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• Specifically, we have the concern where it says the code shall be a violation of the educator code of
• Specifically, we have the concern where it says the code shall be a violation of the educator code of
• Specifically, we have the concern where it says the code shall be a violation of the educator code of
• Specifically, we have the concern where it says the code shall be a violation of the educator code of
• Specifically, we have the concern where it says the code shall be a violation of the educator code of

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 69, including a germane amendment about local school boards’ acceptance or rejection of gifts and donations and a non-germane amendment creating a virtual early childhood readiness family engagement program for preschool children not yet in kindergarten. Rep. Cordelli said the early literacy proposal was a modified version of an earlier kindergarten readiness bill, would rely on gifts and donations rather than state appropriations, and would include reporting requirements. Members questioned the shift from a broader technology program to an online-only model, the lack of detailed evaluation metrics, how long children would use the program, and whether it was appropriate for very young children. Cordelli said the change was intended to avoid government dependence and still allow the program to be offered next school year. Several members raised concerns about the gift-acceptance language on the underlying bill, including whether school boards would need to vote on small donations, whether gifts could be handled in blocks or at regular meetings, and how anonymous donations would work under right-to-know laws. Rep. Han noted that some gift discussions might belong in non-public session under RSA 91-A, while Rep. Cornell said acceptance or rejection of gifts could be handled at regular meetings and suggested a dollar threshold could be added later. The New Hampshire School Boards Association said it was not taking a position but wanted clearer guardrails, policy guidance, and clarification on timing, anonymity, and public-meeting requirements. Supporters of the early childhood program, including Waterford.org, said the proposal would provide an evidence-based, adaptive online literacy program with family engagement for four- and five-year-olds, and that it could help close early learning gaps. Waterford said it could work collaboratively with school districts and IEP teams, and that it would provide devices and internet access for families who need them. Committee members pressed on how the program would interact with existing special education services and whether districts could use it as part of an IEP; the response was that it would be supplementary and not an approved special education service. No votes were taken during the hearing; the chair indicated the committee would later executive the bills and try to get reports filed promptly.

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• However, as timber sales have taxes.
• <02:26:32.880> to forest land that pays no taxes to forest land that pays no taxes to federal
• property tax revenue on federal land. property tax revenue on federal land.
• managed, our counties can't simply tax managed, our counties can't simply tax their<02:39:20.800
• And she boasted at the time she chapter.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• additional tax dollars to implement. additional tax dollars to implement.
• Thank you. could translate to higher property taxes could translate to higher property taxes that<00:
• takes building code.
• The code already takes building code.
• determining a municipality's tax rate. determining a municipality's tax rate.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• In this chapter, I will discuss why quality of instruction in Pre-K matters and highlight two ways to
• Over on page 21, one of the most important findings from this chapter is that quality matters.
• It shows the importance of the longitudinal data systems I discussed in the previous chapter.
• That you have and the coding. Is the number of schools reached by training that 41?
• And so, I don't know how many hours your agency spends in billing, but there is no code to get that time

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• So, we do tax those.
• So, we do tax those.
• So, we do tax those.
• and they are taxed.
• They are taxed at and they are taxed.

Bills: SF0024

Keywords: lottery, debit card payments, gambling regulations, state revenue, financial transactions, 916, all

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• It reorganizes the list of uses chapter.
• None of these adjust the tax allocation amounts.
• the weights and measures chapter, and 296A, which is the petroleum tax chapter, on pages R31 through
• and measures chapter and the weights and measures chapter and 296A<00:47:36.160> which<00:47:
• :47:37.880> chapter 296A which is the petroleum tax chapter 296A which is the petroleum tax chapter

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The Agriculture Conference Committee met for an initial organizational and comparison session on House File 2446, the agriculture broadband and rural development bill. Members introduced themselves, noted that no conference target had yet been set, and agreed to begin with a side-by-side review of House and Senate positions. No oral testimony was taken; instead, the chair listed written testimony submitted by a wide range of agricultural, environmental, local government, food bank, and industry groups. Nonpartisan fiscal staff walked through the major funding differences. Both bills included some shared items such as operating adjustments, wolf and elk damage compensation, and certain technical changes, but they differed on several major appropriations. The House generally proposed larger increases for meat inspection, local food purchasing, and the Board of Animal Health, and added items such as county inspector grants, biofertilizer innovation, a biosolids/PFAS-related study, a soil health study, broadband installation study funding, an Agri Works program, an Agri Support program, a milk grant program, and several House-only transfers and grants. The Senate included items such as a climate coordinator position, biofuel-related reductions and policy changes, livestock processing funding, farm-to-school and urban agriculture changes, MARL funding, cottage foods licensing updates, and several Senate-only pass-through grants and transfers. Staff also noted differences in the agriculture emergency account transfer approach and in how the two bodies handled the Second Harvest Heartland and related food distribution provisions. House Research then reviewed the policy language differences in the bill. The House language included provisions allowing more flexible use of grant administration funds, unpaid prior-year claims, county inspector grants, and updates tied to its own policy article, while the Senate language included the climate coordinator, PFAS-related commercialization language, cooperative development grant permissive language, and other Senate policy changes. The committee did not take any votes or final actions at this meeting; the session was informational and focused on identifying differences for later negotiation.

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• But the language that we typically have in our criminal code is, um, or both.
• <00:01:42.720> You in our criminal code is um or both.
• You in our criminal code is um or both.
• If you look at Title 27, Chapter 7, if you look at Section 115 of that chapter, it provides that any
• If you look at title 27 chapter 7.

Bills: HB0083, HB0102, HB0178

Keywords: subpoena, legislative authority, penalty, compliance, law enforcement, artificial intelligence, synthetic sexual material, child protection, self-harm, criminal liability, public employment, labor organization, dues withdrawal, collective bargaining, public funding, 916, all

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• All of the EAD cards have category codes on them that list what your lawful status is.
• What we do is not emissions testing; it's an engine code read.
• There's no other place in New Hampshire code of law that I've been able to find that.
• of law that I've been able to find code of law that I've been able to find that<05:06:45.240> so<
• We have gotten so far away from safety by people being able to write their own safety codes and rules

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 758, which would establish a study committee on airport operation hours and possible noise abatement measures, including whether New Hampshire should prohibit departures between midnight and 6 a.m. The sponsor said the committee would examine the pros and cons and consult stakeholders. The Bureau of Aeronautics testified neutrally, noting that New Hampshire has 25 public airports, 12 with federal funding and grant assurances that may require them to remain open during those hours, and that cargo operations, including at Manchester, commonly occur overnight. Members also discussed existing noise abatement programs and how mitigation is determined by noise contours and FAA funding decisions. No vote was taken; the chair closed the hearing after testimony. The committee then heard House Bill 489, allowing voluntary emergency workers to use rear-facing blue lights on private vehicles when responding to emergencies. The sponsor said the bill corrects an oversight in existing law, would not cost the state or towns money, and would improve visibility and safety, especially in rural areas. Supportive testimony from a volunteer responder emphasized that blue lights help cut through fog, snow, and nighttime conditions, and that the bill would only add a single rear-facing blue light to existing red, amber, and white emergency lighting. The New Hampshire State Police opposed the bill, arguing that expanding blue lights to private vehicles would confuse the public and desensitize drivers to blue lights, which are associated with law enforcement. The hearing closed without action. Finally, the committee took up House Bill 533, which the sponsor and State Police clarified is actually two separate changes: one authorizing civilian automotive equipment inspectors to assist with vehicle inspection work, and another expanding language in motor carrier enforcement to include new entrant safety audits and compliance reviews. The State Police explained that civilian inspectors are hired and trained through the department and that any findings of state-law violations would be referred to troopers; they also said the new motor carrier language was requested to satisfy federal audit concerns about right of entry. The New Hampshire Motor Transport Association said it had no position if the civilian inspectors were not doing commercial truck inspections, but would oppose the bill if they were. Members asked about the difference between audits and compliance reviews, and the State Police said audits are for newer carriers and are non-enforcement, while compliance reviews look for violations. The chair then closed the hearing on HB 533. After a brief reset, the committee opened House Bill 594, which would repeal an alternate definition of “way” for the driving-after-suspension statute. The sponsor said the change was requested by the Department of Justice. Representative Erica Leon opposed the repeal, explaining that the prior language was intended to avoid criminalizing people who mow lawns or perform similar work near property edges while suspended, but she worried the repeal could create a loophole allowing driving on places like highway medians. Members questioned whether the issue was limited to mowing or broader vehicle use on property edges, and Leon said she would work with agencies to clarify the language so it protects lawful mowing without allowing misuse. No vote was taken in the portion provided.

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• Senate Bill 2122 would remove outdated provisions from the Natural Resources Code regarding surface water
• Rule 78.16 Texas Administrative Code Chapter 3 Rule 78 Part N established a surcharge of 150 percent.
• It's really not consistent with what the natural resource code in the legislature is intended.
• In the natural resource code, that is the way we would want to implement for consistency across all of

Bills: SB2122, SB2050, HB16

Keywords: oil and gas waste, application fees, permit amendments, environmental regulation, Texas natural resources, battery recycling, battery disposal, consumer batteries, energy storage modules, electrochemical devices, lithium-ion battery, household hazardous waste, solid waste, municipal recycling, waste management, battery stewardship, producer responsibility, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, recycling program

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• The original legislation did include a reference to Chapter 504B as a requirement for micro units in
• It was our understanding that the inclusion of Chapter 504B, which is the landlord-tenant statute, would
• 504b as a include a reference to chapter 504b as a uh<00:10:27.839> requirement<00:10:28.560>
• ><00:19:36.960> that<00:19:37.320> that<00:19:37.520> this a standard up to a code
• that that this a standard up to a code that that this body<00:19:37.960> agreed<00:19:38.320>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We could take up school choice right now, we could take up property tax relief, water infrastructure,
• The Senate, for example, just sent which would give our homeowners significant property tax relief, and
• as my colleague... just mentioned the Senate has already passed bills on school choice, on property tax
• Delta Xi chapter that led the way. Their legacy is one of perseverance, courage, and service.
• We have Benet Planche-Metier, the president. the undergraduate chapter.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• <00:10:04.080> fraud,<00:10:04.959> and of Revenue to investigate tax fraud, and of
• Revenue to investigate tax fraud, and creating<00:10:05.600> a<00:10:05.839> statewide
• Also I've seen up coding right program.
• I don't have the specific subpart, but it's in Chapter 256B, right?
• I don't have the specific subpart, but it's in Chapter 256B, right?

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I work as a tax technician for the Franchise Tax Board.
• I work for the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration.
• Hello, I'm Benjamin Lester, and I work as a tax technician for the Franchise Tax Board.
• And I work as a tax technician for the Franchise Tax Board, and I urge you to support AB 1729 because
• Well, when the time is right, we will take code of that. We'll press repeat.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• relating to enhanced reporting and record keeping, window transparency, signage, and employee dress code
• relating to enhanced reporting and record keeping, window transparency, signage, and employee dress code
• portal has been developed and includes search functionality to identify screenings down to the ZIP code
• A HPSA can be a ZIP code or even a subarea within a ZIP code within a bigger urban area where there might
• If there was a violation of Chapter 893, for instance, that is something they can address.

Summary: The Senate Health Policy Committee received updates from the Agency for Health Care Administration and the Department of Health on implementation of 2024 health care laws. AHCA reviewed progress on workforce and reimbursement measures in Senate Bill 7016 and related bills, including FRAME and TEACH funding, graduate medical education reporting, behavioral health teaching hospitals, acute hospital care at home, advanced birth centers, non-emergent care access plans, and rural emergency hospitals. Agency officials said several programs are already operational or have begun payments, while others are still in rulemaking, federal approval, or report-preparation stages. Senators asked about timing, funding reversion concerns, and whether appropriated dollars would be spent on schedule, especially for behavioral health teaching hospitals and the new birth center category. The Department of Health then reported on practitioner licensure and public health programs. MQA described implementation of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, the Mobile Act licensure pathway, massage therapy enforcement changes, background screening expansion, liposuction safety requirements, pharmacist HIV post-exposure prophylaxis authority, and chiropractic dry needling. Public health staff updated the committee on FRAME and dental loan repayment, the Sinati screening grant program, the cancer research and innovation changes, the health care innovation council and loan program, the pediatric rare disease grant program, telehealth maternity care expansion, newborn screening for congenital CMV, the sickle cell registry and grants, and the swimming lesson voucher program. Members focused questions on how practitioners were being recruited to underserved areas, the pace of licensure approvals, and whether new programs were on track to use appropriated funds. The committee also heard a lengthy update from the Office of Medical Marijuana Use. The director reported more than 900,000 qualified patients, real-time seed-to-sale tracking now integrated across most dispensaries and labs, and ongoing compliance work on product testing, advertising, diversion, and patient safety. Senators questioned the decline in qualified physicians, how THC potency is labeled and verified, and what the agency can do about diversion to non-patients. The director said the office relies on complaints, inspections, lab audits, and coordination with law enforcement, and that patients can be suspended if violations are confirmed.

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• And if you go, if you put your phone on that QR code, you can actually get to our website that has all
• On the part of your presentation that had the QR code, I missed what those organizations and entities
• At the Indian Affairs Committee in Pinedale Chapter, it was mentioned that they're going to need three
• I guess I need to start paying taxes over in Texas because that's where all this dirt is going.
• Certain areas could probably be done through tax incentives, but perhaps we could talk about that.

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• , how does that um actually achieve tax, how does that um actually achieve affordability?
• <01:08:10.960> of With the first undergraduate chapter of With the first undergraduate chapter
• , metro area sales tax, federal funds, and transit fares.
• , sales tax, sales tax, metro<01:25:10.600> area<01:25:10.880> sales<01:25:11.240><
• sales tax, federal funds and metro area sales tax, federal funds and transit<01:25:13.240> fares.

Bills: HF3373, HF4449, HF3486, HF4180, HF4227, HF2505

Keywords: transportation, interchange, funding, bonds, St. Paul Park, transit, Metropolitan Council, Twin Cities, metro area, high-frequency transit, bus rapid transit, busway, guideway, transportation policy plan, transit performance measures, regional transit benchmarks, transit-oriented development, TOD, zoning, land use

Summary: The committee approved the April 8, 2026 minutes and then heard House File 3373, which was laid over. The bill sought trunk highway bond funding for preliminary and final design work at the 70th Street interchange in St. Paul Park. Representative Hansen, Mayor Keith Frankie, and Washington County Commissioner Karla Bigham described the interchange as undersized and increasingly unsafe because of refinery truck traffic, aggregate hauling, nearby growth, and changing traffic patterns. Members asked about prior study, cost, and greenhouse gas requirements, and the bill author said the request was about $500,000. Chair Cosgrove noted the bill would be laid over and suggested the issue could involve future statutory exemptions. The committee then took up House File 4449, also laid over, after adopting the A4 author’s amendment. Representative Jones presented the bill as a transit planning and accountability measure for the Twin Cities metro. It would set numeric transit goals, require better coordination between road projects and future transit projects, and give the Met Council more tools to support transit-oriented development, including property acquisition and development around transit corridors. Jones argued the bill would help avoid rebuilding roads twice and improve transit ridership, frequency, speed, and reliability. Representative Olson offered an amendment to exempt highway projects primarily addressing documented safety issues, arguing that safety projects should not be burdened by added transit requirements or costs. Jones said she supported the safety concern but opposed the amendment as written because the bill was aimed at major construction projects. After a roll call, the amendment failed on an 8-8 tie. The bill itself remained laid over for further work, with the chair noting there was still time to refine the proposal.

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• This was to change, um, uh, the tax, what, how we're charging tax for media providers who are in the
• I, when I did my taxes, I realized I was actually losing money by providing these services.
• Uh, not only has he maintained his stability, but he has begun a new chapter as an entrepreneur.
• I, I, we're, we're always measuring how and what we're doing, um, not only by diagnosis codes, um, but
• That's a felony knowing not withholding federal taxes. It's, this is ridiculous. Uh.

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• sustainable agriculture classes from grades 9 through 12, and she is also the lead of Lovington's FFA chapter
• sustainable agriculture classes from grades 9 through 12, and she is also the lead of Lovington's FFA chapter
• Representatives Pettigrew and Armstrong, an act relating to taxation, amending and expanding an income tax
• for a clean transportation fuel standard, repealing Section 74-1-18, NMSA 1978, being Laws 2004, Chapter
• There go all my tax bills. Members take note. The lady from San Juan and McKinley. Thank you, Mr.

Bills: HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM21

Keywords: nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial

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• This chapter moves the only remaining This chapter moves the only remaining section<00:42:33.440>
• , Academy of Pediatrics, Vermont Chapter, Academy of Pediatrics, Vermont Chapter, the<01:04:17.760
• We talk about tax policies.
• A variety of talk about tax policies.
• 6VSA chapter 37 sections 681 and 686. 6VSA chapter 37 sections 681 and 686.

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House began with several announcements and recognitions, including a lengthy tribute to Representative Carolyn Brangan of Georgia on her retirement and years of service, followed by remarks from Brangan explaining that she is leaving to care for her husband during cancer treatment. Additional members offered brief reflections, including one on the end of the session and another welcoming students from Founders Memorial School to the gallery, and a member from Brattleboro highlighted a collaborative mural in the card room titled “These Green Hills, Vermont State Symbols and Personal Reflections.” The body then took up its calendar. It adopted Joint House Resolution 12, authorizing limited remote voting in joint committees through the remainder of the calendar year, with an ADA-related accommodation for members physically present but unable to access a meeting room. The House also suspended rules to take up and concur in the Senate amendment to House Bill 935 on emergency management. The committee report described grant programs for emergency response and technical rescue, new definitions and shelter-planning language centered on “whole community,” a wildland fire response task force, and an emergency rulemaking provision requested by the Agency of Natural Resources; the committee approved the Senate proposal on an 8-3 straw poll, and the House concurred. The House next adopted the conference committee report on House Bill 952, the capital construction and state bonding budget adjustment bill. The report explained changes made in conference, including shifting funds to cover a higher-than-expected bid for the St. Johnsbury facility, restoring some funding for maintenance at the women’s correctional facility in Chittenden County, and setting aside $750,000 toward planning for Wi-Fi installation in correctional facilities. It also noted a lease-related language change for a Vermont Huts project at Little River State Park, with notification to the institutions committee chairs. The House then took up Senate Bill 64 on optometrists’ scope of practice; the committee presentation supported allowing specially credentialed optometrists to perform certain minor surgical, laser, and injection procedures, citing improved access, safety, cost, and workforce development, and the bill was read for second reading with committee recommendations for concurrence.

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• Those were actually building code and fire code laws meant to ensure fire safety because black powder
• Next, we have the Tax Foundation of Hawaii. Not present.
• Next, we have the Tax Foundation of Hawaii. Not present.
• Next, we have testimony from the Tax Foundation of Hawaii. Not present.
• taking the AG amendments do tax taking the AG amendments do tax amendments<03:00:34.960> and<

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee hearing covered House Bill 279 and House Bill 392, both relating to firearms. HB 279 would restrict carrying or possessing firearm parts except at or between certain locations and in an enclosed container, define firearm parts and prohibited persons, and increase penalties for violations. The Department of Law Enforcement strongly supported the bill, saying it would close a loophole involving disassembled or “ghost gun” parts and help law enforcement charge people who carry weapons in pieces. Most public testimony opposed the measure, with speakers arguing it was unconstitutional, vague, hard to enforce, and would burden lawful gun owners, gunsmiths, and firearm dealers; several also said existing laws already cover the conduct. One supporter, Dennis Dunn, said additional firearm security could reduce theft and suicides. The chair noted the committee had received 270 testimonies on HB 279, with 39 in support, 234 in opposition, and one comment. The committee then heard HB 392, which would prohibit the possession, transfer, and sale of ghost guns and establish mandatory minimum sentencing for using a ghost gun in a felony. The Department of Law Enforcement and the Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney’s office supported the bill, saying unserialized firearms are difficult to trace and that prosecutors need clear laws to address them. Supporters argued the measure would help prevent untraceable weapons from circulating and align penalties with other firearm offenses. Opponents, including several gun owners and association representatives, said the bill was unnecessary because existing state and federal laws already prohibit unserialized firearms, and warned it could create confusion, criminalize lawful owners of antique or self-built firearms, and be difficult to administer. No votes or final committee action were taken in the portion provided.