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• That is an analysis that the CPUC is doing outside of Section 851.
• It does not require Public Utilities Code Section 851.
• And then there are a number of Public Utility Code sections that support that.
• We will, in Section 21080.39B3, add in state parks and national preserves.
• It's the Section B3A that's there that I just described. Okay, give me just one second.

Summary: The committee heard several energy, water, and utility bills, with extensive testimony on cost, ratepayer impacts, and climate or reliability goals. SB 919 by Senator Grayson would extend the biomethane monetary incentive program through 2030 and support renewable natural gas development by reducing interconnection cost barriers. Supporters said RNG helps methane reduction and organic waste diversion, while opponents, including TURN and environmental groups, argued the bill could shift costs to ratepayers and subsidize combustion-based fuels, especially dairy digesters. The author said committee amendments removed the rate-basing provisions and instead urged the CPUC to act quickly on its pending decision; the bill was left for a later vote. SB 931 by Senator Laird would reauthorize the Diablo Canyon Community Impact Mitigation Program through 2030. Supporters said San Luis Obispo County and local schools rely on the funding for emergency preparedness and public safety, while TURN argued the extension would add about $47 million in statewide ratepayer costs and should instead be paid from existing PG&E deal revenues. Members discussed the bill as a continuation of the 2022 Diablo Canyon agreement, and the author said the measure simply restores the five years omitted from that deal. The committee also heard SB 1215 by Senator Cortese, which would direct the CPUC to set deployment targets for EV charging in multifamily housing. Supporters said renters and apartment residents are largely shut out of home charging, and that prior utility programs showed the model can be cost-effective and beneficial to ratepayers. The bill was amended to address affordability, ratepayer benefits, and limits on major system upgrades. SB 1295 by Senator Stern would create a framework for using distributed batteries and other local resources to solve grid constraints more cheaply than traditional infrastructure. Supporters said it could improve reliability and reduce costs by targeting batteries where they provide the most grid value, while utilities said they were open to continued discussion. SB 1359, also by Senator Stern, would require the CPUC to more carefully evaluate major gas infrastructure investments and alternatives such as electrification before approving new spending. Environmental groups supported the bill as a guardrail against stranded assets, while gas utilities opposed it, warning it could undermine the obligation to serve, create safety and reliability risks, and retroactively change the rules for approved investments. On water policy, SB 1125 by Senator Menjivar would create a statewide low-income water rate assistance program upon appropriation. Supporters said about 1.6 million households have water debt and that affordability is a statewide issue, not just a problem for disadvantaged communities. Some members raised concerns that the bill lacked a funding source and that state mandates, such as chromium-6 treatment requirements, already strain local water agencies; the author and supporters responded that the bill includes administrative caps and transparency measures and is intended to work alongside future funding. The committee then heard SB 1098 by Senator Pérez, which would restrict the use of utility memorandum and balancing accounts by requiring exceptional circumstances, adding sunset dates, and creating cost-sharing or lower-return rules for certain spending. TURN and other supporters said the accounts allow utilities to recover costs after the fact with too little discipline, while Edison and PG&E opposed the bill, arguing that some costs are unpredictable and that the CPUC already has a formal review process. SB 1125 was moved to Appropriations with a roll call, and the roll was left open for additional votes; the other measures were discussed with no final committee actions announced in the excerpt.

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• Under subdivision three, the forest section, there's four projects totaling 36.939 million.
• </c> uh section, there's 30 four Sorry. uh section, there's 30 four Sorry.
• There's kind of an section three. There's kind of an extension<00:03:51.360><c> amendment.
• Uh, the first two sections reflect the language that was in the bill as it was introduced.
• Uh the first two sections Heritage Fund.

Bills: HF3879

Committee: House Legacy Finance

Keywords: outdoor heritage, conservation, habitat restoration, natural resources, wildlife management, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• line four, delete: 'An interested party may bring civil action to enforce the provisions of this section
• Uh, the word 'section' is the last stricken word.
• </c> of this section. of this section.
• Uh<00:39:12.079><c> the</c><00:39:12.320><c> word</c><00:39:12.640><c> section</c><00:39:12.960><c> is
• , section, section, that<00:39:41.520><c> first</c><00:39:41.760><c> sentence.

Bills: SF0101

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: Second Amendment, firearm regulation, state legislation, public safety, civil penalties, 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The response then explained that there is a section in the Data Practices Act called the personnel data
• section, section 13.43.
• I know this bill refers to section 136A.84. Nothing in that section identifies tribal colleges.
• </c> know this um this bill refers to section know this um this bill refers to section 136a<01:10:39.159
• </c> 136a 84 nothing in that section 136a 84 nothing in that section identifies<01:10:42.480><c> tribal

Committee: House Education Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:45:15.680><c> in</c><00:45:15.960><c> Senate</c><00:45:16.280><c> Bill</c> there's a section
• in Senate Bill there's a section in Senate Bill 1044<00:45:18.280><c> um</c><00:45:18.640><c> which</
• In your testimony, you propose an amendment to section 2, subsection 3 of the definition of condominium
• In your testimony, you propose an amendment to section 2, subsection 3 of the definition of condominium
• e requiring Assumption of section e requiring Assumption of existing<01:20:51.760><c> collective</c>

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee opened by outlining hearing procedures, including a two-minute limit for live testimony, a request not to repeat written testimony, and a reminder about decorum. The first bill heard was SB 697, which would create a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for expenses to retrofit residences with wind-resistive devices. The Insurance Division said it supported the concept but noted it may need an appropriation or outside expertise to develop certification standards, while the Department of Taxation said the bill should retain a third-party certification requirement if the Insurance Division cannot administer the credit. The Hawaii Insurers Council supported the bill, and the Tax Foundation suggested a subsidy-style program would be more efficient than a tax credit and criticized the bill’s 100% credit structure. A testifier in support argued the measure would help homeowners fortify houses against hurricanes and reduce shelter demand; written testimony from several others, including HIEMA, was noted as supportive. The committee then moved through SB 76, which would require the Hawaii Property Insurance Association to provide commercial property coverage after two private-market denials, and SB 83, which would require insurers to give advance written premium-change notices and explanations to common-interest community policyholders and the insurance commissioner, along with a report on premium increases. For SB 76, the State Insurance Division stood on its written comments, and testimony in support came from Michael Honda, the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, and Jessica Herzog. SB 83 drew more extensive discussion: the Insurance Division supported the need for better transparency, while the Hawaii Insurers Council opposed the bill, arguing that agents—not insurers—typically communicate with AOAO boards and that the measure could worsen an already difficult market. Insurance Division staff acknowledged widespread complaints from condo associations about lack of transparency and said the division had received many calls about premium increases and nonrenewals. The discussion on SB 83 expanded into broader concerns about condo insurance, nonrenewals, surplus lines, and the difficulty of getting timely explanations for large premium increases. Committee members and testifiers described older buildings struggling to fund repairs and upgrades while facing steep insurance costs, and some urged the committee to craft baseline statutory protections for unit owners. The Insurance Division said surplus lines serve a critical gap-filling role and warned against regulating that market in a way that could slow access to coverage. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• section section 18B.
• We note that, uh, section 3C of bill.
• Additionally, the department uh section.
• </c> following that in HRS section 37-68. following that in HRS section 37-68.
• </c><02:16:45.280><c> 8</c> act 72 expressly states under section 8 act 72 expressly states under section

Bills: SB2003

Committee: Senate Water, Land, Culture and the Arts

Keywords: Mauna Kea, land management, University of Hawaii, astronomical observatories, leasable lands, natural resource management, stewardship authority, 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint committees on Water, Land, Culture, and the Arts and Education heard testimony and discussed SB 20003, which would require the auditor’s report under Act 255 to include a recommendation on whether the Monarch Stewardship and Oversight Authority is fit to continue managing Monaca lands. Testimony focused on the bill’s reversion language, the role of the auditor, and whether the measure gave the auditor too much discretion without clear criteria. The Office of the Auditor’s position, read into the record, was that it had strong reservations because the bill did not provide standards for assessing fitness and asked that the requirement be held or amended. Other testimony suggested a work group with relevant agencies and Hawaiian practitioners to manage the transition and reduce conflict. Committee members debated whether the bill should simply restore the original reversion language or also require an audit-based fitness determination. Several members questioned the need for a 2031 audit when Act 255 already provides for a performance and financial audit in 2031 and noted that the bill could shift authority away from the legislature. In response, the committee chair explained that the measure was intended to restore language removed during conference and to address the transition back to the University of Hawaii if the authority was not meeting the act’s purpose. The committees ultimately recommended SB 20003 be passed with amendments. The amendments would strike the auditor/audit section, add language addressing timelines by providing a 10-year lease extension and sublease extension, and make technical changes including a defective date. The committees voted to adopt the amended measure and send it forward as an SD1. The transcript also included a separate Education Committee hearing on SB 3286, which would require the University of Hawaii to develop a facilities and student housing master plan and report to the legislature. University of Hawaii testimony said the system supports the intent but that the bill’s requirements are a heavy lift across 10 campuses and should follow development of a broader academic strategy. Members raised concerns about deferred maintenance, shifting priorities, and the lack of a systemwide plan, while the university said it already has a six-year capital improvement plan but acknowledged it does not fully incorporate the broader academic and housing strategy the bill contemplates.

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• Section 2.
• </c><05:16:50.320><c> 1012</c> message transmitted under section 1012 message transmitted under section
• 3, House Resolution 492, is section 3, House Resolution 492, is hereby<05:16:58.798><c> adopted.
• </c><05:35:20.000><c> and</c> Plan Act which included section and Plan Act which included section and
• Pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 499, on this? The yays are 213. The nas are on this?

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• e e e e Open the hearing on House Bill 285 on parental rights and responsibilities, an additional section
• <00:51:45.079><c> on</c> section on section on this<00:51:46.960><c> well</c><00:51:47.559><c> you</c
• He said he was not aware that many of these cases are open, but under line 18, Section 3 says nothing
• </c> minors speaking specifically to section minors speaking specifically to section three<04:12:09.159
• </c><04:14:52.840><c> that</c> I'm trying to apply this section that I'm trying to apply this section

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Children and Family Law Committee opened a hearing on House Bill 285, which would add language to the parental rights and responsibilities statute directing judges to consider known mental health or medical conditions that could affect parenting. Representative Ball, the bill’s sponsor, said the intent was not to require disclosure of private records, but to give judges a reminder to ask whether anything in a parent’s condition could interfere with parenting and to help ensure children’s safety and best interests, especially in high-conflict or pro se family court cases. He said the proposal was meant as a guardrail and not as a way to reduce parenting time or take children from parents. Committee members questioned whether the existing best-interest factors already cover parenting ability, whether the new language could invite stigma or weaponization in custody disputes, and whether judges already have authority to ask these questions. Ball responded that judges often do not ask, that family court can be difficult for unrepresented parties, and that the language would simply make the issue explicit. He also said he would be open to amendments, including language that more directly instructs judges to ask the question. One member raised concerns about whether the bill should say judges “shall” ask rather than “may,” and Ball said he was willing to work with the committee on wording. Sarah Horn, a NAMI New Hampshire board member and parent, testified in opposition. She described her own history with OCD, ADD, PTSD, hospitalization, and recovery, and said mental illness had not harmed her ability to parent; she warned the bill could increase stigma and discourage people from seeking treatment. In response, Ball said her testimony was part of why he had considered an amendment to include physical health as well, so the bill would not single out mental health. The hearing ended without a vote in the transcript provided.

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• Madam Speaker, I move to amend House Bill 3435, page one, Section 1, lines 24 through 24.4.4.
• Bill 3435, page one, Section 1, lines 24. Amendment submitted by Wilk.
• There's two sections to it.
• Representative, my question is on page 5, Section 3, line 20.
• Fiscal staff because the summary outlines every section and every change.

Bills: HB4319 , HB4317 , HB1225 , HB3076 , HB3081 , HB4226 , SCR17 , HB4432 , HB3304 , HB3411 , HB3435 , HB4339 , HB4331 , HB4341 , HB4342 , HB1770 , HB1016 , HB4113 , HB2950 , HB4141 , HB3277 , HB2988 , HB3029 , HB3338 , HB1889 , HB3834 , HB3831 , HB2939 , HB3045 , HB3657 , HB1739 , HB3759 , HB3755 , HB4484 , HB4486 , HB4108 , HB1250 , HB2961 , HB1219 , HB3025 , HB1782 , HB1907 , HB3718 , HB4459 , HB2976 , HB3548 , HB3545 , HB2952 , HB2929 , HB2956 , HB2973 , HB3055 , HB3086 , HB3040 , HB3794 , HB4336 , HB3151 , HB1590 , HB3581 , HB3313 , HB3429 , HB3448 , HB1752 , HB2650 , HB3584 , HB4202 , HB3586 , HB4321 , HB4280 , HB3650 , HCR1020 , HB2116 , HB2206 , HB4301 , HB3625 , HB3147 , HB3403 , HB3498 , HB3970 , HB3975 , HB3976 , HB3980 , HB4265 , HB4266 , HB3638 , HB3880 , HB3930 , HB3942 , HB3944 , HB4191 , HB3242 , HB3678

Keywords: administrative procedures, rulemaking authority, specific authority, legislative review, agency rules, accounting, CPA, licensure, educational requirements, reciprocity, professional conduct, vital records, birth certificate, birth registration, biological sex, sex designation, male, female, nonbinary, gender identity

Summary: The House began with a quorum call, then moved into a series of special presentations recognizing guests and champions, including the Talihina state football team, the Hodgson Bulldogs state basketball champions, Sooner Start families and advocates, the Edmond Republican Women’s Club, Leadership Miami, and other visitors in the galleries. Members also adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 17, honoring the long friendship between Oklahoma and Ireland and welcoming Irish Senator Aubrey McCarthy to the Capitol. The chamber then considered and passed several bills on third reading. Among them were HB 4226, creating a formal recusal/disqualification process for judges with timelines; HB 4432, addressing itemized deductions and gambling-related tax treatment; HB 3304, requiring Service Oklahoma to check the methamphetamine user database before issuing a commercial driver’s license; HB 3411, requiring PFOS testing and related safeguards for biosolids land application; HB 3435, creating a single-subject rule for municipal bonds; HB 4339, updating probate publication requirements for rural Oklahoma; HB 4341 and HB 4342, both CASA-related measures; HB 1770, directing OSU Veterinary Medicine to study the elk population in the northwest zone; HB 1016, setting up trust protections for minors featured in monetized online content; and HB 413, clarifying that people with felony convictions may vote once they have fully completed incarceration, parole, supervision, and probation. The House also passed HB 2950, removing an ACT requirement tied to Oklahoma’s Promise for homeschool students; HB 4141, funding a statewide sexual assault nurse examiner coordinator if money becomes available; HB 3277, cleanup language for VIN inspections on salvage vehicles; HB 2988, expanding the Terry Peach Act; HB 3029, requiring a four-year planning process for the State Department of Education; HB 3338, regulating the pool industry after reports of consumer losses; HB 1889, restoring benefits for a small group of police and fire retirees; HB 3834, authorizing ibogaine clinical trials for PTSD, addiction, and related conditions; HB 3831, seeking state support for Oklahoma Task Force One urban search and rescue; HB 2939, removing fax-machine references from election law; HB 3045, extending response-fee limits to municipal fire departments; HB 3657, modernizing OESC reporting and data sharing; HB 1739, reinstating a half-pay provision for OHP members; HB 3759, setting a June 30 date for temporary school allocations; HB 3755, clarifying juvenile detention medication funding and custody language; HB 4484, allowing certain state vehicles to be used between residences and work sites; HB 4486, creating a Gold Star Families Memorial Monument at the Capitol; HB 4108, adding airports to the critical infrastructure trespass list; and HB 1250, creating a revolving fund for public safety technology tied to the Blue Jay app. Most bills passed with broad support, though a few drew significant debate, especially the homeschool/Oklahoma’s Promise bill and the pool regulation bill, which passed with narrower margins.

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• So I think we need to clean up the language in that section.
• So that would be in the definition section.
• </c><00:40:39.760><c> So,</c><00:40:39.880><c> that</c> language in that that section.
• So, that language in that that section.
• </c> definition section. definition section.

Bills: HB0098 , HB0075 , HB0041 , HB0101

Committee: House Revenue

Keywords: gun control, Second Amendment, constitutional rights, misdemeanor, law enforcement, virtual currency, kiosk, financial institutions, regulation, Wyoming Money Transmitters Act, penalties, death benefits, retirement, survivor support, public safety, guardianship, monitoring, ward protection, financial independence, case management

Transcript Highlights:

• In section one, subdivision one, it exempts a water tower and water treatment facility in Watertown from
• Then section one, subdivision two, appropriates the resources to the Department of Revenue for a refund
• </c><00:09:49.920><c> one</c> this bill will will do so in section one this bill will will do so in section
• one subdivision 2 and then the section one subdivision 2 appropriates<00:10:06.920><c> the</c><00:10
• 86 open parentheses D close in section 86 open parentheses D close parenthesis<00:20:52.120><c> open

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• If you were to simply add those up, and those are in Chapter 1, Section 3, if you were to add them all
• First, Minnesota could choose not to conform to the IRC or a specific section of the IRC.
• </c><01:20:08.719><c> of</c><01:20:08.880><c> the</c> or a specific section of the or a specific section
• Section 179 expensing was expanded by increasing thresholds and limitations.
• Minnesota enacted an addition for the Section 199A qualified business income deduction.

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> under this se section is six years. under this se section is six years.
• And so within the STAR Act there's multiple different sections, and within those sections the sheriffs
• </c> there's multiple different um sections there's multiple different um sections and<01:38:18.480><
• :19.920><c> the</c> and within those sections the the and within those sections the the sheriffs<01:38
• </c> statute uh in section 6048. statute uh in section 6048. and<01:59:56.000><c> immunity</c><01:59:

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• sections in there.
• Uh, this bill changes sections one and two and does not address section three at all.
• And section three is the section that talks about multiple dogs.
• </c> does not address section three at all. does not address section three at all.
• is the section uh that And section three is the section uh that talks<01:12:06.640><c> about</c><01:

Committee: House Environment and Agriculture

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• John and his beloved wife, Mary, lived in the Oaks neighborhood section.
• John and his beloved wife, Mary, lived in the Oaks neighborhood section of Framingham for five decades

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate took up House No. 62, an act extending certain COVID-19 measures adopted during the state of emergency. Senator O'Connor spoke in support, praising the continued flexibility for municipal meetings and public participation, including remote attendance and testimony, and expressing hope the changes could eventually become permanent. The chamber adopted Senator Rodgers’ amendment striking and replacing the bill text with Senate Document No. 2506, then passed the bill to be engrossed. The Senate later adopted the emergency preamble by standing vote, with three in favor and none opposed, allowing final passage of the bill. The bill was then passed to be enacted and ordered signed by the President and laid before the Governor. Separately, Senator Tarr recognized a guest from Salem State University and spoke about the Frederick Berry Institute of Politics and its alternative spring break program. The Senate also adopted a motion to adjourn in memory of former Representative John Stasik, followed by a moment of silence. Finally, the Senate adopted an order to meet again the following Monday at 11 a.m., and then adjourned.

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• Third reading of the bill: an act dedicating certain park and field space in the South Boston section
• Third reading of the bill: an act dedicating certain park and field space in the South Boston section

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several Committee on Rules reports and related procedural motions. Members adopted a resolution congratulating the Indian Americans of Lexington on their 30th anniversary. The House also adopted orders extending reporting deadlines for the Labor and Workforce Development Committee on House Document 4600 and for the Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee on House Document 4598. In addition, the House concurred with a Senate referral sending a petition on host community agreements to the Committee on Cannabis Policy, and it suspended Joint Rule 12 to allow a petition authorizing pre-participation electrocardiogram screenings for interscholastic athletics to go to the Committee on Financial Services. The chamber then considered House No. 1302, a bill on remediation of home heating oil releases, and ordered it to a third reading. Under Rule 7A, the House also advanced several local and policy bills to third reading: House No. 1269 to eliminate penalty charges when canceling auto insurance, House No. 4312 on charter changes for Longmeadow, House No. 4313 allowing print-free digital legal notices for North Brookfield, and House No. 4314 allowing Hingham to use municipal property for a center for active living. On third reading, the House took up House No. 899, dedicating certain park and field space in South Boston. An amendment changed the bill’s language from “a suitable marker” to “suitable markers,” and the bill was then passed to be engrossed as amended. The House also adopted an order to adjourn to the next day at 11 a.m., and then adjourned.

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• Amendment 1 of Senate Bill 201 by deleting section two in its entirety.
• So this just strikes out the claws and the amendment that is section two, which ties it to House Bill

Bills: SB169 , SB201 , SB1290 , SB1377 , SB1991 , SB2060

Committee: House Appropriations and Budget

Keywords: longevity pay, state employees, Oklahoma government, salary increase, emergency declaration, minimum salary, education funding, teacher compensation, Oklahoma education, salary schedule, 2-1-1 services, revolving fund, Department of Human Services, crisis pregnancy, abortion, legal funding, foster care, duffel bags, personal belongings, children's welfare

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• Today, as authorized in Section 67-5003...
• Today, as authorized in Section 67-5003 of Idaho Code and in alignment with Governor Little's Executive

Summary: The House Health and Welfare Committee met with a quorum present and approved the February 9, 2026 minutes. The committee then considered RS-33-336, sponsored by Representatives Wheeler and Healy, which would create a one-year pilot program exempting certain physicians who serve as preceptors in primary care, psychiatry, and obstetrics/gynecology from prior authorization requirements, up to 100 physicians per specialty. Supporters said the measure is intended to reduce administrative burden, expand medical preceptorships, and help address provider shortages; the sponsor said the department believed it could absorb the work with existing staff. The committee voted to introduce the RS. The committee next heard two senior services rule dockets from Judy Taylor of the Commission on Aging. The first updated rules governing senior centers and Older American Act programs by streamlining language, revising definitions, and adding references to program guidance and federal regulations; Taylor said it was fully negotiated and drew no stakeholder concerns. The second docket repealed the rules governing area agency on aging operations in their entirety because they were duplicative of federal law and contractual terms. Both dockets were adopted by committee vote. No other substantive business was taken up, and the chair noted the committee would meet again the next day before adjourning.

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• Today, as authorized in Section 675-0003, 3,000,000,000, Today, as authorized in Section 675003 of Idaho

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Keywords: 989, all

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• President, pursuant to Section 74-709, Idaho Code, I submit from the records of this office the enclosed
• Dear Madam Secretary, as required by Idaho Code Section 57-1601, I am transmitting the following report

Keywords: 989, all