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• The town's litigation was filed.
• We use an electronic means to find it.
• to notice the tax exempt filing to notice the tax exempt filing procedures.<01:16:56.080> And
• <01:22:15.760> uh types of um electronic uh types of um electronic uh systems<01:22:17.840
• decisions about whether uh an electronic decisions about whether uh an electronic system<01:24:27.840

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• And we have eight bills on file today. On consent, there are five. So on...
• During the Gulf War in 1990, FVAP initiated the electronic transmission service, which permitted military
• And the reality is there will likely have to be an electronic solution of some kind.
• We were opposed to the bill in original language, and it was the wording of electronic transmission was
• deleted, but there's still discussion as if electronic transmission originally... ...was deleted, but

Summary: The Assembly Military and Veterans Affairs Committee met and considered several measures, with most of the discussion focused on veterans’ access to food assistance, overseas voting, and veteran mental health research. SB 1201, the “No Hungry Heroes Act,” would seek federal waivers to protect certain veterans from CalFresh time limits and require referrals to county veteran service officers; supporters said federal SNAP cuts are leaving vulnerable veterans at risk of hunger, while no opposition testified. Members spoke strongly in favor, emphasizing the need to support service members and their families. SB 970 addressed ballot access for military and overseas voters after the federal DOD fax service was discontinued. The bill would direct the Secretary of State to develop regulations for a secure ballot return method. County election officials and veterans groups supported the measure, while the Secretary of State’s office and Verified Voting raised concerns about cybersecurity and urged a more deliberate process, including a possible task force. After discussion, the committee voted to pass SB 970 and send it to Appropriations. SB 1224 proposed a California Emerging Therapies Research Partnership to help the state compete for federal research funding for alternative therapies, including treatments relevant to PTSD, depression, and substance use among veterans. Veterans advocates described the bill as a way to expand options for those not helped by traditional treatment, and the author noted amendments to address conflicts of interest and administrative issues. The committee approved the bill and referred it to Appropriations. The committee also approved the consent calendar, including HR 120, SB 892, SB 1188, SJR 14, and SJR 17, and later voted SB 1201 and SB 970 out of committee as well. Overall, the meeting reflected broad bipartisan support for veteran-focused measures, with the main policy debate centered on how to balance access and security in overseas voting.

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• That brings us to SB 2247 in the Campaign Spending Commission filing system.
• Campaign Spending Commission filing Campaign Spending Commission filing system. system. system.
• <00:52:48.160> a<00:52:48.200> complaint<00:52:48.720> of limitations to file
• I don't know if we sent it to you electronically yet or not.
• <00:54:34.480> Uh electronically yet or not. Uh electronically yet or not.

Bills: SCR96, SCR164, SCR172, SCR166, SCR182, SCR7, SCR59, SCR58, SCR60, SCR89, SCR184, SCR11, HB2296, HB2315, HB2343

Keywords: electric reliability, renewable energy, interconnection, Hawaii Electric Reliability Administrator, Public Utilities Commission, capacity shortfalls, energy policies, critical infrastructure, foreign influence, local control, energy dependence, economic resilience, energy analysis, cost reduction, financial risk, Hawaii PUC, energy self-sufficiency, natural gas, energy transition, ratepayer protection

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• ,<00:42:37.359> the<00:42:37.599> A18 from Senate File 42:22, the A18 from Senate File
• And that language came from Senate File And that language came from Senate File 4672<00:43:41.680
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• <01:40:12.239> 3379 House File 3379 House File 3379 as<01:40:14.000> amended<01:40:

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• The library pays for key electronic resources for users within the Capitol complex.
• The library pays for key electronic resources for users within the Capitol complex.
• The library pays for key electronic resources for users within the Capitol complex.
• The library pays for key electronic resources for users within the Capitol complex.
• subscriptions or purchases of electronic subscriptions or purchases of electronic resources<01:05

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Madam Chair, member, Senate Bill 1564, electronic monitoring long-term care, passed out of committee
• Senate Bill 1133, financial disclosures and campaign filing, passed out of read unanimously.
• Disclosures and campaign filing and it passed out of red unanimously. I'll fix the caucus sheet.
• Some of us don't run again and then we have filed late.
• And then they accrued fines, never paid the fines, and then they still have to file every year.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The meeting was a caucus review of a large calendar of Senate bills, with members mainly hearing short titles, committee vote counts, and whether bills were on consent or pulled for further discussion. Many measures were reported out on party-line or split votes and several were flagged to be removed from consent, especially bills involving artificial intelligence content verification, public benefits eligibility, gender transition procedures liability, health insurance reimbursement for vaccines, light rail feasibility review, public employees merit hiring, public records fees, virtual currency payments, tax conformity, undocumented immigrants and financial services, central bank digital currency, and public monies investment in trust currency. The caucus also discussed a number of education, public safety, child welfare, health, and regulatory bills. These included measures on school communications, bullying liability, AED training, classroom management, school safety reporting, DCS procedures, fingerprinting at behavioral health facilities, probation conditions, missing children reporting, sex offender monitoring, crimes against children probation monitoring, and domestic violence release conditions. Several members raised objections or concerns about specific bills, including mandatory sentencing, religious sectarian law language, concealed weapons notice repeal, and a bill on death sentence by firing squad, with some members asking to pull those bills from consent. A final topic was a blue-sheet Senate amendment to HB 2874 on campaign committee termination statements and penalties. Rhonda explained the Senate changes would void penalties for committees with no contributions or expenditures, retroactive to December 2021, but noted the Senate did not secure enough votes for the emergency clause. Members asked about the rationale, the Secretary of State’s position, and the amount of outstanding penalties. The chair later announced that the Senate amendment was being refused, so the bill would not receive final passage that day and would instead be sent back for further action or conference.

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• We'd filed a plea to the jurisdiction of motion to dismiss.
• One of these, of course, is the bill that enabled us to file for receivership of Empower.
• **Speaker**: We would receive electronic data.
• Another tool that we're working with is EBV services, electronic visit verification.
• We are the leading EVV, or Electronic Visit Verification, provider in the United States.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• House Bill 1255 by Representative Story and Senator Cutter, concerning protections for users of electronic
• delivered removing electronically delivered software from the definition of tangible personal property
• This bill empowers the Colorado Civil Rights Commission to file charges against schools and individuals
• Remember, this bill now is empowering the Colorado Civil Rights Commission to file charges against both
• public and... ...file charges against both public and private schools and individuals who violate this

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• this is becoming necessary in the world that we live in today, where we give the option of this electronic
• We are neutral on the bill as filed, but very supportive of the concept.
• In closing, I would like to thank Representative Gerdes for filing this bill, and thank you, Chairman
• The one thing that I want you to remember is that we need every electron possible in our system.
• So they're producing electrons as well, in addition to taking them off the grid.

Bills: HB1951, HB2715, HB3092, HB3237, HB3278, HB3511, HB3592, HB3675, HB3778, HB3782, HB3826, HB3970, HB4016, HB4049, HB4341, HB4344, HB4406, HB4427

Keywords: collective bargaining, public works, government contracts, labor agreements, state funding, removal from office, political subdivisions, local government, judicial proceedings, administrative judicial region, electric transmission, public convenience, landowner consent, utility regulation, energy infrastructure, energy consumption, higher education, governmental entities, sustainability, electricity reduction

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• While you get yourself situated, Chair Kisha moves House File 779 before the committee with the chair's
• benefits transfer card that electronic benefits transfer card that would<00:02:47.920> work<00
• If the intent of legislative proposals like House File 779 is to reform the K-12 tax credit in order
• If the intent of legislative proposals like House File 779 is to reform the K-12 tax credit in order
• If the intent of legislative proposals like House File 779 is to reform the K-12 tax credit in order

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So there's no form of regular reporting by the family to have to report, let's say, electronics, since
• ...since most people are getting electronic payments these days, to where they can forward that in on
• That could be an electronic screenshot of a bank account showing those earnings.
• They have the option to upload information to their case file for us to use.
• That could be an electronic screenshot of a bank account showing those earnings.

Summary: The Human Services Subcommittee met to receive implementation briefings on House Bill 1267, which was enacted to address benefit cliffs and help public assistance recipients move toward economic self-sufficiency. The Department of Children and Families reviewed SNAP, Temporary Cash Assistance (TCA), and Medicaid-related eligibility and work requirements, including who must participate in work activities, the role of Florida Commerce and CareerSource Florida, and the new standardized intake and exit surveys required by the law. Members also discussed the TCA program’s household-based structure, the 48-month adult limit, and how work requirements differ for SNAP and TCA participants. Florida Commerce and CareerSource Florida then reported on implementation of HB 1267, including the CLIFF financial forecasting tool, case management changes, and survey data collected from welfare transition participants. They said intake surveys showed common barriers such as child care, transportation, and flexible work schedules, while exit surveys showed many participants were employed or had gained credentials, though response rates were low because the surveys are voluntary. A local workforce board, CareerSource Tampa Bay, described using CLIFF in case management and shared a success story about a participant who completed training, earned certifications, and moved into employment. The committee also heard a separate DCF briefing on the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act and its impact on SNAP. DCF said the law expands able-bodied adult without dependents requirements, changes non-citizen eligibility, ends future SNAP-Ed funding, increases state administrative cost sharing, and may require states to share in benefit costs if payment error rates remain above federal thresholds. Members focused heavily on Florida’s SNAP payment error rate, which DCF said was 15.13% for federal fiscal year 2024 and 12.60% for 2023, with the state currently on a corrective action plan. DCF described steps to reduce errors, including more verification of rent and utility expenses, improved income matching, staff training, and system modernization. No votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned after questions concluded.

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• Final reading of Senate Bill 284, House Draft 1, relating to interception of wire, oral, or electronic
• wire, oral or electronic communication. wire, oral or electronic communication.
• Referrals and re-referrals are made in accordance with the supplemental orders of the day that may be filed
• day<00:14:04.320> that<00:14:04.639> may<00:14:04.800> be<00:14:04.959> filed
• <00:14:05.360> later of the day that may be filed later of the day that may be filed later

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• Requiring the filing of interstate commission bylaws and rules with the state records administrator.
• and there's going to be a lot of work that needs to be done between now and the last day that we can file
• And so as the bill is passed out, it is available electronically; it's just navigating the system, the
• Senator Pope**, an act relating to unfair trade practices, enacting the Right to Repair Consumer Electronics
• Establishing procedures for determining violations of the Right to Repair Consumer Electronics Act.

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• If you're intending to testify, if you haven't filled out an electronic affirmation out in the kiosk
• This extends the time period for which a bill of review can be filed. I stand for questions.
• Leach: So the bill directs DPS to electronically identify eligible records.
• As Article 18 does not define Adam Colby: other electronic communication devices.
• We thank Representative Buckley for filing this legislation and ask you to support HB 200.

Bills: HB200

Keywords: HB 200, emergency communication, backup communications, satellite phone, portable satellite equipment, radio, floodplain, 100-year floodplain, FEMA, natural disaster, disaster preparedness, emergency preparedness, vulnerable populations, children, elderly, seniors, people with disabilities, care facilities, residential care, assisted living

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• <00:47:17.319> mon<00:47:17.680> requirements electronic mon requirements electronic mon
• <01:29:22.520> 2596 in strong support of Senate file 2596 in strong support of Senate file
• <01:46:51.440> 2741 file 2741 file 2741 this<01:46:53.320> bill<01:46:53.560> would<
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• about some Provisions in Senate file about some Provisions in Senate file 2651<02:09:17.760>

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• And Senator Brownsberger, I know that you filed legislation on this very topic.
• We should do... ...follow them as part of their electronic medical records everywhere they go.
• Safeguarding patient electronic medical records from out-of-state actors is critically important.
• This will help protect expectations, electronic health information...
• This will help protect electronic health information from out-of-state disclosures.

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Summary: The Senate Committee on Steering and Policy held a public hearing on potential updates to Massachusetts’ 2022 Shield Law to strengthen protections for reproductive and gender-affirming health care. Chair Cindy Friedman said the hearing was prompted by escalating federal and out-of-state threats, and testimony was sought on loopholes and clarifications involving emergency abortion care, limits on cooperation with outside investigations, protection of patient data, and safeguarding licenses of providers and attorneys involved in this care. The Attorney General’s Office, ACLU of Massachusetts, GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders, Reproductive Equity Now, the Massachusetts Medical Society, TransHealth, and Health Imperatives all supported strengthening the law. Witnesses urged broader bans on sharing health data with hostile states, explicit AG enforcement authority, exclusion of reproductive and gender-affirming prescriptions from the prescription monitoring program, protections for electronic medical records, and allowing clinicians to use practice names on prescription labels. Several speakers also called for protections for parents of transgender youth, attorneys, and nonprofit organizations, and some raised related concerns about insurance discrimination and the burden of post-24-week abortion restrictions. Committee members asked questions about enforcement mechanisms, data privacy, patient consent, and how to balance interoperability with privacy protections in electronic records. Witnesses said the goal was to prevent immediate harm while preserving patient control and access to care. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chair closed by inviting written testimony and then moved to adjourn the hearing.

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• or whatnot, but it doesn't say if you erase files or if you misplace files.
• We understand getting rid of files, erasing files, spoliation. This doesn't say spoliation.
• But if the worker fails to only use electronic devices, it would apply.
• So, where does it say if a worker erases their files, they may be immediately terminated?
• To the place where the income tax return was filed.

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• I filed this with Representative Tricia Farley-Bouvier. We've filed this bill now for many years.
• I filed this with Representative Tricia Farley-Buvier. We've filed this bill now for many years.
• Actually, it's been two sessions that I've filed it.
• Actually, it's been two sessions that I've filed it.
• Truancy filings rose 13%, and habitual school offender filings rose 15%.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities held a hybrid hearing on a series of child welfare bills focused on DCF, foster care, mandated reporting, educational records, and family support. Chair Kennedy and Chair Livingstone opened with accessibility and testimony rules, then heard testimony on bills including S.127 on expanding mandated reporters, S.107/H.235 on a Foster Children’s Bill of Rights, S.106/H.228 on transferring foster care review from DCF to the Office of the Child Advocate, H.258/S.125 on an electronic backpack for foster children’s educational records, H.205 on kinship foster care background checks, H.246/H.266 on minimizing trauma in care and protection cases, and S.159 on support for families after sudden unexpected infant death. Supporters of the mandated reporter bill, led by Sen. Feeney and Foxborough advocates, described a local model that trains all adults who work with children and argued the state should scale that approach statewide to improve recognition and reporting of abuse. Testimony on the foster care bills emphasized the need for clearer rights, better notice to children and attorneys, stronger remedies, and independent oversight. Advocates, youth with lived experience, and legal organizations described placement instability, delayed notifications, abuse in care, poor educational continuity, and the need for rights around safety, family contact, culture, language, and access to records. Several witnesses urged that the Foster Children’s Bill of Rights include enforceable court remedies, not just reporting requirements. On the oversight bill, supporters argued DCF should not review its own foster care system and pointed to poor outcomes, high placement instability, and recent investigative reporting as evidence for moving review responsibilities to the Office of the Child Advocate. On the electronic backpack bill, testimony focused on the need for real-time data sharing and a centralized system so schools can receive foster students’ records quickly and support continuity. On the trauma-minimization bill, Rep. Miskin framed the proposal as a set of practical changes to reduce harm during removals and court involvement. On the SUID bill, Sen. Lovely said families should be given information about available grief and support resources after an infant death. No votes were taken during the hearing; the committee primarily received testimony and questions.

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• A few housekeeping measures: I want to ask everyone to silence their electronic devices.
• A few housekeeping measures: I want to ask everyone to silence their electronic devices.
• Electronic copies should have been submitted in PDF form to our committee manager 24 hours in advance
• Now, candidates is obviously defined as once somebody has filed for public office, they become a candidate
• others is really Section 3, which is that a candidate who believes they've been subjected to this can file

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• Post-COVID, we have consistently received over 40,000 new case filings each year.
• a party filing their petition.
• I used to file it. I still file another one.
• Senator Fernandez is filing that.
• I still file another one was a first-time homeowner savings accounts which I filed for a long time now

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Summary: The Joint Committee on Housing held its second introductory hearing to frame the session’s housing agenda. Chairs Cyr and Haggerty described the hearing as a chance to hear a wide range of perspectives on Massachusetts’ housing crisis, including underbuilding, zoning and permitting barriers, rising costs, and the need for both state and local action. The committee heard from court, municipal, advocacy, and regional housing leaders, with recurring themes of increasing supply, preserving existing housing, preventing displacement, and expanding resources for renters and homeowners. Chief Justice Diana Horan of the Housing Court said the court is handling more than 40,000 new filings annually with only 15 judges, and estimated the court would need about 21 judges to meet demand. She described complications from RAFT-related stays, mental health and guardianship issues, aging housing stock, and the new eviction sealing law, which she said was being implemented smoothly but may require additional resources if filings continue to rise. The Massachusetts Municipal Association and MAPC emphasized that municipalities need flexibility, funding, and better tools such as MassWorks, Housing Works, H-DIP, 40R reforms, inclusionary zoning changes, and a local option transfer fee; they also said local control concerns and long permitting timelines remain major barriers. MAPC and others stressed that supply growth alone will not solve the crisis and urged continued support for subsidized housing, access to counsel, and modular/off-site construction. Advocates and housing providers focused on displacement, preservation, and tenant protections. Homes for All Massachusetts and Mass Law Reform Institute called for rent stabilization, stronger tenant protections, foreclosure prevention, elimination of junk fees, continued funding for RAFT and HomeBASE, and expanded access to counsel. Mass Union of Public Housing Tenants said the state needs far more extremely low-income housing, more operating subsidy, and major investment to repair public housing, while also supporting tenant technical assistance during redevelopment. Franklin County’s housing authority warned that rural communities are being left out of many state programs and asked for a rural LIHTC set-aside, a permanent rural credit boost, and a review of housing choice programs. A Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation researcher presented findings that communities that add housing generally see stronger municipal finances, and that housing growth can improve property tax and state aid outcomes. Seasonal community representatives from Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket described extreme affordability pressures and the need for tailored tools. Nantucket’s housing trust chair said the island has made progress through local funding, inclusionary zoning, and deed-restricted units, but still needs a real estate transfer fee and faster ways to preserve year-round housing. Across the hearing, members and witnesses repeatedly returned to the need for a mix of production, preservation, tenant protections, and local flexibility, rather than relying on any single policy solution.