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• So we could either do that or pass this amendment, pass the bill, and hear from the council on what their
• either do that or pass this amendment, pass<00:54:39.680><c> the</c><00:54:39.920><c> bill</c><00:54
• </c> don't think that it's uh good to pass don't think that it's uh good to pass legislation<00:55:28.559
• Based on the if this were to pass.
• </c><05:17:35.920><c> this</c> New England have not passed this New England have not passed this legislation

Committee: House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The IR passes. ys, one abstension. The IR passes.
• HP302 passes. vote. 74 yays, three nays. HP302 passes.
• </c> ain't failed me yet. ain't failed me yet.
• SB41 passes. vote. 94 yays, no nays. SB41 passes.
• SB 168 passes. vote. 98 yays, no nays. SB 168 passes.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• So I want to make sure I understand your goal of this is to pass this to then have something that is
• of</c><00:23:48.640><c> this</c><00:23:49.120><c> is</c><00:23:49.520><c> to</c><00:23:49.880><c> pass
• </c><00:23:50.400><c> this</c><00:23:51.000><c> to</c> your goal of this is to pass this to your goal
• of this is to pass this to then<00:23:51.520><c> have</c><00:23:51.760><c> something</c><00:23:52.280
• The motion The motion fails. Thank y'all very much. It was a long meeting, and we're adjourned.

Bills: HB128 , SB297 , HB128 , SB297

Committee: Senate Healthcare

Keywords: HB128, Alabama Board of Nursing, Sunset Law, sunset review, nursing board, nurse licensure, registered nurse, RN, licensed practical nurse, LPN, advanced practice nursing, certified registered nurse anesthetist, CRNA, consumer member, board appointments, congressional districts, geographic representation, nursing regulation, nursing education programs, licensure compact

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• As for the question of whether or not the unlicensed concealed carry bill that passed a few years ago
• It went all the way through and it passed on the floor.
• So it's hard for me to support the bill because of the fact that I know so many do not pass on this information
• That was what was said when I passed a bill last year. No, that's not my intent at all.
• procedures by clarifying acceptable forms of monetary bail and strengthening consequences when defendants fail

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• If a school district, however, fails to replenish its minimum fund balance in accordance with a plan
• missed this, and I’m not sure what the difference is between House Bill 2551 and legislation that we passed
• might have missed this and I I'm not sure what the difference is between 2551 and legislation that we passed
• So I think it was the legislation that we passed last year that now is codified.
• Some districts are losing state timber funds, and some districts are worried about their levies passing

Bills: HB2440 , HB2551 , HB2593

Committee: House Education

Keywords: education, ombudsman, record-keeping, transparency, advocacy, school funding, financial solvency, education budget, district financial health, state funding, accounting, budgeting, reporting, 904, all

Transcript Highlights:

• If a school district, however, fails to replenish its minimum fund balance in accordance with a plan
• might have missed this, and I'm not sure what the difference is between 2551 and legislation that we passed
• might have missed this and I I'm not sure what the difference is between 2551 and legislation that we passed
• So I think it was the legislation that we passed last year that now is codified.
• Some districts are losing state timber funds, and some districts are worried about their levies passing

Summary: The House Education Committee heard public testimony on three bills focused on school district finances and education ombuds confidentiality. House Bill 2593, an OSPI request, would require school districts to maintain minimum general fund balances beginning in the 2031 school year, with OSPI calculating district-specific amounts and adopting rules. It would also require monthly financial reporting starting in 2028-29 and allow OSPI to withhold apportionment for late reporting or require repayment plans if districts fall below the minimum. Supporters, including OSPI and the prime sponsor, said the bill is intended to prevent districts from reaching binding financial conditions and to provide earlier intervention; opponents from WASDA, rural districts, and school boards argued it would reduce local control, create cash-flow problems, and impose rigid limits that do not fit different district circumstances. Several witnesses also raised concerns about the proposed maximum fund balance and the impact on districts with enrollment volatility, federal impact aid, or special project savings needs. The committee also heard House Bill 2551, which would let school districts with estimated ending fund balances at or below 3% of revenues seek OSPI approval to sell real property before entering binding financial conditions, with proceeds used to restore solvency rather than being deposited into capital or debt service funds. The prime sponsor and Tacoma School District testified that the bill would give districts flexibility to avoid deeper fiscal distress, while OSPI said it supported the concept but suggested a higher threshold and broader minimum fund balance policy. Testimony in opposition or concern focused on the risk of selling appreciating assets, the possibility of one-time sales being used to solve ongoing budget problems, and the need for stronger state funding rather than asset liquidation. The committee also heard House Bill 2440, which would make identifying information in Office of Education Ombuds complaint records confidential, allow limited disclosure by consent or under legislative or gubernatorial subpoena, and require release of a complainant’s own records with redactions; the bill was supported by the ombuds office and its sponsor as a way to protect complainants and encourage reporting. No votes or executive actions were taken. The committee closed the public hearings after hearing testimony and recorded sign-ins, and the chair noted that the bills could be eligible for executive action beginning the following Monday.

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• It passed.
• then on the treasure coast, when you have all those multiple hats there, particularly on the eye passes
• But also I would like to know highs this money being pass on to the consumer because this restitution
• exercise for us to, unfortunately wasn't funded, not withstanding that we are doing a bit of a study on failed
• If there's no further business rep and moves to adjourn, without objection, the motion passes.

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• In the mid-1980s, the legislature passed the Growth Management Act.
• And as originally passed, the Growth Management Act had a mandatory concurrency provision.
• Those are not legitimate expenditures that would pass that dual rational nexus test.
• was a problem and a product of what we're doing here right now by the things we do and the things we fail
• That was the whole reason for the bill being passed.

Summary: The Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee met for its first meeting of the 2026 session and took up impact fees, with an opening overview from Eric Poole of the Florida Association of Counties. Poole explained that impact fees are one-time charges on new development used only for new infrastructure capacity, not existing deficiencies or maintenance, and must satisfy the dual rational nexus test. He traced their history in Florida and described how comprehensive plans, concurrency, and later mobility fees relate to local infrastructure funding. He argued that impact fees are restricted, tied to capital improvements, and are one tool for paying for growth. Panelists representing counties, cities, builders, and community developers largely agreed that growth creates real infrastructure costs but differed on how those costs should be allocated. County and city representatives said impact fees are a necessary, targeted way to fund roads, water, sewer, fire, schools, and parks without spreading costs across all taxpayers. They pointed to long periods without fee updates, rising construction costs, and examples of large increases justified by studies. Builder and developer representatives argued that fees are often unpredictable, can be doubled or tripled, and contribute to housing affordability problems; they also said the system can be inconsistent across jurisdictions and may encourage sprawl. Several witnesses emphasized that fees must be transparent, proportional, and tied to actual benefits, and some suggested a statewide framework or mobility-fee model with more consistency and peer review. Members asked about how long local governments can hold fee revenue, whether fees can generate profit, what they can be spent on, and whether they can pay for police stations, fire stations, or other public safety facilities. Witnesses said the funds must be used for capital projects and cannot be used for salaries or unrelated purchases, and that refunds may be required if money is not spent within the local ordinance’s timeframe. The discussion also covered examples of local fee increases, the use of impact fees versus direct construction or “pipelining” of infrastructure, and concerns about level-of-service changes and extraordinary-circumstance increases. No votes were taken; the meeting ended after the panel discussion and member questions, with the chair noting the conversation would continue.

Transcript Highlights:

• This committee worked to pass so he can massively cut funding for basic costs that keeps our labs running
• I've seen and knew all have seen the leaked pass back budget. Now I hope it's not real.
• Charlie has fought through a very scary anaphylactic reaction to a medication, a failed extubation after
• I wanted to ask you at this rate, do you think NIH will be able to spend the $47 billion Congress passed
• Or there's another path, and that path is this path. of the leaked pass back budget.

Committee: Senate Senate Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:

• believe that the the fairly consistent practice of my colleagues on the court it It hasn't come to pass
• Constitution of 1876 as it is amended from time to time fairly frequently. or the the statutes that you all pass
• This is since we passed Senate Bill 17 last session, which deals with banning.
• We don't interrupt classes, but we stop a teacher during their passing. period and ask them what do you
• But without fail, what the superintendents told me was we just want to know the rules.

Committee: Senate Nominations

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Mayor Morales: The federal government failed us badly.
• Tropical Storm Debby passed by us 80 miles offshore, bringing 10 inches of rain, and we had damages to
• Helene passed by us as a Category 3 storm, about 105 miles offshore.
• If you could just maybe expound on that, you kind of said it in passing.
• We're fortunate here in Pinellas that our commission passed the Penny for Pinellas tax.

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• The motion is due pass to the Assembly Floor.
• File item number three, SB 1154, the motion is due pass to the Assembly Floor. Fong: Aye.
• Because you sit here and say that if we don't pass this bill, these people will be...
• Our committee passes a bunch of legislation each year, all well-intended.
• The motion is do pass as amended and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. Fong? Aye.

Committee: House Higher Education

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This current law was passed before biosimilars were widely available.
• So in 2017, the carve-out for generics, that legislation was passed.
• And his father had passed away at 42 of the same illness. So...
• And his father had passed away at 42 of the same illness.
• There's 15 states that have passed this bill.

Summary: The committee heard several bills, but much of the meeting focused on House Bill 306, which would require disclosure when a consumer is interacting with a chatbot rather than a human. Sponsor Senator Townsend described it as a consumer protection measure and said the bill is meant to keep pace with rapidly changing AI technology. Committee members and witnesses raised concerns about the bill’s enforcement structure, especially private rights of action and penalties that could apply even without actual consumer harm. The Department of Justice said the bill would apply where the conduct has a Delaware nexus, and that the disclosure requirement is the key consumer protection. Industry witnesses and chambers of commerce opposed the bill as drafted, arguing it would create broad compliance burdens and expose businesses to excessive litigation risk without a harm requirement or clearer safe harbor language. Earlier in the meeting, the committee discussed House Bill 429, which would update Delaware’s step therapy exception process to include biosimilars and interchangeable biologics. Senator Poore and supporters from Highmark and the Department of Insurance said the bill would modernize insurance law, improve access to effective treatments, and reduce costs; they cited national savings from biosimilars and said the bill has agency support. Members asked about Delaware-specific savings, patient switching, and how the process would work, but no vote was taken during the discussion. The committee also heard House Bill 310, which would exclude large data centers from Blue Collar Jobs Act tax credits; the sponsor said the bill is intended to ensure large energy users contribute more to state and local revenues, while supporters and opponents debated competitiveness and community impacts. House Bill 406, on allowing insureds to choose their auto repair shop, and Senate Bill 347, a cleanup bill related to medical debt collection and personal property levies, were also presented without opposition in the hearing. House Bill 253, concerning who may receive letters testamentary or of administration, was described as a cleanup to align statute with existing practice. The committee approved the meeting minutes, but the transcript does not show final votes on the bills discussed.

Transcript Highlights:

• And if that's passed later in time, that will supersede that language.
• We get pass-through grants from DESE related to education.
• Director Foley: We get some Carl Perkins pass-through from DESE.
• By your vote of eight in favor and eight against, the amendment fails.
• With your vote of 9-7, you have voted do pass Senate Bill 888.

Summary: The Committee on Corrections and Public Institutions heard Senate Substitute No. 3 to Senate Bill 888, a broad criminal justice measure sponsored by Sen. Nick Schroer. The bill would change juvenile procedures, including fingerprinting certain offenders under 18, sealing those records for law enforcement and prosecutors, closing juvenile proceedings to the public in some cases, allowing shackling in limited circumstances, and revising the juvenile detention assessment form. It also revises sentencing rules for certain felonies by increasing minimum time-served thresholds, limiting or eliminating conditional release for some offenses, changing how jail-time credit is calculated and challenged, and adding or reclassifying several offenses as dangerous felonies, including some sex offenses, trafficking-related crimes, and endangering the welfare of a child. The sponsor said the bill was intended to improve consistency, public safety, and transparency for victims and offenders, while clarifying that it did not change the elements of endangering the welfare of a child or create a vaccination-based offense. Testimony was mixed. The Missouri Prosecutors Association and Missouri Sheriffs’ United supported the bill, emphasizing clearer sentencing information for victims and stronger consequences for violent and repeat offenders. The Missouri Department of Corrections also supported the sentencing portion, saying the bill’s parole-percentage changes were conviction-based and that the department’s main goal was transparency at sentencing. Opponents, including the Missouri Justice Coalition, the Public Defender System, and several juvenile justice advocates, argued that the juvenile provisions would push more children into adult court, undermine Missouri’s nationally recognized juvenile model, and increase racial disparities and recidivism. They also criticized the mandatory minimums and longer sentences as costly and punitive, warning of higher prison populations and possible new prison construction. Several witnesses raised concerns about the bill’s treatment of vaccination status in the child endangerment section. Committee members questioned the sponsor and witnesses extensively about whether the bill changed commitments versus convictions, the fiscal note, prison capacity, juvenile detention bed space, and whether the measure would apply retroactively. The sponsor and DOC said the sentencing changes were forward-looking and that the bill was meant to provide more certainty at sentencing, though some details were left to experts and later cleanup. The committee recessed during testimony to return after session, then reconvened in executive session. Representative Davis offered an amendment clarifying that vaccination status alone cannot prove endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree, and the committee discussed the amendment before continuing consideration of the bill.

Transcript Highlights:

• House File 4896 responds to the needs of our most complex children, children who our system currently fails

Keywords: 1183, house

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• , do pass as amended; Senate Bill 1493, do pass as amended; Senate Bill 1618, do pass as amended; Senate
• as amended; Senate Bill 1456, due pass; Senate Bill 1502, do pass; Senate Bill 1552, due pass; Senate
• Bill 1633, do pass; Senate Bill 1684, due pass; and SCR 1004, due pass as amended.
• Bill 7209, do pass; Senate Bill 1628, do pass as amended; SCM 1004, do pass.
• By our vote of 15 ayes, 12 nays, and 3 not voting, you failed to pass Senate Bill 1274.

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Representative Harrington moves to pass the bill as originally presented, to pass the unamended version
• Representative Harrington: I move ought to pass as amended.
• Representative Harrington: I move ought to pass as amended.
• > amended</c> move ought to pass as Amendment amended move ought to pass as Amendment amended chair<03
• <03:05:08.640><c> as</c><03:05:09.000><c> amended</c><03:05:09.680><c> on</c> pass as amended on pass

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><02:00:16.880><c> with</c> HD1 um recommendations to pass with HD1 um recommendations to pass with
• Recommendations adopted. pass unamended any reservations any pass unamended any reservations any knows
• </c><02:03:41.520><c> unamended</c> HD1 recommendations to pass unamended HD1 recommendations to pass
• </c> 1017 HD1 recommendation is to pass 1017 HD1 recommendation is to pass unamended<04:25:11.520><c>
• The recommendation is to pass unamended. Recommendations to pass unamended. Any reservations?

Committee: House Finance

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The measure passes. The measure passes.
• The measure passes. Pass and retain on file item. The measure passes.
• The measure passes. The measure passes. We are going to pass on file item 221.
• The measure passes. I’m going to pass on file... Noes 3, the measure passes.
• The measure passes. Pass on file item 343. Pass retained on file item 344.

Summary: The Assembly met on May 23, 2025, established a quorum after a roll call, and proceeded through a long House of Origin floor session with prayers, the Pledge of Allegiance, and routine parliamentary actions. Early in the day, a motion by Assembly Member Gallagher to suspend the rules and take up AB 12 immediately failed on a 18-39 vote. The chamber then moved through the daily file, with many measures passing by wide margins, often with bipartisan support and little or no opposition. Among the notable bills discussed were measures on law enforcement oversight and records access (AB 847), CalFresh data-sharing exemptions (AB 593), campus-area housing for students and staff (AB 893), insurance and wildfire hardening updates (AB 1), missing middle housing code changes (AB 6), tribal peace officer status in a pilot program (AB 31), utility bill analysis before new mandates (AB 61), fairgrounds funding (AB 258), Diwali as a state holiday (AB 268), labor and worker organizing rights (AB 288), algorithmic price-fixing and antitrust enforcement (AB 325), elections and jail voter information (AB 331), protections for judges and court personnel (AB 343 and AB 352), school construction procurement (AB 361), school-zone speed limits (AB 382), transit worker protections (AB 394), blue carbon coastal mitigation (AB 399), K-9 standards for law enforcement (AB 400), livestock carcass composting (AB 411), translation of housing materials (AB 413), immigrant educational rights notices (AB 419), gun violence restraining order implementation (AB 451), special education and child care measures (AB 560 and AB 563), cannabis tax relief (AB 564), and disability access protections for businesses (AB 649). Several bills addressed housing, energy, public health, and public safety, and many authors emphasized affordability, transparency, and administrative efficiency. The session also included several ceremonial or recognition items, including ACR 73 declaring Italian American Heritage Month, which was adopted by voice vote after 65 coauthors were added. Most measures were approved overwhelmingly, though a few drew some dissent, including AB 421? no—AB 399 passed 42-30, AB 450 passed 49-6, AB 461 passed 49-8, and AB 621 passed 58-0. The transcript ends partway through AB 772, which was introduced as an educational equity bill addressing cyberbullying after school hours, but the remainder of that item is not included in the provided text.

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• And for these reasons, I respectfully urge the committee to pass this bill.
• And for these reasons, I respectfully urge the committee to pass this bill.
• Where my concern comes in is what happens when this bill passes, okay, if it passes, and we do have somebody
• That's something that we've passed.
• ICE officials are enforcing the laws that have been duly passed by Congress.

Bills: HB2165 , HB2173 , HB2203 , HB2293

Committee: House Community Safety

Keywords: peace officer, false identification, law enforcement, criminal penalties, public safety, face coverings, regulations, civil rights, emergency operations, reckless interference, offense, foreign entities, training, national security, 904, all