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• No, it's up to the entity that deploys the camera, but there's a for police departments, they've got
• So, a private entity, if they did some harm to you with data that they weren't supposed to be possessing
• So,<00:09:33.040><c> a</c><00:09:33.279><c> private</c><00:09:33.519><c> entity,</c><00:09:33.920><c>
• if</c><00:09:34.160><c> they</c><00:09:34.399><c> did</c><00:09:34.640><c> some</c> So, a private entity
• , if they did some So, a private entity, if they did some harm<00:09:35.200><c> to</c><00:09:35.440><

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 958, all

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• </c> And lastly, not from a municipal's perspective, but from the League's perspective as an entity,
• collaborating with and providing technical assistance to lenders, nonprofit organizations, and other housing entities
• collaborating with and providing technical assistance to lenders, nonprofit organizations, and other housing entities
• Technical assistance to lenders, nonprofit organizations, and other housing entities to furtherance of
• A qualifying lessee is an entity rather than an individual family.

Bills: SB32 , HB404 , SB105 , SB32 , HB404 , SB105

Committee: House County and Municipal Government

Keywords: machinegun, enhanced sentencing, homicide, manslaughter, assault, public safety, HB404, Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering, cosmetology, barbering, makeup artist, makeup application, lash artist, brow artist, lash/brow permit, esthetician, salon licensing, studio licensing, mobile salon, mobile studio

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• We still got three other entities that we need a quorum to be able to conduct business. ...out business
• And members, again, we're still on our second entity, just on a second entity.
• Please, let's focus on budget questions that are specific to the budget of the entity as best we can.
• The other ones are going to be other entities, but we can provide you that list. Okay.

Committee: House Appropriations

Summary: The committee heard FY27 budget presentations for the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, beginning with Public Safety Services. House Fiscal Division staff reviewed the department’s recommended budget of $645.9 million, including supplemental pay, State Police, Motor Vehicles, and the State Fire Marshal. Officials explained that the overall budget reflects a net decrease from FY26, driven largely by shifts in funding sources, removal of one-time statutory dedications, and adjustments tied to undercollections in fees and self-generated revenues. State Police was recommended at $459.7 million, OMV at $86.7 million, and the Fire Marshal at $41.1 million. Department leaders also described ongoing modernization efforts, staffing vacancies, and the use of efficiencies identified internally. Lieutenant Colonel Robert Burns and agency heads testified about State Police operations, including increased cadet graduations, improved Mardi Gras security, progress on APHIS and OMV modernization, and the new crime lab under construction. Members asked about undercollections, vacancies, the role of public tag agents, and whether the agency could expand counter-drone capabilities. Burns said the department has identified about $11 million in efficiencies, but warned that counter-drone work would require additional funding, citing a $4.5 million fiscal note for HB 940 and roughly $9 million more for a robust unit. OMV officials said staffing and retention remain difficult, but modernization should improve service and reduce lines; they also said the agency continues to rely on public tag agents and is working through reinstatement fee collection issues. The committee then reviewed the Department of Corrections FY27 budget, recommended at $902.3 million, with most funding from State General Fund and a large increase tied to higher incarceration costs, medical needs, overtime, and added capacity at Louisiana State Penitentiary. DOC officials said the department remains under pressure from vacancies, turnover, contraband, and medical costs, and that the budget includes funding to add 150 correctional officers at Angola and to house ICE detainees at Camp J. They also discussed criminal justice reinvestment savings, prison enterprises, and reentry programs funded through the Second Chance Act. Members asked about staffing, inmate deaths at Elaine Hunt, work-release pay, and whether the department is tracking the true long-term cost of incarceration. Officials said they are pursuing pay increases, recruitment, expanded training and reentry programs, and more data-driven workforce alignment, while acknowledging that many budget pressures remain unresolved.

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• traveled down the branches into the political subdivisions, but it does not apply to non-governmental entities
• If someone wants to create some entity that most of us, you know, 100% of us would probably reject, we
• Is there a state entity that would... ...we're going to govern the actual retail of it.
• Is there a state entity that would have the power to say this particular bubble gum flavored cigarette
• What entity can do so that the people that paid that tax are actually getting the refund rather than

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• And within that entity, we still have our committees: budget and finance, different other little house
• And then we have Eastern Agency, Northern Agency, which is another entity above that that the resolution
• They were never notified by the Navajo Nation or any other entity.
• Notified by the Navajo Nation or any other entity about their degree of Indian blood getting changed
• we went up to, I'm not going to say which meeting, to meet with the governor, there was a certain entity

Bills: SB273 , SB37 , SB100

Keywords: SB273, appropriations, general fund, hold harmless, local government finance, municipal revenue, county revenue, correctional facility, jail contract, private prison, detention facility, immigration detention, revenue bonds, clawback, child welfare, juvenile justice, protective services, school improvement, New MexiCare, aging services

Summary: The Senate convened on the 30th day of the 2026 session, established a quorum, heard an invocation from Chaplain Harry Eberts, and received several announcements and House messages. The chamber then took up multiple concurrence and third-reading items, including Senate Bill 273, Senate Bill 37, Senate Bill 100, Senate Bill 41, House Bill 34, House Bill 20, House Bill 43, House Bill 38, and House Bill 256. The body also heard that House Joint Memorial 2 was moved from the President’s table to the calendar, and later received messages from the House on several other Senate and House measures. The most contentious action was concurrence on Senate Bill 273, which concerns correction facility loss of revenue for counties affected by the loss of ICE detainees. Senators debated the economic impact on Torrance, Otero, and Cibola counties, with supporters arguing the bill provided partial relief and critics saying it did not come close to replacing lost jobs and revenue. The Senate ultimately concurred with the House amendments by a vote of 22-18. On Senate Bill 100, which would have expanded burglary-related definitions to include an “extension of a dwelling,” several senators argued the House language was too broad and legally vague, and the Senate voted not to concur, sending the bill back to the House. Senate Bill 41, with a technical correction and addition of second-degree criminal sexual penetration, was concurred with by voice vote. Among the bills passed on third reading, House Bill 34 updated school nurse licensure rules and supervision pathways and passed 38-0. House Bill 43, a PERA cleanup bill, clarified retirement and survivor-benefit provisions, and passed 39-0 after questions about whether it affected PERA’s unfunded liability; sponsors said it did not. House Bill 38 expanded insurance coverage for powered mobility devices and prosthetics, including coverage for batteries and in-state provider requirements, and passed 38-0. House Bill 256 expanded cardiac emergency response planning and AED requirements to athletic activities and schools, including private schools on a phased-in basis, and was debated over cost and scope before passing. House Bill 20, which would allow Native American designation on driver’s licenses and IDs, prompted extended discussion about tribal support, documentation, and possible profiling concerns; the transcript cuts off before final disposition of that bill.

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• there's no need for us to continue to have those high projections if these, these facilities, these entities
• having gone through our budget in the Senate last week, Senator Black asked us to pass on to this entity
• On to this entity that they would like to see numbers for increased sales.
• done, gone through our budget in the Senate last week, Senator Black asked us to pass on to this entity
• that they would like to see numbers for increased sales. on to this entity that they would like to see

Summary: The House Budget Committee heard the Department of Economic Development’s fiscal year 2027 budget presentation, beginning with Director Michelle Hadaway and division leaders. The department emphasized that most of its budget is federally funded and walked through requests for regional engagement, international trade and investment offices, business recruitment and marketing, Delta Regional Authority dues, business and community solutions, tax increment financing, MODESA, DRPP, CDBG, disaster recovery, Missouri Main Street, AmeriCorps, Missouri One Start, the Missouri Technology Corporation, semiconductor and API reshoring efforts, SSBCI, and other economic development items. Members repeatedly asked about lapses, one-time appropriations, whether general revenue could be reduced or replaced with other funds, and how the department prioritizes federal and other non-GR sources. Several members also praised regional engagement, Missouri Partnership, and rural economic development efforts. A major portion of the discussion focused on specific one-time or performance-based projects. Members questioned the large GR transfer for TIFs and MODESA, the use of funds for the Urban League plaza renovation, the Northeast Missouri housing fund, the Highway MM corridor, and the Missouri Technology Corporation. Department witnesses explained that many of these amounts are based on projected performance or are tied to multi-year obligations, and that some unspent balances reflect project timing, federal reimbursement timing, or delayed construction. The committee also discussed the Missouri Main Street program, with staff explaining it supports both new and existing Main Street communities and can be adapted for county-wide models. The committee spent significant time on workforce and innovation programs. Missouri One Start described its customized training and upskilling programs, including a statutory fund switch to align with existing law, while members asked for more data on participation and impact. Missouri Technology Corporation explained that reduced funding last year limited some entrepreneur-support programs, and that its venture fund has leveraged state dollars into private capital and jobs. Members also discussed the API reshoring item and semiconductor funding, asking what the money would do, what companies would benefit, and how much federal leverage the state could expect. Witnesses said the API request supports a nonprofit center working with existing Missouri companies to reshore pharmaceutical production, while the semiconductor item is tied to federal matching opportunities that have moved slowly. The committee did not take final action on the budget during the portion of the hearing provided. The chair recessed the committee to go to session, stating that the hearing would resume afterward and that public testimony on House Bill 2007 would follow completion of the department presentation.

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• And the way it would affect a nonprofit or other entity seeking taxpayer dollars is that they just have
• And the way it would affect a nonprofit or other entity seeking taxpayer dollars is that they just have
• But if the entity allowed you to email it, the average cost is approximately two cents.
• But if the entity allowed you to email it, the average cost is approximately two cents.
• When you take that away from a community, when you're forcing control from an outside entity that doesn't

Summary: The subcommittee first took up HB 387 on ADS-B airport billing. The sponsor and supporters said the bill would stop airports and third-party vendors from using federally required automatic dependent surveillance broadcast data to calculate landing or touch-and-go fees, arguing the technology was intended for safety and collision avoidance, not invoicing. An amendment clarifying touch-and-go landings and other fee calculations was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably 15-0. Members then heard several local and policy bills. CS/HB 803 on private-provider building permits and inspections drew broad support from industry groups and was reported favorably 14-1. HB 451 and HB 4053, local fire-district assessment bills, were presented as relief for homeowners and churches facing higher non-ad valorem assessments; both were reported favorably after amendments, with testimony emphasizing impacts on houses of worship and local communities. PCS/HB 1329 on local government spending transparency prompted extensive debate over searchable budget formats, posting requirements, and possible unfunded mandates; supporters framed it as taxpayer access and accountability, while opponents argued many local governments already provide this information and that the bill could impose costs. It was reported favorably 8-4. The committee also advanced PCS/HB 927 on local land planning and development, which would allow qualified professionals to assist with pre-application reviews; local government representatives raised concerns about preemption and environmental restrictions, but the bill was reported favorably 13-2. HB 929 on chickee huts, PCS/HB 4081 on expanding a local water and sewer district by referendum, and HB 489 conveying the Trenton Train Depot to the city and county all passed unanimously or near-unanimously. HB 1211, a Department of Military Affairs bill updating leave and assistance-program provisions, was amended and reported favorably. HB 1041, creating business incentives for veteran- and military spouse-owned businesses, also passed 13-0 after amendment and supportive testimony from members and veterans. The final item shown was HB 1001, a bill restricting county and municipal DEI-related actions and contracting; the sponsor described it as a response to division and waste, and members began questioning its definitions, scope, and potential effects on training and civil actions, but the transcript cuts off before any vote or final action on that bill.

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• the first special session, the governor approved $6 million to hire education institutions, tribal entities
• For the University of New Mexico, we're a public entity, and as a public entity, the university physicians
• So, while the issues for the university are separate and distinct as a public entity, they're still quite
• these are, I mean, these are funds that are going to these departments that should be working with entities

Keywords: 996, all

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• There is, generally speaking, homesteaders as a class are getting more benefits than the rest of the entities
• By constitution, a school, county, or city may not levy more than 10 mills for that entity.
• millage criteria over the last several years have been somewhat average, somewhere between 18 and 22 entities
• But typically, they are a standalone entity from a millage-setting process.
• But typically, they are a standalone entity from a millage-setting process.

Summary: The Select Committee on Property Taxes met for an educational session focused on how Florida funds public schools and how property taxes are assessed and levied. Dr. Jim Zengali of the Department of Revenue explained the FEFP school funding formula, noting that it is built on weighted student counts, a base student allocation, and programmatic add-ons such as transportation, exceptional student education, school safety, and mental health. He said school funding is roughly split between state general revenue and local property taxes through required local effort, with additional discretionary and capital outlay millages contributing to total school funding. He also described the Department of Revenue’s role in certifying property rolls at fair market value and reviewing them for substantial compliance, including the so-called “nuclear option” if a roll is not approved. Members asked about trends in millage rates, county-by-county funding differences, the effect of growth and enrollment changes, and how property appraisals are reviewed. Zengali said aggregate millage for school funding has declined over the last decade while revenues have still increased, and he agreed to provide additional data on county trends, parcel strata, student growth, and enrollment impacts. He also clarified that school funding is equalized so students receive similar resources regardless of county wealth, and that federal funding plays only a small role in the FEFP. Amy Baker of the Joint Legislative Office of Economic and Demographic Research then discussed existing homestead benefits. She said about half of Florida’s parcels are homestead properties, most fall in the $250,000 to $500,000 value range, and many seniors without mortgages pay property taxes in lump sums rather than through escrow. Baker explained that Florida’s homestead tax burden is middle-of-the-pack nationally and that the main benefits are Save Our Homes and portability on the differential side, plus the $25,000 homestead exemption and related exemptions on the exemption side. She said these benefits reduce taxable value substantially, with homestead properties receiving a large share of the reductions, and noted that the committee requested follow-up data on exemption usage, portability timing, senior exemptions, and county-level patterns. The final presentation, by Lizette Kelly of the Department of Revenue, covered millage rates and the TRIM process. She reviewed the history of truth-in-millage notices, required taxpayer mailings, public hearing notices, and later changes that tied local millage resets to rollback and majority-vote rates. Kelly explained the difference between proposed and adopted millage, the rollback rate, and the majority-vote rate, and described how taxing authorities include counties, cities, special districts, and MSTUs. She also outlined how county taxable value is calculated from just value through assessment differentials and exemptions, and how certain exemptions, such as the additional senior exemption, apply only to the taxing authority that adopted them. No votes were taken during the meeting, but members requested several follow-up data reports for later discussion.

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• really excited because soon, hopefully in late fall, we also have partnered with EPE and another entity
• And so Las Cruces was awarded one of those awards and we have an entity called Affordable Solar, who
• tell you that as an electric company that serves in Texas and New Mexico, when we talk to business entities
• We are in conversations with several private entities that will provide Super fast DC fast charging stations
• When we're talking about resource concerns, it requires not only our public entities but private partnerships

Committee: House Water & Natural Resources Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• Transportation, with the governor's approval, to enter into special facility leases with private entities
• Transportation, with the governor's approval, to enter into special facility leases with private entities
• leases to enter into special facility leases with<01:51:29.119><c> private</c><01:51:29.360><c> entities
• </c><01:51:29.760><c> and</c><01:51:29.920><c> maritime</c> with private entities and maritime with private
• entities and maritime related<01:51:30.719><c> operations.

Keywords: Conference Notices: AGR 2:30 PM:, 910, house, all

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• They also do investigations of these entities when there are complaints, and these are significant investigations
• They also do investigations of these entities when there are complaints, and these are significant investigations
• So one of them is it has to be owned by a person or an entity.
• So it would be either a single person or an entity. It has to be bona fide agricultural.
• A single person or an entity.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions and moments of silence, including tributes related to the FSU campus shooting, Coach Amir Abdur-Rahim, John Thrasher, the Florida Wildlife Corridor, and visiting student and community groups. The chamber then moved into special order bills and adopted a resolution honoring Coach Abdur-Rahim. A number of measures were taken up and passed, including child care and early learning provider regulation updates, false reporting/swatting penalties, health care billing and collection protections, hazardous walking conditions for schoolchildren, young adult housing support for foster and homeless students, the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program, trust fund interest rules for IOTA accounts, transportation-related changes, public records exemptions for AHCA investigators, JQC employees, and appellate court clerks, municipal water and sewer utility rates in Miami-Dade, motor vehicle offenses involving obscured plates and impersonating law enforcement, trespass at large-scale ticketed events, refund of patient overpayments, stem cell therapy standards, insulin administration by direct support professionals and relatives, pre-arranged transportation services, and the Uniform Commercial Code update for digital assets. Several bills were amended before passage, often by substituting House companions and adopting late-filed amendments. The transportation bill was significantly revised to remove speed-limit increases and utility-related provisions while adding beach equipment removal, flood-wake enforcement, expectant mother parking permits, and local regulation of micromobility devices; it passed 37-0. The trust fund interest bill drew the most debate, with supporters arguing it right-sized a volatile funding stream for legal aid and opponents warning it would sharply reduce support for legal aid organizations; it passed 28-10. The municipal water and sewer rate bill also prompted extended debate over fairness, fiscal impact, and accusations of racism, but passed 36-2. Public records exemption bills for AHCA investigators, JQC employees, and appellate clerks passed with varying margins, with supporters emphasizing safety and anti-doxing protections. One bill on cardiac emergencies and another on education were temporarily postponed. Most measures were adopted by wide margins, often unanimously, after brief sponsor explanations and little or no debate. The Senate also adopted a resolution honoring the late USF coach Amir Abdur-Rahim and recognized several visiting groups in the gallery. After completing the day’s special order calendar, the Senate recessed for lunch until 1:30 p.m. or on call of the President.

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• where these New York arbitration clauses were born; we said, "Well, what we'll do when we have an entity
• We should not require Texans, especially taxpaying entities, to go to New York for Texas claims.
• That's the kind of entities we're talking about.
• Agencies or entities aren't writing.
• And government entities are not subject to ERISA.

Bills: HB139 , HB1818 , HB1942 , HB1959 , HB2221 , HB2254 , HB2563 , HB2067 , HB2275 , HB3211 , HB139

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: HB 1818, Texas Insurance Code, Texas Department of Insurance, commissioner of insurance, health maintenance organization, HMO, insurer, utilization review, preauthorization, prior authorization, medical necessity review, health care services, medical care, insurance regulation, insurance examination, regulatory oversight, confidential records, public information exception, Chapter 843, Chapter 1301

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• </c><03:16:22.720><c> find</c> Today, as Russian and PRC entities find Today, as Russian and PRC entities
• entity for up to $3 million.
• entity for up to $3 million.
• If sue that entity for up to $3 million.
• </c> and other entities. and other entities.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, January 12, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• the bill there's really no conversation around what would happen in the case of a private school entity
• I think that is covered in that bill. a private school entity.
• So, I was just a private school entity.
• um for bullying um with another entity um for bullying based<01:28:31.760><c> on</c><01:28:31.920><c
• That's why they're mentioned alongside those other entities in the first part of the bill.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Education Policy and Administration Committee met to hear a non-germane amendment to House Bill 131, which concerns bullying and cyberbullying prevention. Representative Glenn Cordelli, the prime sponsor, said the amendment was intended to revise and improve language from last year’s SB 210 and to incorporate measures from a cyberbullying bill previously passed by the House. He described changes to school communication requirements, mandatory reporting of bullying and retaliation, stronger investigation and collaboration requirements for cross-district cases, added safety and remediation language, a required conference with the alleged perpetrator and parents if available, updated reporting deadlines, and disciplinary consequences for harassment, intimidation, retaliation, and false reports. He also noted a later amendment would be needed to insert the words “the perpetrator” in one section, and he explained that some changes were meant to align with prior legislation and legislative drafting suggestions. Committee members raised several concerns. Representative Murray questioned the treatment of private and parochial schools, the change from gross negligence to negligence, and the removal of a definition of bullying based on imbalance of power and perceived characteristics. Representative Damon also objected to deleting that definition, arguing it would narrow the scope of bullying too much. Representative Han spoke in opposition, saying the amendment was too broad, unnecessary in parts, and not ready for final action; he criticized the removal of the imbalance-of-power language, the conference requirement when parents may not participate, and the reporting obligations for bus drivers and others. Cordelli responded that some issues were already addressed in prior law or SB 210 and that private schools have their own policies. Michelle Wongran of New Hampshire Legal Assistance testified in opposition, saying the bill was being heard without enough notice and that it does far more than the committee analysis suggests. She said the amendment adds undefined retaliation language, imposes reporting duties on school vendors and contractors, may conflict with FERPA and other federal privacy rules, and includes provisions that could have serious implications for schools and students. She said she supports parental involvement and some conference provisions in concept, but urged the committee to reject the amendment or at least send it through the normal legislative process for fuller review. No vote was taken during the hearing portion described in the transcript.

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• Some are already doing this currently, or are we creating a new entity?
• </c><01:49:50.800><c> or</c> that you don't know of any entity or that you don't know of any entity or
• .<02:38:18.240><c> So</c> entity.
• So entity.
• They do entity have to break the law.

Keywords: MS House Floor - 12 February, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

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• Agency 28, Board of Registration and Podiatry. Agency 30, Chiropractic Examiners.
• governor's recommendation on Unit 455 say I. >> I. >> Next unit appears on page 89, Unit 601, Pesticide Registration

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Keywords: 916, all

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• worked carefully and diligently with a coalition of organizations concerned with liability for public entities
• the statute of limitations and retroactivity provisions of the bill, and those organizations and entities
• carefully and diligently with a coalition of organizations concerned with the liability for public entities
• the statute of limitations and retroactivity provisions of the bill, and those organizations and entities

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• increased resources, coordinated land, water, and conservation management efforts among the public entities
• No single entity has the jurisdiction, authority, or resources to develop and implement a broad strategy
• But too often these efforts depend on one-time funding and the capacity of local entities to identify
• But too often these efforts depend on one-time funding and the capacity of local entities to identify

Committee: House Water, Parks, and Wildlife

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• amendment amends section two of the bill to prohibit drug manufacturers from requiring a 340B covered entity
• This is already prohibited as it relates to pharmacies with which a 340B covered entity contracts. from
• requiring a 340B covered entity to from requiring a 340B covered entity to provide<00:37:41.040><c>

Keywords: 926, house, all