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• The floor amendment clarifies that the covered entity does not include those long-term care facilities
• Essentially, of course, you can refinance later.
• Second, you might refinance before the bond maturity, and third, you might pay it down before the maturity
• 2824 by Middleton, relating to the sale, lease, or use of an unused or underused school district facility
• Senate Bill 2969 by Parker, relating to the creation of the criminal offense of trespass in a facility

Bills: SJR12, SJR81, SCR39, SB22, SB32, SB241, SB393, SB414, SB458, SB464, SB568, SB583, SB609, SB660, SB693, SB731, SB732, SB746, SB783, SB785, SB897, SB993, SB996, SB1008, SB1029, SB1035, SB1036, SB1120, SB1122, SB1147, SB1163, SB1188, SB1197, SB1209, SB1227, SB1245, SB1267, SB1307, SB1321, SB1332, SB1386, SB1394, SB1396, SB1470, SB1494, SB1537, SB1596, SB1598, SB1610, SB1664, SB1814, SB1822, SB1841, SB1948, SB2065, SB2155, SB2406, SB2407

Keywords: parental rights, education, constitutional amendment, school choice, child education, tax exemption, ad valorem, tangible personal property, income production, border security, southern border, federal immigration policy, illegal immigration, cartels, transnational cartels, fentanyl, drug trafficking, human trafficking, Operation Lone Star, Texas border

Summary: The Senate opened with a quorum call, invocation, approval of routine motions, and the reading of gubernatorial nominations and several honorary resolutions. The chamber adopted resolutions recognizing Jack and Jill of America Day and DJ Daniel Day at the Capitol, with multiple senators offering remarks praising youth leadership, perseverance, and public service. The Senate also introduced the Doctor of the Day and then proceeded to a long series of floor actions on bills. A major focus was Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 568, which overhauls special education funding and services in public schools by moving from a placement-based model to an intensity-based system tied to student needs and IEPs. Senators Bettencourt, Creighton, and Menendez emphasized transparency, parent input, evaluation funding, dyslexia services, and better alignment of funding with actual services; Senator Hinojosa shared a personal story about dyslexia and the importance of early intervention. The bill was advanced on second and third reading and finally passed 30-0. The Senate also passed SB 1396 to prohibit national sex education standards in public schools, SB 2065 on the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System, SB 1664 requiring clearer public disclosure of transmission and distribution utility rate changes, SB 1029 on advertising certain used motor vehicles, SB 1120 expanding rights for family violence victims, SB 1036 regulating residential solar retail transactions, SB 464 creating school-proximity restrictions and penalties for tobacco and vaping sales, SB 1035 giving farmers and ranchers equitable relief from certain local agricultural regulations, SB 1610 addressing civil commitment facility safety and prosecution issues, SB 1197 extending drone restrictions to spaceports, and SB 1386 changing legislative witness immunity from transactional to testimonial immunity. Another major bill was Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1188, which updates electronic health record requirements. Senator Kolkhorst said the bill builds on Texas medical privacy law by requiring U.S.-based storage of EMR data, prohibiting recording of voter registration status and credit score information, requiring provider verification and disclosure for AI-assisted diagnosis or treatment recommendations, preserving parental access to minors’ records until age 18, and ensuring EMRs can capture metabolic health and biological sex information. A floor amendment clarified the bill’s scope and enforcement, and the bill passed 23-7. Several measures drew debate, especially SB 414 on bond ballot transparency, where Senators Eckhardt and Menendez questioned whether requiring estimated interest and total debt cost on ballots could be misleading or difficult to implement because interest rates and financing terms can change before issuance or over time. The transcript ends during that discussion, with no final action shown on SB 414.

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• I understand uh language refining the uh language refining the policy policy policy of<00:10:53.160><
• that would turn woody biomass a facility that would turn woody biomass into<00:19:47.600> SAF.
• The camelina on my farm is crushed and the oil from it is refined and used locally at MSP Airport as
• With power-to-liquid facilities being developed in other states like North Carolina, now is the time
• With power-to-liquid facilities being With power-to-liquid facilities being developed<00:32:40.720>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• There is no long-term care facility.
• There is no long-term care facility.
• There is no long-term care facility.
• There is no long-term care facility.
• There is no long-term care facility.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Presenting West on this bill, so it still leaves the prerogative of charging to the facility.
• treatment I began is let me back up to explain what I began is ibogaine is 1 of 200 alkaloids that is refined

Bills: HB4423, HB3342, HB3645, HB3647, HB3887, HB4430, HB4431, HB2964, HB3834

Keywords: Oklahoma Health Care Authority, Medicaid, immigration verification, healthcare access, federal reporting, health care providers, auditing, patient rights, claims, protection from fraud, audit process, error correction, hospice care, physician determination, healthcare standards, symptom management, health information exchange, all-payer claims database, health care transparency, health care costs

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• AT THAT TIME WE HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS ON THE LACK OF FACILITIES BEING ABLE TO TAKE THOSE BIOSOLIDS
• OTHER CONCERN THAT WE HAVE IS WITH THESE DEVELOPMENTS OF THE ACTION PLANS A LOT OF THESE WASTEWATER FACILITIES
• THERE IS SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT NEEDS REFINING.

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• And I worry that without refinement, it could unintentionally harm the very communities that we are all
• New Mexico has an opportunity to build on the lessons learned from other states that have already refined
• a very, very strong military But and so what I'm understanding, so if I have a small home-based facility
• and I have a commercial facility, they're not treated differently for daycare.
• is, I see us doing a lot of work on daycare My daughters, except now, have to stay at the CYFD facilities

Bills: SB20, SB53, SB86, SB96, SB129

Keywords: prior authorization, pharmacy benefits manager, PBM, health insurer, prescription drugs, step therapy, formulary, auto-adjudication, electronic portal, appeals, medical necessity, serious mental illness, mental health, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, substance use disorder, addiction treatment, cancer, autoimmune disorder

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• And the state attorney is very open to anyone who is wanting to go to the facility and tour it.
• I appreciate the opportunity to speak today in opposition to the refinement of this bill.
• And alternative is to refine the additional protections for friends and abortion overall.
• Now, if any of the doctors, medical professionals, anesthesiologists at the facility that day were in
• of the mental health facilities that you guys should be investigating.

Bills: S0164, S0656, S0892

Keywords: wrongful death, unborn child, civil liability, medical provider, parental rights, habitual felony offenders, violent crimes, enhanced penalties, criminal justice, recidivism

Summary: The committee heard a lengthy presentation from Miami-Dade State Attorney Catherine Fernandez-Rundle on human trafficking, describing Florida’s high victim counts, the role of online recruitment, common victim and trafficker profiles, and several case examples involving sexual exploitation, labor trafficking, and interstate trafficking. She highlighted Miami-Dade’s task force model, partnerships with law enforcement, schools, businesses, and shelters such as Camillus House’s Project Phoenix and the Thrive Clinic, and said the office relies heavily on technology, training, and victim-centered prosecution. Members asked about school-based trafficking, warning signs, social media platforms, and information-sharing about offenders across states; Fernandez-Rundle said more training and better interstate communication are still needed. The committee then took up CS for SB 656, which would codify FDLE’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Funding Program and rename/expand the online sting operations grant program to better support investigations, training, technology, and personnel. The bill was supported as a timely tool to combat online child exploitation and was reported favorably on a unanimous roll call. The committee also passed SB 892, which streamlines sentencing procedures for habitual felony offenders and related violent offender designations by clarifying notice and clemency-related paperwork requirements; it too was reported favorably unanimously. The remainder of the meeting focused on SB 164, which expands Florida’s Wrongful Death Act to allow parents to recover civil damages for the death of an unborn child. The sponsor said the bill is intended to recognize unborn children in civil law and allow recovery when a pregnancy is lost due to another’s negligence. Opponents from the ACLU, reproductive rights groups, medical insurers, and domestic violence advocates argued the bill is overly broad, could function as fetal personhood legislation, and could expose doctors, friends, family members, businesses, and abusive partners to lawsuits while chilling medical care, IVF, and pregnancy-related treatment. Supporters from pro-life organizations urged broader language and stronger protections for unborn children. No vote on SB 164 was taken in the portion provided.

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• The bill is pertinent to shared inmate housing facilities, which ultimately, what I'm talking about here
• In the instance of a shared facility, what we're doing in this state for it to governmental tort and
• We're trying to build a system where some of our smaller counties can build a shared facility, a better
• facility with more resources.
• provide a prescribed medication and any also any relevant medical information to that detention facility

Bills: HB1322, HB2015, HB2933, HB2941, HB2959, HB2977, HB2981, HB3040, HB3055, HB3062, HB3087, HB3115, HB3134, HB3244, HB3297, HB3298, HB3299, HB3304, HB3319, HB3321, HB3322, HB3323, HB3345, HB3407, HB3471, HB3497, HB3500, HB3505, HB3544, HB3581, HB3648, HB3755, HB3764, HB3765, HB3767, HB3906, HB3974, HB3982, HB4104, HB4105, HB4106, HB4107, HB4108, HB4126, HB4130, HB4139, HB4144, HB4170, HB4202, HB4226, HB4227, HB4236, HB4260, HB4343

Keywords: domestic violence, offenders registry, public safety, law enforcement, victim protection, conviction records, landlord, tenant rights, rental agreement, housing safety, tenant protections, insurance regulation, homeowner claims, premium discounts, catastrophe mitigation, civil penalties, fentanyl, overdose, first responders, drug reporting

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• University of Washington revealed that ophthalmology training using simulated eyes was very effective at refining
• University of Washington revealed that ophthalmology training using simulated eyes was very effective at refining
• of our Minnesota counties are considered maternity deserts based on the availability of birthing facilities
• based on the availability<00:59:15.280> of<00:59:15.680> birthing<00:59:16.079> facilities
• , availability of birthing facilities, availability of birthing facilities, maternity<00:59:17.440

Keywords: 1183, house

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• new ideas that benefit the entire refine new ideas that benefit the entire transit<00:26:34.440>
• But for me as mayor, what really matters is that when there's a service issue, a facility concern, and
• But for me as mayor, what really matters is that when there's a service issue, a facility concern, and
• But for me as mayor, what really matters is that when there's a service issue, a facility concern, and
• But for me as mayor, what really matters is that when there's a service issue, a facility concern, and

Keywords: 1183, house

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• for your aye vote, and I too think the dispensary owners have really great security around their facilities
• In closing, I want to personally thank the author for her willingness to listen, adapt, and refine the
• Since its passage, California has continued refining our laws on cannabis to ensure that we regulate
• Since its passage, California has continued refining our laws on cannabis to ensure that we regulate

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The committee began with announcements about consent items and then heard AB 72, which would create an electric vehicle economic opportunity zone in Riverside County. Supporters said the bill would help bring EV manufacturing jobs and training to the Inland Empire, while some senators questioned whether the state should favor one region over others and whether local economic development groups should handle the effort. The bill was passed on a roll call vote and sent to Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement. Members then took up AB 685, which would establish the Small Business Resiliency and Innovation Fund to support technical assistance and capital infusion programs for small businesses. The author and supporters emphasized the importance of TAP and related programs for women-owned, minority-owned, immigrant-owned, veteran-owned, and rural businesses, while some chambers of commerce raised concerns about amended eligibility language and whether the funding would be truly supplemental. After discussion, the bill was passed and sent to Senate Appropriations. The committee also approved ACR 173 on a 7-0 vote, and consent items AB 375 and AB 1587 were adopted 10-0. Later, AB 1760, a Dental Practice Act cleanup bill, and AB 1637, which would limit who may alter physician-authored medical records, both passed unanimously. AB 1785, allowing online sales of pseudoephedrine products with existing safeguards, also passed 10-0. AB 1973, expanding abortion-care authority for advanced practice clinicians, drew strong support and opposition and passed 7-3 after senators raised safety and training questions. AB 2025, requiring disclosures for digitally altered rental listings, passed 8-1, and AB 2697, allowing locally approved drive-through cannabis sales with security requirements, passed 7-3. The committee then heard AB 2249, which would tighten cannabis packaging rules to reduce child appeal, and the author described it as a response to poison-control calls and an audit finding that current law is too vague.

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• oversight, what sophisticated new accountability issues justify completely eliminating CRAs rather than refining
• Completely eliminating CRAs rather than refining those existing reforms.
• Having said that, I would like to talk to you about maybe some refinement to this so that the need-to-have
• convenience stores, which is only going to cause them to be sick and, like, put a strain on our medical facilities

Summary: The committee first heard CS/HB 69, which would preempt local land-use decisions for presidential libraries to the state. The sponsor said the bill was intended to make it easier to site a presidential library in Florida. Members asked about whether the bill could affect nontraditional uses such as hotels or casinos, and the sponsor said it only addressed land-use and development-order decisions. There was no public testimony, and the bill was reported favorably 16-7. The committee then took up CS/HB 289, “Lucy's Law,” on boating safety. The bill expands boating education requirements, aligns boating penalties more closely with driving offenses, prohibits false information in vessel accident reports, and requires certain nonresidents to obtain boating safety cards. An amendment requiring boating safety courses for those convicted of civil boating infractions was adopted. The committee heard emotional testimony from Lucy Fernandez’s mother, who described the fatal 2022 boating crash that inspired the bill, along with support from industry and local-government witnesses. Members from both parties spoke in favor, emphasizing accountability, education, and enforcement. The bill passed unanimously, 25-0. HB 7003, an open-government/sunshine bill, preserved a public-records exemption for sensitive business information submitted with applications to the Office of Financial Regulation’s financial technology sandbox. It drew no public testimony or debate and was reported favorably. HB 4007, a local bill for Martin County, capped reimbursement for inmate emergency health care at 110% of Medicare, mirroring the Department of Corrections standard; it also passed favorably after supportive public testimony. The longest discussion was on HB 991, which would prohibit creation of new community redevelopment agencies after July 1, 2025, bar current CRAs from starting new projects or issuing new debt after October 1, 2025, and sunset existing CRAs by 2045 or their charter date, whichever is earlier. The sponsor argued CRAs have become long-lived funding vehicles used beyond their original anti-blight purpose and said local governments have other tools. Many members from both parties objected that CRAs remain important for affordable housing, small business support, infrastructure, and redevelopment in blighted areas, and several said the bill would harm ongoing or multi-phase projects. Three amendments were offered: one defining “new project,” one striking the new-CRA prohibition, and one striking the new-debt/new-project language; all were defeated except the first, which was adopted. Public testimony was split, with redevelopment groups, cities, and the Florida League of Cities opposing the bill and Americans for Prosperity supporting it. The committee did not reach final disposition in the portion provided, but the debate showed substantial opposition and concern about the bill’s impact on local redevelopment efforts.

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• They want to see Louisiana stay in the hydrocarbon exploration, production, and refining to the very
• The residents living next to these petrochemical facilities, breathing this air, drinking water... ..
• .petrochemical facilities, breathing this air, drinking water from the ground beneath these proposed
• ... ...including five or six wells, storage facilities, pipelines, transporting carbon dioxide.
• So I'm looking at it, and if there's a facility in Livingston Parish that generates CO2 and it was to

Keywords: 965, house, all

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• In 2013, Ector County voters rejected a $95 million bond proposition for the facility.
• In 2019, Travis County issued approximately $273 million NCOs for the facility anyway.
• Police stations, fire stations, first responder training facilities, jails, and juvenile detention facilities
• I do want to ask, uh, we continue working with the office to further refine that definition.
• Uh, we'd also like to see, uh, if possible, some clarification on multi-use facilities.

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• Often they have to travel many miles from authorized testing facilities.
• Often, they have to travel many miles from authorized testing facilities.
• Few refinements, but moving in the right direction. Thank you.
• But in the remaining period that we have here to work the bill, we'll keep trying to refine it and take
• A clear permitting process will help ensure that the authority can protect the project's land, facilities

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Often, they have to travel many miles from authorized testing facilities.
• Often, they have to travel many miles from authorized testing facilities.
• Few refinements, but we're moving in the right direction. Thank you, Madam Chair.
• essence of that, but in the remaining period that we have here to work the bill, we'll keep trying to refine
• A clear permitting process will help ensure that the authority can protect the project's land, facilities

Summary: The Assembly Transportation Committee met first as a subcommittee due to the lack of a quorum, then later obtained a quorum and took up several bills. The committee heard SB 1064, which would reduce the frequency of Clean Truck Check testing for low-use heavy-duty vehicles; supporters said it would ease burdens on rural agricultural businesses, while clean air advocates opposed it as weakening an important emissions program. The bill was approved and sent to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. The committee also heard SB 1174, which would give Caltrans bid preferences to construction firms with employee stock ownership plans; supporters argued it would build worker wealth and improve project quality, while contractor groups opposed it as likely to raise costs and reduce competition. That bill was approved and sent to the Assembly Judiciary Committee. The consent calendar items SB 607, SB 962, and SB 990 were also approved. The committee then heard SB 1279, which would allow Long Beach to place additional speed safety cameras on Pacific Coast Highway. Long Beach officials and several safety and advocacy groups supported the bill, citing high fatality rates and repeated pedestrian crashes on that corridor, while some members raised concerns about fines, affordability, and whether cameras would address pedestrian-related collisions. The bill passed as amended to the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee. SB 1213, the Clean Truck Transportation Act, would require more price transparency for medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission truck incentives and direct agencies to explore alternative financing tools; supporters said it would improve affordability and competition, while one manufacturer and the trucking association raised implementation concerns. It passed to the Assembly Natural Resources Committee. The committee also heard SB 1013, which would tighten rules for automated license plate reader use by limiting retention to 30 days, requiring audits and training, and restricting access and hot list use. Privacy advocates supported the bill as overdue accountability, while law enforcement groups argued the retention limit would hinder investigations and that some technical definitions needed work. The bill passed to the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee. SB 1315, dealing with advanced driver assistance systems, would prevent automakers from disabling a consumer’s ability to drive their own vehicle through software updates and would encourage DMV testing questions about ADAS responsibilities; after amendments, industry opposition softened and the bill passed to the Assembly Judiciary Committee. Finally, SB 1246, on autonomous vehicle emergency response, would require U.S.-based remote drivers, quicker on-scene response, and better coordination with local agencies; first responders and labor groups supported it, while AV industry groups remained opposed unless amended. The bill passed to the Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee. The transcript ended as the committee began hearing SB 1250, a planning bill to incorporate wildlife connectivity into transportation asset management, with the sponsor and supporters explaining it would improve safety and habitat planning without mandating specific projects.

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• This is Section 142 of the Internal Revenue Code, and this is for spaceports and the use of exempt facility
• Facilities or personnel or whatever in certain states, and then when it gets ready to sell products,
• And so the $70 million in actuality would be new money because we would refinance.
• We would refinance existing debt with new debt.
• I'd like to thank the staff, Christina, and the Staff for setting up the facilities and getting all of

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• see what has worked, strengthen those things that haven't possibly worked, so that we can either refine
• This also risks putting the state in a position where their own assets, whether that's physical facilities
• sufficiently resourced for success. in a position where their own assets, whether that's physical facilities
• funding that institutions would need to meet baseline administrative expenses, to maintain their facilities
• That committee also garnered feedback from all of the institutions in order to refine that peer group

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• Even Santa Fe cannot afford to update their treatment facility.
• , and the total amount spent by counties on detention facilities is about 400 million.
• Again, I'm not going to go into details around the detention facilities, but the information is there
• So the first tax GRT deduction that's on that list is for geothermal facilities, and I'm curious how
• Welcome to the new 50-year mortgage because you're going to have to refinance.

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• Um, I think this facilities licensing.
• across the different types of facilities across the different types of facilities across<01:47:55.760
• 13-year-old child who is in a facility 13-year-old child who is in a facility licensed<01:48:14.960
• <01:48:33.920> in is in our care in a secure facility in is in our care in a secure facility
• Well, if businesses close that refine Well, if businesses close that refine ethanol,<03:29:05.439

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House took up House File 4138, a bill aimed at limiting harmful social media features for children and requiring parental involvement for minors using platforms in Minnesota. Early on, members reconsidered and then adopted the Smith amendment (A13) after first rejecting a narrower amendment to the amendment (A18) on a 67-67 tie. Representative Bonner then offered a technical amendment (A14) to address liability and drafting concerns, but withdrew it after saying it contained an unintended drafting error and could create legal problems, including issues around data collection and rulemaking. During third reading debate, supporters described the bill as a first step to protect children from addictive social media design, online exploitation, and harmful data practices. Representative Scott said the bill would require parental consent and limit addictive features for child accounts, while emphasizing that the consent language must be prominent and that the bill’s effective date would not begin until next July. Representative Enen, Representative Feist, Representative Greenman, and others backed the measure as a bipartisan effort to hold big tech accountable and protect kids, though Greenman also noted that the legislature had not shown the same willingness to confront gun violence. Opponents and skeptics raised concerns that the bill relies on parents understanding complex legal and technical terms, that it may not fully protect children, and that it could still leave gaps around liability and privacy. Representative Leeing questioned why the bill does not simply restrict addictive features for all children and asked about parental waivers and location tracking; Scott responded that the bill uses IP address information and does not specifically address liability waivers, but said the measure is a policy choice intended to empower parents. The debate ended with broad support from several members, and the bill was presented as likely to pass, though no final vote on the bill itself was included in the excerpt.