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• House Bill 2412 would increase the number of statutorily authorized Superior Court judges in Yakima County
• House Bill 2412 would increase the number of statutorily authorized Superior Court judges in Yakima County
• from 8 to 9 statutorily authorized Superior Court judges in Yakima County from 8 to 9 and there are
• We were able to add a couple of Superior Court judges just a few years ago in Snohomish County.
• We have and maybe still have some challenges in Snohomish County, but we are making sure that defendants

Bills: HB2640 , HB2161 , HB2304 , HB2445 , HB2590 , HB2412

Committee: House Civil Rights & Judiciary

Keywords: Uniform Commercial Code, business filings, legal filings, commercial transactions, UCC compliance, attorney general, legal authority, state powers, judiciary, civil rights, condominium, housing, warranty, property rights, construction, probate, estate administration, inheritance, heir finder, heir locator

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• The Eastern Region is comprised of seven counties: Ferry County, Stevens County, and Pend Oreille County
• in the north, and then westerly Lincoln County and Adams County in the south, along with Whitman County
• Eastern region is comprised of seven counties, Ferry County, Stevens County, and Ponderay counties on
• the north. counties, Ferry County, Stevens County, and Ponderay counties on the north.
• And then Westerly, Lincoln County and Adams County on the south, along with Whitman County.

Bills: SB6131 , SB6155 , SB6238 , SB5824 , SB6110 , SB5839 , SB6032 , SB6148

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: traffic safety, roadway fatalities, Washington traffic safety commission, policy update, road safety, accident prevention, disability, parking privileges, accessibility, special parking, local government, oil tankers, restricted waters, environmental safety, maritime regulations, state law, fifth-wheel, travel trailers, vehicle regulation, transportation

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• Technical advisory groups can include one council member, but otherwise must consist of subject matter
• In order for a petition referred to a technical advisory group to be taken up for consideration by the
• council, it must receive the approval of a majority of the technical advisory group.
• Turning now to this bill, it would require the council to convene a technical advisory group for the
• Can we amend what the rest of the board would like to have?

Bills: HB2228 , HB2273 , HB2418 , HB2381

Committee: House Local Government

Keywords: building code, safety regulations, construction, scissor stairs, state standards, embodied carbon, building materials, sustainability, environment, permit review, project permits, land use, zoning, development regulations, residential development, housing permits, affordable housing, local government, county planning, city planning

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• I am the chairman of the board. I was incarcerated at the Coleman unit, and I was released in 2015.
• mandatory depression screenings for pregnant women and women who have recently given birth while in county
• Women in county jails face unique... including limited access to health care and support systems.
• Adams' filings regarding actual innocence in Bexar County.
• The next step of the process is to be referred back to the district attorney for their last county of

Bills: HB1826 , HB1969 , HB2708 , HB2729 , HB3618 , HB4515 , HB4764 , SB1021 , SB1610

Committee: House Corrections

Keywords: mental health, women's health, county jail, depression screening, criminal justice, inmate release, identification certificate, Texas Department of Corrections, personal identification, driver's license, state law, reentry services, nondisclosure, criminal history, criminal defendants, community supervision, misdemeanors, felonies, rehabilitation, hearsay

Summary: The Corrections Committee first took up pending business and reported several previously heard bills favorably to the full House, including HB 1515 and SB 2405, the TDCJ Sunset bill and its Senate companion, HB 5639 on the veteran housing program, HB 2854 on hospital visits as a parole or mandatory supervision condition and related hospital liability, and SB 1080 on occupational licenses for people with criminal convictions. The committee also heard and advanced SB 1080 without amendment, then moved into new business. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 3618, which would limit invasive group strip searches of female inmates in TDCJ facilities. Formerly incarcerated women and advocates testified in support, describing humiliation, trauma, barriers to programming, and arguing that searches were often ineffective and that contraband more often comes from staff. TDCJ’s resource witness said the agency has looked at technology such as millimeter scanners and is in the process of placing them in facilities, while the bill sponsor said the measure would preserve searches in emergencies and require female officers when women are unclothed. HB 3618 was left pending. The committee also heard HB 4515 on expanding orders of nondisclosure, with the author saying the committee substitute would narrow the bill to marijuana possession only; supporters from Alliance for Safety and Justice and Right on Crime argued it would improve reentry and public safety, while members asked about eligibility and related offenses. HB 1826, requiring depression screenings for pregnant and postpartum incarcerated women, drew support from women’s health advocates and formerly incarcerated witnesses; the bill was left pending. HB 1969, to help people leaving prison renew or obtain driver’s licenses, and HB 2708, expanding nondisclosure eligibility for certain misdemeanor convictions, were also laid out and left pending. Later, the committee heard HB 2729, which would bar hearsay evidence in hearings on violations of release conditions, and SB 1021, which would make stalking convictions ineligible for community supervision and add related victim-protection provisions; both were left pending. SB 1610, addressing civil commitment facility safety, sex offender registration, and penalties for assaults on staff, drew strong opposition from civil commitment residents, family members, and civil rights advocates who argued it was punitive and raised due process concerns; the resource witness said assaults had increased and explained the civil commitment process and existing legal safeguards. Finally, HB 4764 would require TDCJ to report detailed annual data on restrictive housing; supporters said the bill would improve transparency around solitary confinement, and the committee left it pending before adjourning.

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• The board is very tough, so I may have misspoke if I didn't say the Board of Adjustment.
• We now serve 30 counties.
• We now serve 30 counties, and we would have the ability to serve more counties if we had more room in
• Right now, we have 58 counties represented.
• His name is Dorian Gonzalez; he's from Shelby County. He's a junior, and it's my... Shelby County.

Bills: SB1 , HB176 , HB86 , SB1 , HB176 , HB86

Committee: House Ways and Means Education

Keywords: workers' compensation, public education, employee injury, insurance trust fund, on-the-job injury, administrative procedures, HB176, Alabama sales tax, use tax, sales and use tax exemption, optical aids, eyeglasses, contact lenses, prescription glasses, vision care, optometrist, ophthalmologist, optician, medical devices, local option tax exemption

Bills: HB 101 , HB1819 , HB1875 , HB1965 , HB2193 , HB2914 , HB3248 , HB3354 , HB3531 , HB101

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

Keywords: Texas State Guard, task force, professionalization, state missions, critical infrastructure, veterans, veterans' affairs, mental health, community mental health, behavioral health, grant program, matching grant, non-state match, community services, family support, county population, Health and Human Services Commission, HHSC, public safety, homeland security

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• These are publicly owned entities, you know, our local counties, cities who are doing this work.
• These are publicly owned entities, you know, our local counties, cities who are doing this work.
• And so every county is communicated with that these funds are available and are encouraged to apply,
• </c><00:40:10.680><c> is</c><00:40:10.960><c> communicated</c> and so uh every county is communicated
• It's all of Chippewa, Renville, and half of Meeker and part of Kandiyohi County.

Bills: HF919 , HF1192 , HF212 , HF214

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: wastewater, infrastructure, funding, Litchfield, economic development, environmental compliance, Hastings, water treatment, PFAS, nitrates, bonds, capital investment, public health, HF212, Round Lake-Brewster, Independent School District No. 2907, school construction, school building, sales tax exemption, use tax exemption

Bills: SB94

Committee: Senate Children and Youth Health

Keywords: adoption, adoptive parent, adoptee, minor adoption, adult adoption, Alabama Minor Adoption Code, Alabama Adult Adoption Code, Department of Human Resources, DHR, county department of human resources, putative father registry, paternity, consent, relinquishment, implied consent, notice of adoption, contested adoption, home study, pre-placement investigation, post-placement investigation

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• Chair, members of the board. My name is Stephen Welch.
• Chair, members of the board, my name is Eddie Castro.
• More than $1 billion of that was from the counties.
• I'm a director with the Pinal County Sheriff's Office.
• I'm with the Pinal County Sheriff's Office. I have... I'm with the Pinal County Sheriff's Office.

Bills: SB1046 , SB1317 , SB1376 , SB1416 , SB1448 , SB1471 , SB1493 , SB1498 , SB1502 , SB1504 , SB1538 , SB1544 , SB1550 , SB1579 , SB1581 , SB1584 , SB1624 , SB1673

Committees: Senate Public Safety , Senate Senate Public Safety Committee of Reference

Keywords: telecommunications, broadband, internet infrastructure, critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, national security, foreign adversary, China, Chinese equipment, supply chain security, network equipment, microchips, Arizona Corporation Commission, telecommunications provider, communications infrastructure, Huawei, ZTE, state-owned enterprise, sanctions, infrastructure security

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• Is it Harris County or... Fort Bend County. There are several we call them kind of like hot spots.
• Counties that enter this specifically in Texas include Harris County, Fort Bend County, Bexar County,
• Travis County, and Austin.
• I mean, I think even outside of the county might be too far for practical purposes, you know, a big county
• , Bexar County, and Galveston County.

Bills: HB168 , HB 1044 , HB1534 , HB1914 , HB2240 , HB2530 , HB3284 , HB3395 , HB3515 , HB3783 , HB4034 , HB4213 , HB168

Committee: House S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Keywords: marriage age, minors, family law, void marriage, rights of minors, Texas marriage law, marriage ceremony, authorized officiants, family code, judges, religious leaders, parent-child relationship, Department of Family and Protective Services, legal rights, notice requirements, HB 1914, Texas Family Code, Chapter 156, conservatorship, custody

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• The last minor married in Harris County was 17 in 2019.
• That number— Always increases in rural counties.
• The exploitation of minors is always worse in rural counties.

Bills: HB168 , HB 1044 , HB1534 , HB1914 , HB2240 , HB2530 , HB3284 , HB3395 , HB3515 , HB3783 , HB4034 , HB4213 , HB168

Committee: House S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Keywords: marriage age, minors, family law, void marriage, rights of minors, Texas marriage law, marriage ceremony, authorized officiants, family code, judges, religious leaders, parent-child relationship, Department of Family and Protective Services, legal rights, notice requirements, HB 1914, Texas Family Code, Chapter 156, conservatorship, custody

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• Part of what the county did not want was a situation where those individuals were sentenced to a county
• So are you saying that somebody can sit in the county jail for, say, two years and... in the county jail
• It allows the sheriff and the County Commission of any county containing any portion of the County containing
• So, you know, Birmingham could do a deal with Shelby County and not just Jefferson County.
• So, and it says in the county Purposes... so, and it says in the county, so this just says for law enforcement

Bills: HB43 , SB81 , SB178 , SB138 , SB89 , SB183 , HB27 , HB188 , HB199 , HB190 , SB117 , HB43 , HB27

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: criminal procedure, split sentencing, probation, Class A felony, Class B felony, minimum confinement, custodial sexual misconduct, sexual misconduct, inmate abuse, prisoner exploitation, correctional staff, jail staff, detention center, probation officer, parole officer, Department of Corrections, Department of Youth Services, sheriff, county jail, municipal jail

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• transfer a small 2,900-square-foot parcel from the Open Space Acquisition Commission to the Select Board
• The bill before you originated from two separate charter review committees appointed by the Select Board
• licenses, and common victualer licenses, was consuming a significant amount of time during Select Board
• framework operates like a larger city, but the burden of doing so hinders the ability of the Select Board
• framework operates like a larger city but the burden of doing so hammers the ability of the select board

Bills: H5332 , H5333 , H5358 , H5364 , H5365 , H5379 , H5387 , H5388 , H5416 , S3055

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Keywords: mayor vacancy, Holyoke, city council, election procedures, municipal governance, residency requirement, elected officials, local government, citizenship, charter amendment, municipal lien, local charges, property tax, nonpayment, Newton, residency requirements, municipal regulation, elected office, Falmouth, Licensing Commission

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• Okay, it says increase across the board on this.

Bills: HB184 , HB235 , HB546 , HB557 , HB584 , HB747 , HB902 , HB930

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Keywords: charitable pharmacy, healthcare fees, outpatient prescription, exemption, Louisiana Department of Health, sewerage systems, individual systems, community systems, local governance, legislation, installation regulations, protective custody, peace officers, mental health, emergency medical services, involuntary admission, long-term care, healthcare, pharmacy, residents

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• . like Hennepin County came to us last like Hennepin County came to us last year<00:29:11.640><c> with
• I tried to get money from Hennepin County to redo County Road 47 now Chanhassen, and I got precious little
• </c> Hennepin County. Hennepin County.
• </c><00:30:48.680><c> to</c> to get money from Hennepin County to to get money from Hennepin County to
• </c><00:31:03.600><c> led</c> committee members Hennepin County led committee members Hennepin County

Bills: HF4470 , HF2418 , HF3417 , HF3365 , HF3463

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: HF4470, Melissa Hortman, memorial, statue, memorial garden, State Office Building, Capitol Mall Design Framework, capital investment, appropriation, Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board, Department of Administration, public art, commemorative monument, landscaping, artist selection, family consultation, Minnesota legislature, state building site, capital appropriation, political subdivisions

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• , or bay within or bordering the county, between portions of the county or between the county and other
• counties.
• In county-owned ferry districts, the county as a whole—the legislative body and the county itself—owns
• I'm also past chair of the Whatcom County Ferry Advisory Committee.”
• I am the current chair of the county-appointed Whatcom County Ferry Advisory Committee, but I'm only

Bills: HB2604 , HB2436 , SB6354 , SB6352

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: vehicle ownership, insurance, title transfer, consumer protection, motor vehicle, oil tanker, tank vessel, restricted waters, Puget Sound, San Juan Islands, Rosario Strait, Admiralty Inlet, Discovery Island, New Dungeness, tug escort, pilotage, marine safety, spill prevention, oil transport, petroleum shipment

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• It requires the Salem Retirement Board to grant creditable service without member payment for prior reserve
• This does have the support of the Salem Retirement Board, as well as the mayor and the city council,
• It requires the Salem Retirement Board to grant credible service without member payment for prior reserve
• retirement system honor before february 11th 2020 this does have the support of the salem retirement board

Bills: S2907 , H4890 , H4909 , H4879 , H4846 , H4848 , H3924 , H4740 , H4741 , H4267 , H4799 , S2750

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Public Service

Keywords: police, firefighters, retirement, civil service, credible service, public safety, H4890, Quincy, Quincy Retirement Board, public safety personnel, accidental disability retirement, Chapter 32, Section 94, Section 94A, Section 94B, pre-employment physical examination, medical records, retirement benefits, disability retirement, public employees

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• Are there some counties or cities that might not be up to the current code? No, sir.
• However, the question probably lends itself to this: there are not all counties that have a building.
• It'll work if you say so, but let's let our school boards make that decision.
• Hello, I'm Giana Mims, a 47-year-old resident of Chilton County.
• I am a resident of Chilton County and a constituent of Ivan Smith's District.

Bills: HB141 , HB161 , HB231 , HB67

Committee: House State Government

Keywords: HB141, Alabama, state employees, salary deductions, payroll deduction, State Comptroller, membership dues, voluntary contributions, insurance premiums, financial instruments, employee associations, state payroll, Code of Alabama 1975, Section 36-1-4.3, public employees, union dues, benefits administration, payroll withholding, financial products, deferred compensation

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• has a circle that actually had an outage is Gillespie County.
• I live in that county, and I'm probably just a little bit below that lower line.
• In April of 2022, as a member of the Llano County Library Advisory Board, I was sued when harmful content
• I've shown up at city council, school boards, library boards, and I've spoken directly to these officials
• Counties do not have money to spend on waste.

Bills: HB45 , HB45 , HB755 , HB 1232 , HB1555 , HB2460 , HB2702 , HB2973 , HB3120 , HB3225 , HB3314 , HB3356 , HB3371 , HB3634 , HB3638 , HB4247 , HB4283 , HB4290 , HB4302 , HB4503 , HB4511 , HB4565 , HB4581 , HB4627 , HB4632 , HB4660 , HB4668 , HB4960 , HB5042

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: flooding, disaster response, emergency preparedness, state guidance, public safety, housing, affordable housing, rent control, landlord-tenant laws, housing rights, lobbying, public entities, expenditures, government code, transparency, Texas Ethics Commission, government regulation, lobbying restrictions, government accountability, taxpayer money

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• counties, much like I have.
• I'm a resident of Llano County, which is a rural county, and I'm acutely aware of the urgent need for
• Why is it obvious that the County Commissioner's Court of Cameron County does a less efficient job of
• I'm sure Cameron County does, and I know that there's obviously a lot of people in Cameron County who
• So I just wanted to note that for the record, that the County Executive for Cameron County, Paranoia.

Bills: HB45 , HB755 , HB 1232 , HB1555 , HB2460 , HB2702 , HB2973 , HB3120 , HB3225 , HB3314 , HB3356 , HB3371 , HB3634 , HB3638 , HB4247 , HB4283 , HB4290 , HB4302 , HB4503 , HB4511 , HB4565 , HB4581 , HB4627 , HB4632 , HB4660 , HB4668 , HB4960 , HB5042 , HB45

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: housing, affordable housing, rent control, landlord-tenant laws, housing rights, lobbying, public entities, expenditures, government code, transparency, Texas Ethics Commission, government regulation, lobbying restrictions, government accountability, taxpayer money, HB 1232, whistleblower, whistleblower protection, public employee, retaliation