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• We will bring the January 26th edition of the Housing Committee to order.
• Members of the committee, Audrey Vasek, staff to the committee.
• This bill has been before this committee before.
• Tower, who sits before this committee or has come before this committee before.
• Thank you, Chair and committee members.

Bills: HB1542 , HB2527

Committee: House Housing

Keywords: senior housing, independent living, 55 and older, older adults, elderly, retirement housing, retirement community, resident rights, tenant protections, consumer protection act, unfair or deceptive practices, housing discrimination, assisted living distinction, Department of Commerce, Washington RCW, housing provider, community living, security cameras, resident meetings, anonymous complaints

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• Good afternoon to the committee.
• Chair Gruters and members of the committee, thank you for having me today.
• Thank you, Chair Gruters and members of the committee.
• Without objection, this committee is adjourned. Thank you. bills before the committee today.
• Without objections, this committee is adjourned. Thank you.

Bills: S0266 , S0394 , S0540 , S0632 , S0642 , S0832 , S0834 , S1028

Committee: Senate Banking and Insurance

Keywords: public adjuster, contract cancellation, state of emergency, vulnerable adults, disciplinary actions, financial regulation, information security, financial exploitation, licensing, transportation, insurance, TNC, ride-sharing, automobile liability, bail bond, insurance regulation, foreign insurers, financial disclosure, premium reporting, residential property insurance

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• Is this a hearing of the Ways and Means Committee? Mr. Secretary, would you please call the roll?
• Did not fit under the Water Sector Committee.
• It was on the committee here with you, as you know.
• I have it in front of me, but it would be three members of this committee? Yes.
• Committee is adjourned. I'll do it.

Bills: HR118 , HB1039 , SB436 , SB442

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: water utility, tax credit, excessive rates, residential service, subcommittee, local sales tax, local use tax, sales and use tax, tax audit, local collector, tax collector, prescriptive period, prescription waiver, interest suspension, delinquency penalties, estimated assessment, arbitrary assessment, certified mail notice, audit notice, taxpayer rights

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Bills: HF4145 , HF4009 , HF4304 , SF2511 , HF4090 , HF357 , HF901

Committee: House Commerce Finance and Policy

Keywords: alcohol consumption, nursing homes, assisted living, resident activities, Minnesota Statutes, seasonal liquor licenses, resorts, intoxicating liquor, county board, Brainerd, Northern Pacific Center, event center, liquor license, on-sale license, alcohol sales, special law, local option, Minnesota liquor law, chapter 340A, Sunday sales

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• Chairman, okay, if you could have a catch-up cleanup committee, yes.
• I need to point that one for language and one for just—I would say one technical committee if there's
• We're going to point that one for language and one for just—I would say one technical committee if there's

Bills: SB190 , HB247 , HB8

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

Keywords: cancer treatment, revenue bonds, Gila Regional Medical Center, Nor-Lea General Hospital, healthcare funding, capital outlay, capital projects, appropriations, reversion, encumbrance, reauthorization, reappropriation, general fund, capital development and reserve fund, tribal infrastructure project fund, Department of Finance and Administration, DFA, state board of finance, severance tax bonds, tax-exempt bonds

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• Committee will come to order again. The committee is in executive session.
• So if the committee staff could bring up the standing committee report and please call the roll.
• So if the committee staff could bring up the standing committee report and please call the roll.
• So for the vote, we'll have a roll call, please, if the committee could bring up the standing committee
• If the staff could bring up the standing committee report.

Bills: HB1591 , HB2146 , HB2220 , HB2430 , HB2526 , HB2641 , HB2648

Committee: House Community Safety

Keywords: domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, survivor protections, legal remedies, defendants, sexual exploitation, minors, child safety, law enforcement, victim support, criminal justice training commission, CJTC, law enforcement training, peace officer certification, decertification, corrections officer certification, tribal police certification, police accountability, police oversight

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• Good afternoon, members of the committee, from McCarthy staff to the committee.
• Members of the committee, Brian... Brian Moore, committee staff.
• Okay, thank you, committee.
• Thank you, Chair Liias, members of the committee. Brian Moore, committee staff.
• Yes, Senator Leas, Senate committee members, Kelly Simpson, committee staff.

Bills: SB6252 , SB6265 , SB6081

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: transit support grant, free transit, fare-free transit, zero-fare policy, community college students, technical college students, public transportation, youth transit, student transportation, Washington State, Department of Transportation, local sales tax, voter-approved sales tax, equity, environmental justice, low-barrier access, bus pass, rail transit, public transit agency, transit agency grants

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• Members, HB 677 is the companion to SB 2819, which this committee voted out unanimously on April 28th
• May I pose the question to you for the committee to take as a question for the record? Please do.
• The bill creates a new lottery advisory committee to provide guidance to CCLR.
• Well, thanks to each member and your staff and our excellent committee staff and the people that keep
• And with that, if there is no further business committee on State Affairs stands in recess up to the

Bills: HB668 , HB677 , HB766 , HB3133 , SB3070

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: HB 668, Texas, handgun license, license to carry, LTC, concealed carry, open carry, firearm permit, gun license renewal, public safety, Department of Public Safety, DPS, Government Code Section 411.185, renewal fee, handgun permit, Second Amendment, carry permit, firearms regulation, HB 677, Texas Election Code

Summary: The committee met to hear several bills, beginning with House Bill 766, which would require precinct chair applicants to provide an email address, phone number, or both on their applications while keeping that contact information confidential. No one testified for or against the bill, and it was left pending. House Bill 677, a companion to a previously approved Senate bill, would bar county election administrators from simultaneously holding another office or position appointed by an elected official; it also drew no public testimony and was left pending. Members then heard House Bill 3133, which would add explicit deepfake material to the list of content social media platforms must handle through complaint systems, including prompt acknowledgment, investigation, and status updates. Senators discussed concerns about how platforms would verify whether reported content was actually a deepfake, and the sponsor indicated the bill may be held pending while federal law on the subject is reviewed. House Bill 668 would create a one-year grace period for renewing an expired Texas handgun license to carry, codifying an existing DPS practice; it also received no testimony and was left pending. The committee spent the most time on Senate Bill 3070, a major overhaul of the Texas Lottery system. The bill would move oversight from the Lottery Commission to TDLR, dissolve the commission, impose new restrictions on ticket sales and internet play, create a lottery advisory committee, increase transparency and audit requirements, and include a sunset review that could lead to abolishing the lottery if not continued by 2027. The author described the bill as a response to alleged misconduct and illegal practices by the commission, while a witness from the Christian Life Commission testified in favor, supporting changes to prize anonymity and other lottery restrictions. After testimony, the bill was left pending, and the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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• The committee substitute is withdrawn if there's no objection.
• King and honorable committee members.
• I would like to thank the committee chair and members of the committee for allowing me to lay out this
• The committee substitute is withdrawn.
• The committee stands in recess.

Bills: HB842 , HB1907 , HB2844 , HB2892 , HB3439 , HB4211 , HB4536 , HB5111 , HB5138 , HB5182 , HB5247 , HB5269 , HB5323 , HB5435 , HJR201 , SB871 , HB3896 , SJR40

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: power lines, Gulf Coast, weather-related outages, Public Utility Commission, infrastructure, government contracts, Chinese companies, information technology, cybersecurity, state regulations, food safety, mobile vendors, licensing, permitting exemptions, health inspections, nonprofit organizations, personal information, government disclosure, privacy, criminal penalties

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• I agree with what every one of the committee members made, committee members made a good and valid point
• We will have time to lay it out for the committee today, but the committee substitute would focus solely
• Thank you, Chairman and members of the committee.
• Good evening, esteemed committee members.
• The committee... Thank you. The committee... The statute is withdrawn.

Bills: HB842 , HB1907 , HB2844 , HB2892 , HB3439 , HB4211 , HB4536 , HB5111 , HB5138 , HB5182 , HB5247 , HB5269 , HB5323 , HB5435 , HJR201 , SB871 , HB3896 , SJR40

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: power lines, Gulf Coast, weather-related outages, Public Utility Commission, infrastructure, government contracts, Chinese companies, information technology, cybersecurity, state regulations, food safety, mobile vendors, licensing, permitting exemptions, health inspections, nonprofit organizations, personal information, government disclosure, privacy, criminal penalties

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• Voting system vendors came to this committee last summer and said to the committee, there's no way to
• Does this committee have the ability to subpoena that?
• Uh, just looking at this committee from here, this is the committee where as, as a freshman, I got my
• I wish you were still here on this committee.
• Thank you for and I just appreciate this committee.

Bills: HB429 , HB496 , HB640 , HB657 , HB665 , HB677 , HB952

Committee: House Elections

Keywords: Texas Election Code, elections, voting station, polling place, ballot marking, ballot reading, child accompaniment, minor, parental supervision, voter education, secretary of state, county election administrator, voter assistance, election administration, poll worker rules, ballot secrecy, HB 496, ballot option, none of the above, abstain from vote

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• Please file your committee committees.

Bills: HB1952 , HB1951 , HB1929 , HB2497 , HB2208 , HB2572 , HB1953 , HB2551 , HB2549 , HB1737 , HB1628 , HB1769 , HB2493 , HB2264 , HB1997 , HB2168 , HB2427 , HB1805 , HB2180 , HB2184 , HB2219 , HB2469 , HB2233 , HB2519 , HB2141 , HB1904 , HB2201 , HB2410 , HB2007 , HB2385 , HB2444 , HB2349 , HB2235 , HB1872 , HB2416 , HB2291 , HB2292 , HB2263 , HB2359 , HB2455 , HB1509 , HB1514 , HB1515 , HB1648 , HB2164 , HB2323 , HB1825 , HB2172 , HB1888 , HB2005 , HB2387 , HB2358 , HB2119 , HB2276 , HB2472 , HB1714 , HB2325 , HB1541 , HB1960 , HB2140 , HB2315 , HB2367 , HB2388 , HB1696 , HB2333 , HB2138 , HB2332 , HB2283 , HB2059 , HB2057 , HB2589 , HB2417 , HB2337 , HB1588 , HB2217 , HB2020 , HB1915 , HB1742 , HB2026 , HB1965 , HB1546 , HB2360 , HB1563 , HB1749 , HB2614 , HB1511 , HB1753 , HB1849 , HB1641 , HB2161 , HB2194 , HB1721 , HB2284 , HB2188 , HB1897 , HB1880 , HB1573 , HB1876 , HB20 , HB2137

Keywords: HB1952, Hawaii agriculture, University of Hawaii, CTAHR, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience, Kauai, agricultural research station, extension station, capital improvements, general obligation bonds, GO bonds, appropriation, ADA compliance, Americans with Disabilities Act, certified kitchen, greenhouse, laboratory, field research, cesspool decommissioning, invasive species

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• At the Public Safety Committee. Yeah, that would be horrible.
• I just recently retired from Homeland Security Investigations.
• The bill outlines study committee membership and reporting requirements and repeals the study committee
• We made recommendations based on other committees and study committees.
• Chairman and members of the committee, my name is Luis Rosales.

Bills: HB2134 , HB2253 , HB2270 , HB2402 , HB2404 , HB2673 , HB2941

Committees: Senate Public Safety , Senate Senate Public Safety Committee of Reference

Keywords: critical infrastructure, foreign adversaries, China, communications, security, law enforcement, disciplinary action, administrative appeals, investigative files, due process, retaliation, county seal, law enforcement authority, sheriff's posse, public safety, county governance, ambulance services, certificate of necessity, emergency medical services, state regulations

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• Your House Judiciary Committee is called to order.
• Thank you, Madam Chair and committee members.
• Thank you, Madam Chair, members of the committee.
• Thank you, Madam Chair and committee members.
• Good evening, Madam Chair and Committee.

Bills: SB38 , SB17 , SB41 , SB264

Committee: House House Judiciary

Keywords: SB38, pet food, registered pet food, registration fee, fees, sunset repeal, repeal of repeal, revenue, state fee, business regulation, animal feed, pet food registration, New Mexico, gun control, firearm safety, dealer regulation, illegal trade, background checks, sexual crimes, statute of limitations

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• Is that my understanding with everybody on the committee?
• Chair, members of the committee. My name is Kathy Love.
• Chair, members of the committee. My name is Lisa Curtis.
• committee and all the rest of us who voted for that.
• Yes, it came to the committee.

Bills: SB38 , SB17 , SB41 , SB264

Committees: Senate Senate Judiciary , Senate House Judiciary

Keywords: SB38, pet food, registered pet food, registration fee, fees, sunset repeal, repeal of repeal, revenue, state fee, business regulation, animal feed, pet food registration, New Mexico, gun control, firearm safety, dealer regulation, illegal trade, background checks, sexual crimes, statute of limitations

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• All right, ladies and gentlemen, the Committee on Public Safety and Law Enforcement is called to order
• Chairman and members of the committee. Thank you for hearing this bill.
• Chair, members of the committee.
• Chair, and to the rest of the committee, my name is Noah James Markham.
• Chairman, committee members, I represent the Arizona Fire District Association.

Bills: HB2665 , HB2904 , HB2917

Committees: House Public Safety & Law Enforcement , House House Public Safety & Law Enforcement Committee of Reference

Keywords: manslaughter, suicide encouragement, assisted suicide, online harassment, social media, text messaging, directed communication, minor suicide, youth suicide prevention, criminal liability for speech, online bullying, free speech, homicide, class 2 felony, Cade's Law, Arizona criminal law, sovereignty, border security, health crisis, drug cartels

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• Good morning, House Committee, Madam Chair, and committee members. My name is Mike Thomas.
• Thank you, Madam Chair and committee.
• Lily Smith stopped to the committee.
• Madam Chair, members of the committee, House Bill 2598 is the bill that the committee heard yesterday
• or even in other committees.

Bills: HB2668 , HB1735 , HB2131 , HB2199 , HB2463 , HB2598 , HB2619

Committee: House Agriculture & Natural Resources

Keywords: relocation, wildlife, game farm, agriculture, environmental impact, animal welfare, force-feeding, birds, humane treatment, sea lion, predation control, salmon preservation, fishing industry, voluntary donations, derelict vessels, marine environment, coastal management, environmental protection, maritime economy, farmers

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• The Committee on Agriculture will now come to order. Evan, please call the roll. Chair Truenow?
• Harris and the committee members. My name is Ali Schechter Reitz. I am from South Florida.
• Hope, specifically, we do have three lawyers who are senators on this committee.
• Senators on this committee.
• Your committee, sir, have us turn around? Have them stand up and us down there?

Bills: S0806

Committee: Senate Agriculture

Keywords: right to repair, repairability, consumer repair, independent repair provider, authorized repair provider, portable wireless device, smartphone repair, cell phone repair, mobile device, agricultural equipment, farm equipment, tractor, combine, diagnostic information, repair manuals, parts availability, tools, embedded software, firmware, security module

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• I call this committee to order and move to executive session.
• I strongly recommend that this committee vote against it.
• We all serve on multiple committees at the exact same time.
• The committee will come to order.
• That would lead to more national security.

Bills: SB875

Committee: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

Keywords: banking regulation, federal agencies, reputational risk, financial services, supervision, FIRM Act, bank supervision, depository institutions, federal banking agencies, FDIC, OCC, Federal Reserve, NCUA, CFPB, credit unions, Operation Choke Point, financial discrimination, safety and soundness, supervisory guidance, examination manual

Summary: This meeting focused on the markup of the Genius Act and the FIRM Act, two significant pieces of legislation addressing stablecoin regulation and the financial industry's regulatory framework. The Chairman noted the importance of providing clarity to the digital asset community and protecting American consumers, while also promoting innovation and competition within the financial sector. Members of both parties expressed varying viewpoints, with some highlighting concerns related to national security and the potential risks associated with stablecoins.

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• The Senate Committee on Border Security will come to order. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll.
• Homeland Security, in my experience in working in the state, is ...
• I'm the Governor's Homeland Security Advisor.
• about sensitive Homeland Security intelligence information.
• Thank you. directly involving Homeland Security in Texas.

Bills: SB36 , SB2202 , SB 36

Committee: Senate Border Security