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• We pray that they may enact the policies and procedures that are necessary to keep our state safe and
• Procedurally, we'll need to address the substitute and pass that. Sure.

Bills: HB1 , HB247 , HB1

Committee: House Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit

Keywords: DUI, driving under the influence, ignition interlock, interlock device, driver license suspension, restricted license, motor vehicle, alcohol offense, first offense, repeat offender, blood alcohol concentration, BAC, license revocation, Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, ALEA, public safety, traffic safety, chemical dependency, substance abuse, court referral program

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• The commission believes in advertising, as some people do. Like, I get it. He's doing his job.
• Representative Voss: Yes, I just have a procedural question, and I don't know if this is directed at
• I have the pleasure and privilege of serving on the Tourism Commission, and I just want to go on record
• I'm very proud of the work of the Commission, very proud of the work of the director, very proud of that
• I'm very proud of the work of the commission, very proud of the work of the director, very proud of the

Committee: House Budget

Summary: The House Budget Committee met with a quorum and began by taking up a series of budget bills and committee substitutes, including House Bills 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013, which were laid over. The chair then walked members through a committee amendment package, explaining a mix of technical corrections, fund swaps, and adjustments involving highway patrol fringe costs, summary budget timing, rural health care, the CCBHO FMAP correction, and marijuana-fund reallocations. Members adopted the chair’s decrease amendments and later adopted the corresponding increase amendments, including partial restoration for Care to Learn, a Title I grant language change, an Overpass and Seymour road project, technical corrections for DPS and health-related items, and restorations for Jordan Valley and FQHC substance abuse funding. After a brief recess for session and lunch, the committee returned to House Bill 2 and began considering member amendments. On House Bill 2, the committee adopted Representative Lewis’s amendment making the curriculum transparency and parent portal item a pilot program, and Representative Davidson’s amendment adding $2 million in federal Child Care and Development Block Grant funds for One-Time Wonder School. Representative Steinhoff’s attempt to shift funding from Missouri Star Solutions and WorkKeys to the Success Ready Student Assessment failed, as did Representative Taylor’s proposal to move $1.2 million from career ladder to community college nursing programs. The committee then rejected Representative Steinhoff’s attempt to redirect Title I Innovation and Improvement Grant funds back to the governor’s recommendation, and later adopted Representative Steinhoff’s vocational rehabilitation amendment, which restored the department’s request and drew down additional federal matching funds. The committee also adopted Representative Hyne’s language amendment to allow flexibility between the MOQPK pre-K grant program and the Child Care Works tri-share program, though members discussed concerns about cross-bill flexibility and whether funds would actually be available. Representative Fogle’s amendment to require budget communications sent to committee chairs to also go to the full Budget Committee was defeated after members expressed concern about information overload and the difference between required distribution and requested information. The committee then took up a lengthy debate over Representative Fogle’s amendment to remove language barring Parents as Teachers participation for children already enrolled in public pre-K. Supporters argued the programs serve different purposes and that families should not be forced to choose between them, while opponents said the language was intended to prevent duplication of services and preserve resources for children without other options. After extensive discussion, the amendment failed. The committee continued with additional House Bill 2 amendments, but the transcript ends before final action on the remaining items.

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• Then members, what let's do is let's follow our standard procedure: have the bill presented, allow testifiers
• CURE believes the more appropriate action at this time is to commission a study that could, among other
• CURE believes the more appropriate action at this time is to commission a study that could, among other
• CURE believes the more appropriate action at this time is to commission a study that could, among other
• a study that could is to commission a study that could among<00:54:10.920><c> other</c><00:54:11.160

Committee: Senate Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• He said it was the feeling of JAC, the State Building Commission, and the folks that oversee the committees
• Senator Landen said, “You know, just as one of your representatives on the State Building Commission,
• This is a very rudimentary test procedure that's fair, and the expectation is that's what they have to
• This is a very rudimentary test procedure that's fair, and the expectation is that's what they have to

Keywords: 916, all

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• the last piece of the initial implementation related to the Office of Foster Care Ombudsperson, procedures
• First, compliance with the law, one of the law's most important procedural safeguards.
• recognize that moving a child into the home of a safe relative or other kin should not require procedural
• recognize that moving a child into the home of a safe relative or other kin should not require procedural
• Ultimately, this ...procedural hurdles that may prolong placement and stability.

Committee: House Human Services

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• And that's married then with an Administrative Procedure Act exemption.
• proposal would be, why is it that this particular proposal would be exempt from the Administrative Procedures
• And regarding the Administrative Procedures Act proposed exemption, we saw some similarities between
• the Dream for All proposal as a General Fund allocation to CalHFA, and we saw an Administrative Procedures
• And the Administrative Procedures Act will be used in the rulemaking process to give the opportunity

Summary: The subcommittee heard several May Revision proposals related to the state’s housing and homelessness reorganization. On the first item, administration and Finance staff described technical adjustments to move administrative positions and resources between the California Housing and Homelessness Agency, HCD, and Cal ICH, plus authority for a chief deputy director at the new Housing Development Finance Committee. The LAO recommended approval but asked for clarification on funding for the chief deputy position. Several senators questioned whether the staffing shifts would reduce Cal ICH’s capacity and whether adding communications support and a new executive position was appropriate absent new housing funding; the item was held open. The second item proposed a new $100 million CalHFA Disaster Rebuilding Fund, with $56 million General Fund and $44 million in existing National Mortgage Settlement funds, to help disaster-impacted homeowners access construction financing through tools such as a loan loss guarantee and interest rate buy-downs. CalHFA said the fund would help close the gap between insurance proceeds and rebuilding costs and would work through approved lenders. The LAO raised concerns about the lack of alternatives analysis, the broad delegation in the trailer bill, and the General Fund cost. Senators pressed for more detail on the estimated number of homeowners served, lender and homeowner eligibility, equity safeguards, and the role of the Legislature in program design; the item was held open. The third item was trailer bill language for HAP Round 7, including accountability metrics, pro-housing designation requirements for certain large cities and counties, local match requirements, and a mechanism to recapture unspent funds. HCD said the proposal would streamline reporting by using one consistent set of system performance measures and would phase in the new requirements. The LAO questioned the timing, the burden of pro-housing designation, the size and source of the local match, and whether the proposal conflicted with the Legislature’s prior goal of getting funds out quickly. Several senators criticized the added requirements and the lack of new funding, while others said the proposal could improve accountability and reduce administrative burden by reusing existing plans. The item was also held open. The fourth item began a proposal to reduce local development impact fees on state-funded affordable housing projects, framed as a condition on competitive multifamily funding rather than a statewide mandate. The presentation started but the transcript cuts off before questions or action on that item.

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• Procedurally understood. We took up the motion and we voted and it was defeated.
• I have a lot of concern about this map, procedurally, substantively, and in terms of its impact on the
• Procedurally, we have not undertaken the full due diligence of analyzing these maps to understand their
• I have a lot of concern about this map, procedurally, substantively, and in terms of its impact on the
• Procedurally, we have not undertaken the full due diligence of analyzing these maps to understand their

Summary: The Senate convened in special session with an opening prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved to the special order calendar to consider congressional redistricting legislation, beginning with Senate Bill 8D and then substituting the identical House Bill 1D. The bill would establish Florida’s congressional districts. Senator Gaetz, presenting the measure, said the Governor had proposed the map to address population growth and to draw race-neutral districts, and argued that mid-decade redistricting is legally permissible and has occurred before in Florida and other states. He repeatedly said the Legislature could accept, reject, or amend the proposal, but that the Governor had the prerogative to propose it. The floor debate focused heavily on the legality and timing of the map, especially after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Louisiana redistricting decision was announced during the session. Several senators, including Rouson, Sharief, Smith, Polsky, Arrington, Bracy Davis, Bernard, Nathan, and Berman, questioned whether the map complied with the Florida Constitution’s Fair Districts Amendment, the Voting Rights Act, and equal protection principles. They raised concerns about the short notice, lack of statewide public hearings, the use of partisan data, the absence of sworn testimony from the Governor’s representatives, the claimed severability of the Fair Districts Amendment, and the impact on minority communities and communities of interest. Gaetz generally declined to offer legal opinions, saying those issues would ultimately be for the courts, but he relayed the Governor’s position that race-based provisions in the Fair Districts Amendment are unconstitutional and that the proposed map is race-neutral and compact. Members also debated whether the map’s population data and compactness scores justified the district lines, with critics arguing that the plan cracked and split communities in places such as Central Florida, Tampa Bay, and South Florida. Gaetz said the Governor’s office relied on 2020 census data plus updated population estimates from the Office of Economic and Demographic Research and the American Community Survey, and that the mapmaker said he drew the map himself without outside consultants. After questions concluded, the Senate adopted a motion to substitute HB 1D for SB 8D, read the bill a third time, and proceeded to debate the House bill. The transcript ends during debate, with no final vote on passage shown.

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• allowed the payer to remove someone's gold carding if they had an increase in the percentage of procedures
• provided or a certain number of procedures.
• thought it would be a good idea to decide that they're going to pay for anesthesia based on the procedure
• which currently no insurance companies are involved in, but it had to do with interruptions mid-procedure
• Because at the end of that procedure, the job of the anesthesiologist is to wake them up.

Committee: House Health and Mental Health

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So what basically it means is that if someone is undergoing a procedure, like some other sort of medical
• procedure where they're anesthetized...
• Omnibus bills are not just a procedural flaw in our legislative process; they are a deliberate tactic
• should be legal or restricted, we should all agree that no citizen should be compelled to fund the procedure
• Minnesotans who expect their tax dollars to fund roads, bridges, and public safety, not controversial procedures

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• my mind this makes it so that it would be the same because it was an entirely different set of procedures
• that we had to follow. ...it was an entirely different set of procedures that we had to follow.
• 00:21:03.520><c> of</c> it was an entirely different set of it was an entirely different set of procedures
• </c><00:21:06.320><c> Um</c><00:21:06.799><c> and</c> procedures that we had to follow.
• Um and procedures that we had to follow.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee on SB 170 opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then worked through the bill section by section, focusing first on a housing-related provision that would prohibit municipalities from requiring occupants to be related by blood or marriage. The chair proposed adding “school enrollment status” as a protected class to prevent towns from limiting where students may live, especially in Durham. Members debated whether that phrase was too vague and whether “educational status,” “enrollment status,” or “school enrollment status” was the best wording. Public testimony raised concerns that adding a new protected class could have broader implications under the state’s anti-discrimination law and could also affect municipal zoning authority, while supporters argued the bill was aimed at preventing local rules that restrict student housing and group living arrangements. The subcommittee did not take a final vote on that language during the discussion. The committee then turned to land-use and subdivision provisions. The Department of Environmental Services testified that its test-pit and related land-development rules are already protective of groundwater and surface water, and that municipalities sometimes impose stricter setbacks or other requirements locally. Builders and housing advocates argued that more stringent local requirements for test pits, well siting, and related approvals add time and cost and can impede housing development, while some municipal concerns were raised about aquifer and wellhead protection overlay districts and local groundwater safeguards. Public testimony also supported making state standards uniform across municipalities, though one speaker noted that local and state review processes can differ and that the bill could simplify approvals. The subcommittee also discussed a road-length provision, with one member supporting limits on municipal caps that could impede development and another suggesting a possible water-and-sewer-capacity qualifier. Additional sections were explained as allowing utilities and infrastructure to be placed in subdivision open spaces or perimeter buffers, and requiring municipalities to act quickly on plan changes after initial review. The chair indicated support for several of the sections as drafted, and the discussion ended with the committee moving through the remaining provisions without recorded final votes in the transcript.

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• You already have procedures in order to deal with this.
• You already have procedures in order to deal with this.
• you crisis or there's something going on you already<01:33:45.199><c> have</c><01:33:45.639><c> procedures
• in</c><01:33:46.840><c> order</c><01:33:47.159><c> to</c><01:33:47.440><c> deal</c> already have procedures
• in order to deal already have procedures in order to deal with<01:33:48.119><c> this</c><01:33:48.760

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• work, we've seen that these insurance-imposed requirements can mandate dangerous and unnecessary procedures
• Many insurers also request information or procedures that are not recommended, but are costly and dangerous
• major complication rate is less than half a percent, and the mortality rate is 0.6 per 100,000 procedures
• For comparison, the mortality rate for a colonoscopy is approximately 3 per 100,000 procedures, five
• AB 2160 closes those gaps by providing clear direction on billing and reimbursement procedures, explicitly

Committee: Senate Health

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• </c><01:15:58.360><c> by</c><01:15:58.480><c> which</c> the processes and procedures by which the processes
• and procedures by which child<01:15:59.000><c> care</c><01:15:59.200><c> programs</c><01:15:59.640><
• ><c> application</c> process that includes the application process that includes the application procedure
• 35:05.640><c> and</c><01:35:05.880><c> a</c><01:35:05.920><c> method</c><01:35:06.240><c> to</c> procedure
• for a provider and a method to procedure for a provider and a method to determine<01:35:06.760><c> the

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• must then look at whether the data is discoverable under the applicable rules of evidence, civil procedure
• , or criminal procedure, and then conduct a balancing test about whether release of that data outweighs
• 11.680><c> civil</c> the applicable rules of evidence, civil the applicable rules of evidence, civil procedure
• ,<00:13:12.480><c> or</c><00:13:12.639><c> criminal</c><00:13:13.040><c> procedure</c><00:13:13.920><
• c> and</c> procedure, or criminal procedure and procedure, or criminal procedure and then<00:13:14.320

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The conference committee took testimony on Senate File 3051, which would allow law enforcement to release unredacted collision crash investigation video and related data to certain requesters, rather than requiring redaction first. Joel Carlson, speaking for the Minnesota Association for Justice, said the bill is intended to save local governments time and money because redacted video is often later released unredacted through court motions anyway. He emphasized that the proposal is limited to people already entitled to crash reports, requires a written request and accident report, does not create an affirmative duty to release data, and preserves law enforcement’s ability to withhold data for active investigations or other protected information. He also cited the Burks decision as support for the view that a subject of data is entitled to the full data even if it includes other subjects. Colonel Christina Bogavich of the Minnesota State Patrol raised concerns that the bill would still require staff to review videos for exceptions, including private data involving bystanders, juveniles, undercover officers, CAD information, and other protected material, so it would not create the claimed time savings. She also said the bill expands the number of potential requesters and lacks a liability provision if released data is improperly disseminated. Committee members and staff discussed the current Data Practices Act, including that private data can still be discoverable in litigation through a court balancing test and that protective orders may apply. A preliminary fiscal note estimated a Department of Public Safety cost of $4,026,334 annually, and members requested copies of the note. Members questioned whether the bill would actually reduce work or simply shift when the work occurs, and whether a litigation-specific exception to redaction should be added. Carlson said he was open to changes, including making release permissive rather than mandatory and strengthening the use restrictions, while members noted the proposal had not yet been heard in the House and would need more vetting. No vote or final action was taken on the provision during this discussion.

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, so it was all procedural kurfuffle.
• Um, so it was all procedural kurfuffle.
• Um so it was all procedural<00:41:23.680><c> kurfuffle.
• Um with that um I procedural kurfuffle.
• So that's the procedural part of me.

Committee: Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Something else that we see is that the agencies have differing processes and procedures, and that just
• </c><00:46:23.359><c> and</c> differing processes and procedures and differing processes and procedures
• There was testimony earlier on the administrative procedures from the Pollution Control Agency.
• 13.920><c> on</c><00:59:14.119><c> the</c><00:59:14.319><c> administrative</c><00:59:15.119><c> procedures
• </c> earlier on the administrative procedures earlier on the administrative procedures from<00:59:16.319

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• We have a lot of new folks that are coming up to speed on what our policies are and procedures, and it's
• 57.559><c> it's</c><01:00:57.839><c> also</c><01:00:58.119><c> been</c><01:00:58.359><c> an</c> procedures
• and it's also been an procedures and it's also been an opportunity<01:00:59.200><c> to</c><01:00:59.400
• </c><01:01:04.599><c> and</c> some of our current policies and some of our current policies and procedures
• but this is kind of a key procedures but this is kind of a key part<01:01:07.400><c> in</c><01:01:07.599

Committee: House Agriculture & Food Systems

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• This would better prepare these people to successfully pass the testing procedures to become a New Hampshire
• I'm here to introduce Senate Bill 32, an act relative to the Fish and Game Commission.
• Finally, this bill would repeal the Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission.
• The commission term has expired and the name has changed, and their authorities have been reestablished

Committee: House Fish and Game and Marine Resources

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• So, we have to assure we don't receive medications or procedures that may exacerbate our medical situation
• </c><00:05:28.639><c> that</c> receive medications or procedures that receive medications or procedures
• I refused medications and<00:05:56.639><c> medical</c><00:05:57.039><c> procedures</c><00:05:57.840><
• c> because</c><00:05:58.160><c> they</c><00:05:58.400><c> were</c> and medical procedures because they
• </c><05:19:56.718><c> in</c> have strained to get these procedures in have strained to get these procedures

Committee: House Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Compounding the problem, the Federal Elections Commission has too often failed to enforce the law, leaving
• integrity, bringing a steady hand to his work along with his encyclopedic knowledge of parliamentary procedure
• encyclopedic knowledge<02:10:28.880><c> of</c><02:10:29.199><c> parliamentary</c><02:10:30.159><c> procedure
• </c> knowledge of parliamentary procedure. knowledge of parliamentary procedure.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 1012, house, all