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• When it gets to zero, your time's up. First, we have Gian Mims. That's good.

Bills: HB141 , HB161 , HB231 , HB67

Committee: House State Government

Keywords: HB141, Alabama, state employees, salary deductions, payroll deduction, State Comptroller, membership dues, voluntary contributions, insurance premiums, financial instruments, employee associations, state payroll, Code of Alabama 1975, Section 36-1-4.3, public employees, union dues, benefits administration, payroll withholding, financial products, deferred compensation

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• Our transit agencies. have zero clarity about whether monies awarded under various grant programs will

Bills: SB347 , SB351

Committee: Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

Keywords: brownfields, brownfield cleanup, site remediation, environmental cleanup, contaminated property, redevelopment, revitalization, CERCLA, Superfund, EPA grants, state response programs, environmental justice, disadvantaged communities, small communities, local government grants, nonprofit eligibility, community engagement, Alaska Native tribes, Regional Corporations, Village Corporations

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• I'm just zeroing in on this IBHS trying to understand it. So it looks like it's a nonprofit. Mhm.
• I'm<00:43:39.360><c> just</c><00:43:39.960><c> zeroing</c><00:43:40.280><c> in</c><00:43:40.360><c> on
• </c><00:43:40.440><c> this</c><00:43:40.720><c> IBHS</c><00:43:41.840><c> trying</c> I'm just zeroing
• in on this IBHS trying I'm just zeroing in on this IBHS trying to<00:43:42.120><c> understand</c><00
• in terms of the community-based is zero in terms of the community-based functional<03:45:00.880><c>

Committee: House Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Once again, zero cost to the general public.
• 02:00:15.400><c> Project</c><02:00:16.159><c> once</c><02:00:16.480><c> again</c><02:00:17.040><c> zero
• </c> obligations on Project once again zero obligations on Project once again zero cost<02:00:18.079>
• Zero. And who contributed to it? Every C Union paid for it. Follow-up, sir? I'm sorry, Mr. Speaker.
• Stub alluded to earlier how much state funding, federal funding, whatever went into that building: zero

Committee: House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• When you go to zero with the model ordinance on electricity use, I know of a number of... ...ordinance
• operation going on in the basement of their home or in a storage facility that doesn't fit into going to zero
• And I'm just wondering if that came up in the discussion that going to zero is going to lead to a...
• ...zero is going to lead to a whole different area of regulation oversight that isn't currently there
• Chairman, and this effort, I guess, you know, I look at some of these when we go to zero that we're making

Committee: Joint Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Committee

Keywords: 908, all

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• It makes zero sense to me. Arizona has one of the latest primary dates in the entire country.
• It makes zero sense to me when we need to be fighting the real enemy during the general election, and
• And the minimum I can pay in some of these lots gives you zero to three hours.
• And Arizona, as we pointed out, is ground zero for a lot of these election fraud narratives, and so that
• In the 30th hour we've been here with very little time to debate, with zero recognition from the public

Summary: The House convened, completed roll call, approved the journal, and took up several Senate bills and one Senate concurrent resolution through motions to reconsider, return bills for reconsideration, and refer measures to additional Committee of the Whole sessions for further amendment. Early actions included returning SB 1175 and SB 1198 to the Senate for reconsideration, rescinding passage of SB 1336 so it could be reconsidered, and referring SB 1111 and SB 152 to an additional COW. The House also recognized Representative Travers for a personal privilege statement honoring National Women Veterans Recognition Day and recorded attendance. In Committee of the Whole, members adopted floor amendments and recommended passage for SB 1511, SB 1552, SB 1198, SB 1110, SB 1618, SB 1431, and SCR 1004, with some debate on SB 1110’s home-confinement/reentry program, SB 1618’s Military Affairs Commission changes, and SB 1431’s city and town authority over residential project standards and streetscapes. The House later adopted the COW reports and moved the measures to engrossing or third reading as appropriate. SB 1336 and SB 1519 were also advanced from committee, while SB 1004 was reconsidered and ultimately failed on reconsideration. On third or final reading, the House passed SB 1127, SB 1180, SB 1428, SB 1198, SB 1336, SB 1511, SCR 1004, SB 1552, HB 2104, HB 2105, HB 2114, HB 2311, HB 2729, and HB 4117. SB 1687, SB 1004, SB 1519, and SB 1502 failed. Members explained votes on several measures, including support for tax administration clarity in SB 1180, objections and support for the May primary proposal in SB 1687, concerns about sex offender monitoring in SB 1004, support for the Arizona Beef Council in SB 1198, and debate over the photo enforcement referral in SCR 1004. The session also included recesses for caucuses, lunch, and dinner, plus a brief technical outage of the live stream.

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• It makes zero sense. Arizona has one of the latest primary dates in the entire country.
• It makes zero sense to me when we need to be fighting the real enemy during the general election, and
• And the minimum I can pay in some of these lots gives you zero to three hours, and the rate for parking
• And Arizona, as we pointed out, is ground zero for a lot of these election fraud narratives, and so that
• we've been here, with very In the 30th hour we've been here with very little time to debate, with zero

Keywords: 1182, all

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• I mean, it may get to zero at some point.
• If you do your baseline visit, your preventive care visit, you basically have a zero co-pay, zero co-insurance
• You know, he, one of the employees, he had a knee replacement, zero dollars.
• expecting that specific population to have some type of impact, just because they went from paying zero

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• All right, in short, this proposal is a net-zero cost, or no new impact to General Fund, as your agenda
• All right, in short, this proposal is a net-zero cost, or no new impact to General Fund, as your agenda
• is the following: enrollees up to 150% of the federal poverty level will continue to have access to zero-dollar
• So for the silver, you're going to increase the amount of people who are paying zero dollars right now
• The amount paying, the number paying zero dollars will stay the same, so that's flat.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Yet there is one thing, one big thing that we could have easily accomplished here, and it would cost zero
• </c><00:53:23.440><c> it</c><00:53:23.599><c> would</c><00:53:23.839><c> cost</c><00:53:24.240><c> zero
• </c> here and it would cost zero dollars. here and it would cost zero dollars.
• </c> There being 134 ayes and zero nays, the bill is passed as amended, and its title is agreed to.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• for those of us with a high ACE score, sometimes it's hard to imagine that there are people who say zero
• And then there's lots of people who say zero, like 40% of the population who are like, wow, I didn't
• for those of us with a high ACE score, sometimes it's hard to imagine that there are people who say zero
• And then there's lots of people who say zero, like 40% of the population who are like, wow, I didn't
• the highest ACE scores do tend to die 20 years younger on average than adults with an ACE score of zero

Summary: The committee met to approve prior minutes and then heard a presentation from Dr. Ramona Danielson on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), focusing on the economic and public-system impacts in North Dakota. She explained that ACEs are a population-level measure, not a diagnostic tool for individuals, and said higher ACE exposure is consistently associated with more chronic illness, mental health challenges, child welfare involvement, justice-system contact, and reduced workforce participation. She emphasized that precise dollar estimates are difficult because of the many interacting factors across a person’s life course, but said the direction of the impact is clear and that evidence-based prevention and protective factors can reduce harm. Members asked about definitions of a “healthy family,” same-sex couples, divorce, substance abuse, historical trends in ACEs, and the role of positive childhood experiences and home visiting. The committee then heard from Allison Mahoney and Missy Barranco about evidence-based home visiting programs in North Dakota, including Healthy Families, Early Head Start, Nurse-Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers. They described home visiting as voluntary, relationship-based, and tailored to family needs, with referrals coming from hospitals, WIC, human service zones, pregnancy navigators, self-referrals, and other community sources. A parent, Abby, shared that home visiting helped her family after premature births and NICU stays by providing support with postpartum mental health, breastfeeding, developmental screenings, referrals, and parenting guidance. The presenters said the programs are funded through a mix of federal MIECHV/Title IV-E dollars, Medicaid targeted case management, state and tribal funds, philanthropy, charitable gaming, and grants, and they noted that current funding is fragmented and insufficient to serve all eligible families statewide. Members discussed whether the state should expand or better fund these services and how to improve outreach and referrals. Later, the committee received a memorandum on artificial intelligence and sexual exploitation, followed by a presentation from a BCI special agent on how AI is already affecting child exploitation investigations in North Dakota. The memo and testimony described AI-generated child sexual abuse material, deepfakes, sextortion, and risks posed by chatbots, along with relevant federal and state law and recent executive orders. The agent said North Dakota saw 2,698 cyber tips in 2025, the highest on record, and that investigators are increasingly encountering AI-assisted exploitation that is harder to detect and verify. Members discussed the need for child-safety protections, the limits of executive orders, and broader concerns about AI undermining critical thinking and spreading misinformation. No votes were taken on the AI materials during the portion provided, and the committee recessed briefly after the report.

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• Um, that it's got a zero fiscal impact, which is why it's in this policy bill, right? >> Mr.
• Um, that it's got a zero fiscal impact, which is why it's in this policy bill, right? >> Mr.
• uh</c><01:02:29.360><c> it's</c><01:02:29.480><c> got</c><01:02:29.640><c> a</c><01:02:29.680><c> zero
• </c><01:02:30.040><c> fiscal</c> Um that uh it's got a zero fiscal Um that uh it's got a zero fiscal

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The Public Safety Policy Conference Committee met on May 8, 2026, with all conferees present. The chair opened with decorum instructions, explained that the meeting was policy-only, and noted that no public testimony had been signed up. Members then introduced themselves, with several noting they were retiring at the end of the session or year. The committee adopted a series of provisions, mostly by unanimous voice vote, including House language on identity theft and financial crimes updates, supervision abatement and restitution considerations for corrections, protective-order enhancements for murder penalties, prediction markets, victim-notification requirements for plea and sentencing hearings, research data privacy, ignition interlock and impaired-driving license changes, DOC licensing and sanctions for juvenile/adult community-based residential facilities, criminal-conviction employment and licensing standards, jail medication procedures, domestic abuse law changes, and a grant-use extension for dual-status/crossover youth funding. Several items were described as technical or clarifying changes, while others updated law to address AI-related identity theft, foreign protective orders, victim privacy, and corrections oversight. The committee also heard discussion on a Senate provision allowing victims of domestic violence to petition for wireless account and phone-number transfers. A witness supported the concept but urged changes to better align the state language with existing federal law; members noted the issue might need another vehicle or further work. For the domestic abuse item, staff explained that an A15 amendment would later adjust the warrantless-arrest window from 28 days to 14 days. On the jail-medication item, a member emphasized the changes were clarifying and not an admission that last year’s law was flawed. All adopted provisions passed by voice vote without opposition.

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• So we're assuming a zero percent error rate with those approximately 15,000 people that need to be exempted
• SDP reduces disparity because nobody has zero services in this program, and that's really key.
• SDP reduces disparity because nobody has zero services in this program, and that's really key.
• I wonder if he'd be fine with there being zero clients on the boards, so long as they're 100% competent
• It is a... ...being zero clients on the boards so long as they're 100% competent.

Summary: The subcommittee heard an overview of the governor’s IHSS budget proposals and extensive testimony from the Department of Social Services, Department of Finance, the Legislative Analyst’s Office, county representatives, labor, consumer advocates, and advocates for older adults and people with disabilities. The administration described IHSS as a large and growing program serving more than 900,000 recipients, and outlined three proposals: shifting the cost of growth in authorized hours per case to counties, eliminating the backup provider system, and aligning IHSS terminations with Medi-Cal terminations. The LAO said the overall budget estimates appeared reasonable but raised concerns about the hours-per-case proposal, including the lack of a comprehensive root-cause analysis, the limited control counties have over statewide cost growth, and uncertainty about how the baseline and savings would work. CWDA, SEIU, and consumer advocates strongly opposed the hours cost shift, arguing that counties use state-designed tools, that demographic changes and rising need explain much of the growth, and that the proposal would pressure counties to cut services and destabilize care. The chair and members repeatedly questioned the administration about the proposed baseline, the claimed savings, and whether the measure effectively circumvents the county maintenance-of-effort agreement. On the backup provider system, the administration said the statewide program is underutilized and administratively expensive, and proposed eliminating it to save about $3.5 million. The LAO suggested the Legislature consider whether administrative costs could be reduced while preserving some version of the program. County and consumer advocates opposed the cut, saying the system is a critical safety net when regular providers are unavailable, especially in rural areas and for people with complex needs. They argued that low utilization reflects the difficulty of finding emergency backup care, not lack of need, and that many counties already rely on local backup systems or other models. Committee members also pressed for better data on requests, fulfillment, and administrative costs, and discussed whether the state could support local alternatives instead of eliminating the program. The final topic was the proposal to align IHSS terminations with Medi-Cal terminations by automating the process when recipients fail to complete Medi-Cal redeterminations. The administration said this would reduce General Fund costs by about $86 million by preventing payment of IHSS in the residual program when recipients are no longer eligible for Medi-Cal, while also automating reinstatement when Medi-Cal is restored. The LAO noted the proposal has been rejected in prior years and suggested improved notice and communication to recipients as an alternative. CWDA and advocates warned that the change could create gaps in care, especially for people who lose Medi-Cal for procedural reasons, and urged additional safeguards such as better notices, faster reprocessing, and automatic reinstatement. Members questioned how many people would be affected, how the residual program currently works, and whether providers could go unpaid during the gap; the department said the automation is already built and would be activated if the proposal is approved. No votes were taken during the discussion, and the committee moved through public comment and questioning without final action on the proposals in the excerpt provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• Now you get zero.
• Now you<02:13:29.440><c> get</c><02:13:29.599><c> zero.</c> you get zero. you get zero.
• Now, if they also remember that they have whittled down any Taxpayer Bill of Rights refund down to zero

Keywords: 981, all

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• the Eastern equine encephalitis—should just say triple E, it's probably easier—for triple E, we had zero
• In 2025, zero individuals were identified. Uh, in 2024, it was one.
• </c><00:21:53.280><c> In</c><00:21:53.520><c> 2025</c><00:21:54.480><c> zero</c><00:21:54.799><c> individuals
• In 2025 zero individuals pretty similar. In 2025 zero individuals were<00:21:55.760><c> identified.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The Health and Human Services Oversight Committee met on April 17 and approved the prior meeting minutes, then set its next meeting for May 29 at 9:30 a.m. Members also discussed a New Futures effort to collect questions about Medicaid changes and post answers as an FAQ, with a preference that the FAQ live on New Futures’ website rather than the state website. The commissioner’s office said it would coordinate responses and that the issue is still evolving. The main presentation was an HHS update focused on the state public health laboratory and its work during Public Health Lab Week. Officials reviewed the lab’s history, its biosafety functions, and its role in disease prevention, food safety, preparedness, and response. They highlighted mosquito surveillance for eastern equine encephalitis, West Nile virus, and Jamestown Canyon virus, noting that the lab tested more than a quarter million mosquitoes last year and that mosquito testing helps provide early warning for local public health decisions. They also discussed rabies testing, saying New Hampshire’s lab is the only one in the state that performs it, that rabies is fatal once symptoms begin, and that the work is preventable through early prophylaxis. Members asked about federal funding cuts, water testing, and whether CDC changes to rabies testing would affect New Hampshire. The department said it had been affected by an $80 million federal clawback but was managing through other funds and staff reassignments; for the water lab, temporary staff had been hired to continue swimming-area testing. Officials said the state remains able to handle rabies testing and that federal changes would mainly affect areas without similar services. They also answered questions on Jamestown Canyon virus, saying New Hampshire had one human case in 2025 and three in 2024, compared with zero West Nile cases in 2025 and one in 2024, and that weather and protective measures influence mosquito-borne disease levels. Additional questions covered biosafety levels, cyanobacteria coordination with the Department of Environmental Services, and the Brown Building flood mitigation, which was described as about halfway complete with a hoped-for reopening of the west side by June.

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• So the Allentown district gets looked at in year zero and year five, right?
• Chairman, the vote is seven to zero. Motion carries. Thank you. Clerk votes yes.
• Chairman, the vote is seven<01:43:26.600><c> to</c><01:43:26.720><c> zero.
• </c><01:43:28.240><c> Thank</c> seven to zero. Motion carries. Thank seven to zero. Motion carries.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee took up HB 1563, a special education aid formula bill, after a brief recess. Members reviewed a replace-all amendment that would keep the current reimbursement lag structure but make the bill effective July 1, 2028, with districts beginning to collect the new data in the next biennium. The amendment changes the reimbursement tiers from a dollar-based system to one tied to average per-pupil spending: districts would pay 100% below 2.5 times average per-pupil spending, 85% from 2.5 to 3.5 times, 20% from 3.5 to 10 times, and 10% above 10 times, with the state covering the remainder. Speakers emphasized that the bill is intended as an incremental step to gather better data before any larger expansion of state participation. A major new section would create a risk-based monitoring program for reimbursement claims. Instead of reviewing every claim individually, the department would review at least 20% of districts each year so every district is reviewed at least once every five years, with additional random or targeted reviews based on risk indicators, anomalies, prior findings, or other department criteria. Members discussed whether the audit sample should be district-based or student-based, and whether the bill should more specifically define the type of audit and the meaning of “other” criteria. Department witnesses said the current process already involves confidential information and that the new approach would not worsen privacy concerns; they also said the department would follow federal and state privacy laws and adopt rules to implement the process. Several members supported the bill as a practical first step to improve data collection and eventually expand aid, noting that districts currently do not track lower-cost special education students well. Others raised concerns about the lack of a fiscal note, possible local costs, and whether the new monitoring language gives the department too much discretion. The discussion ended with no vote taken in the excerpt, and members indicated they may need more time to review the final amendment before proceeding.

Transcript Highlights:

• They had zero. But they wanted to get out from underneath it.
• They had zero. But they wanted to get out from underneath it.
• </c><00:36:42.840><c> They</c><00:36:42.960><c> had</c><00:36:43.240><c> zero.
• They had zero. they had nothing. They had zero.

Committee: Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And I think are you asking would we be able to zero in and identify that as the cause of something?
• And I think are you asking would we be able to zero in and identify that as the cause of something?
• think are you asking would we be able I think are you asking would we be able to<00:58:19.599><c> zero
• 20.640><c> identify</c><00:58:21.040><c> that</c><00:58:21.280><c> as</c><00:58:21.839><c> the</c> to zero
• in and identify that as the to zero in and identify that as the cause<00:58:22.720><c> of</c><00:58:

Bills: HF3668 , HF2779 , HF2771

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

Keywords: gun violence, public health, Department of Health, prevention, criminal justice, health care transparency, ownership disclosure, control reporting, health care consolidation, private equity, management services organization, MSO, provider organization, health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, hospital system, affiliate reporting, financial disclosure, public reporting, market concentration

Transcript Highlights:

• It’s amazing how the fiscal note just is zero on certain bills.
• committee, I had not taken a good look at the fiscal note, and I was certainly shocked to find that it was zero
• > was certainly shocked to find that it was certainly shocked to find that it was<00:55:53.920><c> zero
• </c><00:55:56.079><c> Um</c><00:55:57.040><c> so</c> was zero all the way across.
• Um so was zero all the way across.

Keywords: 981, all

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• We don't know whether we get zero or what, but, um, the number that we're looking at is about $15 million
• Like you're going to collect zero in special fund revenue this year.
• Like you're going<01:33:12.639><c> to</c><01:33:12.719><c> collect</c><01:33:13.120><c> zero</c><01:33
• :13.760><c> in</c><01:33:14.239><c> special</c><01:33:14.480><c> fund</c> going to collect zero in special
• fund going to collect zero in special fund revenue<01:33:16.000><c> this</c><01:33:16.239><c> year.

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Keywords: Appropriations - Room 210; 22 January, 2026: 1:30 PM, 925, all