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• We have concerns for fire mitigation.
• um that includes you know mitigation um that includes you know exit exit exit routes<00:01:53.079>
• the impacts of our tourism mitigate the impacts of our tourism industry<00:03:05.000> and<00:
• We've made significant strides in strengthening emergency response and fire mitigation efforts across
• efforts across our fire mitigation efforts across our County<00:10:51.360> as<00:10:51.560>

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• This is uh, for food banks.
• This is uh, for food banks.
• This is uh, for food banks.
• Banks.
• have brought forward trying to mitigate have brought forward trying to mitigate some<01:39:35.640

Bills: HF3373, HF4449, HF3486, HF4180, HF4227, HF2505

Keywords: transportation, interchange, funding, bonds, St. Paul Park, transit, Metropolitan Council, Twin Cities, metro area, high-frequency transit, bus rapid transit, busway, guideway, transportation policy plan, transit performance measures, regional transit benchmarks, transit-oriented development, TOD, zoning, land use

Summary: The committee approved the April 8, 2026 minutes and then heard House File 3373, which was laid over. The bill sought trunk highway bond funding for preliminary and final design work at the 70th Street interchange in St. Paul Park. Representative Hansen, Mayor Keith Frankie, and Washington County Commissioner Karla Bigham described the interchange as undersized and increasingly unsafe because of refinery truck traffic, aggregate hauling, nearby growth, and changing traffic patterns. Members asked about prior study, cost, and greenhouse gas requirements, and the bill author said the request was about $500,000. Chair Cosgrove noted the bill would be laid over and suggested the issue could involve future statutory exemptions. The committee then took up House File 4449, also laid over, after adopting the A4 author’s amendment. Representative Jones presented the bill as a transit planning and accountability measure for the Twin Cities metro. It would set numeric transit goals, require better coordination between road projects and future transit projects, and give the Met Council more tools to support transit-oriented development, including property acquisition and development around transit corridors. Jones argued the bill would help avoid rebuilding roads twice and improve transit ridership, frequency, speed, and reliability. Representative Olson offered an amendment to exempt highway projects primarily addressing documented safety issues, arguing that safety projects should not be burdened by added transit requirements or costs. Jones said she supported the safety concern but opposed the amendment as written because the bill was aimed at major construction projects. After a roll call, the amendment failed on an 8-8 tie. The bill itself remained laid over for further work, with the chair noting there was still time to refine the proposal.

Transcript Highlights:

• We talk about mitigation.
• This is the government's board governs domestic security policy banking and also funds allocation through
• They've been working with the federal legislature to try to give us authority to mitigate drowns while
• We need authority to mitigate these threats. The other piece of that is how do we do that?
• But we need to develop what our requirements are, civilian law enforcement so we can mitigate drones

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• ranching, the film industry, health and medical fields, manufacturing, recreation, travel, tourism, banking
• ranching, the film industry, health and medical fields, manufacturing, recreation, travel, tourism, banking
• and Representative Dixon, an act relating to electronic utilities, enacting the Wildfire Utility Mitigation
• and Liability Act, providing for wildfire mitigation plans, approvals, and annual compliance reports
• establishing limitations on liability, providing access to grants for cooperatives to implement mitigation

Keywords: 996, all

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• This bill will prevent money from being transferred from banks to the scammers by allowing the court
• NEW MANDATORY MINIMUM MANDATING A LIFE SENTENCE MEANS A JUDGE CANNOT TAKE ANY CIRCUMSTANCE OR ANY MITIGATING
• For any judge to take any circumstance or any mitigating factor whatsoever into account or consideration
• forward a meaningful piece of legislation to address all the concerns we have heard, which does not mitigate
• We have $1 million in the bank account, so...

Bills: SJR37, SJR57, SCR8, SB8, SB108, SB125, SB251, SB318, SB378, SB379, SB396, SB472, SB487, SB503, SB533, SB565, SB583, SB608, SB650, SB686, SB689, SB707, SB710, SB763, SB854, SB875, SB916, SB924, SB925, SB958, SB961, SB965, SB987, SB988, SB1006, SB1019, SB1021, SB1024, SB1026, SB1038, SB1146, SB1185, SB1194, SB1202, SB1252, SB1253, SB1330, SB1343, SB1362, SB1497, SB1498, SB1499, SB1527, SB1547, SB1596, SB1697, SJR36, SJR12, SJR57, SJR37, SCR22, SCR12, SCR8, SB925, SB1362, SB565, SB765, SB62, SB666, SB707, SB888, SB687, SB847, SB1248, SB504, SB857, SB305, SB296, SB284, SB1497, SB1499, SB1498, SB241, SB304, SB621, SB1023, SB1024, SB686, SB371, SB204, SB609, SB670, SB850, SB854, SB413, SB1346, SB1033, SB1220, SB1073, SB810, SB1539, SB447, SB875, SB406, SB985, SB965, SB1119, SB1505, SB1194, SB1253, SB1215, SB1302, SB856, SB583, SB673, SB681, SB1172, SB1252, SB378, SB608, SB955, SB957, SB988, SB1019, SB1021, SB1120, SB251, SB541, SB379, SB1737, SB266, SB1415, SB1527, SB125, SB599, SB1330, SB53, SB916, SB1352, SB785, SB710, SB472, SB1450, SB1502, SB1566, SB414, SB1062, SB961, SB1038, SB578, SB711, SB746, SB942, SB1404, SB1448, SB1738, SB108, SB8, SB318, SB507, SB533, SB689, SB1026, SB1349, SB1355, SB1433, SB1434, SB1596, SB1403, SB1146, SB763, SB667, SB1059, SB617, SB1567, SB503, SB16, SB310, SB311, SB396, SB505, SB1209, SB1210, SB1470, SB264, SB924, SB1029, SB1185, SB1202, SB1358, SB1364, SB1569, SB1697, SB1376, SB1228, SB519, SB878, SB1350, SB462, SB1535, SB827, SB1585, SB207, SB1207, SB1619, SB1396, SB920, SB1484, SB1273, SB1741, SB7, SB927, SB1227, SB1229, SB1353, SB1366, SB1464, SB1709, SB1729, SB1733, SB1744, SB1772, SB1816, SB1841, SB2188, SB1147, SB879, SB1008, SB378, SB710, SB916, SB1019, SB1146, SB1194, SB1253, SB1499, SB213, SB925, SB1362, SR263, SR311, SR333, SCR8, SB2407, SB2722, SB2949, SB2407, SB2722, SB2949

Keywords: voter ID, citizenship, election integrity, constitutional amendment, voting rights, central bank digital currency, CBDC, Federal Reserve, digital dollar, digital currency, cashless payments, financial privacy, cybersecurity, government surveillance, financial surveillance, money laundering, terrorism financing, illicit finance, banking policy, monetary policy

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• >> Bank?
• <00:52:47.760> I've have in the bank going to take? I've have in the bank going to take?
• Um I I feel like banks may newspaper.
• on a bank I think is is not workable. on a bank I think is is not workable.
• <00:58:40.720> account pulled up the district's bank account pulled up the district's bank

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It would have allowed judges to merely consider mitigating factors such as if anyone was harmed or the
• factors such as if anyone was mitigating factors such as if anyone was harmed<02:51:37.600> or
• The president needs this legislation to mitigate against the radical judges that will try to stop him
• The president needs this legislation to mitigate against the radical judges that will try to stop him
• The president needs this legislation to mitigate against the radical judges that will try to stop him

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, June 26, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Salachi, to the Banking and Finance Committee.
• Salachi to the Banking and Finance Committee. Okay, moving on to the important stuff of the hour.
• , advanced manufacturers, rural health clinics, wildfire mitigations, and disadvantaged community water
• , advanced manufacturers, rural health clinics, wildfire mitigations, and disadvantaged community water
• But the VMT bank is a problem.

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and pledge, then moved through a long floor session focused heavily on budget trailer bills, labor agreements, housing, environmental review, and several resolutions. Members also introduced visiting guests, including family members, district staff, Mandela Washington Fellows, and UC Berkeley public policy students. Procedural motions were taken up early, including a successful roll-call vote to suspend rules so certain budget-related bills could be heard without reference to file. The chamber approved several major budget measures. SB 129, the labor trailer bill, passed 56-4 after supporters said it made technical budget adjustments, funded collective bargaining, supported In-Home Supportive Services, and addressed pension and project-related issues. SB 131, the public resources and housing trailer bill, passed 50-3 after extensive debate over homelessness funding, CEQA exemptions, advanced manufacturing, high-speed rail, rural access to funds, tribal consultation, and environmental protections; multiple members voiced support while also urging follow-up changes. The Assembly also adopted SB 139, implementing agreements for professional and operating engineers, by 69-1, and SB 140, implementing the correctional officers’ agreement, by 71-0. Later, AB 130, the housing trailer bill, was taken up on concurrence in Senate amendments after a successful rule suspension; members discussed tribal consultation protections, CEQA reform, prevailing wage, and vehicle miles traveled provisions, with debate continuing as the transcript ended. The Assembly also concurred in Senate amendments to AB 927, extending the Williams inspection window for certain school districts, which passed 70-0. In addition, ACR 16 naming the 10th Street Bridge the POW/MIA Bridge passed 70-0. AJR 9, urging full and consistent federal funding for the National Park Service, drew broad bipartisan support and passed 66-0 after members highlighted California parks’ economic and cultural importance. HR 47, recognizing the Fourth of July and the Declaration of Independence, prompted extended remarks on democracy, civics, immigration, military service, and community celebrations before being adopted by voice vote with 64 co-authors added. The consent calendar was also adopted 64-0.

Transcript Highlights:

• Have made it more difficult for banks to detect and prevent fraud in real time.
• Our bank security and customer experience teams were finally able to intervene.
• The attacks were mitigated by working closely with our customer each time the criminal tried to regain
• At TBA, we represent nearly 400 banks across the state, from the smallest to the largest.
• With our member banks across Texas, we hear from hundreds of bank employees.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Mitigate, prevent, and help areas affected by fires and floods.
• this happens in your community, you're going to go through it, or that water will come out of the banks
• The bank said it went away. They are returning.
• Pre-disaster mitigation grants were reduced by 61%, hazard mitigation grant programs and other preparedness
• We don't know exactly how we're going to mitigate for the state. We're working on that.

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• This bill will prevent money from being transferred from banks to the scammers by allowing the court
• mandatory minimum, mandating a life sentence means a judge cannot take any circumstance or any mitigating
• against a member of law enforcement with no ability for any judge to take any circumstance or any mitigating
• against a member of law enforcement with no ability for any judge to take any circumstance or any mitigating
• We have over a million dollars in the bank account on the Gatson license plates.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opening prayer, pledge, and several member introductions and recognitions, including resolutions and visiting groups. The chamber then moved to a special order calendar and took up a series of bills, beginning with SB 88 on utility terrain vehicles, which would allow local governments to opt in to street use of UTVs under specified safety conditions; it passed 32-5 after debate over safety concerns. SB 102 on exceptional student education created a workforce credential/badge program for students with autism or on modified curricula; despite concerns about unfunded mandates, it passed 36-0. SB 106 on exploitation of vulnerable adults authorized alternative service methods for scammers through the apps they used to contact victims and passed 37-0. SB 130 expanded and eased procedures for compensation of victims of wrongful incarceration, including extending filing deadlines and removing restrictive bars; it passed 38-0. SB 158 eliminated cost sharing for diagnostic and supplemental breast exams under the state employee health plan and passed 38-0. The Senate then considered SB 234 on crimes against law enforcement officers, prompted by the killing of Officer Jason Raynor. The bill clarified that a person may not resist an officer with violence and added a mandatory life sentence for manslaughter of a law enforcement officer. A late amendment to restore “good faith” language failed, and after extensive debate over due process, racial profiling, and sentencing concerns, the bill was temporarily postponed rather than brought to a final vote. SB 262 on trust code technical changes passed 36-0. SB 274 designated portions of roads in Orlando as Harris Rosen Way and Geraldine Thompson Way; it passed 38-0 and then received 37 co-sponsors. SB 280 created an enforcement mechanism for candidate party-affiliation qualification requirements and passed 38-0. SB 296 repealed the statewide middle and high school start-time mandate and returned the issue to local districts with reporting requirements; it passed 38-0. Later, SB 356 designated January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Florida, with the sponsor emphasizing anti-Semitism and the need for education and remembrance. The transcript also included additional ceremonial remarks and recognition of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity members in the gallery. Throughout the meeting, most measures advanced with unanimous or near-unanimous support, while SB 234 generated the most substantive disagreement and was set aside for later consideration.

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• Amy Miller, president and CEO, Hawaiʻi Food Bank, not here. Isa Pson from Maui Food Bank, not here.
• Bank not here Susan Emory green party of Bank not here Susan Emory green party of Hawaii<00:12:39.440
• relating to education appropriations for the Department of Education to evaluate school needs to mitigate
• Education to evaluate School<00:58:02.599> needs<00:58:03.000> to<00:58:03.359> mitigate
• the impact of School needs to mitigate the impact of the<00:58:05.079> planned<00:58:05.599><

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• <01:42:22.880> and<01:42:23.199> non-bank This bill provided for bank and non-bank
• Central bank digital currency.
• conventional traditional banking system. conventional traditional banking system.
• The central bank.
• banking systems crept too close to that. banking systems crept too close to that.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, July 17, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• The moment this measure was introduced, banks and financial institutions were already outreaching and
• Early on, both federal and state-chartered banks Early on, both federal and state-chartered banks joined
• Early on, both federal and state charter banks joined forces with the governor's office to provide mortgage
• bill with GSE guidelines and clarify that a mortgage servicer may offer borrowers forbearance loss mitigation
• Assembly Bill 226 is a bill that would expand the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on March 19, 2025, adopted its committee rules unanimously, and then heard a series of housing, insurance, and disaster-recovery bills. Early bills focused on wildfire relief and insurance issues, including AB 238 on mortgage forbearance for Los Angeles County wildfire survivors, AB 493 on insurance payout interest for homeowners, AB 597 on consumer protections after disasters, and AB 226 on strengthening the California FAIR Plan’s liquidity tools. Supporters generally framed these measures as necessary protections for disaster survivors and market stability, while opponents and concerned witnesses raised issues such as investor guidelines, compliance conflicts, and market disruption. Several members also noted equity concerns and the need to balance relief with consistency across the state. The committee also heard a cluster of housing-production bills. AB 306 proposed a six-year pause on new state building code updates affecting residential construction and limits on local code modifications, drawing strong support from housing and building industry groups who argued it would reduce costs and improve predictability. It also drew opposition from code, environmental, and clean-energy advocates, who warned about safety, local control, and the loss of important code updates. AB 253 would allow licensed third-party professionals to perform plan checks if local review takes 30 days or more, and AB 301 would impose state-agency permitting timelines similar to those already applied to local governments; both were presented as ways to reduce delays and speed housing development. AB 462 would exempt ADU construction from coastal development permit requirements in Los Angeles County, especially to aid fire recovery and expand housing supply. After hearing testimony and brief member discussion on each measure, the committee placed the bills on suspense or advanced them as appropriate. In the suspense hearing at the end of the meeting, the committee took up the suspense-file bills and reported AB 226, AB 238, AB 301, and AB 306 out with due pass recommendations on roll call votes. The meeting then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• So flush they even own a bank. Why is this important?
• regulations modernizing outdated banking regulations and allowing banks to more effectively deploy capital
• The package also includes key banking measures that will... includes key banking measures that will help
• That's why the banking reforms in this bill are also critical.
• They were over $200,000 in debt in 1962 and had $35 in the bank.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• <01:06:53.599> and effects on local food banks and effects on local food banks and community
• It's Kauai Independent Food Bank. My name is Jennifer Harper.
• :22.239> Community<01:51:22.480> Health Bank followed by Mokai Community Health Bank followed
• We are serve as a CEO of Maui Food Bank.
• the wildfire disaster, Maui Food Bank the wildfire disaster, Maui Food Bank has<01:52:05.440>

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: This joint informational briefing on Act 310 grants and aid focused on organizations describing how federal funding cuts, Medicaid/SNAP changes, and related policy shifts are affecting their services and budgets. Committee members explained there would be no Q&A, testimony would be limited to one minute, and in-person participants would be heard before Zoom callers. Members repeatedly asked testifiers to identify the amount of federal funding lost or at risk. Testimony came from a wide range of nonprofits and community providers, including Aloha Care, Hawaii Bicycling League, Hawaii Literacy, Hawaii Youth Symphony, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii, the Tsunami Museum, The Kohala Center, West Hawaii Community Health Center, West Hawaii Region Hospital Foundation, Sounding Joy Music Therapy, Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii, Dynamic Community Solutions, Feeding Hawaii Together, Girl Scouts of Hawaii, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, Hawaii Youth Services Network, Hawaiian Lending and Investments, Homana, Honolulu Theatre for the Youth, Kids Hurt Too Hawaii, and Kokua Kalihi Valley. Most described reduced or threatened federal support and requested state funding to maintain services such as health care access, food security, disaster preparedness, literacy and digital inclusion, youth mentoring, arts education, housing, and climate or agricultural resilience. Several speakers emphasized direct impacts on vulnerable populations, including kūpuna, low-income families, immigrants, homeless youth, and people with disabilities. Requests ranged from relatively small planning or program grants to multi-million-dollar stabilization asks, with some organizations citing specific losses such as reduced Medicaid or USDA funding, canceled EPA or FEMA support, or expiring federal grants. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the briefing.

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• and mitigated some harm accordingly. and mitigated some harm accordingly.
• But it's actually have that in the bank.
• landlords mitigate this risk? landlords mitigate this risk?
• It cost thousands of dollars to mitigate It cost thousands of dollars to mitigate that<10:52:08.240
• need to be compensated uh to mitigate need to be compensated uh to mitigate some<10:52:37.756>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• And in some cases, they mitigate the opposition to the idea that growth doesn't pay its own way.
• And in some cases, they mitigate the opposition to the idea that growth doesn't pay its own way.
• You go to the bank, they put a million dollars in your bank. I went to the wrong bank.

Summary: The Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee met for its first meeting of the 2026 session and took up impact fees, with an opening overview from Eric Poole of the Florida Association of Counties. Poole explained that impact fees are one-time charges on new development used only for new infrastructure capacity, not existing deficiencies or maintenance, and must satisfy the dual rational nexus test. He traced their history in Florida and described how comprehensive plans, concurrency, and later mobility fees relate to local infrastructure funding. He argued that impact fees are restricted, tied to capital improvements, and are one tool for paying for growth. Panelists representing counties, cities, builders, and community developers largely agreed that growth creates real infrastructure costs but differed on how those costs should be allocated. County and city representatives said impact fees are a necessary, targeted way to fund roads, water, sewer, fire, schools, and parks without spreading costs across all taxpayers. They pointed to long periods without fee updates, rising construction costs, and examples of large increases justified by studies. Builder and developer representatives argued that fees are often unpredictable, can be doubled or tripled, and contribute to housing affordability problems; they also said the system can be inconsistent across jurisdictions and may encourage sprawl. Several witnesses emphasized that fees must be transparent, proportional, and tied to actual benefits, and some suggested a statewide framework or mobility-fee model with more consistency and peer review. Members asked about how long local governments can hold fee revenue, whether fees can generate profit, what they can be spent on, and whether they can pay for police stations, fire stations, or other public safety facilities. Witnesses said the funds must be used for capital projects and cannot be used for salaries or unrelated purchases, and that refunds may be required if money is not spent within the local ordinance’s timeframe. The discussion also covered examples of local fee increases, the use of impact fees versus direct construction or “pipelining” of infrastructure, and concerns about level-of-service changes and extraordinary-circumstance increases. No votes were taken; the meeting ended after the panel discussion and member questions, with the chair noting the conversation would continue.

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• can look at ways into getting people out of the cars and look at public transportation live in the bank
• Kline eligibility screening that mitigates confusion between human service programs, centralized call
• A popular ones are trying to find ways to mitigate that. And then you have specialized TNCs.
• CSRC funding partners have taken all the steps necessary, including passing budgets, establishing a bank

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• I will just tell you, based on my experience in banking, that back in the 90s... when home equity lending
• much—because of the... smaller degree, because I think that the protections we have have largely mitigated
• So we're trying to create some kind of credit with any bank that's available.
• collectors to make the same disclosures in electronic communications that they are already making in a bank
• business House Bill 3900 by Chairman Ginn, relating to the investment of local governments' money in banks

Bills: HB1342, HB2889, HB3002, HB3254, HB4820, HJR40, HJR40

Keywords: private activity bonds, housing, residential rental projects, low-income, affordable housing, bond measures, funding equality, political subdivisions, public communications, election fairness, debt collection, consumer rights, disclosures, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, settlement agreements, State Board of Education, group benefits program, health insurance, state employees, dependents eligibility