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• miles per hour over the posted speed limit in an active, and that's the key word that I added, active school
• In 2022, my wife and I purchased a drone to enhance her capabilities as a fine art photographer.
• As I was saying, my wife and I purchased a drone to enhance her capabilities as a fine art photographer
• sisters live, your brother, your younger brothers, your younger sisters that are maybe in elementary school

Committee: House Judiciary, Rules and Administration

Keywords: 989, all

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• Uh, I got I think a B+ in contracts when I took it in law school.
• I took<00:21:30.480><c> it</c><00:21:30.640><c> in</c><00:21:30.799><c> law</c><00:21:31.039><c> school
• We should all in took it in law school.
• </c><01:42:22.560><c> Um,</c> people to purchase their own homes.
• Um, people to purchase their own homes.

Committee: House Housing

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Minnesota School of Public Health.
• </c> areas and the final point was school areas and the final point was school safety<00:39:22.480><c
• I think money towards school safety?
• </c><00:42:17.040><c> We're</c> from also looking at schools. We're from also looking at schools.
• </c> person is going to turn into a school person is going to turn into a school shooter.<00:58:56.240

Bills: HF3668 , HF2779 , HF2771

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

Keywords: gun violence, public health, Department of Health, prevention, criminal justice, health care transparency, ownership disclosure, control reporting, health care consolidation, private equity, management services organization, MSO, provider organization, health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, hospital system, affiliate reporting, financial disclosure, public reporting, market concentration

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• SB 414, Ashby, charter school accountability, do pass with author's amendments regarding annual audit
• SB 643, Caballero, carbon dioxide removal purchase program, do pass out on an A roll call.
• out-of-state schools only; that is out on an A roll call.
• SB 848, Perez, school employee misconduct, do pass with author amendments to make technical changes;
• SB 631, Richardson, charter school revolving loans, do pass out on an A roll call.

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee held its August 29, 2025 suspense hearing on Senate bills, with the chair emphasizing the state’s ongoing budget constraints and the need to make difficult choices among 261 bills on the suspense file. After establishing a quorum, the committee began taking action bill by bill, with many measures receiving do pass or do pass with amendments recommendations, while others were held in committee or designated as two-year bills. The chair noted the agenda was organized alphabetically by author and that results would be posted later on the committee website. The hearing covered a wide range of topics, including insurance and claims data, wildfire relief and prevention, water planning, energy and utility regulation, housing and land use, health care, labor and employment, criminal justice, education, environmental policy, and election-related measures. Several bills were amended before passage, often to narrow scope, remove sections, adjust definitions, delay implementation, or clarify funding and enforcement provisions. Some notable actions included moving bills on AI regulation, transit-oriented housing, paid family leave, wildfire mapping, chemical hair relaxers, and pharmacy benefit managers, while other bills on subjects such as controlled substances, high-speed rail, and certain education or housing proposals were held. The committee also took formal roll-call votes on selected bills, with some passing on A roll calls and others on B roll calls; a number of measures were advanced with Republicans not voting. One highlighted vote was SB 79 by Senator Wiener, which passed after amendments and a recorded roll call. At the end of the hearing, the committee reported that 190 bills were moved to the Assembly Floor, either as do pass or do pass with amendments, concluding the suspense hearing for the session.

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• were intended to give disclosures that really applied to surface use of the land to prospective purchasers
• is also one of the primary teaching hospitals for the UTA. ...UT Health Center, McGovern Medical School
• list of places where rock crushing concrete may not operate within 440 yards. ...The list includes schools
• And while current law prohibits such operations within 440 yards of residences and schools,... ...and
• 1st, 2001, and for facilities that were authorized and maintained their authorization, and then a school

Bills: SB2082 , SB2203 , SB2351 , SB2550 , SCR48

Committee: Senate Natural Resources

Keywords: concrete crushing, hospital proximity, environmental regulation, public health, zoning laws, SB 2203, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, TCEQ, State Office of Administrative Hearings, SOAH, contested case, administrative law judge, ALJ, discovery, scope of discovery, certification, administrative procedure, permit dispute, agency rules, Government Code

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• It's really a community-based recruiting deal, their schools.
• It's been difficult in the schools and that's where we really like to recruit in the schools about.
• Again, the schools and we're trying to get some legislation to help us get back in some of the schools
• that really don't want us in the schools.
• The other schools are there. How can we leverage that talent?

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• As a graduate of CUNY School of Law, please move this bill. Thank you.
• S-4162, Bailey, expands the Fresh Connect program, which provides rebates for the purchase of local produce

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Finance Committee met on March 5 and moved a series of bills, with brief discussion on most measures and several members noting support for the proposals. Bills advanced included loan forgiveness and reimbursement for attorneys serving Indigenous clients (S161A), a study of lithium-ion battery fires and prevention (S257), annual housing and zoning reporting to the Department of State (F919A), a temporary state pesticide commission (S1368), an emergency repair pilot program for hazardous building code violations (S1838), a searchable veterans resources database (S2070), Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution (S2587), expanded fraud and tax-fraud provisions (S32), a NYSERDA rebate program for lithium-ion batteries for mobility devices (S3560), directing certain fines and penalties to a conservation enforcement account (S4033B), Veterans Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Day (S4152A), expansion of Fresh Connect to supermarkets and grocery stores (S4162), restrictions on executive-branch contracting during a hiring freeze (S473), real-property transfer documentation and forgery-related protections (S5177), changes to retirement beneficiary options after a beneficiary’s family offense conviction (S6750), and a deposit placement program for public monies (S8357). Several bills were described as addressing fraud, housing, veterans’ services, public safety, and commemorations, and members generally spoke in favor of the measures. A few bills drew more specific comments: supporters emphasized the importance of honoring Fred Korematsu and recognizing the injustice of Japanese American detention, and the fraud-related bill was framed as a response to white-collar tax fraud and government losses. The real-property bill was highlighted as a response to mortgage and deed fraud affecting homeowners. On the housing reporting bill, there were three negative votes, and on the pesticide commission bill there were two members without recommendation. The lithium-ion battery rebate bill also drew several negative votes, while most other measures passed with little or no opposition. By the end of the meeting, the committee had completed its agenda and announced it would resume more regular meetings, while noting that the state budget process would continue to affect scheduling.

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• It makes an appropriation to construct, equip, and furnish a new school of medicine facility.
• , Stefanics, and Nava, an act relating to health coverage, enacting sections of the Health Care Purchasing

Keywords: 996, all

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• It's making an appropriation to construct, equip, and furnish a new school of medicine facility.
• Enacting sections of the Health Care Purchasing Act, the New Mexico Insurance Code, the Health Maintenance

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• What this does is it establishes an optional purchase of a license plate in support of veterans.
• If nobody purchases it at auction, they are able to utilize three documents.
• But I just purchased a 1985 RV which is worth way more than a, say, a 2002 Honda Rebel.
• </c> instruction with improved driving school instruction with improved driving school and<04:19:40.960
• </c> licensed driver to school. licensed driver to school. &gt;&gt; Thank<04:24:15.840><c> you.

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• He held that announcement across the street from a local elementary school.
• We're present in schools and community centers, neighborhoods, or invited...
• We're present in schools and community centers, neighborhoods.
• And more than two-thirds of these are using it to get to school or get to work.
• The attendance levels in schools are low. Not going to happen.

Committee: House Elections

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• did not include my children, Alec and Lydia, as protected parties, Brock removed the children from school
• example, van lines that were smuggling humans illegally, as well as nonprofit entities that have purchased
• example, van lines that were smuggling humans illegally, as well as nonprofit entities that have purchased
• example, van lines that were smuggling humans illegally, as well as nonprofit entities that have purchased
• If there's one thing I learned while in law school, and that scared me, it was make sure that I remind

Committee: House House Judiciary Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee first heard HB 2931, which continues the Arizona Civil Rights Advisory Board for eight years. The sponsor and a Civil Rights Division representative testified that the board helps examine civil rights issues and supports transparency and justice. The bill received a due pass recommendation on a 5-3 vote. The committee then considered HB 2862, a strike-everything amendment creating a sentencing enhancement for crimes committed while wearing a mask to conceal identity, narrowed by amendment to Title 13 offenses. Opponents, including CAIR Arizona and the ACLU, argued it could burden religious expression and protest activity, while supporters said it targets criminal concealment and improves accountability. The committee adopted the striker and amendment and gave the bill as amended a due pass recommendation by a 7-2 vote. HB 4042 followed, requiring a potential father in a paternity action to serve the mother to avoid waiving certain rights and allowing failure to do so to support termination of the parent-child relationship. An adoption attorney said the change would close a loophole and align termination law with adoption statutes. The bill passed unanimously with a due pass recommendation. The committee also heard HB 4136, creating unlawful entry into a residence where a vulnerable adult lives as a felony, with an amendment removing immediate-arrest language and other provisions. The sponsor described a case involving repeated harassment of a vulnerable adult, while opponents said existing trespass, burglary, and aggravating-factor laws already cover the conduct. The amended bill received a due pass recommendation on a 6-3 vote.

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• We are purchasing the ability to invest in all these companies from third parties who charge us really
• We are purchasing the ability to invest Right.
• We are purchasing the ability to invest in all these companies from third parties who charge us really
• especially as we’d be working in tandem with our longstanding partners, such as Seattle University School
• especially as we'd be working in tandem with our longstanding partners, such as Seattle University, School

Summary: The committee began with a work session from the State Investment Board, where staff described the board’s structure, $230 billion in assets under management, and its mandate to maximize returns at a prudent level of risk for pension and other state funds. They reviewed long-term performance, noting strong historical returns and explaining that the board generally invests public equities passively through low-cost index funds. Members also discussed sustainability practices, including ESG integration, proxy voting, climate and DEI blueprints, and the board’s view that divestment or asset-class restrictions can reduce returns and increase costs. Senators asked about deferred compensation, legislative influence over investment policy, and digital assets; staff said the board is slow-moving and that any major change would be studied carefully. The public hearing then focused on SB 5439, which would prohibit new thermal coal investments beginning in 2026 and require full divestment by 2030, with limited exceptions. Supporters argued coal is a poor long-term investment and a major climate and health risk, and several said the bill still gives the board flexibility to retain holdings in companies transitioning to clean energy. The committee also heard testimony on SB 6109, which would bar investments in private detention facilities and require divestment by 2030; supporters said state money should not profit from immigrant detention, while staff confirmed the board currently holds a small investment in Geo Group. SB 6304 would require responsible investment principles for the State Investment Board, including consideration of human rights, environmental degradation, corruption, and related risks, along with proxy voting guidelines and annual reporting. Testimony in favor emphasized ethical investing, climate risk, and avoiding complicity in human rights abuses, while board staff had earlier said they view such decisions through an investment-risk lens rather than a values-based lens. The committee also heard Substitute SB 5945, which would exclude most offenses committed before age 18 from counting as strikes under the state’s persistent offender law and would allow retroactive resentencing for affected people, with exceptions for first- and second-degree murder and serious sex offenses. Staff said the substitute would likely affect fewer cases than the original bill, with estimates ranging from about 10 to 24 resentencings. Public defense, prosecutors, and sheriffs’ representatives raised concerns about workload, victim impacts, and retroactive application, while supporters and pro bono providers said they were prepared to help with resentencing and reentry support. No votes were taken during the hearing.

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• A few well-known examples of those are the forestry riparian easement program that purchases easements
• A few well-known examples of those are the forestry riparian easement program that purchases easements
• our FEP, Forest Riparian Easement Program, has also invested just shy of $50 million since 2001 to purchase
• public benefits, including employment, rural economic stability, revenue for local governments and schools
• When working forests become economically untenable, communities lose jobs, schools lose funding, and

Summary: The committee held a work session on the history, implementation, and current challenges of Washington’s Forest and Fish law and related Habitat Conservation Plan. Testimony from tribal representatives Jim Peters and David Herrera, former Rep. Jim Buck, and mediator Tim Thompson described the original timber, fish, and wildlife negotiations as a broad, collaborative effort intended to balance salmon and habitat protection with a viable timber industry. DNR’s Sabur Jawad outlined the program’s statutory framework, the roles of DNR, Ecology, Fish and Wildlife, tribes, local governments, landowners, and the Forest Practices Board, and explained that changes to aquatic-resource rules can come through adaptive management, legislative direction, or court orders. He also described the permitting and enforcement system, the programmatic HCP, road maintenance and abandonment work, and the adaptive management process, including the long-running NP stream-buffer studies and resulting rulemaking timeline. Agency and stakeholder testimony emphasized accomplishments such as decades of HCP coverage, annual compliance monitoring, road and fish-barrier improvements, small forest landowner assistance programs, and the completion of numerous adaptive management studies. DNR’s Katie Allen said the program has strong successes but also faces resource-intensive implementation, rising costs, and watershed-wide pressures beyond forestry, and she pointed to a State Auditor review that produced 13 recommendations now being addressed through an action plan and a structured decision-making model. Washington Farm Forestry Association executive director Elaine O’Neill said small forest landowners supported the agreement expecting assistance and flexibility, but argued the balance has shifted toward more protection and less practical consideration of rural vitality and property rights. Washington Forest Protection Association executive director Jason Spadero said the agreement has produced measurable environmental gains and regulatory predictability, but criticized the recent NP rule and urged continued science-based, economically balanced management. In the final discussion, tribal representatives said the collaborative, consensus-based process still works in some areas, but that the principals need to be re-engaged more directly and periodically to restore accountability and trust. They said the adaptive management process and funding remain important, but expressed concern that consensus has broken down in some recent rulemaking and that side negotiations or outside pressure can undermine the original agreement. Members asked how to restore the collaborative model; Peters suggested renewed commitment from the principal parties and more regular high-level meetings, while Herrera echoed the need to implement the auditor’s recommendations. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken during the work session.

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• So covered entities under the CCA have to purchase allowances.
• aware that Packaging Corporation of America, they were innovative enough to close their plant after purchasing
• aware that Packaging Corporation of America, they were innovative enough to close their plant after purchasing
• They provide money for local school district funding, EMT services, hospitals, et cetera.

Bills: HB2537 , HB2245 , HB2296

Committee: House Environment & Energy

Keywords: emissions, climate commitment act, environmental regulation, trade regulation, facility compliance, consumer-owned utilities, clean energy, port districts, market customers, energy transformation, distributed energy, renewable energy, energy resources, sustainability, energy policy, 904, all

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• supplemental plans, but that being said, it is reducing it because, I mean, you voluntarily want to purchase
• Well, then why would anyone purchase the supplemental coverage?
• I remember I tried to do a front flip handspring over a bar at high school one time.
• have worked for three or four different companies, either the company has to ensure that they have purchased

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• waiting period before accepting employment with a particular employer after helping to select and purchase
• the job and worked with that vendor directly to determine the appropriate number of licenses to purchase
• The purchases were made... through an existing corporate cooperative contract with the Texas Department
• In law school, we learned that a mistake of law is not a defense.

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• High School.
• There's language there that directs the school safety marshal and the Kentucky Center for School Safety
• > to</c> the Kentucky Center for School Safety to the Kentucky Center for School Safety to to<00:29:40.320
• </c> Senate Bill one from 2019, the school Senate Bill one from 2019, the school safety<00:30:27.600>
• One of them being a $434,000 cost to the Council of Chief State School Officers.

Committee: House Appropriations & Revenue

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Cabinet for Health and Family Services 00:00:30 Kentucky Department of Education 00:27:10 Education and Labor Cabinet 00:31:35 Auditor of Public Accounts 00:36:55, 958, all

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• So you are not talking about school athletic trainers. Where are you?
• So they are already contracted with the school district.
• School district or whomever, correct?
• If those services are contracted to provide services for said high school or school, or you're employed
• If those services are contracted to provide services for said high school or school or you're employed

Committee: House Health and Mental Health

Summary: The committee first heard House Bills 2365, 2490, and 2249, a bipartisan version of Elijah’s Law, which would require child care facilities to receive training and guidance on recognizing and responding to food allergies and anaphylaxis. Sponsors described the bill as a response to the death of Elijah, whose daycare did not administer epinephrine quickly enough after a food exposure. Witnesses in support, including a parent and food allergy advocate, said the measure would improve preparedness and save lives. Committee members asked about whether the bill should use broader epinephrine terminology, whether the requirements could also be handled through child care licensing rules, and whether the bill was already included in a larger measure. No opposition was presented, and the hearing on those bills was closed. The committee then heard House Bill 1965, which would require insurers to reimburse athletic trainers for covered services and add athletic trainers to the practitioner definition for billing purposes. The sponsor and athletic training witnesses said the bill would recognize athletic trainers as licensed health care providers, improve access in rural and underserved areas, and allow reimbursement when trainers work in clinics, hospitals, or other non-school settings. Committee members raised repeated questions about the difference between athletic trainers and physical therapists, whether school-based services were already paid through contracts, whether the bill would increase costs or create double payment, and how diagnosis and billing would work under the current scope of practice. Opponents from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City and the Missouri Insurance Coalition argued the bill would create a mandate, increase costs, and expand billing before clarifying the underlying scope of practice. No vote was taken in public hearing. The committee then moved into executive session and voted several bills do pass. A substitute was adopted for House Bill 1826 and the committee substitute for House Bills 1826, 2560, 2349, and 2194 passed 17-0. House Bill 1783 also passed 17-0. House Bill 2372, which incorporated multiple related provisions including changes to epinephrine terminology and other committee items, passed 17-1 after a substitute and amendment were adopted. House Bill 1827, the occupational therapy bill related to disabled placards and license plates, passed 18-0. The committee then returned to public hearing and heard House Bills 1941 and 2279, which would prohibit copay accumulator programs for fully insured plans so that third-party assistance counts toward a patient’s deductible and out-of-pocket maximum. Sponsors and a rheumatologist testified that the bills would prevent patients with serious illnesses from being forced to pay the same deductible twice and said similar laws have been enacted in many other states. Opponents from America’s Health Insurance Plans argued the measure would affect only a minority of plans, raise costs in the individual and small-group market, and could worsen affordability for remaining enrollees. The hearing ended without a vote on those bills.

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• He said there are issues where the safety and well-being of the residents who purchase these homes is
• </c><00:36:06.520><c> these</c><00:36:06.720><c> homes</c> the residents that purchase these homes the
• residents that purchase these homes is<00:36:07.200><c> at</c><00:36:07.680><c> play</c><00:36:08.680
• I have to take the bus now to get to school around 5:00 in the morning to be on time for school and take
• I have to take the bus now to get to school around 5:00 in the morning to be on time for school and take

Committee: House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several housing, land use, and preservation bills. HB 1008 HD2 would require the Department of Land and Natural Resources to complete historic preservation determinations for state affordable housing projects within 90 days and create sensitivity-based review pathways. HHFDC, DLNR’s State Historic Preservation Division, and written testimony from DBEDT supported the bill as an expedited process for projects unlikely to affect significant historic resources. Members asked how the bill would define significant versus non-significant historic properties, how it would interact with Kapakai analysis, and whether burial councils had been consulted; SHPD said the bill would not replace Kapakai review and that burial councils had not been included. Written support also came from OHA, Hawaii Realtors, and the Maui Chamber of Commerce. HB 1093 would clarify the Hawaii Public Housing Authority’s powers relating to housing projects. HPHA supported the measure, saying it would align definitions with prior law and help deconcentrate poverty by allowing mixed-income rebuilding. The director also said the bill was increasingly urgent because of reported federal HUD priorities that could affect public housing and Section 8 funding. HB 1096 HD1 would repeal state low-income housing preferences for disabled veterans and spouses of deceased veterans, with HPHA saying federal veteran programs such as VASH are a better mechanism and that the state preference has not been used in years. HB 1411 would allow HHFDC projects to give sale or lease preferences to applicants who live or work within five miles of a project; HHFDC and the Hawaii Chapter of NAIOP supported it as a way to keep residents connected to their communities, while members raised constitutional concerns about broader local-preference policies. The committee also heard HB 367 HD1, which would create county permit exemptions for certain agricultural and maintenance activities. Written testimony included opposition from the Department of Planning and Permitting and support from the Hawaii Farm Bureau, Grassroot Institute, and others. A public testifier opposed the bill, arguing that permit exemptions could worsen safety and compliance problems. Finally, HB 826 HD1 would allow county planning commissions, by special permit, to authorize residential housing in agricultural districts for agricultural workforce housing, long-term rental, or fee simple ownership under certain conditions. HHFDC supported it as a faster alternative to lengthy state land-use redistricting, but the Department of Agriculture, Land Use Commission, and Office of Planning and Sustainable Development raised concerns about food production impacts, due process, service provision, jurisdictional conflicts, and the use of special permits for what could amount to district boundary changes. Public testimony was mixed, with some support and some opposition. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided.