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• So, in some irony, we're having another redundancy by accepting this amendment, but it does make it clear
• some irony, we're having another redundancy<00:17:38.400> by redundancy by redundancy by accepting
• 39.800> amendment,<00:17:40.240> but<00:17:40.640> it<00:17:40.720> does accepting
• this amendment, but it does accepting this amendment, but it does it<00:17:42.120> does<00:17

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• should be put in all child care situations, including family child care and centers who choose not to accept
• /c><00:10:47.520> choose<00:10:48.200> not<00:10:48.440> to<00:10:48.560> accept
• and centers who choose not to accept and centers who choose not to accept public<00:10:49.560>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• to excuse students from class to participate in National Signing Day activities related to the acceptance
• <00:13:28.160> related<00:13:28.560> to<00:13:28.720> the<00:13:28.959> acceptance
• day activities related to the acceptance day activities related to the acceptance of<00:13:29.680

Bills: SB337, HB520, HB75, SB337, HB520, HB75

Keywords: SB337, Montgomery County, probate judge, judge of probate, county officer compensation, salary increase, circuit judge parity, local legislation, county commission, general fund, public official pay, judicial compensation, Montgomery County Legislation, discrimination, immunization, facial coverings, healthcare rights, religious convictions, civil rights, Attorney General

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• We do have hard copies which we can distribute, and if those are acceptable, we'd like to defer action
• we can distribute and if um those which we can distribute and if um those are<00:14:34.800> acceptable
• 35.360> we'd<00:14:35.600> like<00:14:35.760> to<00:14:36.160> defer are acceptable
• , we'd like to defer are acceptable, we'd like to defer action<00:14:37.279> to<00:14:37.760><

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• And, um, I move that we accept this... Um, I move that we accept this committee amendment.
• Amendment one is accepted. The shorter amendment. I move that we accept this amendment.

Bills: HB46, HB379, SB22, HB487, HB273, HB525

Keywords: rural physician, tax credit, healthcare access, physician recruitment, Alabama, HB379, Alabama income tax, nonresident exemption, remote workers, traveling employees, mobile workforce, withholding tax, state tax reciprocity, multistate employees, temporary work, work location tracking, time and attendance system, remote work taxation, professional athlete, professional entertainer

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• in here on the fiscal side, anything that they're already reporting to the federal government is acceptable
• And this bill allows that to be accepted.
• then on the fiscal side, everything that they're already providing to the federal government is acceptable
• Yes, and can I also accept the amendment to the amendment? Mr.
• conversation coming to the 10th different version of this to find something that all the parties could accept

Bills: HB4420, HB3974, HB3016, HB3062, HB3021, HB3145, HB4128, HB3131, HB3015, HB3472, HB3453, HB1638, HB4126, HB2696, HB2710, HB3552, HB3031, HB3544, HB3521, HB4490, HB4488, HB1746, HJR1069, HB4428, HB4429, HB1170, HB3538, HB4124, HB3904, HB4106, HB2999, HB3982, HJR1077, HB3464, HB2588, HB3462, HB4440, HB3674, HB3345, HJR1067, HB4326, HB4331, HB4337, HB4338, HB4359, HB4392, HB3557, HJR1076, HB4003, HB3495, HB3497, HB3501, HB3505, HB3749, HB3011, HB4336, HB4346, HJR1087, HB3240, HB3647, HB3796, HB3969, HB3972, HB3983, HB3984, HB3989, HB3383, HB3130, HB4358, HB3327, HJR1055, HB3386, HJR1089, HB3087, HB2970, HB3314, HB4129, HB4199

Keywords: reading, intervention, literacy, education, third grade retention, teacher training, funding, Strong Readers Act, tort claims, inmate housing, government immunity, public trust, private prison, emergency legislation, vision screening, binocular vision, kindergarten, elementary education, health, firearm rights

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• So, like, I guess it's really important then for, you know, to accept kind of your reason why it's not
• This says a capital expenditure, I believe, is defined according to GAAP, the generally accepted accounting
• We’ve accepted your application, but now we’re seeing it through to completion.
• So with that, we will move on to the public comment period of this, and we will accept public comment
• So, for instance, on the database and on the process flow and on the acceptance, et cetera.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• So I do not think we should accept the amendments as it completely changed the bill.
• So I do not think we should accept the amendments as it completely changed the bill.
• So Representative Rector mentioned the fact that, you know, whether or not we accept this amendment would
• No, it's just accept. It isn't.
• , you know, we would have to go, the authority would have to open up the proposal season again to accept

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 2025, the Department of Veterans Affairs appropriation. Representative O’Brien explained the House changes, including funding for a restored Veterans Benefits Specialist FTE, salary equity adjustments for the commissioner and veterans service officers, one-time funding for veteran homelessness services, carryover authority for the Fargo Fisher House, and a highly rural transportation grants program. Members also discussed the commissioner’s prior salary increase and the use of transportation grant funds for administrative costs, as well as the status of the Fisher House project. The committee adopted amendment 25.092.0203 and then gave SB 2025 a do pass recommendation as amended, with Representative O’Brien as carrier. The committee then considered Senate Bill 2307, the library bill. Members debated a proposed amendment that would have removed the fiscal note, but several members objected on policy and process grounds, citing constitutional concerns, potential costs to counties and state’s attorneys, and the fact that the bill had not been heard as a full policy hearing. The amendment failed 4-19. The committee then voted do not pass on SB 2307 as introduced, and Representative Murphy was named carrier. The committee also briefly discussed House Bill 2188 on the Clean Sustainable Energy Authority. Representative Bosch described the program’s grant and low-interest loan authority and the Senate’s reduced funding levels. The committee amended the bill to restore the Senate funding amounts in Section 3, then passed the bill as amended, with Representative Kempenich carrying it. Finally, the committee considered two rural development bills and chose Senate Bill 2097, the rural endowment fund bill, for do not pass while advancing House Bill 2390, which uses regional councils to distribute rural development grants. The committee amended HB 2390 to lower the population threshold from 4,500 to 3,000, kept the 50% set-aside for communities under 1,500, and then passed the bill as amended, with Representative Mitskog as carrier.

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• If somebody said what you were going to say, "ditto" is acceptable.
• In other areas, be reasonable and accepted. I think this will be accepted very favorably.
• It's been accepted favorably elsewhere. Is there an example of where someone allows this?
• If this bill passes—and I hope and believe it will—when it gets to the floor, I would certainly accept

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

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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• Non-binary and intersex people are real individuals who are deserving of acceptance and safety.
• and non-binary people, then your fight for righteousness is limited by your inability to see and accept
• Your fight for righteousness is limited by your inability to see and accept others as they are.
• Even in times that have become more tolerant, more understanding, more accepting, we still have a long
• But when accepted, that rate is reduced by 50%.

Summary: The Assembly met on March 6, 2025, after a quorum call and prayer, then proceeded through routine floor business and several ceremonial resolutions. Early procedural motions included a failed attempt to suspend the rules to withdraw AB 844 from committee and bring it directly to the floor; that motion received 16 ayes and 45 noes. The body also unanimously approved a request to re-refer AB 341. Members then adopted several resolutions by voice vote after adding coauthors: ACR 35 recognizing Greek Independence Day, ACR 17 honoring women in carpentry and the BOOTS apprenticeship program, ACR 50 designating March 24, 2025 as Special Olympics Day, and H.R. 21 proclaiming Transgender Week of Visibility and March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility. Each resolution drew supportive remarks from multiple members, while H.R. 21 also prompted extended debate, including opposition centered on girls’ sports, locker rooms, and claims about state policy affecting transgender Californians. In each case, the resolutions were adopted after the coauthor roll and voice vote. The session concluded with adjournment in memory of San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Deputy Hector Cuevas, Jr., who died in the line of duty on March 17. Several members spoke in tribute to his service, his work with youth football, and his family. The Assembly then announced upcoming committee meetings and adjourned until Friday, March 28, 2025 at 9 a.m.

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• To the other schools that are accepting the funding? Senator Carr, thank you, Madam Chair.
• Have you looked at those types of programs that might be acceptable for this type of alternative?
• So, yes, those programs would be acceptable.
• expands the original bill to require healthcare facilities, healthcare practitioners, and anyone who accepts
• The amendment is Accepted, and now we are back on the bill as amended.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• So the point that I've made to folks is this is the state accepting risk on behalf of its citizens to
• there's been resources offered to many of the municipalities in Pinellas County, and they're not accepting
• They're not going through the official process that's required to accept those resources.
• Municipalities in Pinellas County, and they're not accepting them.
• They're not going through the official process that's required to accept those resources.

Summary: The committee received a program review from the Florida Division of Emergency Management on the 2024 hurricane season and FEMA reimbursement process. Deputy Director Keith Pruitt described the impacts of Hurricanes Debby, Helene, and Milton, including major storm surge, flooding, tornadoes, debris removal, power restoration, flood-control deployments, sheltering, and logistics missions. He emphasized that Florida’s approach is “federally funded, state managed, locally executed,” and said the division has already obligated large amounts of public assistance funding and mitigation dollars while continuing to work on remaining missions and reimbursements. A major focus of the discussion was how local governments can better document and vet debris-removal and other disaster costs so they are eligible for FEMA reimbursement. Chair DiCeglie and other senators raised concerns about local planning, commercial debris collection, and whether counties and municipalities that spend money up front will be reimbursed. Pruitt explained that eligibility depends on documentation, scope of work, insurance, and FEMA rules, and that the state’s FROC process is intended to help counties identify eligible work before costs are incurred. He also said commercial debris may be eligible in some cases but is not guaranteed, and that counties should coordinate early with FDEM and FEMA. Senators also asked about possible FEMA reforms, the age of outstanding reimbursement claims, and a proposed state fund to advance money to fiscally constrained counties while they wait for FEMA payments. Pruitt said Florida’s system is a national best practice, but that more county-level training and clearer coordination would help reduce de-obligations and audit problems. He said the reimbursement-advance idea is still being developed, and that the state continues to look at ways to streamline mitigation through programs like Elevate Florida. The committee took no formal action beyond hearing the presentation, and the meeting adjourned after closing comments from senators praising FDEM’s work.

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• Um, so today we're hoping, uh, if the author's amendment that I initially offered is not accepted by
• Um, so today we're hoping, uh, if the author's amendment that I initially offered is not accepted by
• by the committee again uh to accepted by the committee again uh to kind<00:09:11.920> of<00:09
• it. and I don't understand why we accept it. and I don't understand why it<00:23:32.480> wasn't
• out that um we were not going to accept out that um we were not going to accept the<00:24:11.120

Bills: SF856, HF3168, HF3528, HF389

Keywords: Inspector General, fraud prevention, state audit, public funds, misuse, transparency, government accountability, ethnic councils, diversity, governance, state participation, community representation, barbering, licensing, examinations, barber schools, public safety, certifications, Barber Examiners Board, Minnesota Historical Society

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• :42.720> they<00:36:42.960> are schools accept CCP funding, they are schools accept CCP
• By accepting CCP human rights abuses.
• it seeks to punish schools for accepting it seeks to punish schools for accepting the<00:42:08.800
• If Congress fails to act, because that is not acceptable to me, and I know it's not acceptable to a lot
• If Congress fails to act, because that is not acceptable to me, and I know it's not acceptable to a lot

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, December 4, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• I wouldn't accept it.
• That's not acceptable. It wasn't acceptable in the 70s. It wasn't acceptable in the 80s.
• It wasn't acceptable in the '90s. And it should not be acceptable in 2025.
• That's not acceptable. It schools. That's not acceptable.
• It wasn't acceptable in the 80s.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• it, or it's clear who's responsible for accepting that land, that's important to our municipality.
• it, or it's clear who's responsible for accepting that land, that's important to our municipality.
• it, or it's clear who's responsible for accepting that land, that's important to our municipality.
• it, or it's clear who's responsible for accepting that land, that's important to our municipality.
• it, or it's clear who's responsible for accepting that land, that's important to our municipality.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• We're not going to accept that.
• that uh you can do those going to accept that uh you can do those things<00:32:03.880> among<
• licenses uh are often forced to accept licenses uh are often forced to accept hardto<00:39:18.200
• That would be acceptable to you if that's the decision the state makes, just like Massachusetts: you
• <01:28:03.960> the participate they can't accept the participate they can't accept the training

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• I would affirm as well that, you know, we have accepted amendments from CAI as well to make sure that
• And Summer Davis, do you accept the amendments? I certainly do. Thank you so much.
• I want to start by sharing that I accept the committee's amendments and really offer deep gratitude for
• Happy to accept those amendments.
• Happy to accept the committee amendment.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The committee heard a long agenda, much of it focused on homeowners association (HOA) issues. AB 2584, relating to civil immunity for lawful self-defense, was presented only and left for further work after the chair and others said California already has strong self-defense laws and more discussion was needed. AB 1684, which would bar HOAs from restricting homeowners’ ability to install or use compliant cooling systems, drew support from the author and housing advocates, with opposition from CAI seeking more association discretion; members emphasized heat as a health and safety issue and the bill was moved forward. AB 1892, a technical cleanup bill on HOA utility repairs, election notices, and electronic ballot timing, passed unanimously. AB 2050, requiring a formula for HOA reserve funding, also passed with broad support as a consumer protection measure to reduce surprise special assessments and address aging condominium stock. AB 2106, extending certificate-of-merit protections for design professionals and landscape architects, passed with support from professional associations and no opposition. AB 2145, directing HCD to study senior downsizing barriers, moved forward after mortgage and banking groups shifted from opposition to neutral. AB 2238, aimed at deterring meritless mobile home park litigation by shifting fees and penalties to attorneys, passed after amendments, though legal aid groups remained opposed. AB 2439, prompted by two authors’ personal HOA payment problems, would require stronger notice when payment processors change and address liens/fees; it passed despite concerns about return-receipt mail and personal liability for board members. AB 2579, responding to the $100 HOA fine cap enacted last year, would create a Department of Real Estate process to define serious health and safety violations and passed with support from HOA industry groups. The committee also took up SCR 89, a resolution reaffirming California’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in response to federal rollbacks; it received support from student, civil rights, labor, and legal groups and was advanced without opposition.

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• I'd ask the committee to accept the amendment. >> Thank you, Madam Speaker.
• <00:11:13.040> the the uh committee to accept the the uh committee to accept the amendment
• I forgot to ask the floor leader if she would accept the amendment as friendly. >> Okay, floor leader
• And the question is whether we'll accept it as a friendly amendment. Just one second.
• [laughter] >> [applause] >> Madam Speaker, yes, we'll accept it as a friendly amendment.

Keywords: House streaming session for Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House convened with 132 members present, offered prayer, approved the previous day’s journal, and adopted a House resolution honoring United Communities Against Poverty for 60 years of service in Prince George’s County fighting poverty. The organization’s board members were recognized in the gallery. The chamber then handled introductory business, including first-reading referral of House Bills 1587-1596, two introductory House bond initiatives referred to Appropriations, and Senate Bill 25 and other Senate bills received in the House and referred to committees. The House also took up committee reports and special orders. The Economic Matters Committee reported favorably on several bills, including House Bills 236, 241, 242, 259, and 308, all of which were adopted and ordered printed for third reading. On House Bill 146 regarding on-site wastewater systems, a friendly amendment was adopted to allow repair or replacement of failed drain field components needed to meet the bill’s requirements. On House Bill 220 concerning individual water meters/submetering, a substitute amendment was adopted to strike a provision related to eviction proceedings and keep the bill aligned with existing law; the bill was then ordered printed for third reading. Members also made several announcements recognizing visiting groups and observances, including the ALS Association, Career and Technology Education Month, Economic Development Day, Developmental Disabilities Day, Alzheimer’s Advocacy Day, the start of Ramadan, and Easter season. The House heard a Black History Month-style recognition of Ethel Beh Hill and welcomed multiple delegations and student groups. Committee and subcommittee meeting announcements followed, and with 134 members present, the House remained in session before the majority leader moved adjournment until Thursday, February 19 at 10:00 a.m.

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• And thank you for accepting my co-sponsor request.
• And thank you for accepting my co-sponsor request.
• And thank you for accepting my co-sponsor request.
• It also creates a space issue for my clients in as much as we're unable to accept any new deliveries
• Children are pushed to accept terms granting access to sensitive data without parental consent.

Bills: S0198, S0422, S1236, S1356, S1456, S1722

Keywords: virtual currency, kiosks, money services business, regulation, financial services, consumer protection, cryptocurrency, registration, ADS-B, automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast, aviation, airports, airport fees, landing fees, departure fees, touch-and-go landing, general aviation, pilot privacy, airspace radius, aircraft tracking

Summary: The committee first postponed SB 1456, then heard SB 1236, which would condition state economic development incentives on employers using secret-ballot union elections and prohibit neutrality agreements. The sponsor argued the bill protects workers from coercion and applies only to companies receiving taxpayer-funded incentives; opponents said it was government interference, likely to hurt contractors, apprenticeships, and business growth, and raised concerns about federal preemption and Attorney General enforcement. After debate, the committee reported SB 1236 favorably on a recorded vote. The committee then considered CS/SB 198, a measure to regulate cryptocurrency kiosks by requiring operator registration, fraud warnings, transaction limits, blockchain analytics, receipts, and refund protections for certain first-time transactions tied to fraud. Supporters from the banking industry, AARP, and others said the bill would help stop scams that are targeting seniors and vulnerable adults; one industry witness supported the bill but suggested narrowing the limits for existing users and shortening the new-customer period. The committee reported the bill favorably. Next, the committee took up CS/SB 1356 on dog breeding, pet sales, and breeder registration. The sponsor said the bill is intended to curb puppy mills, improve animal welfare, and add consumer protections, while an amendment removed state oversight of local animal shelters. Pet store representatives supported much of the bill but objected to the three-day waiting period for financed purchases, expanded reimbursement, and unfair trade practice penalties; others argued the bill would add red tape and litigation. The committee adopted the amendment and then reported the bill favorably. The committee also heard SB 1722 on app stores and minors, which would require age verification, parental consent for minors, app-content disclosures, and enforcement by the Department of Legal Affairs. Supporters said the bill would help parents protect children online; opponents warned it could force collection of sensitive personal data, create privacy and constitutional problems, and duplicate existing parental tools. Members debated the balance between child safety and privacy, and the committee reported the bill favorably. Finally, the committee heard CS/SB 422 on ADS-B aviation data, which would bar use of ADS-B information to calculate certain landing or access fees; an amendment added departures to the restriction. Pilots supported the bill as a safety and privacy measure, while airport representatives opposed it as undermining airport finances and shifting costs. The amendment was adopted, and the hearing on the bill began with testimony from both sides.