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• are eligible to apply.
• And if all 50 states apply that equates to 100 million dollars a year per state, if not all states apply
• that would enable additional funding to be distributed to those funds, those states that do apply.
• How will they apply?
• But assuming all 50 states apply, that would be 100 million dollars.

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• It has since been expanded to apply to all disabled workers.
• Silent PPO discounts being applied in the background. It does take COA to actually get involved.
• not the contract applies.
• So they can basically read it and say, this is how it applies to the fee schedule.
• However, if the employer proves compliance, then this bill doesn't apply.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Insurance met as a subcommittee and heard several bills related to workers’ compensation, insurance access, climate resilience, and farmworker protections. AB 815 would prevent social service workers who use personal vehicles to transport clients from being misclassified as commercial or for-hire drivers under personal auto policies; supporters said the current practice leads to unaffordable premiums and denied claims, while no opposition testified. AB 1329 would revise the Subsequent Injury Benefit Trust Fund to reduce litigation and medical-legal costs and lower employer assessments; insurers and business groups opposed unless amended, citing concerns about eligibility standards and the QME process, but the bill advanced after amendments were discussed. AB 1048 would allow disputed unauthorized payment reductions for medical providers to be reviewed through independent bill review; supporters framed it as a transparency measure, while opposition argued IBR is the wrong forum and existing contract dispute processes should control, though the bill also passed. AB 1236 would create a Department of Insurance grant program for climate and sustainability risk-reduction projects, with broad support from the department, environmental groups, and insurers, and it passed unanimously. The committee also heard AB 1336, the Farmworker Heat Illness Prevention Act, which would create a rebuttable presumption that a heat-related injury arose out of employment when an agricultural employer fails to comply with heat illness prevention standards. Supporters, including United Farm Workers, argued the bill would help protect farmworkers amid extreme heat and enforcement gaps; opponents from the workers’ compensation and agricultural sectors said the measure improperly uses the compensation system to enforce OSHA rules and could create unclear adjudication and delay issues. Members discussed Cal/OSHA enforcement limits, undocumented workers’ reluctance to report violations, and the relationship between the bill and existing workers’ compensation procedures. Despite opposition, AB 1336 passed on a divided vote. The committee also took up a consent calendar including AB 1125, AB 1293, and AB 1398, which were approved together. Roll calls were held open and later completed, and the bills that advanced were sent to the Committee on Appropriations. The meeting concluded with the committee adjourning after final votes were recorded.

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• So this would not apply to those types of projects. It would just apply to direct appropriations.
• So this wouldn't apply to those. They already have a separate piece going forward.
• Building codes would still apply, and safety codes would still apply.
• That's where the 'if practical' applies. There should still be a sign, ideally, right?
• One was a bill that I was the author of changing where lobbying laws apply for local government.

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• And I can see how that applies to first responders.
• The cbc's had over the last 2 years applying growth metrics to it.
• And so there is a 2% risk corridor threshold that is applied.
• And so that is applied here. So there is a a 2% threshold here.
• And so there's some standardization that's applied here.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• It requires that students applying for any health-related degree, such as applying for medical school
• Mello, would this bill apply to someone seeking a degree, a bachelor's degree in nursing?
• It would apply to who submitted the application.
• It would apply to who submitted the application.
• I just want to ask, does this bill apply to all public sector employees equally?”

Summary: The Government Operations Subcommittee heard a long agenda of bills covering education, public safety, local government, labor relations, and foreign policy. Early measures included HB 1055, which would support Florida State University’s Election Law Center; CS/HB 4073, a Leon County local bill updating career service rules for sheriff’s office employees; CS/HB 253, creating penalties for license plate obscuring devices and misuse of emergency-style lights; and HB 293, codifying the Office of Faith and Community in the Governor’s Office and creating a liaison and advisory council. Members raised questions on academic freedom in HB 1055 and on church-state concerns and oversight in HB 293, but both bills advanced after supportive testimony from university, faith-based, and law enforcement representatives. The committee also approved HB 4029, a local bill for the Greater Naples Fire Rescue District, and HB 889, requiring classroom driver education for minors before licensure, with supporters emphasizing roadway safety and teen crash reduction. The committee then took up PCS/HB 731, which would require standardized testing for admission to health-related degree programs at state universities. The sponsor argued the bill would ensure qualified applicants and objective admissions standards, while several members and public witnesses raised concerns that it would duplicate existing requirements like the MCAT and create unnecessary barriers; the bill still passed, though with several no votes. HB 1519, expanding Florida’s anti-BDS law to cover academic boycotts, nonprofits, local governments, and certain grants, drew strong support from Jewish organizations and strong opposition from speakers who argued it chilled free speech and punished criticism of Israel. After an amendment narrowing and clarifying parts of the bill, it passed favorably as a committee substitute. The most contentious debate came on HB 1387, a major overhaul of Public Employees Relations Commission procedures and public-sector union rules. Supporters said the bill would streamline PERC processes, improve fairness, and address cases where unions were certified with very low participation; opponents, including teachers and labor advocates, said it weakened collective bargaining and public employee rights. After a strike-all amendment and extensive testimony, the bill passed as a committee substitute. The committee also approved HB 351, which adds extreme speeding to reckless driving and increases penalties, after removing impoundment language in an amendment, and PCB GOS 25-07, preserving a public records exemption for minors seeking judicial waiver of parental notice/consent for abortion. The meeting adjourned after all measures were reported favorably.

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• I mean, and you could have different standards that apply to the same building on different faces.
• We've had the opportunity to apply this code, see projects built, and learn from it.
• it at a small scale and you apply it on newly developed sites as part of new construction.
• And that can really match a community vision if applied at a local scale.
• And that can really match a community vision if applied at a local scale.

Summary: The committee held a work session on form-based codes, child care facility siting, and street standards/frontage improvements. On form-based codes, Commerce’s Dave Anderson explained that these codes emphasize building form, orientation, and the public realm more than traditional use and density tables, and that they are typically applied in specific districts rather than citywide or statewide. Lacey’s Vanessa Dolby described the city’s Woodland District code, developed through community charrettes, fiscal and market analysis, and subdistrict-specific standards to create a walkable downtown. She said the approach has helped produce a more desirable built environment and more flexibility in permitted uses, but also noted it can be less user-friendly for applicants and still requires some use restrictions; both presenters said a hybrid approach is often best. The committee then heard from DCYF and multiple providers about barriers to opening child care facilities. DCYF officials said Washington has more than 6,500 licensed providers and that a new pre-licensing support team is helping applicants navigate licensing, but local zoning, building, fire, parking, utility, and occupancy requirements still create delays and confusion. Testifiers described long permitting timelines, inconsistent local interpretations, costly upgrades, and utility hookup delays; one Yakima provider said county requirements, a floodplain-related elevation certificate, and a private well issue stopped her in-home child care proposal, while others described traffic impact fees, parking mandates, and zoning barriers that made projects infeasible. Enterprise Community Partners highlighted examples of successful local reforms, including fee waivers, expedited permitting, and zoning changes in several cities, and DCYF said it is working toward a 2026 action plan and a resource guide for providers. In the final section, planners and developers discussed how street standards and frontage improvement requirements can undermine infill and middle housing. Poulsbo’s planning manager said current standards were designed for greenfield subdivisions and often force costly curb, gutter, sidewalk, stormwater, and utility upgrades on small infill sites, sometimes adding tens of thousands of dollars and causing projects to be abandoned. A Seattle-based developer made similar points about small middle-housing projects being burdened by frontage work, curb ramps, buried standards, and EV-ready parking requirements that can trigger expensive undergrounding. Committee members asked about possible state-level changes, including whether child care should be treated as an essential public facility and whether parking requirements had already been reduced; one senator noted that minimum parking requirements for child care facilities were eliminated in prior legislation, with implementation phased in over the next few years.

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• They will apply for less money than they need, so they'll apply for a smaller project than is otherwise
• They applied for $20 million; they would just have to put the 10% up.
• I mentioned 10 projects last year applied for a total of $145 million.
• Overruns for projects that applied and were awarded prior to 2024.
• Prior to that, the General Provisions sort of just applied to those that it applied to, and it wasn't

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• And you apply, and you were admitted to one of our universities, and you get in.
• At Florida A&M University, 21% of people who apply are admitted. That means 79% are not.
• Florida State, 75% of those who apply are not admitted.
• At Florida A&M University, 21% of people who apply are admitted. That means 79% are not.
• Florida State, 75% of those who apply are not admitted. ...could Florida State, 75% of those who apply

Summary: The Appropriations Committee took up SB 2B, a major immigration bill by Senator Gruters, described by supporters as a Trump-aligned package to strengthen Florida’s role in immigration enforcement. The bill would create a grant program for local law enforcement, expand jail-ICE agreements beyond sheriff-operated jails, establish a chief immigration officer and a state immigration enforcement council, require more coordination on E-Verify and detention-bed reporting, allow immigration status to be considered in bail decisions, increase penalties for certain offenses tied to illegal reentry and voting, and repeal in-state tuition waivers for undocumented students. Much of the sponsor’s presentation and debate emphasized focusing on criminal offenders, improving coordination with federal authorities, and using state resources to support detention and enforcement. Committee questioning focused heavily on the tuition-waiver repeal, reimbursement for jail costs, E-Verify coverage, and whether the bill could lead to street-level immigration enforcement in schools or churches. Senator Smith, Senator Pizzo, Senator Polsky, Senator Sharief, and others challenged the tuition repeal as unfair to students who were brought to Florida as children and argued for grandfathering current students or studying the fiscal impact first. Senator Fine defended the repeal as ending a state subsidy for people who are not lawfully present and argued the change would save tens of millions of dollars. Sheriff Bob Gualtieri testified that the bill was limited to jail-based enforcement, said there was no current street-level 287(g) program in Florida, and stated he did not believe the bill raised concerns for law enforcement or schools/churches. A representative of the Florida Supervisors of Elections supported the voting-related section, while a Florida Highway Patrol representative said state agencies would need additional funding if they were expected to take on more enforcement duties. The committee adopted Senator Gruters’ late-filed amendment correcting a drafting error. Senator Smith’s amendment to require an OPAGA study on the tuition-waiver policy was withdrawn after discussion, and his handwritten amendment to delete the repeal of in-state tuition for undocumented students failed on a roll-call vote. The bill then advanced as amended, with several members speaking in debate both for and against it. Supporters framed it as a focused public-safety and enforcement measure; opponents criticized the special-session process, the cost, and the tuition repeal’s impact on students already enrolled.

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• than broadly applying than broadly applying um um um prescriptive<00:08:53.960> punishments
• One, apply to you as a public officer.
• changes the dynamics of how it's applied changes the dynamics of how it's applied and<00:28:54.680
• . applied. applied.
• Um somebody who applied for a job card.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• This does not apply to getting an aspirin.
• This does not apply to getting an aspirin.
• I think it applies to any type of I think it applies to any type of medical<00:23:00.320> service<
• <01:54:51.760> to family's decision to have to apply to family's decision to have to apply
• <02:18:29.920> Statewide standard um that would apply Statewide standard um that would apply

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• would apply to cities and how it works. would apply to cities and how it works.
• So, this would not apply to those types of projects. It would just apply to direct appropriations.
• So, this would not apply to those types of projects. It would just apply to direct appropriations.
• So building codes would still apply, safety codes would still apply if there were safety concerns.
• still apply, safety codes would still apply<00:33:50.640> if<00:33:50.880> there<00:33

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We apply it then.
• And then, you know, just applying some... ...enough room.
• Yeah, and then automatically apply it up here, right?
• We've now applied that credit, and mailed out a tax statement.
• We automatically apply the discount, and then we automatically apply penalties if you don't pay by that

Summary: The subcommittee of the Tax Reform and Relief Committee met to begin its study of the feasibility and desirability of revising the content of the real estate tax statement to improve property tax transparency. Legislative Council staff reviewed the study directive under House Bill 1176 and the statutory requirements for tax statements, including required line items such as true and full value, mill levy, legislative tax relief, primary residence credit, and the Legacy Fund portion of that credit. The Tax Department then explained how the current uniform statement is prescribed and approved, and noted that changes are typically driven by statute and implemented collaboratively with counties and vendors. County officials from the North Dakota Association of Counties described the full annual tax cycle, from county budgeting and valuation notices to budget hearing notices, levy certification, cap calculations, and final tax statement mailing. They emphasized that counties and auditors do extensive coordination with taxing districts and neighboring counties, and that the process is labor-intensive and often manual. Members discussed the limited public response to budget notices and tax statements, the difficulty of explaining the legislative tax relief line, the 3% cap and valuation issues, and whether more frequent assessments or different timing would improve understanding. Several members and witnesses noted that many taxpayers only engage when they receive their final bill, and that clarity may be more important than adding more detail. NDACO also presented a rough cost survey from eight counties, estimating an average tax statement cost of about 74 cents and a statewide total near $600,000 for printing and mailing tax statements alone, with outsourcing generally cheaper than in-house printing. Witnesses noted that House Bill 1176 added other mailings and notices, increasing county workload and cost beyond the statement itself. The committee then heard from software vendors, who explained how their systems handle tax billing, budget notices, valuation notices, primary residence credit processing, and tax levy calculations, and they identified the 1600/1685 primary residence credit and discount interaction as a current programming challenge. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational and focused on gathering testimony and identifying issues for possible future recommendations or bill drafts.

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• The other one will apply after a data center is already constructed.
• The other one will apply after a data center is already constructed.
• This bill applies narrowly to vehicle housing infrastructure districts.
• It doesn't apply to suburban infill sites, for example. Number one.
• By taking what I've done on housing, I want to apply this idea...

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Indeed, I would say they also apply to baseball fans.
• It should apply to all of our public officials.
• Instead, it's going to apply to everyone.
• You know, they apply standards of care.
• That should apply to everyone.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Can institutions apply for renovation projects, or only new construction?
• Who do they apply to? Applying for those other $100 million that's currently in the fund.
• So where they're at during process, are they applying for design funds?
• As I read it, it doesn't limit Division II schools from applying for the funds.
• As I read it, it doesn't limit Division II schools from applying for the funds.

Bills: SB234, SB210, SB243, SB244, SM16, HB8

Keywords: foster children, school transportation, education funding, public education, child welfare, New Mexico Highlands University, soccer field, women's sports, infrastructure improvement, funding allocation, student athletes, appropriation, New Mexico State University, nutrition, travel support, funding, education, university support, financial assistance, parenting students

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• AI and student focus outcomes we believe in applying AI and cutting.
• And the 3rd one that they know how to apply asset quality housing plan.
• We created repository of content applied AI decreased.
• How do you apply? I operationally those are also very important.
• First, though, CNN science, an associate in applied science degrees.

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• to these projects, and whether HHFDC's 10-year buyback program would apply to The timelines then?
• to these projects, and whether HHFDC's 10-year buyback program would apply to these projects.
• county income restrictions should apply county income restrictions should apply to<00:17:09.600>
• And we'll also insert language that requires that loans applied for and awarded after December 31st,
• <00:20:54.320> for um that requires that loans applied for um that requires that loans applied

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on Housing heard and then took action on a series of housing-related bills concerning HHFDC, HPHA, inclusionary zoning, nonprofit housing trusts, housing project exemptions, the rental housing revolving fund, and a new for-sale housing program. Testimony was generally supportive from HHFDC and HPHA, with additional support from groups such as Hawaii YIMBY, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, Hawaii Appleseed, Housing Hawaii’s Future, Holo Collaborative, the Kobayashi Group, and others. On SB 2424, the Kobayashi Group argued the bill would help open housing to a broader pool of local households, including buyers slightly above income limits who still cannot afford market-rate housing. On SB 2342, the chair asked HHFDC for final figures on rental housing revolving fund appropriations since 2016 and was told the amount was about $1.1 billion, including conveyance tax revenue. In decision-making, the committee recommended passage of SB 2189 with amendments, noting concerns about transparency and accountability in HHFDC’s loan-award process; SB 2190 with amendments; SB 2234 with amendments; SB 2177 with amendments; SB 2194 unamended; SB 2342 with amendments; SB 2060 with amendments; and SB 2070 with amendments. The committee deferred SB 2195 and SB 2196 after testimony comments, and deferred SB 2063 because the chair said SB 2060 would be used instead as the vehicle for mixed-income subaccount changes. SB 2424 was discussed in hearing but then deferred in decision-making pending legal advice on issues including owner-occupancy, county income restrictions, buyback rules, and county council approval. The committee also heard testimony on SB 2062 and its proposed SD1, but deferred that measure because the relevant changes had already been incorporated into SB 2060 SD1.

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• So those would apply.
• So those would apply.
• Um these regulations in this bill apply.
• > uh<00:10:10.959> if would only apply uh if would only apply uh if if<00:10:12.959>
• requirements apply. requirements apply. Thank<00:10:38.079> you.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• a need there that they actually applied a need there that they actually applied for<00:37:04.640
• So if you apply and you qualify, you most of the time get in.
• So if you apply and you qualify, you most of the time get in.
• So if you apply and you qualify, you most of the time get in.
• <01:19:06.239> before with students who hadn't applied before with students who hadn't applied

Keywords: 1183, house

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• For example, could an entity who applies for a grant for 1 mile of trail and then apply another grant
• grant, they couldn't apply for a $2 million trail... apply for a grant for 1 mile of trail apply for
• <00:20:38.120> for could an entity apply for could an entity apply for two<00:20:40.520>
• <00:21:33.640> for applying for applying for a a a >> [laughter] >> [laughter] >
• for a trail grant, they >> are applying for a trail grant, they couldn't<00:21:39.560> apply

Bills: HF4211, HF3426, HF4819, HF3466, HF3793, HF3339

Keywords: air pollution, lead emissions, continuous emissions monitoring system, CEMS, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, MPCA, environmental monitoring, emission compliance, air quality, public health, industrial pollution, permitted facility, residential exposure, toxic metals, emission limits, pollution control, stack monitoring, real-time emissions monitoring, natural resources, environment