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• happens to be the Senate's time to do a road naming, and for our resolution to be the bills actually filed
• I was thinking it was in the other file that I had here.
• I was thinking it was in the the<00:26:01.640><c> other</c><00:26:02.240><c> file</c><00:26:02.480><c
• </c><00:26:02.920><c> But</c><00:26:03.080><c> yes,</c> the other file that I had here.
• But yes, the other file that I had here.

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• and subsequently imprisoned for one or more felonies of which the person is actually innocent may file
• In order to file an actionable claim, the claimant must make certain factual assertions in that claim
• if the Attorney General does not concede, and the court finds that the claimant does not meet the filing
• Oh, go file for this compensation act. I had no clue.
• It would improve court efficiency, increase the quality of filings, and give survivors and families a

Bills: SB5536 , SB5868 , SJM8006 , SB6011

Committee: House Civil Rights & Judiciary

Keywords: divorce, dissolution, marriage, domestic partnership, property division, real property, community property, separate property, liabilities, family law, equitable distribution, court order, personal jurisdiction, absent spouse, absent domestic partner, creditors, secured creditors, unsecured creditors, home equity, family home

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• state, at least in Bernalillo County, doesn't convict approximately 40% of the people for whom they file
• Offense, a motion doesn't have to be filed.
• Representative Thomson, so the way it works right now is the state, the prosecution, always must file
• We will be filing an amended FIR, but I wanted to alert the committee to that change.
• And so it was towards the end, but this is why we pre-filed it early.

Committee: House House Consumer & Public Affairs

Keywords: 996, all

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• Senate Bill 181, although originally filed in 2024, started moving in the 2025 legislative session.
• in 2024 started moving in 2025 filed in 2024 started moving in 2025 legis<00:04:22.000><c> legislative
• It only permits written consent to be revoked by the parent who filed a consent.
• </c><00:13:02.480><c> Requires</c><00:13:02.959><c> that</c><00:13:03.200><c> the</c> filed a consent
• Requires that the filed a consent.

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 958, all

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• It's been filed numerous times.
• Senator Herron and Senator Neal and Senator Storm filed a bill in 2024 and also in 2022.
• </c><00:07:50.960><c> It's</c><00:07:51.280><c> been</c><00:07:51.599><c> filed</c><00:07:52.080><c>
• It's been filed numerous not pass.
• It's been filed numerous times.<00:07:53.039><c> Um</c><00:07:54.000><c> Senator</c><00:07:54.400><c>

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:03 Roll Call 00:00:10 Consideration of Referred Administrative Regulations 00:02:21 Discussion of the Restoration of Voting Rights 00:06:34 Discussion of the Application of NTI Days for Schools Designated by County Clerks as Polling Locations for Elections 00:25:20 Approval of Minutes from July 29, 2025 Meeting 00:32:22 Adjournment 00:32:49, 958, all

Summary: The committee first took up two fire commission regulatory amendments. Bruce Roberts, director of the Fire Commission, explained that one amendment updates financial disclosure reporting rules to align with changes to KRS 95A.55, including revised definitions, reporting requirements, and moving compliance reviews from every four years to an annual basis. The second amendment changes the deadline for fire departments to submit state aid documentation from July 31 to September and adds flexibility for departments affected by natural disasters by allowing a waiver process for missing, lost, or damaged documents. The committee approved the agency amendment by motion, second, and voice vote with no opposition. The main policy discussion centered on a proposed constitutional amendment to restore voting rights for people convicted of felonies after they complete their sentence and probation/parole. Senators Hickden and Herren said the proposal would restore only voting rights, not citizenship or the right to run for office, and would still exclude certain offenses such as treason, bribery in an election, sex offenses, violent offenses, and offenses against a child. They argued that Kentucky is one of only three states without automatic restoration, that the current governor’s executive order is temporary, and that the issue should be settled by constitutional amendment. Members asked about the relationship to expungement, costs, and whether election-related crimes should be included among the exceptions; the sponsors said expungement is separate and that they were open to refining the language. Several members voiced support, and the sponsors said they hoped to continue working on the proposal before the next session. The committee also discussed a practical issue involving schools used as polling places and conflicts with KDE testing days. The chair raised the possibility of adjusting testing schedules or using NI days at affected schools, while members noted that county clerks already have authority to use tax-funded buildings for elections and that schools have long been used because of ADA accessibility. Some members suggested a simpler fix would be to prevent KDE testing dates from overlapping with election dates, rather than changing NI-day rules or limiting clerks’ authority. The committee then approved the minutes and adjourned.

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• All other bills will be heard in file order.
• We're going to go back to the file order.
• We're going to go back to the file order, and I see Assembly Member Hart.
• And I apologize—can I just check my vote on file two again? I'll check my vote on file two again.
• So, for file item one, AB 39, you are showing a no vote. Okay, can I change that to an aye?

Summary: The committee heard a long agenda focused heavily on housing, local government, Brown Act teleconferencing, and public agency administration. Early bills included AB 39, which would require larger cities and counties to adopt electrification planning for EV charging and building decarbonization; AB 76, which clarifies Chula Vista’s university innovation district housing requirements; AB 259, AB 409, and AB 467, which extend or modernize Brown Act teleconferencing provisions for local agencies, community college student bodies, and Los Angeles neighborhood councils; and AB 428, which would let water corporations join joint powers authorities for pooled insurance. Supporters emphasized climate planning, housing access, public participation, safety, and cost savings, while several bills were amended to address stakeholder concerns. Most of these measures advanced on bipartisan votes, generally 6-1 or 7-0, and were left open for additional members to add on later. The committee also heard AB 632, which would strengthen local enforcement tools for serious code violations, fire hazards, illegal cannabis operations, and unsafe housing by allowing unpaid administrative fines to be converted into money judgments and liens. Local government and code enforcement groups supported the bill as a way to improve compliance and reduce costly litigation. AB 670 would let local governments count investments in preserving naturally occurring affordable housing toward housing element reporting and require broader reporting of demolitions and replacement housing compliance; supporters argued preservation is essential because many unsubsidized affordable homes are at risk. AB 761 would allow Monterey-Salinas Transit to place a future sales tax measure on the ballot with approval from two-thirds of its board, rather than separate approval from each member jurisdiction, to preserve transit funding for seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities. These measures also moved forward, with the committee noting amendments and sending them to the next committees of referral. Another major item was AB 810, which would require special districts and joint powers authorities to migrate public-facing websites and email addresses to .gov or CA.gov domains by 2031. The author argued the change would reduce fraud and improve public trust, especially after emergency-related scams, while opponents from special districts and IT organizations said the transition would be costly and difficult for smaller agencies. Several school-related opponents withdrew after amendments, and committee members discussed possible aliases and tribal-government language. The bill passed 7-1 to the Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee. Finally, AB 1206 proposed a pre-approved design catalog for single-family homes and small multifamily developments, modeled on a prior ADU bill, to speed rebuilding and reduce design costs; supporters from Habitat for Humanity and housing advocates said it would help both wildfire recovery and broader housing production, and the bill drew at least one opposed-unless-amended position as the committee moved into further discussion.

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• A public official must file the statement with the board; that's the Campaign Finance Board.
• And a local official must file the statement with the governing body of the official's political subdivision
• The statement must be filed within a week of the action taken.
• question would be, after all of that, Senator Mitchell, and the ability to contemplate that, did you file
• </c> ability to contemplate that did you file ability to contemplate that did you file with<00:35:05.720

Committee: Senate Rules and Administration - Subcommittee on Ethical Conduct

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Republican Senator Bill Weber introduced Senate File 339, which allows in-home child care providers to
• 339</c><00:26:10.880><c> which</c><00:26:11.039><c> allows</c><00:26:11.480><c> inhome</c> Senate file
• The bill, known as Senate File 334, allows school districts to reduce teachers' instructional time in
• </c><00:27:53.000><c> 334</c><00:27:54.000><c> allows</c> the bill known as Senate file 334 allows the
• bill known as Senate file 334 allows school<00:27:54.720><c> districts</c><00:27:55.159><c> to</c><00

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So, number one, even though the House rule stipulates that hearing notices have to be filed no later
• than 48 hours, we are going to, and do intend to, file all of our notices with at least 72 hours' notice
• no later than notices have to be filed no later than 48<00:07:35.720><c> hours</c><00:07:36.520><c>
• to we do 48 hours we are going to intend to we do intend<00:07:38.520><c> to</c><00:07:38.639><c> file
• > of</c><00:07:39.160><c> our</c><00:07:39.280><c> notices</c><00:07:39.639><c> with</c> intend to file

Committee: House Higher Education

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Higher Education met on January 31 and heard six bills. The chair opened by outlining committee practices, including giving at least 72 hours’ notice for hearings, releasing testimony by 5:00 p.m. the day before hearings, and deferring bills needing substantive HT1 changes so members would not vote “blind.” Members briefly thanked the chair for the transparency approach before moving to the agenda. HB 223 would create a Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy special fund and workforce assessment fee to support a pharmacy center. Testimony from the Board of Pharmacy, the Hawaii Pharmacists Association, the University of Hawaiʻi Hilo College of Pharmacy, Mokai Drugs, and others generally supported the measure, emphasizing workforce data, rural access, student loan repayment, and retention. The committee later advanced HB 223 with amendments, including leaving fee amounts blank for further discussion and inserting a defective date, and the motion passed unanimously. HB 940 would appropriate funds for the rat lungworm lab at UH Hilo; HB 546 would establish the Aloha Intelligence Institute at UH to advance AI; HB 549 would create an early learning apprenticeship grant program; HB 1172 would add the Department of Taxation to the Statewide Longitudinal Data System for wage-data sharing; and HB 1320 would require UH to collect and publicly report graduate outcome data and create a dashboard. Testimony on these bills was largely supportive, with some privacy concerns raised on HB 1172 and a request to protect taxpayer confidentiality. In decision-making, the committee passed all five bills with amendments, generally deleting or blanking appropriations and FTEs for Finance Committee review, adding defective dates for further discussion, and in HB 549 adding a statement that the program is a matter of statewide concern. The committee recessed briefly for decision-making and then adopted the chair’s recommendations on each bill.

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• I would move that House File 8 be recommended to be re-referred to the Labor and Workforce Development
• Um, first I guess I would like to start um the discussion around House File 8 with a little bit of personal
• Thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of House File 8.
• Thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of House File 8.
• for house file 8 as amended<00:30:42.559><c> um</c><00:30:42.799><c> to</c><00:30:42.960><c> be</c><

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Well, we got Senate File 102. Who would like to present it?
• File 102 here today. Now, this uh bill File 102 here today.
• Before us, we have Senate File 123. All righty. Before us, we have Senate File 123.
• come and testify about Senate File 21. come and testify about Senate File 21.
• So, uh, Senate File 99. Do we passport. So, uh, Senate File 99.

Bills: SF0102 , SF0123 , SF0021 , SF0099

Committee: House Minerals, Business & Economic Development

Keywords: energy transmission, load growth, Wyoming energy authority, transmission planning study, public utilities, regional cooperation, energy, funding, grants, loans, coal, natural gas, mineral processing, economic development, stable token, liquidity, trust account, Wyoming, fund distribution, financial regulation

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• The Department of Health provides a monthly file with names of those who have died in Minnesota.
• Names from that file that match with a record in SVRS are shared with counties to review the data and
• The Department of Public Safety provides a monthly file with names of non-citizens in Minnesota on a
• In late June and early July, the two defendants both pled guilty to the charges filed against them.
• </c> charges filed against them. charges filed against them.

Committee: House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Chair, I'd like to move the Senate File 333 be moved and re-referred to Health and Human Services.
• Chair, I'd like to move the Senate File 333 be moved and re-referred to Health and Human Services.
• Thank you for the opportunity to testify today in support of Senate File 333.
• We oppose the current version of Senate File 333.
• </c> of Senate file of Senate file 333<00:59:45.359><c> if</c><00:59:45.520><c> the</c><00:59:45.839>

Committee: Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We have 26 items on file. I was... We have a very large agenda today. We have 26 items on file.
• design files.”
• “The printing of files that have been specifically identified as firearm design files.
• And if it comes back as a match, the printer will not print that file.
• If it's all the same, why don't we go in file order?

Committee: House Public Safety

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• So again, what the process does is the parent would file a complaint.
• I don't think those are unreasonable steps when a parent goes and files a complaint.
• </c><00:05:53.360><c> a</c> does is the parent would file a does is the parent would file a complaint
• </c><00:06:17.120><c> a</c> when a parent goes and files a when a parent goes and files a complaint.<
• Nonetheless, if the school files that petition, the accusation will be investigated.

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Today is Thursday, March 13, 2025, and what we have on our agenda is Senate File 2373, the Department
• Senate File 2373, the Department of Labor Appropriations Bill, is on the agenda.
• Members, today I present Senate File 2373, the governor's proposed budget for the Labor Committee this
• </c> testify in support of Senate file testify in support of Senate file 2373<00:37:34.680><c> at</c>
• </c> attention please support Senate file attention please support Senate file 2373<00:53:05.440><c>

Committee: Senate Labor

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So NRF and our merchant trade partners will be filing objections to that preliminary approval.
• I think the next step would be for objectors to the OCC rule to formally file something with the court
• And I'm making that assumption that they haven't because these bills have been filed throughout the country
• that, rather than have a legislature come up with a report that maybe ends up being a bill that's filed
• that, rather than have the legislature come up with a report that maybe ends up being a bill that's filed

Summary: The Special Commission on the future of credit card payments and their impacts on small businesses heard testimony from credit union, retail, banking, and payments industry representatives. Much of the discussion focused on proposals to exclude sales tax and tips from interchange fees, the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act and related litigation, and whether similar state action in Massachusetts would help small businesses or instead create a patchwork that burdens state-chartered institutions. Witnesses from defense and community credit unions argued interchange helps fund fraud prevention, cybersecurity, member services, and low-fee products, while retail and NRF representatives said merchants are paying significant swipe fees and that state laws like Illinois’s are aimed at reducing costs that are not being passed on to consumers. Several witnesses emphasized that the current payment system provides security, fraud protection, rewards, and access to credit, and that many of the costs merchants complain about are actually bundled processor or acquirer fees rather than interchange itself. Others countered that small businesses are struggling with rising overall costs and that Massachusetts should consider reforms such as allowing surcharging, improving transparency in merchant contracts, and studying collection costs. There was also discussion of the recent Visa/Mastercard antitrust settlement, with industry witnesses describing it as meaningful relief for merchants and opponents saying it is temporary and incomplete. No formal votes were taken on legislation. The commission accepted oral testimony, noted that written testimony would be accepted through July 31, and concluded the meeting by unanimously voting to adjourn. The chair and members said they would continue gathering testimony and work toward recommendations, with the chair stressing the need to find a fair middle ground that supports both small businesses and the broader payments ecosystem.

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• vital records, to provide for the scanning of documents, to provide for the creation of electronic files
• vital records to provide for the scanning of documents, to provide for the creation of electronic files
• I think there's legislation filed to try to get that momentum, and we've been trying to do that for a
• Which, you'll have to credential anything to, I guess, code or file for your reimbursement, or are you
• Just as we've filed this bill, the FDA had made the announcement, on a...

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Summary: The House Committee on Health and Welfare met on April 28 with a quorum and took up several Senate bills, beginning with SB 113 on the local health care provider participation program in Calcasieu Parish. The committee adopted a technical amendment and heard that the bill would shift the local sponsor from the parish to the city if needed by a June 1 deadline. After brief discussion and no opposition, SB 113 was reported favorably with amendments. The committee then approved SB 23, which exempts certain assisted living facilities licensed by LDH from the definition of food service establishment, and SB 150, which would allow LDH to scan and electronically store vital records supporting documents and return originals to citizens. SB 221 also advanced after testimony that it would allow EMS providers to be reimbursed by Medicaid for emergency responses where treatment is provided on scene but the patient is not transported. Members discussed that the bill could reduce unnecessary ER use and likely would require some rulemaking, but it was reported favorably. A major portion of the meeting focused on SB 404, a broad vision benefit plan reform bill. Supporters, including optometrists, said the measure would improve transparency, patient choice, and access to eye care by limiting restrictive plan practices; opponents from the vision care plan industry argued it was an unprecedented, provider-driven overhaul that could raise costs and reduce flexibility. After extensive testimony and an agreed amendment clarifying network participation, the committee reported SB 404 favorably with amendments. The committee also reported SB 32 favorably with amendments after emotional testimony from parents and advocates about perinatal bereavement care, cooling devices, and training for hospitals to give grieving families more time and dignity after infant loss. Finally, the committee heard SB 43, which would create a psychedelic-assisted therapy initiative within LDH for clinical research and treatment involving ibogaine and psilocybin, with testimony from veterans, researchers, and advocates describing potential benefits for PTSD, substance use, and traumatic brain injury. The bill was reported favorably with amendments and set to pass a courtesy sheet. The committee then began SB 253, a bill regulating peptides and compounding pharmacies, adopted technical amendments clarifying provider liability, and continued discussion as the transcript ended.

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• ><00:04:54.280><c> is</c><00:04:54.920><c> uh</c> Um, one thing I did notice on here is you've not filed
• Uh, you need to file a statement of economic interest with the Mississippi Ethics Commission.
• Uh, like I said, just make sure you file that statement of economic interest.
• </c><00:14:22.760><c> make</c><00:14:22.920><c> sure</c><00:14:23.040><c> you</c><00:14:23.160><c> file
• </c><00:14:23.400><c> that</c> said, just make sure you file that said, just make sure you file that

Committee: Joint Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

Keywords: Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks - Room 210, 18 March, 2026; 1:30 PM, 925, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Our campus colleagues have also noted the significant decrease in traffic around filing issues.
• Again, they're faced with a difficult choice of filing the FAFSA, which could expose their family members
• And as a result, overall, the filing for the FAFSA has become somewhat simpler.
• I do not have the projections for the end of the filing period at this time.
• So that being said,... ...end of the filing period at this time.

Keywords: 988, house, all