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• To establish a special commission to study access to unemployment insurance in the Commonwealth.
• We are here to speak in support of House 5188, an act establishing a special commission to study access
• We are here to speak in support of House 5188, an act establishing a special commission to study access
• And so I commend both of you for creating this commission.
• Hopefully we won't need to fill one of those unemployment seats on that commission.

Bills: H5188

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

Keywords: unemployment insurance, labor, access, special commission, equity in claims

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• Chair and member, Senate Bill 1020 would establish the Arizona Space Commission special plates.
• even though it doesn't have its moon with it, discovered here in Arizona and the revived space commission
• So, but we're doing a lot of really great things right now at the Space Commission.
• And, uh, Right now at the Space Commission, we're very excited about the work that we're producing and
• As many of you know, the commission was created about two years ago, but we have no funding mandate.

Bills: SB1020

Committees: House Artificial Intelligence & Innovation , House House Artificial Intelligence & Innovation Committee of Reference

Keywords: special plates, Arizona Space Commission, transportation, funding, space exploration

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• Through ongoing efforts of the tribe, through the American Indian Health Commission, the conversation
• studies, surveys, research, and service delivery projects conducted on the Colville Reservation to protect
• Vicki Lowe, Executive Director for the American Indian Health Commission.
• I'm Kathleen Whedemeyer with the Citizens Commission on Human Rights, a psychiatric watchdog group.
• Citizens Commission on Human Rights, a psychiatric watchdog group.

Bills: HB2555 , HB2658 , HB2683 , HB2685 , HB2168 , HB2196 , HB2545

Committee: House Health Care & Wellness

Keywords: Medicaid, healthcare, traditional practices, health insurance, coverage expansion, mental health, insurance coverage, transparency, consumer protection, efficiency, health carriers, providers relations, tribal data, data protection, privacy, sharing of information, Indigenous rights, overdose prevention, data sharing, public health

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• Currently, the AGO can issue CIDs when investigating suspected violations of the Consumer Protection
• The SAFE Act protects these sensitive spaces.
• A violation of this law is also a violation of the Consumer Protection Act.
• As you know, Washington has no protections on how ALPR data is used.
• So we really do need to protect... So we really do need to protect the data that's collected.

Bills: SB5925 , SB5906 , SB6070 , SB6002

Committee: Senate Law & Justice

Keywords: Attorney General, civil investigative demand, CID, subpoena-like demand, investigative authority, consumer protection, civil enforcement, pre-suit investigation, document production, interrogatories, deposition, oral testimony, confidentiality, trade secrets, judicial review, enforcement action, Washington RCW, law enforcement powers, government transparency, due process

Bills: HB3767 , HB3934 , HB4199 , HB4336 , HB2947 , HB3834 , HB4302 , HB4095 , HB3287 , HB3649 , HB4430 , HB4431 , HB2059 , HB3647 , HB3986 , HB3548 , HB3661 , HB4346 , HB3075 , HB4273 , HB3391 , HB4128 , HB3557 , HB3239 , HB3982 , HB2123 , HB2979 , HB2997 , HB3148 , HB4108 , HB4143 , HB4266 , HB2053 , HB4058 , SR30

Keywords: controlled dangerous substances, controlled substances, drug scheduling, Schedule I, Schedule IV, anti-drug diversion, drug diversion, synthetic opioids, fentanyl analogs, designer drugs, synthetic cannabinoids, benzodiazepines, benzodiazepine analogs, opioids, hallucinogens, depressants, pharmacy regulation, narcotics control, Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, DEA scheduling

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• That you've been fighting for and that you believe that this policy will certainly help to protect.
• This is a pro-housing bill that promotes and protects density bonus law, which is one of the state's
• Instead, it protects the intent.
• Most of the time, ADUs are handled at the Planning Commission. They don't go to the full council.
• Commission, because it's not by right, they do allow for additional requirements for a particular ADU

Bills: AB306 , AB750 , AB956 , AB1128 , AB2181

Committee: House Housing and Community Development

Keywords: Public Utilities Commission, diversity, geographic representation, regulatory authority, Governor appointments

Summary: The Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee met as a subcommittee and later established quorum to hear five housing-related bills. AB 306 (Schultz) would create a centralized statewide process for resolving disputes over differing local interpretations of the state building code; it drew no testimony in opposition and was ultimately concurred in. AB 750 (Quirk-Silva) would expand HCD’s Portfolio Reinvestment Program to help preserve and rehabilitate challenged affordable housing developments; supporters emphasized the loss of subsidized units and the need to preserve existing stock, and the bill passed unanimously. AB 2181 (Zbur) would limit use of speculative density-bonus assumptions in appraisals for hotel and motel ground leases, with supporters saying it protects workers and prevents inflated valuations; it also passed unanimously. The committee then heard AB 1128 (Marisicci), a gut-and-amend bill that, after Senate amendments, would apply mobile home rent stabilization to 10 mobile home parks in Torrance. Supporters, including the Mobile Home Residents Coalition, said the measure would provide predictable rent increases for seniors, veterans, people with disabilities, and working families. Opponents argued it would override local control and discourage investment and new park construction. Members debated the broader policy of rent control versus housing supply, and the bill passed on a 7-4 vote with one not voting. Finally, AB 956 (Quirk-Silva) clarified accessory dwelling unit law by allowing up to two detached ADUs, or one detached ADU plus one JADU, so long as existing size, height, setback, and safety requirements are met. Supporters described it as a modest clarification that would help families add housing on their own property, while one member objected that local agencies should retain more discretion. The bill passed unanimously. At the end of the hearing, members and staff offered extensive praise for Quirk-Silva’s housing work, noting that AB 956 was likely her last bill before the committee, and the committee adjourned after final roll-call votes were completed.

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• But if it is happening, then this will protect state taxpayer dollars.
• The follow-up to that then is you've been talking a Lot about protecting taxpayer dollars.
• I think my question is, I mean, we've been a leader in this state on protecting children.
• Now we're seeing states such as New York State, of all places, now stand up and protect children.
• It aims to create real accountability and not just guidelines to better protect our taxpayer dollars.

Bills: HB3057 , HB3130 , HB3310 , HB3314 , HB3985 , HB4113 , HB4486

Committee: House Government Oversight

Keywords: government reporting, information technology, child welfare, environmental policy, state agency compliance, gender transition, minors, health services, punitive damages, parental rights, health care providers, purchasing, compliance, state employees, longevity pay, contract management, marijuana tax, public service impact tax, county funding, voter approval

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• This is probably the most important regulatory guardrail to protect project proponents from targeted
• I urge you to maintain... protect project proponents from targeted regulatory changes and government
• An environmental product declaration is a verified report of the environmental impacts of product manufacturing
• That is what environmental justice looks like in practice. This bill also advances energy equity.
• For the health of the Duwamish Valley, for environmental justice, and for a more equitable...

Bills: HB2228 , HB2273 , HB2418 , HB2381

Committee: House Local Government

Keywords: building code, safety regulations, construction, scissor stairs, state standards, embodied carbon, building materials, sustainability, environment, permit review, project permits, land use, zoning, development regulations, residential development, housing permits, affordable housing, local government, county planning, city planning

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• Thank you, commission. Thank you, clerk.

Bills: SB1 , HB176 , HB86 , SB1 , HB176 , HB86

Committee: House Ways and Means Education

Keywords: workers' compensation, public education, employee injury, insurance trust fund, on-the-job injury, administrative procedures, HB176, Alabama sales tax, use tax, sales and use tax exemption, optical aids, eyeglasses, contact lenses, prescription glasses, vision care, optometrist, ophthalmologist, optician, medical devices, local option tax exemption

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• Asset preservation funding improves safety and better government while protecting state investments in
• improves safety and better government improves safety and better government while<00:05:19.400><c> protecting
• </c><00:05:19.840><c> State</c><00:05:20.199><c> investments</c><00:05:20.720><c> in</c> while protecting
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Bills: HF919 , HF1192 , HF212 , HF214

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: wastewater, infrastructure, funding, Litchfield, economic development, environmental compliance, Hastings, water treatment, PFAS, nitrates, bonds, capital investment, public health, HF212, Round Lake-Brewster, Independent School District No. 2907, school construction, school building, sales tax exemption, use tax exemption

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• have someone here from the securities commission that can answer some of those technical questions.
• it lead to other types of criminal activity, which is the same question I asked the securities commission
• That might be another question for the Securities Commission if we would actually be able to catch more
• I'm with the Alabama Securities Commission.
• Any other questions for the securities commission? securities commission? All right. Thank you.

Bills: HB297

Committee: House Financial Services

Keywords: cash transactions, money transmission, regulatory compliance, criminal penalties, Alabama Securities Commission

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• themselves in the case of protect themselves in the case of catastrophic<01:09:45.080><c> loss.
• members while remaining strong, protect members while remaining strong, stable,<01:36:20.080><c> and
• The protection of member deposits and the stability of the financial institutions that we insure must
• He continued: “The protection of member deposits and the stability of the financial institutions that
• </c><01:38:12.640><c> of</c> Our focus remains on the protection of Our focus remains on the protection

Bills: HF3766 , HF3972 , HF3437 , HF4118

Committee: House Commerce Finance and Policy

Keywords: travel insurance, regulation, insurance licensing, consumer protection, travel assistance, short-term rental, vacation rental, home sharing, rental marketplace, online platform, property damage guarantee, damage waiver, reimbursement insurance, insurance regulation, commerce department, platform user, Airbnb, Vrbo, host protection, rental home marketplace

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• We chose to protect our neighbors from predatory debt. For 15 years, those protections have worked.
• For 15 years, those protections have worked.
• Please do not fix the system that is currently protecting our citizens.
• It’s really a consumer protection bill.”
• It’s a consumer protection bill.

Bills: HB2361 , HB2542 , HB2629 , HB2394 , HB2274 , HB1078 , HB2294

Committee: House Consumer Protection & Business

Keywords: small loans, consumer protection, financial regulation, lending limits, credit access, animal testing, alternatives, ethical research, animal welfare, scientific methods, infrastructure, protection, safety, security, state regulations, public safety, insurance fraud, law enforcement, crime, penalties

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• And so this protects our residents.
• It's a good consumer protection bill in that it's protecting our residents, allowing a third party so
• We also abide by the consumer protection protections that are afforded through Washington State Administrative
• Consumers will have similar protections; they'll have the identical protections that they have in other
• Those are also for the consumer's protection.

Bills: HB2428 , HB2399 , HB2087

Committee: House Consumer Protection & Business

Keywords: life insurance, policy lapse, policy cancellation, nonpayment of premium, premium grace period, lapse notice, termination notice, third-party notice, third-party designee, beneficiary protection, consumer protection, insurance regulation, insurer notice requirements, policyholder, beneficiary, Washington RCW, insurance code, unintentional lapse, coverage continuation, premium delinquency

Bills: SSB1142 , SF207

Committee: Joint Technology

Keywords: digital financial assets, kiosks, consumer protection, money transmission, transaction limits, obscenity, obscene material, age verification, minor access, online pornography, internet platform liability, civil liability, private right of action, privacy, identifying information, zero-knowledge proof, third-party verification, content moderation, social media, website liability

Bills: SF143 , SF207

Committee: Joint Technology

Keywords: consumer data, privacy, health data, data protection, profiling, transparency, obscenity, obscene material, age verification, minor access, online pornography, internet platform liability, civil liability, private right of action, identifying information, zero-knowledge proof, third-party verification, content moderation, social media, website liability

Bills: SB2466 , HB1163 , HB1514 , SB3082 , SB2135 , SB2727 , SB3097 , HB1696 , HB2021

Keywords: elections, chief elections officer, termination for cause, Hawaii election law, elections commission, commercial drivers license, non-domiciled, federal regulations, commercial learner's permit, citizenship, lawful residency, Department of Transportation, workers' compensation, vocational rehabilitation, injury recovery, employment services, return to work, military families, family leave, qualifying military exigency

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• And as Cyrus Stevens Avery from Tulsa, Oklahoma, was appointed chairman of the Oklahoma Highway Commission
• Whereas the Oklahoma Route 66 Centennial Commission has planned special events throughout 2026, including
• Currently, the Corporation Commission requires surety bonds, and the requirement by Wildlife in the rule
• So, right now, all the gas companies have to pay surety bonds to the Corporation Commission.
• It says Oklahoma oil and gas companies pay surety bonds to the Corporation Commission, and they are not

Bills: HB1937 , HB2153 , HB3674 , HB2978 , HB3885 , HB3671 , HB3261 , HB3021 , HB3029 , HB4274 , HB3701 , HB3076 , HB2299 , HB3852 , HB3244 , HB3345 , HB3114 , HB3764 , HB4144 , HB3304 , HB2939 , HB4227 , HB3262 , HB2941 , HB3498 , HB4343 , HB4425 , HB3386 , HB3087 , HB3062 , HB3431 , HB4141 , HB3581 , HB4237 , HB2960 , HB3645 , HB3648 , HB3974 , HB3045 , SCR18 , HCR1024 , SJR39 , SJR49 , HB4486 , SB1130 , SB1131 , SB1132 , SB1133 , SB1134 , SB1142 , HB1823 , HB4476 , HB3378 , HB3880 , HB3031 , HB3369 , HB3429 , HB3657 , HB4215 , HB3624 , HB1170

Keywords: HB1937, Oklahoma schools, student communications, electronic communication, digital communication, parent notification, legal guardian, school personnel, teachers, coaches, administrators, charter schools, public schools, administrative leave, corroborated report, investigation, employee file, discipline, termination, school board

Bills: HB282 , HB283 , HB95

Committee: House Commerce and Small Business

Keywords: government contracting, state agencies, local agencies, procurement, marketing contracts, advertising contracts, media monitoring, fact-checking, news ratings, bias ratings, misinformation, journalistic standards, news accuracy, vendor certification, contractor certification, public relations, media analytics, government procurement, Alabama, data privacy

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• But this is Alabama's Vehicle Protection Product Act.
• This legislation builds on that framework by expressly authorizing optional vehicle protection products
• specifically designed to protect catalytic converters.
• specifically designed to protect catalytic converters.
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Bills: HB610 , HB620 , HB582 , HB610 , HB620 , HB582

Committee: House Commerce and Small Business

Keywords: state bank, public bank, government funds, financial services, constitutional amendment, tax abatements, international headquarters, publicly traded companies, economic incentives, Alabama tax reform, social-emotional learning, education policy, parental consent, K-12 education, teacher training, student surveys, disciplinary action, automatic renewal, consumer protection, cancellation policy