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• Because you want to pay a lawsuit that may bankrupt your school district.
• Conference USA requires them to pay athletes.
• Conference for UNM doesn't require them to pay athletes.
• Why would a conference require you to pay athletes?
• Because they don't want to raise the money in the conference to pay them.

Bills: HB97 , HB280 , HB183 , HB151 , HB202

Committees: Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: Shaken Baby Syndrome, abusive head trauma, child safety, training and education, healthcare funding, youth internships, workforce development, education, grant funding, employment, drinking water, water quality, environment, public health, water filtration, private well testing, federal funding, childhood sexual abuse, time limitations, civil actions

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• permanent jobs and how those are much more valuable to our state, even if they're slightly lower paying
• Department of Treasury that we now know is trillions of dollars in debt that our kids will have to pay
• Department of Treasury that we now know is trillions of dollars in debt that our kids will have to pay
• They'll have to pay for.
• We could increase more teacher pay. We could put $12.5 million towards teacher pay if we wanted to.

Bills: SB1290 , SB1530 , SB1847 , HR1050 , SB169 , SB1377 , SB1990 , SB1991 , SB1778 , SB1579 , SB1992 , SB3 , SB2028 , SB1928 , SB2127 , SB2117 , SB1439 , SB1930 , SB330 , SB1191 , SB2110 , SB2134 , SB2069 , SB2095 , SB1613 , SB1246 , SB1976 , SB1346 , SB1509 , SB2071 , SB259 , SB1314

Keywords: 2-1-1 services, revolving fund, Department of Human Services, crisis pregnancy, abortion, legal funding, research funding, development rebate, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, tax incentives, higher education partnerships, Medicaid, ADvantage Waiver, home-based services, eligibility criteria, healthcare, senior services, Taiwan, Oklahoma, sister-state relationship

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• here, Olson, Olson here, Osborne here, Hay, Okay. here, Norwood here, Olson, Olson here, Osburn here, Pay
• , Pay, Patskowski, Patskowski here, Pfeiffer, Pogamiller, Pogamiller, Provenzano, Ranson, here, Roberts
• You don't want to pay that additional assessment, Mr. Speaker. Don't buy a property in a district.

Bills: SB1290 , SB1530 , SB1847 , HR1050 , SB169 , SB1377 , SB1990 , SB1991 , SB1778 , SB1579 , SB1992 , SB3 , SB2028 , SB1928 , SB2127 , SB2117 , SB1439 , SB1930 , SB330 , SB1191 , SB2110 , SB2134 , SB2069 , SB2095 , SB1613 , SB1246 , SB1976 , SB1346 , SB1509 , SB2071 , SB259 , SB1314

Keywords: 2-1-1 services, revolving fund, Department of Human Services, crisis pregnancy, abortion, legal funding, research funding, development rebate, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, tax incentives, higher education partnerships, Medicaid, ADvantage Waiver, home-based services, eligibility criteria, healthcare, senior services, Taiwan, Oklahoma, sister-state relationship

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• Please recognize Representative Pay to present HR1050.
• Representative Pay, I'm sorry, clerk will read.
• House Resolution 1050 by Pay of the House, a resolution relating to Taiwan.
• Now, Representative Pay, you are recognized to explain the resolution.
• Please recognize Representative Pay for a special floor presentation.

Bills: SB1290 , SB1530 , SB1847 , HR1050 , SB169 , SB1377 , SB1990 , SB1991 , SB1778 , SB1579 , SB1992 , SB3 , SB2028 , SB1928 , SB2127 , SB2117 , SB1439 , SB1930 , SB330 , SB1191 , SB2110 , SB2134 , SB2069 , SB2095 , SB1613 , SB1246 , SB1976 , SB1346 , SB1509 , SB2071 , SB259 , SB1314

Keywords: 2-1-1 services, revolving fund, Department of Human Services, crisis pregnancy, abortion, legal funding, research funding, development rebate, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, tax incentives, higher education partnerships, Medicaid, ADvantage Waiver, home-based services, eligibility criteria, healthcare, senior services, Taiwan, Oklahoma, sister-state relationship

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• Just because you have an idea, if you haven't answered the question of how you actually pay for it, we
• Others have left to take higher paying opportunities, either in full-time salaried positions or other
• However, the pay structure of the court appointed counsel system has fallen out of sync with the rest
• Their panel. which they pay $175 an hour.
• There are other counties with their misdemeanor appellate panel which pay $140 an hour.

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• </c><00:25:47.640><c> the</c> the hotels have to have to pay the the hotels have to have to pay the guests
• </c> rightfully so these are well-paying rightfully so these are well-paying career<00:31:05.440><c>
• No, what would I pay to have stream that? Oh, uh, probably you'd have to pay $80 million or more.
• </c> just record just cuz you went overtime just record just cuz you went overtime was<00:55:51.920><
• So if I put a $100 wager down, generally you pay 10 bucks for the juice.

Committee: Senate Economic Development and Tourism

Summary: The committee heard several measures on agriculture, energy, stadium governance, and hotel consumer protections. On SB 448 relating to agriculture, Agra Business Development Corporation and the Hawaii Farm Bureau testified in support of a proposed conservation easement acquisition in Central Oahu; the chair asked follow-up questions about the exact location, cost, and agricultural potential of the land, and the witness said the parcel had good soil and water and was former pineapple land, with cost still to be provided. On SB 827 relating to meat processing, the Department of Economic Development and Tourism said the state needs more meat-processing capacity and that any grant program should complement, not compete with, existing efforts; the Attorney General’s office warned the bill lacked legally sufficient standards for grants of public money under the state constitution and offered draft standards. Several industry and chamber witnesses supported the measure, while discussion focused on the need for brick-and-mortar or modular facilities, infrastructure costs, federal inspection needs, and access for hunters and neighbor islands. The committee then took up SB 1269 relating to geothermal resources, which drew broad support from county officials, energy consultants, utility representatives, and community advocates, with one witness opposing it. Supporters described geothermal as a viable, indigenous, firm baseload energy source that could help reduce Hawaii’s high electricity costs and support clean energy goals; one witness emphasized prior work in New Zealand and another urged the state to move forward with exploration. A DBEDT representative explained that the department is coordinating geothermal-related work with the Hawaii Technology Development Corp., the University of Hawaii, and the Hawaii State Energy Office, noting a prior $3 million appropriation, phase-one community engagement work, and plans to seek a contractor for geoscience and exploration in phase two. Members pressed DBEDT to explain how this bill fits with other geothermal measures moving through different committees, and the chair asked the department to review SB 993 and better coordinate the package of geothermal bills. On SB 1337 relating to the Stadium Authority, the stadium manager testified in support of clarifying quorum rules, explaining that the authority currently has eight seated voting members out of nine possible voting seats and that the bill would help ensure voting members are counted for quorum; he said meetings have not been delayed. Finally, on SB 883 relating to hotels, the Attorney General’s office raised First Amendment and contract-law concerns and recommended adding a purpose statement and a non-impairment savings clause. Unite Here Local 5 and other supporters said guests should be notified of hotel service disruptions such as construction, closures, or labor disputes, while opponents questioned who would enforce the law, what penalties would apply, and whether the measure could require hotels to pay damages even without a complaint. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

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• </c> back and say we think we may need to pay back and say we think we may need to pay this<01:13:25.360
• A firefighter who may work an approved overtime shift or a mandatory callback, that pay is earned.
• shift or a mandatory call back, overtime shift or a mandatory call back, that<01:15:29.040><c> pay</
• It's not that pay is earned.
• </c> records to determine what rate of pay records to determine what rate of pay they<01:17:33.360><c

Committee: Senate Commerce

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• We have state employees that are going to experience a pay cut with the health care insurance raise,
• about, again, the conservative approach to funding our fire programs in the state of Idaho, that we pay
• bill ahead of time, not in arrears, because we know that we were going to have fires and we have to pay
• I'd like to remind you of the people who are not on these programs that continue to struggle with paying
• The list goes on: research and experimentation, overtime pay.

Summary: The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee heard the Economic Outlook and Revenue Assessment Committee’s report on Idaho’s general fund revenue projections for FY 2026, FY 2027, and FY 2028. The report recommended revenues of about $5.665 billion for FY 2026 and $5.8166 billion for FY 2027, both above Governor Little’s projections, with committee members describing the outlook as generally conservative but supported by recent revenue collections and expert testimony. Members also noted a correction to the FY 2027 percentage increase in the report, changing it from 2.8% to 2.4%. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on parliamentary procedure and the difference between “accepting” the report and “adopting” it. Staff explained that accepting the report would acknowledge the committee’s work, while adopting it would set the revenue number for JFAC. After motions were withdrawn and clarified, members debated the implications of the revenue level for future budgeting, including possible impacts on Medicaid, state employee compensation, education, transportation, fire funding, and conformity to federal tax changes. Several members said the recommendation was a prudent middle ground, while others emphasized caution and the need to preserve services or consider tax policy changes. In the end, JFAC voted to adopt the Economic Outlook report with the FY 2027 percentage corrected to 2.4%. The motion passed unanimously, 10-0 in both the House and Senate votes. The committee then adjourned until the next morning.

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• include officers, but it does allow, from the $20 million that we received, funding there to support overtime
• officers, but it does allow from the 20 million that we received, there is funding there to support overtime
• . ...allow from the $20 million that we received, there is funding there to support overtime for our
• You have a mix across the state of folks that are paying attention or able to respond to golden mussels
• or some other similar fee structure, wherein beneficiaries of these fire prevention services are paying

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• not include officers, but it does allow, from the $20 million that we received, funding to support overtime
• Allow from the $20 million that we received, there is funding there to support overtime for our current
• You have a mix across the state of folks that are paying attention or able to respond to golden mussels
• Recreation be paying for the actual... that we're certainly going to hear from the water bodies that
• or some other similar fee structure, wherein beneficiaries of these fire prevention services are paying

Summary: The subcommittee began by announcing a change in the agenda order, moving item 6 ahead of item 1 and then item 7, and noting there would be no votes taken on any items that day. Item 6 covered a proposed operational efficiencies control section for the Natural Resources Agency that would let multiple departments jointly fund landscape-scale or multi-jurisdictional projects and allow Finance to transfer climate bond funds to a lead state entity. The LAO said the proposal was reasonable but suggested the Legislature consider requiring summary notification on how it is used; Finance said it would consider that request. Item 7 focused on the 2026-27 biodiversity and nature-based solutions spending plan. Finance and the Wildlife Conservation Board described the climate bond funding for habitat restoration, wildlife crossings, public access, tribal nature-based solutions, and related work, including $111 million proposed for WCB and $30 million for Salton Sea habitat and public access projects. The LAO supported the overall approach but flagged the San Andreas Corridor Program as an area where the Legislature may want to specify geographic priorities. Members discussed the pace of Salton Sea work and whether the proposed projects would count toward disadvantaged community goals. Item 8 addressed Cal Fire’s aviation contract and staffing needs for wildfire response. Cal Fire said year-round fire activity, a larger and more complex aircraft fleet, and labor market pressures justified the proposed contract increase, including more mechanics, pilots, and maintenance support. The LAO recommended approval, saying the proposal addressed health and safety concerns. Members asked about contractor staffing, competition in the bidding process, and future technology for early fire detection and suppression. The committee then took up item 1 on golden mussel containment. Fish and Wildlife described the invasive species’ spread in the Delta, the task force and response framework, and a request for eight new positions funded by Prop. 4 to support control plans, outreach, monitoring, research, and coordination with partners and law enforcement. Members pressed the department on whether the state should fund more direct decontamination infrastructure and grants to local water managers, and on the realistic goal of containing the mussel. The chair and several members emphasized the urgency of the threat and requested an itemized breakdown of the $20 million request. The hearing then moved to a broader LAO overview of wildfire prevention and response funding, where the LAO summarized the state’s funding mix and warned that ongoing wildfire resilience funding will likely decline as one-time bond and GGRF funds are exhausted, prompting discussion of long-term funding options and the balance between prevention, suppression, and community hardening.

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• Another one is maybe zero co-pay, zero to five co-pay for everybody, five to whatever the high you know
• On the co-pay I think we've got to get back to the co-pay part of it.
• Senator Lanier, if they were actually paying 800, we're probably going to Pay more, but we're going to
• And so we can talk co-pays.
• We pay them for five days. of school.

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

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• When I started, you did not have to pay for your gas prior to pumping it.
• This job comes with chronic understaffing, mandatory overtime, disrupted sleep, and constant exposure

Summary: The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability met and first took up SB 774, which would extend workers’ compensation coverage for mental or nervous injuries, without a physical injury, to 911 public safety telecommunicators. The sponsor and several dispatchers, a behavioral health clinician, and communications directors testified in support, describing repeated exposure to traumatic calls, chronic understaffing, and the cumulative mental health impact of the job. Members from both sides praised telecommunicators and emphasized their role as first responders. The bill was reported favorably, with Senator McLean later recorded as voting yes on the measure. The committee then considered SPB 7028, a retirement bill setting Florida Retirement System employer contribution rates beginning July 1, 2026, without changing the 3% employee contribution rate. The proposal also allowed certain elected officers to receive a DROP payout under specified conditions and provided a 1.5% alternative cost-of-living adjustment for eligible special risk retirees. Representatives from firefighters, law enforcement, police chiefs, sheriffs, and fire chiefs supported the bill as a recruitment and retention tool. The committee voted to submit SPB 7028 as a committee bill and reported it favorably. Finally, the committee heard SPB 7024 and SPB 7026, both Governmental Oversight and Accountability proposals to consolidate and update public records/public meeting exemptions. SPB 7024 would repeal the current cybersecurity information exemption and create a consolidated agency-wide exemption for cybersecurity, information, and operational technology information. SPB 7026 would similarly consolidate agency-held trade secret exemptions into one agency-wide exemption. Neither bill drew testimony or debate, and both were submitted as committee bills and reported favorably by unanimous votes.

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• Who pays for that plan? Through you, Mr.
• minimum wage or overtime pay pursuant to section 662 of this article, or wage theft under section 155.05
• MINIMUM WAGE OR OVERTIME PAY PURSUANT TO SECTION 662 OF THIS ARTICLE, OR WAGE THEFT UNDER SECTION 155.05
• You pay, the person pays, and as a result, there is no foreclosure.
• YOU PAY, THE PERSON PAYS, AND AS Standard terms in a mortgage don't normally allow for foreclosure absent

Summary: The Senate opened with routine formalities, approved the journal, welcomed a SkillsUSA student delegation, and then moved into budget and policy business. The chamber accepted a Rules Committee report and took up a supplemental budget extender, Senate Print 9963, which would extend state operations through April 22 and authorize $12.7 billion, including about $5.1 billion in new funding for Medicaid, payroll, and school aid. Senator O’Mara questioned the delay in the budget, the lack of public detail, and unresolved issues such as CLCPA changes, auto insurance, and SEQR reforms; the sponsor said negotiations were ongoing and that school aid would likely build on the executive budget. The extender passed 57-1, with Senator Weik voting no. The Senate then adopted Senate Resolution 1887, sponsored by Senator Brisport, memorializing the Governor to proclaim April 2026 as Arab American Heritage Month. Senators Brisport, Fahy, Salazar, and Gounardes spoke in support, emphasizing Arab Americans’ cultural, civic, and economic contributions in New York and condemning anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bias. The resolution was adopted by voice vote and opened for co-sponsorship. The chamber next considered several bills on the calendar, including a bill by Senator Cleare to prohibit state-chartered financial institutions from investing in private correctional facilities. Supporters framed it as a moral response to private prisons and rising federal use of detention facilities, while opponents argued it would overregulate state-chartered banks and affect private investment decisions. The bill passed 36-22. The Senate also passed a bill by Senator Krueger raising the nonprofit lobbying disclosure threshold from $5,000 to $10,000, after debate over transparency and whether the change would reduce oversight; it passed 35-23. Finally, the Senate passed Senator May’s bill on advanced transmission technologies and utility planning, after extensive debate over ratepayer costs, battery storage, and data center growth; supporters said it could lower energy costs through more efficient grid use, while opponents said it would raise rates and duplicate existing studies. The bill passed after being restored to the non-controversial calendar.

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• </c> to pay them whatever you want to pay to pay them whatever you want to pay them<02:02:05.840><c>
• It can be electronic, of your current rate of pay, pay cycle, and pay frequency.
• It can be electronic, of your current rate of pay, pay cycle, and pay frequency.
• It can be electronic, of your current rate of pay, pay cycle, and pay frequency.
• Electronic, of your current rate of pay, pay cycle, and pay frequency.

Committee: House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

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• But, you know, Aaliyah is out there, and these people are off-duty officers that are working overtime
• But, you know, Aaliyah is out there, and these people are off-duty officers that are working overtime
• Who's paying for it? This covers two fiscal years.
• </c><00:11:16.320><c> Who's</c><00:11:16.640><c> paying</c><00:11:16.880><c> for</c><00:11:17.040><c>
• Who's paying for it? This uh &gt;&gt; thank you. Who's paying for it?

Bills: SB341 , SB340 , SB341 , SB354 , SB340

Committee: Senate Transportation and Energy

Keywords: SB341, Alabama, veteran license plate, veteran tag, distinctive license tag, specialty plate, radiation exposure, atomic bomb testing, ionizing radiation, World War II veterans, Vietnam veterans, Korean War veterans, Cold War veterans, Desert Storm, Desert Shield, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Inherent Resolve, Department of Veterans Affairs, probate judge

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• Cities tried to get them to reimburse me for loss of crops, right-of-way mowings. even as far as to pay
• The farmer got forced... to pay for that as well. So enforcing the law to have.
• The city's pay for the fees and to maintain their own easements.
• know, there was irrigation. line ran down the side of the street that we we supply the water to we pay
• How do we enforce them to start paying back and quit enforcing us to do all this?

Bills: HB2013 , HB4163 , HB4810

Committee: House Agriculture & Livestock

Keywords: property owners associations, chickens, urban farming, land use, homeowner rights, agriculture, municipal regulation, governmental requirements, farm management, inspections, border control, trade, state funding

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• for overtime because they were already required to do overtime.
• Those OHVs pay $3, and other vehicles over that weight limit pay a full vehicle license tax, which is
• similar to any vehicle that pays.
• Those OHVs pay $3, and other vehicles over that weight limit pay a full vehicle license tax, which is
• similar to any vehicle that pays.

Committee: Joint Arizona Off-Highway Vehicle Study Committee

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• </c> That most of us are struggling to pay That most of us are struggling to pay our<00:18:49.760><c>
• Businesses paying this proposed higher NIIT would be paying 10.85% on this income, the fourth highest
• Businesses paying this proposed higher NIIT would be paying 10.85% on this income, the fourth highest
• Should these taxpayers be forced to liquidate them, pay a capital gains tax in order to pay their new
• </c> there's no cash available to pay? there's no cash available to pay?

Bills: HF4621 , HF4123 , HF4616 , HF1183

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: child tax credit, financial assistance, low-income families, state revenue, tax policy, net investment income, taxation, business income, self-employment, tax increase, wealth tax, fairness, public services, high-income earners, economic equity, Internal Revenue Code, employee classification, federal law, Minnesota statutes

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• This proposal supports the core mission of the Labor Commissioner's office to ensure a just day's pay
• This proposal supports the core mission of the Labor Commissioner's office to ensure a just day's pay
• This proposal supports the core mission of the Labor Commissioner's office to ensure a just day's pay
• that will be followed more closely in the future, and also suggest that the subcommittee continue paying
• cannot be overstated. ...workplace protections like minimum wage and overtime cannot be overstated.

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• an agreement with a cryptocurrency service provider to provide a method to accept cryptocurrency to pay
• Who can get money back from— they donate to an SGO, and therefore they do not pay their federal taxes
• You had to pay for your own books, and it was expensive. My grandparents were pretty bright.
• And when it was signed, it allowed, it required that school districts pay for high school books.
• Family home and pay out of pocket for health insurance.

Bills: SB1042 , SB1043 , SB1044 , SB1135 , SB1136 , SB1142 , SB1180 , SB1221 , SB1252 , SB1254 , SCR1003

Committees: Senate Finance , Senate Senate Finance Committee of Reference

Keywords: public funds, virtual currency, bitcoin, investment, Arizona Strategic Digital Asset Reserve Act, state treasurer, retirement system, state payments, cryptocurrency, Arizona law, payment methods, government transactions, property tax, tax exemption, Arizona Revised Statutes, digital currency, workers' compensation, death benefits, burial costs, spousal compensation