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• So, on consent then? >> Absolutely. >> No objection. >> Okay.
• So, on consent then >> All right.
• <03:44:58.720> Consent<03:44:59.120> it<03:44:59.359> is.
• Consent it is. >> no objection. Okay. Consent it is.
• Cost sharing implies, I would assume, with the ratepayers.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• file their replacement repair plans only with the DPU, yet they are also required to obtain written consent
• “Absolutely implied, and I do not believe it's explicitly written, but the intention is that by thinking
• The two that captured my attention...” analysis or cost to consumers absolutely implied and I do not

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing focused on several climate and utility-related bills, especially H. 3449/S. 2292 to expand the municipal fossil fuel-free building demonstration program from 10 to 20 communities and related home rule petitions for Somerville and other municipalities. Witnesses from Somerville, Salem, Worcester, Cambridge, Newton, Arlington, Wellesley, Watertown, and the Massachusetts Municipal Association argued that local governments should be allowed to opt into fossil fuel-free or net-zero building standards, citing climate goals, environmental justice concerns, housing production, and data showing all-electric construction can cost about the same as or less than mixed-fuel construction. Committee members repeatedly pressed witnesses for cost data and asked for written follow-up, while also discussing whether strong environmental standards affect housing supply; witnesses responded that the main housing constraints are financing and that they would provide more data from local projects and state studies. A second major topic was H. 3564, which would require gas companies to provide municipalities with detailed multi-year pipe replacement plans, allow local review and objections, and limit reimbursement for projects not previously disclosed except in emergencies. Municipal leaders and advocates said the bill would improve coordination of street work, reduce disruption and costs, and help cities plan for electrification, network geothermal, and non-pipeline alternatives. Testimony from Wellesley, Cambridge, Arlington, Newton, and others emphasized repeated problems with last-minute gas main work, the need for advance notice, and the value of municipal participation in planning gas system retirement and alternatives. The committee also heard testimony on the “tactical transition” bills, S. 2249/H. 3539, aimed at managing the gas-to-clean-energy transition. Supporters from Gas Transition Allies, Rewiring America, and 350 Mass said the bills would require joint gas-electric planning, create an advisory council, eliminate subsidies for new gas hookups, shift investment toward repairs and clean alternatives, protect workers through retraining, and make utility plans more transparent. They argued these changes would reduce ratepayer costs, avoid stranded gas assets, and support orderly decarbonization. In addition, HEET testified on H. 3541, which would update greenhouse gas accounting to better reflect methane’s short-term climate impact, and H. 3543, which would establish a framework for managing shared thermal resources and thermal energy networks; committee members asked several questions about the meaning, ownership, and consumer-cost implications of the proposed “thermal commons.” No votes were taken during the hearing.

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• And I think the question implies something that's not happened and, you know, I don't need to worry about
• I want to turn to Senator Blumenthal to begin that, but I want to ask unanimous consent at this point
• The way that your question is worded implies that they would not be there to do the veterans' health

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• <00:29:27.799> to pass to allow the people to consent to pass to allow the people to consent
• Is there any objection to this bill being placed on the consent calendar?
• So seeing no objection, this bill will be placed on the consent calendar.
• Is there any objection to this bill being placed on the consent calendar?
• <03:55:21.439> calendar being placed on the consent calendar being placed on the consent calendar

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The Certification Board is appointed by the Governor with... consent of the Senate.
• purposes only shall exercise its functions independently of the department and without approval or consent
• those two statements is, Senator Maestas [ID: member_10564], you point to this language there by implying

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• She chaired the Higher Education, Environmental Regulation, and Local and Consent Calendar committees
• She chaired the Higher Education, Environmental Regulation, and Local and Consent Calendar committees
• It's also low enough to respect the plain language of Texas statute, which clearly implies that a political

Summary: The Texas Ethics Commission met on March 11, 2025, first in executive session and then in open session. The chair announced that, in light of Texas Attorney General Opinion KP-484, the commission would conform its practices to the opinion and move to repeal tolling rules for sworn-complaint deadlines. The chair also said the commission would dismiss 36 pending sworn-complaint cases in which the 120-day settlement deadline had been exceeded, even though the delay had been tolled under prior TEC rules. The commission then set future meeting dates for June 12 and September 17 and approved prior meeting minutes. The commission adopted a new criminal-referral rule clarifying that, once jurisdiction over a complaint is accepted, commissioners may vote to make a criminal referral. It also adopted revised advisory-opinion rules, with a clarifying amendment from a commenter, and republished proposed changes to the definition of “principal purpose” for political committees after staff recommended a 49 percent political-activity threshold and further public input. The commission published for comment proposed changes to ethics training rules, facial-compliance review procedures, late-filing waiver and reduction rules, and sworn-complaint procedures, including tighter discovery limits, a default-order set-aside process, and removal of tolling language inconsistent with KP-484. It also republished Chapter 28 rules on Speaker-candidate reporting. The commission adopted several advisory opinions. It declined to give an affirmative defense on whether certain school-district communications were political advertising because related litigation had already addressed the issue. It reaffirmed that a House member may use donated district-office space if it is not reimbursable with public funds and was accepted before the contribution moratorium. It also concluded that a judge may use political funds for travel to a Navy-hosted event as a local dignitary, that legislators’ use of a corporate aircraft for a border-region fact-finding trip could be permissible but would likely trigger reporting obligations, that a TCEQ commissioner’s revolving-door restrictions apply only to matters actually placed before the commissioner, and that a part-time legislative staffer may not take outside employment assisting a registered lobbyist. The commission then heard and acted on numerous fine-waiver appeals, granting several full waivers or reductions and approving staff recommendations on others, and terminated a number of inactive campaign treasurer appointments. Finally, the executive director briefed the commission on the 2025 legislative session, noting that staffing requests are tied to Sunset recommendations and that the House had preliminarily recommended about half of the commission’s appropriations requests.

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• Board of Immigration that will be formed acts as the authority and that board requires unanimous consent
• AND ACTUALLY MAKES THEM MORE TREATED WHERE IT REQUIRES UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
• But to call them "dreamers" implies that they have dreams and they have visions that are greater than

Bills: SJR2, SB4, SJR36, SJR2, SB4, SJR1, SJR5, SB9, SB40, SJR2, SB4, SR98, SJR40, SJR41, SJR42, SJR43, SJR44, SJR45, SJR46, SJR47, SCR13, SB6, SB13, SB21, SB826, SB827, SB828, SB829, SB830, SB831, SB832, SB833, SB834, SB835, SB836, SB837, SB838, SB839, SB840, SB841, SB842, SB843, SB844, SB845, SB846, SB847, SB848, SB849, SB850, SB851, SB853, SB854, SB855, SB856, SB857, SB858, SB859, SB860, SB861, SB862, SB863, SB864, SB865, SB866, SB867, SB868, SB869, SB870, SB871, SB872, SB873, SB874, SB875, SB876, SB877, SB878, SB879, SB880, SB881, SB882, SB883, SB884, SB885, SB886, SB887, SB888, SB889, SB890, SB891, SB892, SB893, SB894, SB895, SB896, SB897, SB898, SB899, SB900, SB901, SB902, SB903, SB904, SB905, SB906, SB907, SB908, SB909, SB910, SB911, SB912, SB913, SB914, SB915, SB916, SB917, SB918, SB919, SB920, SB921, SB922, SB923, SB924, SB925, SB926, SB927, SB928, SB929, SB930, SB931, SB932, SB933, SB934, SB935, SB936, SB937, SB938, SB939, SB940, SB941, SB942, SB943, SB944, SB945, SB946, SB947, SB948, SB949, SB950, SB951, SB952, SB953, SB954, SB955, SB956, SB957, SB958, SB959, SB960, SB961, SB962, SB963, SB964, SB965, SB966, SB967, SB968, SB969, SB970, SB971, SB972, SB973, SB974, SB975, SB976, SB977, SB978, SB979, SB980, SB981, SB982, SB983, SB984, SB985, SB986, SB987, SB988, SB989, SB990, SB991, SB992, SB993, SB994, SB995, SB996, SB997, SB998, SB999, SB1000, SJR40, SJR41, SJR42, SJR43, SJR44, SJR45, SJR46, SJR47, SCR13, SB6, SB13, SB21, SB826, SB827, SB828, SB829, SB830, SB831, SB832, SB833, SB834, SB835, SB836, SB837, SB838, SB839, SB840, SB841, SB842, SB843, SB844, SB845, SB846, SB847, SB848, SB849, SB850, SB851, SB853, SB854, SB855, SB856, SB857, SB858, SB859, SB860, SB861, SB862, SB863, SB864, SB865, SB866, SB867, SB868, SB869, SB870, SB871, SB872, SB873, SB874, SB875, SB876, SB877, SB878, SB879, SB880, SB881, SB882, SB883, SB884, SB885, SB886, SB887, SB888, SB889, SB890, SB891, SB892, SB893, SB894, SB895, SB896, SB897, SB898, SB899, SB900, SB901, SB902, SB903, SB904, SB905, SB906, SB907, SB908, SB909, SB910, SB911, SB912, SB913, SB914, SB915, SB916, SB917, SB918, SB919, SB920, SB921, SB922, SB923, SB924, SB925, SB926, SB927, SB928, SB929, SB930, SB931, SB932, SB933, SB934, SB935, SB936, SB937, SB938, SB939, SB940, SB941, SB942, SB943, SB944, SB945, SB946, SB947, SB948, SB949, SB950, SB951, SB952, SB953, SB954, SB955, SB956, SB957, SB958, SB959, SB960, SB961, SB962, SB963, SB964, SB965, SB966, SB967, SB968, SB969, SB970, SB971, SB972, SB973, SB974, SB975, SB976, SB977, SB978, SB979, SB980, SB981, SB982, SB983, SB984, SB985, SB986, SB987, SB988, SB989, SB990, SB991, SB992, SB993, SB994, SB995, SB996, SB997, SB998, SB999, SB1000

Keywords: SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, constitutional amendment, homestead exemption, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval, November 2025 ballot, local government, Ways & Means

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• Advising consent is the responsibility of the United States Senate, and I truly believe that each member
• Those who oppose my nomination imply that I am loyal to something or someone other than God, my own conscience
• which I think was his duty as somebody on this committee to fulfill his responsibility to advise and consent

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• Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the journal reflect that all members present in this morning session
• Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that the records show that the journal
• And as a nurse, a long-time nurse, I'm all about informed consent.
• Speaker, gentlelady, are you implying that they don't have enough training?
• It's an informed consent, and it's in practice for every surgery. It's a surgical consent.

Bills: HB145, HB164, HR1, HB20, HB65, HB66, HB80, HB306, SB29, SB37, HB99, HB206, HB213, HB270, SB104, SB193, HB38, HB254, HB256, SB58, SB64, HJM1, HM7, HM17, HM4, HM22, HM23, HM24, HM26, HM2, HM16, HM32, HM13, HM47, HM20, HM51, HM1, HM31, HM35, HM36, HM46, HM53, HM54, HM39, HM29, HM43, HM59, HM11, HM14, HM21, HM34, HM50, HB253

Keywords: high-wage jobs, tax credit, job creation, New Mexico, economic development, lobbying, transparency, public records, government oversight, accountability, House Resolution 1, HR1, House investigatory subcommittee, special committee, legislative investigation, subpoena power, public corruption, criminal activity, Zorro ranch, Santa Fe County

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• And can only and the MDL can only be accessed if the credential holder consents to share it with a relying
• If there's any transmittal, excuse me, that would be at the consent of the individual.
• You're always presented with a consent sheet so the user can look at that consent sheet.
• House with a recommendation that it do pass and be printed and sent to the Committee on Local and consent
• So, so what they're saying is that it's implied that a failure to identify. is somehow reckless at, at

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• to be counterfeited. in their release, and the MDL can only be accessed if the credential holder consents
• Excuse me, and that would be at the consent of the individual but in order to access that data that would
• With digital ID, you're always presented with a consent sheet.
• house for the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and sent to the committee on local and consent
• So, so what they're saying is that it's implied that a failure to identify. is somehow reckless at this

Bills: HB2034, HB2436, HB3010, HB3033, HB3138, HB3177, HB3426, HB3686, HB3858, HB4176, HB4257, HB4264, HB4804, HCR98

Keywords: groundwater, foreign ownership, national security, water permits, environmental health, deadly conduct, firearm, recklessness, peace officer, prosecution, Penal Code, Texas laws, disaster recovery, infrastructure, rural communities, grants, state funding, emergency management, HB 3033, Texas Department of Public Safety

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• The address is incorrect, but it is still implying that is the Centennial Office Building.
• When you see our moniker, the Minnesota House of Representatives, it implies that this is sanctioned
• could imply. could imply. >> Representative<00:19:16.640> Clear.
• is incorrect, but it is still implying is incorrect, but it is still implying that<00:20:26.799>
• that this is Representatives, it implies that this is sanctioned<00:21:09.039> by<00:21:09.520

Keywords: 1183, house

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• This allows for informed consent. There are significant changes that require renewed consent.
• So before giving consent, purchase.
• This allows for informed consent. This allows for informed consent.
• descriptions, or parent consent descriptions, or parent consent disclosures.<01:29:22.480> If
• HB 1658 gives them that ability. parental consent, it must actually parental consent, it must actually

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Um, so I I am could possibly imply.
• <00:50:34.400> so transparency, you know, and consent so transparency, you know, and consent
• and with informed consent. and with informed consent. Informed<01:06:27.440> consent.
• The safe harbor bill Informed consent.
• So, but then you know, informed consent.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Senator Birdsell moves that the consent calendar, with the relevant amendments as printed in the
• The consent calendar is adopted. Okay, we are now moving on to the regular calendar.
• The consent<00:21:45.039> calendar<00:21:45.600> is<00:21:45.840> adopted.
• consent calendar is adopted. consent calendar is adopted.
• We are going to move on to the bills that have been removed from the consent calendar. >> Yeah.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• And consent. One opposed say nay. No. And consent.
• Consent. Seven zero. I move consent. I have a motion for consent.
• Consent is all right. It's okay with me. Consent is all right.
• Move consent.
• Move consent. nay. The eyes have it. Move consent.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Your testimony implied that if incentivized, the directed donor donors would lie on their questionnaire
• The inherent risk of receiving somebody else's blood is written into the consent form.

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• So I don't want to imply it's some sort of Wild West where we just decide who does whatever.
• Every adult in Texas has the right to informed consent, and that includes the right to say no.

Bills: SB1117, SB1373, SB672, SB1986, SB1098, SB626, SB1784, SB2480, SB2487, SB437, SB660

Keywords: dentistry, botulinum toxin, aesthetic treatments, dental regulation, training, medical staff privileges, hospital administration, healthcare regulation, Texas Health and Safety Code, consistency in privileges, SB 672, Texas hospital emergency operations plan, hospital diversion, emergency department, cyberattack, cyber security, power outage, electrical outage, patient diversion, hospital preparedness

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• impairing substance” throughout Chapters 316 and 327 to better align with the rest of the criminal and implied
• consent statutes.

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice met with a quorum and first approved SPB 7014, which terminates the state court system’s mediation and arbitration trust fund; staff noted the fund has no current balance and that filing fees were already redirected in 2011. The bill was reported favorably as a committee bill without objection. The committee then took up CS/SB 48 on alternative judicial procedures for foreclosure sales. Senator Garcia described it as a response to reported abuses in Miami-Dade County, adding longer sale timeframes, stronger notice requirements, rules for alternative sale methods, online auction authorization, and consumer protections for surplus funds. After adopting a technical amendment, members raised concerns about whether the bill was codifying a process they believed should remain with clerks of court and about the new online auction provisions; Senator Garcia ultimately moved to temporarily postpone the bill. Members also approved CS/SB 322, creating a nonjudicial process for sheriffs to remove unauthorized persons from commercial property, and CS/SB 138, which revises DUI-related language from “intoxicating” to “impairing” and allows judicial circuits to create DUI diversion programs. CS/SB 138 drew opposition from some members and testimony from cannabis advocates and defense lawyers who argued the catch-all language was too broad and could sweep in lawful medications or create testing and expungement issues, but it still passed. The committee further reported favorably SB 130 on wrongful incarceration compensation, extending filing deadlines and removing restrictive bars to compensation, and SB 234, which strengthens penalties for violent resistance against law enforcement officers and clarifies that such resistance can lead to life imprisonment if it results in an officer’s death. Both bills received supportive testimony, though SB 234 also drew concerns from defense lawyers about removing language tied to lawful duty and good faith; the sponsor said the bill preserves defenses while focusing on violent resistance. The meeting then adjourned.

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• are looking for options and they want to have choice, and this is actually going to give pro-choice implies
• are looking for options and they want to have choice, and this is actually going to give pro-choice implies
• going to and this is this is actually going to give<00:01:38.119> pro-choice<00:01:38.759> implies
• <00:01:39.320> more<00:01:39.520> than<00:01:39.680> one give pro-choice implies
• more than one give pro-choice implies more than one option<00:01:40.759> and<00:01:40.960>

Keywords: 1183, house