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• Thank you, members of the committee. Um, I am Linda... Members of the committee.
• We're proud to be a part of the fabric of this great... ...be a part of the fabric of this great state
• There's a lot of proof on this that causes problems. And that's uh, that's all I've got.
• Representative Brent, can you give me some examples of the types of foods and... ...examples of the types
• Chairman, basically, we're going to take out the cause of action. That's correct.

Bills: SB87 , HB491 , SB43 , SB101

Committee: House Health

Keywords: midwifery, licensed midwives, State Board of Midwifery, licensure fees, professional liability insurance, complaints investigation, emergency care plan, out-of-hospital care, HB491, public schools, K-12, school nutrition, school lunch, cafeteria, artificial dyes, food additives, food coloring, synthetic dyes, Red Dye No. 3, Red Dye No. 40

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• I believe Chairman Cole Heffner has got a couple of bills.
• We are going to reduce all of your remarks to the journal in writing, all of it, so we can have it in
• Army Rangers are an elite direct action raid force of the U.S.
• The bill is in favor of it, and the organization that I'm a part of is Ranger Base Rudder, which is a
• part of the U.S.

Bills: HB 1023 , HB2537 , HB3302 , HB3324 , HB3644 , HB3722 , HB3815 , HB4053 , HB4789

Committee: House S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Keywords: specialty license plates, military honor, Texas Homeland Defense Service Medal, Texas Superior Service Medal, Texas Outstanding Service Medal, Texas Medal of Merit, military honors, Lone Star Distinguished Service Medal, veterans, Texas Homeland Defense Medal, military, commemorative recognition, transportation code, claims assistance, disability benefits, court representation, legal services, naming, commemoration, local honor

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• Before I get started, I will clarify a judge's name. out of title, so that has caused some confusion
• This action was initiated by two of the newly elected members.
• The justification provided during the meeting for this action was a result of the was a result of the
• bill will cause a great deal of harm.
• And who decides the— value of an amenity. Board members have any. cause an ambiguous tax statute.

Bills: HB1952 , HB3258 , HB3524 , HB3851 , HB4478 , HB4613 , HB4703 , HB4742 , HB4744 , HB4809 , HB4864

Committee: House S/C on Property Tax Appraisals

Keywords: county appraisal district, board of directors, governance, taxing units, public representation, penalty, property report, taxation, timely filing, chief appraiser, appraisal district, ad valorem tax, property appraisal, tax protests, unequal appraisal, property rights, property tax, public employees, protest leave, appraisal review board

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• This is time for our discussion of our two bills.
• We have a Senate bill and a House bill, both of which will be presented by Representative Kill.
• It allocates $2 million for musical albums and allows for the roll forward of $3 million if some money
• income tax payment made on behalf of the loan-out company... ...made on behalf of the loan-out company
• All right, all those in favor of, uh... Say "aye." All those in favor of a favorable report for SB.

Bills: SB90 , SB255 , SB268

Committees: House Tourism , House Economic Development and Tourism

Keywords: Green County, racing, pari-mutuel wagering, gaming regulations, commission appointments, historical horse racing, local tax, SB255, cannabinoid, hemp, hemp-derived THC, THCa, delta-8 THC, HHC, CBD, THC, novel cannabinoid products, hemp products, intoxicating hemp, delta-8

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• We share the representation of the wonderful town of Topsfield.
• until he reaches the age of 68, the date of his retirement, or the date he's relieved of his duties
• And for all of those reasons, I urge favorable passage of this.
• a lot of these.
• out of turn.

Bills: S3051 , H5380 , H5384 , H5389 , H5420 , H5428 , H5427 , H5429 , H5435

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Public Service

Keywords: retirement benefits, police officer, surviving spouse, pension, public service, police chief, deputy police chief, civil service exemption, local governance, Medford, H5384, Craig Riley, Haverhill, firefighter, fire department, civil service, civil service examination, maximum age requirement, age waiver, age exemption

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• Bringing this bill on behalf of Senator Jenkins, currently the board consists of seven voting... ...of
• They were kind of the subject of this bill.
• They were kind of the subject of this bill.
• And there's a private... So that's a private road.
• And there's not a requirement that I'm aware of in any parish that requires a private road to be paved

Bills: HR217 , HB66 , HB204 , HB208 , HB326 , HB472 , HB483 , HB484 , HB793 , HB1051 , HB1080 , HB1087 , HB1111 , HB1215 , SB78 , SB148

Committee: House Municipal

Keywords: rent stabilization, affordable housing, cost burdened, Louisiana housing, housing policy, emergency rental protections, Alexandria, municipal ordinances, administrative adjudication, code enforcement, housing violations, building codes, zoning, nuisance ordinances, vegetation ordinances, sewerage, drainage, licensing, permits, local government

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• of Revenue.
• and all of our veterans throughout the state of Louisiana.
• It basically repeals Section 4 of Act 707 of 2024 and then repeals Section 5 of Act 411 of the 2025 Regular
• So when I Section 5 of Act 411 of the 2025 Regular Session. So, and I have Ms.
• Each of you should have a hard copy in front of you. Are there any questions?

Bills: HR118 , HB1120 , SCR11 , SB73 , SB89 , SB128 , SB149 , SB180 , SB191 , SB196 , SB238 , SB318 , SB340

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: water utility, tax credit, excessive rates, residential service, subcommittee, tobacco tax, excise tax, smokeless tobacco, vapor products, public health, FDA, risk-proportionate, tax credits, higher education, workforce development, brain drain, economic incentives, SB 73, Act 10, Act No. 774 of 2024

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• And for all of the members of this committee that continue to work on this.
• The purpose of this PCS and this bill was to ensure that there were also voices of electeds involved
• I believe there was a bit of a branding issue and frankly a bit of a communication issue.
• But we are here concluding our work of chamber of origin, the House of Representatives.
• That you've led with dignity and respect, and your service to the people of the state of Oklahoma and

Bills: HB3783 , HB2955 , HB3802 , HB4488 , HB2471 , HB3781 , HB3127

Committee: House Commerce & Economic Development Oversight

Keywords: HB3783, plumbing apprentice, endorsed apprentice, endorsed plumbing apprentice, journeyman plumber, plumbing license, Construction Industries Board, Committee of Plumbing Examiners, apprenticeship, trade license, vocational education, occupational licensing, professional licensing, Title 59, Plumbing License Law of 1955, licensure exam, journeyman examination, apprentice registration, plumbing industry regulations, administrative penalty

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• . >> I'll take care of it.
• You got... >> You still have... a bunch of you. Okay, we have a quorum.
• We're seeing a tremendous amount of roll up in franchisors, that's owners of franchises being procured
• 05:42.320><c> owners</c><00:05:42.639><c> of</c> up in franchiseors that's owners of up in franchiseors
• </c> week in hours of operation. Burger King. week in hours of operation. Burger King.

Bills: HB418 , SB138 , SB215 , HB418 , SB138 , SB215

Committee: House Commerce and Small Business

Keywords: financial services, banking, insurance, debanking, social credit score, ESG, environmental, social, and governance, diversity, equity, and inclusion, DEI, religious freedom, free speech, viewpoint discrimination, political discrimination, firearms, gun industry, ammunition, fossil fuels, oil and gas, mining, timber

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• So one of the main tenets of a private insurance company is when they collect premiums, they get to invest
• And then if the settlement exceeds that, then it goes to the private insurance, or they kind of share
• But the combination of all of them is what's causing the issue.
• But the combination of all of them is what it's causing the issue.
• And we've added the crime of shooting at a dwelling or from a vehicle and causing great bodily harm.

Bills: SB41 , SB153 , SB165 , SB261 , SB264 , HB99 , HJR5 , HM39 , HB206 , HB213 , SB41 , SB153 , SB165 , SB261 , SB264

Committees: Senate Senate Judiciary , Senate House Judiciary

Keywords: sexual crimes, statute of limitations, criminal justice, victim rights, child abuse, procurement, contracting, small business, local government, disaster recovery, emergency procurement, certification, public spending, juvenile justice, delinquency, rehabilitation, community corrections, risk assessment, public safety, health regulations

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• , a lot of patients, a lot of doctors, a lot of hospitals.
• It applies now—some of this wasn't happening back then—but private equity companies buying up houses
• I’m Molly Swank, and I’m the executive director of Common Cause New Mexico.
• It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone on this committee that Common Cause is a huge proponent of
• Glaucoma remains one of the leading causes of preventable blindness in this country, and timely access

Bills: HB99 , HJR5 , HM39 , HB206 , HB213 , SB41 , SB153 , SB165 , SB261 , SB264

Committee: House House Judiciary

Keywords: medical malpractice, malpractice reform, patient's compensation fund, PCF, health care liability, tort reform, damage caps, punitive damages, hospital liability, physician liability, nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, outpatient facility, ambulatory surgical center, urgent care, free-standing emergency room, insurance surcharge, superintendent of insurance, New Mexico hospitals, medical review process

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• We have five bills on the executive session for consideration of passage out of committee today.
• I am here today on behalf of Here.com, testifying in support of SB 6226.
• My name is Stephanie Chayesky, and I'm the executive director of the Academy of Doctors of Audiology,
• I take insurance out of a deep desire to serve clients of all income levels.
• Of course, go ahead.

Bills: SB6226 , SB6305 , SB5924 , SB5990 , SB5185 , SB5845 , SB6071 , SB6258

Committee: Senate Health & Long-Term Care

Keywords: SB 6226, Washington, audiology, audiologist, hearing aid specialist, speech-language pathologist, telehealth, teleaudiology, clinical autonomy, clinical judgment, in-person care, remote care, Board of Hearing and Speech, hearing instruments, hearing aids, dispensing hearing aids, standards of care, professional licensure, health professions regulation, patient-centered care

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• right of action.
• Yeah, this is an amendment to remove the private right of action from this bill.
• And so we'd like to take out the private right of action. Thank you.
• into spaces of work of private people.
• why why we are so interested in inserting ourselves as lawmakers into spaces of work of private people

Bills: HB2188 , HB2563 , HB1571 , HB2144 , HB2191 , HB2218 , HB2243 , HB2372

Committee: House Labor & Workplace Standards

Keywords: transparency, industrial insurance, insurance rate increases, financial disclosure, regulatory oversight, unemployment, electronic notices, compensation, digital communication, order processing, workers' compensation, occupational disease, firefighters, fire investigators, law enforcement officers, first responders, heart disease, cardiac conditions, respiratory disease, cancer presumption

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• We also ask that the work include identifying and addressing root causes of hunger. Thank you.
• We also ask that the work include identifying and addressing root causes of hunger.
• House Bill 1976 is an act relating to increasing awareness of the potential harm caused by releasing
• We are going to defer action on House Bill 1735 for the purpose of amendment.
• We are going to defer action on House Bill 1976 for the purpose of further amendment.

Bills: HB2238 , HB1311 , HB1608 , HB1735 , HB1825 , HB1976 , HB2062

Committee: House Agriculture & Natural Resources

Keywords: HB 2238, HB2238, statewide food security, food security strategy, hunger, food insecurity, food access, food assistance, anti-hunger, nutrition education, food system literacy, agricultural viability, supply chain resilience, Washington Department of Agriculture, food policy forum, BIPOC, tribal consultation, small farmers, diet-related health disparities, food affordability

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• Marcus Adams: From the Department of Banking's perspective, that is the extent of our oversight of that
• Currently, the process for victims of coerced debt and other identity theft victims to take legal action
• thousands of dollars of debt in her name that she had no way of addressing, no way of paying, and that
• And there's a lot of shame that comes with this type of coercion.
• We service millions Clay Shotsak: of customers across the nation, including hundreds of thousands of

Bills: HB3803 , HB3804 , HB3805 , HB3806 , HB3833 , HB4134 , HB4233 , HB4238 , HB4243

Committee: House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Keywords: HB 3803, Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 712, perpetual care cemetery, perpetual care trust fund, cemetery regulation, financial confidentiality, confidential records, regulatory examination, Texas Department of Banking, commissioner disclosure, interagency information sharing, state agency enforcement, federal agency disclosure, trust fund oversight, burial services, cemetery trust, consumer protection, state banks, Texas Finance Code

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• Just to give you a little history of what AMAA... ...little history of what AMAA— I think several of
• Currently, there are 127,000 open positions in the state of... ...in the state of Alabama, but we have
• This is a bill in search of a problem that really doesn't exist, and because of that, it would create
• That includes one of 40 counties that have no broadband wiring at all as of 2022.
• In Perry County, one of the counties that would be impacted here, public transportation is of course

Bills: HB93 , HB160 , HB29 , HB29 , HB93 , HB160

Committee: House State Government

Keywords: HB93, Alabama State Port Authority, State Auditor, property inventory, inventory control, audit exemption, state property, personal property inventory, public authority, port authority, Section 36-16-11, Code of Alabama 1975, administrative oversight, state audit, conforming changes, government property, Alabama Municipal Electric Authority, AMEA, municipal electric authority, board of directors

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• I suspect it was because of lack of lines of communication.
• I suspect it was because of lack of lines of communication. We didn't have interstates.
• But there's a consistent rollover of millions of dollars in that fund.
• But there's a consistent rollover of millions of dollars in that fund.
• This is one of an exception of issues that people didn't realize exists.

Bills: HB82 , HB143 , HB145 , HB160 , HB222 , HB430 , HB445 , HB490 , HB603 , HB619 , HB670 , HB672 , HB763 , HB773 , HB781 , HB810 , HB874 , HB981

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: DWI, driving under the influence, vehicular homicide, penalties, criminal justice, inmates, department of public safety, per diem, local correctional facilities, jail funding, firefighters, law enforcement, medical expenses, dental expenses, disability benefits, domestic violence, domestic abuse, battery of a dating partner, domestic abuse battery, strangulation

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• Journal of the Day. The Secretary will read.
• I move that the reading of the journal be dispensed with, and the journal of the previous day's business
• Senator Ritchey has moved that the reading of the journal be dispensed with, and the journal of the previous
• Senator Ritchey has moved that the reading of the journal be dispensed with, and the journal of the previous
• Secretary of State message received. The Secretary of State message received. Senator Ritchey.

Bills: SB5068 , SB5109 , SB5188 , SB5223 , SB5280 , SB5420 , SB5467 , SB5581 , SB5649 , SB5705

Keywords: employment eligibility, firefighters, law enforcement, citizenship, legal authorization, public safety, mortgage lending, fraud, prosecution, financial regulations, consumer protection, broadband, infrastructure, loan assistance, economic development, technology access, criminal offense, fingerprinting, state regulations, SB 5280

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• Studies show that nearly 41% of men in state prisons and 69% of women have a history of mental health
• of Texas.
• It is a matter of public safety, of justice, and of protecting the most vulnerable. vulnerable members
• has prepared me for the aggravated consequences of my actions. of knowing that my trafficker walks free
• This individual has a history of committing various crimes and receiving lenient treatment for his actions

Bills: HB153 , HB1828 , HB2306 , HB2498 , HB3464 , HB3488 , HB3636 , HB3673 , HB3834 , HB3860 , HB4120 , HB4937 , HB1515 , HB153

Committee: House Corrections

Keywords: education, funding, student resources, technology access, equal opportunity, veterans treatment court, mental health, criminal justice, rehabilitation, eligibility criteria, veterans, treatment court, military service, legislation, legislative leave, correctional officers, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, accumulated leave, compensatory time, parole eligibility

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• I mean, some of these medications cause severe weight gain.
• So there is an active action of private equities trying to come in here and buy up the facilities, and
• The other half of it... ...and I think this has come up around this idea of private equity, right?
• It has nothing to do with private equity, nothing... ...of it has nothing to do with private equity,
• Private equity is in a lot of different health care provider spaces.

Bills: SB1052 , SB1115 , SB1118 , SB1120 , SB1121 , SB1124 , SB1171 , SB1172 , SB1174 , SB1175 , SB1214 , SB1233 , SB1235 , SB1316 , SB1345 , SB1372 , SB1399 , SB1458 , SB1494 , SB1496 , SB1564 , SB1602 , SB1621 , SB1628 , SB1630 , SB1631 , SB1668 , SB1672 , SB1814 , SB1821

Committees: House Health & Human Services , House House Health & Human Services Committee of Reference

Keywords: assisted living, health care, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, physician orders, informed consent, AHCCCS, remote work, state agency, employment, public health, housing, zoning, middle housing, urban development, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, townhomes, historic preservation, radiation protection