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• This bill is not establishing automatic voter registration.
• This bill is not establishing automatic voter registration.
• This bill is not establishing automatic voter registration.
• If we have automatic voter Hawaii.
• This bill allows for automatic rate This bill allows for automatic rate increases<03:29:33.280> for

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• I just think, to everybody else's point, the question of whether those end automatically needs to be
• I renew my motion to do pass House Committee Substitute for House Bill 1788.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• You had $298 million of conditional appropriations that were automatically released when the ending balance
• That one percent will not automatically come off in September, so next year possibly...
• do this until a point in time when that three and a half percent threshold is met, and then it automatically
• This includes school safety, transportation, and fleet renewal to inject funds into those areas.

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• So, he may be able to to to— >> But there's no automatic.
• /c><01:37:56.080> and we're giving you an automatic tip and we're giving you an automatic tip
• automatically a tip. automatically a tip.
• <01:59:11.360> take self-policing thing automatically take self-policing thing automatically
• renewal. They're ready to be readopted. renewal. They're ready to be readopted.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• This $2.57 million ask is from the renewable development account.
• Agreement last year on renewable development account funds.
• development Again, this is renewable development Again, this is renewable development account
• million sitting in the renewable million sitting in the renewable development<01:08:49.280> account
• I'll also renewable development account.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• To reiterate, if a bill increases or decreases revenue by more than $150,000, it will be automatically
• Bills with a revenue impact of more than $150,000 will be automatically referred to our suspense file
• Rodriguez, on behalf of Planning and Conservation League, Defenders of Wildlife, and Resource Renewal

Summary: The Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee heard several bills, mostly related to Proposition 19, voluntary tax checkoffs, and local tax authority. SB 288 would clarify that the one-year residency and exemption deadline for inherited homes held in probate begins when legal ownership is established; it received support from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and others, no opposition, and was referred to suspense. SB 974 would explicitly include special needs trusts in Prop. 19-related inheritance rules; it had support from the Riverside County Board of Supervisors and Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and passed 5-0 to Appropriations as amended. The committee also heard SB 575, which would restore the Sea Otter Voluntary Contribution Fund for voluntary tax return donations to sea otter conservation. Supporters cited sea otter recovery, research, and habitat protection needs; there was no opposition, and the bill passed 5-0 to Appropriations. SB 999 would delay the Franchise Tax Board’s annual report on the health care individual mandate from March 1 to June 1 to allow more complete data; Health Access California supported it, and it passed 5-1 to Appropriations. SB 762 would authorize certain cities and counties, including Hercules, Santa Cruz, and Santa Barbara, to seek voter approval for local transaction and use taxes to address budget pressures, public safety, infrastructure, and safety-net service cuts. Local officials, labor groups, and health advocates supported it, while the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association opposed it; the committee adopted the urgency clause and then passed the bill to Local Government with urgency, with some no votes. SB 1073 would create a voluntary tax contribution fund to support the Historic South Los Angeles Black Cultural District; arts advocates and community supporters backed it, and the bill passed unanimously to the Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism Committee as amended.

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• To reiterate, if a bill increases or decreases revenue by more than $150,000, it will be automatically
• referred to our suspense file. $150,000, it will be automatically referred to our suspense file.
• Rodriguez, on behalf of Planning and Conservation League, Defenders of Wildlife, and Resource Renewal

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• business is offering coverage in the small group market, so the 50 or fewer employees, you qualify automatically
• We automatically provide a discount on your coverage. It's between 10 and 15%. Okay.
• Madam Chair, and **Senator** (member_22676), yes, you have to renew your coverage every year, and the

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• If you met certain criteria, you would just get it automatically.
• Some states have said that every 501(c)(3) is automatically exempted.
• This bill that we have before the committee will renew the tax exemption for the Alabama Eye Bank.

Bills: SB177, HB83, HB203, HB218, HB256, HB350, HB530, HB546, HB577, HB259

Keywords: entertainment, film, music, production incentives, Alabama Film Office, tax rebates, media industry, economic development, Baptist convention, tax exemption, sales and use tax, Alabama, nonprofit, HB203, High Socks for Hope, nonprofit tax exemption, sales tax, use tax, state tax exemption, local option tax exemption

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• financing mechanism enabling homeowners to secure low-cost, long-term financing for energy efficiency, renewable
• :12:33.480> efficiency, financing for energy efficiency, financing for energy efficiency, renewable
• c> energy,<00:12:35.760> and<00:12:35.880> resiliency<00:12:36.760> and renewable
• energy, and resiliency and renewable energy, and resiliency and upgrades. upgrades. upgrades.
• the automatic default. the automatic default.

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• A bullet from an automatic rifle is designed to splinter into dozens of twisted metal shards, which can
• A bullet from an automatic rifle body.
• A bullet from an automatic rifle is<00:30:37.760> designed<00:30:38.000> to<00:30:38.240
• Chair Berman renews<01:01:24.559> the<01:01:24.720> motion<01:01:24.960> that<01
• File 3668 renews the motion that House File 3668 be<01:01:27.200> laid<01:01:27.440> over<

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee heard House File 3668, authored by Chair Beerman, which would create a state Office of Gun Violence Prevention. Beerman and several supporters framed gun violence as a public health crisis, arguing the office would improve research, coordination, data collection, and evidence-based prevention. Supporters cited firearm deaths among children and adults, the trauma experienced by survivors and families, and Minnesota’s need for a centralized structure to guide policy and prevention efforts. Testifying in support were representatives of the Minnesota Medical Association, Protect Minnesota, a parent affected by the Annunciation school shooting, family physicians, an OB-GYN, and a pediatric emergency physician. They described gun violence as a daily clinical and community reality, pointed to rising firearm deaths and injuries, and said Minnesota should apply the same public health approach used for motor vehicle safety, tobacco, and other crises. Several witnesses emphasized the impact on children, suicide prevention, maternal health, and the need for Minnesota-specific research and coordinated responses. Opposition came from the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, which argued the bill would create a taxpayer-funded bureaucracy that could be used to advance gun control policy and treat lawful firearm ownership as a public health problem. The group said the state should focus instead on enforcement, prosecution, and victim services. Vice Chair Nidau offered an A2 amendment to move the office from the Department of Health to the Department of Public Safety, citing data-sharing and accountability, but withdrew it after discussion with Chair Beerman. The hearing ended with additional member discussion, including concerns about existing violence-prevention spending and whether school safety investments would be a better use of funds; no final vote was taken in the portion provided.

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• By requiring at least one hour of continuing education on nutrition and metabolic health each renewal
• Ma'am, can you tell me what the renewal cycle is? How many years is that for a position?
• For physicians every renewal year. Is there any further discussion on the bill? Anything further?
• Because we're automatically saying they get a $1,600... ...this bill because we're automatically saying
• Do they automatically get the 5%, and does that apply to them also? I'm curious on that one, too.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 2401, which would require physicians to complete continuing education on nutrition and metabolic health as part of the state’s rural health transformation effort. HHS supported the bill, saying it would help physicians better address chronic disease and preserve federal grant points tied to the state’s application. A member of the public also testified in favor, arguing that better nutrition education could improve diabetes outcomes and reduce costs. The committee then adopted an amendment to add the Board of Occupational Therapy Practice to the background-check statute so the occupational therapy compact could proceed, and it passed the bill as amended on a roll call vote. The committee next heard House Bill 1621, which would require the Presidential Fitness Physical Fitness Test in elementary, middle, and high school physical education courses. HHS said the bill was part of the rural health transformation application and could help preserve federal funding, but members raised many questions about the test’s criteria, adaptive options for students with disabilities, equipment needs, and whether the bill should apply to non-public schools. Senator Clemens offered an amendment to limit the requirement to public schools, but it failed. Senator Hogan then offered an amendment to clarify exemptions and allow DPI to align implementation with federal guidance; that amendment passed. A further amendment adding language allowing DPI to establish criteria for and exceptions to the test also passed. The committee then approved the bill as amended on a roll call vote. The committee also considered House Bill 1622, which joins North Dakota to the physician assistant licensure compact. HHS said the compact would improve access to care, especially in rural areas, support military families, and help preserve rural health transformation funding. Members noted the compact had been discussed in a prior session and that many earlier concerns had been resolved. After brief discussion about the compact process and its consistency with other interstate compacts, the committee voted to do pass the bill. Finally, the committee began Senate Bill 2402, which expands pharmacists’ prescriptive authority and therapeutic substitution powers. HHS and the Board of Pharmacy supported the bill as a way to improve access to care and maintain rural health transformation funding. Senator Roers introduced a detailed amendment negotiated with the Board of Medicine and Board of Pharmacy to narrow and clarify the bill, including notification requirements, limits on certain drug categories, and patient-protection language for therapeutic substitution. The Board of Pharmacy then testified in support of the broader bill and explained the CLIA-waived testing provisions and the repeal of the older, narrower pharmacist-testing language. The hearing and amendment discussion were still underway when the transcript ended.

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• Now, is to get the increased federal funding, is that an automatic situation that occurs if we raise
• increased federal funding, is that an increased federal funding, is that an automatic automatic automatic
• Without renewed support for this program, however, we risk losing talent, investment, and opportunities
• Without renewed<01:00:13.119> support<01:00:13.359> for<01:00:13.520> this<01:00
• :13.760> program, renewed support for this program, renewed support for this program, however,

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• Senate Bill 1165 prohibits a health insurer that issues, amends, delivers, or renews an insurance policy
• outpatient treatment had elapsed without pre-warning or without a hearing to decide if it should be renewed
• If those orders are not renewed, which are always done with another medical review in front of a judge
• His outpatient team failed to renew his court-ordered treatment, even though he was in the hospital at
• Having a mechanism to automatically comply with the FDA and DEA rescheduling of an approved medicine

Bills: SB1113, SB1115, SB1122, SB1123, SB1125, SB1165, SB1188, SB1193, SB1243, SB1318, SB1477

Keywords: mental health, involuntary evaluation, service of process, court-ordered treatment, evaluation agencies, AHCCCS, remote work, state agency, employment, public health, healthcare, behavioral health, prior authorization, American Indian health program, medicaid, medical examiner, death investigation, body disposal, autopsy, veteran burial

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• So you're automatically assigned a plan for our developmentally disabled.
• a controlling interest in another statute, it will be clearer to initial applicants and entities renewing
• This will be clear to initial applicants and entities renewing licensure when they make the attestation
• It should also be clear that the initial applicants and entities renewing licensure that none of these
• The applicant entity seeking licensure renewal can vet their backgrounds to ensure they have no connection

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• A strong civil-military relationship is not automatic.
• A STRONG CIVIL MILITARY RELATIONSHIP IS NOT AUTOMATIC.
• towns, villages, cities to submit a zoning map annually” “To the Department of Homes and Community Renewal
• President, this bill also requires municipalities' information sent to Homes and Community Renewal be

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and an invocation by Major Brittany Wooten, then took up Senate Resolution No. 1749 designating March 19, 2026, as West Point Day in New York State. Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins, Senator Skoufis, Minority Leader Ortt, and several other senators spoke in support of West Point, its cadets, and the academy’s history and role in national service. Colonel Daniel R. Stuewe, commander of U.S. Army Garrison West Point, also addressed the chamber, emphasizing the long-standing partnership between West Point and New York and the academy’s mission to develop leaders of character. The resolution was adopted, and the West Point Day observance included recognition of cadets and academy staff. The Senate then moved through a calendar of bills, passing measures including amendments to the Public Health Law, Election Law, Executive Law, Penal Law, Elder Law, Real Property Tax Law, General Municipal Law, and Public Authorities Law. Several bills drew brief explanations of vote or debate. Senator Mayer spoke in support of a bill establishing Fred Korematsu Day, framing it as a reminder of the injustice of Japanese American internment and the need to defend civil rights. Senator Ryan supported a bill streamlining the senior citizen property tax exemption process, calling it a way to reduce burdens on older residents. Senator Helming opposed a local government planning mandate as an unfunded mandate, while Senators Walczyk and Martins criticized a housing-related reporting bill as burdensome and ineffective. The most debated item was Calendar 457, a housing-data and reporting bill sponsored by Senator May. Supporters argued it would improve transparency and help the state understand zoning and housing capacity, while opponents said it imposed new reporting burdens on municipalities and could penalize poorer communities by threatening CDBG funding. After debate, the bill was restored to the non-controversial calendar and ultimately passed by a vote of 37-23. The Senate then adjourned until the next legislative day.

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• Being poor or low-income should not automatically leave you uninsured and racked with unpayable fines
• Being poor or low-income should not automatically leave you uninsured and racked with unpayable fines
• First, Jay received notice for her auto insurance renewal that it would be $650 a month for her to carry
• First, Jay received notice for her auto insurance renewal that it would be $650 a month for her to carry

Keywords: 1183, house

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• OBLIGATED IN A DISASTER AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL WHATEVER IS OBLIGATED BY THE ONE YEAR DATE OF DISASTER WE AUTOMATICALLY
• THERE IS A RENEWAL OF A POLICY IN THE MIDDLE FROM THE TIME THEY ENTERED MY STAY FIT THEIR STAY FLORIDA
• FIRST IS THE AGE OF THE ROOF YOU COULD BE CANCELED OR NOT RENEWED IF YOU GET A ROOF INSPECTION THAT SAYS
• SO TO YOUR POINT THERE IS A LEARNING CURVE BECAUSE PEOPLE MAKE AUTOMATIC ASSUMPTIONS WHEN THEY GO.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Federal law requires states to attempt to conduct an... ex parte or renewal, automatic renewal of persons
• That waiver did not explicitly require using verified information to conduct an extra parte renewal and
• I know it's just 9% of renewals, and initial determinations.
• Question for y'all, what if we put a $100,000 in there and then put like a CPI automatic increaser?
• Texas physicians are excited to see the legislature's renewed efforts. to address chronic diseases.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Automatically qualify? Yeah, automatically. qualify?
• Not in the bill, they're not an automatic qualification.
• Is his renewal automatic for the next year? It's automatic. Yes.
• The way it reads in the bill, it says automatic renewal into the program as long as they are in good
• They're not automatically empty slots.

Bills: HB 3

Keywords: emergency communication, public safety, interoperability, Texas Interoperability Council, grant program, emergency communications, public safety radio, first responders, radio system, dispatch, 911, emergency management, Texas Division of Emergency Management, public safety infrastructure, Project 25, P25, broadband emergency alerting, outdoor warning sirens, homeland security, disaster response