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• </c> would allow a lesser included um ticket would allow a lesser included um ticket amount<00:21:02.679
• Please support SB 151, and we... flash their card the ticket gets flash their card the ticket gets dismissed
• Under the existing law, they could be ticketed for the offense. Right now it’s $250.
• Under the existing law, they could be ticketed for the offense. Right now it’s $250.
• </c> to have them towed or at least ticketed to have them towed or at least ticketed he<01:09:00.199>

Committee: Senate Transportation

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• can write anybody a like a game warden can write anybody a like a game warden can write anybody a ticket
• the state can write anywhere a ticket the state can write anywhere a ticket the state can write anywhere
• a ticket anywhere or enforce the law ticket anywhere or enforce the law ticket anywhere or enforce the
• know we have there's certain things you know we have there's certain things you know we have special events
• days like next Tuesday special events days like next Tuesday special events days like next Tuesday space

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• years uh for uh dismissal in the event years uh for uh dismissal in the event that they had not been
• Well, this would people traffic tickets Well, this would people traffic tickets Well, this would be
• Well, traffic tickets, for example, off. Well, traffic tickets, for example, off.
• Well, well, the reason I say that traffic tickets usually don't don't are traffic tickets usually don't
• for the tickets to and print shops for the tickets to secure uh ensure their security and how secure

Bills: HB 200 , HB 541 , HB 1803 , HB 30 , HB 175 , HB 249 , HB 721 , HB 851 , HB 897 , HB 1128 , HB 1904 , HB 1916 , HB 5560 , HB 3071 , HB 5627 , HB 5435 , HB 3913 , HB 2921 , HB 2695 , HB 2688 , HB 3045 , HB 3483 , HB 3673 , HB 4213 , HB 4226 , HB 783 , HB 4373 , HB 4735 , HB 5155 , HB 5057 , HB 4984 , HB 4944 , HB 4813 , HB 5339 , HB 5196 , HB 5033 , HB 4853 , HB 3486 , HB 4211 , HB 74 , HB 4670 , HB 4730 , HB 4743 , HB 4603 , HB 4463 , HB 3892 , HB 4139 , HB 4752 , HB 4520 , HB 4517 , HB 4486 , HB 4437 , HB 4426 , HB 4396 , HB 4263 , HB 3487 , HB 3418 , HB 2284 , HB 2266 , HB 2229 , HB 4912 , HB 2189 , HB 4506 , HB 5269 , HB 5224 , HB 5195 , HB 3317 , HB 4166 , HB 3947 , HB 3358 , HB 3370 , HB 4438 , HB 3745 , HB 3602 , HB 3697 , HB 2001 , HB 1968 , HB 3371 , HB 3909 , HCR 7 , SB 1744 , SB 1364 , SB 1316 , HB 2026 , HB 3302 , HB 3368 , HB 1639 , HB 5652 , HB 4655 , HB 5654 , HB 5658 , HB 5656 , HB 4894 , HB 4996 , HB 5088 , HB 5650 , HB 4464 , HB 3751 , HB 5665 , HB 5661 , HB 1237 , HB 2802 , HB 5437 , HB 2703 , HB 5666 , HB 5667 , HCR 113 , HCR 86 , SB 2196 , SB 463 , SB 856 , SB 1245 , SB 1169 , SB 509 , SB 985 , SB 305 , SB 552 , HB 1535 , HB 123 , HB 1804 , HB 426 , HB 1773 , HB 1871 , HB 2035 , HB 2492 , HB 1411 , HB 4753 , HB 4666 , HB 4529 , HB 1499 , HB 1610 , HB 2028 , HB 1506 , HB 886 , HB 3546 , HB 796 , HB 223 , HB 3556 , HB 2448 , HB 4638 , HB 111 , HB 180 , HB 1027 , HB 1178 , HB 610 , HB 1277 , HB 1615 , HB 1620 , HB 5342 , HB 4885 , HB 4751 , HB 4530 , HB 4488 , HB 2149 , HB 2071 , HB 2282 , HB 2248 , HB 2243 , HB 2522 , HB 2310 , HB 2513 , HB 2300 , HB 1902 , HB 1813 , HB 3719 , HB 4284 , HB 3743 , HB 3778 , HB 5153 , HB 5147 , HB 4877 , HB 4850 , HB 3261 , HB 3005 , HB 3033 , HB 2849 , HB 2967 , HB 3531 , HB 1768 , HB 333 , HB 2914 , HB 2613 , HB 3717 , HB 3704 , HB 2697 , HB 3801 , HB 3099 , HB 3488 , HB 3477 , HB 3466 , HB 3396 , HB 3469 , HB 2594 , HB 2776 , HB 2564 , HB 2298 , HB 5331 , HB 5646 , HB 5247 , HB 5323 , HB 4384 , HB 3896 , HB 4014 , HB 3627 , HB 3594 , HB 2524 , HB 510 , HB 561 , HB 5111 , HB 5446 , HB 1181 , HB 3963 , HB 2785 , HB 1661 , HB 2460 , HB 200 , HB 541 , HB 1803 , HB 30 , HB 175 , HB 249 , HB 721 , HB 851 , HB 897 , HB 1128 , HB 1904 , HB 1916 , HB 5560 , HB 3071 , HB 5627 , HB 5435 , HB 3913 , HB 2921 , HB 2695 , HB 2688 , HB 3045 , HB 3483 , HB 3673 , HB 4213 , HB 4226 , HB 783 , HB 4373 , HB 4735 , HB 5155 , HB 5057 , HB 4984 , HB 4944 , HB 4813 , HB 5339 , HB 5196 , HB 5033 , HB 4853 , HB 3486 , HB 4211 , HB 74 , HB 4670 , HB 4730 , HB 4743 , HB 4603 , HB 4463 , HB 3892 , HB 4139 , HB 4752 , HB 4520 , HB 4517 , HB 4486 , HB 4437 , HB 4426 , HB 4396 , HB 4263 , HB 3487 , HB 3418 , HB 2284 , HB 2266 , HB 2229 , HB 4912 , HB 2189 , HB 4506 , HB 5269 , HB 5224 , HB 5195 , HB 3317 , HB 4166 , HB 3947 , HB 3358 , HB 3370 , HB 4438 , HB 3745 , HB 3602 , HB 3697 , HB 2001 , HB 1968 , HB 3371 , HB 3909 , HCR 98 , HCR 92 , HCR 126 , HCR 7

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• As a number of tickets climb, that risk rose to five to 20x the general population.
• As a number of tickets population.
• He said the bill does not address traffic ticket cost.
• He said the bill does not address traffic ticket cost.
• </c> This doesn't address traffic ticket This doesn't address traffic ticket cost.<00:26:14.080><c> This

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• So, the owner of the car is the one that gets a speeding ticket.
• So, the the owner the speeding ticket.
• It was brought about speeding ticket.
• There would be no give you the ticket.
• And in my them a speeding ticket.

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• 80% of the games have been sold, but 60% of the prizes still remain within that remaining block of tickets
• you know, $2,000 or $3,000, and he goes around the state in his pickup truck, and he starts buying tickets
• , and he uses the winnings to go around the state and buy more tickets.
• In Kellogg, Idaho, they found that $300,000 ticket.
• to send HB 504, Idaho State Lottery, that amends and adds to existing law to prohibit bulk lottery ticket

Committee: Senate State Affairs

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• The ticket is adjudicated. At that time, the image must be deleted within 24 hours.
• There's some countries that turn into facial recognition and you jaywalk, you get a ticket in the mail
• I've also lived overseas, and I can tell you firsthand, I have received a ticket with my face plastered
• There's some countries that turn into facial recognition and you jaywalk, you get a ticket in the mail
• firsthand, I have received a ticket with my face, plastered through the front of the windshield and

Bills: SB1220 , SB1221 , SB1239 , SB1309 , SB1349 , SB1434 , SB1516 , SB1531 , SB1538 , SB1861

Committee: Senate Aeronautics and Transportation

Summary: The committee heard a series of transportation-related Senate bills, beginning with memorial naming measures and then moving into funding, licensing, and safety proposals. Senate Bill 1220, naming the Terry Walker Memorial Interchange, and Senate Bill 1516, allowing Real ID applicants to donate to the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs through Service Oklahoma forms, both advanced on 10-2 votes after brief questions about funding and where donations would go. Senate Bill 1239, which extends the sunset for County Improvements for Roads and Bridges Fund appropriations and cleans up duplicate statutory language, advanced after title was stricken and members raised questions about reporting requirements and a possible conflict in the funding language. Senate Bill 1531, an ODAA request related to future drone regulation, advanced unanimously after title was stricken. The committee also considered several road and licensing measures. Senate Bill 1349 would increase apportionments to the Roads Fund over eight years up to $1 billion; members questioned the long-term commitment, inflation, and overlap with other road-funding bills, but it advanced 10-2. Senate Bill 1221 would let Service Oklahoma provide tracking for mailed driver’s licenses and IDs and offer optional expedited delivery; after Service Oklahoma testified that refunds would be issued if expedited service was not provided, the bill advanced unanimously. Senate Bill 1538, reinstating the requirement to pass or show proof of an eighth-grade reading exam to obtain a driver’s license, advanced 11-1 after discussion of the literacy goal and the employment-based exemption. The committee then approved Senate Bill 1309, which raises from $80 million to $100 million the amount reserved from Roads Fund apportionments for debt service, on a unanimous vote. The most debated measure was Senate Bill 1434, which would authorize automated speed enforcement in highway construction zones with warning signs, limited image retention, independent audits, and penalties for noncompliance; supporters argued it would save workers’ lives, while opponents raised privacy and future-use concerns and suggested officer-based enforcement instead. Despite those objections, the bill advanced 7-5. The meeting ended with a notice that Senator Merrick’s bill, SB 1861, would be laid over.

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• requires law enforcement to note the types of wireless device used in a violation on the traffic ticket
• It may require testimony at court if it's challenge, but they would write a ticket.
• The driver who hit me and changed my life forever received a $30 ticket. Let that sink in $30 tick.
• And the most that he could get was $30 ticket for that fall driver. And that's that's disgusting.
• And so they have this ticket. There's 1000.

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• occasion to give small contracts out to an artist to set up a display or a musician to perform at an event
• You had to have done so many fairs over this period, over this large that had electronic tickets.

Committee: House Agriculture

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• No, it's not a traffic ticket.
• You can Attend a full zero waste event, which I had never attended before.

Bills: SB2106 , SB1471 , SB2139 , SB2154 , SB1619

Committee: Senate Local and County Government

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• was picking up trash, and going to the Humane Society, and cleaning out the cages, it was taking tickets
• young folks involved to see this, and everyone can go and do a canvassing board monitoring, watch the events

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• They sell raffle tickets throughout the week.
• Whoever gets their raffle ticket drawn then gets to go pull a card off the board.
• They sell raffle tickets down.
• Uh, Senator Pappas is that um there are so you buy a ticket and then the whoever's ticket is drawn is
• 14.960><c> is</c><00:27:15.440><c> is</c> the the whoever's ticket is drawn is is the the whoever's ticket

Bills: SF0044 , SF0046

Committee: Senate Revenue

Transcript Highlights:

• First of all, we absolutely agree at CSU that minor costs like a parking ticket or a lost library book
• This then escalates to a ticket to human resources, which is then directed via another ticket to payroll
• , a personal visit to the payroll department, and several... ...tickets to payroll, a personal visit
• I can tell you how many people have sent emails when I was within the actual county office event and
• ones asking for additional time to be donated to people because they're on leave. ...county office event

Summary: The committee hearing covered several higher education bills, with extensive testimony on student aid, affordability, and institutional debt. AB 587 would add veteran representation to the California Student Aid Commission; the author said the change would bring lived experience from the veteran community to student aid policy, and members raised a concern about keeping the commission’s membership odd-numbered, which the author said would be addressed by amendment. AB 791 would standardize cost-of-attendance housing calculations using objective data and improve notice of the adjustment process; supporters said current budgets often underestimate students’ real living costs, while UC, CSU, and independent colleges opposed or had concerns about the bill’s prescribed methodology, fiscal impact, and a 14-day turnaround for adjustments. AB 850 would create a one-term grace period for students with institutional debt to re-enroll while arranging repayment, bar reporting that debt to credit agencies, and require more transparency; proponents described students being blocked from continuing school over debts, while CSU, UC, and private-college representatives said they already use holds and payment plans and worried about added liabilities and budget pressures. AB 537 would extend the California College Promise Program to part-time community college students; supporters said most community college students attend part-time and should not be excluded from fee waivers, while the committee noted fiscal concerns but ultimately advanced the bill. AB 7 would allow universities to consider whether an applicant is a descendant of American chattel slavery in admissions as a reparative measure; supporters framed it as lineage-based reparative justice, while opponents argued it would function as a racial proxy and conflict with Proposition 209 and equal-protection principles. The committee took roll-call votes on the measures, advancing AB 587, AB 791, AB 850, and AB 537 to Appropriations, with AB 850 and AB 537 receiving fewer votes and the roll left open for additional members.

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• SOME OTHER GOOD BILLS THE TERM GENERAL EDUCATION CORE COURSES MAY NOT DISTORT SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL EVENTS
• Events.
• Also having been authorized unless they are invited during a covered event and also exempts anybody under
• Events.
• POSITIONS THAT RUN AS A TICKET.

Bills: SB 2 , HB 2 , HB 2000 , HB 2196 , HB 213 , HB 222 , HB 645 , HB 1458 , HB 1022 , HB 141 , HB 502 , HB 643 , HB 3093 , HB 1700 , HB 117 , SB 503 , SB 2 , HB 120 , HB 20 , HB 150 , HB 6 , HB 100 , HB 210 , HB 215 , HB 1393 , HB 1151 , HB 1268 , HB 142 , HB 451 , HB 124 , HB 2 , HB 2000 , HB 2196 , HB 213 , HB 222 , HB 645 , HB 1458 , HB 1022 , HB 141 , HB 502 , HB 643 , HB 3093 , HB 1700 , HB 117

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• Number one is big-ticket."
• Big ticket. Big ticket. Okay, the rest of the page and yep, five. "Mr.
• Big ticket. Big ticket. Okay, the rest of the page and yep, five. "Mr.
• </c> ticket item and putting it on hold. ticket item and putting it on hold. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
• </c> a big ticket item. a big ticket item. All<01:33:00.239><c> right.

Committee: Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• I assume that it was a parking ticket or speeding ticket.
• I assume that it was a parking ticket or speeding ticket.
• I assume that it was a parking ticket or speeding ticket.
• I assume that it was a parking ticket or speeding ticket.
• &gt;&gt; it was a parking ticket or speeding ticket. ticket. ticket.

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• was a chance for the fathers to apologize to their daughters for missing out on so many important events
• It was so successful that we're now, in May, going to do a father-son event as well. Not a dance.
• I’ve sat with women who were released with nothing but a bus ticket and a list of rules, expected to
• And we've got about 6,000 people in the prison system right now who are ticketed to die in there, out
• And we've got about 6,000 people in the prison system right now who are ticketed to die in there, out

Committee: House Administration of Criminal Justice

Summary: The committee held an oversight discussion on Louisiana’s reentry landscape, with Chair Villio emphasizing that the hearing was informational only and that no bills were being considered. Department of Public Safety and Corrections officials outlined the state’s reentry mission and current programming in state facilities, local jails, regional reentry centers, and STEP facilities. They described services including literacy and GED preparation, career and technical education, industry certifications, postsecondary partnerships, mental health and substance abuse treatment, victim impact and trauma programming, and pre-release assistance such as state IDs, birth certificates, Social Security cards, Medicaid, SNAP, and driver’s licenses. Officials also discussed a new data-sharing MOU with DCFS for child support matters and a planned “return portal” with Louisiana Works to connect incarcerated people to jobs and training aligned with labor market needs. A major focus was the reentry court program at Angola for men and at the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women. Assistant Secretary DeLouche and Assistant Warden Easley explained that the program is limited to nine judicial districts, requires judge and district attorney consent, and includes a two-year institutional phase followed by three years of intensive supervised probation. Participants must earn a HiSET if needed, complete multiple certifications and life-skills programs, and then petition for resentencing; officials said the program’s current recidivism rate is under 14 percent. They also highlighted specialized offerings such as vocational mentoring, a Braille transcription and repair program, and family-focused events like a father-daughter dance. Testimony from employers and local officials was broadly supportive. Eric Lane described hiring formerly incarcerated workers through the parole project and said the program solved problems he had seen with halfway-house placements by helping people secure housing, IDs, and licenses before release. Sheriff Kevin Cobb said sheriffs are active partners, with 51 of 64 parishes offering some form of programming and more than 75 percent of local facilities providing services; he stressed that local jail programming has grown over time and that data collection is improving. Members repeatedly asked for more data on recidivism, employment outcomes, and what programs are available by parish, and several praised the department and sheriffs for the work already being done. No votes were taken.

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• evaluating property, interpreting insurance policies, and guiding recovery efforts following the events
• are lots of stories, whether it be COVID, whether it be a divorce, whether it be. a severe medical event
• What we found is that in zip codes with higher costs, more people were likely to get ticketed and go
• They had eight times the rate of the average Texan of facing tickets, and the cost of insurance for people
• Because they're paying full ticket, $14,000 a month. month for this medication that's purchased at a

Bills: HB712 , HB722 , HB946 , HB1687 , HB1809 , HB1899 , HB2528 , HB2583 , HB2741 , HB2750 , HB3021 , HB3150 , HB3265 , HB3658 , HB3812 , HB3960 , HB4392 , HB4432

Committee: House Insurance

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• There's no monitor, so you're buying a ticket just like you're buying a Powerball ticket.
• all of our games to see if you want or not. so it's in it's the tickets are sold in so it's in it's
• just like you're buying a ticket just like you're buying a Powerball<00:29:03.039><c> ticket</c><00:
• 29:03.279><c> you're</c><00:29:03.399><c> literally</c><00:29:03.760><c> saying</c> Powerball ticket
• They define when they can buy tickets. Perfect. Any further discussion?

Committee: Senate Ways and Means

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• At the beginning of the year, in the event that there was a hurricane, other items, we had contracts
• I'm sure provides an existing violation that one could be ticketed for.
• And you might pick up two or three tickets on the way down because the standards could be different in
• Owens is aggravated that fines are different for speeding tickets in every parish is because there's
• And we should have... ...for speeding tickets in every parish is because there's bad actors in everything

Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on March 16 and first disposed of several local bills without controversy. House Bills 590, 679, and 873 were voluntarily deferred. HB 503, allowing certain utility terrain vehicles and golf carts in Golden Meadow, was amended and reported. HB 720, clarifying tacit dedication and public access to waterways and related access points, was reported favorably. HB 856, expanding indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracting authority for DOTD and the Office of Louisiana Highway Construction, was amended and reported. HB 487, increasing penalties for drivers who run red lights by using shoulders or turn lanes to pass stopped traffic, was amended and reported. HB 846, prohibiting obscured or covered license plates, was reported favorably. HB 733 and HB 875, both dealing with OMV reinstatement fees and lapses of insurance, were reported with amendments after discussion of audit findings and fee timing. HB 707, moving liquefied petroleum gas commission functions to Agriculture, was amended and reported. HB 693, creating legislator district signs, was amended and then voluntarily deferred. HB 777, requiring a driver's license renewal knowledge exam, was amended and voluntarily deferred for further work with the department. HB 746, concerning oversized trucking permits issued by local governments, was introduced but not advanced, with the author signaling a desire to work on the issue further rather than force a vote. Several bills drew extended debate over safety, enforcement, and government overreach. HB 309, which would have penalized pedestrians for looking at cell phones while crossing crosswalks, was amended from a criminal offense to a $25 civil fine but then voluntarily deferred after members raised concerns about enforceability, tourism, free will, and whether the bill targeted the right party. HB 695, requiring permits and QR-code documentation for consensual non-commercial towing of multiple connected vehicles, was heavily questioned over how it would work in practice, whether it applied to single or multiple vehicles, and how out-of-state travelers would know about the requirement; the committee asked the author to work with OMV and State Police and voluntarily returned the bill to the calendar. HB 868, removing the farm exemption from trailer safety-chain and attachment requirements after a fatal accident involving a trailer separation, was amended and reported despite concerns from members and the Agriculture Commissioner about impacts on older farm equipment and the need to preserve flexibility for agricultural operations. The committee also heard testimony from law enforcement, the auditor’s office, the Department of Transportation and Development, the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, and industry groups. Chiefs of police supported the red-light and license-plate bills as common-sense public safety measures, while the Legislative Auditor explained that the OMV fee bills were intended to align Louisiana’s reinstatement fees and grace periods more closely with other states and with audit recommendations. DOTD and the secretary supported the procurement bill as a tool to speed construction and maintenance work. Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain supported the propane commission bill and urged caution on the farm trailer safety bill so that older and specialized equipment would not be unintentionally burdened.