personnel licensing with federal CLIA standards amid staffing shortages, and HB 1515, a public-records exemption tied to a uterine fibroid research database. Finally, the committee approved HB 169 updating acupuncture statutes, including terminology changes and limits on injection therapy, and HB 1021, Representative Young’s first bill, allowing qualified hospital pharmacists in Level I and II trauma centers to administer emergency medications at a physician’s direction during life-threatening situations. HB 1021 drew the most questions, mainly about scope, definitions, and who could authorize the pharmacist, but after a technical amendment it passed unanimously. All remaining bills were reported favorably, and the meeting adjourned after the final vote.

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• the number of jurisdiction to govern the number of bedrooms<01:04:21.680> we<01:04:21.799>
• whether there's a washer and to govern whether there's a washer and dryer<01:04:25.319> or<01
• You know, that to me gets a little bit confusing as to why the government should be helping fund that
• You know, that to me gets a little bit confusing as to why the government should be helping fund that
• <02:04:15.360> three be great under chapter one section three be great under chapter one section

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• Specifically, the bill amends section 3.03B of the penal code to allow consecutive sentences for multiple
• convictions under Section 22.04, injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual without
• Is there any questions for Representative Govern Hawkins? Thank you.
• Basically, currently under section 38.15A of the penal code, a person commits the Class B misdemeanor

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• of Delaware code created in section 3 of this act into its own chapter.
• It's an act to amend Titles 7 and 30 of the Delaware Code related to the Hazardous Substance Cleanup
• To amend Title VII and 30 of the Delaware Code related to the Hazardous Substance Cleanup Act and the
• Those that are speaking of pushing it out, it's just code to say we don't want any legislation.
• That's the concept being set forth in Section B, beginning on line 58.

Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on energy, public safety, and environmental cleanup. House Bill 455 would create a historic preservation license plate to raise funds and awareness for Delaware preservation efforts, and House Bill 471 would tighten rules and penalties for off-highway vehicles on shared private roads, with golf carts excluded. House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 439, the Truth in E-Bike Marketing Act, would require clearer disclosures when selling electric mopeds and electric motorcycles so consumers understand classification, power, and licensing/insurance requirements. House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 407, related to the Hazardous Substance Cleanup Act and brownfields, would shift funding for brownfield cleanup from the original realty transfer tax approach to a dedicated share of the hazardous substance cleanup fund and raise civil penalties for fraudulent acts. The committee also approved the June 18, 2026 minutes once quorum was reached. Most of the meeting centered on House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 233, as amended, a large-load/data center bill intended to protect ratepayers from costs tied to massive new electricity users. The sponsor and Public Advocate said PJM’s warnings about a coming reliability backstop auction made it urgent to establish a Delaware framework now, requiring large energy users to sign utility agreements, cover their share of transmission, distribution, and capacity costs, and comply with curtailment and other protections. Supporters from environmental groups and some labor and business voices said the bill was needed to prevent cost shifts to households and small businesses, while opponents argued it was being rushed, could deter investment, and might unintentionally affect other industries; several asked for more time and clearer definitions. No vote was taken in the portion provided. The committee also took up House Bill 470, which would authorize Delmarva Power, with PSC approval, to build and operate utility-owned battery storage and spread costs across the customer base. The sponsor and Delmarva said the bill would improve reliability quickly and help avoid outages, while the chair expressed concern that the state had not yet fully studied whether utility-owned or competitively procured storage is the best model, noting a recent SEU storage study and broader policy questions. Supporters said utility storage could be deployed faster and help with peak shaving, while others urged a competitive process; the transcript cuts off before any final action on HB 470.

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• . sections. sections.
• House sections 8 to 12 are House-only sections.
• House sections 8 to 12 are House-only sections.
• On page R5, House section 4, section.
• This section modifies the section 18.

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• <00:22:57.360> and expensive parts of state government and expensive parts of state government
• least use utilize the fireworks section least use utilize the fireworks section and<01:07:21.359
• acknowledge that our judiciary section acknowledge that our judiciary section is<01:18:45.360>
• <01:25:53.280> enforcement that gap analysis of code enforcement that gap analysis of code
• to what the director had mentioned code to what the director had mentioned code enforcement<01:26

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• section by section summary in packets. section by section summary in packets.
• Sections Sections Sections 33,<00:21:15.320> 39,<00:21:16.520> 44,<00:21:17.880> 45,
• Sections 6 and 10 to 13 are a Senator Latz bill, SF 2039, and modifies provisions governing judicial
• Sections 1, 5 to 11, and 17 are from a Senator Mann bill, SF 1409, and modifies laws governing civil
• Sections 2 to 4 and sections individual.

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• David Bullock on behalf of the Committee to Repeal Education Code 221. 0.5 F. Thank you.
• David Bullock, Committee to repeal Education Code 221.5 F, in opposition.
• Being added in this comment section also led to abusive and cruel private messages.
• Moreover, AB 49 does not hinder the federal government. from enforcing its immigration laws.
• And let me say that I am a proud CSBA master's in government. graduate.

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• Uh, this says nothing about—they have to meet the code, but code is a pretty minimal thing.
• Uh, this says nothing about—they have to meet the code, but code is a pretty minimal thing.
• Uh, this says nothing about—they have to meet the code, but code is a pretty minimal thing.
• > they have to meet the code but code is a they have to meet the code but code is a pretty<00:52:22.880
• state government. state government.

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• the same time being a government the same time being a government official<00:21:13.840> elected
• I don't know how federal government.
• And what we have of the trust code.
• The amendment is coded A1.
• The language simply clarifies that the estranged parent inheritance section of the bill, section 29,

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I'm, I'm a small government guy.
• And sometimes those codes are added impermissibly.
• I mentioned coding manipulation, uh, that's depicted on slide 18.
• Uh, but it's still chapter 36 of the Human Resources Code.
• Our statute, chapter 32 of the Human Resources Code.

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• Once we were informed of the government, as a condition of attorney.
• The issue is that Section 39 is assault or battery for purposes of intimidation.
• So thank you for the opportunity to speak here today amongst this very governance panel.
• These include codes of conduct and dress code policies.
• On the DEN I would use a section in a website.

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Summary: The meeting was a special commission hearing on antisemitism held off-site at Kerem Shalom Synagogue in Concord, with commissioners approving prior minutes and noting a quorum, a rescheduled October 27 meeting, and the addition of a new commissioner. The co-chairs and host speakers emphasized the personal and communal significance of holding the hearing in a synagogue and the importance of confronting antisemitism while protecting free speech, academic freedom, and civil discourse. The commission heard from former SJC Justice and current UMass General Counsel David Lowy, who discussed the IHRA definition of antisemitism, said its use as nonbinding guidance does not raise First Amendment concerns, and described UMass’s response to a discriminatory academic conference policy. Commissioners also asked about campus speaker vetting, protest rights, and university practices for addressing antisemitism and protecting students’ access to education. District Attorney Marian Ryan testified about restorative justice as a tool for addressing hate incidents, saying it can help victims be heard, reduce reoffending, and be used in criminal, school, and community settings. She described local programs, online reporting forms, and the need for better statutory tools, including changes to restitution and education requirements in hate-crime cases. Commissioners asked whether restorative justice affects charging decisions, and Ryan said it should not alter whether a hate crime is investigated or charged. She also identified model programs and said the commission’s work aligns with the national strategy it is charged with implementing. Three rabbis then described the rise in antisemitic incidents in schools and communities, the emotional toll on Jewish families, and the need for stronger school responses, clearer language in incident communications, and better training for educators. Rabbi Brad David recounted repeated incidents in Acton-Boxborough and praised the district’s improved partnership and response, while Rabbi Tom Shah described parental anxiety, concerns about classroom materials lacking context, and the need for balanced instruction. The rabbis also discussed synagogue security costs and measures, including volunteer security teams, police support, grants, and physical protections. Commissioners said the testimony would inform forthcoming recommendations, and DESE staff noted they are developing instructional-materials guidance and a rubric for educators. The final witness, Professor Christina Miller, outlined hate-crime prosecution issues in Massachusetts, including mixed-motive cases, the need for clearer statutes and jury instructions, better training for police and clerk magistrates, guidance on sentencing and diversity-awareness programs, and the use of community impact statements.