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• among large municipally owned water utilities. by introducing new requirements for auditing and mitigating
• HB 145 by King relating to the risk mitigation planning and associated liability for providers of electric
• Members, this is the wildfire mitigation bill. Move passage.
• This bill relates to the eligibility of food banks to receive surplus goods through the Department of

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• can handle, and over the last five years, turnover among our mitigation.
• Turnover among our mitigation specialists has exceeded turnover at other state agencies.
• What is a mitigation specialist? They are investigators.
• Now, what is a mitigation specialist? They are investigators.
• Now, what is a mitigation specialist? They are investigators.

Bills: SB 1

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• To enhance safety, mitigate risk in the waterway, and protect the marine environment, the bill addresses
• BY THE INSURANCE AND BANKING SUBCOMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE MAGGARD, HOUSE BILL 1549, A BILL ENTITLED
• By Commerce Committee and Banking and Representative...
• BY BANKING AND INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE, CS FOR HOUSE BILL 379, ENTITLED AN ACT RELATING TO SECURITIES.
• BEFORE I GET TO REPRESENTATIVE BANKS, THERE IS A RECOGNITION BY Representative F. Robinson.

Bills: SB 2, HB 2, HB 2000, HB 2196, HB 213, HB 222, HB 645, HB 1458, HB 1022, HB 141, HB 502, HB 643, HB 3093, HB 1700, HB 117, SB 503, SB 2, HB 120, HB 20, HB 150, HB 6, HB 100, HB 210, HB 215, HB 1393, HB 1151, HB 1268, HB 142, HB 451, HB 124, HB 2, HB 2000, HB 2196, HB 213, HB 222, HB 645, HB 1458, HB 1022, HB 141, HB 502, HB 643, HB 3093, HB 1700, HB 117

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, child grooming, sex offender registration, criminal justice, reportable conviction, law enforcement, virtual education, hybrid learning, school funding, average daily attendance

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• have to give money to counties to make sure people stay on Medi-Cal and CalFresh because H.R. 1 is banking
• It's because they're banking on the fact that the paperwork will be so burdensome that they will fall
• We appreciate the state’s partnership with counties like ours to really try to mitigate the disastrous
• We appreciate the state's partnership with counties like ours to really try to mitigate the disastrous
• Corporations are reaping the benefits of federal cuts to families, and we have enough in California to mitigate

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• This bill also permanently extends the California wildfire mitigation program, which helps Californians
• access home-hardening materials and mitigation tools.
• Extending both of these programs guarantees fire-threatened communities have access to essential fire mitigation
• Default judgments can have devastating consequences for defendants, leading to garnished wages, levy bank
• Default judgments can have devastating consequences for defendants, leading to garnished wages, levy bank

Summary: The Assembly convened with a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through a long daily file of bills. Early procedural motions included a failed attempt to suspend the rules for AB 1219, followed by consideration of numerous measures on housing, veterans, education, elections, energy, wildfire prevention, public safety, and consumer affordability. Several bills drew bipartisan support and passed overwhelmingly, including AB 878 on safety accommodations for survivors of violence, AB 948 on school district facility maintenance, AB 81 and AB 88 on veterans’ mental health and student aid, AB 640 on school board fiscal training, AB 660 on housing permit timelines, AB 1048 on workers’ compensation billing disputes, AB 1119 on dual credentialing, AB 1172 on inhalable anti-seizure medication access, AB 1227 on wildfire prevention, AB 1285 and AB 696 on lithium-ion battery safety, AB 1417 on offshore wind transparency, AB 1530 on disaster recovery assistance, and AB 353 on affordable home internet. Some measures drew opposition or more divided votes, including AB 704 on sealing certain misdemeanor records, AB 1249 on early voting access, AB 1280 on thermal energy incentives, AB 1448 on offshore oil protections, AB 380 on price gouging, AB 402 on Cal Grant increases, AB 1074 on CalWORKs reunification, and AB 1084 on expedited gender-change and name-change court orders. The Assembly also granted reconsideration on AB 435, a child passenger safety bill, and passed it after debate on the five-step safety-seat standard. The floor debate featured recurring themes of affordability, housing, wildfire preparedness, election access, veterans’ services, and public safety. Supporters of the election bill AB 1249 argued it would simply add a Saturday early-voting option in non-VCA counties, while opponents raised concerns about verification and county staffing. AB 30, authorizing E15 gasoline in California, was presented as an urgency measure to lower fuel costs and passed unanimously on the urgency and the bill. AB 1466 on groundwater disputes was also taken up, with the author arguing it would reduce frivolous litigation and better represent all water users; the vote was 42 ayes and 17 noes. After completing the file, the Assembly recessed for lunch, later returned, and continued with additional file items, with many measures passing on strong bipartisan votes.

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• <01:59:20.320> Uh order to mitigate floods down slope.
• Uh order to mitigate floods down slope.
• of familiar with those creeks down there, and I see them flood every spring and take out half the bank
• of familiar with those creeks down there, and I see them flood every spring and take out half the bank
• So, those those are my bank, you know.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• year are non-recurring requests: one for the Approved Supplier Program and one for the Regional Food Bank
• The Regional Farm to Food Bank Program is basically a replacement of what was the program that came out
• That was a program that really connected local producers with the food banks and got a lot of local food
• Mitigate, and especially with the invasive species and the noxious weeds. My question, Mr.
• That could be mitigating against other wildlife and even predator risk. Is that right? Yes, Mr.

Keywords: 996, all

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• program to Increase local foods in schools, senior centers, early childhood education centers, and food banks
• through the regional Farm to Food Bank pilot.
• And we spent a lot of time talking about whether it was food banks or whether it was churches or whatever
• allow farmers to find economic revenue year-round, whether it is with WIC and state agencies or food banks
• , cost-effective, environmentally friendly way to pump water, reducing carbon emissions. helping mitigate

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• Haynes Schrader: ...the technological things that you use every day, whether it's accessing your bank
• you access, when you pull up your phone and you go onto a social media website, or you access your bank
• If we do a lease with JPMorgan Chase, for example, directly as a bank, and they haven't signed it, as
• SB6 provided the framework that Texas needs to create investment incentives while mitigating the impact
• Part of that mitigation is what was mentioned earlier by Chairman Gleason on the reallocation, the relook

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• infrastructure in place with our professional staff, our contacts at the rating agencies, and the banking
• And ideally, you get, you know, a dozen banks trying to bid for those bonds, and once you have the winning
• We also met with Silicon Valley Bank, who admitted that every single time one of their companies, their
• So we want to be able to help mitigate that.
• You can't take that to the bank.

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• committee's priorities as well as the uncertainties facing U.S. agriculture and what USDA might do to mitigate
• There was an effort to slash a billion dollars in funding for schools and food banks to purchase local
• Last year, these farmers started talking to the food bank saying, well, what are you going to buy?
• A bank will oftentimes, a private sector entity, work with that debtor, understanding that debtor does
• goal and that is collect the loans. so that they make money as opposed to, in many cases, a private bank

Keywords: USDA, nominations, Judge Vaden, Tyler Clarkson, agriculture policy, rural America, tariffs, farmer advocacy

Summary: The meeting focused on the nominations of Judge Stephen Alexander Vaden for Deputy Secretary of Agriculture and Mr. Tyler Clarkson for General Counsel at the USDA. Members expressed concerns regarding the challenges farmers and ranchers face, especially in navigating the impacts of recent tariffs imposed by the President. Significant attention was given to how these nominations could influence agriculture policy and support rural communities amidst economic uncertainty. The committee emphasized the necessity for strong leadership in the USDA to advocate for farmer needs and ensure the proper implementation of assistance programs.

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• Colleagues, I rise today to recognize Peter Ho on his retirement as chairman, president, and CEO of Bank
• Since 2012 to 2010, his leadership has guided the bank to national recognition, including 15 consecutive
• Forbes America's rise today to recognize Peter Ho on his retirement as chairman, president, and CEO of Bank
• Since 2012 to 2010, his leadership has guided the bank to national recognition, including 15 consecutive
• years on Forbes America's consecutive years on Forbes America's best banks list while advancing innovation

Bills: HB1800, HB1860, HB2250, HB472, HB649, HB1391, HB1481, HB1509, HB1511, HB1515, HB1518, HB1541, HB1548, HB1576, HB1618, HB1642, HB1643, HB1661, HB1667, HB1678, HB1682, HB1688, HB1692, HB1707, HB1710, HB1711, HB1713, HB1718, HB1721, HB1728, HB1737, HB1740, HB1741, HB1785, HB1801, HB1802, HB1804, HB1810, HB1815, HB1824, HB1838, HB1839, HB1853, HB1854, HB1864, HB1870, HB1881, HB1888, HB1890, HB1891, HB1894, HB1920, HB1959, HB1960, HB1969, HB1973, HB1974, HB2023, HB2050, HB2078, HB2094, HB2095, HB2104, HB2137, HB2152, HB2158, HB2171, HB2207, HB2218, HB2246, HB2270, HB2271, HB2272, HB2279, HB2282, HB2289, HB2293, HB2297, HB2300, HB2309, HB2310, HB2314, HB2319, HB2329, HB2338, HB2339, HB2344, HB2361, HB2385, HB2395, HB2417, HB2429, HB2443, HB2452, HB2474, HB2475, HB2498, HB2505, HB2547, HB2576

Keywords: supplemental appropriations, state budget, Hawaii budget, biennial budget, capital improvement projects, CIP, general fund, special fund, green fee, special land and development fund, clean energy revolving loan fund, agricultural development revolving fund, community grants, nonprofit grants, Office of Community Services, housing, affordable housing, homelessness, health care, mental health

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• that go back to your insurance company when you get, when you collect from somebody else, or your bank
• that go back to your insurance company when you get, when you collect from somebody else, or your bank
• if you collect from somebody else, You get, when you collect from somebody else, or your bank if you
• We extended credit and let them continue to use our good name, our full faith and credit in our bank
• Credit and let them continue to use our good name, our full faith and credit, and our bank account to

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• <00:37:56.400> impacts<00:37:56.960> to much as we can and mitigate impacts to much
• So um yes mitigate um impacts to people.
• session helps to mitigate that for counties. counties. counties.
• Um, some counties choose to do things differently and do, like, a case banking model.
• Some counties choose to do things differently and do, like, a case banking model.

Bills: HR1

Keywords: January 6 insurrection, pardon, law enforcement, violent crimes, public safety, justice system, political accountability, 1183, house

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• We really need to come back and look at what we do to mitigate that.
• On mitigation, as both my deputy said and Chief Kidd, there's a direct relationship between mitigation
• And local mitigate efforts have to take place.
• I heard number one on mitigation, you're 100% right.
• There was a lot of that that went into it, but mitigation, 100%.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• they are a source that uh private Banks they are a source that uh typically<00:52:44.119> is<
• The practice of requiring developers of new residential units to dedicate land to mitigate impacts on
• <02:45:57.479> planning wildfire research mitigation planning wildfire research mitigation
• They've had to litigate, they've had to mitigate, they've had to do that.
• <02:53:37.080> they've litigate they've had to mitigate they've litigate they've had to mitigate

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard three House bills related to the Department of Hawaiian Homelands. HB 606 would extend the Act 279 special fund to June 30, 2028, continue deposits and appropriations to help eliminate the DHHL waitlist, and require a strategic plan and annual reporting. DHHL strongly supported the measure, saying most of the initial $600 million had been used and that the need remains large, with more than 29,000 people on the waitlist. Public testimony also supported the bill, emphasizing its importance to Native Hawaiian families and concerns about Hawaiians leaving the islands because of housing costs. A member noted the bill is a priority and that the committee will keep working on how to fund another $600 million. HB 1086 would exempt DHHL homestead lot and housing development from general excise and use taxes. DHHL supported the bill, saying any tax savings would reduce the eventual cost of housing for low-income beneficiaries. The Department of Taxation said it could administer the measure and noted it is already being implemented under the governor’s emergency proclamation, with a proposed effective date of January 1, 2026. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii offered technical comments and urged the committee to weigh existing benefits already received by DHHL beneficiaries. HB 1307 would appropriate funds for DHHL water well development and geothermal exploration on Hawaiian homelands. DHHL said the bill is a follow-up to prior study funding and would support slim-hole drilling, site evaluation, and consultant work to identify viable geothermal resources, especially on Hawaiʻi Island. Several testifiers opposed the bill, arguing there had been inadequate beneficiary consultation, raising environmental, cultural, and safety concerns, and objecting to using $20 million for geothermal rather than housing. In response to committee questions, DHHL staff explained that the goal is to gather information for a future public-private partnership to develop geothermal electricity, and that a Chapter 343 environmental review would be required later in the process. No votes were taken during the portion of the meeting provided.

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• My name is Dwayne Parker, and I'm representing the Blood Bank of Hawaii.
• Kawai Food Bank is not present. Kawai Economic Opportunity Food Bank is present.
• Hawaii Food Bank? Oh, Hawaii Food Bank. Oh, did you say Hawaii or Kawai? I'm sorry. Kawai? Not yet.
• Food Bank oh Hawaii food Hawaii Food Food Bank oh Hawaii food Hawaii Food Bank<04:33:28.000> oh
• proceed food bank food bank please proceed food bank food bank please proceed uh<06:20:05.558>

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Okay, so you're mitigating the issues. Yes, yes. We've been doing it for about three years now.
• Okay, so you're doing, you're mitigating the issues. Yes, yes.
• there's a contract, and this contract goes through, especially a cash deal, it's not going through a bank

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The House Committee on Government heard several measures related to property fraud, assisted living regulation, and memorials tied to free speech. SB 1479 would require photo identification and other identifying measures for deeds and real property documents notarized at county recorder offices, and would increase the penalty for knowingly submitting a false claim or forgery against real property from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 5 felony. Testimony from a deed fraud victim, county assessors, the Attorney General’s Office, and an online notary stakeholder emphasized the prevalence of deed fraud and the value of parcel-specific notification systems; the chair also said he would run a floor amendment to tighten the bill. The committee voted 7-0 to return SB 1479 with a do pass recommendation. SB 1473 would bar municipalities and counties from capping the number of residents in assisted living homes, restricting such homes on residentially zoned property, or imposing extra administrative requirements based solely on resident count. Supporters from the Arizona Assisted Living Homes Association and an assisted living home operator said recent local occupancy reductions, especially in Paradise Valley, threatened small homes, affordability, and access to care for seniors and vulnerable adults. Members discussed parking concerns and the need for residential care options; the bill was described as a property rights issue as well as a care-access issue. The committee approved SB 1473 on a 7-0 vote. The committee then considered SB 1663, which creates a Freedom of Speech Monument Committee to nominate two deceased individuals each year from different political parties for recognition on a monument in the Governmental Mall. The sponsor’s statement framed the measure as honoring Arizonans who preserved free speech, while one public witness opposed it. The bill passed 4-1, with Rep. Márquez voting no. Finally, SB 1686, which renames Wesley Bolin Plaza and authorizes memorials for Charlie Kirk and Don Bowles, drew extended debate over whether the memorials should be combined. An amendment to separate the memorials failed 3-4, and after sponsor testimony and public comment both for and against, the committee approved SB 1686 on a 4-3 vote.

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• there from growth in the economy—from studies from McKinsey, studies from PWC, studies from the World Bank—being
• address things in an imperative way, about figuring out things that are specific harms that need to be mitigated
• In an imperative way, about figuring out things that are specific harms that need to be mitigated, with

Bills: HB2452, HB2592

Keywords: comprehensive plans, county governance, data centers, zoning, state regulations, land use, energy production, infrastructure, environmental impact, artificial intelligence, government regulation, innovation, procurement, administrative burdens, 1182, all

Summary: The House Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Committee heard a presentation from Steven Garrison of the Cicero Institute on how Arizona state government could use AI to improve service delivery, reduce costs, and streamline procurement. He argued that AI should be treated as software deployed across many use cases, not just chatbots, and urged the state to identify opportunities proactively, avoid unnecessary agency-level AI rules, use existing procurement structures, and measure outcomes. Members asked about workforce impacts, agency involvement, privacy, and the balance between innovation and regulation; Garrison said AI would likely augment workers first, create new jobs over time, and should be guided by the legislature rather than broad agency rulemaking. The committee then considered HB 2592, which directs the Department of Administration to have budget units identify AI opportunities and streamline implementation, and an amendment adding reporting requirements to state leaders and the Secretary of State. After limited public testimony, the amendment was adopted and the bill received a due pass recommendation on a 4-2 vote, with one member absent. The committee next took up HB 2452, which would add data centers and small modular reactors to county comprehensive planning and adjust county land-use planning requirements, including changes related to renewable energy planning in larger counties. Supporters said the bill would help counties plan ahead for data center growth and future energy needs, including SMRs and other emerging technologies. County representatives opposed the measure, arguing it improperly singled out specific uses, blurred the line between comprehensive planning and zoning, and reduced local control by altering established public planning processes; they also raised concerns about vague standards and the bill’s treatment of renewable energy. After debate, the committee approved HB 2452 on a 4-3 vote for a due pass recommendation and then adjourned.

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• invest in fuel as a resource to launder that money going south because they no longer have to deal with banks
• They are mitigating the crossings as well.
• We've tried to find a way to ensure that many of these things that have been raised are either mitigated