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• This here is enabling mandatory cap.
• <03:27:56.160> I<03:27:56.319> guess sentence and the second sentence I guess sentence
• ,<03:28:01.040> the Second sentence, the Second sentence, the the<03:28:03.359> charter
• sentences are adding to each other. sentences are adding to each other.
• And then I reciprocal sentences.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Case of the circuit court feels fails to follow proper sentencing procedures.
• The defendant must be re-sentenced to life in prison.
• And they personally believe that actually a life sentence in prison.
• There's also a life sentence for the young boy or girl.
• Thank you, mandatory for keeping me on track here.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• And then when were you sentenced? I was sentenced in August of 2022 to 24 months in prison.
• That was paid before I was sentenced.
• You’ve got to wait five years after the completion of your sentence.
• That exceeded the state's charity care minimum by 139 percent. net.
• Texas is one of five states with minimum spending requirements.

Bills: HB3772, HB1656, HB4504, HB1896, HB4420, HB4421, HB4076, HB3708, HB2806, HB3540, HB1586, HB5459, HB4553, HB4535, HB3811, HB3749, HB4255, HB4051, HB5098, HB3554, HB4539, HB5274

Keywords: e-cigarettes, health and safety, regulations, directory, penalties, regulation, certification, compliance, manufacturers, FDA, nicotine, mental health, emergency detention, paramedic authority, mental illness, healthcare facility, public health, covenants not to compete, health care practitioners, physicians

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• Senate Bill 96, being heard in the Senate around mandatory disclosure, also contains subjective and vague
• Justice to bring it or is that mandatory Justice to bring it or is that mandatory because<02:08:
• in article 37 the second half sentence in article 37 the second half of<04:18:55.319> the<04:
• 18:55.479> sentence<04:18:55.920> goes<04:18:56.119> on<04:18:56.279> to<
• 04:18:56.520> describe<04:18:56.920> the of the sentence goes on to describe the of the

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Judiciary Committee met to hear House Bill 520, which would authorize the Department of Education to issue subpoenas in investigations and hearings involving the code of conduct for New Hampshire educators. Representative Lynn, the bill sponsor, said the measure was intended to give the department standard subpoena power during investigations and in later adjudicatory proceedings, with a process for challenging overbroad subpoenas. He argued that agencies with investigative and hearing authority should also have the power to compel witnesses and documents, and said the bill was narrowed from an earlier broader draft to focus on teacher credentialing and address concerns about scope. Members raised several concerns about whether the department already has enough authority, whether the Attorney General could handle subpoenas instead, and whether the bill creates an imbalance by giving subpoena power mainly to the investigating side. Representative Burroughs said she did not feel she had enough information and was uncomfortable with the bill, especially regarding who bears subpoena costs. Representative Biron questioned the trial analogy and whether both sides truly have equal subpoena rights. Lynn responded that the investigative stage is like a grand jury process, where only the investigating body subpoenas witnesses, while the adjudicatory stage allows both sides to seek subpoenas through the hearing officer. Other questions focused on the bill’s scope. Representative Andreos asked what investigative authority the Department of Education already has, and Representative Organ questioned why the bill is limited to educators rather than also covering vendors, charter school boards, or the EFA scholarship organization. Lynn said the limitation to educators was deliberate, because earlier broader versions drew objections for being too expansive. Representative Tur asked whether the Attorney General could already handle such matters, and Lynn said that while the AG might be able to pursue some investigations or court subpoenas, agencies should be able to conduct their own internal investigations. No vote or final action was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

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• Mandatory cameras and vulnerable.
• He had been handed a life sentence.
• He had been handed a life sentence.
• We sat with the monster was sentenced.
• It's not mandatory across all daycarees. It's not mandatory across all daycarees.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• That's House Bill 3057, an act establishing a tiered corporate minimum tax.
• It is a corporate excise minimum tax.
• We call it the alternative minimum, the corporate excise minimum.
• Here in Massachusetts, we have had a minimum corporate tax.
• Yeah, this is my last sentence, but this is not the right solution.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Revenue, chaired by Senator James Eldridge and Representative Adrian Madaro, opened its hearing with a moment of silence for the late Lowell State Senator Ed Kennedy and reviewed hearing procedures and deadlines. The committee then took testimony on several corporate tax bills, including S. 2033/H. 3110 on offshore tax avoidance, H. 3248 on a manufacturing tax exemption, H. 3057 on a tiered corporate minimum tax, and S. 2041 on a corporate tax haven blacklist, along with a separate business interest deduction bill. No votes were taken during the hearing. Supporters of S. 2033/H. 3110, including labor unions, health care workers, educators, public health advocates, seniors, and several legislators, argued that Massachusetts needs new revenue to offset federal cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, health care, education, and other services. They said the bill would raise roughly $400 million annually by increasing the share of offshore profits included in the state tax base from 5% to 50%, and they framed it as a fairness measure that would require large multinational corporations to pay more while leaving most local businesses and workers unaffected. Testimony emphasized risks to MassHealth, PCA services, adult dental care, hospitals, schools, and public health programs if new revenue is not raised. Opponents, including the Mass Taxpayers Foundation and the Council on State Taxation, argued the proposal is poor tax policy and likely unconstitutional because it would tax foreign-source income without allowing foreign tax credits or a comparable apportionment method. They said Massachusetts should take a broader, coordinated approach to federal tax changes rather than a standalone bill, and warned of litigation risk and possible double taxation. Supporters such as MassBudget and former tax counsel Don Griswold countered that the bill is a reasonable rough-justice approach, consistent with federal and neighboring-state treatment, and that it would primarily affect a small number of very large multinationals. On S. 2041, the Global Business Alliance opposed the proposed tax haven blacklist, while supporting a separate bill allowing business interest deductibility.

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• penalty for reckless endangerment with the use of a firearm for a Class B felony, and it would be a mandatory
• Firearm for a Class B felony, and it would be a mandatory prison term for four years without parole.
• There's also the matter of evidence that a mandatory sentence actually has no consequence, that these
• And the corrections research done over the last few decades suggests that mandatory sentences have no
• Then when people don't see an opportunity to actually get parole, this would eliminate... ...sentencing

Bills: HB1603

Keywords: Native American, grave protection, repatriation, cultural heritage, tribal compliance, 908, all

Summary: The Appropriations Committee met with a quorum and announced it would begin meeting at 8 a.m. for the rest of the week to work through a growing bill list. The committee first approved House Bill 1603, a companion to the Historical Society budget dealing with NAGPRA, including a $500,000 matching grant to be divided among North Dakota’s five tribes and a committee to address repatriation of human remains and cultural items. The vote was unanimous, 15-0. The committee then considered House Bill 1225, which would increase penalties for reckless endangerment involving a firearm and create a mandatory prison term. After debate over public safety concerns versus the bill’s fiscal note and prison costs, the committee adopted a do not pass recommendation by a 9-6-1 vote. Members also discussed House Bill 1018, the State Historical Society budget, and approved an amendment that adjusted one-time funding items, including NAGPRA compliance, museum exhibits, military gallery funding, local historic grants, and line-of-credit repayment. The amended bill then received a due pass recommendation by a 14-2 vote. The committee next approved House Bill 1468, a behavioral health facility grant for St. Hayes, which supporters said would expand in-state access to acute and adolescent behavioral health care and reduce the need to send patients out of state. The bill passed 14-1. It then amended and passed House Bill 1485, increasing the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid recipients by $15 and indexing it to inflation; the amendment and the bill as amended both passed 14-2. Finally, the committee approved House Bill 1016, the Adjutant General/National Guard budget, after adopting an amendment that funded disaster relief, response equipment, IT and website costs, and staffing changes for the watch center; the amended bill passed 14-2. The committee adjourned after completing six bills and planned to resume the next morning at 8 a.m.

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• Now, currently, like I said, school districts already do dual credit, and so they enter into a minimum
• Just the meaning of that sentence.
• Again, Representative Wu, this isn't mandatory.
• Right now, DAP is mandatory for that student.
• time that a DAP is mandatory.

Bills: HB 120, HB20, HB150, HB6, HB 100, HB 124, HB210, HB215, HB1393, HB1587, HB 1151, HB 1268, HB142, HB451, HB39, HB 102, HB 126, HB290, HB300, HB2143, HJR2, HB147, HJR6, HB 120, HB20, HB150, HB6, HB 100, HB 124, HB210, HB215, HB1393, HB1587, HB 1151, HB 1268, HB142, HB451, SB1

Keywords: career readiness, education reform, workforce training, public schools, financial aid, applied sciences, career education, high school diploma, certificate program, work-based learning, job placement, high-growth jobs, technical training, cybersecurity, state command, information resources, data protection, incident response, mental health, telehealth

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• We're terminating people's parental rights, we're sentencing them to death, and the, and the person.
• So, and it's kind of ironic, because there's two provisional... of our Constitution that make it mandatory
• First, he was groomed and abused from age seven to 17. by a serial sex offender who was sentenced to
• Trey's Law should be a welcomed. and minimum measure of justice so that future victims of childhood crimes

Bills: HB170, HB865, HB748, HJR112, HB 1110, HB1495, HB786, HB 1130, HB170

Keywords: civil liability, self-defense, force, deadly force, legal immunity, attorney's fees, criminal justice, firearms, liability, veterans, gun ownership, immunity, firearm hold agreement, sexual abuse, nondisclosure, confidentiality, public policy, Trey's Law, parental rights, child upbringing

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh the problematic sentence is bolded.
• powers suggests that this last sentence powers suggests that this last sentence has<01:53:03.920
• Um like I said the mandatory Um like I said the mandatory indemnification<03:54:09.680> language
• 15:53.120> is<04:15:53.359> loss mandatory indemnification, there is loss mandatory indemnification
• includes an indemnification a mandatory includes an indemnification a mandatory indemnification<

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION AND FILE FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF TREATMENT IF THE DEFENDANT IS SENTENCED
• THIS ENSURES A DEFENDANT IS GETTING TREATMENT AS PART OF HIS OR HER SENTENCE.
• AND HE ENDED UP GETTING A PRISON SENTENCE AND ULTIMATELY TOOK HIS LIFE IN THE MOST HORRIFIC MANNER.
• WHEN MY SON TRISTAN AFTER BEING FOUND GUILTY OF LITTERING AND BEING SENTENCED TO PRISON LASTED 63 DAYS
• AND I GET FLORIDA STATUTE 39.201 IS ABOUT MANDATORY REPORTING OF CHILD ABUSE.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• history worked on like our anti-fraud provision safeguards mandatory history criminal history checks
• The students accepted into the ESA program will initially receive a minimum of $2,000.
• That's just the minimum for special education, and it can go up by those needs.
• So, you know, I think about in contrasting with the Arizona law, they give a minimum of 3,000.
• That's just the minimum for special education, and it can go up by those needs.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 convened with a quorum, adopted its committee rules, and heard opening remarks from members introducing staff and outlining priorities for the session. Members from both parties emphasized education as a major issue, while several Republicans framed the committee’s work around school choice and parent empowerment. Senator West and other Democrats stressed protecting public schools, listening to Texans, and considering the effects of vouchers or education savings accounts on school districts and communities. Chairman Creighton laid out Senate Bill 2, the Texas Education Freedom Act, describing it as a universal education savings account program modeled on similar programs in other states. He said the bill would provide about $200 million for a universal eligibility pool and additional funding for students with disabilities and lower-income families, with priority weighting for former public school students. He also highlighted anti-fraud measures, vendor pre-approval, criminal background checks, cybersecurity protections, annual testing requirements for participating students, and the use of the Comptroller rather than TEA to administer the program. Creighton repeatedly said the bill is not a voucher and argued it would not take money from public schools, which he said would receive separate historic funding increases. Members questioned Creighton about the 500% of federal poverty line definition, the adequacy of the $10,000 ESA amount, whether the program would favor students already in private school, how microschools and homeschool pods would fit, and whether the bill protects religious liberty and private-school autonomy. Democrats raised concerns about disability protections, 504 students, foster children, public-school funding, open records, and the historical context of vouchers. Republicans generally supported the bill as a way to expand options for parents and students, while also asking about administration, fraud prevention, and data security. After member questions, the committee began invited testimony, with EdChoice President Robert Inlow presenting in support of SB 2 and citing the growth and reported success of school choice programs nationwide.

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• Here are a few examples with regard to expenditures and mandatory practices.
• In Pinellas County, staff face mandatory participation in DEI trainings on the subject of pronouns.
• Here are a few examples with regard to expenditures and mandatory practices.
• So that's a separate part of the sentence. Isn't that an official capacity?
• sentence imposed for that crime so we can address dog fighting in Florida more seriously.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, introductions, and a moment of silence honoring service members killed in the conflict in Iran, including Florida native Captain Cody Cork. The chamber then moved through a special order calendar, taking up several bills on education, public safety, insurance, health, and local government policy. Many measures were accompanied by sponsor explanations and supportive remarks from members, often emphasizing constituent impacts, public safety, and administrative efficiency. The first major bill, SB 1062 on speech and debate education, was expanded through a delete-all amendment and passed 37-0 after extensive floor debate praising debate programs as a civic and educational tool. SB 1072 created an anti-Semitism task force in the Attorney General’s Office; an amendment clarified that criticism of Israel is not prohibited, and the bill passed 37-0. SB 1230/HB 1019 addressed PFAS “forever chemicals,” especially in firefighting foam, with phase-outs, testing, enforcement, and exceptions for certain federal, military, and emergency uses; it also passed 37-0 and was dedicated in memory of former firefighter Joe Casello. SB 1706 expanded the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program with tighter eligibility rules, and SB 186 required broader seizure-response training and seizure action plans in schools; both passed unanimously. The Senate also approved SB 598 updating funeral and cemetery regulation, SB 990 authorizing protected cell captive insurance companies, SB 554 modernizing nonprofit corporation law, SB 560 streamlining foster care medication and oversight procedures, SB 684 easing electronic signature requirements for total-loss vehicle and vessel titles, and SB 778 revising forensic client services for certain defendants with intellectual disabilities or autism. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including SB 432, SB 928, and SB 620. Most of these measures passed by votes of 36-0 or 37-0 after brief debate or no debate. The most contentious item was SB 1134 on official actions of local governments related to DEI. The sponsor argued the bill would stop taxpayer funding and promotion of discriminatory or indoctrinating DEI practices, citing examples from several counties and cities. Multiple amendments sought to narrow penalties, protect good-faith officials, and preserve local proclamations and observances, including LGBTQ Pride Month and other cultural events, but those amendments were rejected. Debate centered on vagueness, local discretion, and whether the bill would chill legitimate government activity. The transcript cuts off during questioning on the underlying bill, before final disposition is shown.

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• Educational agencies received a three-sentence email on June 30th stating that the funds expected to
• In a four-sentence unsigned ruling, the Court granted the government's stay application.
• > ruling<01:10:53.840> pictured a four sentence unsigned ruling pictured a four sentence
• <01:12:29.600> For<01:12:29.840> instance,<01:12:30.400> um minimum possible
• For instance, um minimum possible level.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee held an informational briefing on the State of Hawaii’s affirmative litigation against the federal administration, with no public testimony. Attorney General Lopez and deputies said the office’s goal is to enforce the rule of law, not make partisan points, and noted that Hawaii is involved in 27 ongoing cases. They grouped the cases into four broad areas: immigration, funding freezes and grant terminations, federal agency dismantling/reductions in force, and protecting elections, health, and safety. Several immigration-related cases were discussed in detail. These included a challenge to the federal sharing of Medicaid data with DHS for immigration enforcement, a similar challenge to USDA’s demand for SNAP applicant and recipient data, and litigation over immigration-enforcement conditions attached to federal grants. The office also described the birthright citizenship executive order, saying it conflicts with the 14th Amendment and Supreme Court precedent; lower courts granted preliminary relief, and the U.S. Supreme Court later addressed only the scope of nationwide injunctions, not the merits. In the Department of Transportation case, the court granted a preliminary injunction against the “Duffy directive,” finding the immigration conditions lacked statutory authority, were arbitrary and capricious, and violated the Spending Clause and APA. The briefing also covered multiple funding disputes. In the education funding freeze case, the Department of Education and OMB withheld about $6 billion in formula funds, including roughly $33 million for Hawaii; after suit was filed, the funds were released. Other cases included the termination of over $11 billion in public health grants, which affected Hawaii Department of Health grants, the NIH indirect cost cap case, and NIH grant terminations tied to DEI, transgender issues, and vaccine hesitancy. The speakers said some cases have already resulted in preliminary or permanent injunctions, while others remain on appeal or are still being litigated.

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• But in fact, that wasn't the whole sentence, and there was some pretty important stuff after that.
• The sentence also reads, unless the effect on the... it said uh while the job Pro provides it said uh
• but in fact that wasn't the sentence but in fact that wasn't the whole<00:10:48.959> sentence
• important stuff after that the sentence important stuff after that the sentence also<00:10:54.480
• interest definition of mandatory interest definition of mandatory excusal<00:15:13.199> despite

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• But at a minimum, please send constitutional law forward. And with that, I yield back.
• But at a minimum, please send constitutional law forward. And with that, I yield back.
• and longer sentences. and longer sentences.
• <04:26:49.680> pre-trial a bill to require mandatory pre-trial a bill to require mandatory
• <10:21:27.120> pre-trial a bill to require mandatory pre-trial a bill to require mandatory

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• the uh penalties on it or try sentence the uh penalties on it or try sentence the uh penalties on it
• of 5 days and impounded for a minimum of 5 days and impounded for a minimum of 5 days and they don't
• minor must receive an enhanced sentence minor must receive an enhanced sentence this bill would also
• an enhanced sentence yes well sentence an enhanced sentence yes well sentence an enhanced sentence yes
• well we want to heighten the sentences well we want to heighten the sentences on illegal aliens that

Bills: HCR 21, HCR 22, HCR 23, HCR 24, HCR 25, HCR 26, HCR 27, HCR 31, HCR 41, HCR 42, HCR 43, HCR 44, HCR 45, HCR 52, HCR 53, HCR 66, HCR 67, HCR 73, HR 8, HR 10, HR 13, HR 20, HR 21, HR 50, HR 59, HR 61, HR 71, HR 74, HR 79, HR 84, HR 86, HR 90, HR 91, HR 102, HR 103, HR 107, HR 113, HR 125, HR 126, HR 132, HR 142, HR 145, HR 149, HR 150, HR 152, HR 167, HR 179, HR 181, HR 183, HR 186, HR 192, HR 196, HR 199, HR 207, HR 211, HR 212, HR 213, HR 216, HR 249, HR 256, HR 259, HR 261, HR 263, HR 272, HR 281, HR 285, HR 294, HR 295, HR 300, HR 305, HR 311, HR 313, HR 315, HR 316, HR 323, HR 331, HR 339, HR 340, HR 346, HR 349, HR 352, HR 357, HR 358, HR 360, HR 363, HR 374, HR 377, HCR 20, HCR 28, HCR 30, HCR 32, HCR 49, HR 14, HR 15, HR 19, HR 23, HR 24, HR 25, HR 26, HR 27, HR 29, HR 47, HR 48, HR 55, HR 56, HR 66, HR 85, HR 92, HR 93, HR 95, HR 96, HR 140, HR 155, HR 164, HR 204, HR 241, HR 242, HR 250, HR 253, HR 260, HR 262, HR 265, HR 279, HR 310, HR 312, HR 328, HR 332, HR 359, HR 362, HR 367

Keywords: recognition, award, petroleum industry, leadership, community service, HCR 22, House Concurrent Resolution, Texas Legislature, commendation, honorary resolution, Dr. James Olson, James Olson, University of Texas Permian Basin, UT Permian Basin, psychology professor, 50 years of service, faculty recognition, academic award, Piper Professor Award, Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award

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• Irving adopted mandatory minimum building heights of 85 feet and, in some districts, 120 feet, turning
• a height floor that was supposed to help small projects into mandatory minimums that price out smaller-scale
• Irving also layered on mandatory unit size minimums, unit mix requirements, and covered parking minimums
• We have minimum building codes.
• We have minimum building codes.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Summary: The committee met to monitor implementation of several housing-related bills from the 89th session, with the chair emphasizing Texas’s housing shortage and the need to review land-use laws. For House Bill 24, witnesses from the Texas Public Policy Foundation, Reason Foundation, a church-affordable housing project, Habitat for Humanity, developers, and housing advocates said the bill’s higher protest threshold and simpler council override had reduced procedural barriers to rezoning, helped projects move forward, and supported lower rents and more multifamily development. Public testimony largely praised HB 24 as working as intended, and the chair noted it had passed the committee 6-1, the House 83-56, and the Senate unanimously. The committee then heard testimony on Senate Bill 1567, which preempted certain municipal occupancy limits based on unrelated-adult restrictions. Supporters, including Texas Public Policy Foundation, Texas Realtors, Texans for Housing, and Texas A&M student leaders, said the law improved clarity, reduced arbitrary local limits, and helped students and property owners use existing housing more efficiently. Opponents from College Station and Bryan-College Station neighborhood groups argued the law has encouraged investor purchases, tear-downs, and “stealth dorms,” displaced working-class residents, and harmed family homeownership. The chair noted SB 1567 had passed the committee 5-1, the House 101-19, and the Senate 30-1. The committee also reviewed Senate Bill 15, which reduced minimum lot sizes in covered jurisdictions. Ed Pinto of AEI said the law had already led to thousands of new small lots and lower-cost starter homes, while recommending expansion to more counties and broader application to attached housing. Other witnesses from builders, Pew, and housing advocates said smaller lots can increase affordability, but some cities, such as College Station and Grand Prairie, were adding local standards that could blunt the bill’s effect. City representatives from El Paso described how they implemented the law by reducing lot sizes and widths, while urging broader applicability to more of the city. The chair said SB 15 had passed the committee 7-0, the House 86-43, and the Senate 24-7. Finally, the committee began hearing testimony on Senate Bill 840, a by-right multifamily redevelopment measure. City officials from Garland and Plano described how they had updated local standards to comply while preserving design and setback rules, and said the bill could help redevelop built-out commercial corridors and add housing without expanding city footprints. The transcript ended as the committee continued taking testimony on SB 840.

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• SB 1644, mandatory reporting, family court. June elections.
• SB 1778, juvenile sentence does adult sentencing.
• SB 1779, mandatory inclusionary zoning prohibition.
• SB 1784, juvenile sentence reduction hearing.
• SB 1784, juvenile sentence reduction hearing.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• So, the cost is mandatory.
• However, the cost seems to be mandatory. However, the cost seems to be mandatory.
• So, so the cost is mandatory. So, so the cost is mandatory.
• We heard from dees dees dees $150,000 minimum.
• They expect to have a $150,000 minimum.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all