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• Senator Honeyford was my brother's age, and so I was a youngster when he was in high school.
• Senator Honeyford was my brother's age, and so I was a youngster when he was in high school.
• It's a 24-hour facility.

Summary: The Senate opened by approving the previous day’s journal, receiving messages from the House, and referring newly introduced Senate Bill 6353 to the Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs, and Elections. The chamber then moved to resolutions. Senate Resolution 8687, commemorating the 84th anniversary of Executive Order 9066 and recognizing Japanese American veterans, incarcerees, and civil rights activists, was presented and adopted. Several senators spoke in support, describing the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans as a grave civil rights injustice and emphasizing remembrance, healing, and the need to prevent similar abuses in the future. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 8688 honoring Washington’s dairy farms and dairy workers. Senators highlighted the industry’s economic importance, family farm traditions, and the hard work involved in dairy production, with some members sharing personal family and farming experiences. After adoption, the Senate welcomed representatives of the Washington State Dairy Council, Washington State Dairy Women’s Organization, and Dairy Ambassadors Apprentices to the gallery. The Senate then adjourned without objection until 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 19, 2026.

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• fight, for instance, if they decided to turn the lights off in Miami or cripple water treatment facilities
• In August, the Florida AG subpoenaed Lorex, a security camera company, for deception and material nondisclosure
• In August, the Florida AG subpoenaed Lorex, a security camera company, for deception and material nondisclosure

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 1178, the Foreign Interference Restriction and Enforcement Act. Senator Grohl explained that the bill expands state restrictions and disclosure requirements related to foreign countries of concern and designated foreign terrorist organizations, including foreign-agent registration, gift bans for public officials, ethics training, procurement limits for IT and critical infrastructure, restrictions on sister-city/sister-state affiliations, changes to linkage institutes and in-state tuition provisions, and new criminal penalties for certain offenses committed to benefit foreign governments or terrorist organizations. Senator Polsky raised questions about higher education, election technology, federal FARA overlap, and whether the bill would affect candidates or events involving CARE; the sponsor responded that the bill focuses on foreign countries of concern, ownership/control, and gifts, and does not prohibit speaking at events. An amendment clarifying definitions, willful violations, and ethics-training content was adopted, and after supportive testimony from Kelly Curry and Robert Pierce, the committee reported CS for SB 1178 favorably. The committee then considered Senate Bill 1622, which provides a one-time waiver of the automatic fine for a late-filed financial disclosure if the filing is made before the maximum fine accrues and the filer has not previously received such a waiver or accrued the maximum fine in prior years. Carrie Stillman of the Commission on Ethics testified that the bill supports transparency and makes the fine and appeals process more efficient, noting it was a commission recommendation. The bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee held confirmation hearings on appointments in Tabs 3 through 26. No senator requested separate votes on any appointee, no public testimony was offered, and the block of appointments was approved and recommended favorably to the full Senate.

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• We don't follow those models; in regenerative systems like ours, we manage multi-age flocks and extend
• The problem we have with that is that under the agency, the ag grading program is a cost recovery program
• If it takes more than $50 to inspect or check ungraded aspects at the facility, the grocery store, wherever

Bills: SB1864

Committee: House Agriculture & Livestock

Keywords: eggs, ungraded eggs, egg grading, poultry, farm products, local food, small farmers, direct-to-consumer sales, wholesale food sales, food safety, refrigeration requirements, sanitation standards, occupational license, dealer-wholesaler license, Texas Department of Agriculture, restaurants, small grocery stores, cooperatives, farmers cooperative, agricultural regulation

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• water, sewer infrastructure, as well as a new fire station. ...construction, as well as police facilities
• They’re The result of the choice made between an ag-exempt landowner facing two unattractive options:
• having your land annexed or signing an agreement allowing it to remain in the ETJ until your ag exemption

Bills: SB840 , HB2025 , HB2512 , HB3139 , HB3798 , HB3892 , HB4373 , HB4398 , HB4582 , HB4689 , HB5187 , HB5658 , HB5666

Committee: House Land & Resource Management

Keywords: HB 2025, Texas Property Code, plat filing, replat, amended plat, condominium plat, subdivision, county clerk, tax certificate, ad valorem taxes, delinquent taxes, property records, real property, land use, local government, property development, subdivision recording, condominium recording, tax receipt, eminent domain

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• this bill was This bill provides additional resources for the construction of new med practice facilities
• natural lands purchase and protection programs, can be a powerful initiative to strengthen Florida's ag
• University of Florida's Center for Landscape Conservation Planning, 1,000 Friends released a study known as Ag

Committee: Senate Fiscal Policy

Summary: The Committee on Fiscal Policy met and first considered CS/SB 7012 on child welfare, presented by Senator Graal. The bill addressed three areas: child welfare workforce shortages, higher-acuity children in out-of-home care, and services/data for commercially sexually exploited children. It would create a CPI and case manager recruitment program aimed at former public safety and service workers, convene a workforce work group, establish a four-year treatment foster care pilot in two judicial circuits identified by DCF based on removal and placement data, and require more detailed, extractable child-level data on commercially sexually exploited children along with a bed capacity study and service gap analysis. Two amendments were adopted: one clarified record retention for redacted assessments, and another attached the appropriation. The committee then heard CS/SB 110 on rural communities from Senator Simon. The bill proposed a broad rural development package, including a state office of rural prosperity, a Renaissance grant program for counties with declining populations, increased housing support, major rural road funding, school consortium funding, and additional health care resources for rural facilities and training. A delete-all amendment was adopted that expanded and refined several provisions, including local sales tax trust fund distributions, county connectivity projects, agritourism marketing support, disaster-impacted rural infrastructure eligibility, insurance and provider eligibility changes, and increased funding for critical access hospitals and rural medical education reimbursement. Both bills drew broad support from local government, education, health care, housing, and rural advocacy representatives. Supporters said the rural bill was especially comprehensive and would help small counties, schools, roads, housing, and health care, while one witness cautioned that road expansion should be balanced with protection of agricultural and natural lands. Senator Bradley and Senator Simon emphasized local control and the importance of strengthening rural Florida without imposing mandates. CS/SB 7012 and CS/SB 110 were both reported favorably, and the committee then adjourned.

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• Board of Regents, a person who served with us as security, as an individual who got... to know the facility
• Age 55 and older, veterans and their families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, high
• President, I want to end with every donation setting up New Mexicans for the ability to thrive at any age

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• </c> allow e-bikes on trails and facilities allow e-bikes on trails and facilities where<00:22:40.000
• </c> powered dirt bikes who are under the age powered dirt bikes who are under the age of<00:48:06.440
• Um one of the children under age 15.
• </c> is 10, that all children under the age is 10, that all children under the age of<01:19:21.320><c
• </c><01:59:29.480><c> So</c> and age determination guidelines. So and age determination guidelines.

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• 18 to age 14.
• So roughly 2.7 million adults age 18 to 64 receive CalFresh.
• category of ages 3 through 17, 18% are from ages 18 to 22, and 38% are from ages 23 to 54, with 2% in
• I'm just, I mean, my age, right? Thank you. I'm just, I mean, my age, right? Thank you.
• I have two children with autism, ages 17 and 14, nonverbal and with behavioral issues.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I also just want to provide a point of clarification, the ones through cooling facilities.
• There's no expectation for extension of those facilities. There'll be an upcoming meeting.
• to extend those facilities—those once-through cooling facilities that were in the strategic reserve.
• I am still living in that age. My era was 1900s. Thank you. My era was the 1900s.
• in the near future, facilities that are going to be operating for the next 10 to 15 years.

Summary: The Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection and Energy heard presentations on six budget-related issues and took no votes; all items were held open for a future hearing. The first item concerned funding for the California Transmission Accelerator Revolving Fund under SB 254 and Proposition 4. GoBiz and IBank requested nearly $26 million over five years and 10 limited-term positions to evaluate and finance eligible transmission projects. The LAO said the proposal was broadly consistent with Prop. 4 but noted many implementation details remain unresolved. Senators questioned how the program would lower ratepayer costs, how funds would be protected, and whether the full requested amount was necessary; the administration said the financing strategy is still being developed and that consultants are needed. The committee then discussed trailer bill language to redirect $22 million in General Fund money from the DEPA program to DSGS for summer 2026, and to use roughly $70 million in CalSHAPE interest for ratepayer relief through ELRP or an equivalent program in 2027-28. CEC and CPUC staff said DSGS and ELRP are reliability tools, not PSPS programs, and explained that DSGS had enrolled over 1,000 MW and was expected to have about $52 million available for 2026. Senators and the LAO raised concerns about ending a successful DSGS program, the complexity of transitioning customers to ELRP, and whether CalSHAPE funds should instead continue school HVAC and plumbing projects. Public commenters largely supported extending CalSHAPE and continuing or expanding DSGS rather than shifting funds to ELRP. The subcommittee also heard on petroleum market oversight under SBX1-2 and ABX2-1. The CEC and its Division of Petroleum Market Oversight requested about $1.67 million and a small permanent staffing increase to implement new inventory, resupply, and market analysis duties. Senators pressed the agencies on gasoline price spikes, refinery maintenance, price gouging, and the status of the transportation fuels transition plan, which staff said would be released in draft form soon. Public testimony supported DPMO’s work and called for continued oversight of gasoline pricing. Finally, the CPUC presented three additional budget proposals: resources to implement AB 1207’s changes to the California climate credit, funding for a study of large electrical loads such as data centers under SB 57, and staffing for AB 825’s regional market participation requirements. The LAO said the AB 1207 request may go beyond the statute and urged the Legislature to decide whether it wants a simpler or more complex climate credit redesign. Senators questioned the cost of the work, the need for ongoing staffing, and how ratepayer interests would be protected. The CPUC said the work is needed to adapt to changing load patterns, electrification, data center growth, and potential regional market participation. Public commenters also supported DPMO funding, CalSHAPE, and DSGS, and some urged the Legislature to keep DSGS at the CEC rather than shift funds to ELRP.

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• The average age of our undergraduate student is 33 years old. Half of our students are parents.
• Our members serve our state's 6 million students in over 10,000 TK-12 school facilities.
• Our members serve our state's 6 million students in over 10,000 TK-12 school facilities.
• Lease-lease-back is often the best method to deliver new education facilities, sports fields, pools,
• It addresses a real gap in how California builds educational facilities.

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• service examination for the position of firefighter in the town of Arlington, notwithstanding the maximum age
• Their efforts demonstrate extraordinary leadership, compassion, and patriotism at a young age while inspiring
• secured a $21.3 million state tax credit to build a massive $1.3 billion advanced manufacturing facility
• On ag tech and food science, through a new $10 million authorization, we're recognizing that the next

Summary: The House adopted a resolution congratulating Fire Chief Timothy Clancy on his retirement from the Whitman Fire Department after suspending the rules. It also concurred with a Senate petition authorizing MassDOT to take easements over certain land in Woburn and Burlington, and then gave final passage to several local bills, including measures on culverts and dams, alcohol licenses in Milford, Salem, and Bridgewater, and firefighter civil service eligibility in Arlington. The chamber then took up several bills on second reading and third reading, including a Norton land parcel bill, a Watertown property tax classification bill for fiscal year 2027 and subsequent years, and a transportation bond bill. In each case, the House suspended Rule 7A, adopted the Ways and Means amendments, and ordered the bills to a third reading or passed them to be engrossed. The transportation bond bill was substituted for a broader bonds bill and advanced as amended. The main debate centered on House 5562, the economic development bond bill. Representative Viola described it as a $425.1 million package supporting applied AI and quantum, defense, robotics, ag tech, downtown revitalization, housing, higher education bridge funding, and business climate changes such as lower LLC fees, a CPA licensing pathway, nurse licensing changes, film tax credit adjustments, internship incentives, and food truck inspection reforms. Representative Haggerty and Representative Kazner spoke in support, emphasizing housing production, site plan review, land use board training, commercial conversion, faith-based housing, and local control. The House adopted Consolidated Amendment A by roll call 142-5, with a second consolidated amendment then made available; the bill remained under consideration at the end of the transcript.

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• service examination for the position of firefighter in the town of Arlington, notwithstanding the maximum age
• Their efforts demonstrate extraordinary leadership, compassion, and patriotism at a young age, while
• secured a $21.3 million state tax credit to build a massive $1.3 billion advanced manufacturing facility
• On ag tech and food science, through a new $10 million authorization, we're recognizing that the next

Keywords: 1212, all

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• The exemptions are for ag businesses, hobbyists, 4-H, FFA, untethered or specific showbirds and bantam
• search warrant on a rural Sonoma County property suspected of operating as a cockfighting feeding facility
• If you're an ag business, if you're a commercial poultry operation, if you're a hobbyist, 4-H, FFA, if
• If you're an ag business, if you're a commercial poultry operation, if you're a hobbyist, 4-H FFA, if

Summary: The committee heard several bills, with AB 928 on cockfighting drawing the most extensive debate. The author and supporters said the bill targets large-scale illegal trafficking of fighting birds by creating civil penalties for properties with more than 25 individually tethered or caged roosters, while exempting legitimate poultry, hobby, educational, and religious operations. Supporters, including animal control and veterinary witnesses, described cockfighting investigations and the burdens on local agencies. Opponents argued the measure could profile immigrant, rural, Latino, Asian, and Hmong communities and create unnecessary law enforcement and immigration consequences. After questions about exemptions, enforcement, and local ordinances, the committee approved the bill on a due pass motion, with some no votes and the bill placed on call. The committee also advanced AB 1199, which would align California hospital credentialing law with federal standards by allowing recredentialing and reappointment of medical staff every three years instead of every two. Supporters from the California Hospital Association said the change would reduce administrative burden while preserving patient safety oversight. The bill passed unanimously and was placed on call. AB 2537, a cannabis enforcement bill, was presented as a way to prioritize Department of Cannabis Control resources toward the most serious public health and safety violations rather than technical infractions. Supporters said it would improve enforcement efficiency without weakening authority; members asked about rulemaking and whether the bill focused on the legal market. The committee passed the measure on a due pass motion, with the bill also placed on call. AB 1349, dealing with speculative ticketing, would require ticket sellers to own or have a contractual right to tickets before listing them for resale. Supporters from independent venues and the music industry said speculative ticketing deceives consumers and harms artists and small venues, while opponents warned about effects on the secondary market and ongoing antitrust litigation. After late amendments and additional discussion, the committee moved the bill forward on a due pass motion, placing it on call. The committee also heard AB 1693 on speeding retail tenant-improvement permits through a qualified professional certifier process and shorter local review deadlines; members questioned whether the bill allowed self-certification, and the author said the city would still review the plans. That bill passed and was placed on call. Later, AB 1826, a cannabis due-process bill requiring more timely disclosure and procedures when products are embargoed or recalled, also passed after discussion about giving businesses a meaningful chance to respond. AB 2166, a factory-built housing bill creating a state financial backstop to help modular housing factories obtain insurance and stay in business, advanced despite concerns about whether the market risk was too high for state involvement. Finally, AB 2667 on deceptive vape products began testimony, with the author describing youth vaping and devices disguised as everyday items, but the transcript cuts off before further testimony or action on that bill.

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• We did age 71 a couple of years ago.
• We did age 71 a couple of years ago.
• Representative Mickelson, a pediatric is a child under the age of 18, and sex transition is what is defined
• Representative Crane, Representative Nicholson, Chairman Crane, excuse me, if a school or educational facility

Committee: House State Affairs

Summary: The House State Affairs Committee heard and introduced several RSs and one bill, with most of the discussion focused on election administration, agency structure, business privacy, and parental notification around gender-related issues. RS 332-31 would require in-person canvassers to be qualified electors and wear name badges, with exceptions for volunteers, campaign workers, and phone banking. RS 333-75 would lower the threshold for ballot name rotation from political entities with more than 100,000 voters to those with more than 25,000 voters. RS 334-29 would merge the Office of Species Conservation and the energy and minerals coordinating agency, and members asked for more information later about preserving each agency’s mission. RS 334-38 would allow LLC filers to use an Idaho commercial registered agent address instead of a home address, while still requiring the residential address and consent from the registered agent. All four RSs were moved to introduction and approved by voice vote. The committee then considered RS 3349, a revised version of a bill restricting what the sponsor described as social transitioning of minors without parental knowledge. The sponsor said the changes narrowed the civil cause of action and shifted any recovered funds to the state general fund, but members raised concerns about the breadth of terms like “appearance,” “dress,” and “social transition,” possible conflicts with confidentiality duties for educators and health providers, and the risk of litigation. Despite those concerns, the motion to introduce the RS passed, with Representatives Church and Haas recorded as voting no. House Bill 548, a Fourth Amendment bill, was then debated and sent to the floor with a do pass recommendation. The bill would require reasonable suspicion before law enforcement can stop and board a boat on the water, while still allowing safety and related inspections at boat launches. Supporters said it protects constitutional rights without preventing inspections, and the motion passed by voice vote. Finally, RS 33-408 was returned to sponsor at the sponsor’s request, and the committee ended by thanking its page and adjourning for the next day.

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• Department of Family and Protective Services to include in parent-child safety placements for all school-age
• This bill aligns state law with an AG opinion KP 0481.
• Well, that shows my age, but um it, it was very common in my state where I grew up.
• No, our, our programs are all done with a, with a, a, a registered host facility, whether it's a church

Committee: House Public Education

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• <00:30:29.320><c> Authority</c> facilities Authority facilities Authority board<00:30:31.840><c> superintendent
• </c> although uh the school facilities although uh the school facilities Authority<00:30:51.720><c> is
• So you know about facilities? I do, yeah.
• So you know about facilities? I do, yeah.
• </c> school facilities school facilities Authority<01:19:51.880><c> page</c><01:19:52.280><c> three</

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• </c><00:53:21.359><c> of</c><00:53:21.599><c> expanding</c> everybody in these this age of expanding
• everybody in these this age of expanding waistlines.<00:53:23.440><c> It's</c><00:53:23.839><c> very<
• </c><01:01:31.520><c> like</c><01:01:31.839><c> this,</c> a facil inside a new facility like this, a
• facil inside a new facility like this, they<01:01:33.200><c> they</c><01:01:33.599><c> may</c><01:01:
• </c><01:22:43.360><c> up</c> votes told us that the the facility up votes told us that the the facility

Keywords: 916, all

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• um 20 to 25% of people facilities um 20 to 25% of people working<01:14:33.040><c> in</c><01:14:33.760
• I'm sorry, I'm showing my AG...
• Known for quite some time: correctional facility, and they are deemed by ICE as a limited cooperation
• </c><02:09:55.520><c> can</c> of component to this where the AG can of component to this where the AG
• </c><02:32:43.520><c> taking</c> this Wonder big huge facility taking this Wonder big huge facility taking

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Good morning, Dennis Albionni, California Grain and Feed Association, Association of California Ag Farmers
• Good morning, Dennis Albionni, California Grain and Feed Association, Association of California Ag Farmers
• California Ag Farmers, we support. Thank you. Good morning.
• Facility siting and expansion decisions are highly competitive, and companies are comparing California
• Facility siting and expansion decisions are highly competitive, and companies are comparing California

Committee: Senate Revenue and Taxation

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• As the digital age rolled around, those stock certificates, although available, were transformed into
• on Wake Island, civilian contractors were building a vital United States Navy base and refueling facility
• school: how to manage themselves, how to respect others, and how to ensure that as they go and they age
• uses access to outdoor activities or time spent on the game you know on it's not game boy talk about aging
• school is how to manage themselves how to respect others and how to ensure that as they go and they age

Summary: The House opened with roll call, prayer, and approval of the journal, then received a notice appointing Kirk Larson as a substitute representative for District 33. The chamber also handled several Senate messages and committee reports, including printing or engrossing a number of bills, and advanced multiple measures through the calendar. Among the bills introduced were appropriations bills for the judicial and legislative branches (HB 847 and HB 848), an education bill revising career ladder and endorsement provisions (HB 849), and Senate bills on occupational licensure, veterans’ benefits consumer protections, specie/tender contracts, state investment in gold and silver, and household egg production. The House passed Senate Bill 1332, a fiscal year-end cash transfer bill that reallocated about $100 million back to the general fund by pulling unspent money from several programs, including transportation strategic initiatives, the Idaho Opportunity Scholarship, the Permanent Building Fund, water pollution control grants, and the In-Demand Careers Fund. Members also passed House Bill 545, which would allow military chaplains to qualify for counseling licensure and bill insurance; the bill drew substantial debate over whether chaplain training is equivalent to the education and supervised experience required for independent mental health practice, but supporters argued the military experience is valuable and the bill would help address counselor shortages. The House also passed HB 702 on securities ownership and Idaho law, HB 638 to restore Idaho’s presidential primary in March, HB 765 and HB 766 on fire district boundary changes and impact-fee collection, HB 767 on using impact fees for replacement of certain fire vehicles, HB 797 on fire district sub-district representation, and HB 672 to keep logos and slogans out of the executive budget document. Later, the House passed HB 785, which adds school disciplinary procedures for vulgar or inappropriate online posts about educators, HB 760 on property tax exemption for workforce and affordable housing, and HB 789, ratifying the Coeur d’Alene Tribe Water Rights Settlement of 2026. The chamber also adopted House Concurrent Resolution 27 honoring Idaho civilians who served and died on Wake Island during World War II, and House Resolution 25 approving reviewed administrative rules. A motion to suspend rules allowed immediate consideration of HB 833, a bill requiring daily recess in elementary schools and unstructured activity for middle school students; debate focused on whether the bill would improperly limit classroom discipline, and the transcript ends during closing remarks on that measure.