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• Last year's ACA 7 was rightly rejected after public backlash, and AB 7 is yet another attempt to circumvent
• Section 1135. Yes, 1135, 1135. It's hard because... Section 1135, the government...
• ACA 7 is a Black Caucus priority bill which aims to clarify Section 31A of the California Constitution
• So last year ACA 7 was failed.
• File item number one, AB 7. Not one. I'm sorry, AB 7, file item number one, AB 7. Not voting.

Summary: The committee hearing covered several higher education bills, with extensive testimony on student aid, affordability, and institutional debt. AB 587 would add veteran representation to the California Student Aid Commission; the author said the change would bring lived experience from the veteran community to student aid policy, and members raised a concern about keeping the commission’s membership odd-numbered, which the author said would be addressed by amendment. AB 791 would standardize cost-of-attendance housing calculations using objective data and improve notice of the adjustment process; supporters said current budgets often underestimate students’ real living costs, while UC, CSU, and independent colleges opposed or had concerns about the bill’s prescribed methodology, fiscal impact, and a 14-day turnaround for adjustments. AB 850 would create a one-term grace period for students with institutional debt to re-enroll while arranging repayment, bar reporting that debt to credit agencies, and require more transparency; proponents described students being blocked from continuing school over debts, while CSU, UC, and private-college representatives said they already use holds and payment plans and worried about added liabilities and budget pressures. AB 537 would extend the California College Promise Program to part-time community college students; supporters said most community college students attend part-time and should not be excluded from fee waivers, while the committee noted fiscal concerns but ultimately advanced the bill. AB 7 would allow universities to consider whether an applicant is a descendant of American chattel slavery in admissions as a reparative measure; supporters framed it as lineage-based reparative justice, while opponents argued it would function as a racial proxy and conflict with Proposition 209 and equal-protection principles. The committee took roll-call votes on the measures, advancing AB 587, AB 791, AB 850, and AB 537 to Appropriations, with AB 850 and AB 537 receiving fewer votes and the roll left open for additional members.

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• Section 1 and Section 3 and Article 3, Section 35 of the Texas Constitution state that the bill contains
• Out on second reading, House Bill 7. The clerk will read the bill. HB number 7.
• I cannot support House Bill 7.
• HB 7 fails Texas women and families in the following ways. HB 7 denies us essential care.
• HB 7 creates legal instability.

Bills: SB 8 , HB7 , HB15 , HB265 , HCR13 , SB8 , HB7 , HB15 , HB265 , HCR13

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• Chairman 7. Yeah, Mr. Speaker. Yeah, Mr. Speaker, to debate against the bill.
• I think it might help this body if they looked at the next section in the act.
• Good gentleman from 7. Mr.
• About five pages deal with this one section.
• Speaker, with the good gentleman from 7, answer a question. Gentleman from 7 yields a question. Mr.

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• House Bill 2415, an act amending sections 34-401 and 36-7-905.
• House Bill 2573, an act amending sections 19-1-1?
• [questionable], adding section 144, repealing section 144, and relating to local government referendum
• Amending Sections 34-401 and 36-795, as advised. Appealing Section 36-955-0-1-0-0, advice.
• Amending Section 34-401 and 36-795 as a statute. Appealing Section 36-955-01-00, advice.

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• We still have 7 more steps. Are we OK with that? OK.
• This is reducing, um, 7 million, um, due to double counting benefits.
• Section 312.
• And so I think your intention is to add corporal sixes to Section 312A.
• Yes, sorry, page 7, item 7, ABC, Article 11. 27 or 7 on page 2777. Article 11.

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• Agencies that requested Section 7 funding but are not fully compliant with the cyber offices, cybersecurity
• Chairman, on Appendix 2, Section 7, $4.93 million.
• I gave the captain a little heads up that I was going to ask about it, and it's Section 7, computer systems
• Line 7: $500,000.
• 5 rather than Section 9.

Summary: The Department of Public Safety presented its FY27 budget request, emphasizing three priorities: improving community engagement through a redesigned website and outreach, expanding statewide data and intelligence integration through intelligence-led policing, and improving emergency response and officer safety through fleet replacement, a driving track, and a requested helicopter. DPS said much of its increase is driven by rising health care premiums, and it is also seeking special appropriations for fleet replacement, the website rebuild, and an Honor Guard program created after the 2022 helicopter crash that killed four public servants. Members asked about vacancies, fleet costs, cybersecurity compliance, the real-time crime center, EV fleet participation, and the Metro DPS facility. DPS said its vacancy rate is about 9%, its fleet replacement needs are driven by mileage and condition, it is compliant with federal CJIS standards even though DoIT has raised concerns, the real-time crime center would be built as a regional model to complement Albuquerque’s center, and the Metro facility is moving toward a January groundbreaking. Committee members also discussed several DPS-related capital and IT requests, including the intelligence-led policing data lake, recurring maintenance for critical systems, and a $5.6 million reauthorization for state crime lab DNA backlog work and a $900,000 reauthorization for fingerprinting equipment. DPS explained that the website request is high because the current site must be rebuilt from scratch to support missing-person alerts, memorial updates, ADA compliance, and better communication with law enforcement and the public. Members also raised concerns about speed enforcement, construction-zone cameras, and whether EVs are practical for patrol use; DPS said it is not pursuing speed cameras and is only partially participating in the state EV initiative because patrol needs make full electrification difficult. The committee then received an LFC quarterly update on non-recurring appropriations from the 2025 General Appropriation Act. LFC reported that of the $1.4 billion appropriated in Section 5, $164 million had been expended and $333 million encumbered, leaving $897.4 million unspent, which is a slower pace than the prior year. Staff highlighted a number of reauthorization requests and slow-moving projects across agencies, including AOC cybersecurity funding, DFA housing and public safety grants, DoIT cybersecurity and higher education funds, EDD economic development and energy programs, OSI mitigation and malpractice funds, EMNRD energy and geothermal grants, Health Care Authority behavioral health-related appropriations, DPS crime lab and fingerprinting funds, PED career technical education and special education initiatives, and higher education loan repayment and technology funds. Members questioned why some large appropriations had little or no spending, discussed the need to monitor reauthorizations more closely, and asked for follow-up on several specific line items and project balances.

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• Uh, do you want to move the House File 7?
• There are several provisions in House File 7 that our members support.
• There are several provisions in House File 7 that our members support.
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• I appear here today in support of House File 7 for two broad reasons.

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• House-passed section 7 was removed in the Senate, and that's the judicial branch back-of-the-budget reduction
• On House-passed section 8, Senate-passed section 7, that is the legislative branch general fund appropriation
• Um House pass section 7 was removed in Um House pass section 7 was removed in the<04:09:30.239><c> Senate
• On House pass section 8, Senate passed section<04:09:42.960><c> 7.
• That is the legislative section 7.

Summary: The Committee of Conference on HB 1 and HB 2 met to review revenue estimates and begin working through the HB 1 detail change sheet. New Hampshire Lottery Director Charlie McIntyre reported stronger-than-expected lottery performance, raising the current-year return estimate to $27 million and the next biennium estimate to $200 million, with the increase attributed to improved scratch ticket sales and sports betting not hurting revenue as much as expected. Members questioned the assumptions behind the higher estimates, including the impact of $50 scratch tickets and whether the figures accounted for future conversion from historical horse racing (HHR) machines to video lottery terminals (VLTs). McIntyre and committee members discussed machine counts, per-day revenue assumptions, and the likelihood that VLT conversion would increase revenues over time, though the timing and pace of conversion remained an open question. The committee also discussed several gaming-related policy items in HB 2, including changes to kino hours and local option games of chance, and noted that the Senate and House differed on how gaming revenues would be allocated between charities, education, and general funds. Members emphasized that revenue projections should remain conservative because operators, not the state, would control the pace of machine conversion. Representative Sweeney noted that operators could earn more per machine under the VLT model, and McIntyre said the new facilities and expansions were largely concentrated near the Massachusetts border. The committee then moved to the HB 1 detail change sheet. It agreed to Senate position on the Department of Safety’s road toll bureau and international registration program changes, which were described as a zero-cost realignment of positions, and held the Department of Corrections section for later discussion. On the judicial side, members approved a technical footnote fix, but held a new contract counsel item for involuntary mental health admissions and deferred discussion of the public defender program increase. The committee also noted no change for the PE development authority, moved safety rest area funding from HB 2 into HB 1 with no additional cost, and flagged the tourism development fund and other judicial items as issues that may depend on overall available revenue.

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• There is a section that deals with definitions under one 20.
• That's the bill and there is a technical amendment. >> Let's take up amendment Barcode 7, 7, 1, 9, 7,
• You have a one amendment source to that First Amendment Barcode 6, 2, 7, 7, 5, 6, You're recognized to
• Madam Chair of this bill has 2 sections.
• The first section makes it a violation of Section one, 12, the Florida code of Ethics for anyone who

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• Do you want to go straight to 7-Eleven, please?
• Do you want to go straight to 7-Eleven, please?
• If you look on the last page of the bill, you will see that section 12 has several sections of statutes
• </c><00:18:10.440><c> 12</c> bill uh you will see that section 12 bill uh you will see that section 12
• ><c> of</c><00:18:12.799><c> statutes</c> there are several sections of statutes there are several sections

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 276, which would revise the membership of the performance-based funding work group for postsecondary education. Representative Tipton explained that the committee substitute changes the group so the CPE president chairs it as a nonvoting member, all nine university and KCTCS presidents serve as nonvoting advisory members, and the voting members are three House members, three Senate members, the state budget director, and one gubernatorial appointee. He said the goal was to reduce deadlock among institutions and allow legislators to deliberate before meetings. Some members raised concerns that the change shifts influence away from the universities and toward the legislature, but Tipton said he had not heard pushback from the presidents. The committee adopted the substitute and passed HB 276 with an expression of opinion that it should pass with the committee substitute attached; several members voted yes, while Representative Roarx voted no and Representative Stalker passed. The committee then considered House Bill 711, another bill sponsored by Representative Baker and presented by Representative Tipton. Tipton said the measure is a cleanup bill for postsecondary statutes, repealing outdated provisions for groups that have not met in years, including the Strategic Committee on Postsecondary Education, the STEM Initiative Task Force, and local P-16 councils, and removing obsolete language about one-time board appointments. It also strikes the statutory definition of remedial education because Kentucky public postsecondary institutions no longer offer remedial classes, instead using transitional courses with wraparound support that count for credit. A question was raised about whether Senate confirmation requirements for some appointees had been removed in the committee substitute, and Tipton confirmed they had. The committee then passed HB 711 with an expression of opinion that it should pass with the committee substitute attached. After the bills, the committee reviewed administrative regulations from the Council on Postsecondary Education. CPE Senior Vice President and General Counsel Travis Pahl explained that the regulations update the performance funding model for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System to reflect changes made by Senate Bill 191, including a Community Needs Index that reallocates part of an equity adjustment based on regional poverty, unemployment, and labor participation across the 16 colleges. Members were told the committee could ask questions, propose amendments, or find the regulations deficient, but no further action was taken. The meeting then adjourned.

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• 29-7-5D.
• House Joint Resolution 7.
• Senate Joint Resolution 7.
• Being Laws 1987, Chapter 264, Section 3, and Laws 1988, Chapter 347, Section 3, as amended.
• So 1 through 7, Mr.

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• And that's in line 7, 6, 7, 2, 7, 71 those protections in place to prevent abuse.
• Delete all Amendment bar Code 8, 7, 7, a 1, 8, by Senator Yarborough. Senator Yarborough.
• 7, 8, 7, 0, to 5 Laurie to entice a child.
• 7 and that the disposition of conservation lands and section 18.
• 7, 6, 2, by Senator Burton.

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• Section 7 includes additional reporting of pupil outcomes through our publicly available Nevada report
• This is in Section 14.65.
• , but on section 56.5 I'm on the amendment, so maybe my sections will be incorrect, but on section 56.5
• Section 10, subsection 6.
• So in SB 500, which was the K-12 funding bill for this session, there was a provision in Section 7 of

Committee: Assembly Education

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• I move to adopt House section 1, Senate sections 2 through 7, House section 3 as amended, House section
• 5, Senate section 10, House sections 7 and 8, House section 9 as amended, Senate sections 13 through
• ><c> House</c> 1, Senate sections 2 through 7, House 1, Senate sections 2 through 7, House section<00
• ><c> sections</c><00:50:09.520><c> 7</c><00:50:09.839><c> and</c> Senate section 10, House sections 7
• and Senate section 10, House sections 7 and 8,<00:50:11.440><c> House</c><00:50:11.760><c> section</

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• </c><00:32:33.240><c> we've</c> have rallied and are up over 7% we've have rallied and are up over 7%
• of member dues or contributions into the special fund; and section 7 removes an accrued liability table
• </c><01:04:36.880><c> 7</c> into the special fund and section 7 into the special fund and section 7 removes
• And then the last section, Section 7, removes an actuarial accrued liability table for active members
• Section 3 amends Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 352.30 ... of the correctional plan May repay a of

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• You know, in Washington State, Article I, Section 7, that's an invasion of your own personal space and
• Court case examining Article 7, Section 1, Culleton v.
• Madam Speaker, you may know that Article 7, Section 1 came into existence after a furious public debate
• Court case examining Article 7, Section 1, Colitan v.
• Madam Speaker, you may know that Article 7, Section 1 came into existence after a furious public debate

Bills: HB2720 , HB2073 , SB5816 , SB5919 , SB5831 , SB6244 , SB6044 , SB5109 , SB5877 , SB6258

Keywords: behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives, best practices, community protection, voluntary measures, mortgage modification

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• We can work on bringing back the item on page 7.
• , in section 7, or on page 4, if I may say, it was stricken.
• My question is whether or not Section 7 would dovetail with Section On license renewal, and perhaps our
• Madam Chair, Senator, so you'll find their private remedies in Section 7 of the bill.
• Section 12.

Committee: House House Judiciary

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• Replace lines 116 through 117 on page five with the following: Commission section 4, section 22-10B-7
• </c><00:09:29.360><c> 22-10B-7</c> and to and to repeal section 22-10B-7 and to and to repeal section
• Replace lines 116 through 117 on page five with the following: Commission section 4, section 22-10B-7
• Replace lines 116 through 117 on page five with the following: Commission section 4, section 22-10B-7
• Sections one, two, three, and four.<00:10:17.920><c> Section</c><00:10:18.240><c> six,</c><00:10:18.959

Bills: SB54 , SB126 , SB128 , SB101 , SB102 , SB104 , HB282 , HB298 , SB54 , SB126 , SB128 , SB101 , SB102 , SB104 , HB282 , HB298

Committee: House Boards, Agencies and Commissions

Keywords: sunset law, Alabama Surface Mining Commission, environmental regulation, mining, state commission, Alabama Private Investigation Board, regulatory oversight, agency review, continuation, sickle cell disease, healthcare, regulatory commission, public health, regulation, electrical contractors, state agencies, home medical equipment, board continuation, boards, commissions

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• Chair Amendment 9, 7, 8, 7, 0, for this moment corrects an unintended consequence.
• Amendment 9, 7, 8, 7, 0, 4, Senator Collins, you're recognized to close on wave close. Thank you.
• I urge you to pass speak 2, 7, 7, with this amendment intact. My children deserve care.
• So you're talking about sections.
• But I do have a question on the the vaccine section.