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• Just a question about the cities in 45,000 people. Longview is the largest city in Cowlitz County.
• Specifically, to say Longview, the city of Longview, to some extent you want your cities to grow.
• Now, there are other cities that are going to approach that category.
• There are other cities, Walla Walla and others, that could grow into this.
• Now you're competing against those at 45,000 to hundreds of thousands per city.

Bills: SB5420

Committee: House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans

Keywords: veterans, military spouses, service members, uniformed services, National Guard, reservists, active duty, qualifying discharge, veterans preference, hiring preference, public employment, state benefits, license renewal, professional licensing, retirement service credit, pension, public retirement system, Washington RCW, military leave, reemployment rights

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• The Bill of Rights states that if you can't afford either counties or cities that have a violence center
• There were five cities in the study with similar findings.
• My name is Aaron Ritchie from Missouri City, and I oppose SB7.
• We've seen laws that pass in the opposite direction of the city of Austin.
• While many Texas cities have adopted policies regarding this, these policies, the majority of Texas cities

Bills: SB7 , SB14 , SB 7 , SB 14

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: gender designation, civil penalties, private civil rights, multiple-occupancy spaces, Texas Women's Privacy Act, law enforcement, confidentiality, personnel files, employee records, misconduct, abortion, civil liability, abortion-inducing drugs, qui tam actions, Texas Citizens Participation Act, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, healthcare regulations, impact fees, water conservation, reuse projects

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• This also allows hemp products um to replace many of their labeling requirements with a QR code.
• Sometimes that saves room on the code.
• building code, and how cities can report somebody who's not.
• code—which didn't actually exist.
• of Elk River with expand into the city of Elk River with that<01:15:29.920><c> canopy.

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Glass requires lots of glass city.
• ,</c> Boston, Chicago, Denver, New York City, Boston, Chicago, Denver, New York City, and<02:26:35.120
• Making matters worse, Democrat politicians in cities across our country have enacted sanctuary city policies
• Making matters worse, Democrat politicians in cities across our country have enacted sanctuary city policies
• Scott took the Sana High the city.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• I worked with the city of Independence. Yeah, sure, Representative.
• I'm with the City of Independence.
• We obviously have a lot of car chases in our city.
• of Weldon Spring, Cottleville, and I believe there's one other city.
• Louis City. My name is Philip Bullock.

Committee: House Special Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 1087 from Senator Joe Nicola, which would update limited driving privileges and create a process to suspend licenses after repeated failures to appear or pay for minor moving traffic violations. Nicola said the bill was intended to improve public safety and municipal court compliance without restoring the pre-2015 system of fines and fees. Supporters, including officials from Independence, O’Fallon, and the Missouri Municipal League, argued that municipal court reform had sharply reduced citations and increased failure-to-appear rates, leaving courts with too little leverage to ensure compliance and creating safety problems for repeat offenders. They said the bill would preserve discretion, protect work and basic travel needs, and help law enforcement and courts address chronic noncompliance. Opponents, including the State Public Advocate, argued the bill would restore a cash-cow system, burden low-income residents, and create harsh consequences for missed notices or address problems. The hearing closed without a vote on SB 1087. The committee then moved into executive session and reconsidered House Bill 2288, ultimately voting to reconsider and then voting the bill due pass by a 10-5 margin. The committee also adopted a substitute and passed House Bill 3006 due pass by 13-1, passed House Bill 2289 due pass by 10-3 with one present, and passed House Bill 2906 due pass by 13-1 after adopting an amendment and rolling it into a substitute. Members discussed procedural issues about quorum and the reconsideration motion during the HB 2288 vote. Later, the committee heard House Bill 3491 from Representative Don Mayhew, which would codify English-language proficiency requirements for commercial driver’s license holders and impose penalties on drivers and motor carriers when those requirements are violated. Mayhew and a Lincoln County prosecutor described a recent Highway 61 incident involving a Minnesota CDL holder who could not communicate in English, could not identify his location, and was taken out of service after a Highway Patrol proficiency test. Supporters said the bill would mirror federal rules in state statute, improve safety, and hold both drivers and carriers accountable. Some members questioned whether the bill was redundant with federal law, whether it would be enforceable before an accident, and whether the language was too broad, especially the phrase about conversing with the general public. The prosecutor said the current tools are mostly reactive and that the bill would help remove dangerous drivers and penalize carriers, but no final action was taken on HB 3491 in the portion provided.

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• It permits districts to contract with a city or town to provide administrative services.
• Formed fire protection district, with the exception of cities with a population over 500,000.
• It permits districts to contract with a city or town to provide administrative services.
• date of the bill, except for a city with a population exceeding 500,000.
• This would span many generations of city leadership.

Bills: HB2675 , HB2249 , HB2120 , HB1069 , HB1983 , HB2431 , SB6006 , SB6297 , SB6351 , SB6353 , HB2521 , HB2091 , HB2104 , SB6355 , HB2254 , HB2385 , SB5808 , HB1796 , HB1376 , SB6260 , HB2353

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: accounts, finance, business regulation, transparency, audits, HB 2249, Washington Technology Solutions, WaTech, civil service, classified service, exempt employees, state employment, state personnel, network security, cybersecurity, information technology, IT contracting, data center, systems integration, network engineering

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• Um, I represent a city. We do not have town meetings.
• Um, I'm very confused about how this applies in a city situation.
• It's costing towns<03:58:27.680><c> and</c><03:58:28.080><c> cities.
• It seems like towns and cities.
• This goes into cities on the ocean.

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Sam Wagner is waving in support, Florida League of Cities. ...and Jennifer Cook Pritt, Florida Police
• that routes directly to a public safety answering point, and allows a victim to create a numerical code
• You would have a special code to put in, and the police would know to immediately come, and they would
• I want to talk about the bill with getting a code for a phone so that there be no doubt.
• I'm asking you to help these women with a code on the phone so that they can get the help that they need

Bills: S0054 , S0156 , S0296 , S0298

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Keywords: cognitive function, psychotropic drugs, violent offenders, autopsy procedures, medical records, school safety, public records, open government, sunshine law, victims of dating violence, domestic violence, address confidentiality program, confidential address, voter registration, voting records, elections, supervisor of elections, Department of State, Attorney General, privacy

Summary: The committee first heard a presentation on the Governor’s fiscal year 2026-27 public safety budget, which totals about $8.2 billion within a $117.4 billion overall state budget. Caitlin Dawkins of the Governor’s Office of Policy and Budget outlined funding and reductions across the public safety silo, including the Department of Corrections, Juvenile Justice, FDLE, Legal Affairs, the courts, and related entities. Agency heads then presented their requests, with FDLE seeking funding for fentanyl enforcement, career offender registry staffing, alert system upgrades, alcohol testing equipment, officer mental health, criminal alien detection, and statutory staffing needs; DJJ requesting money for the Florida Scholars Academy, uniforms, residential contract rate increases, a new Broward detention center, and facility maintenance; and DOC requesting major funding for correctional officer pay increases, 500 additional FTE, facility construction and maintenance, communications and security technology, offender information system modernization, inmate health care, pharmaceuticals, and food service. Members discussed staffing shortages, prison conditions, immigration enforcement, public records burdens, mental health and substance use treatment, and the need for continued investment in corrections. A member of the public also testified about poor conditions in some prisons, including clothing, food, medical care, and maintenance issues. The committee then considered and passed CS/SB 156, the Jason Rayner Act, which would clarify that a person may not resist a law enforcement officer with violence when the officer is performing official duties and would increase penalties in cases involving violence against officers. The bill sponsor described the case of Officer Jason Rayner and said the measure was intended to prevent defendants from using claims about unlawful detention or arrest to justify violence. An amendment conforming the bill’s language was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably after support was noted from several law enforcement and municipal groups. Next, the committee passed CS/SB 54, which addresses use of substances affecting cognitive function. An amendment narrowed the medical-records language to records relevant to investigations of violent offenders and clarified privacy protections. The bill was then reported favorably. The committee also passed CS/SB 296, the Haven Act, which would direct a study of a secure web-based alert system for domestic violence victims so they can contact 911 without alerting an abuser, and would expand the Address Confidentiality Program to include dating violence victims. Testimony from survivors and advocates emphasized the danger victims face when trying to leave abusive situations. Finally, the committee passed CS/SB 298, the public-records companion bill, which extends confidentiality protections for participants in the Address Confidentiality Program to dating violence victims as well. All three bills were reported favorably, and the committee adjourned after no further business.

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• meet monthly to hear our investigations and to make determinations about whether a violation of the code
• Because the code of judicial conduct does not allow for a learning curve when the brand new judge takes
• And if the whole point of the code of judicial conduct and what we do is to promote confidence in the
• I will tell you that the very first rule of the code of judicial conduct is to follow the law and to
• Many programs like Firstep in Oklahoma City.

Committee: House A&B Judiciary Subcommittee

Keywords: 914, all

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• Downtowns matter to the economic recovery of our cities as a whole.
• They deliver a disproportionate amount of city property, hotel, and sales tax revenue.
• that many other cities could utilize.
• cities could utilize.
• And I want to work with you to see how we can expand that use even to smaller cities.

Summary: The Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee heard four items, including one consent bill, and began before quorum was established. AB 760, by Assemblymember Ta, would temporarily allow mobile home park-owned homes to be rented to people displaced by a natural disaster in areas under a declared state of emergency, including adjacent jurisdictions. Supporters said it would quickly add housing after fires, floods, or earthquakes; there was no opposition at the hearing, and members generally praised the narrow committee amendments. The bill later passed on a due-pass-as-amended vote. Chair Haney presented AB 1445, which would let cities create downtown recovery districts to finance office-to-housing conversions and other downtown revitalization projects using growth in property tax revenue. Support came from the California Travel Association, Housing Action Coalition, IKEA, Spur, Abundant Housing, and Circulate San Diego, with members saying the bill could help downtowns recover and expand mixed-use housing. The committee voiced support and interest in broader use of the tool, and the bill was approved on a due-pass-as-amended vote. AB 456, by Assemblymember Connolly, drew the most extensive debate. The bill would prohibit mobile home park managers from requiring interior repairs or improvements as a condition of sale and would require timely written lists of exterior repairs, with supporters arguing that park managers are interfering with sales and delaying closings. Opponents, led by the Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association, argued that interior inspections are needed to protect buyers and park residents from unsafe conditions and potential liability. Members raised questions about safety, disclosure, HCD oversight, and liability; after discussion, the bill was moved on a due-pass-as-amended vote, with some members not voting or expressing reservations. The committee also approved the consent calendar.

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• I serve as the development director here at Center City Housing in Duluth.
• ,</c><01:19:23.360><c> the</c><01:19:23.600><c> city,</c> to be split between city, the city, to be split
• between city, the city, metropolitan<01:19:24.640><c> city</c><01:19:24.880><c> organization,</c> metropolitan
• city organization, metropolitan city organization, metropolitan<01:19:26.640><c> county</c><01:19:27.040

Committee: Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So, if you're a neighboring county, cities, there may be concerns and things that need to be answered
• It is at the state library, but I couldn't crack that code.
• membership of the council, adding, along with the existing representation from county government and city
• That's an existing code. And it provides mechanisms for the governor to fill vacancies.
• That's an existing code, and it provides mechanisms for the governor to fill vacancies and remove the

Summary: The committee met for its final meeting and approved the June 16 minutes. The main focus was policy development for advanced nuclear energy, including used fuel disposition, community engagement, and Wyoming’s legislative framework for nuclear development. Rod McCullum of the Nuclear Energy Institute briefed members on DOE’s “innovation campus” initiative for used nuclear fuel, explaining that DOE has narrowed responses to five states—Utah, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Idaho, and Louisiana—and is seeking host agreements by September 30. He said the effort likely requires both federal and state legislation, and industry disputes DOE’s proposal to restart the nuclear waste fee, arguing the Nuclear Waste Fund should instead be used through appropriations for disposal-related work. He also answered questions about Yucca Mountain’s failure, deep seabed disposal, and international approaches to spent fuel, emphasizing consent-based siting and collaboration with states, localities, and tribes. Envoy Public Labs/GAIN presenters Chase Blazer and Austin Blanche described state-led community engagement models for advanced nuclear projects. They highlighted examples from Kentucky, Indiana, New York, Illinois, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, and Connecticut, noting that successful siting depends on early public education, local government support, workforce planning, and, in some cases, state funding for early site permitting. Committee members asked how broad engagement should be, whether it should be countywide or regional, and how small modular reactors differ in public outreach; the presenters said the approach should match the project footprint and local concerns, but that even SMRs still require broad education and stakeholder involvement. Wyoming Senator K.L. Case and Wyoming Energy Futures CEO Rita Meyer then described Wyoming’s legislative history and TerraPower’s Natrium project in Kemmerer. They reviewed Wyoming’s earlier 1995 high-level waste law, which effectively froze nuclear development until reforms in 2022 allowed on-site storage of waste from an active in-state reactor and removed much of the state-level permitting burden. Meyer said the project is now in construction, with a sodium-cooled fast reactor and molten-salt storage system, but faces major supply-chain challenges—especially HALEU fuel—and relies on private investment plus a federal ARDP grant rather than state dollars. Members asked about water supply, investor motives, supply-chain bottlenecks, and state revenue; the presenters said water comes from a PacifiCorp surface-water contract, investors are seeking long-term returns, and Wyoming expects benefits through property and sales taxes and a per-megawatt-hour fee rather than direct state investment.

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• Second of all, it's important to understand that the tax code was not designed for nutrition.
• Second of all, it's important to understand that the tax code was not designed for nutrition.
• 00:06:52.960><c> Minnesota</c><00:06:53.440><c> state</c><00:06:53.720><c> tax</c><00:06:54.040><c> code
• ,</c><00:39:03.120><c> and</c><00:39:03.280><c> townships,</c> amazing places, cities, and townships,
• amazing places, cities, and townships, they<00:39:05.040><c> don't</c><00:39:05.280><c> have</c><00:

Keywords: 1183, house

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• They're such an important media and cultural source for so many of our communities, from our cities to
• at the historic Black cultural district that was just... ...designated, this actually aligns with city
• The city of San Diego has a different definition.
• The city of Los Angeles may have a different definition.
• You know, I wanted to share with you that I represent Doherty, City of Doherty.

Committee: Senate Joint Committee on the Arts

Summary: The Joint Committee on the Arts held an informational hearing on California’s first sector-specific creative economy strategic plan, developed under AB 127 by the California Arts Council with an interagency work group and outside research support. Committee members and panelists described the plan’s purpose as strengthening the state’s creative workforce, stabilizing creative businesses, expanding equity and access, and building infrastructure for long-term implementation. The opening presentation highlighted major forces shaping the sector over the next decade, including AI, climate disruption, affordability, access to capital, and social cohesion, and outlined six action areas: workforce preparation, business growth, cultural tourism and identity, cross-sector incentives, ROI/data tracking, and state capacity-building. Testimony from the California Department of Education and the Workforce Development Board focused on existing workforce pipelines, including updated arts/entertainment/design CTE standards, the Entertainment Equity Alliance, apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship pathways, and High Road Training Partnership investments. Speakers said these efforts are producing strong placement outcomes, including paid on-the-job training, union placements, and support for workers facing barriers, while also emphasizing the need for entrepreneurship training and wraparound supports. Committee discussion also centered on a major unresolved issue: how to define and measure the creative economy consistently across agencies, since current labor data often misses gig, contract, nonprofit, and business activity. A second panel of practitioners and advocates described local examples of the plan in action. The Handy Foundation, Arts for LA’s Creative Jobs Collective, the Arts Council of San Bernardino County, and the California Arts Council chair all argued that artists and creative workers should be treated as essential contributors to education, community health, local economies, and resilience, not as peripheral workers. They urged stronger school partnerships, more arts access, and better recognition of creative careers. Members also discussed AI’s impact on creative work, with panelists saying it should be treated as a tool that requires guardrails, training, and union and educator involvement rather than as a replacement for human creativity. No formal votes were taken; the hearing was informational, and members expressed support for continued implementation, better data systems, and additional funding in future budget and policy actions.

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• If you don't count the city judge and you don't count the district court judges, right?
• We don't have a city court, anything that deals with small claims.
• and parish courts and city courts and juvenile courts and family courts and everything else.
• And then you also have all of those other municipal courts, city courts, and everything else.
• So that we do not do a disservice to the cities and the parishes that we are intended to serve.

Summary: The committee met to review budget and fiscal items, beginning with a roll call and a reminder about severe weather and the need to keep the meeting brief. Members first received the January fiscal status statement and certified the prior-year surplus at $577,073,871, with no changes from the prior month. The fiscal status statement was approved without objection. Staff then reviewed the five-year baseline budget and continuation/standstill budgets, noting projected imbalances in later years driven by revenue declines, including the redirection of motor vehicle sales tax, and by rising costs such as inflation and Medicaid adjustments. Representative Amadee asked about Medicaid growth and SNAP administrative costs, and staff explained that the SNAP federal match change is separate from Medicaid. The governor’s executive budget presentation focused on a third year of standstill budgeting, efficiency savings, and the impact of one-time reductions and agency reorganizations. Officials said the budget avoids recurring spending from nonrecurring revenue and incorporates savings from prior efficiency efforts. Major items discussed included funding for LA Gator vouchers, the high-impact jobs program at Louisiana Economic Development, DCFS modernization, corrections overtime and offender costs, Angola population growth, nursing home and MCO adjustments at LDH, and additional support for the MJ Foster Scholarship and Board of Regents systems. Members also discussed the distinction between state general fund and federal funds, the effect of inflation on specific purchases, and the use of surplus dollars, including deposits to the Budget Stabilization Fund and UAL paydown. No formal action was taken on the budget presentation. Later items included the FY27 expenditure limit calculation of $20.1 billion, up $953 million from FY26, and the annual comprehensive financial report, which received an unmodified audit opinion. The committee approved a BA-7 increasing federal funds for the governor’s office by $2 million for U.S. DOT-related infrastructure and rural transit work. It also approved Facility Planning and Control requests to add five higher education deferred maintenance projects and to combine two Baton Rouge Community College projects. CPRA received approval to extend contracts with Coastal Estuary Services and Access Sciences for monitoring and records-management services. The committee also approved a legislative intent clarification for a $500,000 appropriation to the New Orleans Recreational Development Foundation. The final major discussion was a presentation on a weighted caseload study for appellate and district courts. Judicial officials explained that the study updates an outdated formula used to assess judgeship needs, incorporates specialty courts and commissioners, and is intended as one tool in a broader collaborative process with the legislature. Members raised concerns about the number of judges, court funding, and how Louisiana compares with other states. No vote was taken on the study, but the discussion emphasized future collaboration on judicial resource allocation and possible structural changes.

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• The couple then lived in Salt Lake City until 1978, when they moved to...
• Folks has been requested that folks be allowed to remove their codes. You may do so. Mr.
• They finished something for the Pueblo, Pojoaque, City of Baird, City of Retone, Town of Hurley, City
• of Gallup, City of Clovis, City of Bloomfield, Sierra County, Valencia County, City of Las Cruces, City
• of Grants, Sanneval County, City of Sunland Park, Town of Springer, Bernalillo County.

Bills: HB111 , HB61 , HB43 , HB156 , HB70 , SB3 , HB103 , HB109 , HB128 , HB247 , HJM2 , HJM3 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM32 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50

Keywords: water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance

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• If we, as lawmakers, don't set the expectations in code, then how How can we complain about them?
• That's unethical according to our standard, our Code of Ethics.
• Chairman, that maybe we've got 42 in code now, 42. right?
• President and Chief Operating Officer of Ponce Bank in New York City and a UTEP graduate.
• SP 37 is not considered a DC city public school and is a district level comprehensive school.

Bills: SB37 , SB1489 , SB452 , SB724 , SB1067 , SB1741 , SB1273

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: higher education, curriculum review, governing board, faculty council, ombudsman, faculty governance, decision-making, transparency, public meetings, department head, employment approval, public institutions, institutional oversight, education, funding, accountability, state budget, school performance, employment, Texas legislation

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• And a lot of municipalities and areas because of fire codes and other things already, I think, probably
• Those areas that have codes and are enforcing, these boxes are commonly known by a brand name of Knox
• able to provide the same standard of care amongst all the hospitals that we serve, rural or inner city
• across the state would be able to provide the same care if it's Memphis, Missouri, if it's Kansas City
• Memphis, Missouri, if it's Kansas City, or if it's St. Louis.

Committee: House Crime and Public Safety

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• transition to a nationally standardized claims ERs to as we transition to a nationally standardized claims code
• So we have over 700 behavior, health service codes that will be rip rolling out.
• And so we did a city U.S. Lee.
• For city, >> Thank you very much, Martin. For city, 40 members. We're up on time.

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• Section 4M, providing $1 million to the city of Jackson to pay costs associated with renovations and
• Section 4BZ, providing $500,000 appropriation for the city of Greenville to pay costs associated with
• Section 52W, providing a $1 million appropriation to the city of Jackson to pay costs associated with
• the renovations of city offices.
• Section 52, providing a $2 million appropriation to the city of Jackson to pay costs associated with

Bills: HR144 , HB4182 , HC51 , HR169 , HB4178 , HB4179

Keywords: commendation, sports, team achievement, high school, state championship, suffrage, restoration of voting rights, conviction, probation, law-abiding citizen, congressional term limits, constitutional amendments, Article V, state resolution, political reform, Jackson State University, Veterans Memorial Stadium, economic growth, property tax, multi-purpose facility