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• [Music] Good morning, and welcome to the Thursday, February 27th, 2025, meeting of the Minnesota House
• Any chance you want to sell your house in Woodbury and come over to Hudson?'
• who are housing secure are the most likely to have adverse outcomes in their health.
• </c> connects me to my food being housing connects me to my food being housing inse<01:25:42.000><c>
• ><c> being</c><01:25:43.760><c> able</c> inse being housing secure uh being able inse being housing secure

Keywords: 1183, house

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• facilitate the goal of hearing as much from the public within the limits of our time, we will not permit
• facilitate the goal of hearing as much from the public within the limits of our time, we will not permit
• facilitate the goal of hearing as much from the public within the limits of our time, we will not permit
• I also have a bill in this space that's moving over to your house right now that specifically deals with

Summary: The Assembly Business and Professions Committee heard several Senate bills, with most of the discussion focused on worker training, public safety, and consumer protection. SB 1203 by Senator Smallwood-Cuevas would expand training and de-escalation requirements for private security officers. Supporters, including security workers and labor groups, said the bill would better prepare officers who often respond first to mental health crises and violent incidents. Opponents, including security industry representatives and business groups, argued it would impose major costs, create training bottlenecks, and could reduce licensed security coverage. The committee ultimately voted the bill out on a due pass recommendation to Labor and Employment, with some members noting future amendments to address training capacity and employer-provided training. The committee also approved SB 936 by Senator Blakespear, which would restrict retail sales of nitrous oxide canisters larger than 8 grams while preserving legitimate medical, dental, culinary, and automotive uses. Support came from county officials, public health groups, waste management organizations, law enforcement, and local governments, who described rising misuse, impaired driving, and recycling hazards. No opposition testimony was presented, and the bill passed to Public Safety. SB 1271 by Senator Reyes, aimed at strengthening California’s midwifery training pipeline by requiring data collection on licensed midwife preceptor capacity, also passed unanimously to Health. Supporters said the bill would help address shortages in rural birth care and improve access to training for aspiring midwives. SB 903 by Senator Padilla, which would place guardrails on the use of AI in mental health and psychotherapy settings and prohibit AI from being marketed as a therapist, drew emotional testimony from a mother whose son died by suicide after extensive chatbot interactions. Health and behavioral health groups supported the measure, while several industry and health organizations were opposed unless amended; the committee nevertheless sent it to Privacy and Consumer Protection on a unanimous vote. The committee also approved SB 1165 on consent and then adjourned.

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• facilitate the goal of hearing as much from the public within the limits of our time, we will not permit
• facilitate the goal of hearing as much from the public within the limits of our time, we will not permit
• facilitate the goal of hearing as much from the public within the limits of our time, we will not permit
• I also have a bill in this space that's moving over to your house right now that specifically deals with

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• </c><00:06:50.160><c> and</c> agencies and around permitting and agencies and around permitting and everything
• So, would this bill permit one right.
• Uh, Deborah House.
• My name is Deborah House.
• We don't know what over to the House.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• </c> housing status criteria. housing status criteria.
• </c> folks to help keep people stably housed folks to help keep people stably housed um<00:08:56.720>
• housing.
• &gt;&gt; Senator<01:13:18.159><c> House,</c> &gt;&gt; Senator House, &gt;&gt; Senator House, &gt;&gt;
• Thank you, Madam Chair. state to keep people stably housed. We state to keep people stably housed.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I know you're the chair of housing, and I care about housing, too.
• I know you're the chair of housing, and I care about housing, too.
• I know you're the chair of housing, and I care about housing, too.
• I know you're the chair of housing, and I care about housing, too.
• You're the chair of housing, and I care about housing, too.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Judiciary Committee opened a hearing on Senate Bill 141, which would create a narrow exception to New Hampshire’s three-year deadline for motions for a new trial when a petitioner has newly discovered evidence, new forensic testing, or new scientific understanding. The prime sponsor’s representative and advocates from the Innocence Project and New England Innocence Project argued the bill is needed to help wrongfully convicted people access the courts, noting that exonerations often take many years and that outdated forensic science has contributed to wrongful convictions. The chair also said he had drafted a proposed amendment for committee review, but it had not yet been formally submitted. Witnesses supporting the bill emphasized that the measure would not guarantee relief, only allow a petition to be filed and reviewed under existing standards. They discussed examples such as arson science, explaining that some convictions were based on forensic methods later shown to be unreliable. Committee members asked about the scope of habeas corpus, whether the bill would create a new cause of action, and whether additional screening or pleading requirements should be added. The supporters said they would be open to requiring a petitioner to plead innocence, but opposed adding more burdensome preliminary procedures or counsel requirements at the filing stage. Thomas Farardi, from the Attorney General’s Office, testified in opposition or with caution, saying the bill was a “solution looking for a problem” because existing habeas corpus and coram nobis procedures already provide avenues for relief, and prosecutors can act when credible new evidence arises. He argued the current draft could invite additional litigation and create a new cause of action, and said he favored more screening before cases proceed. The discussion also touched on whether the statute applies in criminal cases, the current three-year limitation in RSA 526:4, and questions about posthumous petitions and petitions by deported individuals. No vote or executive action was taken during the hearing.

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• I was in the House at the time.
• The bill passed easily out of the House and the Senate.
• I was in the house at the time.
• The bill passed easily out of the House and the Senate.
• But what they did for my family was so much more than a house or land.

Bills: SB231, SB584, SB600, SB668, SB841, SB986, SB1003, SB1244, SB1625, SB1960, SB1963, SB1964, SB2026, SB2056, SB2368

Keywords: temporary emergency electric energy facility, temporary generation, emergency power, backup generation, mobile generator, portable generator, grid resilience, power outage restoration, transmission and distribution utility, TDU, Public Utility Commission of Texas, PUCT, Utilities Code Section 39.918, competitive bidding, lease authorization, emergency procurement, bulk power system, locational marginal pricing, reliability model, black start

Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce met with a quorum and first took up several pending and uncontested bills. It favorably reported SB 1405, SB 1762, SB 1977, SB 2077, SB 2148, and SB 1968, and also moved SB 2321 to the local and uncontested calendar. The committee then heard SB 819, which would change how the Public Utility Commission reviews proposed utility-scale solar and related interconnection projects. The committee substitute would shift the default so interconnection is allowed unless the PUC affirmatively prohibits it within 180 days, limit denial to cases where harm substantially outweighs benefits, remove public meeting requirements, retain setback and financial assurance provisions, add optional application materials such as national security and environmental information, and restore local control over county tax abatements. The substitute was adopted and SB 819 was favorably reported to the full Senate on a 7-3 vote. The committee then took up SB 231, focused on CenterPoint’s use of large emergency generators after Hurricane Beryl. Senator King explained that the original bill was intended to prevent customers from being charged for non-mobile generators that were leased at great cost and did not match the bill’s emergency-response purpose. CenterPoint’s Jason Ryan apologized for the company’s communication failures and said the company would make customers whole through a combination of rate reductions, foregone storm-cost recovery, and a donation of the 15 large generators to ERCOT for about two years to address a San Antonio-area reliability issue, with the company absorbing the associated costs. PUC Executive Director Connie Corona said the commission could enforce the agreement through its contested-case process. Public testimony included consumer and reliability advocates, one of whom argued utility-scale microgrids should be preserved as a policy option. SB 231 was left pending. The committee also heard SB 986, which would create an alternative process for routine Public Information Act requests so local governments can make initial redactions without sending every routine exception to the Attorney General, while preserving an appeal path and training requirements. Supporters said it would reduce backlog and speed access to records; opponents argued it would shift the burden to requesters and encourage delay. The AG’s office testified that the process could improve efficiency and still fit within current timelines if used promptly. SB 986 was left pending. Finally, SB 584 was briefly laid out to require consumer reporting agencies that buy data from others to ensure the information complies with Texas law on excluded items such as bankruptcies, judgments, and tax liens, and SB 600 was heard on heir property. SB 600’s substitute would strengthen notice, require an attorney ad litem, add an heir’s bill of rights, allow settlement conferences, and require fair-market-value sales protections; supporters said it would curb predatory partition practices, while opponents warned some provisions could burden or diminish minority heirs’ property rights. SB 584 and SB 600 were left pending after testimony.

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• <00:55:17.839><c> Bill</c> House Bill House Bill 575<00:55:19.960><c> that</c><00:55:20.119><c> we</c
• I live in a solar house. I know a passive solar house. Okay, let's talk about the cabling.
• </c><01:08:06.520><c> Bill</c> public hearing on House Bill public hearing on House Bill 575 575 575
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Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Uh, members, this is the majority of the House position. It is very much the House position.
• The House, as I said, is the House position with the following changes. We removed the word random.
• </c> agreement between the House and Senate. agreement between the House and Senate.
• </c> house chamber. house chamber.
• </c> house. We load them into the ambulance. house. We load them into the ambulance.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• House File 2432.
• House file number 2446 is of the House.
• ><c> House</c><00:11:54.079><c> File</c> conference committee on House File conference committee on House
• House file number part of the House.
• </c> House<00:17:05.439><c> file</c><00:17:05.679><c> number</c> House file number House file number

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Guide this House as we work here today.
• </c> house is the adoption of the amendment. house is the adoption of the amendment.
• So, the question before the House is to special order House Bill 1105.
• , house, house, is<03:30:12.920><c> $129.65.
• </c> We all need new housing, right? We all need new housing, right?

Keywords: House streaming session for Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 957, house, all

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• Will not be permitted.
• and Community Development housing development monitoring, by Assembly Member Avila Farias.
• and Community Development housing development monitoring by Assembly Member Avila Farias.
• and Community Development housing development monitoring by Assembly Member Avila Farias.
• I think, you know, you happen to be where this is housed. Thank you, CalHR.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Sometimes they're called carriage houses or granny flats.
• military families receiving the basic housing allowance.
• At its core, the bill expands housing supply by allowing...
• Housing affordability in Florida is not a partisan issue.
• Housing affordability in Florida is not a partisan issue.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules met with a quorum present and heard a long agenda of bills, beginning with CS/SB 62 on candidate qualification, which would create an enforcement mechanism for party-affiliation qualification requirements and allow challenges by qualified candidates or political parties. The bill was reported favorably. The committee then heard CS/SB 156, the Officer Jason Raynor Act, which would clarify resistance-to-officer language and impose a mandatory life sentence for manslaughter committed against a law enforcement officer; the sponsor and local law enforcement supporters emphasized the Raynor case, while criminal defense lawyers objected to deleting existing force-limit language and to the mandatory life penalty. Despite the opposition, the bill was reported favorably. The committee also approved several open-government sunset review bills extending or preserving public records exemptions, including CS/SB 7014 on social media platform investigations, SB 7016 on small business loan program records, CS/SB 7012 on Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles investigations, CS/SB 7000 on emergency shelter recipient information, CS/SB 7002 on Department of Military Affairs records, SB 7004 on conviction integrity unit reinvestigation materials, SB 7006 on Florida Public Service Commission records and meetings, and SB 7008 on Florida Gaming Control Commission records and meetings. Other measures reported favorably included SB 624 allowing optional faith-based activities in batterers’ intervention programs, HB 167 protecting former phosphate mining lands from certain strict-liability claims, CS/SB 48 on accessory dwelling units and housing supply, SB 288 on rural electric cooperatives, CS/SB 364 modernizing CPA licensure, SB 292 creating a records exemption for appellate court clerks and families, CS/SB 296 expanding domestic violence safety tools and address confidentiality protections, CS/SB 298 as the public-records companion, SB 386 on farm equipment lemon-law style protections, and SB 168 expanding public nuisance law to include gambling houses. Several bills drew supportive testimony from local governments, advocacy groups, industry groups, and affected families, with some opposition on SB 156 and SB 290. For CS/SB 48, the committee adopted two amendments before reporting the bill favorably. SB 290 on the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services was temporarily postponed after the chair allowed public testimony but no final action was taken. At the end of the meeting, senators recorded their votes on selected bills, and the committee adjourned.

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• Most of that is work that we can do in-house, that we administer in-house.
• The first is going to be on House Bill 718.
• I want to follow up. on the speaker's questions on House Bill 718.
• You're all going to be kicked out of the house in a few minutes.
• You're all going to be no longer in the house. Okay. Okay. Mr.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• And then we are also, I hate to say permitting or granting, but we are approving a number of individual
• </c><00:01:28.240><c> or</c><00:01:28.360><c> granting,</c> I hate to say permitting or granting, I hate
• to say permitting or granting, but<00:01:29.400><c> we</c><00:01:29.600><c> are</c><00:01:29.760><c>
• Compensatory aid was one of those things, and just to show that the Senate is better than the House,
• </c> the Senate is better than the House. the Senate is better than the House.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c> house. Thank you, Mr. President. house. Thank you, Mr. President.
• </c> Housing and General Affairs. Housing and General Affairs.
• </c> Senate concur with the House proposal. Senate concur with the House proposal.
• </c> hours in the House Chamber. hours in the House Chamber.
• </c> about the House amendment on S.173. about the House amendment on S.173.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• I'm joined here by Speaker Kate Hogan, who will be serving as the House chair of the committee.
• These include licensing and permit fees, fines, and penalties.
• And I'll leave that dangling question to my good friend on the House side.
• Housing, transportation, and health care.
• Number 2510, House Bill 502, An Act to Restore a Sensible Marijuana Policy.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions held a public hearing on Initiative Petition 25-10, House Bill 5002, titled “An Act to Restore a Sensible Marijuana Policy,” which would repeal Massachusetts’ adult-use cannabis legalization framework. Chairs Brendan Crighton and Kate Hogan outlined the Article 48 initiative process and explained that the committee is gathering testimony for a report to the legislature. The hearing was organized into expert, proponent, opponent, and public testimony, with written testimony accepted through March 27. The first witness, Jessica Trow of MassBudget, testified in opposition to repeal and focused on cannabis-related revenue and social equity. She said legalization has generated nearly $2 billion statewide since adult-use sales began, with revenue flowing through the Marijuana Regulation Fund, the state sales tax, and local taxes and fees. She emphasized that funds support public health, the Cannabis Control Commission’s social equity work, the Cannabis Social Equity Fund, and municipal budgets, and argued that legalization has created pathways for communities harmed by prohibition. The petition’s spokesperson, Wendy Wakeman, argued in favor of repeal, saying legalization has worsened public health, safety, and quality of life, citing higher potency, addiction, youth use, impaired driving, workplace positives, and black-market concerns. Committee members questioned her about the data sources, the will of the voters, the role of paid signature gatherers, and the petition’s funding, including out-of-state and dark-money concerns. Opponents of the initiative then testified that repeal would harm a regulated industry that has created jobs, tax revenue, and social equity opportunities. Caroline Pino of STEM, Kristen Rogers of Levia, Judith Ledbetter of Project De-Stigmatized Healthcare, and Armani White of Firehouse Dispensary/EON described their businesses, community investments, and personal reliance on cannabis, and warned that repeal would push consumers back to the illicit market and undermine equity programs. In public testimony, Lucas Thayer of the Massachusetts Cannabis Reform Coalition and Jeff Rawson, a chemist and consumer protection advocate, also opposed the measure, arguing that regulated cannabis is safer than unregulated products and that repeal would damage investments and public safety. The hearing ended after the public testimony, and the committee voted to close the hearing.

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• Will not be permitted.
• and Community Development housing development monitoring, by Assembly Member Avila Farías.
• and Community Development housing development monitoring.
• I think, you know, it happens to be where this is housed. Thank you, CalHR.
• and Community Development, Housing Development Monitoring, by Assemblymember Avila Farías.

Summary: The Joint Legislative Audit Committee met to hear new audit requests and receive a status update from the State Auditor. The auditor reported 10 JALAC audits in progress, noted that all 2025-approved audits are underway, said the first 2026 audit is focused on DMV license revocations, and described several statutory and high-risk audits already in progress. The committee also approved a consent calendar of four audit requests: UC library resources, law enforcement information sharing, EDD unemployment insurance claims, and Housing and Community Development housing development monitoring. The committee then considered Assembly Member DeMaio’s audit request on SANDAG road project management. DeMaio argued the audit was needed to examine whether transportation funds, including voter-approved and restricted revenues, were used for allowable purposes and whether past management failures warranted outside review. SANDAG’s CEO and CFO said the agency already undergoes extensive oversight and audits, that funds are tracked by multiple “colors of money,” and that internal controls have improved. Several members questioned whether the issues were already addressed in public records or existing audits, and the request failed on a roll call vote. Next, Senator Valadares presented an audit of the Board of State and Community Corrections’ Proposition 47 grant administration, arguing that more transparency is needed on outcomes, recidivism data, and oversight of grantees. The BSCC said it already has oversight mechanisms, that the State Controller conducts biennial audits, and that program data shows positive outcomes. The committee approved the audit unanimously. Senator Cortese then presented an audit of CalHR’s dental benefits procurement and Delta Dental contract, citing long-standing benefit caps, provider network concerns, and retiree out-of-pocket costs. CalHR said its network remains strong, that it recently completed an RFP adding MetLife as a second carrier starting in 2027, and that contracts include performance guarantees. Members from both parties expressed concern about access and competition, and the audit was approved unanimously. The committee then completed add-on votes on the consent calendar and adjourned.

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• I’m joined here by Speaker Kate Hogan, who will be serving as the House Chair of the committee.
• Michael Day of Stoneham, House Chair of the Joint Committee on Judiciary.
• These include licensing and permit fees, fines, and penalties.
• And I'll leave that dangling question to my good friend on the House side.
• Housing, transportation, and health care.

Bills: H5005

Keywords: environment, water conservation, natural resources, public funding, environmental justice, 1212, all

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• The House Education Committee will come to order. Good morning, everyone.
• For the record, my name is Ethan Moreno, nonpartisan staff to the House Education Committee, speaking
• It is a companion to legislation in this committee considered earlier in session, which was House Bill
• I think it was... ...not that long ago, I think it was House Bill 2593.
• Seeing none, Senator Dozier, welcome to the House Education Committee.

Keywords: 904, all