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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 2 Apr 28th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They will be free to have their license without having to go to the doctor to get their exemptions.
- And if we want to talk about weight... and get into what the weight is and how that...
- of the grants will go toward individuals who are married and filed a joint return with an adjusted gross
- And it became, for me personally, painful to endure because the gross and intentional misrepresentation
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I also strongly urge you to repeal the waiver part in that exemption.
- Why is a legal exemption necessary in section G of page 2 of your bill?
- So my question was, why is the legal exemption necessary?
- What is their body weight? Their age?
- And then when we talk about the legal exemption, if the exemption is there and then you have someone
Committee:
House Public Health
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/23/2026 - House Health & Human Services
House Health & Human Services Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- We didn't want to complicate things because the babies are so tiny, and there is a height and weight
- They're meant for a certain height and weight. Okay, thank you. All right, Rep.
- I mean, some of these medications cause severe weight gain.
- Finally, the bill provides exemptions for the limitations and prohibitions related to patient health
- mischaracterization. ...gross mischaracterization.
Summary:
The committee heard several bills related to radiation protection in cardiac catheterization labs and later a stem cell/regenerative therapy bill. On SB 1121, which would allow hospitals with radiation protection systems to let clinicians forgo lead aprons if they work in the designated safety area and use real-time dosimetry, testimony was largely supportive or neutral after a late amendment gave radiation safety officers discretion to require protective gear if exposures approach thresholds. The committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1121 on a 9-1 vote. SB 1120, a more prescriptive bill requiring at least 50% of cath lab rooms in hospitals to be equipped with the radiation protection system, drew divided testimony: sponsors and several physicians argued it would reduce orthopedic injury and radiation exposure and improve recruitment and retention, while hospital and radiology groups objected to the mandate, cost, limited vendor pool, and lack of clarity in the bill’s definitions. After adopting an amendment excluding children’s hospitals, the committee deadlocked 6-6 and SB 1120 failed to pass.
The committee then considered SB 1118, which would appropriate $3 million to help rural hospitals install radiation protection systems in cath lab rooms. The sponsor said the funding would help rural facilities meet the same safety goals, and the committee passed the bill 6-5. The committee also heard SB 1214, a “guardrails” bill regulating non-FDA-approved stem cell and regenerative therapies, requiring informed consent, sourcing and reporting standards, advertising limits, and civil penalties for violations. Supporters said it would protect patients while allowing access to promising therapies; some members raised concerns about evidence and commercialization, but after adopting a technical amendment, the bill passed 9-3. The transcript ended as the committee moved on to SB 1630, which would seek federal approval for a home- and community-based service benefit for adults with serious mental illness; the sponsor described it as a capped, Medicaid-based community care option, and Access testified neutral while estimating a fiscal impact, but no final action on SB 1630 appears in the excerpt.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Transportation Committee Apr 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- But often without regard to weight limits, any sort of restrictions, school zones, you know, other slower
- We have substantially lower speeds, weight, and public safety risks than cars.
- 1685, which is this bill, makes the necessary change to the NOTS system by adding three points to gross
- We appreciate very much this committee also dealing with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated
- the bill, we discovered that vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated carried two points, and that gross
Summary:
The committee heard several transportation and public safety bills, largely focused on traffic violence, e-bike regulation, and DUI enforcement. AB 1588 on sideshows and street takeovers drew support from the author, San Francisco officials, law enforcement, and the League of California Cities, who said the bill would close loopholes, add motorcycles and dirt bikes to the sideshow framework, and align penalties with speed contests. ACLU California Action opposed it, but members generally supported the bill, noting the need for stronger tools against dangerous takeovers. The committee also heard AB 1654 on commercial driver’s licenses and federal verification rules, with the author arguing California must comply with federal law to avoid losing CDL authority; the chair and others objected that the bill could wrongly affect U.S. citizens and codify changing federal rules. The bill was discussed but not advanced in the portion provided.
AB 1976 sought to speed delivery of bicycle and pedestrian safety projects by limiting some public meetings, restricting cancellation of contracts without findings, lowering petition thresholds for traffic calming, and updating the Pedestrian Mall Act. Supporters said current procedures delay life-saving projects and give too much power to opponents, while counties and cities opposed the limits on local public input and budget authority. After discussion, the committee voted to send AB 1976 to Local Government, with several members expressing support but also concerns about preserving community participation.
The committee also heard AB 2015, which would direct Caltrans to study the effects of navigation apps on local roads and safety. Supporters said apps can divert traffic onto residential streets and undermine local traffic calming, while members suggested the bill should also consider built-in vehicle navigation systems. AB 2168, on the Active Transportation Program, would update the definition of safe routes to transit, prioritize transit-rich and underserved areas, and add stronger spending accountability; it drew support from bicycle and transit advocates and some local agencies, with a few technical concerns left to resolve. Finally, AB 1942 on e-bike registration and license plates for Class 2 and 3 e-bikes drew strong support from law enforcement and medical witnesses citing rising injuries, but broad opposition from bicycle groups, micromobility advocates, and some local governments who said it would burden lawful riders, create DMV problems, and not address illegal e-motos. The committee also heard AB 1685 and AB 1687, both DUI-related bills from the same author: AB 1685 would increase DMV points for gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, and AB 1687 would extend license revocation for a third DUI conviction to eight years with an interlock option after four years. Both bills received strong support from law enforcement and victims’ advocates, with ACLU California Action opposing them as duplicative or overly punitive; both bills were advanced by committee vote.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Transportation Committee Apr 20th, 2026
Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- But often without regard to weight limits, any sort of restrictions, school zones, slower speed limits
- We have substantially lower speeds, weight, and public safety risks than cars.
- 1685, which is this bill, makes the necessary change to the NOTS system by adding three points to gross
- We appreciate very much this committee also dealing with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated
- the bill, we discovered that vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated carried two points, and that gross
Committee:
House Transportation
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- immigration status and ongoing General Fund savings associated with the elimination of specialty weight
- Gross income financial methods.
- If a project is already required to pay prevailing wages, this new proposal doesn't exempt them from
- The policy extension, the exemption, is consistent with 609? Yes.
- This is not an infill housing bill; it's an exemption from environmental law from CEQA.
Committee:
House Budget
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House State Government Committee Mar 18th, 2026
State Government
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> Um, so SB 88 allows projects at higher education institutions to be exempt from inspection by the
- of Construction Management. >> Um, so SB 88 allows projects at higher education institutions to be exempt
- For those exempt that choose involved.
- </c><00:23:03.440><c> uh</c> this body passed a bill that exempted uh this body passed a bill that exempted
- c> from</c> letter E. any project exempt from letter E. any project exempt from approval<00:25:51.600
Committee:
House State Government
Keywords:
expungement, criminal records, courts, victim rights, rehabilitation, Alabama law, SB337, Montgomery County, probate judge, judge of probate, county officer compensation, salary increase, circuit judge parity, local legislation, county commission, general fund, public official pay, judicial compensation, Montgomery County Legislation, construction management
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/11/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services
Health and Human Services
Keywords:
radiologic technologist, radiologist assistant, radiology, imaging, x-ray, diagnostic x-ray, fluoroscopy, mammography, computed tomography, CT technologist, nuclear medicine technologist, bone densitometry, radiation safety, radiation licensing, scope of practice, health workforce, rural health care, critical access hospital, supervision, telehealth
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections Feb 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections
Transcript Highlights:
- The next bill is House Bill 2235 concerning Public Records Act exemptions regarding concealed pistol
- The bill exempts from public disclosure records related to permits to purchase firearms, firearm transfers
- The bill expands the types of personal information exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Act
Bills:
HB1759 , HB2417 , HB2632 , HB2249 , HB2574 , HB2309 , HB2235 , SGA9066 , SGA9246 , SGA9268 , SGA9267
Keywords:
designation, commemoration, December 12, local observance, cultural significance, military justice, victims' rights, militia, Washington code, legal protections, citizenship, immigration, terminology, rights, legal status, HB 2249, Washington Technology Solutions, WaTech, civil service, classified service
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Jan 28th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Environment, Energy & Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- An exemption based purely on leakage was considered one of the justifications for free allocation and
- Emissions from the coal facility are also exempted from coverage under the cap-and-invest program.
- So turning to the bill before you, it limits the cap-and-invest program exemption by applying it only
- We support ending exemptions in state law for a...
- We support ending exemptions in state law for a coal-fired power plant after its scheduled closure date
Committee:
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology
Keywords:
Washington climate policy, greenhouse gas, GHG emissions, cap-and-invest, carbon market, emissions trading, allowances, covered entity, coal-fired power plant, coal plant, electric utility, electric generating facility, fossil fuels, natural gas, imported electricity, emissions leakage, air pollution, renewable energy transition, industrial emissions, railroad emissions
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Jan 16th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Environment, Energy & Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- These were typically exemptions from requirements that would otherwise apply to conventional reactors
- We saw tax preferences, especially exemptions from taxes for SMR developers.
- However, there are some types of meetings that are expressly exempted.
- Turning to the bill before you, it exempts from the OPMA most government-to-government consultation between
- ... ...certification process to involve all EFSEC members rather than only the EFSEC chair and to exempt
Committee:
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology
Keywords:
nuclear energy, energy strategy, advanced technology, sustainability, state policy, renewable energy, public entities, electric generation, contracting, SB 6010, Washington energy siting, EFSEC, Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, tribal consultation, government-to-government consultation, federally recognized tribes, energy facility siting, RCW, clean energy, alternative energy
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Feb 12th, 2025
Ways and Means General Fund
Committee:
House Ways and Means General Fund
Keywords:
elections, post-election audit, election audit, risk-limiting audit, ballot audit, election integrity, voter confidence, Secretary of State, judge of probate, canvassing board, poll watchers, ballot containers, manual tally, recount, county election, statewide election, general election, absentee ballots, provisional ballots, election transparency
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- supporting the families they left behind and the brothers and sisters who continue to carry the heavy weight
- Affairs Committee, an act relating to election campaign contributions and expenditures, to provide an exemption
- speed limits, to provide that the speed limits for vehicles with five or more axles operating at a gross
- weight of more than 26,000 pounds shall be the same as for other motor vehicles.
- deputies, ...and on line 27, following deputies, to insert county coroner as among those that would be exempt
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 16th, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- It tells us the suspect's height, weight, ethnicity, hair color. eye color, tattoos.
- Is that it adds an exception to the Public Information Act that would exempt from or except from disclosure
- the AG stating that the demand would result in immediate and irreparable injury, loss, damage, and gross
- This is an exempt.
- It gives 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. weight to the tools that already work and creates new avenues for
Bills:
HB3146 , HB3719 , HB3895 , HB3923 , HB4748 , HB4751 , HB4936 , HB4952 , HB4990 , HB4991 , HB5061 , HB5196 , HB5238 , HB5246 , HB5487
Committee:
House Delivery of Government Efficiency
Keywords:
State Office of Administrative Hearings, SOAH, administrative hearings, contested case, contested case hearing, administrative law judge, ALJ, final decision, proposed decision, agency hearing, hearing continuance, rescheduling, Texas administrative law, Government Code Chapter 2001, workers' compensation, Department of Human Resources, Texas Labor Code, Transportation Code, Agriculture Code, Insurance Code
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health May 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- We are proposing to eliminate GLP-1 for Weight loss for all populations.
- It's regarding the weight loss drugs.
- If we can help people reduce weight, then a lot of these conditions have some level of resolution.
- These are drug classes that are optional, just like the weight loss indication.
- You just shared, the second car will not be exempt under the asset test. So they would...
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- The second amendment specifies the personal property that is exempt and clarifies that the exemption
- </c><01:41:15.960><c> for</c> personal property tax exemption for personal property tax exemption for
- </c> exempt and clarifies that the exemption exempt and clarifies that the exemption is<01:41:31.520>
- </c> to study and report on exempting to study and report on exempting electricity<01:42:11.600><c> for
- </c> that scope, there's not a gross that scope, there's not a gross deviation<02:33:59.680><c> from<
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Assembly Business and Professions Committee and Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee Mar 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- So the overall gross value of the industry is down.
- First thing, make sure we’re talking about consistent metrics when we’re talking about weight.
- So when we start at the field, we’re talking about a dry flower weight equivalent.
- That's what's driving the decrease in the gross value of the industry, because...
- This is how, with this, you know, this paradox that gross value of the industry is down.
Summary:
The joint informational hearing focused on the Department of Cannabis Control’s report on the condition and health of California’s cannabis industry. Department staff reviewed the evolution of state cannabis law, the creation of the current regulatory framework, licensing and compliance efforts, and enforcement against illicit cannabis and hemp-derived intoxicating cannabinoids. The department said the licensed market has grown in production and retail units sold, while active licenses and retail sales value have declined, and that the illicit market remains a major competitive factor. The department also highlighted consumer education efforts, product testing and recalls, and coordination through the state enforcement task force and other agencies.
The department’s economist said the data show continued growth in licensed production and a rising share of consumption through the licensed market, but falling wholesale and retail prices have reduced overall industry value. He identified major headwinds as taxes and fees, illicit-market competition, local prohibitions that limit retail access, regulatory costs, and broader business pressures, while noting opportunities in product innovation and possible hemp-market changes. Committee members pressed the department on enforcement, public health concerns, equity ownership and employment, delays in grant administration, pesticide testing, and whether the legal market is truly viable for small businesses and farmers. Several members argued that stronger enforcement and lower costs are needed, while one member raised concerns about cannabis-related health harms and said the hearing focused too narrowly on supply-side issues.
Public commenters from industry groups and advocacy organizations largely echoed concerns about high taxes, regulatory burdens, limited retail access, and the size of the illicit market. Many urged the Legislature not to let the excise tax rise from 15% to 19% and called for tax relief, compliance reform, more enforcement, and broader retail access. Some speakers said the report was too optimistic and did not reflect business failures, debt, and closures, while others emphasized the need to protect small farmers, address wildfire insurance, and support equity businesses. No votes or formal actions were taken; the hearing was informational only.
NE
Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Morning Session Apr 9th, 2026
Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Gross Legislative Bill 737, which, by round tree, three, count 46, both, not per person to the development
- Gross such table 743 inch by Dwar as 5.
- Gross such State Bill 745, introduced by Warris 5.
- Gross such, State Bill 748, introduced by Senator Brad Von Gillern, relating to revenue taxation.
- Agriculture is 50% of the gross domestic product of the state of Nebraska.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Consumer Protection & Business Jan 27th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Consumer Protection & Business
Transcript Highlights:
- by all licensees to a single borrower at any one time cannot exceed $700 or 30% of the borrower's gross
- by all licensees to a single borrower at any one time cannot exceed $700 or 30% of the borrower's gross
- the amount that is 30% of the borrower's gross monthly income would continue to control the maximum
- I think it's exempt from public disclosure.
- It's a lead weight on their financial future. Thank you. Thank you.
Committee:
House Consumer Protection & Business
Keywords:
small loans, consumer protection, financial regulation, lending limits, credit access, animal testing, alternatives, ethical research, animal welfare, scientific methods, infrastructure, protection, safety, security, state regulations, public safety, insurance fraud, law enforcement, crime, penalties
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Prioritizing Public Safety – Senator Ron Latz Apr 14th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- staff um a second generation weight staff um a second generation weight<00:01:50.159><c> staff</c><00
- staff at Park Tavern and one of weight staff at Park Tavern and one of them<00:01:51.600><c> employee
- We added a gross misdemeanor for double the legal limit, which is now 0.16.
- We added a gross misdemeanor for double the legal limit, which is now 0.16.