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• When we add huge monetary criteria to that, that eliminates that opportunity for many, many good people
• There is a sponsor that has an obligation.
• It's not the state's obligation to make it easy to amend the Constitution.
• So that obligation should always be with the sponsor.
• And I believe in this bill, we put that obligation back on the sponsor in order to know that... ...the

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of introductions recognizing interns, pages, a retiring sergeant-at-arms employee, and advocates visiting for a Prader-Willi Syndrome awareness resolution. Leaders also noted ongoing budget talks with the House and said senators should not plan to be in next week while negotiations continue. The main floor debate centered on Committee Substitute for House Bill 12.5, a citizen-initiative elections bill. Sponsors said it was intended to address petition fraud and protect the integrity of the constitutional amendment process, citing investigations, arrests, and fraudulent petition activity tied to recent initiatives. Opponents argued the bill would make it much harder and more expensive for citizens to place amendments on the ballot, chill volunteer participation, and effectively favor wealthy or corporate interests. After extensive debate, the bill passed 28-10. The Senate then moved through a series of education bills, including measures on Bright Futures, Gold Seal, Florida ABLE, dual enrollment, educator preparation, and broader education policy, all of which passed unanimously. After a recess, the chamber took up House messages and concurred in amendments to bills on stem cell therapy, student athlete ECGs, cardiac emergency response plans, and school safety. Those measures also passed with broad support, with the school safety bill drawing some questions about the Guardian program and child care facilities.

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• Power that has no obligation to serve.
• A Power that has no obligation to serve.
• we oblige them. Right. Followup. we oblige them. Right. Followup.
• <05:12:13.040> benefit, some some sort of monetary benefit, some some sort of monetary benefit
• obligations three years in the future. obligations three years in the future.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• But that is our obligation and we're going to get those passed for sure.
• Sale of personal data: The exchange of personal data for monetary or other valuable consideration by
• The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 mandates compliance with any obligation to obtain
• Assists another controller, processor, or third party with any of the obligations under this act.
• The obligations imposed on controllers or processors under this act may not apply when compliance by

Bills: HB 14, HJR 31, HB 43, HB 18, HB 106, HB 36, HB 26, HB 149, HB 121, HB 206, HB 136, HB 3114, HB 2733, HB 1732, HB 3700, HB 467, HB 1130, HB 1846, HB 1442, HB 1147, HB 2176, HB 2701, HB 805, HB 2890, HB 1154, HB 1644, HB 2118, HB 1718, HB 2488, HB 2596, HB 1971, HB 2468, HB 484, HB 2578, HB 3204, HB 1041, HB 307, HB 685, HB 1710, HB 538, HB 2525, HB 3125, HB 2027, HB 2894, HB 3077, HB 3684, HJR 99, HB 1399, HJR 5, HB 1330, HB 2110, HJR 2, HJR 6, HB 1587, HB 14, HJR 31, HB 43, HB 18, HB 106, HB 36, HB 26, HB 149, HB 121, HB 206, HB 136, HB 3114, HB 2733, HB 1732, HB 3700, HB 467, HB 1130, HB 1846, HB 1442, HB 1147, HB 2176, HB 2701, HB 805, HB 2890, HB 1154, HB 1644, HB 2118, HB 1718, HB 2488, HB 2596, HB 1971, HB 2468, HB 484, HB 2578, HB 3204, HB 1041, HB 307, HB 685, HB 1710, HB 538, HB 2525, HB 3125, HB 2027, HB 2894, HB 3077, HB 3684

Keywords: nuclear energy, advanced reactors, energy security, grant programs, Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, farm products, tax exemption, ad valorem taxation, agriculture, Texas Constitution, livestock, producer, finance, young farmers, financial assistance, pest control, rural health, hospital funding, healthcare access, mental health services

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• They're the most targeted demographic: 25% of those reported incidents ...were 60 plus, and 53% of the monetary
• that was the 4,238 that were actually reported, and then $51.8 million was the reported loss, the monetary
• Those were specific. $51.8 million was the reported loss, the monetary loss on those.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• The budget creates a $1.9 billion settle-up obligation in 2024-25.
• supplemental pension payment to CalPERS in partial fulfillment of Proposition 2 debt repayment obligations
• addresses affordability for tenants and homeowners through a number of provisions that restrict monetary
• AB 130, particularly the provision to allow project developers to mitigate their VMT obligations under
• This is an existing obligation, and this policy would create an easier way for project developers to

Summary: The Assembly Budget Committee held an informational hearing on the final three-party budget agreement and related trailer bills, with the Department of Finance outlining the major budget bill and omnibus measures. Finance described a package built around balancing the state budget amid economic uncertainty, preserving core health and safety-net programs, and making significant ongoing reductions in some state programs. The budget bill included major items such as shifting $1 billion from the General Fund to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund for Cal Fire, funding universal transitional kindergarten, deferring some UC and CSU funding, supporting foster care and homelessness programs, providing Proposition 36 implementation funding, and achieving Medi-Cal savings through changes to benefits and eligibility. The committee also heard that votes on the budget bills were expected later in the week and the following Monday. Finance then walked through the trailer bills, including health, human services, early learning, education, resources, energy, transportation, labor, housing, tax, public safety, courts, general government, cannabis, and energy-related measures. Notable provisions included a Medi-Cal enrollment freeze for certain adults, new premiums and benefit changes for some immigrants, child care COLA changes, education funding for literacy, teacher support, universal meals, and community college student support, as well as resource and climate measures affecting Cal Fire staffing and energy permitting. The housing trailer bill drew the most discussion, with provisions on CEQA streamlining, a vehicle miles traveled mitigation banking program, a renters’ credit trigger, and a six-year moratorium on new residential building standards. Members also discussed a film tax credit expansion, cannabis enforcement funding, a tribal police pilot program, and changes to tax policy, including military retirement income exclusions and wildfire settlement payment exclusions. Committee members largely praised the staff and the budget process, but several raised concerns and asked detailed questions, especially about the housing trailer bill’s new wage standards, tribal consultation provisions, and possible effects on prevailing wage protections. Finance explained that the housing language was intended to set wage floors for market-rate projects receiving CEQA streamlining, with different county-based tiers and a notwithstanding clause preserving existing prevailing wage laws. Members also questioned the size and timing of funding for the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, Clean Cars for All, Proposition 36, and the film tax credit expansion. Other members highlighted support for public safety, veterans’ tax relief, child care providers, housing production, and higher education, while some expressed concern that the budget’s policy changes were being negotiated too quickly or without enough stakeholder input.

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• Also, the monetary penalties relative to this would be determined by the school board and would never
• Also, the monetary penalties relative to this would be determined by the school board and would never
• Also<04:14:14.800> um<04:14:14.880> the<04:14:15.120> monetary<04:14:15.600>
• penalties<04:14:16.159> relative Also um the monetary penalties relative Also um the monetary
• to have um the most obligation to have um the most fair-handed<04:24:14.080> and<04:24:14.319

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• , it just going to go to if it's monetary, it just going to go to the<00:42:32.319> unclaimed<
• <00:44:06.880> to >> Someone needs to take the obligation to >> Someone needs
• to take the obligation to make<00:44:07.359> a<00:44:07.760> a<00:44:08.079> due
• I know it's a monetary issue under the bill, but it's a health issue to me.
• I know it's a monetary issue under >> Okay.

Keywords: MS House Floor - 10 February, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then established a quorum and dispensed with the reading of the journal. Members also introduced a number of guests and visitors, including University of Southern Mississippi programs, 4-H participants from across the state, and several local constituents. A Mississippi 4-H president, Morgan White, addressed the chamber and spoke about the value of 4-H in building leadership, confidence, and agricultural skills, and noted the state’s first-in-the-nation 4-H slingshot curriculum and competition. The chamber then moved to the calendar and took up several bills. House Bill 943 was called up and passed after a committee substitute was adopted; the bill was explained as removing a repealer related to joint reports of examination by the Commissioner of Banking and Finance and the Federal Reserve Bank. House Bill 1265 also passed after being explained as extending a repealer for the debt service management act. House Bill 1477 was taken up next and generated extended discussion; it would create a process for abandoned safety deposit box contents, requiring notice to owners, allowing a period to cure delinquency, and then transferring contents to the Treasury Department for eventual disposition. Members asked several questions about House Bill 1477, especially about how long property would be held, how heirs would be notified, how cash and tangible items would be treated, and whether documents such as wills should be scanned or preserved before destruction. The bill’s sponsor said cash would remain unclaimed property, tangible items would generally be sold at public auction, and the Treasury Department would hold property for a minimum period before sale, with heirs still able to claim it for a time. The sponsor also said the bill had support from banking and credit union groups. No final vote on House Bill 1477 is shown in the transcript excerpt.

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• of the state debt service obligations of the state debt service obligations of the state industrial
• of the state debt service obligations of the state debt service obligations of the state industrial
• family, then we have a moral obligation family, then we have a moral obligation to do so.
• and responsibilities and obligations and responsibilities and obligations and rights as an American
• And that what that monetary impact is. And that what that monetary impact is.

Keywords: 920, all

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• they might have other obligations. they might have other obligations.
• you explain to me why on in the remedy section uh you're looking for conjunctive relief and and monetary
• Remember um um um attorney feed monetary relief. I I don't understand what you're looking for here.
• um conjunctive relief and and monetary um conjunctive relief and and monetary relief.<01:13:29.520
• I I don't >> attorney feed monetary relief.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• , why does a small group of people in a private club get to dictate interests that are for their monetary
• 16:26.640> their dictate interests that are for their dictate interests that are for their monetary
• 28.640> when<03:16:28.840> the<03:16:29.040> majority<03:16:29.520> of monetary
• benefit when the majority of monetary benefit when the majority of the<03:16:29.880> opinion<
• <03:52:36.720> the follow her would have to um oblige the follow her would have to um oblige

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Um, so this amendment um seeks to provide some clarification around um the non-monetary penalties as
• Um, so this um gives options for those non-monetary penalties such as community service, enrollment in
• > penalties<01:35:31.920> such<01:35:32.080> as for those non-monetary penalties
• such as for those non-monetary penalties such as community<01:35:32.719> service<01:35:33.760
• And if there are multiple non-monetary penalties available, they can also decide which penalty. >> Okay

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Representative Greco, are you asking about specific monetary sums under this bill versus under currently
• Damages are typically monetary, and so these are monetary damages awarded by a jury.
• There are other types of monetary damages awarded by a jury and other types of malpractice actions, but
• Yes, damages are typically monetary, and so these are monetary damages awarded by a jury.
• There are other types of monetary damages awarded by a jury and other types of malpractice actions, but

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present, then adopted the special order report and moved into a series of budget-related bills. The chamber first took up HB 5011/SB 2506 on environmental resource management and natural resources funding, where Democrats argued the bill would reduce recurring support for the Resilient Florida program, the Florida Wildlife Corridor, invasive species removal, and other conservation efforts. Supporters said the change would shift money from recurring to nonrecurring funding so the Legislature could reassess priorities each year and rely more on private-sector stewardship. After a strike-all amendment and conference posture change, SB 2506 passed 97-12. HB 5013, reducing state-funded property reinsurance reserves, passed 108-0, and HB 5501, redirecting documentary stamp tax distributions from housing and transportation trust funds into general revenue, passed 82-26 after extended debate over its impact on affordable housing and transportation funding. The House also passed HB 5015 on state group insurance, which requires DMS to develop a formulary management system and was described as producing significant savings; members raised concerns about prescription access and implementation, but the bill passed 109-0. HB 5201 on state financial accounting and HB 5203 on the Capitol Center both passed unanimously, as did HB 5009, which creates a Florida Accountability Office and reorganizes audit functions. The chamber then passed HB 7031, a major sales tax reduction bill lowering the state sales tax rate and several related rates; supporters framed it as permanent relief for all Floridians, while opponents said property tax relief would be more meaningful and that the sales tax cut would also benefit tourists and out-of-state visitors. HB 7031 passed 112-0. The House then began consideration of HB 501, the proposed fiscal year 2025-26 budget, totaling $112.9 billion and emphasizing reduced recurring spending and large reserves. Subcommittee chairs outlined their budget silos: K-12 education at $20.6 billion with teacher raises, school hardening, literacy, transportation stipends, and security funding for Jewish day schools; health care at $47 billion with full Medicaid and KidCare funding, opioid settlement spending, mental health beds, and senior services; transportation/economic development at $18.5 billion; agriculture and natural resources at $5.8 billion with reduced Everglades spending but continued water, resiliency, and land management funding; higher education at $8.7 billion; state administration at $2.9 billion; justice at $7.3 billion; and IT at $529 million for Florida PALM, FX, and other systems. Members then began questioning the K-12 budget, focusing on FEFP funding, proration, voucher growth, stabilization dollars, mental health and school safety funding, and whether districts would be held harmless under the proposed allocations.

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• to address on-the-job impairment. and to comply with federal requirements and safety-sensitive obligations
• in a way that is more natural and better for us while maintaining trust that we will fulfill our obligations
• Also, under A, unless the ability to do so would cause the employer to lose monetary or license-related

Bills: SB20, SB53, SB86, SB96, SB129

Keywords: prior authorization, pharmacy benefits manager, PBM, health insurer, prescription drugs, step therapy, formulary, auto-adjudication, electronic portal, appeals, medical necessity, serious mental illness, mental health, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, substance use disorder, addiction treatment, cancer, autoimmune disorder

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• By collaborating, we build our financing and monetary ownership and keep it in the state of New Mexico
• So every grant that you're seeing here is fully obligated.
• But legally, all my staff work to make sure that all the money is actually obligated to the state.

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• And we also have an obligation to protect lives, no matter where people come from.
• RELEASE ON NON-MONETARY CONDITIONS AND PRETRIAL INTENTION.
• TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS AMENDMENT PRESERVES PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO FOLLOW THEIR ACTUAL OBLIGATIONS, MORALLY

Keywords: immigration enforcement, unauthorized alien entry, death penalty, capital felonies, 287G agreements, in-state tuition, undocumented students, DACA, TPS, Venezuelan immigrants, law enforcement funding, immigration detention, federal preemption, equal protection, constitutional challenges, immigration status determination, school resource officers, conscientious objection, clergy protection, teacher protection

Summary: The Florida House passed two immigration enforcement bills during a special session. Senate Bill 4C creates new state offenses for unauthorized alien entry/reentry into Florida and mandates the death penalty for unauthorized aliens convicted of capital felonies. Senate Bill 2C establishes a state immigration enforcement board, provides $300+ million for local law enforcement immigration cooperation, creates a $1,000 bonus program for officers participating in federal immigration enforcement, and repeals in-state tuition for undocumented students effective July 1, 2025. Multiple amendments were proposed but failed, including protections for Venezuelan TPS holders, DACA recipients, students in critical professions, and conscientious objection provisions for clergy and teachers. Debate included constitutional concerns about federal preemption, equal protection violations, and mandatory death penalty provisions. The session also included a memorial urging DHS to provide 287G agreement training opportunities.

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• When are we going to start seeing some monetary checks being written to those that ...
• When are we going to start seeing some monetary checks being written to those that ...
• When are we going to start seeing some<00:57:11.280> monetary some monetary some monetary checks
• We as state government, as far as I’m concerned, have an obligation to pay our bills.
• We don't have an obligation and a duty just to the people that you see in this Capitol building.

Keywords: MS House Floor - 4 February, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the pledge, established a quorum, dispensed with reading the journal and bill introductions, and then moved through announcements recognizing visitors in the galleries, including cancer advocacy groups, Mississippi Math and Science School students, a gospel choir, Leadership Greater Jackson, and other guests. Members also made several commendations, including recognition of Elena Johnson’s softball accomplishments and a student’s appointment to West Point. On the general calendar, the House passed House Bill 1076, the SAVE Act of 2026, by a vote of 122-0. The bill is described as a consumer protection measure for veterans that prohibits pay-to-refer arrangements, tightens standards for paid claims assistance, requires written agreements and limits upfront or nonrefundable fees, and adds privacy and disclosure safeguards. The House also passed House Bill 223, designating a segment of Highway 537 as the Sergeant John Howard Tanner Memorial Highway, by 122-0. The chamber then passed House Bill 1112, which revises state aid road division laws to expand purchasing authority, increase authorized vehicles, and allow unused county road funds to be reallocated after a period of time, by 120-1. House Bill 737, with an adopted amendment, allows Medicaid providers to repay certain non-fraud overpayments in installments when immediate repayment would cause hardship and aligns the repayment timeline with federal law; it passed 116-0. The House also passed House Bill 479 on marriage and family therapy and psychology licensure changes, adopting an amendment that extends the time to verify credentials for out-of-state applicants and provides a temporary license, by 121-0. Additional bills passed included House Bill 991 on third-party registration systems for used motor vehicle parts dealers and scrap metal processors (118-0), House Bill 1072 creating voluntary portable benefits accounts for independent contractors (119-0), House Bill 1137 revising CPA licensure education and experience requirements (118-1), House Bill 571 extending the foreign-national contribution ban to ballot measures (111-1), House Bill 630 allowing certain county electors to serve as municipal poll managers in small municipalities (113-4), House Bill 858 requiring election equipment internet connectivity to be disabled on election day (116-1), House Bill 788 changing how affidavit ballots can update voter registration information, with an amendment adopted, (115-3), and House Bill 908 tying Mississippi’s mail-ballot counting rule to the outcome of pending federal litigation so state and local races would be treated the same if the current federal-race rule is struck down (the bill was under discussion at the end of the excerpt).

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• This is about insurance companies not wanting to pay out those obligations.
• This is about insurance companies not wanting to pay out those obligations.
• This is about insurance companies not wanting to pay out those obligations.
• This is about insurance companies not wanting to pay out those obligations.
• I had used a personal obligations.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Um, very rarely do we do, um, monetary support for artists from the mainland. Sometimes we do.
• do<00:55:09.200> we<00:55:10.400> do<00:55:11.119> um<00:55:11.760> monetary
• <00:55:12.319> support very rarely do we do um monetary support very rarely do we do um monetary

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• themselves in a situation where a first responder was killed in the line of duty, they can take gifts, monetary
• 16.000> gifts, the line of duty, they can take gifts, the line of duty, they can take gifts, monetary
• 57:18.160> then<00:57:18.400> use<00:57:18.640> them<00:57:18.880> to monetary
• gifts, uh and then use them to monetary gifts, uh and then use them to either<00:57:19.760> support

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• advance, pay, give, promise, lend food, money, liquor, clothing, entertainment, or anything else of monetary
• <00:19:03.000> of entertainment or anything else of entertainment or anything else of monetary
• 04.120> already<00:19:04.360> in<00:19:04.480> the<00:19:04.640> law monetary
• value that's already in the law monetary value that's already in the law what<00:19:05.440> this<

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 1378, an elections administration bill, and first adopted the DE5 amendment. The author described DE5 as a negotiated package combining provisions from several bills on election administration, including notice of temporary polling locations, residence standards for people under civil commitment orders, polling place closure/change notices, absentee voting provisions, special election filing periods, and timelines for filing statements of economic interest. The committee then adopted two additional amendments, A6 and A8, both presented as technical or corrective changes; A8 restored language on off-reservation temporary polling that had been inadvertently left out. Testimony from county election officials and the Secretary of State’s office was generally supportive of the bill’s election-administration changes. Blue Earth County’s Michael Stalberger said the bill would streamline election-day work, improve absentee ballot deadlines, clarify ballot correction procedures, formalize chain-of-custody plans, and speed out-of-court remedies for ballot errors. He also raised concerns about implementation details, including the timing for first chain-of-custody plans, applying candidate filing changes to townships and school districts as well as cities, the short turnaround for college student housing lists, and whether the statewide system could handle new absentee-ballot data fields. Nicole Freeman of the Secretary of State’s office echoed support for the technical cleanup and several policy changes, including removing the permanent absentee application box from voter registration forms, clarifying ballot-board procedures, chain-of-custody planning, and the out-of-court remedy, while also flagging concerns about the absentee application cutoff, city opt-outs from absentee voting, and staffing requirements for absentee locations. Later in the hearing, members discussed a separate proposed amendment, A4/A3, dealing with prohibitions on inducements to vote or register, including lotteries or other chances to win money or goods. The author explained it was intended to clarify existing law and respond to recent examples of large-money election-related giveaways, but after discussion the chair declined to offer the amendment in committee, saying it would likely not have enough support and could be taken up later on the floor. The hearing ended with the technical amendments adopted and the bill advanced with the committee continuing broader discussions on the remaining issues.