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• Uh, Representative Wadsworth, is there a limit on, like, if you impound a vehicle?
• Is there a limit on the fees that a towing company can...
• Well, in Birmingham, I mean, there's no limit on what...
• I mean, there's no limit on what you can charge for that.
• So the jury doesn't even have that on their case load, I mean on the case...

Bills: HB105, HB296, HB15, HB264, HB34, HB304, HB146, HB26, HB15, HB34, HB26

Keywords: law enforcement, retirement benefits, Alabama Peace Officers, agency-issued badge, agency-issued pistol, resisting arrest, custody, public safety, Alabama law, traffic infractions, traffic ticket, disposition, criminal contempt, vessel registration, boating fees, state funds, regulatory changes, water safety, compliance, false information

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• before your statute of limitations is up.
• [snorts] limitations. And I I raised this limitations.
• But further uh it limits no pros that.
• Uh, and I've been part of some of those other case loads as well.
• What this other uh case loads as well.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• This bill is only limited to racetracks. That's it.
• I mean, if we're going to do some limitation, then why not just have it limited to everybody and everybody
• Not if you're talking, you talked about term limits.
• Not if you're talking about term limits.
• It limits—there is no limit.

Bills: HB410, HR310, HR314, HR316, HR317, HR321, HR275, HR276, HR279, HR282, HR286, HR289, HR292, HR295, HR302, HR319, HR307, HR273, SCR59, SCR61, SCR62, SCR68, SCR69, SCR70, SCR54, SCR55, SCR64, SCR75, HCR32, HB776, HB42, HB119, HB159, HB302, HB1017, HB1028, SB217, SB283, HB953, SB208, HR74, HB998, HB901, HR20, HCR65, HCR71, HCR98, HB284, HB306, HB341, HB366, HB393, HB458, HB577, HB603, HB605, HB614, HB625, HB646, HB733, HB752, HB773, HB798, HB911, HB955, HB996, HB1035, HB1069, HB1113, HB1140, HB1180, HB1191, HB1240, HB1255, SB82, SB89, SB97, SB123, SB237, HB36, HB74, HB75, HB258, HB259, HB414, HB459, HB784, HB848, HB956, HB1095, HB1220, HB1252, SB469, SB479

Keywords: recording, privacy, notification, direct conversation, law enforcement, first responder, penalties, oil and gas, orphan wells, inactive wells, shut-in wells, marginal wells, plugging and abandonment, well decommissioning, site remediation, site restoration, Oilfield Site Restoration, OSR program, financial security, bonding

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• Each public testimony will be limited to two minutes total to speak on the bills.
• VBMs manage vision plans for Texans, and these networks are often closed or selectively limited, even
• It threatens affordability, reduces competition, and limits consumer choice.
• And then on, is this to be limited to only subsidiaries accepting new enrollees?
• During the COVID-19 pandemic, key protections like limits on mandatory overtime were suspended, even

Bills: HB 107, HB742, HB1639, HB1700, HB2071, HB2187, HB2402, HB2516, HB3211, HB4529, HB5342, HB694, HB923, HB4655

Keywords: sickle cell disease, registry, health data, confidentiality, healthcare access, human trafficking, first responders, health care, training, reporting, protection, cancer, female firefighters, health study, state health services, fire protection, telemedicine, teledentistry, telehealth, health records

Summary: The committee heard testimony on a series of health and human services bills and left each one pending after public testimony. HB 4655 would expand financial literacy instruction for youth aging out of foster care to include credit scores, predatory lending, scams, banking, budgeting, and related consumer topics; the sponsor and Buckner International described the need to protect foster youth from financial pitfalls. HB 923 would add three public members and one physician to the Texas Medical Disclosure Panel; supporters said it would improve informed consent and patient voice, while a witness raised concerns about a House amendment requiring a physician majority for decisions and senators questioned scope-of-practice limits. HHSC said the panel is an independent body and the bill expressly bars it from changing scope of practice.

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• I thought this was very interesting, and as an update in Chapter 5A to the Alabama Limited Liability
• Then you start to introduce a loaded gun into it; it's just not a good idea.
• We ought to be answering them whether or not we have a loaded firearm.
• We ought to be answering them whether or not we have a loaded firearm or a firearm in our possession

Bills: SB76, SB35, SB116, SB119, SB118, SB129, SB32, SB31, SB115, SB75, HB27, HB40

Keywords: jury duty, nursing mothers, exemption, legal rights, parental responsibilities, sexual extortion, criminal law, felony, threat, blackmail, firearm possession, domestic violence, violent offenses, criminal penalties, pretrial detention, bail, offenses, constitutional amendment, criminal justice, law enforcement

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• <00:06:25.120> which of being caused by in lake loading which of being caused by in lake loading
• Uh so some limited funding significant.
• a limit.
• <01:07:34.559> as eliminate the limit entirely and then as eliminate the limit entirely and
• Okay any other limit. Thank you sir.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• I think there's some built off the coast of Japan, but it's very limited.
• We have limited pipeline capacity into the region, so if that’s our greatest danger, isn’t it in New
• At a 100% load, that's 333 million gallons of chlorinated heated seawater into the ocean.
• <01:37:58.040> on the state to establish limits on the state to establish limits on Technologies
• At 100% load, it's 333 million gallons a day.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Well, it's great from a safety point of view, but it limits what you can do.
• limits what you<00:27:23.840> can<00:27:24.000> do.
• And now the substation, instead of being 90% loaded, goes down to, say, 80, then 70, then 50.
• And now the substation, instead of being 90% loaded, goes down to, say, 80, then 70, then 50.
• I think what he’s talking about is basically a load reducer, or, you know, a demand side.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Um, case load adjustments is $34 million from Medicaid caseload.
• of the human services case load reserve. of the human services case load reserve.
• We<00:48:43.440> have<00:48:43.520> a<00:48:43.760> case<00:48:43.920> load.
• We have money We have a case load.
• Like if there's some reason case load.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• dock or garage our vet team is loading dock or garage our vet team is unable<00:05:26.600> to
• <00:08:30.960> to<00:08:31.280> unload<00:08:31.840> and<00:08:32.080> load
• <00:08:32.919> um have a safe space to unload and load um have a safe space to unload and
• load um anesthetized<00:08:33.760> or<00:08:33.919> crated<00:08:34.360> animals
• dock to bring access Bay and loading dock to bring animals<00:08:56.120> to<00:08:56.320>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• only 27 members in this committee, so I know everybody wants to say something, but we only have a limited
• So when you front-load growth, it really has a substantial amount of growth each year, and that's my
• So we're front-loading in this budget.
• My impression is we're front-loading high-revenue growth in year one and high expense in year one, and
• Chairman, we certainly would limit it to hard capital, but we'd be happy to have a conversation with

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The committee met to review the governor’s fiscal 2027 budget presentation, with the chair repeatedly asking members to keep questions brief and avoid speeches. The discussion focused first on the overall revenue and spending outlook, including concerns from members that the executive forecast was more optimistic than the JLBC baseline and that the budget appeared to front-load revenue and expenditure growth. The governor’s budget team said the forecast was close to JLBC’s, that the budget was structurally balanced, and that differences were roughly $100 million per year on ongoing revenue. Members asked for follow-up calculations in writing, including the total multi-year gap and the amount of revenue enhancements above base revenues. A major portion of the meeting centered on tax and fee proposals tied to data centers, water use, and sports betting. The governor’s team defended eliminating the existing data center tax incentive as the removal of a loophole rather than a new tax, arguing the incentive had already succeeded in attracting major investment. They also described a proposed Department of Water Resources fee-setting authority for data centers to support a new Colorado River Protection Fund, and said the proposal would apply to existing and future facilities without a grandfather clause. Members raised concerns about fairness, competitiveness, and whether the changes would require a supermajority vote. The team also discussed increased sports betting fees, saying the revenue forecast did not include dynamic behavioral effects. The committee then moved through major spending areas, including corrections, public safety, border security, cybersecurity, K-12 education, Medicaid, and developmental disabilities. The governor’s budget includes ongoing funding to prevent correctional officer pay cuts, money to comply with prison health care court orders, probation funding, body-worn cameras, law enforcement staffing, fentanyl task forces, and cyber readiness grants. Members questioned the lack of funding for a prison oversight committee and asked for corrections spending totals over the administration. On border security, the executive said it was seeking about $759.7 million in federal reimbursement for border-related costs and that the governor had met with federal officials, including Secretary Noem and Tom Homan, about the request. In education, the budget proposes renewing Prop. 123, adding K-12 base funding, and issuing $1.5 billion in school facilities bonds over three years; members debated whether the proposal was appropriate and whether Prop. 123 revenues could support the debt service. The meeting also covered AHCCCS cost growth and federal HR1 impacts, with the executive warning of major coverage losses and hospital funding reductions, and DDD funding, where the governor’s team said the budget fully funds services and includes about $120 million in supplemental needs. No votes were taken; the meeting was a presentation and question-and-answer session only.

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• It sets limitations and guidelines for investment in distribution electric generation.
• It modifies the scope of capacity and limitations for community solar projects, which includes expanding
• metering members to sign agreements with multiple group hosts, as long as their combined allocated loads
• do not exceed their total load.
• and then the 6 to to 500 kilowatts limit and then the 6 to 12<00:19:48.640> um<00:19:48.880><

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Any additional witnesses will be limited to name, position on the bill, and the organization they represent
• Because one thing is for sure, current social workers, their case loads are too high.
• eliminate turnover, and then number two, get more social workers so that more people can take on the load
• The goal of this bill is to improve economic access for Californians with limited English proficiency
• I pursued this profession because it is one of the only few career paths for limited English proficiency

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Water is our limiting factor. It's, it's not land, it's, it's water.
• I talk every time I talk about this, but in the great state of Texas, we have been limited on our, um
• And as those move up, I mean, the fly also is not limited to the animal.
• Um, They haven't actually surpassed the time that they have to give the water that 5-year limit.
• But now the cost is not a couple of loads of rock to fill in the hole.

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• How they certainly helped us out at a time when they didn't have loads to distribute; they certainly
• There's no limit on how many could be applied.
• They could also be loaded on a truck and delivered to your house.
• They could also be loaded on a truck and delivered to your house.
• They could also be loaded on a truck and delivered to your house.

Bills: SCR17, SB2104, SB2155, SB1428, SB1250, SB1651, SB1794, SB444, SB1061, SB1327, SB1425, SB1455, SB1458, SB1460, SB1480, SB1530, SB1543, SB1555, SB1593, SB1209, SB1730, SB1733, SB1769, SB1805, SB2069, SB2095, SB1503

Keywords: trusts, Oklahoma Uniform Trust Code, trust administration, trustee, beneficiary, qualified beneficiary, nonjudicial settlement agreement, trust accounting, fiduciary duty, forfeiture clause, no-contest clause, in terrorem clause, certification of trust, trust property, district court jurisdiction, venue, surcharge trustee, trust protector, trust advisor, principal distribution

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• This contract includes all on-site and off-site health care services, including, but not limited to,
• So it was heavily front-loaded. The first extension... At different rates.
• So it was heavily front-loaded.
• So the contract structure had really front-loaded a significant amount of cost in the extension.
• And was most of that front-loaded into the first year, the additional extension?

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• There's only a limited amount of taxpayer dollars, and I'm making a strong policy decision here that
• But generally, this would be limited to one reasonable opportunity.”
• By limiting the number and duration of the reasonable opportunity periods, this bill actually exceeds
• And what it does is it imposes punitive limitations on people who are trying to follow the rules and
• And we're passing bills and trying to argue on how we can limit that.

Bills: HR267, HCR105, HCR107, HCR110, HCR113, HCR114, SB4, SB52, SB57, SB145, SB152, SB194, SB237, SB333, SB433, SB483, SCR37

Keywords: diabetes, amputation, amputations, diabetic foot ulcer, peripheral artery disease, PAD, wound care, podiatry, vascular disease, endocrinology, limb salvage, health policy, public health, healthcare costs, insurance coverage, Louisiana Department of Health, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Louisiana Center for Health Innovation, patient education, screening

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• <00:35:18.360> The the previous limit on one license.
• The the previous limit on one license.
• municipalities annexation limitations. municipalities annexation limitations.
• We're going to load<02:30:06.120> it<02:30:06.240> up.
• <02:30:06.680> Senator, load it up. Senator, load it up.

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Friday, April 10, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate reconvened with a quorum and began by reading House messages and first-reading bills, including SB 8 on identity fraud and deepfakes and HB 145 on election misinformation and deepfakes, which was referred to Rules. The chamber then handled several concurrence and conference matters. On HB 154, the Open Meetings Act bill for county boards of education, the Senate initially moved to recede from its amendments and accept the House version, but debate centered on a Senate transparency amendment limiting school boards’ ability to censor recordings. A motion to reconsider the amendments was laid over for 15 minutes. On SB 514, a third-degree assault bill, the House refused to recede and a conference committee was appointed. A guest introduction also welcomed a 10-month-old visitor to the gallery. In second-reader business, the Senate adopted committee amendments and advanced SB 504, which strengthens data privacy protections and limits use of personal data for immigration enforcement, and SB 790, the Public Health Reform Act, which revises the Commission on Public Health, updates the Maryland Medical Reserve Corps, adds health equity review processes, and makes related administrative changes. Both bills were reported favorably with technical and conforming amendments and ordered printed for third reading. The chamber then took up HB 191, which would require merchants to accept cash for essential consumer goods and set related rules and exceptions; members questioned its scope, exemptions, and enforcement, and the bill was laid over pending clarification about whether stadiums are covered. Finally, HB 564 on pet cremation and burial services added consumer protection and disclosure requirements for pet cremation providers; its technical amendment was adopted and the bill was ordered passed for third reading.

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• We devoted the last year of 2024 to extensive final testing and limited data production.
• We devoted last year of 2024 to extensive final testing and limited data production.
• Millions of American children live in homes with loaded and unsecured firearms, and tragedies...
• Millions of American children live in homes with loaded and unsecured firearms, and tragedies all too
• That being said, there is just a fundamental limit on the cost of manufacturing here.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The commission met for its fourth hearing on emerging firearm technology, focused on personalized firearms and related privacy issues. Co-chairs noted the commission’s charge to study personalized firearm incentives, risks from digital manufacturing codes and AI, and the costs of requiring personalized firearm and microstamp technologies, and said the report deadline is being extended to July 31. They also announced the next public hearing for April 17 at 11:00 a.m., limited to Massachusetts residents. The first witness, Kai Kloepfer of Biofire, described the company’s personalized 9mm smart gun and argued it is designed to prevent unauthorized use through biometric authentication, local encrypted data storage, no wireless connectivity, and automatic disarming when released. He said Biofire opposes any mandate requiring personalized firearms, calling such mandates a de facto gun ban that would stifle innovation, limit consumer choice, and burden a still-developing market. He said the company has a patent portfolio, has received thousands of pre-orders, is shipping in all 50 states, and is approved for sale in Massachusetts; he also said the gun costs about $1,500, is currently sold online, and is intended mainly for home defense. Members questioned him about sales, manufacturing, battery life, repairability, transfer of ownership, possible expansion to other firearms, and whether microstamping could be incorporated. A Massachusetts firearms roster official, Michaela Dunn, explained the state’s testing and approval process for handguns and confirmed that the Biofire firearm is now on the Massachusetts roster and commercially available for retail sale in the state. Kate Crockford of the ACLU of Massachusetts testified only on facial recognition, warning that commercially available systems show significant demographic bias and that Massachusetts lacks comprehensive biometric privacy protections. She urged passage of pending data privacy and biometric privacy bills, including the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act and related measures, before any broader use of biometric verification in firearm laws. Commissioners discussed privacy concerns, and Biofire said its system is zero-knowledge and would likely comply with stronger biometric privacy laws. No votes were taken and no formal action was reported beyond the scheduling announcement and the extension effort.

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• The committee may limit the availability of that testimony if it includes sensitive personal information
• And I have lots of questions, but limited time.
• They do that on behalf of state universities to a limited capacity.
• And I think we've all heard very clearly there is a real limit as to how much that can be afforded.
• Absolutely, the bases are loaded. I can't do any sports metaphors, by the way.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Higher Education held its second public hearing of the 194th General Court on capital investments in higher education, focusing primarily on H.54, the Bright Act, along with H.1426/S.949 on green and healthy public colleges and universities and deferred maintenance, and H.1424 on capital investment in Gateway Cities. Chairs and administration officials framed the hearing as a response to aging campus infrastructure, climate goals, workforce needs, and federal pressures on higher education, and explained that testimony would be taken from pre-registered speakers in person and virtually. University of Massachusetts leaders strongly supported the Bright Act, describing large deferred maintenance backlogs, aging buildings, and the need to decarbonize campuses while modernizing research and teaching facilities. UMass officials said the bill would help keep tuition and fees lower by reducing the need for campuses to finance capital work themselves, and argued that the investments would improve competitiveness, support research, and create construction jobs. Governor Healey, Lieutenant Governor Driscoll, Secretary of Education Tuttweiler, and Secretary of Administration and Finance Gorzkowicz also backed the bill, saying it would leverage Fair Share surtax revenues for a proposed $2.5 billion in campus investments plus additional targeted grants, and that it would support affordability, economic growth, and climate resilience. Committee members asked about the balance between deferred maintenance and decarbonization, the role of grant programs versus direct spending, the impact on tuition and fees, and how the plan would help campuses respond to federal cuts such as NIH and NSF funding. Administration officials said the proposal was designed to be phased in quickly, with some projects ready to start immediately and others taking longer, and that the grant programs would be structured to include all campuses equitably. They also said the plan would build on an existing financing model similar to the Commonwealth Transportation Fund and could help campuses avoid future tuition increases tied to capital costs. Additional testimony came from MassBay Community College, where President David Podell and recent nursing graduate Deanna Cavazos described the benefits of a new Framingham campus building and said community colleges need modern labs, better planning capacity, and deferred maintenance support to serve the enrollment growth from MassReconnect and MassEducate. State university leaders, including President Mary Grant, President Linda Thompson, and President John Keenan, said their campuses face outdated classrooms, insufficient electrical capacity, and aging facilities, and urged passage of the Bright Act as a long-overdue investment in student success and workforce preparation.