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• Spell, urging and requesting the Department of Health and the State Department of Education, in collaboration
• solicitation, provides for disclosure, remedies, penalties, civil damages, and unfair, deceptive trade practices
• But in practice, it's Without clear instructions on how to measure the distance between point A and point
• fighting over which driving route is realistic, which one is commonly traveled, and which one is practical
• What one judge considers practical, What one judge considers practical, another judge may consider unrealistic

Bills: HR42 , HR43 , HR44 , HR45 , HCR22 , HCR23 , HCR24 , HCR25 , HCR26 , HCR27 , HCR28 , HCR29 , HCR30 , HB894 , HB983 , HB984 , HR39 , HR40 , HR41 , HCR19 , HCR20 , HCR21 , HB2 , HB3 , HB15 , HB441 , HB976 , HB977 , HB978 , HB979 , HB980 , HB981 , HB982 , HB129 , HB130 , HB287 , HB489 , HB521 , HB545 , HB553 , HB555 , HB570 , HB670 , HB672 , HB797 , HB854 , HB952 , HB207 , HB300 , HB331 , HB428 , HB464 , HB587 , HB618 , HB629 , HB801 , HB853 , HB891 , HB474 , HB487 , HB503 , HB606 , HB633 , HB707 , HB720 , HB728 , HB733 , HB846 , HB852 , HB856 , HB868 , HB875 , HB112 , HB657 , HB221 , HB149 , HB901 , HB148 , HB354

Keywords: women, chemistry industry, Louisiana, recognition, workforce, commendation, leadership, faith, community service, Bishop Weidner, log truck drivers, transportation safety, log industry, pastor, Church of Pentecost, forestry, tree farming, W.H. Ward Properties, community support, Louisiana Forestry Association

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with prayer by Father Josh Johnson, and heard several personal privileges recognizing guests and special observances, including Plaquemines Parish Day, TRIO Day visitors from Southern University, the creation of an Italian-American Legislative Caucus tied to St. Joseph’s Day, and a pro-life gala. Members also welcomed Colonel Joseph Masekia back to Louisiana after 30 years of military service. Senate messages reported concurrence in HCR 13, adoption and transmittal of SCR 13 on World Down Syndrome Day, and passage of numerous Senate bills, which were read by title and laid over. The chamber then handled a series of House resolutions and committee reports, including resolutions honoring individuals and events, and committee reports from Criminal Justice, Education, Health and Welfare, House and Governmental Affairs, Insurance, and Natural Resources. Several resolutions were adopted without objection, including measures for Plaquemines Parish Day, the Italian-American Legislative Caucus, and commendations for local honorees. The House also received and referred a number of new House bills, including the capital outlay budget, bond authorization, retirement, municipal, civil law, commerce, appropriations, transportation, and tax-related measures. The House took up and passed multiple bills on the floor, often after technical amendments. These included HB 207 on the Louisiana Auctioneers Licensing Board, HB 300 raising the appraisal threshold for state bank residential loans, HB 428 creating an LSU College World Series champions prestige plate, HB 464 on utility damage reporting, HB 587 creating a PANS/PANDAS specialty plate, HB 618 on Louisiana Economic Development fees, HB 629 for a Crew of Athena plate, HB 801 creating a classic black prestige plate, HB 853 on misleading solicitations by non-government entities, HB 891 consolidating conservation-related prestige plates, HB 112 clarifying child relocation distance measurement, HB 657 naming highways in honor of local figures, and HB 354 naming a bridge for Caleb Easterling. Most passed unanimously or near-unanimously, with HB 801 passing 93-1. The House also adopted amendments and recommitted several bills to Appropriations, and the day ended with announcements of upcoming committee meetings and adjournment until Monday at 2:00 p.m.

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• Eggs are also uniquely practical for household food reliance.
• Eggs are also uniquely practical for household food reliance.
• You have 48 states and the District of Columbia, or some that do, that have laws that govern the practice
• There's a shortage of land surveyors now, and people are currently practicing or overworked.
• In fact, Land surveyors now and people are currently practicing or overworked.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, offered prayer and pledge, approved the journal, and received several communications, including substitute legislator designations and gubernatorial appointments to the Idaho Lottery Commission and State Building Authority. Members also made brief announcements and introductions before moving into committee reports and the day’s floor calendar. The chamber advanced a number of bills and resolutions through reading and referral, including measures on the Idaho Child Care Program, Health and Human Services appropriations, elections, development impact fees, hazardous waste, and several House concurrent resolutions and joint memorials. On final consideration, the Senate passed Senate Bill 1285 on occupational licensure for nonpublic school diplomas, Senate Bill 1286 on consumer protections for veterans benefits, Senate Bill 1323 on enforcement of contracts involving gold and silver specie, Senate Bill 1338 on allowing a portion of idle state funds to be invested in gold and silver bullion, and Senate Bill 1342 establishing a limited right for households to keep hens for egg production. The Senate also passed House Bill 531 updating epinephrine delivery system language for schools, House Bill 518 expanding authority for the Attorney General in human trafficking cases, House Bill 512 reinstating an open-book jurisprudence exam for land surveyors, House Bill 551 correcting urban renewal-related property tax treatment for fire and ambulance districts, House Bill 594 codifying a Supreme Court ruling on distribution of late property tax fees and interest, and House Bill 587 clarifying continuous funding for rangeland improvement programs. Debate on several measures included concerns about local control, continuous spending, and oversight, but each bill ultimately received majority support. The Senate reordered the third-reading calendar and then adjourned until Monday, March 9, 2026.

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• And then the local jurisdiction can look at whether it's practicable to put that access in.
• But if there's already a pedestrian path there and it's practical to put in an alternate, that's what
• equipment requirements for electric motorcycles; appropriate penalties for deceptive e-bike marketing practices
• and local law enforcement agencies must coordinate within existing resources and to the extent practicable
• We appreciate representatives for hosting stakeholders to collaboratively develop an amendment that meets

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: 904, all

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• is the natural next step to move the rate-setting formula out of statute and align it with best practices
• is the natural next step to move the rate-setting formula out of statute and align it with best practices
• ... ...step to move the rate-setting formula out of statute and align it with best practices in accounting
• We think it is good practice, best practices, for setting rates through math instead of statute, so happy
• Member Schmidt for sponsoring the companion bill brought forward earlier and Senator Hunt for a collaborative

Summary: The Labor and Workplace Standards Committee held public hearings on several labor-related bills. SB 6197 would change plumbing license suspension rules from three infractions in three years to five infractions in five years, remove the advisory board recommendation requirement, and require L&I enforcement updates; the sponsor said the bill was narrowed after stakeholder talks, though one transition-timing issue remained unresolved. SB 6134 would require the Employment Security Department to notify striking workers applying for unemployment benefits that they may later owe overpayments if they receive retroactive wages; the sponsor and a testifier said the bill would prevent workers from being paid twice. SB 5292 would replace the PFML program’s statutory look-back premium formula with a forward-looking actuarial method while keeping the 1.2% cap and adding a four-month reserve requirement; labor, business, and policy witnesses offered support or concerns about the reserve. SB 6106 would exempt tribes and tribally owned businesses from the state WARN-style notice law and protect affected workers’ names and addresses from public disclosure; ESD and business groups supported it, while agricultural witnesses asked for a future fix for seasonal agriculture. The committee then moved into executive session on six bills. It adopted amendments to ESSB 5847, which expands access to medical care in workers’ compensation, including allowing certain outside-network providers and authorizing additional claims managers; the bill was reported out 7-2 as amended. SSB 6014, a cleanup bill correcting a date typo and protecting sensitive L&I records from public disclosure, passed unanimously. SSB 6039, allowing L&I to use electronic communications while offering a non-electronic option first, also passed unanimously. ESSB 6058, giving L&I discretion to prioritize wage complaints, was amended to align with the House companion and then passed unanimously. SB 6136, requiring publication of actuarially indicated workers’ compensation rates and disclosure when rates are set below them, passed unanimously. On SB 6188, which would expand L&I’s asbestos-certification rulemaking authority, the committee rejected an amendment that would have restored current-law limits and instead passed the bill without amendment. Members supporting the bill said it would let Washington strengthen asbestos protections if federal standards weaken, while opponents argued it could create conflicting requirements and unnecessary regulatory expansion. The bill was reported out 6-3. The committee adjourned after announcing the votes and noting it would reconvene the next day.

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• Now, to put this in practice, Grant PUD has established separate rate classes for large industrial customers
• Now, to put this in principle, in practice, the grant PUD has established separate rate classes for large
• Many of the concepts for Senate Bill 6171 align with our existing practices developed through our local
• Thanks again for the opportunity to testify and looking forward to collaborating with you further.
• However, there's one common practice in data center construction that I'd like to see this bill address

Bills: SB6171 , SB5965 , SB5982 , SB6004 , SB6010 , SB5941 , SB6050

Committee: Senate Environment, Energy & Technology

Keywords: energy facilities, large energy consumers, regulation, environment, sustainability, retail bags, pollution, customer impact, consumer-owned utilities, clean energy, port districts, market customers, energy transformation, renewable energy, public entities, electric generation, contracting, SB 6010, Washington energy siting, EFSEC

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• But you can't untrain an AI model, so that limitation won't mean anything in practice.
• grade bands, course levels, and learning progression to evaluate real-world progression, and in practice
• I'm a little bit concerned that there are current practices in place. I've built my career on.
• I'm a little bit concerned that there are current practices in place right now.
• So what we've tried to do is build this on existing practices of what they're already required to do.

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Meeting TCEQ standards or holding reciprocal certifications reduces the overall standard of practice.
• I'm also here in collaboration with Mr. Swor from the Texas Irrigation Association.
• Certification through ASSE-approved courses requires passing both written and practical exams administered
• Our licensing, in addition to having the practical exam and the theory exam that we also conduct through
• third-party proctors for the practical.

Bills: HB5208 , SB863 , SB1243 , SB1624 , SB1965 , SB2660 , SB2702 , SB2885

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: water filtration, public drinking water, health and safety, well maintenance, water quality, Edwards Aquifer, water conservation, reclaimed water, aquifer storage, environmental protection, public utility agency, dissolution, local government, regulatory framework, municipal authority, Texas Water Bank, Texas Water Trust, water rights, water banking, instream flow

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• These practices create not only confusion, but fear.
• I appreciate everybody's collaboration on this measure, and I appreciate your work, Mr.
• I appreciate you working so collaboratively with the committee.
• This practice keeps animals in limbo, often for months or even years. The result is...
• This practice keeps animals in limbo, often for months or even years.

Committee: House Public Safety

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We are committed to collaborating with state agencies, MMB, the LBO, and all of you to create dynamic
• </c> again we are committed to collaborating again we are committed to collaborating with<00:21:34.760
• Berg, for the comprehensive, coordinated, and collaborative statements there regarding Mr. Cullen.
• </c><00:26:18.320><c> with</c> the savings Juniper collaborates with the savings Juniper collaborates
• This can be accomplished by using a practical and pragmatic approach: meet with real people, discover

Committee: Senate Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So we have to be thinking about practical reasons how we would implement this bill, because DOE is statewide
• So we have to be thinking about practical reasons how we would implement this bill, because DOE is statewide
• with the the bill good collaboratively with the the bill good point<00:47:20.319><c> should</c><00:47
• This is one that we would handle in collaboration, so I think that feature was added so that we can defer
• um you know the department practically um you know the department always<02:04:34.440><c> uses</c><02

Committee: House Agriculture & Food Systems

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• source, must also incorporate best practices in a water plant water conservation plans.
• No feasible, practical alternative to the water source must also incorporate best practices in a water
• It also incorporates again the best practices. It would require monitoring.
• Seeing none, we'll now go to Article 23, which is data practices. Senator Draheim.
• </c><04:46:37.080><c> Senator</c> which is data practices. Senator which is data practices.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• with stakeholders but also collaborate with stakeholders but also with<02:08:17.840><c> each</c><02:
• </c><02:08:46.079><c> among</c> this that involve collaboration among this that involve collaboration
• I think, knowing that we've been tried to be collaborative to let things move forward, it's hard now
• I think, knowing that we've been tried to be collaborative to let things move forward, it's hard now
• I think, knowing that we've been tried to be collaborative to let things move forward, it's hard now

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• ><c> on</c><01:25:40.800><c> protecting</c> best practices were on protecting best practices were on
• There are emerging, but best practices.
• </c> business reasons, practical business reasons, practical considerations. considerations. considerations
• </c> Um e you know increasing collaboration Um e you know increasing collaboration is<02:38:24.960><c
• </c> change 20 years of practice change 20 years of practice &gt;&gt; and<04:06:02.239><c> instead</c

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• In practice, that means that only applies when there's only one FDA, In practice, that means that only
• AB 1979 draws a clear and practical line.
• Thank you for your collaboration and for taking the amendment.
• I'm the executive director for the practice project.
• This is what fairness looks like in practice and is why the Practice Project and patient advocates across

Summary: The committee heard AB 1887, which would speed prior authorization for FDA-approved rare disease treatments prescribed by specialists and, if a plan does not act within 30 days, deem the request approved. The author and supporters, including patients and clinicians, said delays can cause irreversible harm, hospitalizations, and death, especially for children and people with progressive rare diseases. Health plans and insurers opposed the bill’s automatic-approval provision and said the measure lacked safeguards for incomplete requests and shared responsibility for timely information. The chair encouraged continued work with opponents, and the author said the bill was narrowed from an earlier version that would have waived prior authorization entirely. The committee also heard AB 1979 on artificial intelligence in health care, AB 2161 on Medi-Cal work requirements, AB 539 on extending approved prior authorizations, AB 2311 on physician employment at public hospital districts, AB 1148 on banning phthalates and bisphenols in food packaging, AB 1825 on mental health offender reentry coordination, and AB 2282 on a temporary emergency stabilization unit in Patterson. AB 1979 would preserve licensed clinicians’ professional judgment, bar AI from directing unlicensed clinical functions, and protect medical records used by consumer chatbots; after amendments, several hospital, medical, and industry groups moved from opposition to neutral. AB 2161 would limit the harm of federal Medi-Cal work-reporting rules by using existing data, improving notices, and protecting due process; it drew broad support from patient, provider, and advocacy groups. AB 539 would keep prior authorization approvals valid for up to one year or the course of treatment, with supporters citing continuity of care and opponents warning about utilization, fraud, and cost concerns. AB 2311, as amended, would let certain high-payer-mix or distressed public health care districts directly employ physicians; CMA withdrew opposition after the bill was narrowed, while some hospital interests still objected to the carve-out. AB 1148 would prohibit two chemicals commonly used in food packaging, with supporters citing cancer and endocrine-disruption risks and opponents arguing DTSC should handle the issue through its existing regulatory process. AB 1825 would improve transition planning and Medi-Cal enrollment for offenders with mental health disorders leaving state hospitals, and AB 2282 would authorize a temporary rural emergency stabilization care unit in Patterson until a permanent hospital is built. Several bills were held for later action because the committee lacked a quorum, and the chair repeatedly noted that motions would be taken once enough members returned.

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• Uh but prior to practicing development.
• The practical practicality of posting a PUD agreement to our website, even seven days before a council
• It's a business practice that would not be tolerated in any other industry.
• </c><00:42:38.720><c> that</c> industries wide business practices that industries wide business practices
• These are business practices that in any These are business practices that in any other<00:44:29.359>

Committee: House Housing Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• It's a It's an evidence-based practice.
• Ending this practice has been years.
• In 2022, we had extensive community collaboration that was done.
• </c><00:32:34.000><c> of</c> effective and evidence-based practice of effective and evidence-based practice
• So also I just collaborative manner.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• 17.760><c> social</c> requires collaboration among social requires collaboration among social services
• </c><03:40:27.120><c> doesn't</c> of mental health practice. doesn't of mental health practice. doesn't
• And that's all it's practical nurse.
• </c> procedures to ensure practice procedures to ensure practice compliance.<03:55:07.199><c> In</c><
• </c><03:56:22.319><c> and</c> foundation for consistent practice and foundation for consistent practice

Committee: House Executive Departments and Administration

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• And I think all of the bills practices.
• On page six, high-quality instructional materials and practices. This is a key concept.
• </c> instructional materials and practices. instructional materials and practices.
• </c><01:05:08.720><c> and</c> receives job embedded practice-based and receives job embedded practice-based
• </c> actual application and like practical actual application and like practical um,<01:23:22.960><c>

Bills: HB0076 , HB0102 , HB0115

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: annexation, landowner rights, municipal law, city planning, property, local government, artificial intelligence, synthetic sexual material, child protection, self-harm, criminal liability, cardiac emergency, defibrillator, school safety, training, public health, 916, all

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• And so I think, you know, learning that process, what you can find to be best practices or we can share
• I'm an attorney here in Texas, practicing law for many years.
• I hope to provide helpful context for best practices and policy administration.
• The right exists on paper, but in practice There was no penalty. There's no right.
• The right exists on paper, but in practice, that's where it stays.

Committee: House Elections

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• So, um, this really clarifies OHE's current practice.
• So it's not changing anything when it comes to current practice for this grant program.
• We are committed to clinical practice, research, and education. testimony. Great.
• We are committed practice in the world.
• </c><01:03:09.280><c> for</c> partnership has been a collaboration for partnership has been a collaboration

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 2312 and first adopted the DE1 amendment, after which the amended bill was discussed. Nonpartisan fiscal staff walked through the spreadsheet and explained the bill’s higher education budget changes, including increases for state grants and tribal college assistance, unchanged funding for several existing programs, and reductions or eliminations for items such as state work study, summer academic enrichment, student loan counseling, concurrent enrollment, and the student parent support initiative. Staff also noted transfers to special revenue funds, the cancellation and reappropriation of ALS research funding, and a new licensing/registration revenue item. The committee was told the bill met the committee’s zero target overall, with a net general fund change of zero relative to the February forecast, while also adding some non-general fund expenditures for program licensing and registration. Members asked several questions about the transfers and specific line items, including whether any new special revenue accounts were being created, the foster care wraparound services line, and the treatment of the University of Minnesota and Centric Care partnership. Staff explained that the transfers generally did not create new accounts, that some items were not in the base, and that the U of M/Centric Care partnership was a one-time appropriation in the prior bill but was now being built into the base at a different amount. The University of Minnesota section also included new or continued funding for medical school development, health training restoration, emergency assistance grants, ALS research, and a weather resiliency program, while the Mayo Foundation section eliminated funding for Mayo Medical School and the Mayo family medicine residency program. The policy portion of the DE1 was then introduced. It included a maximum tuition and fee amount for state grants, direct appropriation of emergency assistance grants to Minnesota State, a juvenile justice appropriation for Metropolitan State University, and the ALS research reappropriation to the University of Minnesota. It also contained repealers for unfunded programs, including a delayed repealer for the student parent support initiative. In the higher education policy article, the bill would allow Minnesota State to offer applied doctoral degrees in cybersecurity, make technical changes to hunger-free campus and sexual misconduct procedures, extend pregnant and parenting student protections to private institutions, allow OHE to retain up to 10% of certain competitive grants for administration, consolidate reports, change the state grant formula so negative FAFSA contributions count as zero, and reduce the state grant lifetime credit cap from 180 to 120 credits. The Northstar Promise provisions would limit tuition and fees to resident rates and require MnState, and request the University of Minnesota, to ensure eligible students receive the benefit.