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• . prevention. prevention.
• Senate's independent Inspector General legislation now moving in the House, as well as efforts to prevent
• /c><00:55:28.880><c> as</c><00:55:29.080><c> efforts</c><00:55:29.600><c> to</c><00:55:29.880><c> prevent
• </c><00:55:30.400><c> fraud,</c> as well as efforts to prevent fraud, as well as efforts to prevent fraud
• That is a measure that would improve people's confidence in their government. Okay, then one more.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• They're not precluded or prevented from moving on any other grant program, any other state funding.
• But two years down the road, that project’s not done, but that million dollars has prevented somebody
• Members, I'm here to present House Bill 685, which is a practical government efficiency measure.
• It is a documented, preventable risk. I am begging for your support.
• And through this, hopefully, his name will live on forever and prevent the next one.

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 1157, which would create a Louisiana State Infrastructure Bank to provide another funding mechanism for transportation-related projects, including roads, bridges, rail, ports, airports, and other surface transportation needs. Chairman Borek and DOTD Secretary Glenn LaD said the goal is to leverage state, federal, local, and private dollars, using models from Florida and other states. Members asked about board makeup, staffing, project selection, administrative costs, and how the bank would differ from capital outlay and existing transportation programs. Testimony in support came from business and economic development representatives, including Michael Hecht of Greater New Orleans, Inc., who said infrastructure is critical to major economic projects and that the bank could attract outside capital. The bill was reported favorably without objection. The committee then took up several local and procurement-related bills. House Bill 860, allowing fillable electronic public bid forms, was reported favorably. House Bill 972, naming a portion of Highway 93 in Lafayette Parish the Desert Shield Desert Storm Memorial Highway, and House Bill 965, naming a portion of Highway 163 the Sergeant William Billy Earl Collins Jr. Memorial Highway, were both reported favorably after brief testimony honoring veterans and law enforcement. House Bill 692, authorizing local governments to enter group purchasing agreements, was amended and reported favorably. House Bill 685, allowing use of FAST Act cooperative procurement for public motor vehicles and rolling stock, drew support from transit officials and was reported favorably after a roll call vote, with one member voting no. The committee also advanced House Bill 982, which designates portions of highways in Morehouse Parish in memory of local residents killed in a crash after attending an LSU game; it was reported with amendments. House Bill 506, creating special prestige license plates for local high schools as a fundraiser, was amended and reported favorably. House Bill 839, lowering the contract limit for hospital service districts to use construction management at risk from $2 million to $1 million, was reported by substitute after testimony from hospital leadership and industry representatives. House Bill 1072, revising powers and emergency procurement authority for the Office of Louisiana Highway Construction, was amended and reported favorably after discussion about its relationship to DOTD and emergency repairs. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 887, which revises construction management at risk procedures, including committee makeup, scoring, and financial qualification requirements; it was amended and reported favorably. House Bill 647, creating timelines and an annual application process for waterway projects under a waterway assistance program and fund, was reported by substitute. The last major item discussed was House Bill 873, which would fund pursuit intervention technology and training for law enforcement through a $2 fee on driver’s licenses. The bill was presented alongside emotional testimony from the widow and daughter of Sergeant Grant Candies and from a St. John the Baptist Parish sheriff’s captain, all urging safer equipment and better training for officers. Members expressed strong support, and the discussion continued into funding and grant administration details.

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• Chair, Representative, uh, there's nothing in HB 5, as I understand it, that prevents a citizen, for
• Which mean more and more and more in the educational aspect of our work and the prevention aspect of
• Doing prevention work, Ms. Cadiz, if we could wind up your piece, and last, thank you.
• We simply as appropriators did not anticipate the, the number of preventative detention hearings and
• measures, um, but it is, it is a serious, serious problem.

Committee: House Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee

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• It makes little sense to allow relatively modest dental costs to delay or prevent that care.
• They try to prevent the people buying the unclaimed properties from making an enormous profit off of
• know is this: we provide a really good opportunity with acute care to get folks the life-saving measures
• know is this: we provide a really good opportunity with acute care to get folks the life-saving measures

Committee: Senate Finance

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 135, which would redirect a portion of wagering dedications from the sports fund to the Louisiana Early Childhood Education Fund and remove a cap affecting that funding stream. The author and staff explained the amendment was designed to avoid any impact on the State General Fund while increasing support for early childhood education. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably as amended. Senate Bill 202, from the Secretary of State’s office, would increase the number of compensated days for parish board of election supervisors to cover additional election-related duties. Secretary Landry and election officials testified that the change was needed because supervisors now perform more work, including ballot tabulation, machine sealing, and verification tasks. The committee adopted technical and appropriation-related amendments and reported the bill favorably as amended. The committee then took up several health and human services bills. Senate Bill 155 would require insurance coverage for medically necessary dental procedures needed before cancer treatment; testimony from medical and dental professionals emphasized that untreated dental problems can delay chemotherapy or radiation and worsen outcomes. After adopting amendments to narrow the fiscal impact, the bill was reported favorably as amended, with discussion of a possible subject-to-appropriation amendment to be worked out later. Senate Bill 237, a major DCFS reform bill, drew extensive testimony and debate over child welfare oversight, mandatory reporter training, law enforcement coordination, and the bill’s large fiscal note. The committee adopted amendments, including a subject-to-appropriation provision, and reported the bill favorably as amended after emotional testimony from supporters and former DCFS employees. The committee also advanced Senate Bill 465 on prompt-pay insurance reform after an amendment reduced the fiscal note to zero; Senate Bill 261 on unclaimed property after a substitute bill was adopted; Senate Bill 295 on expanded coverage for traumatic brain injury rehabilitation after amendments narrowed the mandate and added subject-to-appropriation language; Senate Bill 157 providing six weeks of paid parental leave for K-12 educators and staff, also subject to appropriation; Senate Bill 276 requiring bail bond producers to certify outstanding obligations before new appointments; Senate Bill 83 on human trafficking services after removing the age-expansion cost; Senate Bill 143 on bulletproof vests after shifting funding away from a direct state appropriation; and Senate Bill 450 on school safety assessments after an amendment limited implementation to available funds and resources. In each case, the committee’s actions focused on reducing or eliminating fiscal notes while keeping the bills moving forward.

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• That opens the window for employment opportunities, safety measures, housing, and so much more that will
• I'm with the Interagency Council to Prevent Street Homelessness, the governor's committee.
• Baham this week, a lot of these measures, including this one, came out of the legislative auditor's report
• had a discussion in a committee, a bill that came out of committee up on the criminal side about preventing

Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on March 23 with a quorum and received an update from OMV leadership. Director Brian Adams and Commissioner Keith Neal said the agency has improved morale, staffing, and efficiencies, is operating in the black, and expects to begin testing the driver’s license portion of its modernization project in September. They also said the agency is working on customer service and technology upgrades. The committee then considered several OMV-related bills. HB 781, creating a fleet vehicle registration program, was amended to delay implementation until the OMV system is ready and was reported with amendments. HB 712, which waives OMV fees for driver’s licenses and state IDs for eligible homeless persons, drew extensive testimony for and against; supporters said it would remove a barrier to employment, housing, and identification, while opponents raised concerns about eligibility, fraud, and policy scope. The committee adopted amendments clarifying the waiver and verification requirements, and the bill passed on a roll call vote. HB 372, requiring OMV education on roundabouts, was discussed but voluntarily deferred in favor of a House concurrent resolution approach. HB 746, dealing with oversized trucking permits, was amended to preserve existing permits while imposing a one-year moratorium on new local permit requirements and was reported with amendments. HB 732, allowing temporary waiver of certain OMV-related debts for people in special circumstances such as hospice, was amended and reported favorably. HB 722, providing automatic reinstatement of driver’s licenses after payment of fees and fines except for DUI-related suspensions, was amended and reported with amendments. HB 593, raising the maximum service fee for certain OMV field offices, was amended to exclude Shreveport and reported 9-5. HB 613, adding a citizenship indicator to Louisiana driver’s licenses and IDs, was heavily debated over its purpose and implications but was reported 8-5. Finally, HB 582, reducing reinstatement fees for insurance lapses, was reported favorably, and HB 762, which would block referral of certain OMV debts to the Office of Debt Recovery, was taken up with testimony emphasizing the burden of added collection fees.

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• But I understand correctly, off of what baseline would you be measuring? Current fiscal budget?
• Is there any contemplative measures for self-reporting on the OHV community?
• , habitats or whatever that might be, that we should be using or could be using this fund to do prevention
• What are some areas that we can prevent these things from occurring before they do?

Committee: Joint Arizona Off-Highway Vehicle Study Committee

Keywords: 1182, all

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• because I actually don't really know what I'm actually voting on in terms of what it, what the full measure
• But I also would challenge that would be a wonderful gatekeeping measure.
• within our scope of competency, maintain appropriate boundaries, documentation, avoid discrimination, prevent
• small Rotary group in Lewiston, and we specialized in trying to help military personnel and suicide prevention

Committee: House Business

Keywords: 989, all

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• This does not in any way prevent all the work that you've been doing from coming to full fruition.
• This does not in any way prevent all the work that you've been doing from coming to full fruition.
• We're trying to be very measured here.
• We're trying to be measured and yet conservative to make sure that the people's money, the taxpayers'

Summary: The committee met in Joint Finance-Appropriations to review budget mechanics, the green sheet, and several budget-related bills and statewide decisions. Staff explained how the green sheet tracks FY 2027 impacts and reviewed bills including HB 503 (soil and water conservation consolidation savings), HB 556 (county jail per diem reimbursement increase), HB 559 (tax conformity with a large general fund impact), and HB 578. Members also discussed the 2026 Idaho Budget Rescissions Act, which would reduce FY 2026 appropriations under different scenarios, and the committee heard extensive debate over whether to use across-the-board reductions or more targeted cuts. After debate, the committee first adopted the substitute rescission motion for FY 2026, which set a 1% additional reduction above the governor’s recommendation, then approved a related motion transferring $22,366,500 from the Public School Income Fund to the General Fund. The committee then moved to statewide decisions and considered ongoing base reductions for selected state agencies. Three motions were offered: the governor’s recommendation, an additional 1% reduction, and an additional 2% reduction. After debate, the original governor’s recommendation passed on a 13-7 vote, while the 1% and 2% alternatives failed. The committee then turned to personnel benefit cost increases, including health insurance and other employer-paid benefits. Staff explained the different funding formulas and agency-specific fill-rate adjustments, and members raised concerns about the role of the Change in Employee Compensation process, salary savings, and whether the figures should be tied to future rather than current-year projections. Motions were offered for the DOGE working group recommendation and the governor’s FY 2027 recommendation for health insurance and variable rate changes, but the discussion was still ongoing when the transcript ended, with no final vote shown on those motions.

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• consistent with that age of majority for federal law, recognizing that that's kind of an imperfect measure
• , but I think that's just what federal law had sat on there, and that's why we chose that. ...measure
• To be clear, I fully support fraud prevention, especially when tax dollars are at risk, but this bill
• goes far beyond that prevention.

Committee: House House Commerce Committee of Reference

Summary: The Commerce Committee heard and acted on multiple bills. HB 2192, a child influencer bill, would require compensation for minors featured in monetized content to be placed in trust, create a process for minors or adults to request takedown of content, and add restrictions on sexualized depictions of minors. The sponsor and Google supported it as model legislation; members raised questions about compliance, age 13 access to earnings, and removal rights at 18. It passed 9-0 with 2 present. HB 2501, an agency bill conforming Arizona’s appraisal management company definition to federal law, also passed unanimously 11-0. HB 2693, which revises bona fide association rules to allow self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangements through statewide chambers or business leagues, passed 8-1 after an amendment; one member cited possible federal preemption in opposing it. HB 2010, the digital goods disclosure bill requiring clearer “buy/purchase” language and prorated refunds when access changes, passed unanimously after amendment, with supporters calling it a consumer protection measure and retailers warning about compliance burdens and possible preemption. The committee then considered HB 2279, which would exempt commercial river outfitters in Grand Canyon National Park from liability for injuries or deaths arising from inherent risks of river trips, while preserving liability for gross negligence or intentional misconduct. Supporters said it aligns Arizona with other western states and reflects existing federal oversight; opponents argued it could violate Arizona’s anti-abrogation clause and improperly define inherent risk. The bill passed 7-4. HB 2690, which would tighten unemployment insurance eligibility by requiring more work-search actions, weekly reporting, and pre-claim data cross-checks, drew strong opposition from advocates who said it would add red tape and harm eligible claimants; supporters said it would reduce fraud and encourage work. It passed 7-4. HB 2310, clarifying that qualified marketplace contractor agreements may be terminated unilaterally by the contractor, passed 10-0. The committee also approved HB 2555, requiring retail businesses with physical locations to accept cash for purchases of $100 or less and prohibiting cash fees, after an amendment exempting rentals and mobile home vendors; supporters emphasized access for unbanked consumers and small purchases, while one member objected that businesses should self-govern. It passed 10-0. HB 2199, which requires RV park managers to complete education on landlord-tenant laws similar to mobile home park managers, passed 7-0 with 3 present after testimony from homeowner advocates and park groups in support. Finally, HB 2459 was introduced at the end of the meeting; it would allow landlords to pass through utility charges actually imposed by providers and add an administrative fee for submetering, but the transcript cuts off before testimony or a vote on that bill.

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• And so what's to prevent me from opening up a shop and doing only that?
• Is there anything that would prevent another shop from opening up and competing away if one shop were
• Data collected by the justice courts is also included, and measures for which data are available to evaluate
• A BAC test, remind me what happens to, what measures you take when that happens.

Committee: Joint Transportation Interim Committee

Keywords: 985, all

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• Those wildlife corridors are to prevent people from running into elk and deer, and it's really a public
• So I wanted to also put that in there, measure that in a dollar amount, and it might seem...
• consequences during a government shutdown, potentially resulting in deaths, for instance, from preventable
• Based on these accountability measures, Madam Chair, members of the committee, and Senator Nava [member

Committee: House Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee

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• The really critical question is is how should competition be measured?
• out for how long, customer service, how long did it take them to answer the call, those sorts of measures
• And here, economic forces powerfully are at play to prevent or quickly resolve this hypothetical.
• Nothing prevents the company from carrying out this regulated transition.

Committee: House Communications and Conveyance

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• employment must also accept the job if it meets the requirements set forth in the bill, which is okay to prevent
• The only thing it changes is to require two more contacts and it prevents ghosting or attempts to not
• Studies show that clearly defined measurable work search actions lead to faster reemployment for individuals
• This is a very extreme measure, and I don't think it would deter anybody if they're under the influence

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• They must show contact information, dust reduction measures like speed limits, coverage of dusty materials
• It provides two exemptions to prevent damage to life, health, or natural resources, or if a state or
• Isn't AQI, or Air Quality Index, recognized by the EPA and other agencies as the gold standard in measuring
• Will it prevent future pollution from sort of accruing? In what way will it? And actually, Mr.

Committee: House House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources

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• They are very much in favor of a measure that will increase the ability of folks in existing homes to
• They are very much in favor of a measure that will increase the ability of folks in existing homes to
• He said they are very much in favor of a measure that will increase the ability of folks in existing
• He said they are very much in favor of a measure that will increase the ability of folks in existing
• of loyalty have kept them a measure of loyalty have kept them below<03:50:36.439><c> inflationary</c

Committee: House Housing

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It does not prevent a teacher from teaching the full, unvarnished history of this country, including
• It does<01:29:02.159><c> not</c><01:29:02.320><c> prevent</c><01:29:02.719><c> a</c><01:29:02.960><c>
• teacher</c><01:29:03.280><c> from</c><01:29:03.520><c> teaching</c> does not prevent a teacher from
• In other words, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
• </c> In other words, an ounce of prevention In other words, an ounce of prevention is<02:14:10.320><c

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The top one they're able to measure the carbon dioxide levels in parts per million the way we do it now
• Nothing's preventing them from doing it.
• You know, it could happen that way, but right now nothing prevents them in the voluntary market from
• And the way that this is generally getting measured is to look at what's occurring on forest land in
• </c><01:29:36.639><c> trees</c> and and essentially measure trees and and essentially measure trees continually

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting was called to order, the Pledge of Allegiance was led, and the clerk called the roll, establishing a quorum. The committee approved the prior minutes after correcting the date and changing a reference so that a draft-legislation note attributed to Representative Wlette was corrected. After that, the chair introduced a carbon presentation by Mr. Charlie Lebec and invited members and guests to move closer to view the slides. Mr. Lebec’s presentation focused on forest carbon science and forest carbon offset markets, with emphasis on how forests store, sequester, and emit carbon. He explained greenhouse gases and the relationship between atmospheric CO2 and temperature, then defined key terms such as carbon storage, sequestration, flux, sinks, and sources. He also described forest carbon pools, noting that soils contain a large share of forest carbon, and discussed how forest age affects storage and sequestration, arguing that younger forests often sequester carbon faster while older forests store more carbon overall. He also addressed how harvested wood products can continue to store carbon, responding to a question from a member about mass timber and carbon sinks. The presentation included regional comparisons showing New Hampshire’s forest density, carbon storage, and sequestration relative to other New England states, and noted that New Hampshire forests offset more than 30% of the state’s annual greenhouse gas emissions from nonforest sources, while Maine and Vermont offset even larger shares. Mr. Lebec said eastern forests are generally carbon sinks, unlike some western forests affected by wildfire, and stressed that forest management, soil protection, and forest age all influence carbon outcomes. No votes or substantive policy actions were taken beyond approving the minutes; the meeting was primarily informational.

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• </c><00:27:14.960><c> to</c> is a narrowly tailored measure to is a narrowly tailored measure to improve
• And I know what you're trying to prevent, cuz I know it, too.
• </c> trying to prevent cuz I know it, too. trying to prevent cuz I know it, too. when<00:38:03.920><c
• </c> &gt;&gt; So you still you're not going to prevent &gt;&gt; So you still you're not going to prevent
• you $250," it's a revenue-raising measure.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• They can place their prevention help. They can place their prevention help.
• I mean at the end of the day none of us uh can prevent everyone from of us uh can prevent everyone from
• House Bill 130 is a strictly a cost-saving measure. It strictly a cost-saving measure.
• It strictly a cost-saving measure.
• prevent prevent upfront.

Bills: HJR 4 , HJR 6 , HB 195 , HB 13 , HB 143 , HB 135

Keywords: occupation tax, securities, financial regulation, tax exemption, legislative amendment, capital gains tax, realized gains, unrealized gains, investment income, asset sale, capital assets, wealth tax, estate tax, trust tax, tax limitation, constitutional amendment, Texas Constitution, Article VIII, property tax, sales tax

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• After reviewing the reports, I have decided to vote on this measure, and I want to set forth the two
• And he admitted that the mere fact that the petition was not verified did not prevent this body from
• </c><02:10:13.520><c> and</c> standards for such a serious measure and standards for such a serious measure
• this body from moving did not prevent this body from moving forward<02:11:49.440><c> with</c><02:11:
• It's preventing them school districts.

Keywords: 958, all