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• I prefer the bill passes cleanest possible without any amendment because I know the House has a very
• We have had this bill passed this every Senate committee in every House committee almost unanimously
• I believe the bill is coming to the House floor today will probably be voted out as a clean bill.
• That will be the bill that travels to us and we would probably take up the House Bill.
• All the families who spoke today that said I'm rising in opposition to the bill for 3 primary reasons

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• through 18-3-107.
• Chairman, I'm just going to direct you to House Bill 63 from 2022, ...House Bill 63 from 2022, which
• Uh, as many of you know that bill, uh, a massive bill, a lot of things not related massive bill, a lot
• And the legislature, you all started drafting House Bill 120, what became House Bill 122, that memorialized
• Chairman, House Bill 122 and our federal partners authorized... ...leaning into what I believe Wyoming

Committee: Joint Appropriations

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• Good morning, and welcome to the Conference Committee on House Bill 244, an act updating and recodifying
• In in the version returned to the house.
• for a cleanup bill next term.
• So, in the original bill on page 21, against lines 3 through 10, starting at line 7, we let it through
• ><c> 10</c><00:26:13.480><c> are</c> Well, against lines 3 through 10 are Well, against lines 3 through

Summary: The Conference Committee on House Bill 244 met to resolve remaining drafting issues in the bill updating and recodifying municipal enforcement of building and fire codes. The chair explained that the measure is largely a technical recodification, moving statutory references and correcting broken cross-references after review by the subcommittee, the Senate, AI-assisted checking, and the Building Code Review Board. Members emphasized that Amendment 2026-1923H contains no policy changes, only reference updates and language cleanup to ensure the bill points to the correct current RSA sections. The committee then discussed a few specific drafting questions, including a reference on page one and language on page two concerning the phrase “remove the prohibition on a building permit.” Some members questioned whether that wording should instead describe a variance or exception, but the chair and Representative Darji explained that the language is intended to allow an applicant to return to the zoning board to remove a prohibition attached to a specific building permit, not to broadly eliminate the underlying rule. The committee also noted a corrected reference to current statutory language because the underlying law had changed since the bill was introduced. After the explanation, the House receded from its position of non-concurrence and concurred with the Senate amendment as further amended by 2026-1923H. Members agreed to place the measure on the House consent calendar, and the committee adjourned.

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• You are presenting AB-9-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3. 20.
• With me to support this bill today is Holly Framini. track housing package.
• This bill encourages urban revitalization by connecting housing investment with public transit, career
• This bill addresses our state's housing crisis that has disproportionately affected our students, who
• Assembly Bill 893 increases the supply of housing on commercial lots which are already located in dense

Committee: House Appropriations

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• And the first bill is House Bill 122, and the last prime sponsor is up to introduce the bill.
• And the first bill is House Bill 122, and the last prime sponsor is up to introduce the bill.
• So this bill is one of four bills that were heard in the House last year, one of four that again have
• So this bill is one of four bills that were heard in the House last year, one of four that again have
• House Bill 739 creates an actions.

Committee: Senate Finance

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• Well, write me a bill. Oh, there's been many bills.
• It's a great bill.
• Senator Nelson, thank you for bringing this bill. It's a great bill.
• Senator Nelson, thank you for bringing this bill. It's a great bill.
• bill forward.

Committee: Senate Taxes

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• The House tax actually just in the last half an hour passed a bill that would do that. OK.
• So with that, can I have a motion for a new pass on House Bill 2?
• Adrian is representative, coming up to the Senate, House Bill 71.
• Chairman, yes, we're gonna do House Bill 71 first.
• So House Bill 145 is the House Senate over, took 110.

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

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• You know, 3% is very challenging.
• Bills will be coming forward.
• When bills come along, just let us know that you're going to present a bill, so we can wait for you.
• You know what bills are signed.
• we're being asked to vote on, the changes from House Bill 2 for this committee, That we can look at

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

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• We are on Senate Bill 3.
• So we'll be doing Senate Bill 3, House Bill 70, all kinds of things going on this evening.
• This is Senate Bill 3, and it deals with definitions in two ways.
• Senate Bill 3 deals with definitions in two different sections of law: the Mental Health Code, 43-1-3
• Substitute for House Bill 70.

Bills: SB3 , HB70 , HB49 , HB60 , HB151 , HB164 , SB17 , SB35 , SB164

Committee: House House Judiciary

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 3, which revises definitions in the Mental Health Code and Assisted Outpatient Treatment Act related to “likelihood of serious harm” and decisional capacity. The sponsor said the goal was to make the standards more workable for courts and treatment providers in civil commitment and assisted outpatient treatment cases. Members adopted a friendly amendment that narrowed and clarified the language, including adding “intentionally,” tying decisional capacity language to a mental disorder, and specifying that a qualified mental health professional makes that determination. A second friendly amendment was then adopted to make the bill’s language consistent throughout the code by adding “serious” before references to harm to self or others in several places. Public testimony on SB 3 was mixed. Disability advocates, the ACLU, and Disability Rights New Mexico expressed continued concern about involuntary treatment, civil liberty implications, possible overuse of commitment as a shortcut around guardianship or capacity procedures, and the risk that some people could remain in the system for a long time. Supporters included the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce, police, and firefighters, who said the bill would provide clearer standards, better tools for crisis response, and alternatives to repeated arrest or emergency hospital transport. After debate, the committee voted 10-0 to give SB 3 a due pass as twice amended. The committee then took up House Bill 70, which was presented with a committee substitute intended to make the bill “sleeker” and address concerns raised by members. The substitute restored existing limits on commission decision-making, strengthened hearing examiner independence, reinstated current ex parte and Open Meetings Act guardrails, removed a proposed consumer advocate provision, and changed one provision from “may” back to “shall.” Members asked a few clarifying questions, including about advocacy staff and hearing examiners, and the sponsor said the changes improved the bill. The committee voted 9-0 to do not pass the original bill and due pass the committee substitute. The chair announced the committee had completed its two bills and adjourned after discussing upcoming meeting times.

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• Bill reports and refers to Appropriations 12 to 3. Chair Sewell.
• For Senate Bill 394, the recommendation was to conform to House Bill 1186. Do you have a motion?
• The bill reports with amendment 15 to 3.
• Senate Bill 815 is identical to House Bill 14, which is identical to House Bill 1455 by Delegate McNamara
• Senate Bill 427 has a new conforming substitute, I think, to put in line the similar bill, House Bill

Committee: House Education

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• All all revenue start in the House. All all revenue bills. bills. bills.
• tax bills in About 2/3 of our property tax bills in New<00:56:39.080><c> Hampshire</c><00:56:40.160>
• There was a bill earlier this session that you all considered and ultimately killed, House Bill 1656,
• There was a bill earlier this session that you all considered and ultimately killed, House Bill 1656,
• There was a bill earlier this session that you all considered and ultimately killed, House Bill 1656,

Committee: House Ways and Means

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• Signed in open session: House Bill 1983, House Bill 2104, House Bill 2124, engrossed substitute House
• Bill 2192, engrossed substitute House Bill 2229, engrossed substitute House Bill 2238, House Bill 2249
• Substitute House Bill 2339, House Bill 2353, Substitute House Bill 2355, Substitute House Bill 2405,
• Substitute House Bill 2410, Substitute House Bill 2411, Substitute House Bill 2420, House Bill 2431,
• Bill 2505, Substitute House Bill 2525, Engrossed House Bill 2575, House Bill 2610, House Bill 2664, and

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• House Bill 521, House Bill 615, House Bill 684, House Bill 695, Senate Bill 1369, House Bill 566, House
• Bill 568, House Bill 678, House Bill 774, House Bill 762, Senate Bill 1358, House Bill 661, House Bill
• 715, House Bill 733, House Bill 749, House Bill 662, Senate Bill 1386, House Bill 847, House Bill 664
• , House Bill 716, House Bill 742, Senate Bill 1379, House Bill 658, and House Bill 734 will be referred
• Bill 1354, House Bill 629, House Bill 825, and House Bill 670.

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• To accomplish all of these duties we We appreciate the funding that's provided in House Bill 1.
• Last session In addition to providing the agency $21.3 million in general revenue, House Bill 9 and house
• I will note that House Bill 9 and House Joint Resolution 125, which authorize the broadband infrastructure
• We are very pleased with... the support provided by the House, Bill 1.
• House Bill 1, Courthouse Program, Heritage Trails, National Museum.

Committee: House Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V

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• We have one bill on our agenda, and that is House Bill 18, which the chair now lays out and recognizes
• No, I certainly was a joint author with Senator Bettencourt on Bill House Bill 19, which would prohibit
• My name is Bonnie Kudlip, I rise— In strong support of House Bill 18.
• to testify on, for, or against House Bill 18.
• And on House Bill 18, Senator Hinojosa moves that House Bill 18 be reported failed.

Bills: HB18

Committee: Senate State Affairs

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• </c> in House Bill 2? Yes. in House Bill 2? Yes.
• > they're treated in House Bill Two as a they're treated in House Bill Two as a bill<00:14:52.160><c>
• Please support House Bill 707.
• Please support House Bill 707.
• Please support House Bill 707.

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources

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• We have concerns with the guarantees of affordable housing in the bill as it is, but as a housing organization
• , we do support this. ...of affordable housing in the bill as it is, but as a housing organization, we
• So, and now they're in the bill. So, we have to oppose the bill.
• Love the bill. Absolutely. It is a great bill.
• Current vote 3-0. Senators Allen... Bill 6-0 and it's out. File item 19, SB 1291.

Summary: The committee heard several energy, environmental, recycling, and land-use bills, beginning with SB 925 by Senator McNerney, which would direct the California Energy Commission to develop a statewide roadmap for fusion energy. Supporters said the bill would help California retain leadership in fusion research and commercialization, attract investment, and create jobs, while some members emphasized the need to avoid overregulation and keep the state competitive. No opposition testified, and the bill was later approved on a 4-0 vote and held on call. The committee also heard SB 1350, another McNerney bill, to expand the use of green hydrogen in the power sector by allowing renewable portfolio standard credit for turbines using renewable hydrogen. Supporters framed it as a way to support clean energy reliability, preserve tax credits, and create jobs, while opponents including TURN and Earthjustice warned about greenwashing, resource shuffling, and increased NOx emissions. The author and chair described committee amendments as adding guardrails, and the bill passed 4-0 and was held on call. Senator Grayson presented SB 1145, which would streamline CEQA and related review for qualifying projects in the Concord Reuse Project Area, part of the former Concord Naval Weapons Station. The bill is intended to speed a long-planned transit-oriented development with housing, commercial space, parks, and open space; supporters included local officials, labor groups, and business organizations, while a housing group raised concerns about affordable housing guarantees but still supported the CEQA exemption. The committee described the bill as balancing streamlining with retained environmental review and approved it 4-0, held on call. Senator Cabaldon’s SB 1341, dealing with CalRecycle processing fees for bag-in-a-box wine and spirits containers, also drew support from the wine industry and some environmental groups that wanted a workable recycling market, while glass packaging and other opponents objected to giving CalRecycle too much discretion; it too passed 4-0 and was held on call. The committee then heard SJR 13 by Senator Padilla, urging the U.S. to seek enforceable commitments to eliminate transboundary sewage pollution at the 2026 USMCA review. Supporters described severe public health and environmental harms from sewage and runoff in the Tijuana River and New River watersheds, especially for border and farmworker communities, and the resolution passed 4-0. Padilla’s SB 1033, requiring protein product manufacturers to test for and disclose heavy metals, drew support from consumer and public health groups citing Consumer Reports findings, while industry groups argued for narrower scope, QR-code options, and thresholds tied to health standards; the bill passed 3-0 and was held on call. Senator Ashby’s SB 1010, creating a manufacturer-funded system for refrigerant recovery from discarded appliances, was supported as a climate and enforcement measure but opposed by appliance manufacturers and recyclers who said existing law already regulates refrigerants and that the bill could raise costs and reduce recycling; it passed 4-0 and was held on call. Finally, Senator Caballero presented SB 1183, requiring a state study of the environmental, land-use, and economic impacts of industrial solar in the Central Valley. Supporters said the bill would help ensure solar development benefits local communities and farmland, while solar industry groups argued it duplicated existing work and should better reflect solar’s benefits; the bill was heard but no vote was taken in the portion provided.

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• The next bill, House File 2354, please move your motion and proceed with the introduction of the bill
• So this bill does a couple of things.
• </c> Grant programs in the Minnesota house Grant programs in the Minnesota house and<00:02:19.480><c>
• <00:03:05.080><c> file</c> house file house file 2354<00:03:07.040><c> otherwise</c><00:03:07.400><c>
• However, we have some critical concerns regarding this bill, specifically section 3, lines 2.14 and 3.33

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• Bill 3 compression.
• Bill 3.
• And the table on page 16 just shows trends in adopted Tier 2. rates both pre and post House Bill 3.
• This is slide 3, which talks about the contributions that are included in House Bill 1. filed and Emily
• Bill 3 in 2019.

Committee: House Appropriations - S/C on Article III

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• House Bill 1D establishes the congressional districts for the state of Florida.
• , or based on the lack of inventory for housing, right?
• So the bill that was, or the resolution that was pushed through the legislature was... ...the bill that
• Dear members of the House, we are living...
• Two, it originated with the governor, not this House.

Summary: The Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting met to consider HB 1D, which would establish Florida’s congressional districts using the governor’s proposed map, EOG PCRP 26. Representative Persons-Mulicka briefly introduced the bill, and Jason Jazeel and Jason Pareda of the governor’s office presented the legal rationale and map details. Jazeel argued that mid-cycle congressional redistricting is not prohibited, that the governor’s position is to draw districts without considering race, and that federal equal-protection principles should control over state race-based redistricting provisions. Pareda said he drew the map alone using 2020 census data and census blocks, while also considering population growth estimates, traditional redistricting criteria, and county/city boundaries where feasible. Pareda described the map as race-neutral and said it keeps 48 counties whole, 382 cities whole, and has a boundary-analysis score of about 85.7%. He walked through regional changes, including major revisions in South Florida, adjustments in Central Florida, and changes in the Tampa Bay area, explaining that population shifts and the need for exact congressional population equality drove many of the district configurations. Members questioned the timing of the special session, the use of 2020 census data versus newer population estimates, the role of the legislature versus the governor, the legal basis for mid-decade redistricting, and whether the map complies with the Voting Rights Act and Fair Districts amendments. Motions to place witnesses under oath and to extend the committee meeting by 30 minutes both failed. During public testimony, every speaker who was heard opposed the map. Commenters argued that the proposal was a partisan power grab, would reduce Democratic and minority representation, and violated the Florida Constitution and voting rights protections. Several speakers criticized the short notice and lack of public input, while others said the map would confuse voters or split communities. The chair repeatedly reminded attendees to maintain decorum and limited each speaker to about one minute.