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• <00:26:15.640> for municipalities can grant permission for municipalities can grant permission
• well no because we're giving permission well no because we're giving permission essentially<00:29
• <00:29:33.840> for of Claremont granted permission for of Claremont granted permission for
• <04:03:06.800> that's if either one grants permission that's if either one grants permission
• <04:06:54.000> is that first Clause unless permission is that first Clause unless permission

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• <01:01:09.040> Thank ask the people's permission first.
• Thank ask the people's permission first.
• <01:11:24.880> is The eyes have it and that permission is The eyes have it and that permission
• And with your permission,<01:16:04.560> Mr.
• President, I ask that permission, Mr.

Keywords: 981, all

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• governments more tools to combat those bad actors and just not letting them ask forgiveness instead of permission
• governments more tools to combat those bad actors and just not letting them ask forgiveness instead of permission
• governments more tools to combat those bad actors and just not letting them ask forgiveness instead of permission
• Representative Meredith, permission to explain my vote?
• yes representative Meredith permission yes representative Meredith permission to<00:47:24.839>

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:15 Roll Call 00:25 HB 403 Discussion 02:11 HB 403 Vote 03:08 HB 555 Discussion 04:55 HB 555 Vote 08:42 HB 321 Discussion 10:55 HB 321 Vote 13:22 HB 18 Discussion 15:21 HB 18 Vote 35:10 HB 85 Discussion 39:08 HB 85 Vote 46:40 HB 371 Discussion 49:22 HB 371 Vote 52:03 Adjournment 53:48, 958, all

Summary: The House Standing Committee on Local Government met with a quorum and took up several bills, mostly focused on local planning, zoning, and municipal administration. House Bill 403, a simple measure giving coroners a six-month grace period to complete continuing education, was presented by Rep. Deanna Gordon with testimony from Madison County Coroner Jimmy Cornelson and received unanimous support. House Bill 555, a technical bill affecting audit deadlines and flexibility for small cities and certain expo center audit arrangements, was explained by JD Cheney of the Kentucky League of Cities; he said it would help about 97 cities comply with audit requirements and allow more flexibility when municipalities are making good-faith efforts. The committee approved HB 555 on a roll call vote, with one no vote from Rep. Griffee and others in favor, and reported it favorably to the House floor. House Bill 321, also presented with JD Cheney and Rep. DJ Johnson, would expand the time for planning commission and board of adjustment members to complete orientation and continuing education, with a focus on housing supply and accessibility. Supporters said it would help recruit more members and concentrate training on land-use impacts on housing; Rep. Roarx and others discussed Louisville Metro’s planning process, while Rep. Brown and Rep. Fleming raised concerns about infrastructure and long-range planning. The committee passed HB 321 favorably after roll call, with one no vote from Rep. Griffee. House Bill 18 drew the most extended debate. Sponsor Rep. John Hodgson said the committee substitute would create incentives for infill development in urban areas and extend a moratorium on zoning district classification changes for two more years, arguing that local elected officials should have more control over major density changes and that unelected boards were approving projects without adequate infrastructure review. Opponents, including Liam Gallagher of Americans for Prosperity Kentucky and several members, argued the bill would restrict housing development, interfere with property rights, and limit Louisville Metro’s ability to update its Land Development Code; supporters countered that the bill would not stop development but would require elected officials to weigh in and address traffic and infrastructure concerns. After discussion, the committee approved HB 18 as amended by the substitute and reported it favorably to the House floor, with several members explaining their votes and some opposing the moratorium on local zoning changes.

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• And so again, it's permissive, but it's got to go somewhere.
• And so again, it's permissive, but it's got to go somewhere.
• And so again, it's permissive, but it's got to go somewhere.
• And so again, it's permissive, but it's got to go somewhere.
• <00:15:23.920> to<00:15:23.960> go permissive, but it's got to go permissive, but it's

Bills: HB163, HB344, SB11, SB92, SB164, HB22, HB89, SB227, SB6

Keywords: income tax, research expenditures, economic development, tax deductions, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Alabama tax law, educational intervention, State Superintendent, local boards of education, subpoena, accountability, state control, electric vehicles, registrations, license tax, public transportation, funding infrastructure, K-12 education, wireless communication devices, digital safety

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• Speaker Pro Tem, permission to explain my vote. Please proceed.
• Speaker Pro Tem, permission to explain my vote. Please proceed. Mr.
• Speaker Pro Tem, permission to explain my vote. Please proceed.
• Speaker Pro Tem, with the Speaker's permission, at hearing room one upon adjournment of floor.
• Speaker, Pro Tem, with the speaker's permission, Mr.

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• Ranking Minority Member Moore: Permission to explain my vote, Mr. Chairman.
• Ranking Minority Member Moore: Permission to explain my vote, Mr. Chairman.
• Ranking Minority Member Moore: Permission to explain my vote, Mr. Chairman.
• Ranking Minority Member Moore: Permission to explain my vote, Mr. Chairman.
• Ranking Minority Member Moore: Permission to explain my vote, Mr. Chairman.

Keywords: 958, all

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• >> Permission<00:05:13.199> granted. >> Permission granted.
• >> Permission granted.
• Permission to use the delegate's name. Permission granted. Thank you.
• Permission to use the delegate's name. Permission to use the delegate's name.
• Permission granted. Thank you. Permission granted. Thank you.

Keywords: House streaming session for Thursday, February 19, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House convened with 124 members present, offered prayer, approved the previous day’s journal by consent, and then moved through introductory matters and a ceremonial resolution recognizing Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated for its 113 years of sisterhood, scholarship, service, and social action in Maryland. Members welcomed visiting sorors and applauded the recognition. The chamber later confirmed 131 members present and proceeded to third reading bills. Several bills were passed without opposition, including House Bill 7, authorizing limited music therapy licenses; House Bill 42, revising the State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners; House Bill 164, on yard waste collection and disposal; and House Bill 177, on bicycles, play vehicles, and unicycles at crosswalks. House Bill 55, which would expand speed camera authority to local jurisdictions statewide for certain roads and areas, drew the most debate. Supporters argued it would give counties and municipalities local control to address speeding and safety concerns, while opponents raised concerns about local autonomy, revenue use, and whether camera fines supplement or supplant public safety funding. The floor leader clarified that the bill would extend authority now limited to three counties, that existing notice and public hearing requirements would remain, and that revenues must still be used for administrative costs and public safety. During debate on House Bill 55, members asked about the speed threshold, fine structure, whether citations go to vehicle owners, and whether the bill would change how local governments use camera revenues. The floor leader said the bill itself does not alter the existing rule that revenues after administrative costs must go to public safety, and that local jurisdictions could still further restrict use of funds. After debate, House Bill 55 passed 98-35. House Bill 164 passed 96-38, while House Bill 7 passed 133-0 and House Bill 42 passed 132-0.

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• I rise for permission to introduce the Doctor of the Day. Please proceed. Dr.
• Speaker, permission to explain my vote. Please proceed.
• Announcement, permission to make an announcement.
• Speaker, with your permission.
• With your permission, the Committee on Government will meet Wednesday morning at 8 a.m.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Speaker, with your permission, personal point of privilege. I'd like to read a statement.
• I'd like to read the card for you with the Speaker's permission.
• Chair, with your permission, the Commerce Committee will be meeting here in Room 5 at 2 o'clock.
• With your permission, the Committee on Regulatory Oversight will not be meeting this afternoon.
• Speaker, with your permission, the International Trade Committee will not be meeting tomorrow.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• getting that getting that permission. getting that getting that permission.
• Um I won't go of landowner permission.
• . permission. permission.
• ><00:36:12.560> I<00:36:12.880> think think for us permission I think think for us permission
• And with your permission, Mr.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• With your permission, I'd like to introduce some guests in the gallery. Please proceed. Thank you.
• Speaker Pro Tem, permission to introduce guests in the gallery. Please proceed. All right.
• Speaker of Tim, permission to introduce guests in the gallery. Please proceed. All right.
• Speaker, permission to explain my vote. Please proceed.
• The Republican caucus will be meeting tomorrow with your permission in hearing room 1 at 11 a.m.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• know, prior authorization is a burdensome process that requires health care providers to ask for permission
• It excludes prescription drugs and is permissive, though, if insurers want to include that to be competitive
• <00:02:12.160> to<00:02:12.560> treat providers to ask for permission to treat providers
• to ask for permission to treat a<00:02:13.360> patient.
• prescription drugs and uh is permissive prescription drugs and uh is permissive though<00:03:43.120

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00 Call to Order and Roll Call 00:16 HB 176 Discussion 01:10 HB 176 Vote 06:45 HB 184 Discussion 08:47 HB 184 Vote 09:53 HB 265 Discussion 10:39 HB 265 Vote 15:09, 958, all

Summary: The House Standing Committee on Banking and Insurance met with a quorum and first passed over House Bill 164 pending a document. The committee then heard House Bill 176, sponsored by Rep. Kim Moser, which would create a framework for insurer-run prior authorization exemption programs, often called “gold carding,” for certain health care providers. Moser said the bill is the product of years of negotiation with insurers, would include behavioral health providers, would exclude prescription drugs, and would require annual reporting from the Department of Insurance and DMS on prior authorization activity. A committee member asked whether the 93% approval threshold for exemption matched other states; Moser and a witness said it was consistent with other states and current insurer programs, and that insurers could set a lower threshold if they wanted a competitive advantage. The committee voted on HB 176 after a motion and second, and the bill passed with a favorable expression. The committee also heard a guest introduction from Rep. All, who introduced a student shadow, Ava Oman, before moving on to House Bill 184. Rep. Meredith explained HB 184 would create a safe harbor for health savings account-qualified insurance plans so state mandates and cost-sharing rules would not conflict with IRS requirements and disqualify those plans at the federal level. The committee approved HB 184 unanimously with a favorable expression. Finally, the committee considered House Bill 265, also presented by Rep. Meredith with a Department of Insurance representative. The bill would allow workers’ compensation self-insured pools to have a dissolution process and would prohibit authorizing any new pools, while leaving existing pools in place. Meredith and the department said the change was prompted by solvency problems in some pools, including a large one that had entered receivership, and by limited regulatory authority over these arrangements. After questions about whether the bill affected health insurance, the committee was told it did not. HB 265 also passed with a favorable expression, and the meeting adjourned after a late-arriving member registered votes in favor of all three bills.

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• That without permission with the AR-15.
• With regard to the the with permission.
• . permission. permission.
• Um and I don't I know if permission.
• should have written landowner permission should have written landowner permission to<03:42:44.720

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• However, when we move to a parental opt-out in this bill, we are so permissive.
• We are so permissive with the way technology will aggressively attack our children in school.
• We are so permissive.
• point about the protections that are necessary for our children, the opt-in versus opt-out and what permissions
• some things wrong, I wish parents were engaged, as Senator Grohl and her husband are, with the permissions

Summary: The Senate convened with an opening prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then administered the oath of office to newly elected Senator Brian Nathan of District 14, with his family present. The chamber also read the governor’s amended special session proclamation, which expanded the call to include legislation on congressional redistricting and related litigation, artificial intelligence protections including an AI Bill of Rights and related public records exemptions, and medical freedom. The secretary then read the bills filed within the call: SB 2D (Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights), SB 4D (public records), SB 60 (medical freedom), and SB 8D (congressional districts).

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• So I'm here to ask for permission to use the chambers for the Glory Awards. We do this every year.
• I'm here to ask for permission for the Boy Scouts of America, the Scouting America movement, to use the
• And I think it's been well received, and I would ask permission to use it again this year.
• But basically, this is for permission to use the chamber...
• But basically, this is for permission to use the chamber for Girls State.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• . >> And permission to insert written comments. So ordered. Mālo. Representative Kapela.
• And permission to Please proceed.
• And permission to include words into the journal. So ordered.
• Thank you. 2011. 2012. 2013. permission to include words into the permission to include words into the
• Moving on to Standing Committee Report 2016. permission to to insert written comments permission to to

Bills: SB3136, SB2521, SB2851, SB3154, SB3262, SB2387, SB3001, SB2818, SB2972, SB2372, SB2108, SB888, SB3320, SB2798, SB2110, SB3007, SB2615, SB2095, SB2101, SB3138, SB2756, SB3229, SB2969, SB3286, SB3238, SB2557, SB3140, SB2014, SB3097, SB3096, SB3069, SB99, SB2930, SB2268, SB2543, SB3022, SB3109, SB3215, SB3152, SB3156, SB3234, SB3053, SB3067, SB2673, SB411, SB2041, SB2919, SB2532, SB2152, SB2721, SB2446, SB2601, SB2239, SB2804, SB3324, SB2802, SB2577, SB2320, SB2706, SB2595, SB2781, SB2961, SB2433, SB2657, SB2340, SB3045, SB3203, SB2861, SB3245, SB2803, SB3204, SB3025, SB2138, SB2645, SB3082, SB2109, SB2261, SB3332, SB2811, SB2567, SB2125, SB2866, SB83, SB874, SB2386, SB3137, SB3132, SB2175, SB2272, SB2271, SB847, SB3302, SB2089, SB2102, SB2050, SB2694, SB2487, SB2061, SB709, SB3083, SB2151, SB2852, SB2471, SB2568, SB2253, SB2697, SB2429, SB2929, SB3032, SB2057, SB148, SB2353, SB2075, SB2907, SB2074, SB3219, SB3218, SB2367, SB3048, SB17, SB3253, SB2376, SB3103, SB2999, SB3255, SB1166, SB3157, SB2698, SB3029, SB2146, SB2470, SB3040, SB3076, SB2575, SB3294, SB2438, SB2530, SB2688

Keywords: lead-free, lead in drinking water, drinking water, water infrastructure, public water system, plumbing, pipe fittings, solder, flux, fixtures, cast iron pipe repair, nonpotable water, Safe Drinking Water Act, Department of Health, water quality, lead exposure, lead contamination, water utilities, backflow preventer, fire hydrant

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• Many of our citizens must obtain some form of government permission simply to earn a living.
• When government permission becomes unpredictable or discretionary, it ceases to be a neutral process
• President, with permission of the primary sponsor, I wish to be added to Senate Bill 169.
• With permission of the primary sponsor, I move to be added as a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 80, Senate
• Uh, with the permission of the primary co-sponsor, I'd like to be added to Senate Bill 97.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then established a quorum, excused absent members, and approved the journal from Friday, February 20, 2026. The chamber also announced caucus meetings during recess and received notice that the House had passed House Bills 111, 527, and 555. New Senate bills were introduced, including SB 220 on small farm wineries, SB 221 on abuse of a corpse, and SB 222 on environmental covenants and an emergency declaration. The main floor debate centered on Senate Bill 52, which concerns fair permitting and licensing practices. The sponsor described the bill as a response to delays and subjectivity in agency permitting, saying it would require clear standards, set deadlines, and provide meaningful appeals without eliminating existing requirements. Opponents argued that a fixed deadline could be too short for complex environmental and public-safety reviews and could pressure agencies with limited staffing; one senator also warned it could benefit large businesses at the expense of workers and communities. Supporters countered that the bill would improve accountability and help businesses, child care providers, and other applicants get timely decisions. After floor amendments were withdrawn, SB 52 passed as amended by a vote of 30 yeas to 5 nays. Before that vote, the Senate also returned SB 50 from the Appropriations and Revenue Committee to the Rules Committee under suspension of the rules. After SB 52, the chamber took up Senate Bill 124, relating to sick leave for school district personnel, and heard the sponsor’s explanation that it was intended to address classroom absences in a cost-effective way that would benefit students and taxpayers. The transcript cuts off during the discussion of SB 124, before any final vote on that bill is shown.

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• With permission, I uh handle some questions. Thank you very much.
• They're afraid to homeschool without permission slips.
• <01:24:37.480> slip to the state and get a permission slip to the state and get a permission
• permission model. permission model.
• And we permission to educate them.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• However, when we move to a parental opt-out in this bill, we are so permissive.
• We are so permissive with the way technology will aggressively attack our children in school.
• We are so permissive with the way technology will aggressively attack our children in school.
• point about the protections that are necessary for our children, the opt-in versus opt-out and what permissions
• some things wrong, I wish parents were engaged, as Senator Grohl and her husband are, with the permissions

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• He admits in the hearings, permission to read. Permission granted.
• He admits in the hearings, permission to read. Permission granted.
• First off, she didn’t ask for permission to read the letter from the governor.
• Permission to read.
• The permission to read is not granted.

Keywords: 987, senate, all