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• So that's the reason I would ask us to carry it over, and we can visit it next week.

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

Committee: House Public Safety and Homeland Security

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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• I'll turn the camera off for you so that you can have that psychotherapy visit.

Summary: The subcommittee first heard HB 103, which would require hospitals and surgical centers to adopt policies using surgical smoke evacuation systems during procedures. Representative Woodson and several nurses and health care advocates testified that surgical smoke contains harmful chemicals and pathogens, poses respiratory risks to operating room staff and patients, and that the bill is needed to protect nurses and address workforce shortages. Members from both parties voiced support, and the bill was reported favorably by a 17-0 vote. The committee then took up HB 223, as amended, which would allow residents of nursing home or assisted living rooms to use fixed cameras, with guardrails on consent, non-rotatable placement, and prohibitions on posting footage online. The sponsor said the measure is intended to help families monitor loved ones and deter abuse or neglect, while supporters from AARP and some caregivers described cameras as tools for accountability and peace of mind. Facility and industry representatives raised concerns about privacy, dignity, roommate consent, and the potential impact on personal care conversations and resident autonomy. After questions and debate, members discussed how consent would work, who could access recordings, and how the bill would handle roommate changes and misuse of footage. The sponsor said the bill would continue to be refined in later committees. HB 223 was reported favorably as amended by a 16-2 vote, with Representatives Campbell and Franklin voting no. The meeting then adjourned.

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• Qualitative tools include things such as interviews, surveys, site visits, and other-states research,

Summary: The Joint Legislative Auditing Committee met to receive annual overviews of its oversight responsibilities and the work of the Auditor General and OPAGA. Committee staff reviewed the committee’s authority over state and local governments, enforcement of audit-report filing requirements, repeated audit findings, Transparency Florida reporting, and lobbying compensation audits. Auditor General Cheryl Norman described her office’s independence, audit standards, quality control, and major audit areas, including the state’s annual financial and single audits, school district and university audits, operational and performance audits, and attestation work. She also noted staffing shortages, recruitment efforts, and a request for carry-forward funds to study salaries. Members asked about whether audits can quantify recoverable dollars, how school district spending comparisons are handled, and how to raise concerns about DCF-related audits or a local city audit that has been pending for years. Norman said her office can quantify findings when possible, sometimes compares costs across districts in operational audits, and that members can bring specific concerns to the appropriate deputy auditor general or the committee. She also explained that citizen or local-government audit requests may require payment of audit costs. OPAGA Coordinator Kara Collins-Gomez outlined OPAGA’s role as a legislative research unit that conducts studies directed by law, the presiding officers, or the committee, and described its policy areas, methodologies, contract monitoring, and recurring statutory reports. Deputy Auditor General Matthew Tracy explained how to read operational audit reports, including findings, criteria, condition, cause, effect, recommendations, and management responses. Deputy Auditor General Greg Senators explained financial audit reports, including audit opinions, required supplementary information, internal control and compliance findings, federal program compliance, and management letters. The meeting concluded with thanks to the presenters and a motion to adjourn, which passed without objection.

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• , with other different legislators from here and from other states around us and tour the country, visit
• other states around us and tour the other states around us and tour the country,<00:01:38.000><c> visit
• </c><00:01:38.320><c> with</c><00:01:38.560><c> their</c> country, visit with their country, visit with
• It basically just says before they do that, they'll visit with the landowners and assess who would be
• It basically just says before they do that, they'll visit with the landowners and assess who would be

Keywords: 916, all

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• And they're up here visiting, and half of them are down in the Senate and the other half are up here.
• Two of them sit on our task force, the ones that we'll be visiting with tonight, and they agreed with
• with tonight and they agreed visiting with tonight and they agreed with<01:28:11.120><c> it</c><01:28
• House Bill 895 eliminates the word mandatory with regard to the six-month follow-up visits.
• Added language that says uh visits.

Keywords: MS House Floor - 4 February, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

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• With those numbers, if we were to make Lake Winnipegasi the state lake, more people would visit the lake
• People can visit year-round.
• People can visit year round. safely. People can visit year round.
• </c><03:23:07.279><c> Um,</c><03:23:07.600><c> it's</c> who comes to visit the state.
• Um, it's who comes to visit the state.

Committee: House Resources, Recreation and Development

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Just weeks ago, FirstEnergy visited the Public Utility Commission of Ohio seeking to raise electricity
• 02:47:00.560><c> ago,</c><02:47:00.960><c> First</c><02:47:01.279><c> Energy</c><02:47:01.680><c> visited
• </c><02:47:02.080><c> the</c> weeks ago, First Energy visited the weeks ago, First Energy visited the

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, July 16, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Is the lawyer going to be able to visit me in the jail and listen to my side of the story?
• social worker changed the date to be March instead of April in order to not be held responsible for visits
• Over the past decade, emergency departments across California have received almost 15 million visits
• I think my third visit to her. I'm trying to get in, so. I understand. I know.

Summary: The Senate Public Safety Committee met without a quorum and operated as a subcommittee while hearing a long agenda of bills. Early items included AB 2605, which would require statewide reporting on public defense services; supporters said California lacks basic data on how indigent defense is delivered and that the bill would help identify under-resourced counties, while no opposition appeared. AB 1650 would require rental vehicles used in law enforcement operations to display agency identification; supporters framed it as a transparency and community-trust measure in response to immigration enforcement tactics, while sheriffs and police groups opposed it unless amended, arguing it could compromise undercover and task-force operations and raise legal and indemnification concerns. AB 1930 would require notice to the Attorney General before business entities respond to subpoenas involving legally protected abortion or gender-affirming care information; supporters said it protects patient privacy and provider safety, while opponents raised constitutional, law-enforcement, and business-burden concerns. The committee also heard AB 458, directing state procurement guidelines for firearms and accessories so agencies buy from responsible vendors, with support from police chiefs, gun-violence prevention groups, and local officials, and no opposition testimony offered. The committee then heard AB 1588 on sideshows and street takeovers, which would update the definition of sideshows, include motorcycles and dirt bikes, and align penalties with street racing. Supporters, including police, city, transportation, and road-safety advocates, said the bill responds to dangerous events, property damage, and injuries; opponents from civil liberties and public defender groups argued higher fines and criminal penalties are ineffective and disproportionately harm low-income people, favoring roadway design and community-based prevention instead. AB 910, the Survivors Act, would expand affirmative defenses and vacature relief for survivors of trafficking, intimate partner violence, and sexual violence; supporters, including a survivor who described decades of abuse and wrongful conviction, said the bill gives survivors a chance to tell their stories and seek relief, while district attorneys opposed expanding relief to violent offenses and warned it could erase restitution and undermine victims’ rights. AB 2624 would expand Safe at Home confidentiality protections to immigrant service providers, employees, and volunteers; supporters described threats, doxxing, and harassment against immigrant-serving organizations, while opponents claimed the bill was prompted by investigative reporting on fraud and would chill journalism and transparency. The committee also heard AB 31, making the tribal police pilot program permanent and creating a missing and murdered Indigenous persons task force, which drew strong support from tribal representatives and no opposition. Later, AB 1959 sought to close a resentencing loophole tied to a 2001 Santana High School shooting case by restoring judicial discretion in resentencing for certain juvenile offenders; supporters said the current process can lead to automatic release even after parole denial, while opposition testimony began with concerns that the bill was responding to one case and lacked broader evidence. Throughout the hearing, members repeatedly noted they supported several bills but could not formally vote because the committee lacked a quorum, so motions were held for later action.

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• There's the departure survey, so there's international visitation.
• departure survey, so there's departure survey, so there's international international international visitation
• 21.680><c> have</c><00:24:21.960><c> also</c><00:24:22.200><c> an</c><00:24:22.400><c> island</c> visitation
• We have also an island visitation. We have also an island departure<00:24:23.120><c> survey.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• . >> [clears throat] >> When folks from Connecticut come to visit Vermont, they have more rights than
• > to</c> &gt;&gt; When folks from Connecticut come to &gt;&gt; When folks from Connecticut come to visit
• 06.280><c> they</c><00:26:06.480><c> have</c><00:26:06.720><c> more</c><00:26:07.080><c> rights</c> visit
• Vermont, they have more rights visit Vermont, they have more rights than<00:26:08.200><c> Vermonters

Keywords: 926, house, all

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• There will be therapy dogs here visiting at noon today in the lobby.
• There will be therapy<02:08:01.800><c> dogs</c><02:08:02.720><c> here</c><02:08:03.000><c> visiting</
• ><02:08:03.600><c> at</c><02:08:03.840><c> noon</c><02:08:04.280><c> today</c> therapy dogs here visiting
• at noon today therapy dogs here visiting at noon today in<02:08:05.640><c> the</c><02:08:06.160><c>

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• They can include site visits to a percentage of sponsors' sites, observations of meal and snack service
• <00:49:00.880><c> can</c><00:49:01.040><c> include</c><00:49:01.440><c> site</c><00:49:01.680><c> visits
• They can include site visits sponsors.
• They can include site visits to<00:49:02.440><c> a</c><00:49:02.480><c> percentage</c><00:49:02.920><

Committee: House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• If you're struggling to pay for child care, college tuition, or even one emergency room visit, this won't
• If you're struggling to pay for child care, college tuition, or even one emergency room visit, this won't
• If you're struggling to pay for child care, college tuition, or even one emergency room visit, this won't
• If you're struggling to pay for child care, college tuition, or even one emergency room visit, this won't

Bills: HF4906 , HF3971 , HF4777 , HF2109 , HF2988

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: property tax, tax refund, taxpayer relief, Minnesota taxation, one-time payment, taxation, property valuation, Tax Court, evidentiary standards, Minnesota Statutes, disparity reduction, aid payments, local government, funding, Fillmore County, education funding, managed forest land, classification, forest management plan, agricultural land

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• We later received a bill for $1,100 for this 90-minute visit.
• $1,100 for We later received a bill for $1,100 for this<00:48:02.040><c> 90-minute</c><00:48:02.720><c> visit
• </c> this 90-minute visit. this 90-minute visit.

Bills: HF3119

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: teacher compensation, educational staff, unlicensed staff, minimum wage, inflation adjustment, education finance, 1183, house

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• It helps you save money on providing a space for sometimes family visits, uh, for parents who are under
• 48.040><c> for</c> a space for a space for sometimes<01:14:49.440><c> family</c><01:14:49.800><c> visits
• c><01:14:50.840><c> uh</c><01:14:50.920><c> for</c><01:14:51.080><c> parents</c> sometimes family visits
• uh for parents sometimes family visits uh for parents who<01:14:51.480><c> are</c><01:14:51.520><c>

Bills: HF4456 , HF4544 , HF3698

Committee: House Commerce Finance and Policy

Keywords: data broker, data brokerage, consumer privacy, personal data, data privacy, Minnesota attorney general, registration, public registry, civil penalties, enforcement, special revenue fund, privacy rights, data sales, data collection, consumer protection, chapter 325M, controller, processor, data broker registry, transparency

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• Um, today it's not unusual for me to see a bald eagle cross Route 33 when I visit my grandchildren in
• Route</c><00:40:31.839><c> 33</c><00:40:32.400><c> when</c><00:40:32.640><c> I</c><00:40:32.800><c> visit
• </c> bald eagle cross Route 33 when I visit bald eagle cross Route 33 when I visit my<00:40:33.520><c

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• court what we feel is in the best interest of the child after spending extensive time with these kids—visits
• 31.599><c> kids</c> spending extensive time with these kids spending extensive time with these kids visits
• ><c> month</c><01:55:33.920><c> talking</c><01:55:34.239><c> to</c><01:55:34.560><c> teachers</c> visits
• every month talking to teachers visits every month talking to teachers and<01:55:35.520><c> physicians

Committee: House Children and Family Law

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I went and visited him and he said, "This would be great if I was fishing, but I'm not fishing right
• after about a 20-year battle.<00:41:45.119><c> went</c><00:41:45.280><c> and</c><00:41:45.440><c> visited
• </c><00:41:45.680><c> him</c><00:41:45.839><c> and</c><00:41:46.000><c> he</c> battle. went and visited
• him and he battle. went and visited him and he said,<00:41:46.960><c> "This</c><00:41:47.280><c> would

Bills: HF3965 , HF3704 , HF3260 , HF3718

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

Keywords: pesticide, agriculture, environmental protection, health risks, chemical safety, local agriculture, insecticides, pollinators, seeds, environmental health, neonicotinoids, systemic insecticides, civil penalties, pest management, land trends, report, appropriation, farmers, veterinary medicine, veterinary technology

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• But I can tell you every time I go into the schools to visit, I get that feeling like I miss this so
• you every time I go into the<01:34:05.080><c> schools</c><01:34:05.800><c> to</c><01:34:05.920><c> visit
• </c> the schools to visit the schools to visit I<01:34:08.040><c> get</c><01:34:08.240><c> that</c><01

Committee: Senate Education Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The story is that his partner had dementia but was living in her own home, and her adult son visited
• /c><00:01:48.720><c> her</c><00:01:48.880><c> adult</c><00:01:49.360><c> son</c><00:01:49.680><c> visited
• </c> her own home and her adult son visited her own home and her adult son visited her.<00:01:51.040>

Bills: HF3465 , HF3782 , HF4075 , HF391 , HF3946 , HF2976 , HF3350

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

Keywords: theft, vulnerable adults, public safety, penalties, Minnesota statutes, chemical irritants, law enforcement, transparency, building owners, tenant rights, notification, remediation, firearm restrictions, domestic violence, court orders, criminal convictions, firearms prohibition, gun surrender, order for protection, protective order