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• Can you cite those U.S. codes again? You said U.S. Code 21? Yep. U.S.
• Can you cite those U.S. codes again? You said U.S. Code 21? Yep. U.S.
• Can you cite those U.S. codes again? You said U.S. Code 21? Yep. U.S.
• Can you cite those U.S. codes again? You said U.S. Code 21? Yep. U.S.
• Can you cite those U.S. codes again? You said U.S. Code 21? Yep. U.S.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Environment and Agriculture Committee opened by noting member absences and then reviewed the governor’s HB 2 trailer bill language creating a solid waste site evaluation committee. The chair explained that Finance would want the committee’s input on the proposal and also announced a temporary change to the committee’s schedule, with additional Wednesday meetings planned around school vacation. The committee then moved into a work session on several bills. On HB 150, Representative Ktoa offered a simple amendment changing food-processing language from “washed and rinsed” to “cleaned and sanitized” in the processing area. Members agreed the change better matched food safety practice, and the committee indicated support for advancing the bill. On HB 307, dealing with homestead food production areas, members discussed proposed amendment language that would add clearer sanitary requirements, including handwashing access, sanitary storage, sanitizable food-contact surfaces, and pest exclusion. The committee also discussed whether to replace “potentially hazardous food” with “time temperature control safe food,” but several members favored keeping the existing term because it is already well defined in food safety law. The bill was held for further amendment work rather than being executed immediately. The committee spent substantial time on solid waste legislation. For HB 479, members recalled a prior plan for a letter to the solid waste working group and agreed to proceed with the bill in executive session, with an offer of drafting help from Representative Bixby. For HB 77, which would require DES to establish site-specific setback distances for proposed new landfills, Representative Penza said his amendment was not ready yet but was close, and the bill was left for further discussion. The most detailed discussion was on HB 2115, which would require landfill permit applicants to submit a report on the project’s harms and benefits. Representative Germana explained an amendment that would replace section one, expand the list of benefits to include economic potential and infrastructure improvements, and set up a third-party review process in which the applicant submits a list of reviewers, DES screens the list, and the commissioner selects a reviewer if no agreement is reached within 60 days. Members asked about who could serve as contractors, whether they had to be local, and how DES would judge qualifications; the response was that environmental engineering and similar firms could be used, local or outside the community, and that the process would remain somewhat flexible. Representative H. Haskins asked whether the legislature or subcommittee would be formally notified of preliminary review problems, and the chair said no additional notification process would be built in beyond existing practice. The committee planned to continue work on the bills in upcoming executive sessions, including after school break.

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• Tom Yamachika from the Tax Foundation of Hawaiʻi.
• We're going to make the tax credit non-refundable.
• Taxation uh we're going to make the tax Taxation uh we're going to make the tax credit credit credit
• when homeowners get their property tax when homeowners get their property tax bill<00:32:03.200>
• So these are not real property tax assessments.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee opened by outlining testimony procedures and then heard SB 376 on tax credits, which would create a home fire safety improvement tax credit. Testimony from the Tax Foundation of Hawaiʻi urged that the concept would be better handled as a subsidy program and raised drafting concerns about unclear definitions and eligibility. Later, the committees agreed to pass SB 376 with amendments, including making the credit nonrefundable, clarifying third-party certification, deleting recapture-related language, and making technical changes. Members then heard SB 417, which would make unlicensed contractor work during or within five years after an emergency or disaster a class B felony. The Contractors License Board was listed for comments, and the Subcontractors Association supported the measure. The committees ultimately recommended passage with technical, non-substantive amendments and an adjusted effective date, and the measure was adopted. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on SB 782, which would require free and accessible voice communication services for incarcerated people and prohibit state agencies from profiting from those services, while also directing the PUC to set standards and providing funding for the SAVIN victim notification program. Supporters, including the Public Defender, ACLU of Hawaiʻi, Worth Rises, and others, argued the bill would reduce costs for families, improve reentry, and align adult corrections with the juvenile system. Opponents, including the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Hawaiʻi Paroling Authority, and SAVIN-related witnesses, warned that changing the funding structure could weaken victim notification and safety services. The committees deferred SB 782. The committee also heard SB 999 on fireworks, which would repeal permissible consumer fireworks uses, impose civil penalties and forfeiture remedies, and create a forfeiture special fund for safety education. The Department of Law Enforcement and Honolulu Police Department supported the bill, while fireworks industry representatives and others opposed it, arguing prohibition would be ineffective and urging stronger enforcement and education instead. The committees deferred SB 999 for further consideration, and SB 1136 on insurance was also deferred after insurers and the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs opposed it. In the later joint session with the Committee on Economic Development and Tourism, SB 744 on condominium loans was heard with support from the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority and banking groups, while one testifier raised concerns that the program could function like C-PACE financing and add risky debt to condominium associations; testimony and discussion continued on that measure.

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• All it does is correct those internal citations that refer to correct sections in the Code of Alabama
• Other organizations as well, okay, 'cause one of the chapters of NAD is in Jefferson County.

Keywords: 923, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• No other industry is taxed the way that the extraction industry is taxed.
• No other industry is taxed the way that the extraction industry is taxed.
• No other industry is taxed the way that the extraction industry is taxed.
• No other industry is taxed the way that the extraction industry is taxed.
• No other industry is taxed the way that the extraction industry is taxed.

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We've also lowered taxes for small businesses, and we have made Social Security tax-exempt for more than
• tax-exempt we have made Social Security tax-exempt for<00:14:20.520> more<00:14:20.760> than
• <00:17:15.040> nearly housing, even as we cut taxes nearly housing, even as we cut taxes nearly
• The proposals I made tonight represent the beginning of our last chapter working together.
• I'm hopeful this chapter will be as productive as the previous seven.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: This was Governor Tim Walz’s final State of the State address to the Minnesota Legislature. He opened by recognizing legislative leaders, constitutional officers, tribal leaders, the judiciary, and members of his administration, then asked for a moment of silence for the Hortman family and spoke at length about recent tragedies, including the Annunciation Church shooting, political violence, the COVID-19 pandemic, and what he described as the impacts of federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota. He framed the address around resilience, unity, and the state’s response to grief and disruption. Walz reviewed major accomplishments from his time in office, emphasizing investments in education, child care, free school meals, housing, infrastructure, climate initiatives, paid family leave, voting access, and worker protections. He also highlighted tax cuts, rebate checks, Social Security tax relief, medical debt protections, and efforts to lower costs for families. Looking ahead, he proposed expanding the dependent care tax credit, cutting the statewide sales tax for the first time, adding housing and first-time homebuyer support, and providing aid to businesses and households affected by Operation Metro Surge. A major portion of the speech focused on public safety and fraud prevention. Walz said he wanted lawmakers to reestablish the binary trigger ban, pass additional gun violence measures including bans on weapons of war and high-capacity magazines, and strengthen safe storage and insurance requirements for firearms. He also urged passage of his anti-fraud package, which would increase penalties, create a centralized fraud prevention office, and restructure human services administration to improve oversight and program integrity. He closed by urging lawmakers to act on these proposals during his remaining months in office and said the next governor would inherit a fiscally strong state.

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• Senate File 209 repeals the illegal cannabis and controlled substance tax, or chapter 297D, and it also
• removes the criminal penalties for the failure to pay this tax that are referenced in chapter 209.
• It also removes the criminal penalties for the failure to pay this tax that are referenced in chapter
• The current illegal cannabis and controlled substance tax requires individuals to pay taxes on illegal
• The effort to repeal this entire controlled substance tax chapter is bipartisan.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• A disqualifying conviction is still a conviction under chapter 609A.
• A disqualifying conviction is still a conviction under chapter 609A.
• When we say this is falling on the back of taxpayers, they pay taxes.
• the back of taxpayers they pay taxes the back of taxpayers they pay taxes it's<01:02:10.559>
• our current statutes separate chapters our current statutes separate chapters for<01:52:06.599><

Keywords: 1183, house

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• <01:03:27.799> covering changes to the state code covering changes to the state code covering
• section 3 and four remove the code section 3 and four remove the minimum<01:04:27.160> retirement
• There is no limit, but I should add that there is a limit under the federal Internal Revenue Code, but
• <01:25:06.280> but<01:25:06.560> the federal Internal Revenue code but the federal
• <01:41:12.159> and definition under this chapter and definition under this chapter and colloquial

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Use tax on purchases from other states if the other state has a lower use tax.
• They are actually, it's an in lieu of tax, so it's not technically a tax.
• the Legacy tax passed, we did not...
• That's in lieu of tax, and we have reviewed with our legal department any other items in the sales tax
• Yes, we've reviewed with our legal team as well as the Sales and Use Tax Division all of the sales tax

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• Let's start with January 6th, and he dedicates a whole chapter in the book to it.
• The Uniform Code of Military Justice is for uniformed officers who betray the code of justice and also
• Hunter Biden cheated on his income taxes. Didn't pay $1.4 million in income taxes over four years.
• And it kind of deals with this whole exchange we had today in regard to the guarantor tax testimony.

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• <00:02:47.160> property<00:02:47.600> tax under that tax property tax under that tax
• taxes payable in 2026. taxes payable in 2026.
• M1 as an income tax offset.
• M1 as an income tax offset.
• onto the local property tax base. onto the local property tax base.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This makes modifications to Chapter 60D.
• It includes some repealers related to outdated fire safety codes. And that's that.
• changes related to the current... ...medical rules which are in our statutes, rather which are in Chapter
• 152, and make some changes in Chapter 342, which will be the new medical rules primarily related to

Bills: HF1545, HF2426, HF1615, HF2403

Keywords: medical cannabis, cultivation, cannabinoid products, plant canopy, Minnesota statutes, cannabis, hemp, lower-potency, edibles, regulations, licensing, local control, consumer safety, age restrictions, commerce policy, financial institutions, insurance regulation, limited long-term care insurance, Medicare supplement, health insurance

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• c> excluded from collective bargaining excluded from collective bargaining under<00:24:46.600> chapter
• c> and<00:24:47.600> identified<00:24:48.279> by<00:24:49.080> the under chapter
• 89 and identified by the under chapter 89 and identified by the applicable<00:24:49.880> Department
• I was wondering if there's a way of putting vape e-cigarettes in the percent of raising e-cigarette tax
• what<00:27:53.679> we<00:27:53.799> trying<00:27:54.000> to The e-cigarette tax

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee met in decision-making only and first took up HB 300, the Senate majority budget package. The chair described the bill as a response to economic uncertainty and reduced revenue forecasts, and outlined a wide range of appropriations and staffing changes across state agencies, including agriculture, education, health, public safety, housing, labor, natural resources, and corrections. The package emphasized one-year funding for many new programs, vacancy reductions, and investments in services such as preschool, mental health, wildfire mitigation, cybersecurity, public access, and workforce development. HB 300 was recommended to pass with amendments and was adopted unanimously, with members voting yes and no reservations noted only as procedural responses. The committee then acted on HB 794 and HB 795, both recommended to pass with amendments by changing the defective date to 2050; both measures were adopted without discussion. On the 101 agenda, HB 400, the Judiciary budget bill, was recommended to pass with amendments. The bill included vacancy reductions, security funding, permanent staffing for several court and justice programs, and support for civil legal services, immigration-related services, and technology licenses. HB 400 was adopted. HB 410 was also adopted with amendments and a defective date change to 2050. On the 102 agenda, the committee passed several bills either unamended or with targeted amendments. HB 3, HB 134, HB 177, HB 237, HB 648, HB 713, HB 735, HB 1391, and HB 1462 were passed unamended. HB 214 passed with amendments expanding eligibility for retired employees to fill labor-shortage or succession-planning positions, including certain management positions excluded from collective bargaining; one member raised concerns about school resource officers and community fit, which the chair said could be addressed in the committee report. HB 441 passed with amendments to direct cigarette tax funds to the Hawaii Cancer Research Special Fund, with a discussion about whether e-cigarettes should be included. Other measures passed with amendments included HB 448, HB 667, HB 727, HB 740, HB 806, HB 1020, HB 1345, and HB 1365, generally involving date changes, blank appropriations, or technical language. HB 1391 was adopted with a reservation from Senator Kim. The meeting concluded with HB 1462 adopted unamended.

Transcript Highlights:

• value tax in which the improvements are taxed at zero.
• So, if you reduce the tax base, you need a higher tax rate.
• Does that mean school taxes? Does that mean municipal taxes?
• Does that mean municipal school taxes? Does that mean municipal taxes?
• interpret local taxes? interpret local taxes?

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Since 1977, Penal Code Section 1016.2 has required judges to inform anyone entering a plea that there
• In recent years, however, some judges have been deviating from the required language in Penal Code Section
• this issue by requiring judges to use the exact statutory language that has been contained in Penal Code
• Under Vehicle Code section 25593, judges are already required to provide a verbatim advisement regarding
• David Bullock, on behalf of California's chapters of Moms for Liberty and Serving Family Values in Senator

Summary: The Assembly Public Safety Committee met and adopted a consent calendar that included SB 4, SB 229, SB 385, SB 459, and SB 553. SB 221 was pulled by the committee and will return later. The committee then heard several bills, with members repeatedly noting the next hearing would be July 1 in Room 126. SB 281 by Senator Perez would require judges to use the exact statutory immigration-consequences advisement when taking pleas from noncitizen defendants. Supporters said judges have been deviating from the required language, creating confusion and harming defendants; opponents, including district attorneys, warned that the bill could affect plea withdrawals and appellate litigation unless amended. The committee discussed possible amendments, including a nonretroactivity clarification and language proposed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, and the bill was passed on call. SB 337 by Senator Menjivar would strengthen protections against sexual abuse and misconduct in prisons, especially women’s prisons, by requiring documentation of searches, extending grievance timelines, limiting hiring of people with violent or sexual convictions, and improving investigation procedures. Supporters emphasized staff abuse, retaliation concerns, and the need for oversight; opposition testimony focused on transgender inmate placement and was criticized by committee members as not germane. The bill passed 9-0 to Appropriations. SB 379 by Senator Jones, dealing with oversight of sexually violent predator conditional release placements, passed to Appropriations after support from law enforcement and prosecutors and no opposition. SB 734 by Senator Caballero, which would provide due process protections for law enforcement officers affected by California Racial Justice Act findings, also passed to Appropriations with support from police and district attorney groups and no opposition. SB 551 by Senator Cortese, which would codify normalization and dynamic security principles in corrections, passed to Appropriations despite concerns from one member that it went too far in making prisons too home-like.

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• tax that tax cap affecting budgets with tax that tax cap and<00:41:52.599> calculating<00:41:
• impact tax impact why isn't it tax impact tax impact why isn't it tax increase<02:17:06.399>
• Not all tax impacts create an increase in tax impact.
• c> it'll impact your taxes um not all tax it'll impact your taxes um not all tax impacts<02:22:18.040
• /c> would go on the tax bill um and tax would go on the tax bill um and tax bills<02:47:48.319> are

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• certain definitions for the chapter certain definitions for the chapter um<00:20:47.160> on
• Chair, members, the amendment is coded in the upper right S3432A8, 12, which establishes a security 12
• Chair members, the<00:27:29.640> amendment<00:27:30.400> is<00:27:31.120> coded<
• 00:27:31.600> in<00:27:31.680> the<00:27:31.800> upper the amendment is coded in
• the upper the amendment is coded in the upper right<00:27:32.560> S3432A8, Right, S3432A8.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The Safety and Security Conference Committee met on May 13, 2026, with a quorum present and no immediate vote taken. Chairs explained the committee was working ahead of a possible target so it could act quickly later if needed, then proceeded with member introductions and a reminder about committee decorum. Staff noted a microphone delay and said the meeting would include a side-by-side walk-through of the House and Senate policy language and a review of the fiscal spreadsheet. Fiscal staff summarized major differences in court, public safety, and legislative security funding. The House and Senate proposals differed on safety and security funding for the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and District Courts, as well as on courthouse grants, capital security enhancements, and a new legislative/protective services unit. Staff also reviewed Senate-only and House-only items, including a Senate proposal to require removal of insignia from public safety vehicles sold to the public, and House provisions for a security services task force and member security costs. Total general fund impacts were reviewed, with the House total corrected to include an open appropriation that had been omitted from the spreadsheet totals. Nonpartisan staff then walked through the policy differences. The Senate language focused on a Protective Services Unit and security for principal state officials, while the House language focused on a Legislative Services Unit and security for legislators. Both bills included provisions on Capitol Complex Security, reporting requirements, and reimbursement arrangements with local law enforcement, but differed on details such as whether elected officials must provide contact information to DPS and how requests for personal protective services are handled. The House-only amendment A8 was presented for discussion; it would revise emergency contact provisions, replace the House’s personal protective services request language with a more detailed threat assessment and mitigation framework, direct implementation of the new unit, and make related reimbursement and technical changes. Judge Richard Kyle, president of the Minnesota District Judges Association, testified in support of stronger judicial and court safety measures. He described rising threats against judges, citing survey results showing high rates of judges limiting personal information, receiving inappropriate communications, changing personal behavior, and experiencing threats to themselves and family members. He said the association supports legislative authorization and funding for home security and personal data protections for judicial officers, and emphasized that safety concerns for judges and court staff have become more serious in recent years.

Bills: HR19, HR20, HR21, HR22, HR23, HR24, HR25, HR26, HR27, HR28, HR29, HR30, HR31, HR32, HR33, HR34, HR35, HR36, HR37, HR38, HCR15, HCR16, HCR17, HCR18, HB115, HB208, HB465, HB832, HB964, HB965, HB966, HB967, HB968, HB969, HB970, HB971, HB972, HB973, HB974, HB975, HR14, HR15, HR16, HR17, HR18, HCR14, SCR4, SCR7, SCR8, HB362, HB963, HB207, HB300, HB331, HB428, HB464, HB587, HB618, HB629, HB801, HB853, HB891, HB78, HB112, HB148, HB149, HB190, HB221, HB346, HB354, HB355, HB356, HB358, HB384, HB427, HB657, HB675, HB716, HB901

Keywords: HR19, House Resolution 19, Louisiana Nursery and Landscape Association Day, LNLA, nursery industry, landscape industry, horticulture, green industry, environmental stewardship, beautification, sustainability, state capitol, special day resolution, commemoration, trade association, wholesale growers, landscape architects, grounds maintenance, interiorscapers, Louisiana agriculture

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• passing new taxes passing new taxes to<00:59:07.880> think<00:59:08.120> of<00:59:
• Call it a new chapter.
• My wife won't let Call it a new chapter.
• property taxes for farmers to skyrocket. property taxes for farmers to skyrocket.
• It was—we assembled a historic 2021 tax bill.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The meeting was a Senate retirement recognition session held after adjournment sine die, with the presiding officer relaxing decorum so members could speak, applaud, and interact more freely. The chair explained the order of speakers and noted that retiring members would be recognized from their desks, with a plaque presented by Senate leaders and photos taken afterward. The session was framed as a celebration of service for retiring senators and a tribute to staff, families, and colleagues. Senator Mann spoke first, thanking constituents, family, staff, colleagues, and advocates, and highlighting policy accomplishments such as banning non-compete clauses, wage transparency, breast cancer screening coverage, protections for students, expanded health coverage, pharmacy benefit manager reforms, physician workforce changes, the medication repository program, and paid leave. She also used her remarks to criticize racism, sexism, and broader threats to women’s and people of color’s freedoms, urging civic engagement and warning against erosion of democracy. Senator Tou Xiong followed with a personal farewell centered on his mother’s refugee experience, his family’s sacrifices, and gratitude to mentors and colleagues; he emphasized the value of public service, bipartisan cooperation, and the idea that Minnesota should be a model for the country. Senator Howe gave a faith-centered retirement speech reflecting on his path from humble beginnings, his family, military and public service, and the importance of humility, justice, mercy, and listening to constituents. Senator Klein looked back on a decade in the chamber, including the pandemic and the George Floyd unrest, and said the Senate’s decorum and relationships endured through difficult times; he cited a bill he helped pass for a child needing a prosthetic blade as an example of the legislature’s best work. Senator Draheim began his remarks by thanking his wife and children and joking about his discomfort with speeches, then described being recruited to run for office despite never seeing himself as a politician.

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• Our jobs and duties are outlined in Chapter 418 of the Texas Government Code, the Disaster Act of 1918
• about. and in control, it's more about communication, cooperation, and coordination, mainly because chapter
• Local Government Code identifies mayors and county judges as local emergency management directors.

Keywords: 1184, house, all