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• Municipalities as defined in section 11-40-12 of the Code of Alabama 1975.
• grow our network in the rural areas of the state all of a sudden having to be redone because of road
• these hardest parts of... to get to these hardest parts of household.
• of the association as well as the... of the association as well as the Electric Institute of Alabama
• of the code.

Bills: HB606 , SB271

Committee: House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure

Keywords: HB606, Alabama, Department of Transportation, DOT, public highways, utility relocation, right-of-way, state right-of-way, road construction, bridge, tunnel, toll road, interstate highway, defense highway, utility facilities, broadband, telecommunications, cable, electricity, gas

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• </c> be part of be part of violence?
• CDC says 31% of all teenage girls have anxiety, 25% of all teenage girls have depression. 12% of all
• So that's the gist of HB 170. to all of their money. But if a child to all of their money.
• years. right now of of influencers that are right now of of influencers that are making<00:35:01.359
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Bills: HB19 , HB170 , HB171 , HB173 , HB174 , HB19 , HB170 , HB171 , HB173 , HB174

Committee: House Children and Senior Advocacy

Keywords: Ebony Alert, missing youth, public safety, law enforcement, racial equity, HB170, supplemental appropriations, Education Trust Fund, Alabama education budget, school funding, K-12 education, local boards of education, textbook adoption, school buses, school safety, charter schools, summer programs, afterschool programs, reading intervention, college and career readiness

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• House Bill 247 by Representative Pettis: State Board of Adjustments provide death benefit to survivors
• of volunteer firefighters who die of cancer.
• ><c> death</c> state board of adjustments provide death state board of adjustments provide death benefit
• </c> of the total amount. of the total amount.
• </c><00:10:29.040><c> Uh</c> four, line 88 of the of the bill. Uh four, line 88 of the of the bill.

Bills: HB247 , HB317 , HB318 , HB253 , HB271 , HB135 , HB247 , HB317 , HB318 , HB253 , HB271 , HB135

Committee: House Ways and Means General Fund

Keywords: Gulf of America, name change, state compliance, educational materials, local resources, historical reference, age verification, parental consent, consumer protection, app store regulations, data privacy, Internet filters, digital safety, minors protection, civil liability, device manufacturers, obscenity, aircraft tax, aviation tax, sales tax exemption

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• One of the questions that we had throughout the rest of the LAMRD, and to give kind of some real-world
• One of the questions that we had throughout the rest of the LAMRD, and to give kind of some real-world
• of the bill.
• Chair, members of the committee, Bryce Aiden here on behalf of Futurewise testifying in support of the
• So again, looking backward and forward, I think this is kind of a good mesh of all of that, especially

Bills: HB2304 , HB2664

Committee: Senate Housing

Keywords: condominium, housing, warranty, property rights, construction, HB 2664, unlawful detainer, eviction notice, landlord-tenant, tenant rights, service of process, certified mail, notice by mail, notice posting, possession action, vacate notice, Washington RCW 59.12, housing law, rental housing, forcible entry and detainer

Bills: HB85 , HB94 , HB276 , HB323 , HB374 , HB586 , HB656 , HB998 , HB1204 , SB42 , SB46 , SB51 , SB87 , SB110 , SB154

Committee: House Administration of Criminal Justice

Keywords: animal abuse, registry, law enforcement, felony offenses, public notification, firearms, due process, confiscation, law-abiding citizen, government funding, self-defense, bail, contradictory bail hearing, Gwen's Law, pretrial detention, criminal procedure, child sexual abuse, child rape, sexual battery, oral sexual battery

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• the top issues of all of our constituents.
• I am Michael Silvas and I serve as governor of the This letter is to the Pueblo, one of only three federally
• The level of confidentiality makes it across the board the same. for all Texas peace officers.
• Any of the monitors and boards mentioned were birthed out of demands from Texas residents for more police
• of Brady.

Bills: SB693 , SB781 , SB836 , SB860 , SB906 , SB993 , SB1101 , SB1321 , SB1370 , SB1537 , SB1563 , SB1610 , SB1637

Committee: Senate Criminal Justice

Keywords: notary public, notaries, acknowledgment, jurat, personal appearance, remote notarization, online notarization, e-notary, electronic notarization, fraud prevention, identity verification, real estate fraud, property transfer, state jail felony, Class A misdemeanor, secretary of state, continuing education, record retention, notarial act, Texas Government Code

Summary: The committee heard a series of criminal justice bills focused on victim protections, law enforcement tools, notary/deed fraud, sexually violent predators, veterans in jail, tribal policing authority, and peace officer records. Several bills were laid out, heard, and left pending because the committee lacked a quorum for final action on those items. Testimony was generally supportive on bills addressing interpreter appointments, fuel theft investigations, deed fraud, survivor privacy, veteran jailer training, tribal peace officer authority, and officer-record confidentiality, though some bills drew concerns about due process, scope, or drafting. Senate Bill 1537 would clean up criminal procedure language on appointing interpreters and align it with Government Code standards requiring licensed or certified interpreters; it received no public opposition and was left pending. Senate Bill 993 would let Comptroller Criminal Investigative Division officers directly seek warrants for mobile tracking devices in fuel-theft and tax-fraud investigations; it also drew support and was left pending. Senate Bill 693, as substituted, would create a criminal offense for notarizing documents without the signer personally appearing, with a higher penalty when real property is involved, and would add notary continuing education; a Dallas County prosecutor testified that notary fraud is a major driver of deed theft, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1610, as substituted, would address safety, registration, and criminal penalties at the Texas Civil Commitment Office for sexually violent predators, including assaults on staff and sex-offender registration issues; agency witnesses described increased assaults and operational problems, while a public witness urged waiting for Sunset review and raised due-process concerns. Senate Bill 836 would add privacy protections for sexual assault survivors by limiting livestreaming of trials, expanding pseudonym use, and protecting forensic exam and invasive-recording evidence; survivors and advocates strongly supported it, and defense lawyers said they had no opposition to the substitute. Senate Bill 1563 would require county jailer training on interacting with veterans, with testimony from the Texas Veterans Commission and veterans’ advocates emphasizing suicide risk, PTSD, and the need for better identification and support in jails; the bill was left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 906, which would authorize the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribal police to be commissioned as Texas peace officers like two other federally recognized tribes in Texas; tribal leaders said the change would improve response times and coordination, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 781, as substituted, would standardize confidentiality rules for peace officer personnel and departmental files statewide, mirroring Chapter 143 civil-service practices; law enforcement witnesses supported it as a way to protect personal information and create uniform records practices, but several senators raised concerns that the bill could blur existing disclosure rules or bury misconduct complaints, and public testimony included an opposition witness describing a police shooting involving her brother.

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• washing and those types of things.
• </c> 49% of whatever the other profit is. 49% of whatever the other profit is.
• Uh and do most people have cards saying what kind of cards saying what kind of >> I don't think they
• </c> in the in the positive nature of people. in the in the positive nature of people.
• </c> has a lot of input on this. has a lot of input on this.

Bills: SB279 , HB478 , SB279 , HB478

Committee: House Commerce and Small Business

Keywords: Alabama State House, Montgomery, Legislative Council, demolition, state capitol, state capitol building, historic preservation, state property, inventory removal, fixtures, furnishings, reuse, recycling, upcycling, surplus property, public assets, legislative chambers, desk sale, chair sale, state auditor

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• I also sit on the board of Habitat for Humanity Washington State, and on behalf of all of our Habitat
• My name is Ty Mensor, Chair of the Thurston County Board of County Commissioners.
• My name is Gary Rowe and I serve as the Vice Chair of the Public Works Board and I'm testifying today
• Vice Chair Trudeau and Ranking Member Schoesler, I want to thank you on behalf of the board of directors
• Vice Chair Trudeau and Ranking Member Schoesler, I want to thank you on behalf of the board of directors

Bills: SB6003 , HB2353 , HB2431 , HB1983

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: capital budget, funding, infrastructure, state projects, budget allocation, HB 2353, predesign thresholds, capital construction, major capital projects, Office of Financial Management, OFM, Washington state, state agencies, infrastructure planning, construction costs, inflation adjustment, capital facilities, project review, allotments, lease approval

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• But in 2022, University of Washington, former Governor Dan Evans' school, showed that that's actually
• School boards are the only entity by RCW that is accountable for the effectiveness of more than half
• They might be a established by the legislature and the State Board of Education or SBE.
• Chair Santos, members of the committee, I'm Randy Spalding, Executive Director for the State Board of
• Chair Santos, members of the committee, I'm Randy Spalding, Executive Director for the State Board of

Bills: HB1295 , HB2007 , HB2262 , HB2636

Committee: House Education

Keywords: reading instruction, structured literacy, early literacy, dyslexia, phonics, phonological awareness, language comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, oral language, orthographic knowledge, multi-tiered system of supports, MTSS, screening assessments, intervention, reading intervention, elementary education, kindergarten, first grade, second grade

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• House Bill 2453 addresses the role of board-certified psychiatric pharmacists under several provisions
• House Bill 2453 adds board-certified psychiatric pharmacists to this list of professionals who may sign
• And then one other point of clarification: the Board of Pharmacy Specialties is the one that bestows
• This is within the scope, the current scope of a pharmacist, a board-certified pharmacist, and I encourage
• At Comprehensive Healthcare, we employ several of these board-certified psychiatric pharmacists, and

Bills: HB2453 , HB2590 , HB2445 , HB2386 , HB2585

Committee: House Civil Rights & Judiciary

Keywords: psychiatric pharmacists, mental health, pharmacy regulations, healthcare, pharmacological treatments, limited equity cooperatives, common interest ownership, housing, exemption, community ownership, probate, estate administration, inheritance, heir finder, heir locator, beneficiary interest, transfer of inheritance rights, probate for profit, personal representative, executor

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• of the Office of Public Defense in opposition to House Bill 2511.
• Along with one of my colleagues, I provide a substantial amount of the training done on behalf of the
• a real-time situation of being able to, you know, ...in the sense of a real-time situation of being
• effects of it.
• I have the misfortune of enjoying the political side of the work.

Bills: HB2511 , HB2660

Committee: House Early Learning & Human Services

Keywords: child welfare, dependency, imminent physical harm, child abuse, neglect, foster care, extended foster care, shelter care, out-of-home placement, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, DCYF, family law, juvenile court, child protection, unsafe home, substance use, caregiver impairment, relative placement, guardianship, adoption

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• Um, clarity to candidate filings of statements of economic interest.
• I think simplification of a bill is a worthy thing.
• the primary, I don't think you were out of...
• I don't think you were out of order.
• Other states do—kind of a national survey.

Bills: HB250

Committee: House Ethics and Campaign Finance

Keywords: HB250, Alabama Ethics Commission, statement of economic interests, financial disclosure, candidate ethics, campaign finance, candidate filing deadline, qualifying papers, declaration of candidacy, independent candidate, ballot access, election law, ethics reform, public officials, public employees, asset disclosure, income disclosure, real estate holdings, indebtedness disclosure, late filing penalty

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• "Hey, I would like to thank the board for bringing this bill. It's one of those feel-good bills.
• The employees of the Governor Mansion Authority has historically been treated as unclassified employees
• SB 252 codifies current practice by providing that employees of the Governor Mansion Authority or employees
• Uh this bill will appropriate to the Board of Pardons and Paroles $1.5 million, to the Department of
• Uh this bill will appropriate to the Board of Pardons and Paroles $1.5 million, to the Department of

Bills: HB44 , HB400 , HB444 , HB487 , SB249 , SB252 , SB58 , HB44 , HB400 , HB444 , HB487 , SB249 , SB252 , SB58

Committee: House Ways and Means General Fund

Keywords: teachers retirement, credit purchase, St. Clair County, DAY Program, pension reform, dental insurance, benefit rollover, healthcare, insurance policy, annual maximum, HB444, vaccines, vaccine exemption, religious exemption, religious liberty, private school, church school, faith-based school, parochial school, school immunization

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• In fact, we used to have somebody on the advisory board of NIST in the '90s.
• Substitute Senate Bill 6034 establishes the office as a cabinet agency of the governor.
• The board is governed by a board of directors, which includes the governor, lieutenant governor, the
• I'm on this board because I believe in the power of investing in our state's youth early.
• through its transition into a trustee agency, and I currently serve as co-president of the board of

Bills: SB6084 , SB6137 , SCR8406 , SB5892 , SB5863

Committee: House State Government & Tribal Relations

Keywords: elections, double voting, voting twice, multiple voting, same-day election, primary election, general election, special election, cross-state voting, ballot fraud, election fraud, voter misconduct, RCW 29A.84.660, State v. Padilla, civil infraction, class C felony, Secretary of State, Washington elections, election law, voter eligibility

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• I'm not aware of any review of that issue.
• And we do a lot of outreach. We do a lot of education.
• And we do a lot of outreach. We do a lot of education.
• I was selected by the University of Washington out of a field of 30-plus applicants.
• The governor is the employer of language access providers only for the purposes of collective bargaining

Bills: SB5437 , SB6152 , SB6058 , SB5944 , SB6039 , SB6117

Committee: Senate Labor & Commerce

Keywords: noncompete, noncompetition agreement, restrictive covenant, nonsolicitation, employment contract, worker mobility, labor law, wage suppression, trade secrets, confidentiality agreement, franchise, independent contractor, employee mobility, economic growth, entrepreneurship, job mobility, restraint of trade, customer solicitation, post-employment restrictions, FTC noncompete rule

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• They place implementation responsibility with the management boards, in consultation with the Board of
• Board of Regents. And they participated in this as well. Thank you.
• Allison Smith with the Board of Regents, who just spoke.
• And so, again, I'm joined by members of the Board of Regents and Treasury, and happy to answer any questions
• And so, again, I'm joined by members of the Board of Regents and Treasury, and happy to answer any questions

Bills: HCR14 , HB201 , HB218 , HB352 , HB626 , HB636 , HB738 , HB749

Committee: House Education

Keywords: Department of Education, federal overreach, education policy, Tenth Amendment, local control, fine arts, high school diploma, arts education, capstone project, academic achievement, student recognition, Louisiana education, food insecurity, hunger, student hunger, school meals, free lunch, community eligibility provision, McKinney-Vento, homeless students

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• I understand the importance of volunteers to... on the board as a member who represents the livestock
• Williams continued: “My entire life, I understand the importance of volunteers to commission boards and
• So I’m ready to serve as a member of the Livestock Loss Board and would certainly entertain any questions
• Williams concluded that the board would consider those other inputs in terms of which parts of the state
• This is, like in WIFA, I think we had more time spent on trying to figure out the makeup of the board

Bills: SB1082 , SB1200 , SB1335 , SB1336 , SB1559 , SB1761 , SB1762 , SB1785 , SCM1007

Committees: Senate Natural Resources , Senate Senate Natural Resources Committee of Reference

Keywords: petting zoos, animal encounters, public health, handwashing, supervision, sanitization, safety regulations, civil penalties, water supply, groundwater, Phoenix, certificates, long-term storage credits, water conservation, municipal provider, replenishment obligation, water banking, annual report, Arizona Water Banking Authority, water supply management

Bills: HB2431 , HB2583 , HB2278 , HB2584 , HB2610 , HB2615

Committee: House Finance

Keywords: HB 2431, Washington property tax, nonprofit exemption, public assembly hall, meeting place, fundraising activities, charitable organizations, property tax exemption, RCW, tax exemption, nonprofit hall, event venue, scheduled fundraising, limited use, rental of exempt property, loan of property, sunset clause, temporary tax law, Ways & Means, Finance Committee

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• It also requires statewide election reports of the Office of the Secretary of State to include certain
• House Bill 2551 allows boards of directors in school districts meeting fund balance and other requirements
• for resolutions by the school district's board of directors and fund repayment plans approved by the
• The motion before you is the adoption of the adoption of the The motion before you is the adoption of
• Hearing none, all of those in favor of the amendment, please indicate by saying, Hearing none, all of

Bills: HB1295 , HB2262 , HB2551 , HB2593 , HB2594 , HB2636

Committee: House Education

Keywords: reading instruction, structured literacy, early literacy, dyslexia, phonics, phonological awareness, language comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, oral language, orthographic knowledge, multi-tiered system of supports, MTSS, screening assessments, intervention, reading intervention, elementary education, kindergarten, first grade, second grade

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• board that would be consistent of leaders from the legislature.
• Senator Ban Ki, I think to your question, there's a lot of interest on behalf of the board members, and
• Senator Boehnke, I think to your question, there's a lot of interest on behalf of the board members,
• I'm Amy Paris, the chair of the board of trustees for Big Bend College.
• I'm Amy Paris, the chairman of the board of trustees for Big Bend College.

Bills: SB6251 , SB6259 , SB6325 , SB5978 , SB6209 , SB6217 , SB6227 , SB6235

Committee: Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development

Keywords: medical school, medical education, letter grades, grading system, pass/fail, tiered grading, student assessment, curriculum, University of Washington, Washington State University, School of Medicine, physician training, academic standards, coursework evaluation, RCW 28B, SB 6259, Washington, state financial aid, higher education, public college