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• So, perhaps exempting if there has to be. a mandatory requirement exempting the smallest utilities, but
• Removing special interest exemptions for 8-1-1 notifications. that will reduce damages.
• There was an exemption there for a steam line that was crossing a public road. right-of-way which had
• I mean it just we know that these exemptions are a problem.
• And there's a reason that we talk about no exemptions.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• So we took this approach to say that we would be exempted.
• So we took this approach to say that we would be exempt because, as elected officials, we already are
• And I was pleased, and I voted in favor of removing that exemption last week.
• But right now, Pennsylvania law is that we do allow for these tax exemptions in these particular settings
• controlled substance under Pennsylvania law while preserving legitimate veterinary use through clear exemptions

Keywords: Scheduler, 973, house, all

Summary: The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge, and first handled routine business including postponing approval of the prior journal and confirming a quorum. Several committee reports were adopted, including measures from Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness, Tourism and Recreation and Economic Development, Appropriations, Rules, Commerce, and Environmental and Natural Resource Protection. The chamber also adopted House Resolution 531, designating June 2026 as Scoliosis Awareness Month, after testimony from Rep. DeLosier and discussion of a constituent’s experience with severe scoliosis; the resolution passed 201-1. The House then adopted a series of additional resolutions and bills, including Diaper Need Awareness Week, a study on PANS/PANDAS, 717 Day, Little League World Series Week, and a resolution commemorating America 250 in Pennsylvania. It also passed bills on Sunshine Act agenda notice changes, veteran death notifications, Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, township audit deadlines, first responder memorials, road transfers, parole board succession, and restrictions on HOA limits for rooftop solar. The solar bill drew multiple failed amendments on HOA voting rules, native plants, energy-source discrimination, and net metering; one amendment on indemnification for elected officials at special events was adopted. In final passage votes, the House approved legislation to prohibit NDAs related to data centers, with debate centered on transparency and local control; it passed 171-31. The chamber also passed bills allowing Pittsburgh school administrators to collectively bargain, requiring hunting and trapping education options in schools, expanding SWIF’s equity investment authority, and scheduling metatomidine as a Schedule 3 controlled substance. The Counseling Compact bill and a parole-record privilege bill both passed unanimously or near-unanimously, and the House signed those measures for presentation to the Governor. The session ended with referrals of new bills to committees, a motion to adjourn, and adjournment until July 1, 2026.

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• amendment on this one and we're working with the cities Madam Whip, members, House Bill 2028 removes an exemption
• Madam Whip and members, House Bill 2827 extends the exemption from the groundwater withdrawal fee for
• purposes in the Pinal Active Management Area by four years and extends the groundwater withdrawal fee exemption
• municipalities to establish a workforce housing project expedited plan review and permitting process and exempts
• The bill exempts any medical system personnel, hospital emergency department personnel, direct care staff

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The meeting was a rapid review of a very large bill package, with the chair repeatedly asking staff to keep descriptions high level and many bills placed on third-read consent or consent calendars. A major theme was artificial intelligence: bills would require minors to be told when they are interacting with AI, allow AI-assisted divorce arbitration by consent, create an AI education program, privilege certain AI communications, and require K-12 instruction on ethical and practical AI use. Other education measures addressed school district superintendents, health instruction, anti-Semitism prohibitions, fetal development standards, and school safety, including a bill allowing concealed firearms on school grounds under specified conditions. Several health and public safety bills were also discussed. These included funding and oversight measures for childhood cancer research, nursing care complaint timelines, firefighter cancer data collection, limits on pharmacy penalties, and a bill making it a felony to administer abortion-inducing drugs without consent. Members also heard bills on overtime wage enforcement, domestic violence evidence standards in parenting cases, probation limits for dangerous crimes against children, and a measure expanding manslaughter liability to online encouragement of teen suicide. One sponsor strongly opposed a provisional medical licensing bill for foreign-trained applicants, while other sponsors emphasized rural health access, nurse anesthetist reimbursement parity, and the need for a dental board member who is an oral surgeon. A large portion of the meeting focused on water, land, energy, and state agency oversight. Bills would streamline or change rules for small modular reactors, new power plants, water supply determinations, groundwater transportation fees, water hauling, and state land disposition. Members also considered measures affecting the State Land Department, including audits, oversight boards, continuation, land-use maps for data centers and energy projects, and rules for mineral leases and solar or wind siting. Other topics included wildlife and ranching, Mexican wolf policy, annexation, housing and development incentives, transportation and towing rules, digital driver licenses, and a proposed four-year moratorium on municipal and county fee, tax, and utility-rate increases, which drew questions about stakeholder input and the impact on enterprise funds and local utilities. No recorded roll-call votes were taken in the transcript; most items were simply presented, briefly discussed, and left on consent or calendar status, with one bill noted as held in rules and another pulled for further discussion.

Transcript Highlights:

• Or you could add voter verification and public research organizations to the exemptions under the commercial
• public interest do not fall in that category and therefore do not require a written commercial use exemption
• not require a written<00:21:05.679> commercial<00:21:06.159> use<00:21:06.480> exemption
• <00:21:07.600> And<00:21:07.760> so written commercial use exemption.
• And so written commercial use exemption.

Bills: SB249, SB259, HB67, HB214

Keywords: municipal tax, license fee, local tax increase, ordinance, public hearing, 30-day notice, municipal notice requirements, city council, town council, Alabama municipalities, Code of Alabama 1975, Section 11-45-2, open meetings website, newspaper publication, local government finance, tax transparency, fee increase, municipal ordinance procedure, University of South Alabama, Board of Trustees

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• In 2003, we began a period of getting land grants recognized as being tax exempt through their status
• Article 5, Section 8, I believe, provides for the exemption of property taxes for units of government
• evaluation protest board decisions that have reinforced that notion, that land grants should be tax exempt
• with what the land grants are trying to do, and so the fix for that would be to make land grants exempt
• Small municipalities are exempted from that act, and it's a really simple fix, but it requires legislation

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• I was just curious, it was mentioned, I think I heard you correctly, SpaceX is exempt. Exactly.
• But the committee substitute does exempt SpaceX, which obviously has a facility but is planning to expand
• And so they are exempted under this bill.
• If you look at the committee substitute, why are they exempt? That's a question for the author.
• and future nuclear power reactors and University-operated nuclear research and test reactors are exempt

Bills: SB3074, HB49, HB2440, HB3556, HB3619, HB3866, HB4042, HB4112, HB4271, HB4413, HB4426, HB5033, HB49

Keywords: SB 3074, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Water Code, permit applications, environmental permitting, administrative record, ex parte communications, legislative communications, governor, lieutenant governor, state legislators, district projects, public records, recusal, conflict of interest, substantial interest, agency transparency, environmental regulation, permit renewal

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• The bill temporarily exempts small community water systems and managed wetlands, which make up less than
• The bill only exempts the amount of groundwater historically required to support small community water
• to present AB 1318, which clarifies that nonprofit organizations with either federal or state tax-exempt
• Nonprofit is currently defined in statute as having federal tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3)
• Recent federal legislation has targeted the federal tax-exempt status of nonprofits serving our...

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on May 14, 2025, for a regular order hearing with a large consent calendar and many individual bill presentations. The committee first approved numerous bills on consent, then heard a series of measures spanning reproductive health, child care eligibility, transportation, mental health diversion, county recorder fees, groundwater management, election deadlines, parking enforcement, consumer protections, housing, immigrant and student protections, and utility/CPUC oversight. Several bills were taken up only for presentation because they were on suspense, including ACA 4 on long-term housing funding, and the committee later approved a very large suspense calendar as a whole. Among the bills discussed, AB 260 would protect medication abortion access and providers; AB 904 would clarify child care subsidy eligibility during family leave or job search; AB 1014 would give Caltrans more flexibility on speed limits in rural highway segments; AB 46 would clarify judicial discretion in mental health diversion; AB 1413 and AB 929 addressed groundwater adjudication and SGMA-related protections for small community water systems and wetlands; AB 930 would count vote-by-mail ballots postmarked by Election Day and received within seven days; AB 1022 would end towing solely for unpaid parking tickets; AB 290 and AB 302 dealt with automatic payments for the California Fair Plan and medical data protections; AB 1303 would remove the need for a Social Security number for California Lifeline eligibility; and several housing bills, including AB 920, AB 956, AB 1470, AB 893, and AB 1021, sought to streamline approvals or expand housing options. AB 1318 and AB 49 focused on immigrant-serving nonprofits and keeping immigration enforcement out of schools, while AB 1532 extended telecommunications and transportation access programs and added CPUC accountability measures. Testimony was generally supportive for the bills heard, with authors and sponsors emphasizing low or absorbable fiscal impacts, consumer protection, housing production, public safety, and protections for vulnerable communities. Opposition appeared on a few measures, including concerns about ADUs, towing authority, charter school-related issues, and the scale of proposed housing funding in ACA 4. Several members also commented in support of the housing and immigrant-protection measures, and some bills were voted out with recorded no votes or not-voting members noted. After the suspense calendar was deemed approved, the committee opened public comment on bills not presented that day, heard a long list of supporters and opponents on various measures, and then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• 50 people; include the word wired as it pertains to communication infrastructures; provide for an exemption
• communication infrastructures provides for an exemption for use of unmanned aircraft for commercial
• This bill exempts xylazine from Schedule I, and apparently there was some confusion about whether vets
• This bill exempts xylazine from Schedule I for veterinary uses and Schedule III for veterinary uses.
• SB 1640 is a public records bill that makes lethality assessment forms confidential and exempt from public

Summary: The committee first considered the appointment of Michelle Whitworth to the Florida Commission on Offender Review. Whitworth described her 30 years of criminal justice experience, and the committee voted to recommend her confirmation favorably. The committee then took up SB 1692 on material harmful to minors, adopting a delete-all amendment that shifted the focus to K-12 instructional materials and objections by parents or residents. Supporters argued it would create clearer standards and protect children from pornographic content, while opponents warned it would worsen book bans and remove consideration of literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. After extensive debate and public testimony, the bill as amended was reported favorably. The committee also reported favorably on several criminal justice and public safety bills. SB 1422 increased penalties for certain drone-related offenses near critical infrastructure and for weaponized drones; SB 1360 clarified xylazine’s veterinary use while creating stronger trafficking penalties; and SB 1732 increased penalties for animal cruelty involving minors and for contributing to a minor’s delinquency. SB 776 added an aggravating factor for the assassination or attempted assassination of a head of state, and SB 984 added aggravating factors for capital felonies committed where people are gathered for religious, school, or government activities. SB 1640 made domestic violence lethality assessment forms confidential, and SB 1268 updated FDLE operations and increased reimbursement for retired police dogs. All of these bills were reported favorably after brief debate and mostly supportive testimony. Later, the committee approved SB 1084 on sexual cyber harassment, with a strike-all amendment addressing digitally forged intimate images and extending prosecution time limits. SB 1654 updated sexual offender and predator registration rules, including definitions of residence and online reporting for in-state travel, though one witness raised concerns about vague language and employer privacy. SB 1774 created a rebuttable presumption in certain second-degree murder cases when the victim had a controlled substance in their system, drawing criticism that it could devalue victims who used drugs. Finally, SB 1838 strengthened protections for court officials against tampering, harassment, and retaliation, with an amendment adding magistrates, hearing officers, and related staff; defense attorneys warned the tampering language could inadvertently reach zealous advocacy. Each of these measures was ultimately reported favorably, and the meeting ended with adjournment.

Transcript Highlights:

• Okay, we're going to move to PCS for HB 383, exemption from the mandatory waiting period for firearms
• This legislation expands the concealed licensing exemptions to all law enforcement officers, correction
• about a victim and other sensitive data held by the Haven Act will be classified as confidential and exempt
• information about a victim and other sensitive data held by the Haven Act will be confidential and exempt
• boating accidents had no formal boating education, and 75% were older than 36 years old, a group exempt

Summary: The Criminal Justice Subcommittee heard and advanced a series of bills on inmate medical billing, court-order transmission, animal abandonment during disasters, first responder peer support, firearm purchase waiting periods, capital felony aggravators, domestic violence protections, boating safety, restitution for leaving the scene of a crash, xylazine trafficking, and offenses against law enforcement officers. Testimony was generally supportive across the agenda, with some opposition or caution raised on the xylazine bill, the boating safety bill, and parts of the law-enforcement-officer bill. Several measures were presented as responses to specific tragedies, including the Martin County jail medical billing bill, the Baker Act transmission bill, Trooper’s Law for restrained dogs, the Jason Rayner Act, and Lucy’s Law. HB 407 would cap certain emergency medical charges for Martin County jail inmates at 110% of Medicare rates, mirroring Department of Corrections practice; it passed 15-0. HB 513 would require faster electronic transmission of certain court orders, including Baker Act orders, to law enforcement within six hours; it passed 15-0. HB 205, Trooper’s Law, creates a third-degree felony for abandoning a restrained dog during a natural disaster; it passed 15-0. HB 421, as amended, expands peer support for first responders to certain support personnel involved in crime scene work or evidence handling; it passed 16-0. PCS for HB 383 would let law enforcement, correctional officers, correctional probation officers, and active military service members bypass the three-day handgun waiting period without a concealed carry permit; it passed 18-0. HB 693 adds an aggravating factor in capital cases when the victim was gathered with others for a school, religious, or public government meeting; it passed 17-1 after opposition testimony from Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. PCS for HB 19 and HB 41, the Haven Act, would expand domestic and dating violence protections, including a feasibility study for a web-based 911 alert system and confidentiality/public-records protections for victims; both passed 18-0. PCS for HB 289, Lucy’s Law, would align boating penalties with driving offenses and expand boating safety card requirements; it passed 18-0 despite concerns from one witness that the bill should go further. HB 479 would allow courts to order restitution in leaving-the-scene property-damage cases; an amendment changing mandatory to discretionary restitution was adopted, and the bill passed 18-0. PCS for HB 57 would regulate xylazine, add trafficking penalties, and include veterinary-use exceptions; it passed 17-0 after one witness opposed mandatory minimums. HB 175, the Jason Rayner Act, clarifies that officers are protected when acting within the scope of their duties and adds manslaughter of a law enforcement officer to offenses requiring life imprisonment; it passed 17-0 after debate over self-defense and unlawful police conduct.

Transcript Highlights:

• Homestead exemption, but the values that we had at the time to do the calculation were $40,000 values
• , and so we ended up compressing as if there was $40,000, $40,000 of homestead exemption between year
• zero and year one. when there was actually $100,000 worth of homestead exemption.
• Because we debated this, wasn't the homestead exemption $65,000 at that time?
• ended up that property taxes were far less, property values were far less because of the homestead exemption

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• An act authorizing the town of Rehoboth to exempt from taxation certain real estate owned and occupied
• An act authorizing the town of Millis to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption
• authorizing the town of North Attleboro to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then concurred in a Senate referral concerning a petition from Joanne M. Comerford to designate an official vegetable of the Commonwealth, sending it to the Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. The Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling reported several local bills for consideration, including measures affecting Topsfield, Andover, Colrain, Salem, Oxford, and South Hadley. The House suspended Rule 7A and took up second readings, then ordered those bills to a third reading. The House also passed to be enacted House No. 4399, amending the charter of the town of Middleton. Several other local bills were then released from the Committee on Bills in Third Reading and passed to be engrossed, including a Rutland recall elections bill, a Rehoboth tax exemption for the surviving spouse of a deputy chief, a Millis senior property tax exemption for school construction, and a Falmouth sewer-related funding bill. The House also considered a Springfield disability pension bill for Ms. Al Rodriguez, which was amended by substitution with House No. 5391 before being engrossed. Additional amendments were adopted on bills concerning North Adams special police officers, a North Attleboro senior property tax exemption, and a Salem excise on the transfer of parking spaces, after which each bill was passed to be engrossed as amended. The House then held a moment of silent tribute for Stephen Fennell of Falmouth. Finally, the House adopted an order to adjourn until Monday at 11 a.m. and adjourned to meet then in informal session.

Transcript Highlights:

• Henshi, an act to amend the Real Property Tax Law in relation to establishing a real property tax exemption
• Senator May, yeah, so I lived in a state that had something called a homestead exemption, where if you
• appreciate that perfect Senator May yeah so I lived in a state that had something called a homestead exemption

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The New York State Senate Committee on Housing, Construction, and Community Development met on May 18, 2026, with a quorum present and several members participating by vote sheet. Chair Brian Kavanagh opened the meeting by noting it was likely the committee’s last meeting of the session and thanked members and staff for their work. Senators also offered brief remarks of appreciation for the chair and the committee’s collaborative process. The committee advanced four bills. S.2523A (Ramos) would establish a jobs and housing pilot program to create construction jobs and address the housing crisis; it was reported to Finance, with Senator Walsack voting no and Senator Martins voting AWR. S.8612 (Kavanagh) would make clarifying changes to the good cause eviction law; the chair said it had been extensively negotiated with tenant and landlord stakeholders and had broad support, and it was reported with Senators Martins and Walsack voting AWR. S.8918A (Kavanagh) would create the Build Up New York pilot program and a mass timber for affordable housing program, along with related tax credits; it was reported to the floor unanimously. The committee also considered S.9287 (Hensh), which would create a real property tax exemption for certain full-time residents in certain counties. Members discussed whether the bill would create a new property class or instead shift tax burdens within the one- to four-family home class, and raised concerns about impacts on second homes and local school budgets. Supporters argued it resembled a homestead exemption and could help local residents. The bill was reported to Finance, with Senator Martins voting ADBR. The meeting then adjourned after the final agenda item.

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• And so if an agency's exempt from all or part of the Administrative Procedures Act, then they publish
• it alongside of what they currently have to publish their exempt rules on their own website and at the
• And so this just adds guidance documents alongside what they're already doing with exempt rules.

Keywords: 914, all

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• SB 1516, TPT Registration Exemption Aircraft. Transportation and Technology; Finance.
• SB 1544, Probation Records Disclosure Exemptions. Public Safety.
• SB 1506, Recording Fees Unlawful Restrictions Exemptions.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Sapp: THANK YOU MEMBERS THIS IS FOR REPEAL PUBLIC RECORDS EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN FINANCIAL INFORMATION
• THIS EXEMPTION AUTOMATICALLY REPEALS OCTOBER 2nd, 2026, UNLESS THE BILL BECOMES LAW.
• MEMBERS, THIS BILL SAVES THE REPEAL OF PUBLIC RECORDS EXEMPTION FOR SPECIFIED AQUACULTURE RECORDS HELD

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• As we talk about today, a federal requirement for tax-exempt bond issuance is TEFRA authority.
• This is not land use approval, but rather a forum to discuss the issuance of tax-exempt bonds.
• It requires a public hearing and an endorsement by a local elected official before tax-exempt private
• The bill exempts out the smallest cities and counties.
• With the historic exemptions as well.

Summary: The committee heard several housing-related bills, beginning with SB 1003, which would create pro-housing enhanced infrastructure financing districts to help local governments fund infrastructure needed for housing developments. The author and supporters argued that infrastructure costs often prevent projects from penciling out, while the chair expressed support and said the bill would be taken up later when quorum was available. SB 1014 followed, proposing new disclosure requirements for local jurisdictions to provide good-faith estimates of on-site and off-site improvements within 30 days of application, with supporters saying it would reduce late surprises and opposition from several cities citing implementation concerns with the 30-day timelines. The committee then took up SB 802, a Sacramento-region bill requiring a joint powers authority to coordinate housing and homelessness services. Senator Ashby and former Mayor Darrell Steinberg argued that Sacramento’s fragmented system has failed for years and that a JPA would improve accountability, coordination, and use of state funds. The bill drew broad support from local officials, service providers, business groups, and advocates, while some county and city representatives registered opposition or neutral concerns about state-mandated local governance. Several committee members said they were persuaded by the need for regional coordination, though some raised concerns about local control; the chair noted the bill would be moved when quorum allowed. The committee also heard SB 1092 and SB 1093, both focused on mobile home park residents after disasters or park sales. SB 1092 would give residents a right of first opportunity to match a sale offer for a park, with supporters saying it protects vulnerable seniors and preserves affordable housing, while park owners and their representatives argued it would devalue property and raise constitutional and financing concerns. SB 1093 would require more transparent communication, access to property, and consideration of rebuilding or closure after a disaster; supporters cited the long uncertainty faced by Palisades residents, while opponents warned about liability, safety, and burdensome review requirements. Members split along similar lines, with some emphasizing property rights and market impacts and others stressing the need to protect residents and preserve scarce affordable housing.

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• Um, question in the request is this civil service exempt, this position, correct?
• So currently it's civil service exempt. Our intent was to be civil service general funded. >> Okay.
• Um, question in the request is this civil service exempt, this position, correct?
• Um, the question in the request is: Is this position civil service exempt, correct?
• So currently it's civil service exempt. Our intent was to be civil service general funded. Okay.

Bills: HB1602, HB2246, HB1707, HB2216, HB2594, HB2595, HB2155, HB2113, HB2207, HB1832, HB2015, HB2152, HB2548

Keywords: agriculture, grant specialist, financial support, farmers, Hawaii, federal grants, grant administration, revolving fund, department of agriculture and biosecurity, grant compliance, transportation, reimbursement, food security, local production, sustainability, agricultural loans, financing, Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, Hawaii agriculture, loan portfolio

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• > good<01:34:09.360> faith All current exemptions and good faith All current exemptions
• So I could position, your exempt status.
• ,<02:02:31.360> non-exempt, common ones are exempt, non-exempt, common ones are exempt, non-exempt
• /c><05:08:10.798> that's<05:08:11.040> a be exempted from this, that's a be exempted from
• , lastly, this bill, it already exempts, lastly, this bill, it already exempts, you<05:54:23.840>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The exemption, I also want to call it the exemption for historic districts, as well.
• The exemption, I also want to call it the exemption for historic districts, as well.
• The exemption, I also want to call it the exemption for historic districts, as well.
• <00:59:25.480> cities<00:59:26.119> under something that would exempt cities under
• So as long as it does still state law, even authorized impact, this does not exempt states or cities

Keywords: 1183, house

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• or a affable housing fund debt<01:24:03.440> or<01:24:03.639> tax<01:24:04.120> exempt
• uh debt which is debt or tax exempt uh debt which is funded<01:24:06.199> by<01:24:06.480>
• <01:27:02.719> Bond table in terms of tax exempt Bond table in terms of tax exempt Bond financing
• <01:28:10.920> bonds they're financed with tax exempt bonds they're financed with tax exempt
• their their Dividends are tax exempt their their Dividends are tax exempt that<01:28:20.080>

Keywords: 1189, house, all