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• We are going to remove some things, like national testing that has to be online remediation that has

Bills: HB1937 , HB2210 , HB2398 , HB3021 , HB3129 , HB3312 , HB3557 , HB4358

Committee: House Education Oversight

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

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• Members, this is the bill by Representative Patterson that removes certain affirmative defenses.
• and 302 for wind and solar decommissioning require the project owners to fully fund the cost of removing
• So that's kind of the bracket of the standard. Well, I can also share.
• But up until some point in time in the future where that becomes more standard as companies continue
• The committee substitute to House Bill 246 also improves the claims process. standardizes the form required

Bills: HB246 , HB796 , HB 1056 , HB1544 , HB1846 , HB2001 , HB2618 , HB2625 , HB2869 , HB2898 , HB3069 , HB3114 , HB3157 , HB3228 , HJR98 , HB246

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: federal directives, state authority, Tenth Amendment, government enforcement, local governance, gold standard, legal tender, currency, transactional currency, financial transactions, electronic payment systems, state finance, regulatory compliance, electric trucks, charging infrastructure, advisory council, transportation, sustainability, criminal penalties, official information

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• So we're well behind where we should be compared to the NRC standards.
• Back on a path towards a gold standard?
• In 1971, we effectively went off the gold standard.
• To remove the other one. Yes, sir. Thank you. Thank you.
• I expect that the sunset clause will be removed this year.

Bills: HB246 , HB796 , HB 1056 , HB1544 , HB1846 , HB2001 , HB2618 , HB2625 , HB2869 , HB2898 , HB3069 , HB3114 , HB3157 , HB3228 , HJR98 , HB246

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: federal directives, state authority, Tenth Amendment, government enforcement, local governance, gold standard, legal tender, currency, transactional currency, financial transactions, electronic payment systems, state finance, regulatory compliance, electric trucks, charging infrastructure, advisory council, transportation, sustainability, criminal penalties, official information

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• Credit to, frankly... the standards of other law enforcement.
• A higher standard of accountability is what I call House Bill 2387.
• But I also support removing sheriffs who've done bad stuff.
• It weakens rather than strengthens accountability standards.
• to rely on the state process and standards provided for in law.

Bills: HB2387 , HB2490 , HB2508 , HB2539

Committee: House Community Safety

Keywords: elected sheriff, sheriff accountability, recall election, peace officer certification, certified peace officer, law enforcement authority, Washington RCW, criminal justice training commission, special election, public official recall, decertification, sheriff removal, voter accountability, county sheriff, police powers, extraordinary medical placement, compassionate release, medical parole, terminal illness, serious medical condition

Bills: SB1041 , SB1176 , SB1197 , SB1198 , SB1199 , SCM1004

Committees: Senate Natural Resources , Senate Senate Natural Resources Committee of Reference

Keywords: electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, stormwater, water storage, replenishment credits, groundwater, aquifer, Arizona Revised Statutes, irrigation rights, water duty, water allocation, management areas, Salt River horse herd, wild horses, feral horses

Bills: SB746 , SB1404 , SB1536 , SB1559 , SB1838

Committee: House S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Keywords: guardianship, guardian ad litem, incapacitated person, proposed ward, ward, probate, Estates Code, Texas probate, elder abuse, adult protective services, capacity restoration, guardian removal, annual account, annual report, estate guardian, person guardian, civil immunity, court-appointed representative, judiciary, civil jurisprudence

Summary: At 10:00 p.m. on Monday, May 12, the chair called the meeting to order and asked the clerk to call the roll. Members present included Hayes; Dutton, Landgraf, Gonzalez, and LaHood were not present. Because there was not a quorum, no business could be conducted. The chair announced that the meeting would adjourn, and the meeting ended immediately.

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• related to reporting standards to improve resource forecasting, and it restores current law language
• It's labeled C1, offered by Senator Banki, and it removes the 0.005 per kilowatt hour fee, the emerging
• and certain other standards on a coal facility as of December 31, 2025.
• and certain other standards on a coal facility as of December 31, 2025.
• Finally, it establishes future. standard that would be in effect in 2008.

Bills: SB6124 , SB6171 , SB6284 , SB5609 , SB6172 , SB6246 , SB5932 , SB6269 , SB6223 , SB5975

Committee: Senate Environment, Energy & Technology

Keywords: appliance affordability, cost index, energy efficiency, consumer protection, Washington state, energy facilities, large energy consumers, regulation, environment, sustainability, artificial intelligence, data privacy, technological impacts, cultural resources, land use, environmental policy, exemptions, state laws, Washington climate policy, greenhouse gas

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• The willful and wanton standard was applied to FSED physicians after the FSED licensing act was passed
• However, in recent years, there have been district courts that have refused to apply this standard to
• This willful and wanton standard is in place at this time for hospital emergency departments, and we
• You have the same regulatory standard? Yes, ma'am.
• such material within 72 hours of a removal request.

Bills: HB4922 , HB4713 , HB4256 , HB872 , HB1571 , HB4266 , HB4559 , SB251 , SB441 , SB1719

Committee: House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Keywords: healthcare liability, emergency medical care, standard of proof, negligence, legal reforms, Texas General Arbitration Act, arbitration, binding arbitration, statute of limitations, limitations period, tolling, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Section 16.073, alternative dispute resolution, ADR, civil procedure, lawsuit filing, court jurisdiction, Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence, procedural law

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• Standards for seed potato certification are standardized among potato-growing states, and over time those
• </c> required in some situations uh standards required in some situations uh standards for<01:10:59.120
• and over those standards change States and over those standards change to<01:11:04.080><c> reflect</
• </c><01:15:37.480><c> uh</c> financial reporting standards uh financial reporting standards uh actually
• </c> water standard water standard um<01:31:55.119><c> that</c><01:31:55.280><c> kind</c><01:31:55.400

Bills: HF2446 , HF2878 , HF2667 , HF1795 , HF2683 , HF2916

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

Keywords: agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant

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• Amendment 15, on page 3, at the bottom of page 3, lines 28 and 29, are being deleted, so that's removing
• Amendment number 24 is removing the Commission on Uniform State Laws and the Criminal Justice Priority
• And we just haven't officially removed them. Okay.
• It's removed. So, when you log into our system, the applicant system, you have to create a profile.
• It's removed.

Bills: HR9 , HR15 , HB202 , HB206 , HB338 , HB379 , HB547 , HB691 , HB843 , HB861 , HB908

Committee: House House and Governmental Affairs

Keywords: human rights, individual liberties, Magna Carta, constitutionalism, free speech, voter identification, election integrity, federal elections, public confidence, election security, SAVE America Act, Louisiana, election fraud, job advertisement, salary transparency, civil service, employment notification, applicant rights, legislative attendance, task force

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• That's the expiration of crossbow hunting and fishing allowance removed bill.
• 01:41.520><c> and</c><00:01:41.840><c> fishing</c><00:01:42.400><c> allowance</c><00:01:43.280><c> removed
• </c> hunting and fishing allowance removed hunting and fishing allowance removed bill.<00:01:44.960><
• Lake Elmo from the basically remove Lake Elmo from the White<00:15:15.920><c> Bear</c><00:15:16.160>
• At a broader level, standards are met.

Bills: HF1531 , HF4017 , HF3399 , HF4146 , HF4019 , HF3677

Committee: House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Keywords: crossbow, crossbow hunting, archery season, deer hunting, bear hunting, turkey hunting, fishing, common carp, rough fish, game and fish, wildlife management, hunting license, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, DNR, sunset clause, expiration removal, archery equipment, outdoor recreation, infectious waste, pathological waste

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• It requires that auditors apply uniform audit standards, scope, frequency, and penalties.
• The audit standards contemplated in this legislation apply to all pharmacies in the PBM network, including
• This amendment removes provisions in the bill dealing with... Barcode 834316.
• This amendment removes provisions in the bill dealing with caps on damages in civil suits and removes
• We could not come to an agreement on those provisions, and we remove that. That is the amendment.

Bills: S0326 , S0598 , S0632 , S0786 , S1110 , S1256 , S1380 , S1588 , S7042 , S7044

Committee: Senate Banking and Insurance

Keywords: curators, estates, court appointment, fiduciary duty, bond requirements, removal, surrogate, funeral homes, cemetery law, cremation, embalmer, funeral director, preneed contract, preneed funeral, human remains, unclaimed cremated remains, disposition of remains, hospice, palliative care, end-of-life care

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• The goal is to provide standards.
• quantify standards for which all the straws comply.
• If you choose to enforce one, you have to have standards. And that's all the bill says.
• It's going to cost us, conservatively, $70 million to remove this one.
• Why do we want to remove that?

Bills: S0698 , S0958 , S1066 , S1230 , S1288

Committee: Senate Environment and Natural Resources

Keywords: onsite sewage treatment, disposal systems, building permits, environmental regulation, local government authority, drinking straws, stirrers, local regulation, compostable, environmental impact, Ocklawaha River, St. Johns River, Silver Springs, river restoration, dam removal, Kirkpatrick Dam, Buckman Lock, Cross Florida Barge Canal, environmental restoration, springs protection

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• By removing a non-citizen, you're not removing any eligible voters.
• So then they get removed from the rolls.
• If they don't reply, then they get removed.
• The Class A is if they're removed... The Class A is if they're removed not according to law.
• Watchers are removed from the polls...

Bills: HB1968 , HB2279 , HB2739 , HB2803 , HB3909 , HB3918 , HB4253 , HB4475 , HB5115 , HB5430

Committee: House Elections

Keywords: election services, contracting, political subdivisions, county elections, election code, voter registration, citizenship status, election law, cancellation, disqualification, Texas Election Code, voter identification, registration, election integrity, identification documents, election, watcher, polling place, removal, Texas Elections Code

Summary: The committee first voted out two previously heard Senate bills without amendment: SB 688, relating to the date of the meeting of presidential electors, and SB 914, relating to authorizing certain cities to change the date of their general election for officers. Both motions passed on 8-0 votes with one member absent. The committee then heard HB 3909, which would change the current prohibition on wireless device use from a 100-foot boundary around a voting station to only inside the room where voting is taking place, with a committee substitute also adding state-prescribed signage. The author and supporters said the change would reduce confusion and make enforcement easier for election workers, while opponents argued the existing 100-foot rule helps prevent electioneering, recording, and possible technical interference with election equipment. The bill was left pending. Members also heard HB 1968, which would repeal a provision that requires counties to provide election services to certain political subdivisions in odd-numbered years but not even-numbered years, making county-provided election services consistent across years. Supporters said it would improve consistency for smaller cities and school districts, while opponents warned it could strain county equipment and staffing during heavy election cycles. The bill was left pending. HB 2279 would require voter registrars to remove a person from the rolls if the person swears under oath during jury service that they are not a U.S. citizen; supporters said this would streamline removal of ineligible voters, while opponents raised concerns about mistaken identity and loss of due process. The bill was left pending. Finally, the committee heard HB 2803, which would require a presiding judge to give a poll watcher a signed statement explaining any removal from service. Supporters said this would improve documentation and accountability, and one witness asked for clarification that improper removal would remain a criminal offense; the author said he would consider a floor amendment and further discussion. The committee also heard HB 4253, which would create a more uniform voter-roll maintenance process based on inactivity, sending confirmation notices to voters who have not voted in the prior 25 months and eventually removing those who do not respond after multiple election cycles. Supporters said it would clean up outdated records and help keep voters registered where they actually live, while opponents argued it could wrongly remove eligible voters who simply do not vote regularly. HB 4253 was left pending as well.

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• Morris, which is a constitutional amendment to require the governor to certify a legislative address removing
• this amendment set would change the ballot language to say, do you support an amendment to allow the removal
• Senate Bill 123 proposes to require the governor to certify the removal of judges for cause as determined
• The removal of judges for cause as determined by a majority vote of the legislature.

Bills: HB375 , HB986 , HB1098 , SCR35 , SB97 , SB123 , SB466

Committee: House Civil Law and Procedure

Keywords: liability, regional transit, streetcars, trolley cars, motor vehicles, HB986, vehicular homicide, child support, surviving child, minor child, parent killed in crash, criminal restitution, family law, Louisiana child support schedule, R.S. 9:315.48, R.S. 14:32.1, victim compensation, traffic fatality, wrongful death, sentencing enhancement

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• In fact, the legislature identified this problem and created... ...a removal process through the GLO
• to get these boats and remove them and get them out of the lake.
• waters and to help the General Land Office identify the boats that are abandoned. and facilitate their removal
• capital status, an innkeeper named Angelia Eberle fired a cannon. to alert the city and stop the removal
• negotiate... the complete divestiture of this parcel of land to the Palo Pinto Livestock Association to remove

Bills: HB4538 , HCR89 , HCR142 , SCR1 , SB2139

Committee: House Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Keywords: vessel registration, derelict vessels, waterways, removal fee, Parks and Wildlife Department, General Land Office, HCR 89, official state gun, cannon, Texas state symbol, Texas Revolution, Battle of Gonzales, Come and Take It, Alamo, San Jacinto, Twin Sisters, Angelina Eberly, Texas history, historical preservation, heritage tourism

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• And so this is removing that where not only would we not have to worry about the transactions from kind
• property tax deadline, so that was the week ending on January 31st this year, their IT department had to remove
• And for a fiscal note, the standard is that it is probable, correct?
• I respectfully oppose House Bill 134 because it threatens Texas' economic competitiveness. by removing
• Destination based sales tax remove the positive influences of competition. and worse, provide a disincentive

Bills: HB134 , HB135 , HB 1109 , HB 1243 , HB1392 , HB1399 , HJR99 , HB134 , HB135

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: sales tax, use tax, local tax, municipal tax, county tax, tax sourcing, place of business, principal business location, small business, retailer, marketplace seller, economic development agreement, Chapter 321, Chapter 323, Tax Code, Texas Comptroller, local sales and use tax, tax jurisdiction, order consummation, ship-to location

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• This bill removes the active duty requirement and provides that residency requirements can be met if
• dissolution statute to prohibit dissolving districts below the number that's newly required, and it removes
• educational service districts to develop... ...and maintain a statewide digital transcript file standard

Bills: SB6277 , SB5992 , SB6078 , SB6089 , SB5918 , SB5861 , SB6118 , SB6065 , SB6052

Committee: Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education

Keywords: military families, military children, school enrollment, residency requirements, public schools, school districts, educational stability, student mobility, interstate compact, military relocation, active duty, military orders, special education, IEP, Section 504, records transfer, conditional enrollment, Washington schools, RCW 28A.225.215, military installation

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• And in over 14 years in the House, he set a standard that we all aspire to today.
• Explain to me which forces would be removed.
• If we don't have combat forces there, what forces are you removing?
• was seeking to remove the Marines from our embassies... ...remove the Marines from our embassies, from
• I'm glad that that was removed from this one, thankfully.

Bills: HCR108 , HB3300 , HB7128 , HB7757 , HB7305 , HB7266 , HB7258 , HB7257 , HB3350 , HB4662 , HB5347 , HB8873

Keywords: HCR108, H. Con. Res. 108, War Powers Resolution, Lebanon, Lebanese Armed Forces, U.S. Armed Forces, hostilities, military withdrawal, troop removal, concurrent resolution, Congressional war powers, executive war powers, foreign policy, Middle East, diplomatic facilities, security cooperation, cease hostilities, military engagement, war authorization, non-authorization of force

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• ><c> HR8872's</c> My amendment would remove HR8872's My amendment would remove HR8872's provisions<05
• </c><07:15:06.798><c> United</c> war powers resolution to remove United war powers resolution to remove
• </c><07:40:45.360><c> United</c> war powers resolution to remove United war powers resolution to remove
• </c> Congress directs the president to remove Congress directs the president to remove the<07:49:03.520
• </c><08:02:28.160><c> from</c> who she's seeking to remove from who she's seeking to remove from Lebanon

Bills: HCR84 , HR518 , HCR86 , HB7726 , HB2860 , HB8872 , HR1333 , SB254 , HB7618

Keywords: War Powers Resolution, Lebanon, troop withdrawal, U.S. Armed Forces, military deployment, foreign policy, congressional war powers, executive authority, Middle East, troop removal, concurrent resolution, defense policy, overseas deployment, Ukraine, support, foreign affairs, military aid, international relations, War Powers, military action