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• Mark for legislation to promote energy conservation in residential buildings through the installation

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several routine reports and local bills. It adopted a resolution commending the AADC Family Network and recognizing October 23, 2025, as AADC Deficiency Awareness Day in Massachusetts. The House also concurred with a Senate petition on energy-conservation windows being referred to the Committee on Housing. The chamber then acted on a slate of bills scheduled by the Committee on Steering Policy and Scheduling. It advanced House Bills 1194, 2280, 2644, 2646, and 1301 to third reading, covering cleanup of accidental home heating oil spills, permitting reforms for businesses and landowners, fire protection, public fire safety and professionalism, and primary insurance. Each was taken up under suspension of Rule 7A and ordered to a third reading without objection. The House also passed several local bills to be engrossed: House Bills 3896 on recall elections in Berlin, 3901 exempting Natick’s assistant fire chief from civil service, 4212 allowing Lancaster to dissolve its animal control commission, and 4347 concerning Williamsburg Library Trustees. House Bill 4380, amending Agawam’s charter, was amended on the floor to change the election timing language and add an effective-date section, then passed to be engrossed as amended. The House then recessed briefly, adopted an order to meet the following Tuesday at 11 a.m., and adjourned to an informal session.

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• You know, we have different classes: class one, two, three, four; residential, commercial properties,

Committee: Senate Housing, Construction, and Community Development

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The New York State Senate Committee on Housing, Construction, and Community Development met on May 18, 2026, with a quorum present and several members participating by vote sheet. Chair Brian Kavanagh opened the meeting by noting it was likely the committee’s last meeting of the session and thanked members and staff for their work. Senators also offered brief remarks of appreciation for the chair and the committee’s collaborative process. The committee advanced four bills. S.2523A (Ramos) would establish a jobs and housing pilot program to create construction jobs and address the housing crisis; it was reported to Finance, with Senator Walsack voting no and Senator Martins voting AWR. S.8612 (Kavanagh) would make clarifying changes to the good cause eviction law; the chair said it had been extensively negotiated with tenant and landlord stakeholders and had broad support, and it was reported with Senators Martins and Walsack voting AWR. S.8918A (Kavanagh) would create the Build Up New York pilot program and a mass timber for affordable housing program, along with related tax credits; it was reported to the floor unanimously. The committee also considered S.9287 (Hensh), which would create a real property tax exemption for certain full-time residents in certain counties. Members discussed whether the bill would create a new property class or instead shift tax burdens within the one- to four-family home class, and raised concerns about impacts on second homes and local school budgets. Supporters argued it resembled a homestead exemption and could help local residents. The bill was reported to Finance, with Senator Martins voting ADBR. The meeting then adjourned after the final agenda item.

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• There were concerns about residential developments, and so this ties it to a specific framework.

Bills: HB148 , HB148 , HB334 , HB554 , HB762 , HB1520 , HB1593 , HB3526 , HB3810 , HB5092 , SB2215 , HB2607

Committee: Senate Local Government

Keywords: HB 148, Texas Education Code, Texas Education Agency, TEA, artificial intelligence, AI, machine learning, automated scoring, constructed response, open-ended answers, student assessments, state testing, standardized tests, public schools, education policy, assessment instruments, school accountability, test scoring, 2026-2027 school year, family leave

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• that this will not be an inappropriate land use, right, and because they were concerned about a residential

Bills: HB 148 , HB 334 , HB 554 , HB 762 , HB 1520 , HB 1593 , HB 3526 , HB 3810 , HB 5092 , SB 2215 , HB 2607

Committee: Senate Local Government

Keywords: family leave, leave pool, county employee, sick leave, vacation leave, family care, pandemic, guardianship, HB 554, fireworks, Juneteenth, Juneteenth holiday, retail fireworks permit, Texas Occupations Code, Local Government Code, county commissioners court, drought conditions, Texas A&M Forest Service, fire safety, holiday sales

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• MORE AND REQUIRES THE STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF MITIGATION GRANT DEBATE ONE RESIDENTIAL

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• We're going to be taking up the next bill, HB 1776 HD2, relating to residential landlord-tenant code.
• So our first vote today will be on HB 1776 HD2 relating to the residential landlord-tenant code.
• 03:36:20.960><c> relating</c><03:36:21.280><c> to</c><03:36:21.360><c> the</c><03:36:21.440><c> residential
• </c> 1776 HD2 relating to the residential 1776 HD2 relating to the residential landlord-tenant<03:36:
• It would create a situation of our bus companies competing for the same limited pool of drivers.

Bills: HB2459 , HB1616 , HB1799 , HB1604 , HB1732 , HB1736 , HB1931 , HB772 , HB2153 , HB2122 , HB2009 , HB2012 , HB1779 , HB2296 , HB2397 , HB2398 , HB1596 , HB2233 , HB1976 , HB1563 , HB815 , HB1655 , HB1851 , HB1941 , HB2037 , HB1635 , HB2201 , HB1943 , HB1163 , HB2452 , HB2429 , HB2148 , HB2306 , HB2007 , HB2049 , HB2616

Committee: House Finance

Keywords: food innovation, agribusiness, food safety, market access, branding, economic diversification, performance indicators, agriculture, aquaculture, commercial activity, swine production, Korean natural farming, housing development, commercial projects, county authority, public works, construction standards, exemption, zoning, housing

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• the last item we're taking testimony on today: House Bill 1776, House Draft 1, relating to the residential
• It requires the notice to be included in the informational handbook on the residential landlord-tenant
• </c> to the residential landlord tenant code. to the residential landlord tenant code.
• <02:10:33.679><c> landlord</c><02:10:34.079><c> tenant</c><02:10:34.400><c> code</c> residential landlord
• tenant code residential landlord tenant code maintained<02:10:35.119><c> by</c><02:10:35.280><c> the

Committee: House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 1768, which would prohibit state and county law enforcement agencies and officials from entering into federal immigration-enforcement agreements under 8 U.S.C. 1357(g) and from assisting in certain immigration enforcement actions except in limited circumstances. The Office of the Public Defender, Hawaii Coalition for Immigrant Rights, the Legal Clinic, and the ACLU of Hawaiʻi all testified in strong support, arguing the bill would protect due process, reduce fear in immigrant communities, preserve trust in local police, and keep local resources focused on public safety. Testifiers said cooperation with immigration enforcement can chill court attendance, crime reporting, and cooperation with police, and they emphasized that the bill would not stop federal enforcement or affect other deputization agreements for environmental or other criminal matters. Committee members asked whether any 287(g) agreements currently exist in Hawaiʻi; testifiers said they were unaware of any and believed the bill would maintain the status quo. No vote was taken in the portion provided. The committee then took up House Bill 1548, which would reduce the maximum sentence for misdemeanors from one year to 364 days and allow people previously sentenced to one year to seek sentence modification. The Office of the Public Defender, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Legal Clinic, the Hawaii Coalition for Immigrant Rights, the ACLU of Hawaiʻi, and the William S. Richardson School of Law immigration clinic all supported the measure, saying the one-day change could prevent severe immigration consequences such as detention, removal, and bars to relief that can be triggered by a sentence of 365 days or more. Testifiers stressed that the bill would not change criminal liability or public safety, but would align Hawaiʻi law with similar reforms adopted in other states. Members questioned whether the change would affect citizens or create an automatic immigration process; witnesses responded that the issue is the federal immigration consequence tied to the maximum sentence, not actual time served, and that citizens would not face that consequence. The transcript ends during continued discussion of HB 1548, with no final vote shown.

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• It had Olympic<00:19:55.440><c> size</c><00:19:55.679><c> swimming</c><00:19:56.000><c> pool</c><00:19
• :56.240><c> in</c><00:19:56.400><c> it,</c> Olympic size swimming pool in it, Olympic size swimming pool
• Could we have a regional pool, like the CT centers, a regional pool of teachers that could go out to
• 04:21:03.680><c> centers,</c><04:21:04.319><c> a</c><04:21:04.560><c> regional</c><04:21:04.880><c> pool
• </c> um like the CT centers, a regional pool um like the CT centers, a regional pool of<04:21:05.279>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up SB 209, which would require schools seeking building aid for construction or reconstruction projects to use an owner’s project manager. The chair explained an amendment that would remove the bill’s requirement that the manager be engaged before application and instead revert to current law, while updating the project threshold from the older $1 million figure to a more current amount and clarifying that the manager’s role is to protect the project owner’s interests. Members asked about the cost of hiring a project manager over several years before a project is funded, the 1.5% fee in rule, and whether the rules already define the manager’s duties. The chair said the amendment addressed those concerns by leaving the timing to current law and relying on existing administrative rules for qualifications and responsibilities. The committee then voted 18-0 to adopt the amendment and 18-0 to recommend SB 209 OTPA, placing it on the consent calendar. The committee then moved to SB 99, which concerns allowing students enrolled in career and technical education programs at receiving comprehensive high schools to take additional academic courses there. The chair said the bill was intended to make it easier for students to access CTE without being blocked by scheduling conflicts in their sending schools, and to clarify how agreements between sending and receiving districts would work. He described concerns about the bill’s cost formula, transportation, part-time versus full-time status, and whether the proposal could unintentionally create open-enrollment or athletic-transfer issues. He said the amendment would mirror existing treatment for homeschool and charter school students, use a familiar funding model, and limit participation to students already enrolled in one or more CTE classes at the receiving school. The chair also emphasized that comprehensive high schools already have a statutory definition and that the bill would help more students participate in CTE, which he said currently reaches only a relatively small share of students statewide. He noted that transportation would be covered only when a CTE bus is available, otherwise students would be responsible for arranging travel as under current practice. After brief discussion, the committee voted 18-0 to adopt the amendment and 18-0 to recommend SB 99 OTPA, also placing it on the consent calendar.

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• I certainly didn't mean to indicate that sewer coming up in a residential area is not a problem.
• the capacity to support other functions like economic development, industrial, commercial, and residential
• the capacity to support other functions like economic development, industrial, commercial, and residential
• the capacity to support other functions like economic development, industrial, commercial, and residential
• the capacity to support other functions like economic development, industrial, commercial, and residential

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The meeting began with roll call, adoption of the minutes, and brief remarks, including birthday recognition for Representative Maseroni and a moment of reflection for a soldier who died during training at Fort Knox. The committee then heard a presentation from Tony Hatton, commissioner of the Department for Environmental Protection and acting director of the Kentucky Division of Water, with Amanda Lefer, deputy commissioner, on the state’s water and wastewater programs and planning. Hatton described Kentucky’s water resources and the Division of Water’s responsibilities, including watershed and nonpoint source work, KPDES discharge permitting, PFAS response, engineering review of water infrastructure, inspections, public outreach, and sampling. He said Kentucky has 428 public water systems, 263 water treatment plants, about 1.9 million service connections, and nearly 97% of the population has access to municipally treated water. He also noted that the state has 43 systems receiving awards for EPA areawide optimization and emphasized operator training, regionalization, and use of GIS mapping and Kentucky Infrastructure Authority data to support planning and funding decisions. Members raised concerns about aging infrastructure, water loss, staffing shortages, and wastewater problems in local systems. Representative Blandon described severe failures in a city system, including major water loss and sewer backups, and asked whether the state could intervene; Hatton said the division inspects treatment facilities and provides compliance assistance but is not authorized to manage delivery systems, though third-party help and emergency funding can be used in some cases. Senator Smith and others shared similar experiences with line loss and system failures, while Hatton pointed to regionalization and funding support as the main tools available. The discussion also highlighted PFAS as an emerging issue, with Hatton saying the department is working with systems to meet anticipated federal requirements by 2029.

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• investigation into this revealed that this essentially takes what is a voluntary QA program for residential
• <00:21:11.520><c> for</c> what is a voluntary QA program for what is a voluntary QA program for residential
• care facilities, makes it residential care facilities, makes it mandatory,<00:21:15.280><c> and</c><
• It also is home to a psychiatric residential treatment facility, which is like a step down for youth
• treatment facility which is residential treatment facility which is like<00:38:39.599><c> a</c><00:38

Committee: House Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• </c> requirements as any other residential requirements as any other residential home.<01:53:21.760><
• , but I will say this is the most onerous as it will change the face or eliminate single-family residential
• , but I will say this is the most onerous as it will change the face or eliminate single-family residential
• , but I will say this is the most onerous as it will change the face or eliminate single-family residential
• But I will say this is the most onerous as it will change the face or eliminate single-family residential

Committee: Senate Commerce

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• ILS, or other services where people live in their own homes, or whether this is a uniquely DWS residential
• He said what makes the residential services unique is that it's where a person lives and there is a logical
• What makes the residential services unique is that it's where a person lives, and there is a logical
• What makes the residential services unique is that it's where a person lives, and there is a logical
• correct okay thank you just residential correct okay thank you just wanted<01:41:47.880><c> to</c><01

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• testing not only helps people stay healthier, but it also contributes to stronger, more sustainable risk pools
• Contributes to stronger, more sustainable risk pools for insurance.
• And the weight of prices is to make the pool of people bigger and bigger. And that passed.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection heard several bills focused on privacy, AI, surveillance, and consumer protections. AB 302 would bar schools from excluding students from extracurricular activities because they do not use social media and would require schools to use at least one non-addictive means of contacting students and parents; it drew support from Common Sense Media and no opposition. AB 1705, the Reclaim Act, would require websites hosting non-consensual pornography to verify consent before upload; district attorneys and the Commission on the Status of Women supported it, while TechNet and CCIA opposed or raised concerns. AB 2007 would separate parental consent for a child’s image/likeness from general program enrollment forms in youth programs; educators supported it, while local government and parks groups raised implementation and penalty concerns. AB 2212 would update higher education sexual harassment definitions to include tech-facilitated harassment such as cyberbullying, doxing, and nudification-related abuse; students and advocacy groups strongly supported it, with no opposition. AB 1837 would extend transit agencies’ authority to use camera enforcement in bus-only lanes and at transit stops, with privacy retention limits and human review; transit agencies supported it, while some senators expressed concern about automated enforcement and surveillance, and the bill was placed on call after a split vote. AB 2392 would create an intersegmental higher education working group on generative AI training and procurement standards; it passed 5-0 after amendments removed prerequisites tying AI deployment to completion of the report. The consent calendar was also approved on call. Later, AB 1798 would prohibit life and disability insurers from using non-diagnostic genetic information in underwriting; supporters argued it protects privacy and encourages testing, while insurers opposed the bill as undermining risk-based underwriting, and it advanced on a 3-0 vote on call. Finally, AB 1883 would restrict workplace use of emotion-recognition and neural-data surveillance tools; labor and privacy advocates supported it, employers and local agencies raised safety and litigation concerns, and it passed 3-0 to Labor after narrowing amendments.

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• Adding $15 million to the rural EMS uncompensated care pool.
• 38:13.440><c> EMS</c><00:38:14.280><c> uncompensated</c><00:38:15.240><c> care</c><00:38:15.640><c> pool
• </c> To the rural EMS uncompensated care pool, that was enacted last year.

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Chairman, Representative Gutierrez, this is the same pool as the military spouses fund, which this legislature
• It comes from that statute and that pool of money in the same way they get it. ...the military spouses
• It comes from that statute and that pool of money in the same way they get it.

Committee: House Education

Keywords: 1182, all

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• actionable step that we can take right now to improve the maritime industry, grow the U.S. mariner pool
• That's enough to fill 128 Olympic-sized swimming pools a year.
• That's enough to fill 128 Olympic-sized swimming pools a year.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, June 9, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• The goal is to use the current situations, which allows pooling.
• The goal is to use the current situations, which allows pooling.
• Otherwise, you're limited to pooling that you have out there.

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• bedrooms<01:02:28.720><c> to</c><01:02:28.880><c> a</c><01:02:29.000><c> Cess</c><01:02:29.319><c> pool
• </c><01:02:29.559><c> you're</c> bedrooms to a Cess pool you're bedrooms to a Cess pool you're definitely

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint Housing and Health and Human Services hearing began with Senate Bill 878, which would extend the sunset date for the state rent supplement program for kupuna to June 30, 2028. Testimony was uniformly supportive, including from the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions, Hawaii Public Housing Authority, Executive Office on Aging, Catholic Charities Hawaii, and others. Catholic Charities described a waitlist of seniors at imminent risk of homelessness and said the program helps seniors retain housing or secure units with landlord support. Members asked whether the bill would expand the number of households served; staff said the contract allows up to 127 households and that additional pending households could be funded, but applicants must still go through the program process. Both committees voted to pass SB 878 unamended. The committees then heard Senate Bill 1610 on Ohana Zones. The Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions supported the measure so long as it did not supplant existing funding, and described the funding as supporting homelessness services and wraparound supports. The Department of Human Services and Department of Land and Natural Resources offered comments, with DHS suggesting a definition of “kali” be added for clarity. The committee chair said the bill would receive technical amendments for clarity and consistency and accepted proposed amendments related to including “tales” in the program; the measure was advanced with amendments, with members voting in favor in both committees. In the joint Health and Human Services and Labor and Technology hearing, Senate Bill 1496 on civil rights and website accessibility drew support from disability advocates and organizations, including the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities, the National Federation of the Blind, the Deaf and Blind Task Force, and the Disability and Communication Access Board. Testimony emphasized the need for stronger state protections amid concerns about federal enforcement, while one testifier raised concerns about jurisdiction, minimum contacts, the use of WCAG 2.1 standards, and the bill’s immediate effective date. The committees decided to pass SB 1496 with technical amendments, including adding a defective date to allow further work before conference, and the recommendation was adopted in both committees. Later, the joint Health, Human Services, and Commerce and Consumer Protection hearing took up Senate Bill 404 on service animals. The Attorney General’s office raised a possible constitutional issue and the lack of an enforcement mechanism, while DHS deferred to other agencies. DCAB supported the bill but recommended amendments to identify an enforcement agency and require notices from professionals and sellers of service-animal or emotional-support-animal paraphernalia. Several advocacy and real estate-related groups testified in support. After discussion, the chair recommended deferring SB 404 for further work because of the Attorney General’s concerns, and the hearing adjourned without a vote on the measure. The final joint Transportation, Culture and the Arts, and Health and Human Services agenda heard SB 1526 on a drug and alcohol toxicology testing laboratory and SB 1492 on mobility management; both measures were advanced with amendments or as-is, with SB 1526 sent forward with technical amendments and SB 1492 moved ahead after members noted blank dollar amounts and requested the Department of Transportation provide figures.

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• talk about and analyze the cumulative effect of state and local taxes and fees on the net cost of residential
• talk about and analyze the cumulative effect of state and local taxes and fees on the net cost of residential
• As if we go to the bill, Madam Chair, net cost of residential construction. net cost of residential construction
• So, this money has always been tied to builders and residential housing.
• So, this money has always been tied to builders and residential housing.

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• of Colorado Springs, Colorado, to serve as a plumbing contractor engaged in the construction of residential
• contractor engaged in the<02:23:44.800><c> construction</c><02:23:45.040><c> of</c><02:23:45.200><c> residential
• </c><02:23:45.600><c> and</c> the construction of residential and the construction of residential and
• of Colorado Springs, Colorado, to serve as a plumbing contractor engaged in the construction of residential
• of Colorado Springs, Colorado, to serve as a plumbing contractor engaged in the construction of residential

Keywords: 981, all