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• I'm trying to do you, do you know how many people this is I'm trying to count them up in my head it is
• Meanwhile, the parent's name remains on the central registry, which affects their employment, ability
• The Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry proliferated because of federal requirements.
• It gets their name placed in the central registry without any due process whatsoever.
• to gas station. looking for some diesel that he couldn't get.

Bills: HB741, HB 1199, HB2070, HB2402, HB2542, HB2665, HB2789, HB3096, HB3396, HB3595, HB3747, HB4116, HB4127

Keywords: child welfare, relative caregiver, monetary assistance, Department of Family and Protective Services, child custody, family law, emergency power, nursing facilities, assisted living, generator requirements, health and safety, emergency generators, power outage, emergency generator, assisted living facilities, power source, child abuse, neglect registry, court findings, Medicaid

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• The policy count in Harris County has decreased 3.5% in the last year.
• The regional variation in Fair Plan's policy count is significant.
• At a gas station, it would be called gouging, yeah.
• At Coinflip, consumer protection is central to how we operate.
• So we're in grocery stores, gas stations, convenience stores.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Is that the same thing that they were calling viewing stations or viewing hubs?
• You know, but then there's investment in, let's just say the viewing stations, right, which were fabulous
• One thing that you mentioned, Senator, was Union Station.
• of symbolizes the Mexican repatriation, which is at El Pueblo, right across the street from Union Station
• With the timeline that we have, and we've mentioned it already, I always count in quarters.

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• prohibit homeowners from installing things like solar panels, heat pumps, electric vehicle charging stations
• Every vote counts.
• Every vote counts.
• And thank you on behalf of my constituents in Central Washington for so many of the great projects that

Bills: HB2118, HB2236

Keywords: common interest communities, restrictions, property rights, homeowners association, community governance, housing finance, affordable housing, housing commission, state agency, financial assistance, 904, all

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• So we have, all of us back home, have central committee men and women.
• We have to have one man and one female... ...back home have central committee men and women.
• I think when I look at our central committee vacancies or our central committee structure, I see value
• You know, if we were to ballpark it with fringe benefits and if we would count note.
• “We are working to regain that census count. There...” “We are working to regain that census count.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department will be exempt from the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act

Bills: SB2063, SB1877, SB1884, SB2174, SB1525, SB1771, SB1805, SB1916, SB1365, SB1810

Keywords: unclaimed property, abandoned property, state treasurer, unclaimed property fund, public website, claimant, hearing, administrative procedures act, sales tax exemption, income tax subtraction, youth entrepreneurs, teen business, minor-owned business, sole proprietorship, business license exemption, entrepreneurship, youth vendor, Oklahoma Tax Commission, Title 60, Title 68

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• The Senate Bill 1877 is a Senate bill which seeks to create a centralized reporting system of all reports
• The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department would be exempt from the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act

Bills: SB2063, SB1877, SB1884, SB2174, SB1525, SB1771, SB1805, SB1916, SB1365, SB1810

Keywords: unclaimed property, abandoned property, state treasurer, unclaimed property fund, public website, claimant, hearing, administrative procedures act, sales tax exemption, income tax subtraction, youth entrepreneurs, teen business, minor-owned business, sole proprietorship, business license exemption, entrepreneurship, youth vendor, Oklahoma Tax Commission, Title 60, Title 68

Summary: The committee first laid over Senate Bill 263, then took up several other measures. Senate Bill 1877, which would create a centralized reporting system for reports through the Secretary of State, was discussed as similar to House Bill 3047 and was reported due pass by a 6-0 vote. Senate Bill 1884, concerning access for statewide educator associations and individual school employees, drew questions about union access, off-campus recruitment, right-to-work law, and possible conflicting language on fees and reimbursement; it was reported due pass 6-1. The committee then advanced tourism and public safety measures. Senate Bill 1365 would update promotional fund language and allow the Tourism and Recreation Department to make certain merchandise purchases outside the central purchasing process up to $75,000; it passed 6-2. Senate Bill 2174 would change the appointment and makeup of the State Fire Marshal Commission board and was reported due pass 8-0. Senate Bill 1525, as amended by a PCS, would let the Tourism and Recreation Department contract for support of its annual tourism conference and charge registration fees to recoup costs, with emergency language added; it passed 6-2. The committee also approved House Bill 1810, which would allow expert testimony in human trafficking cases and add trafficking victims to existing victim services, by an 8-0 vote. On workforce and agency administration, Senate Bill 1771 would expand the Workforce Commission’s authority to collect funding, expenditure, and performance data and to hire outside counsel; it passed 5-2. Senate Bill 1805 would bar certain group homes and post-adjudication treatment facilities from using contract staff, due to concerns about records access and staffing; it passed 6-1. Finally, Senate Bill 1960 would move the Oklahoma Receivership Office under the Oklahoma Insurance Department to modernize and reduce duplication, and it was reported due pass 7-0. The meeting then adjourned.

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• The committee's memo emphasized the central role of human behavior in these crashes: DUIs, distraction
• , The committee's memo emphasized the central role of human behavior in these crashes: DUIs, distraction
• The committee's memo emphasized the central role of human behavior in these crashes, DUIs, distraction
• In absolute count, it is the majority of Level 2 fatalities attributable to Tesla. Okay.
• In absolute count, it is the majority of level two fatalities are attributable to Tesla. Okay.

Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee held an informational hearing on autonomous vehicle technology in California, with testimony from industry, safety advocates, first responders, drivers, and state regulators. The chair framed the hearing as an overview of AV deployment, safety, first responder interactions, and current and future regulation. Witnesses from the AV industry argued that autonomous vehicles can reduce crashes and injuries, create jobs, and support California’s leadership in innovation, while critics and crash survivors described serious safety failures, including phantom braking, inadequate transparency, and crashes involving Tesla’s Autopilot/Full Self-Driving systems. Several witnesses urged stronger disclosure, data preservation, independent safety validation, and clearer accountability for companies deploying these systems. First responder and labor witnesses described operational problems in San Francisco and elsewhere, saying AVs have blocked fire engines, ambulances, and police responses, shut down in emergency scenes, and caused major delays during outages. They asked for faster and more reliable remote support, a public safety manual override, clearer enforcement authority, and limits on deployment in complex conditions. A police chief representative said law enforcement supports innovation but needs standardized protocols, training, and clear statutory authority. A Teamsters representative criticized proposed DMV rules for heavy-duty autonomous trucks, arguing they rely too heavily on manufacturer self-certification and do not impose enough independent safety review or geographic limits. State regulators from the DMV and CPUC defended California’s existing AV framework, saying the state has regulated AVs since 2014 and now has an end-to-end system with permits, reporting requirements, enforcement tools, and first responder coordination. DMV officials said the new rulemaking would add more reporting, address heavy-duty AVs, and require compliance with emergency geofence messages and law enforcement direction. CPUC testimony emphasized that its role is limited to passenger service and ride-hail operations. Committee members asked about crash data, remote operations, liability, response times, and whether California should adopt more uniform standards and stronger guardrails. No votes or formal actions were taken, as the hearing was informational.

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• The committee's memo emphasized the central role of human behavior in these crashes: DUIs, distraction
• We may argue that driving assist systems, I do think they count as autonomy, even though they're partial
• In absolute count, it is the majority of Level 2 fatalities are attributable to Tesla. Okay.
• In absolute count, it is the majority of level two fatalities are attributable to Tesla. Okay.
• And that is slowing response times across the board, especially in the central and northeastern part

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• This includes funding to build a new introduction station in North Florida to curb illegal immigration
• in North Florida and make upgrades to weather stations to keep dangerous.
• They not counted with day when you're identifying students with tuition waivers, they would be among
• Therefore they might be counted within that 6500. Would that not be accurate?
• I do not believe there, Kyle confirm it, but I do not believe they're counted within that 6500, the vast

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• So we don't have a pump-out station anymore. Has there been one in over 10 years?
• </c><00:56:48.680><c> anymore</c> don't have a pump out station anymore don't have a pump out station
• Yeah, because the groups are counted as one, so there were several groups in opposition.
• We treat for pesticide contamination in Central Oʻahu with filtration through GAC carbon.
• contamination Central Wahu by fil<01:18:54.360><c> through</c><01:18:54.760><c> IED</c><01:18:55.199

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee first took up SB 534, a measure concerning development in Kakaʻako Makai involving the Hawaii Community Development Authority and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. The chairs explained that the hearing was decision-making only and no testimony would be accepted, though members could ask clarifying questions. The chair outlined amendments to clarify HCDA’s approval process, require an environmental impact statement before residential development proposals are submitted, require Department of Health documentation on hazardous substances, and specify that only OHA-owned parcels would be eligible for certain residential development with a 400-foot height limit and maximum floor area ratio of 10.0. The amendments also addressed affordability, owner-occupancy, association fees, and a special fund, while noting Attorney General concerns that the fee could be construed as a tax and suggesting further review by Judiciary and Ways and Means. Members discussed the affordability threshold, with one senator suggesting 160% AMI instead of 140% due to high housing costs and concern that essential workers could be priced out. Others raised concerns about Native Hawaiian affordability, the long-term effect of perpetuity restrictions, and whether the process would protect OHA’s interests. An HCDA representative said 140% AMI was used in existing reserve housing rules and that lower thresholds could make development economically infeasible. OHA and other supporters said the proposal was still early in planning and emphasized the need for public hearings, community input, and compliance with environmental and remediation standards. The committees voted to pass SB 534 with amendments: Water and Land approved it 4-1, and Hawaiian Affairs also adopted the chair’s recommendation, with one member excused and one voting no. The meeting then moved to SB 3, relating to water resource management. The bill would authorize the Commission on Water Resource Management to retain independent legal counsel, create an executive director position, allow challenges to emergency orders under certain conditions, establish fines for water use offenses, and revise emergency and shortage declaration procedures; Red Hill-related provisions were noted as removed from this version. Testimony was largely supportive, including from DLNR, the Board of Water Supply, OHA, and Sierra Club, with OHA stressing the measure’s importance to Native Hawaiian water rights and past litigation. A Department of Hawaiian Home Lands representative supported the bill with amendments and recommended explicit language directing the commission chair or designee to advocate for water rights and reservations for homelands. The chair indicated the committees would use the prior Senate-passed version as the basis for further action, and the discussion then moved on to SB 130, a search-and-rescue reimbursement bill.

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• Businesses, gas stations, grocery stores, cleaners, barbershops, and beauty salons.
• Aren’t you guys looking at the same thing we’re looking at, the weekly inmate count?
• The weekly inmate count on the Plymouth site says there this week.
• In my inmate count, it says the federal number is 505, I think.
• And I think—but there’s not a lag on the DOC inmate count. Yeah, I don’t know.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee held an informational hearing on responding to federal immigration enforcement in Massachusetts, with opening remarks from Sen. Liz Miranda and Rep. Bud Williams emphasizing fear in immigrant communities, recent ICE operations, and the need to learn from advocates and affected residents rather than debate individual bills. The hearing was organized around three topics: detention, arrests, and surveillance, with members repeatedly asking what the legislature can do to improve transparency, legal access, and oversight. On detention, Leah Hastings of Prisoners’ Legal Services said most people end up in ICE custody through contact with the criminal legal system and argued that state carceral systems are deeply intertwined with immigration enforcement. She described conditions at Plymouth County House of Correction and Burlington ICE holding as concerning, citing limited medical care, disability accommodations, solitary confinement, retaliatory transfers, and poor attorney access. Hastings said Massachusetts should reduce funding for sheriffs and the Department of Corrections, ban intergovernmental service agreements and 287(g) agreements, and invest instead in housing, treatment, and other community supports. Members also discussed ICE reimbursement, the immigrant legal defense fund, and the need for more immigration attorneys. On arrests and enforcement tactics, David Albright of JALSA said federal immigration enforcement has been expanded by major new funding and incentives, including higher payments for 287(g) and bed contracts, and he noted that most ICE detainees nationally do not have criminal records. He said Massachusetts has one 287(g) agreement with the Department of Corrections and one IGSA with Plymouth County, and that ICE also uses Burlington, Hanscom, and informal local collaboration in places such as Milford and Auburn. Danny Tampona of Neighbor to Neighbor and the LUCE Rapid Response Network described more than 10,000 hotline calls from 46 cities and towns, with arrests often involving masked agents, surveillance of workers and families, traffic stops, broken windows, and arrests at check-ins or schools; he said the network is concentrated in places including Everett, Chelsea, Lynn, New Bedford, Milford, Marlboro, Framingham, and Springfield. He urged legislation requiring clear identification for law enforcement, limits on surveillance technologies, and stronger legal defense resources. On surveillance, Joshua Dancoff of Citizens for Juvenile Justice argued that current state policies allow broad sharing of fingerprints and surveillance data with ICE, including through BRIC, the Massachusetts Fusion Center, and municipal police policies. He cited cases in Chelsea and Everett where children were taken from police custody into ICE custody and said many departments automatically share arrest fingerprints and other information with federal authorities. He recommended limiting fingerprint sharing, restricting surveillance databases and task-force participation, and curbing police and sheriff collaboration with ICE even where no formal 287(g) exists. Members and witnesses also discussed the need for more immigration lawyers, possible bar advocate-style funding for immigration defense, and legislative action to prevent further collaboration and deportation infrastructure.

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• Voting stations are open for 30 button. Voting stations are open for 30 seconds.
• Voting stations are open for 30 button. Voting stations are open for 30 seconds.
• Voting stations are open for 30 seconds. Voting stations are open for 30 seconds.
• Voting stations are open for 30 button. Voting stations are open for 30 seconds.
• Voting stations are open for 30 button. Voting stations are open for 30 seconds.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It's a company that runs most of the stations in California.
• And so that's really central to this.
• She picked me up in Covina, and we went to the hydrogen station.
• So the first cars came in with one station. That was a challenge.
• from a current gas station.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• I'm a very proud graduate of the University of Central Oklahoma with my undergraduate degree and my master's
• board shall then be in charge of enforcing that and make Reasonable efforts, so we're not going to station
• I lost count. Kind of around page 35.
• There's currently no centralized reporting hub for These reports. In 2025 law, this was brought up.
• the responsibility for preparing IEP paperwork in my capacity as a school counselor, and I've lost count

Bills: HB1675, HB3242, HB1739, HB3320, HB3047, HB4434, HJR1089, HB4432, HB3718, HB3705

Keywords: emergency management, severe weather, youth camp, summer camp, overnight camp, day camp, outdoor education, adventure camp, wilderness program, campground safety, tornado preparedness, flooding, flash flood, high winds, hail, lightning, extreme heat, extreme cold, wildfire smoke, evacuation plan

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• It was crafted specifically to provide Hispanic voters in Central Texas a realistic opportunity to elect
• would negatively impact minorities' ability to elect candidates of our choice. including in South and Central
• They are also split from the Naval Air Station of Corpus Christi.
• Tarrant, Dallas, and Harris—Harris, I think I counted nine congressional districts in one county.
• Come on, y'all, we can count. We all know basic math.

Bills: SB 2, SB 5, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB4, HB1, HB3, HB20, HB22, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, HB4, SB2, SB5

Keywords: disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments

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• A central pillar here in this legislation goes back to the concept of the Mueller test, which we've been
• In a more semantics since this would necessitate the double counting of aggravating factors, which is
• I counted as a double double aggravating factor. I'm not an attorney, but I you shall live on.
• The Federal Sexual Offender Registration of Station Act prohibits online reporting of out of state travel
• In central Florida.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• I mentioned, would be San Luis Obispo, Tulare, Merced, basically almost all eight counties in the Central
• Can you address that since both you and I represent Central Valley counties and I know that you're a
• Can you address that since both you and I represent Central Valley counties and I know that you're a
• bill today, but I'm going to keep on watching it and encourage you to connect with some of these Central
• But capital gains would not count as income. Does not count as income? What is that?

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• At last count, almost 9,000 retail locations.
• Hospitalization counts are tabulated using principal diagnosis, Hospitalization counts are tabulated
• Here's what they've done, Madam Chair, with that: they've counted every gas station attendant that has
• Then we manage it in one centralized place. Wait list.
• And then we manage it in one centralized place.

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• The bill is being sponsored by the California Labor Federation, SEIU California, the Central American
• It ensures that at least one employee is dedicated solely to monitoring self-checkout stations.
• where we see the most significant amount of retail theft, which happens to be at our self-checkout stations
• you go into the checkout where there is a cashier that is 15 or less, people kind of, you kind of count
• You know, the self-checkout stations and being the cashier and person getting to unlock things now that

Summary: The Assembly Labor and Employment Committee heard several bills focused on worker rights, workplace technology, pay equity, and retail/self-checkout standards. SB 703 would require ports to collect and report information on trucking companies to help identify worker misclassification in the port trucking industry; supporters, including Teamsters and the California Labor Federation, said better data is needed for enforcement, while trucking and retail groups said they were working with the author and expected to remove opposition after amendments. The bill passed 5-0 and was re-referred to Transportation. The committee also approved a consent calendar of other measures. SB 294, the Workplace Know Your Rights Act, would require the Labor Commissioner to create a template for annual employer notices about workers’ labor and civil rights, including emergency contact notification if a worker is detained or arrested. Supporters said the bill would help workers understand their rights amid federal rollbacks and weak enforcement; the California Restaurant Association opposed it. SB 7 would require notice and human review before employers use automated decision-making systems for discipline or termination, and would bar predictive use of such systems for employment actions. Labor groups supported the bill as a safeguard against biased or opaque algorithmic management, while HR, chamber, retail, and local government groups raised concerns about breadth, notice burdens, and small-business impacts. Both bills passed 5-0 to their next committees. The committee also advanced SB 238, which would require disclosure about workplace surveillance and AI monitoring tools, and SB 442, which sets staffing and operational standards for self-checkout, including at least one staffed lane, one employee dedicated to monitoring self-checkout, item restrictions, and a 15-item limit sign. Supporters argued both bills improve transparency, safety, and worker protections; opponents warned SB 238 could expose security practices and SB 442 could raise costs and create preemption issues. SB 464 would expand state pay-data reporting to better capture public-sector workforce demographics in line with reparations and pay-equity goals, and SB 642 would strengthen the Equal Pay Act by extending recovery periods, clarifying wage definitions, and updating pay-scale language. SB 464 and SB 642 also passed, with some opposition from county and business groups over scope and retroactivity. All measures taken up in the hearing were approved by committee, generally on 5-0 votes, and re-referred to the appropriate policy or fiscal committees.