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• weight limit at all.
• weight limit at all.
• weight limit at all.
• weight limit at all.
• weight limit at all.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• RESIDENT CARE STANDARDS, MEDICATION PRACTICES, LIMITED NURSING SERVICES AS WELL AS ALF MINIMUM TRAINING
• IN THE EXISTING RULES AT THE TIME THAT LIMITED THE ABILITY TO GET CREDIT.
• SO WE CHANGED PROVISIONS THERE TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS APPROPRIATE CREDIT GIVEN AND NO LIMITATIONS TO
• THE DEPARTMENT HAS NUTRIENT LOADING IN ALL WATERSHEDS TO THE CURRENT LOADING.
• THE ONE LAST THING I WOULD MENTION IS THAT IT WOULD LIMIT THE TIME PERMITTED FOR RULE RATIFICATION TO

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• And the Senator mentioned total daily maximum loads, which is a federal Clean Water Act tool.
• Total maximum daily loads, which is a federal Clean Water Act tool.
• Strict regulatory limits for PFAS in drinking water were finalized last year by the U.S.
• SB 682 sets no practical limits.
• We've now limited the bill to those products where there are good alternatives.

Summary: The committee heard SB 404 on metal shredding facilities, SB 601 on water quality protections after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Sackett decision, SB 682 on phasing out PFOS in certain consumer products, and later SB 646 on prenatal vitamins and toxic metal contamination. SB 561 had been pulled from the hearing. In each of the measures, the authors and supporters emphasized environmental and public health protections, while opponents raised concerns about overregulation, implementation, and unintended economic impacts. The committee also spent time on the policy details of each bill, including how smaller operators would be treated under SB 404, how “nexus waters” would be defined under SB 601, and whether alternatives and testing standards were adequate under SB 682 and SB 646. For SB 404, Senator Caballero said the bill would create a permitting and enforcement framework for metal shredding facilities, with operational standards for fire prevention, stormwater, and releases of shredder residue, while supporters argued it would bring needed certainty to a critical recycling industry. Opponents, including small recyclers and community/environmental advocates, said the bill was either too broad or not strong enough, with some warning it would burden smaller facilities and others arguing it would fail to protect overburdened communities. The committee approved SB 404 on a due-pass-as-amended motion to Appropriations, with recorded support from the chair and some members and opposition from others. SB 601 sought to restore state-level protections for waters that lost federal Clean Water Act coverage after Sackett, using a “nexus waters” framework and revised enforcement provisions after amendments removed the private right of action. Supporters said California needed to preserve protections for seasonal streams and wetlands and avoid backsliding, while opponents from business, agriculture, water districts, and local governments argued the definition remained too broad and could create uncertainty, costs, and unintended consequences. The committee also approved SB 601 on a due-pass motion to Appropriations, again with split votes. SB 682, which the committee also advanced, would phase out intentionally added PFOS in six product categories, including cleaning products, cookware, dental floss, ski wax, food packaging, and juvenile products, with an amendment delaying cookware implementation until 2030. Supporters framed it as a source-control measure to reduce PFAS contamination and lower long-term water treatment costs, while manufacturers and cookware interests argued the bill was overbroad, lacked workable testing standards, and could push consumers and businesses toward uncertain alternatives. The committee chair recommended an aye vote, and the measure passed to Appropriations. SB 646 was then introduced on prenatal vitamins, with supporters saying it would require testing and disclosure of heavy metals like lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury, while the opposition said disclosure must be handled carefully so as not to confuse consumers or undermine confidence in prenatal supplements.

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• Again, it's a way to limit timelines here.
• We have asked you to try to limit that to 10 minutes.
• So the Emergency Load Reduction Program is a demand-side reduction.
• The Emergency Load Reduction Program is a demand-side reduction program.
• And then the third thing is just reducing the virus load in the environment.

Summary: The hearing opened with budget framing from the chair and the LAO, who said the May Revision addresses roughly a $14 billion budget problem and that the environment and transportation subcommittee’s proposals account for about $1.9 billion of the solution. The LAO urged members to focus on solutions that do not worsen out-year deficits, to preserve reserves, and to defer major policy changes that are not necessary to pass the budget, including the newly introduced water-related trailer bills. Members also raised concern about a late-dropped Olympic-related trailer bill, which the LAO likewise suggested should be deferred for fuller review. The first major item was the Delta Conveyance Project and related water quality control plan trailer bills. The administration argued the proposals would streamline permitting, water rights proceedings, judicial review, and land acquisition, and would clarify DWR’s bond authority for the project. DWR said the project is needed to protect water supply reliability against drought, earthquakes, sea level rise, and other climate-related disruptions, and that the tunnel would help move water when conditions are wet and safer for the environment. Committee members from both parties questioned the timing, the use of budget trailer bills for major policy changes, the scope of the CEQA and water-rights changes, the lack of a bond cap, cost growth, and eminent domain protections. The LAO recommended deferring both water trailer bills without prejudice. Public comment was sharply divided, with labor, water agencies, and some business groups supporting the project as climate adaptation and reliability infrastructure, while environmental, tribal, fishing, county, and community groups opposed it as an attempt to bypass public process and weaken protections. The committee then briefly heard the DMV’s Digital Experience Platform fee trailer bill, which would reinstate a $1 system improvement fee to help fund the vehicle-registration phase of the project. DMV said the fee would raise about $7 million annually and offset roughly $59 million to $60 million of project costs, while the LAO noted it would help but would not solve the Motor Vehicle Account’s broader structural gap. The hearing then moved to California High-Speed Rail, where the new CEO presented an updated plan and said the project remains a major climate and infrastructure investment. He reported a revised Merced-to-Bakersfield cost range of $34.9 billion to $38.5 billion, said the agency is trying to reduce risk through direct procurement of materials, and argued that stable annual funding is needed to avoid higher costs from delays.

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• Um, and you said it's used on a limited basis. Can you tell me how limited that has been?
• how limited that has been? how limited that has been?
• they're they're okay with limited they're they're okay with limited liability<00:52:43.440> but
• They are currently those limits are.
• <01:43:09.760> Limiting passive receivers of PIFAs. Limiting passive receivers of PIFAs.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• The current model is front-loaded.
• The ask is not to limit that.
• So, these extraordinarily high limits during period two.
• not carrying or transporting a load from point A to point B?
• Then, they have to carry policy limits of between $750,000 to $5 million, depending on the load, the

Bills: HB778, HB 1266, HB1576, HB2213, HB2517, HB2518, HB2841, HB3306, HB3320, HB3388, HB3508, HB3520, HB3689

Keywords: credentialing, healthcare, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, managed care, hurricane, windstorm, loss mitigation, grants, insurance discounts, property retrofitting, insurance, Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, board composition, coastal counties, property insurance, taxation, Texas FAIR Plan Association, premium taxes, maintenance taxes

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• And what that does is we've loaded our particular information into the tool.
• It will send an alert to an investigator and so that somebody from our Bureau of Intelligence, well load
• And this is really where we've loaded all of our policies and to our own large language model.
• of information from 45 years ago and this that was never validated and we're pulling that data and loading
• And those are really we have limitations on how we can control that because they're dependent upon the

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• The testimony will be limited to two minutes. Any objection? Hearing none, so adopted.
• I'm only planting one-half of my farm because of very limited irrigation water. throughout the Rio Grande
• I mean, they would just load the PUC up. file cabinets full of documents in order to get to where they
• Diagnosium in 15, people are going to have those cultural shots and sticker shots. and how we front load
• Instead of just front loading the cost of delivering the water 20 years out, we'll help mitigate some

Bills: SCR13, SB1248

Keywords: water rights, treaty compliance, Rio Grande, agriculture, drought, international water, Texas water supply, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, TPWD, harvest reports, wildlife harvest data, public information act, open records, confidentiality, hunter privacy, angler data, game animals, game birds, fur-bearing animals, nongame animals

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• they would identify and they would haul, but they wouldn't load.
• flaw in R RFP that we didn't add loading flaw in R RFP that we didn't add loading into<00:26:58.080
• <00:27:06.399> so would haul but they wouldn't load so would haul but they wouldn't load so
• One of the issues was the ability to hit the ground running with the limited time and the money.
• <01:19:35.480> that landscape um creating fuel loads that landscape um creating fuel loads

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Today I didn't put time limits. Thank you.
• Or just the limitations of, like, as it is right now, the limitations of these officers' ability to even
• , hazardous load, or other traffic disruption.
• It bled into wide load escorts, oversized load escorts across the state, and has now bled into what we're
• Load escorts, oversized load escorts across the state, and has now bled into what we're dealing with

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• It encourages growth of load in an as efficient way as possible.
• It encourages growth of load in an as efficient way as possible.
• It's non-base load.
• We also have limited ability to do analysis on some of the data that we have because we've just had a
• <01:15:01.440> what rules that strictly limit what rules that strictly limit what Commissioners

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• for consideration today, and I just want to remind folks that we do operate on a 2-minute testifying limit
• The bridge weight limit denies valley owners fire protection, heavy truck loads like concrete, road base
• This limited participation occurred because our representative, Representative Kanani Souza, did not
• <01:05:56.240> rating maintenance, the vehicle load rating maintenance, the vehicle load rating
• in 1994 for significantly lighter loads in 1994 for significantly lighter loads of<01:06:11.320>

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on March 31 and heard a series of resolutions focused on roadway safety, transportation access, and infrastructure coordination. Early measures included HCR 104/HR 96 on advancing coastal trails on O‘ahu’s North Shore and HCR 63/HR 57 on clarifying responsibility for Honouliuli Bridge and addressing safety, wildfire, and emergency access concerns. The Department of Transportation supported both, and a resident testified that the Honouliuli bridge is a single-lane emergency replacement on state land that has limited access for fire protection, heavy vehicles, permits, and repairs. DOT said it was working with DLNR and that jurisdiction may ultimately lie with the County of Maui, with research ongoing. The committee also heard HCR 62/HR 56 on alternative vegetation management along Hana Highway, HCR 43/HR 39 on raised crosswalks near Ala Wai Elementary, and HCR 52/HR 48 on integrating the safe system approach into county road design; these drew support testimony and no opposition. The committee then considered HCR 120/HR 112 on regulating transportation network companies under motor carrier law. DOT and the Public Utilities Commission offered comments, while Lyft opposed, arguing the legislature already created a TNC-specific framework in 2022 and that motor carrier law is not a good fit for app-based ride platforms. In questioning, PUC explained that TNCs would fall under both PUC motor carrier jurisdiction and DOT permitting, and DOT said it would follow up on enforcement questions. Members also discussed HCR 119/HR 111 on an indirect traffic disruption grant program, with the chair asking DOT to clarify how it enforces penalties when contractors or others fail to follow road closure requirements. Other measures discussed included HCR 96/HR 88 on moving to a demerit-point driver licensing system, which DOT supported; HCR 128/HR 120 on coordinating capital improvement planning for Hawaiian Home Lands developments, which DOT and DHHL supported; HCR 127/HR 119 on a state highway police force, which DOT supported; and HCR 125/HR 117 on a statewide plan for derelict utility poles and lines, which drew support from DOT, Hawaiian Electric, and Hawaiian Telcom, with DOT acknowledging it lacks current statutory authority to force immediate removal. The committee also heard HCR 58/HR 54 on school crosswalk safety for Mililani Elementary, HCR 55/HR 51 on using artificial intelligence to mitigate traffic and improve road safety, and HCR 54/HR 146 on expanding the Hele-On Shared Ride program on Hawai‘i Island. Supporters of the Hele-On measure said expanded service would help rural residents, kupuna, and people with disabilities reach medical appointments and daily activities, while noting cost and technology-access concerns; they said missed or delayed appointments are a real issue in remote areas. The final item discussed in the excerpt was HCR 64/HR 58 on minimizing rumble strip dimensions on Kūhiō Highway on Moloka‘i, with DOT saying it had already removed some strips where large emergency vehicles were affected on narrow curves.

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• Texas already has limited interconnections.
• These agencies developed an MOU that would allow them to work together to limit fire risk by... shutting
• pole, and the pole loading. is typically a factor in the structural integrity of the pole.
• or ice loading potential on the pole. poll.
• Liability limitations occur to utilities or these oil operators.

Bills: HB 13, HB143, HB144, HB145, HB366, HB470, HB805, HB912, HB13, HB143, HB144, HB145

Keywords: emergency communication, infrastructure, first responders, grant program, interoperability, Texas Interoperability Council, local governments, HB 143, Texas Railroad Commission, Public Utility Commission of Texas, Natural Resources Code, oil and gas, well site, surface facility, electrical power line, National Electrical Code, NEC, electrical safety, utility disconnect, service disconnection

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• high-speed rural roadway with limited high-speed rural roadway with limited trail<00:02:24.640><
• ,<00:15:35.760> which lies outside of our city limits, which lies outside of our city limits
• competition for these limited dollars. competition for these limited dollars.
• The CASA 5 is within the city limits.
• We're state to carry the entire load.

Bills: HF1569, HF460, HF850, HF707, HF798, HF852, HF366, HF365, HF836, HF866, HF885, HF959, HF1196, HF1788, HF1349, HF2272, HF2652, HF1251, HF607

Keywords: transportation, bond issuance, capital investment, infrastructure, road improvements, HF460, Sibley County, Highway 21, County State-Aid Highway, bonding bill, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, transportation grant, infrastructure improvements, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, stormwater, public works, local infrastructure

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• Miami is determination know no limits.
• need them and limit what they can buy. need them and limit what they can buy.
• new combined cycle base load generation. new combined cycle base load generation.
• H.R. 3632 will help keep base load power H.R. 3632 will help keep base load power plants running for
• dismantle affordable base load dismantle affordable base load generation<05:46:12.958> in

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Suspense for us here in committee and trying to figure out how to make some tough choices on the limited
• There are also a limited number of hard copies of the agenda in the hearing room.
• not voting SB 8 Becker virtual health hubs do pass out on an a roll call SB 541 Becker electrical load
• SB 745 Ochoa Bowe American government government and civics holding committee SB 57 Padilla large load
• Disgouging, do pass as amended to strike, geographic expansion of prohibition and limit search warrant

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• In closing, empowering pharmacists with limited prescriptive and diagnostic authority is a practical,
• The application window is intentionally limited. The program sunsets on June 30, 2027.
• I got him loaded up in the car, and I said, Fargo or Breckenridge. He goes...
• Representative Mitskog: I got him loaded up in the car, and I said, Fargo or Breckenridge.
• Most critical access hospitals have a 25-bed limit.

Bills: HB1621, HB1624, HB1623, HB1622, HB1625, HB1626, HB1627, HCR3038

Keywords: presidential physical fitness test, physical education, fitness assessment, student fitness, school curriculum, graduation requirements, elementary school, middle school, high school, public schools, nonpublic schools, superintendent of public instruction, exceptions, disability accommodations, North Dakota studies, computer science, cybersecurity, health education, concept-based fitness class, school standards

Summary: The North Dakota House convened in special session with prayer, roll call, and a quorum present, then took up several rural health-related bills. Senate Bill 2401, as amended, required physicians to complete one hour of continuing education in nutrition and metabolic health each renewal cycle and also added language allowing criminal history background checks for the Board of Occupational Therapy Practice. Supporters emphasized the role of nutrition in reducing chronic disease, and the bill passed 92-0. The House then considered Senate Bill 2402, which expanded pharmacists’ limited prescriptive and therapeutic substitution authority for certain low-acuity conditions and clarified related lab-test and communication requirements. Members discussed examples such as motion sickness, cold sores, lice, hypoglycemia, COVID and flu testing, emergency access to medications and supplies, and limits excluding certain drug classes; the bill passed 91-1. Senate Bill 2403 created a temporary medical facility emergency operating loan option through the Bank of North Dakota for qualifying rural hospitals facing severe financial distress, with extensive debate over the targeted nature of the aid, anti-gifting concerns, repayment terms, and the hospital’s turnaround plan; it passed 80-12. Senate Bill 2404 appropriated funds for NDIT to address federal digital accessibility requirements and for the Public Service Commission’s litigation efforts related to transmission costs, with a backup loan authorization available if needed; it passed 92-0. At the close of the session, leaders thanked members and staff for their work on the rural health transformation package, a committee notified the Governor and the Senate that the House had completed its business, absent members were excused, and the House adjourned sine die.

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• <00:10:42.120> then<00:10:42.320> the<00:10:42.440> case<00:10:42.680> load
• <00:10:42.880> is ago um since then the case load is ago um since then the case load is Multiplied
• <00:13:51.040> and<00:13:51.320> these extremely heavy case load and these extremely
• heavy case load and these Social<00:13:52.079> Service<00:13:52.480> AIDS<00:13:53.240
• <00:18:30.559> to one in particular that was limited to one in particular that was limited

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Labor and Judiciary heard the Judiciary’s budget presentation from Brandon Kimura and other court administrators. The Judiciary outlined its mission and access-to-justice programs, including specialty courts, self-help centers, online small claims dispute resolution, and e-reminders. It requested an operating budget of $6.17 million in FY 2026 and $6.25 million in FY 2027, along with 17 permanent and one temporary position, and described a series of staffing and program requests tied to specialty courts, district court operations, technology, and public guardianship. Major program requests included making women’s court permanent by converting seven temporary positions to permanent and adding a substance use counselor; expanding truancy court and the Early Education Intervention Program on Oahu; and making the driving while impaired court permanent. The Judiciary also sought staffing and funding for the new Wahiawa District Court, including security, janitorial, IT, clerical, bailiff, and social worker support, plus an additional district court judge and staff in Kona. Technology requests included cybersecurity tools and a cybersecurity unit, enhanced email protection, and replacement of aging network switches. Other operating requests included continued funding for the Criminal Justice Research Institute, restoration of 12 positions cut during the pandemic, and added support for the Office of the Public Guardian. For capital improvement projects, the Judiciary’s top priorities were $4 million to design a new South Kohala District Court, $900,000 to replace an aging AC chiller on Kauai, and $5 million for lump-sum facility preservation work. Members asked questions about purchase-of-service contract rates, implementation of court-appointed fee increases, federal grant dependence, specialty court effectiveness, truancy court outcomes, and the condition of the Ewa District Court site. Judiciary witnesses said they were working to raise provider rates through contracts and a separate bill, cited low recidivism and reduced petitions as evidence that specialty courts and truancy efforts are working, and said the Ewa site has significant foundation issues that may require further assessment or a different location.

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• actually have a width or weight limit actually have a width or weight limit because<03:00:23.120
• So anyway, I could go on a lot more nerdier about rolling loads, static loads, dynamic loads, but you
• So anyway, I could go on a lot more nerdier about rolling loads, static loads, dynamic loads, but you
• lot more nerdier about rolling loads lot more nerdier about rolling loads static<03:46:27.399>
• > you<03:46:29.359> would static loads Dynamic loads but you would static loads Dynamic

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The meeting was an orientation for the Resources, Recreation and Development Committee, led by Chair Bob Harb. He reviewed committee procedures, including pink cards for witnesses, blue sheets for counts, use of drawers in the committee room, scheduling practices, and how bills would be posted and distributed. Members briefly introduced themselves and explained why they wanted to serve on the committee, with several citing interests in conservation, water quality, outdoor recreation, land use, and related local issues. The committee then opened a hearing on HB 1113, relative to OHRV operation on certain highways within the town of Windsor. Representative Ré Colcombe, the sponsor, explained that the bill would allow local OHV/UTV access across a short section of state road in Windsor so residents on divided portions of town could travel legally between areas. He said the town selectmen were already allowing OHRV use on town roads, the route was paved, traffic impacts were expected to be minimal, and local police had no objections. He also said the town would hold public hearings and notify abutters as required, and that if the select board ultimately opposed the proposal he would recommend killing the bill. Members asked about the legal authority for the change, speed limits, traffic volume, winter maintenance, and whether the Department of Transportation or select board had to approve the route. Colcombe said the town must hold a public hearing and that the change would need to be incorporated into RSA 258:10, section 4. He said the road is maintained by the town in winter and by the state in summer. An opponent, Anne Davis, testified that she opposed the bill, saying ATV use should be treated as a tool for forest management rather than recreation, that law enforcement capacity in Windsor was a concern, and that she believed affected residents should be fully notified before any approval. No vote or final action was taken in the portion provided.

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• pictures you see up there, we fight fire here in Florida primarily with bulldozers because of the fuel loading
• It's not like hand crews you see out west because the fuel loading is just grass here in the state; it's
• the fuel of up there we fight fire here in Florida primarily with bulldozers because of the fuel loading
• is so heavy here in the state it's not like hand crews you see out west because the fuel loading is
• instance, we had federal surplus helicopters that we've taken out of service because they're very limited

Summary: The Senate Committee on Agriculture received a presentation from Florida Forest Service Director Rick Dolan on the agency’s wildfire response, forest management, and emergency support roles. He described the service’s four regions and 14 districts, its year-round wildfire response, use of bulldozers, helicopters, and drones, and the current high fire danger due to drought conditions. Dolan also highlighted prescribed burning, fuels mitigation, state forest management, the pine seedling nursery, and the agency’s role in hurricane response and incident management. Members asked about equipment loans and whether more prescribed burning could reduce wildfire impacts; Dolan said Florida already leads the nation in prescribed fire and emphasized public education and fuels reduction. The committee then considered and unanimously reported favorably Senate Bill 386, which creates a farm-equipment consumer protection process similar to a lemon law, allowing purchasers to seek repair or replacement of defective major farm equipment at no cost. The committee also took up Senate Bill 290, the Agriculture and Consumer Services omnibus bill. The bill would modernize fair association rules, preempt local bans on gas- and diesel-powered farm and landscape equipment, allow surplus of certain state-owned lands for bona fide agricultural use while excluding parks, forests, and wildlife lands, create a veterinary loan repayment program, make Farmers Feeding Florida permanent, expand Forest Service training opportunities, criminalize signal-jamming devices, increase penalties for CDL and English-proficiency exam cheating, restrict certain door-to-door solicitation, protect food safety inspectors, clarify biosolids rules, and add criminal and vendor-list penalties for contractors who fail to pay subcontractors. The committee adopted three amendments to align dates and technical language and to authorize native seed research and marketing through the Florida Wildlife Foundation. Testimony on SB 290 included support from several industry groups, concerns from the Home Builders Association about the new contractor-payment criminal penalties, and opposition from a citizen worried about the new surplus-land process for conservation lands. Despite concerns, CS/SB 290 was reported favorably. Finally, the committee unanimously recommended confirmation of the appointees listed on tabs 4 and 5, and then adjourned.