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• As this bill has moved through the legislative process, we have worked in good faith with the committee
• This legislation was prompted by concerns surrounding Right of Passage operating STRTPs in Alpine County
• We should not have to legislate the protection of our children.
• And without having a hone, in the past, this committee has also had the targeted legislation trying to
• and legislative intent into real life.

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• With that said, um, there has been legislation passed recently.
• We fixed a couple of problems in the last legislative sessions.
• So we passed legislation three or four years ago. I don't know.
• Welcome to the Legislature, right, and being a legislator...
• Right, and being a legislator, where we have to move a little faster.

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• And then I also want to welcome from Legislative Management Senator Becadol and Representative Hager.
• So I believe what Legislative Council had done last time is they did the high of everyone and then added
• Since the Legislative Assembly has been encouraging the institutions to source those matching funds from
• The Legislative Assembly approved it to use capital building funds.
• Another one is how are we as the board and you as legislators actually encouraging the research aspect

Summary: The committee met to discuss higher education funding and capital building policy. Members first heard an update from NDUS Deputy Commissioner Lisa Johnson on low-producing academic programs. She described a proposed board policy using a five-year rolling window and thresholds of fewer than 10 undergraduate graduates or fewer than 5 graduate graduates, with programs flagged for three consecutive review periods going to the board. Possible outcomes would include continuation, continuation with modifications, inactivation, or termination. Members asked about how the review would account for program costs, service to other students, workforce demand, and the difference between inactivation and termination. Johnson said the board would consider broader factors and that campuses already do detailed program analysis. Several members also asked about cost savings and staffing impacts from program terminations, and Johnson said the board would try to provide more information later. The committee then received a report on the Capital Building Fund from Jamie Wilkie. He reviewed the program’s history, matching requirements, and recent uses, noting that about $334 million in state and matching dollars has been invested overall, with most going to deferred maintenance and extraordinary repairs. Members discussed whether the program is reducing deferred maintenance and requested updated systemwide data on deferred maintenance and campus space utilization. Wilkie said the board is considering a new study to update deferred maintenance figures, which are based on information more than 12 years old. He also reported that several institutions have used current biennium funds for projects such as residence hall renovations, health sciences housing, generators, and building repairs. Later, the committee began a detailed walkthrough of a draft bill that would replace the current higher education funding formula with an FTE-based model and also revise the capital building fund structure. The draft would use fall enrollment FTEs, add completion incentives for degrees in in-demand fields, and create a separate research funding component for UND and NDSU tied to doctoral completions and external research expenditures. Members raised concerns about the use of older data in the formula, the treatment of waivers, the weighting of professional and health sciences programs, and the use of CIP codes to define CTE and education incentives. The bill draft would also combine capital building fund tiers, broaden eligible uses for deferred maintenance and legislatively authorized projects, change matching requirements, repeal the old formula chapter and the capital pool, and transfer funds from the Strategic Investment and Improvements Fund into the capital building fund. No final votes were taken during the portion provided; the meeting was primarily discussion and review.

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• They asked me to bring legislation, and I said this is probably not a good time for that.
• They asked me to bring legislation and I said this is probably not a good time for that.
• I know there's been some other legislators who've been a part of it and Secretary Landry.
• So can they not do, what in this legislation can you not do already without this legislation?
• And who do you have to prove it to in this legislation?

Bills: HB1163, HB1168, HR252, HR253, HCR103, HCR108, SB80, SB131, SB251, SB254, SB279, SB384, SB414, SB468, SB469, SB496

Keywords: fireworks, retail sales, fire safety, legislation, holiday celebrations, construction standards, precast concrete, DOTD, building regulations, minimum requirements, public projects, private projects, consumer protection, credit card fees, cash transactions, rounding practices, transparency, low-income, economic impact, residential construction

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• Did any legislator come up with any of the ideas expressed in the plan we're about to vote on?
• Did any legislator come up with any of the ideas expressed in the plan we're about to vote on?
• About redrawing state legislative districts.
• Florida's state legislative districts were drawn from the same 2020 census data.
• Florida's state legislative districts were drawn from the same 2020 census data.

Summary: The Senate convened in special session with an opening prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved to the special order calendar to consider congressional redistricting legislation, beginning with Senate Bill 8D and then substituting the identical House Bill 1D. The bill would establish Florida’s congressional districts. Senator Gaetz, presenting the measure, said the Governor had proposed the map to address population growth and to draw race-neutral districts, and argued that mid-decade redistricting is legally permissible and has occurred before in Florida and other states. He repeatedly said the Legislature could accept, reject, or amend the proposal, but that the Governor had the prerogative to propose it. The floor debate focused heavily on the legality and timing of the map, especially after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Louisiana redistricting decision was announced during the session. Several senators, including Rouson, Sharief, Smith, Polsky, Arrington, Bracy Davis, Bernard, Nathan, and Berman, questioned whether the map complied with the Florida Constitution’s Fair Districts Amendment, the Voting Rights Act, and equal protection principles. They raised concerns about the short notice, lack of statewide public hearings, the use of partisan data, the absence of sworn testimony from the Governor’s representatives, the claimed severability of the Fair Districts Amendment, and the impact on minority communities and communities of interest. Gaetz generally declined to offer legal opinions, saying those issues would ultimately be for the courts, but he relayed the Governor’s position that race-based provisions in the Fair Districts Amendment are unconstitutional and that the proposed map is race-neutral and compact. Members also debated whether the map’s population data and compactness scores justified the district lines, with critics arguing that the plan cracked and split communities in places such as Central Florida, Tampa Bay, and South Florida. Gaetz said the Governor’s office relied on 2020 census data plus updated population estimates from the Office of Economic and Demographic Research and the American Community Survey, and that the mapmaker said he drew the map himself without outside consultants. After questions concluded, the Senate adopted a motion to substitute HB 1D for SB 8D, read the bill a third time, and proceeded to debate the House bill. The transcript ends during debate, with no final vote on passage shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• Here, in this legislation, this is a wonderful proposal.
• We have hired a consultant called Mapcraft, who's worked on previous legislation.
• This is true of every piece of legislation. No, I didn't say you said that, Mr.
• And that is the way we craft legislation here. It's not pretty.
• And here today to also support this legislation is Kurt Kimmelchew.

Summary: The committee hearing covered a long agenda of local government and housing-related bills, with the chair repeatedly noting the committee was operating without a quorum for much of the meeting. Several measures were heard with no opposition, including AB 2639 on Merced County flood control coordination, AB 1788 on allowing best-value contracting for general law cities and the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments, AB 2058 on reducing duplicative permitting and inspection costs for factory-built housing, AB 2576 on clarifying historic resource protections in a housing law, AB 2568 on increasing the compensation cap for water district board members, AB 2224 on updating county recorder fees and requiring electronic recording, AB 2469 on water-supply review and cost responsibility for data centers, and AB 2397 on requiring local governments to justify denials of certain housing-finance decisions. Most of these bills were presented as targeted fixes to improve efficiency, reduce delays, or modernize outdated statutes, and the authors generally requested aye votes and noted committee amendments where applicable. The most extended debate centered on AB 1751, which would streamline approval of qualifying townhome projects while setting a $28 hourly minimum wage floor for construction workers on covered private projects. Supporters argued the bill would expand homeownership opportunities, raise wages for largely non-union residential workers, and preserve existing prevailing wage law while adding enforcement tools and developer liability. Opponents, including several building trades and labor organizations, argued it would undercut prevailing wage standards, create a race to the bottom, and potentially affect wage-setting more broadly. Committee members asked detailed questions about land-use barriers, the relationship to prevailing wage, and whether the bill would affect unionized work; the author and supporters responded that it applies narrowly to private for-sale townhome projects and does not alter prevailing wage requirements. AB 2469 also drew a substantive split. Supporters said data centers should be required to provide water-supply assessments before approval, pay for infrastructure they trigger, and account for impacts on overdrafted groundwater basins and local ratepayers. Opponents from the Chamber of Commerce, Data Center Coalition, counties, and tech groups argued existing law already covers water planning, that the bill imposes unique and burdensome requirements on one industry, and that some reporting provisions could raise security concerns. The author responded that the bill is about front-end planning and local accountability, not daily reporting, and emphasized the hyperlocal strain data centers can place on small water systems. No final votes were taken during the hearing because the committee lacked a quorum, though members repeatedly indicated support or intent to vote aye once a quorum was present.

Transcript Highlights:

• Here, in this legislation, this is a wonderful proposal.
• We have hired a consultant called Mapcraft, who's worked on previous legislation.
• This is true of every piece of legislation. No, I didn't say you said that, Mr.
• And here today, and to also support this legislation is Kirk Kimmelchew.
• This important piece of legislation empowers a small-scale housing...

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• I represent Legislative District 4, and thank you.
• I say legislating into good behavior, but I really mean that from the heart.
• I say legislating into good behavior, but I really mean that from the heart.
• Access has dropped the ball, and we are trying to legislate them into good behavior.
• Non-legislators decided, hey, 55 sounds good. We'll limit it to 55.

Bills: SB1095, SB1114, SB1116, SB1162, SB1164, SB1178, SB1179, SB1249, SB1253, SB1346, SB1347, SB1446, SB1561, SB1813

Keywords: gender transition, minors, irreversible surgery, health professionals, puberty-blocking drugs, medical procedures, prohibition, Arizona Revised Statutes, behavioral health, patient brokering, appropriation, state funds, Maricopa County, claims review, medical necessity, American Indian health program, healthcare regulations, healthcare compliance, behavioral health technicians, licensing

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• Lord, I am thankful for these legislators.
• </c> I am thankful for these legislators. I am thankful for these legislators.
• </c><00:06:00.360><c> Without</c> a legislative citation. Without a legislative citation.
• </c> report legislative citation 64. Mr. report legislative citation 64. Mr.
• Legislative citation, Mr. Speaker. Legislative citation, Mr. Speaker. Yes,<00:51:07.680><c> sir.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, established a quorum with 95 members present, excused absent members, and adopted a legislative citation honoring Dave Buzz Baker for his long career with WKYT and the UK Sports Network. The Senate clerk then reported several Senate bills passed by the Senate and requested concurrence. The House approved the journal and received committee reports advancing a wide range of bills on agriculture, banking and insurance, judiciary, licensing and regulations, education, and information technology, covering topics such as agricultural procurement, pesticide labeling, vehicle financial protection products, proxy advisory services, financial exploitation, status offenses, firearms liability protections, school administrator salaries, sick leave, school safety, and data privacy. The chamber then considered House Bill 468 on civil rights. The bill would update the Kentucky Civil Rights Act to align the definition of disability with the federal ADA, and it would remove the Kentucky Human Rights Commission’s adjudicative powers over employment and public accommodations disputes while preserving investigative functions. House Floor Amendment 1 was adopted; it removed language barring attorney’s fees, preserved local commissions’ investigative powers, authorized local commissions and private plaintiffs to file civil actions in circuit court, and extended the probable-cause determination period from 30 to 180 days. The bill, as amended, passed 72-22. House Bill 757, the session’s revenue bill, was then debated. Its sponsor described provisions including moratoriums on certain local school district taxes, Internal Revenue Code conformity, new taxes on data brokering, fantasy contests, and predictive markets, EV charging station inspection fees, elimination of some tax expenditures, Department of Revenue cleanup provisions, and process changes for inheritance tax, property tax delinquencies, and other measures. Members raised concerns that the bill would limit local school boards’ taxing options and could affect bonding and school construction; the sponsor said TIF-related provisions would sunset future participation, not existing projects, and that the bill had been developed with agency input. House Bill 757 passed 69-18. The House also passed House Bill 727, creating the Kentucky Education Placement Service System for teacher applicants and district job postings, by a vote of 94-0. The chamber then took up House Bill 776, a modernization of the Dental Practice Act, with changes to board authority, licensure renewal, hygienist and assistant rules, and telehealth standards; the sponsor noted an ownership-related issue and presented House Floor Amendment 1 for consideration, but the transcript cuts off before final action on that amendment and the bill.

Transcript Highlights:

• Introduction of legislation. I'll yield to Senator Woods before I yield to you.
• We're on introduction of legislation. Senator, we're on introduction of legislation.
• And I do stand now in full support of this piece of legislation.
• President, I am very proud to be a co-sponsor of this piece of legislation.
• And we know that for too long. of this piece of legislation.

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• My name is Malia Traynor, and I am the legislative intern for the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses
• We always talk about how we pursue legislation and we want to see how effective it is.
• It's the reason why Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Tim Scott are working on federal legislation
• This is one of the most important bills we're going to hear this legislative session.
• This legislation creates a necessary framework for many This legislation creates a necessary framework

Summary: The committee first considered the reappointment of Troy L. Campbell to the Arizona State Liquor Board. Campbell described his nearly 10 years of service, his role as chair since 2019, and his focus on fairness, public safety, and applying the law consistently. He answered questions about the board’s workload and authority, noting it hears roughly 40 to 50 cases a year and does not issue fines. With no public testimony, the committee voted 6-0 to recommend his confirmation to the full Senate. The committee then heard several liquor and consumer-related bills. SB 1478, an annual liquor-policy cleanup bill, made technical changes to liquor statutes, including conforming the definition of cider to federal tax law and clarifying other terminology. The bill drew support from industry stakeholders and neutral testimony from the Department of Liquor Licenses and Control; the committee adopted a clarifying amendment and recommended the bill do pass as amended. SB 1108 would require Swedish rounding of cash transactions when pennies are unavailable, with signage and enforcement provisions; an amendment removed an individual-item exemption and clarified tax calculations, and the bill passed as amended with support from business groups. SB 1205 would regulate private-property vehicle booting by setting signage, notice, fee, and recordkeeping requirements and making violations a misdemeanor; members raised concerns about appeals and signage on non-parking property, but the committee adopted a technical amendment and recommended the bill do pass as amended. The committee also took up SB 1241, which would allow private permitting providers to conduct plan reviews and inspections for single-trade residential projects without municipal or county approval. Supporters argued it would reduce delays and costs for homeowners and help cities focus on higher-priority work, while cities and counties opposed the bill on public-safety and local-control grounds, warning about private incentives and inspection quality. After adopting an amendment granting immunity to municipalities that rely on private providers, the committee recommended the bill do pass as amended by a 5-2 vote, with some members explaining their votes and asking for further stakeholder work. Finally, the committee heard SB 1366, which creates a Public Property Towing and Impound Practices Study Committee to review towing fees, standards, insurance, background checks, and related DPS policies, and to report recommendations by the end of 2026. Supporters said the study would help address inconsistent standards and consumer concerns before permanent changes are made. Some members objected that the study committee did not include minority-party appointments, but the sponsor said that could be addressed later. The committee adopted a strike-everything amendment and recommended the bill do pass as amended. The committee then began SB 1431, a housing-design bill limiting municipal design standards and restrictions on certain shared features, but the transcript cuts off during extended debate and no final action on that bill is shown.

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• California, are currently considering related legislation this session.
• That's legislative applause.
• I'm going to go ahead and this is a legislative applause. You go like this. That's legislative.
• This is a legislative applause. You go like this, that's legislative applause.
• I'm a retired legislative advocate. I live. I'm Baxter Culver. I'm a retired legislative advocate.

Summary: The committee heard and advanced several bills. SB 479 would let Berkeley, Long Beach, and Pasadena use multidisciplinary homeless response teams and share specified information across departments; the author and a Berkeley official said current state confidentiality rules prevent effective coordination, and the bill passed 9-0 to Senate Appropriations. SB 46 would bar a person who has served two terms as President from appearing on the California ballot for a third term; supporters argued California has authority to enforce constitutional qualifications, while Senator Niello questioned whether the bill was needed, and it passed 6-1 to Senate Appropriations. SB 99 would improve coordination between civilian and military authorities on military protective orders and restraining orders; the Department of Defense supported it, the ACLU raised due process concerns about MPOs, and the bill passed 6-0 as amended to Senate Appropriations. SB 719 would extend the sunset on Department of Technology reporting on state agency use of high-risk automated decision systems from 2029 to 2032; there was no opposition and it passed 6-0 to Senate Appropriations. The committee also took up SB 300, which would strengthen California’s new AI chatbot law by requiring operators to prevent minors from being exposed to sexually explicit material or facilitation of such content. Supporters said new evidence shows current protections are insufficient and that the bill is needed now to address harms to children; industry groups opposed the bill as premature, arguing SB 243 had just taken effect and that the new standard could create strict-liability-like exposure and uncertainty. After extensive questioning, the bill passed 9-0 to Senate Appropriations. SB 381 would give adult adoptees and descendants access to original birth certificates and create a nonbinding contact preference form for birth parents; many adoptees and birth parents testified in support, while some members raised privacy concerns for birth parents. The bill passed 13-0 to the Senate Health Committee, with the author noting amendments would be taken in Health rather than Judiciary. At the end of the hearing, the committee shifted chairs and began SB 33, which would eliminate the sunset on the existing public works contractor claim-resolution process so agencies must continue to respond to claims, pay undisputed amounts, and use early dispute resolution. The author and sponsor said the process has reduced litigation and helped contractors and workers, and the bill was just being introduced when the transcript ended.

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• Okay, I'm going to go ahead and—this is legislative applause.
• You go like this; that's legislative applause.
• I'm a retired legislative advocate. I live in Sacramento.
• This is a legislative applause. You go like this, that's legislative applause.
• I'm a retired legislative advocate. I live. I'm Baxter Culver. I'm a retired legislative advocate.

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• If you recall from last year, we passed legislation that directed that teacher assistants' pay could
• </c><00:19:57.679><c> currently,</c> change to the legislation currently, change to the legislation currently
• And this is a smart piece of legislation. And so, Mr.
• And this is a smart piece<00:52:28.240><c> of</c><00:52:28.480><c> legislation.
• </c> piece of legislation. And so, Mr. piece of legislation. And so, Mr.

Keywords: Education - Room 216, January 6, 2026; 12:45 PM, 925, all

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• That we were able to provide in the last legislative session.
• During that legislative session, was DLPS not included?
• The chair calls Amit Patel with the Legislative Budget Board. 616 私のビデオを見てくれてありがとう。
• My name is Amit Patel with the legislative budget board.
• My name is Eric Schroeder with the Legislative Budget Board.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• </c> but I will say from a state legislative but I will say from a state legislative standpoint,<00:19
• ><c> expand</c> The legislation will also expand The legislation will also expand consumer<00:32:36.000
• However, it is this in legislation.
• </c> is asking us to fix in your legislation is asking us to fix in your legislation uh uh uh the<01:
• ,</c><01:49:45.000><c> as</c> many ways as a legislator, as many ways as a legislator, as legislators

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• </c> Here today, so in the last legislative session we had legislation that was put together to address
• </c><00:03:34.040><c> auditor</c> in the office of legislative auditor in the office of legislative auditor
• The legislation also asked us to report back on cross-training needs and a proposed plan.
• The legislation also asked us to report back on cross-training needs and a proposed plan.
• The legislation also asked us to report back on cross-training needs and a proposed plan.

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• </c><00:53:15.520><c> The</c> duties uh with the legislation. The duties uh with the legislation.
• legislation? legislation?
• </c> nod for some additional legislative nod for some additional legislative clarity<01:38:41.040><c>
• , this proposed legislation?
• . legislation. legislation.

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• </c><00:54:17.119><c> stabilization</c> fund to the legislative stabilization fund to the legislative
• You can't legislate in the budget.
• You can't legislate in the budget.
• Uh, do not legislate in the budget. Do not legislate in the budget.
• </c> legislation? One minute. legislation? One minute.

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• Do you think private homeowners and single-family would be happy with this legislation?
• Well, I mean, your legislation is making it more complex to operate in the space.
• My name is Vince Agrew, State Legislative Director with Sheet Metal Workers Local 104.
• Hi, Jim Lindberg, Friends Committee on Legislation, California, in support. Thanks.
• Jim Lindberg, Friends Committee on Legislation, California, in support. Thank you.

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