Keywords: House Committee Room 1200, General Assembly Building, 976, house, all

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• Chairman, you know, Delegate Gilbert, I remember the first time I met you here in the building, and you're

Keywords: House Committee Room C, General Assembly Building, 976, house, all

Keywords: House Committee Room 1200, General Assembly Building, 976, house, all

Keywords: House Committee Room B, General Assembly Building, 976, house, all

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• Do you guys have any sort of tips or practices or things that we could do to sort of build resilience

Keywords: House Committee Room A, General Assembly Building, 976, house, all

Keywords: House Committee Room B, General Assembly Building, 976, house, all

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• It would expand medical malpractice out several years, materially increasing long-tail liability and

Keywords: House Committee Room C, General Assembly Building, 976, house, all

Keywords: House Committee Room A, General Assembly Building, 976, house, all

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• And so what this bill would do would be to build on that and to give Virginians the incentive to blow
• This bill expands the definition of obscene material for an existing Class 6 felony.

Keywords: House Committee Room 1200, General Assembly Building, 976, house, all

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• So they must make age-appropriate materials available, but art materials and musical or rhythm instruments
• So they must make age-appropriate materials available, but art materials and musical or rhythm instruments
• Working on the draft for next year, where they're going to take the final drafting materials and then
• In 2021, the community opened a food pantry building to address these hungers.
• </c> funding and support to continue to build funding and support to continue to build out<01:32:17.280

Bills: HF2078, HF777, HF841, HF1112, HF1098, HF1926

Keywords: child care, day care, child care center, licensing, license requirements, parent access, guardian access, custody order, court order, furnishings, equipment standards, learning materials, early childhood education, infant care, toddler care, preschool, school-age child care, play materials, sensory materials, gross motor equipment

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• and building materials.
• The state building code sets minimum construction and construction material standards and requirements
• and building materials?
• The emissions tied to building materials from extraction to manufacturing to construction contribute
• The emissions tied to building materials from extraction to manufacturing to construction contribute

Bills: HB2273, SB5188, HB2353, HB2420, HB2470

Keywords: embodied carbon, building materials, sustainability, construction, environment, broadband, infrastructure, loan assistance, economic development, technology access, HB 2353, predesign thresholds, capital construction, capital budget, major capital projects, Office of Financial Management, OFM, Washington state, state agencies, infrastructure planning

Summary: The Capital Budget Committee heard public testimony on Substitute House Bill 2236, which would update the Washington State Housing Finance Commission’s statutes. Staff explained that the bill would authorize the commission to make direct mortgage loans for multifamily housing, clarify that it is not a retail mortgage lender, extend bond counsel terms, remove notice requirements before bond issuance, and repeal outdated provisions including the housing finance program and housing finance plan requirement. The sponsor and commission representatives said the changes would modernize the agency, improve efficiency, and give it more flexibility to provide gap financing for affordable housing without using state general funds. Testimony was generally supportive, with some questions focused on housing access for communities of color, the effect of higher interest rates, and the possible role of longer mortgage terms; the commission emphasized its down payment assistance programs and work with banks and developers. The hearing on SHB 2236 was then closed. The committee then heard House Bill 2273 on reducing embodied carbon emissions in buildings and building materials. Staff described requirements for the State Building Code Council to adopt embodied-carbon reduction standards for large projects, phased implementation, reporting, a public database and website through the Department of Commerce, and random audits. The prime sponsor said the bill responds to rising energy demand and would help lower emissions and potentially reduce costs by encouraging innovation and allowing embodied-carbon savings to count in future energy-code tradeoffs. Supporters from environmental justice and architecture groups said the bill would address pollution upstream, align Washington with other jurisdictions, and could be cost-neutral on many projects. Opponents, including the Washington Aggregate and Concrete Association and Washington Citizens Against Unfair Taxes, argued the bill could raise costs, create sourcing and timeline problems, and questioned the school construction exemption. The hearing on HB 2273 was then closed. The committee also heard Senate Bill 5188, which would allow the Public Works Board to issue loans for broadband infrastructure repair and replacement under the broadband service expansion program, with priority for areas that would become unserved without the work. Staff noted operating and capital costs in the fiscal note and said an updated note had been requested. The Association of Washington Cities testified with concerns that expanding the program could signal further sweeps from the Public Works Assistance Account and undermine confidence in funding for other infrastructure needs, while a committee member raised whether the program should instead be handled through the Curb Board. The hearing was closed after no further testifiers appeared. In executive session, the committee reviewed House Bill 2353, House Bill 2420, and House Bill 2470. HB 2353, which raises the predesigned threshold for capital construction projects from $10 million to $15 million and indexes it to inflation, was passed out of committee by voice vote with an 18-0-1 result. The committee then adopted a proposed substitute for HB 2420, which increases the small works roster contract limit to $530,000 and changes the effective date to January 1, 2027; it also passed 18-0-1. Staff also briefed HB 2470, including a proposed substitute that would increase state funding assistance for on-base school construction projects by 15% and remove a federal-funding offset requirement, but no vote on that bill occurred in the transcript. The chair announced another hearing and executive session for Friday and asked members to submit amendments by 10 a.m. the next day.

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• That's how that accumulation can build, and then somebody just doesn't have it.
• of the original building permit.
• and the building officials.
• This does not affect building code in itself.
• All a building code is essentially addressed in a rulemaking process as it continually changes.

Bills: HB471, HB798, HB947, HB1140, HB1186, HB1195, HB1222

Keywords: surveillance, price discrimination, consumer protection, automated decision systems, data privacy, broadband, cable service, price increase, notification, digital assets, abandonment, custodian, escheatment, blockchain, cryptocurrency, unclaimed property, state treasurer, telecommunications, spoofing, call authentication

Bills: HB241

Keywords: residential construction, architectural approval, engineering approval, home building, single family residences, 1136, house, all

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• they are wanting to clarify essentially that this deals really with Title 39 and not their design-build
• Don't try to be the health department or the building department.
• Don't try to be the building official unless you are—and then good...
• Once it's approved, that building goes down in a historic district; a glass building goes up completely
• , for example, there was a water and sewage authority that would not issue a permit related to a building

Bills: SB36, SB39, SB40, SB12, SB29, SB121, SB131, SB12

Keywords: competitive bidding, procurement, disclosure statements, state contracts, contract protest, board governance, occupational licensing, Sunset Law, public accountability, training requirements, SB40, Houston/Hunter Act, firearm hold agreement, gun storage, temporary firearm storage, firearms dealer, federal firearms licensee, FFL, civil immunity, gun owner

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• Give me an example of spending money on promotional… Uh, I would suggest educational materials and public
• awareness as to… Materials and public awareness as to emergency preparedness and such from the EMA.

Bills: SB107, HB158, HB353, HB354, HB357, HB181, HB465, HB526

Keywords: SSUT, simplified sellers use tax, sales tax distribution, municipal revenue, municipal population, annexation, deannexation, incorporation, boundary change, federal census, decennial census, Department of Revenue, local government finance, revenue sharing, municipal boundaries, population recalculation, probate judge, Boundary and Annexation Survey, Alabama municipalities, HB158

Bills: HB247, SB117

Keywords: Gulf of America, name change, state compliance, educational materials, local resources, historical reference, procurement, county commission, services, administrative savings, government efficiency, 1136, house, all

Bills: HB247, SB117

Keywords: Gulf of America, name change, state compliance, educational materials, local resources, historical reference, procurement, county commission, services, administrative savings, government efficiency, 923, senate, all

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• Developers can label apps as child appropriate when they contain explicit or harmful material, and parents
• explicit appropriate when they contain explicit or<00:09:18.959><c> harmful</c><00:09:19.360><c> material
• </c><00:09:20.000><c> and</c><00:09:20.240><c> parents</c><00:09:20.560><c> often</c> or harmful material
• , and parents often or harmful material, and parents often don't<00:09:21.279><c> learn</c><00:09:21.519
• for generations previous to now, if you walked into a convenience store and there was sensitive material

Bills: HB161

Keywords: building codes, standardization, commercial construction, architectural services, energy conservation, federal compliance, local governance, 923, senate, all

Bills: SCR74, SR68, SCR108, SCR76, SCR150, SR141, SCR69, SR64, SCR25, SR22

Keywords: no-bid contracts, emergency procurement, audit, state agencies, public funds, accountability, auditor, state and county agencies, government accountability, emergency declarations, easement, submerged lands, drainage, Kahala Hotel, Oahu, state land regulations, biomarker testing, health insurance, precision medicine, H.B. No. 1971

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• and I'm looking for that number here, 85.23% of polling places are in churches and other private buildings

Bills: SB1491, SB1581, SB1286, SB1451

Keywords: presidential electors, vacancies, oath of office, political party, elections, initiative petitions, signature gathering, protest period, grand jury, Oklahoma legislature, polling place, polling locations, voter access, county election board, precinct, municipal building, school building, school district, municipality, political subdivision