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• aren't always a that's why term limits aren't always a good<00:15:27.199><c> idea</c><00:15:27.920><
• What it does is it repeals two expensive mandatory reports of limited usefulness.
• </c> expensive mandatory reports of limited expensive mandatory reports of limited usefulness.<00:17:
• Um, if anything, we should be lowering these limits in tight economic times, not raising them, is my
• And then there were some other loan limitations and some language on 91.19.

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• a limit of $1 million<00:35:02.840><c> for</c><00:35:02.960><c> the</c><00:35:03.120><c> allowable</
• We don't know what the future limited.
• ,</c><01:19:15.880><c> and</c> they're stretched to their limits, and they're stretched to their limits
• We've always operated on really limited budgets.
• Many of them are operating in the red or with limited days cash on hand.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

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• Finally, it specifies that the exemption is limited to public records that identify an individual as
• Usually, you do need the specific name that the account is under, and those are some limitations that
• It provides a five-year statute of limitations for felony elections violations and requires driver's
• Florida does have limited programs that help individuals obtain a Florida driver's license or a state
• Florida does have limited programs that help individuals obtain a Florida driver's license or a state

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and included several member introductions recognizing guests, interns, firefighters, and a doctor of the day. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar and began taking up a series of bills, often substituting House companions for Senate measures before final passage. The first major bill, health care patient protection, required hospitals with emergency departments to adopt pediatric emergency care policies, training, a pediatric emergency care coordinator, and readiness assessments; it passed 36-0. A public records bill protecting victim identities and temporarily exempting the name of a law enforcement officer who is a victim also passed after questions about access for victims of police misconduct, with a 33-4 vote. The Senate next approved a local government cybersecurity bill creating a state-administered program through Florida Digital Service to help counties and cities strengthen cyber defenses, with priority for rural and fiscally constrained governments; after amendments, it passed 37-0. A clerks of court bill allowing clerks to retain all revenue above projections and, through a House amendment, revising legal notice and traffic citation distribution provisions, passed 38-0 despite debate over impacts on municipalities and law enforcement. The chamber also passed a trademark modernization bill and a septic system permit bill intended to reduce delays for builders; the septic bill was amended to align the House and Senate versions and passed 38-0. The longest and most contested item was the elections bill, which updated citizenship verification procedures using REAL ID and state databases, changed candidate qualification rules, and altered election administration provisions. Numerous amendments were offered and rejected, including proposals to exempt certain seniors, preserve student and retirement-center IDs, allow attestations in place of documentary proof of citizenship, and require human review over automated systems. One amendment to delay implementation until July 1, 2027, was also debated. The transcript ends while debate is still underway on the elections measure, with no final vote shown in the excerpt.

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• </c><01:06:08.240><c> on</c> 2023 uh enhancements to the limit on 2023 uh enhancements to the limit on
• This also provided funding for a limit on public funds coordinator and one training position.
• Vice Chair Anderson, I have a quick question on the previous 2023 limit.
• I'm sorry, she's looking at the slide where it says 2023 limit on public funds enhancements.
• limits these added in statute strengthen limits to<01:07:59.720><c> receive</c><01:08:00.480><c> the

Committee: House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

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• Our authority includes full licensure and what is referred to as limited-scope licensure.
• Limited-scope licensure is licensure for specific areas of the body that do not necessarily require a
• Limited-scope licensure is licensure for specific areas of the body that do not necessarily require a
• standards for practice of physical therapy, continuing education, testing, and to define the scope and limitations

Committee: All ALC-OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE

Summary: The committee met and first welcomed a visiting group from Arkansas State University’s Medical Laboratory and Radiation Sciences program. It then suspended the rules to take up a supplemental report, which was approved and noted as reviewed without objection. Members reviewed the Arkansas Fire Protection and Licensing Board’s occupational report. Counsel for the Department of Labor and Licensing said there had been no fee increases, and the report was accepted without objection. The committee then heard from the Arkansas Department of Health’s Radiation Control Section, which described its radiologic technologist licensing program, including full and limited-scope licensure, unchanged fees since 1999, and a recent operating deficit covered through cost allocation. Members asked about the deficit, possible future fee changes, and whether apprenticeship pathways might be added; the agency said it was not currently planning fee increases and would accommodate apprenticeship if such programs are created. That report also stood as reviewed. Finally, the Arkansas State Board of Physical Therapy presented its report, outlining its licensing and disciplinary role, current licensee counts, compact participation, and recent growth in licensees. The board highlighted lower fees, a $200,000 scholarship program for 10 recipients per year, and a large fund balance that is being reduced through fee cuts and scholarships. Members asked about the scholarship details and the effect on reserves. The report was accepted without objection, and the meeting concluded with no further business.

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• </c><00:23:57.560><c> for</c> would create a defined time limit for would create a defined time limit
• resources, but um with the limited resources, but um I<00:32:25.320><c> I</c><00:32:25.400><c> just<
• uh the em uh limits uh the em uh eminent<00:35:13.720><c> limits</c><00:35:14.080><c> it</c><00:35:14.359
• it so that they can't use eminent limits it so that they can't use eminent<00:35:16.359><c> domain</
• Development while maintaining strong local oversight and clear statutory limits.

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

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• academic</c><01:48:17.960><c> dentist</c> It creates a limited academic dentist It creates a limited
• </c><01:54:20.520><c> service</c> around creating the limited service around creating the limited service
• Currently the asset limit is about $9,000.
• Currently the asset limit is about $9,000.
• </c><02:49:37.320><c> could</c> as eliminating the asset limit could as eliminating the asset limit could

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• An act increasing the age limit for retired police officers serving as special police officers in the
• An act increasing the age limit for retired police officers serving as special police officers in the
• An act increasing the age limit for retired police officers serving as special police officers in the
• Third reading of the bill: An act to increase the income limit for the senior tax deferral program in

Summary: The House took up several committee reports and adopted a series of congratulatory resolutions, including recognition of the Monson Lions Club’s 70th anniversary, the town of Groveland’s 175th anniversary, and James McLaughlin’s retirement from the Franklin Fire Department. The chamber also considered two emergency preambles for sick leave bank bills and adopted both, for James Caruso of the Department of Transportation and Carlos Borges of the Department of Correction. A separate bill dissolving the Wellesley Housing Development Corporation was passed to be enacted. The Rules Committee reported and the House adopted orders extending reporting deadlines for the Housing Committee and the Environment and Natural Resources Committee. The Steering, Policy and Scheduling Committee then listed a number of bills for House consideration, including measures on the Gloucester Fisheries Commission, a special mayoral election in Methuen, assault and battery on a transit worker, retirement benefits for Levera Gilbert and Leo McCaskill, Veterans Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Day, recall elections in Berlin, special police officer age limits in Weston, moderator terms in Holden, legal notices in Hingham, and support orders for adult children in need of support. The House suspended Rule 7A, ordered these bills to a third reading, and later passed several of them to be engrossed. On third reading, the House passed to be engrossed bills increasing the income limit for Ipswich’s senior tax deferral program, adjusting Springfield’s local property tax assessment rules, and amending the Seacon town charter. The Seacon bill was amended by substitution before passage. The two sick leave bank bills for Caruso and Borges were then passed to be enacted. The House also adopted an order to adjourn to meet the following Tuesday at 11 a.m., and then adjourned.

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• He asked me to limit the scope of what we were talking about.
• And so this amendment says that the security officer is entitled to the limitation of liability if the
• And so it would not provide for a limitation of liability if he was shot.
• What this does is takes away the special limitation of damages for the carbon capture industry.

Committee: Senate Judiciary A

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• </c> limitations on occupancy. limitations on occupancy.
• </c> limited resources. limited resources.
• limits on occupancy.
• </c> I was trying to limit building heights. I was trying to limit building heights.
• </c> I was in the conversation of limiting I was in the conversation of limiting building<04:17:27.840

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• </c><03:34:52.080><c> these</c> that could exist limiting these that could exist limiting these ordinances
• So there are limited times that the committee meets.
• <04:05:50.399><c> committee</c><04:05:50.880><c> meets</c> limited times that the committee meets limited
• </c><04:28:43.359><c> are,</c> is, this is what the limitations are, is, this is what the limitations
• So, you can understand that because there's such limited supply, the prices are skyrocketing.

Committee: House Housing

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• </c><00:23:15.960><c> grow</c> else that because of the limited grow else that because of the limited
• </c> protections with respect to limitations protections with respect to limitations in<01:13:42.320>
• </c> Distributors this bill allows no limit Distributors this bill allows no limit on<01:30:57.600><c
• </c><04:38:35.719><c> market</c> thriving there's a very limited market thriving there's a very limited
• He asked whether the market is really limited or whether it is artificially limited because of the price

Committee: House Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

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• You here where there's no limitations.
• </c> is limited. I think it was 3 3.7. is limited. I think it was 3 3.7.
• So we did limit the treatment itself.
• <c> definitely</c><01:03:03.680><c> something</c> coverage limits is definitely something coverage limits
• Um and the last piece of limited time.

Bills: HF4609 , HF4401

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

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• ><c> of</c><00:04:39.919><c> 1,42,000</c> a net worth limit of 1,42,000 a net worth limit of 1,42,000
• A limited land access farmer must rate.
• , which really limits program efficacy.
• I hear really limits program efficacy.
• </c> this can be with limited funding. this can be with limited funding.

Committee: Senate Taxes

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• Senator from Calloway, please cast your vote then explain, limited to 3 minutes. Thank you, Mr.
• </c> limited to 3 minutes. Thank you, Mr. limited to 3 minutes. Thank you, Mr.
• Senator from Laurel, please cast your vote then explain, limited to 3 minutes. Thank you, Mr.
• </c> vote then explain, limited to 3 minutes. vote then explain, limited to 3 minutes.
• Senator from Jefferson 26, please cast your vote then explain, limited to three minutes.

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• Let's limit our comments to the matter before us. >> Thank you.
• Let's limit our comments to the matter before us. >> Sound the chimes. Those in favor vote aye.
• This specific weight limit will put us at or below the limit of many other states.
• Currently, Kentucky law limits farmers.
• </c> below the limit of many other states. below the limit of many other states.

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• That may appear to be a private entity, but they're actually qualified for the limitations under the
• on on potential a cap on a limitation on on potential a cap on damages.<00:18:56.799><c> What</c><00
• I'm referencing the limit on damages.
• ><00:20:41.120><c> all</c> one-year statute of limitations, all one-year statute of limitations, all
• Chairman, if Senator Thompson agrees, limited to enforcement by the attorney's limited to enforcement

Committee: Joint Judiciary, Division A

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• But I think it should be, if the bill limits the change that I proposed, limits the...
• But I think it should be, if the bill limits the change that I proposed, limits the...
• But I think it should be, if the bill limits the change that I proposed, limits the...
• But I think it should be, if the bill limits the change that I proposed, limits the...
• </c><00:33:01.919><c> it</c><00:33:02.240><c> to</c> um we limited it to um we limited it to dialysis

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Summary: The Health and Human Services Committee heard testimony on several health-related measures, with most of the discussion focused on SB 1419, SB 1494, and SB 1495, which were taken out of order to accommodate ASL/Death Blind Task Force testimony. SB 1419, relating to Act 253 (Session Laws of Hawaii 2023), drew support from the Department of Human Services and the National Federation of the Blind of Hawaii, with testimony emphasizing use of the term “low vision” and support for the program timeline. The committee later recommended passage with amendments, including technical changes and updated appropriation fiscal years, and the motion was adopted unanimously by the members present. SB 1494, concerning hearing aids, drew broad support from disability advocates and others who argued that hearing aids improve health, reduce accidents, and may help reduce dementia risk. Testifiers also urged that the bill define hearing aids as prescription hearing aids rather than including over-the-counter devices, and the Department of the Auditor and Insurance Division raised cost and coverage questions. The committee recommended passage with amendments, changing the coverage approach to optional coverage similar to vision and dental and requesting a sunrise analysis for prescription hearing aids; that recommendation was adopted. SB 1495, which exempts hearing aids from the general excise tax, also received support, while the Attorney General flagged a possible single-subject issue and the Tax Department estimated a potential $1.1 million revenue impact. The committee recommended passage with amendments, including deletion of the challenged language, technical fixes, and noting the revenue estimate; that recommendation was adopted. The committee then moved through additional measures with mostly supportive testimony. SB 1421 on medical records prompted questions about what happens when a solo practitioner dies or closes practice, and the discussion centered on ensuring patients can obtain records, including a proposed amendment requiring a successor provider to send records to the patient’s last known address. SB 1422, dealing with a special fund and vital statistics funding, was supported by the Department of Health, which said the special fund did not meet criteria and that deposits should instead go to the Vital Statistics Improvement Special Fund. SB 1423 on certificate of need exemptions for Department of Health facilities drew support, with discussion of possibly extending exemptions to dialysis and behavioral health/psychiatric services; the Department indicated it would not oppose that change. SB 1424 on credentialing of health care providers also received support, and SB 1425 on the State Emergency Medical Services Committee focused on reducing quorum requirements because many members are active first responders and cannot always attend meetings. The committee also heard support for SB 1426 on emergency medical services, SB 1431 on viral hepatitis, and SB 1433 on harm reduction, with testimony on hepatitis outreach funding and syringe access best practices; for SB 1433, the Department of Health identified a blank in the bill and recommended a six-month period for the syringe-possession exception.

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• when the operation for which a fee would be assessed is a departure or landing, including but not limited
• to work with the airports to make sure that there are other uses that are available to them while limiting
• We had very limited time and no access. So I absolutely love this. This is so important.
• It limits the provision of the bill to qualifying parcels that border areas.
• I submit to you it's fairly simple and limited and basic.

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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• Including voluntary limits on emissions from mobile sources and non-road engines in the permit for a
• The bill itself looks to limit counties in terms of how these are sited.
• The bill itself looks to limit counties in terms of how these are cited.
• I just wanted to mention that when we are limited... ...first, and I just wanted to mention that when
• Because we know there are limited options when it comes to modifying fuel blends.

Committee: House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee took up several energy, transportation, and land-use bills. HB 2428, dealing with county and ADEQ authority to issue voluntary permits certifying emission reduction credits for mobile and non-road sources, received neutral testimony from ADEQ and support from Maricopa County; the committee adopted the Griffin amendment and passed the bill 10-0 with a due pass recommendation. HB 2145, which expands who may request certain gasoline fuel reformulation actions and is contingent on EPA approval, also passed on a 5-4 vote after brief staff explanation and no amendment. The committee then considered HB 2331, a strike-everything amendment requiring electric utilities to ensure 85% of generating capacity serving retail load comes from “reliable resources” by 2030. Supporters, including the sponsor and Arizona Free Enterprise Club, argued it would protect affordability and grid reliability by favoring dispatchable power; opponents, including the Sierra Club and Rural Arizona Action, said it would effectively favor fossil fuels, raise costs, and limit cleaner resources. The committee adopted the amendment and passed the bill 6-4. HB 2795, which would bar counties from using zoning to block small modular reactors once federal permitting conditions are met, drew strong support from the sponsor and industry advocates who framed it as pro-property-rights and pro-nuclear, and opposition from county, city, and environmental groups who raised preemption, local control, safety, waste, and siting concerns; it passed 6-4. The committee also passed HB 2340, which allows the Power Plant and Transmission Line Siting Committee to evaluate proposed generating facilities along with transmission lines, on a 5-4 vote. HB 2400, an emergency measure to suspend the motor vehicle fuel tax in Areas A and C during part of the year and replace the lost revenue through state highway funding, drew opposition from cities and counties over transportation funding impacts but support from the sponsor and some members focused on gas affordability; the Griffin amendment was adopted and the bill passed 6-4. Finally, HB 2401 was introduced as a requirement for ADEQ to conduct a biennial review of available fuel formulations and their air-quality impacts in Areas A and C, but the transcript ends before testimony or action on that bill is completed.