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• <00:09:09.279> A and obstruct regulatory rollbacks. A and obstruct regulatory rollbacks.
• Congress in setting uh the regulatory Congress in setting uh the regulatory agenda<00:35:24.480>
• Case of regulatory overreach.
• regulatory purposes. regulatory purposes.
• regulatory compliance. regulatory compliance.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• A bit of us from a regulatory standpoint, there are existing there is an existing regulatory framework
• This is govern at the federal level and those regulatory that regulatory framework would be as it is
• phosphate land after that initial purchase or how its subsequent owners know that this that these processes
• But but anything that is public record becomes discovered during the transaction process across recognized
• Chairman, the same regulatory framework of the federal government level and the state government level

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• <00:54:11.119> that and complex application processes that and complex application processes
• > trade<01:02:46.400> consequences same regulatory or trade consequences same regulatory
• establish a treated seed regulatory establish a treated seed regulatory program<01:08:56.719>
• regulatory and permitting certainty. regulatory and permitting certainty.
• process for getting a permit. process for getting a permit.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So, a process that works for everybody.
• revised since this whole process began. revised since this whole process began.
• requirements, and long-term regulatory requirements, and long-term regulatory oversight. oversight
• 10 years' duration. regulatory framework regulatory framework should<01:14:25.880> financially
• Uh, they are in process.

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House first took up S. 298, the Vermont Voting Rights Act. Members explained the Senate’s further proposal of amendment, including changes to language about how the State Ethics Commission may respond to ethics inquiries, a directive for the Secretary of State and Ethics Commission to work out a shared process for the candidate financial disclosure form by January 30, and a technical PAC-related wording change. The committee reported an 11-0-0 vote in favor, and the House concurred in the Senate proposal of amendment. The chamber then suspended rules to take up S. 328, the omnibus housing bill, and heard detailed committee reports from General and Housing, Ways and Means, and Appropriations. The bill addresses common interest community resources, a service-supported housing advisory council, expansion of the 10% for Vermont program to 12.5%, an off-site construction accelerator pilot, VHFA’s rental housing revolving loan program, special assessment districts, municipal housing planning requirements, and several reports on housing-related issues. Ways and Means described revenue impacts from the cash-balance expansion and revised the off-site construction pilot and loan program language; Appropriations removed a section already included in the budget and adjusted advisory council per diem funding. The House adopted the amendments, ordered third reading, suspended rules to place the bill in all remaining stages, passed it in concurrence with proposal of amendment, and messaged the action to the Senate forthwith. The House then suspended rules to take up S. 197, relating to payment reform for primary care. The House Health Care Committee recommended a strike-all amendment, saying the health care system is in crisis, premiums are rising, access to primary care is limited, and clinicians are burdened by documentation and administrative work. The committee vote on its amendment was 10-0-1, and the bill was also referred to Ways and Means and Appropriations because of fiscal implications. The transcript cuts off as the House was beginning consideration of the bill.

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• Regulatory compliance, such as OSHA.
• Processing facilities, right? I've seen a need for that right now.
• But did you hear how much was talked about regulatory pressure?
• But did you hear how much was talked about regulatory pressure?
• equipment... ...to buy processing equipment, to process produce so that way we can sell to school districts

Summary: The joint informational hearing of the Assembly Committees on Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact and Agriculture, held at Fresno State, focused on cost pressures in California’s food system, household affordability, and the Central Valley’s role in agriculture. Opening remarks emphasized Fresno State’s regional importance, the Central Valley’s outsized contribution to food production, and the connection between agricultural health, food security, and the broader economy. Members also noted the impact of the federal shutdown on CalFresh benefits and the state’s efforts to respond with food assistance funding and National Guard support for food banks. The first panel featured academic and policy experts who described agriculture’s economic importance in the San Joaquin Valley and the rising pressures on farms and households. Dr. Conduro highlighted agriculture’s large share of regional GDP, farm receipts, jobs, exports, and food manufacturing, while identifying water scarcity, SGMA-related land fallowing, labor shortages and rising labor costs, market volatility, invasive pests, and production cost inflation as major barriers. Caroline Danielson of PPIC said food prices remain about 30% above 2019 levels, food insecurity affects about 1.8 million California households, and nutrition programs such as CalFresh, WIC, and school meals are essential in reducing poverty, especially in the Central Valley. Susie Pryor of the Central California Small Business Development Center described technical assistance, capital access, and training for small food and farm businesses, while warning that reduced funding limits support for rural and immigrant entrepreneurs. The second panel brought testimony from a small produce business owner, a food entrepreneur, and the Fresno County Farm Bureau. They said input costs for fertilizer, fuel, irrigation, labor, land leases, and compliance have risen sharply while commodity prices have remained flat or fallen, squeezing small farms and food businesses. Panelists stressed the need for small-batch processing facilities, local supply chains, education on food manufacturing compliance, land access for small farmers, and more pathways into agriculture through trade programs, community colleges, and FFA. Ryan Jacobson said California agriculture is facing a prolonged downturn, with farm bankruptcies, weak commodity prices, export-market uncertainty, water reliability problems, and costly ag-burning rules all contributing to financial strain. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken; the hearing was informational and concluded with discussion of possible policy solutions and continued engagement with stakeholders.

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• Consumers will continue to be protected by HUD's existing process, and manufacturers will have a regulatory
• > regulatory<00:24:09.760> process<00:24:10.480> that<00:24:10.720> will
• have a regulatory process that will have a regulatory process that will facilitate<00:24:11.840> the
• Over complicating the regulatory<00:42:22.640> process<00:42:23.040> for<00:42:23.280><
• c> builders<00:42:24.240> and regulatory process for builders and regulatory process for builders

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, January 9, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• general counsel. and work on regulatory general counsel. and work on regulatory and<00:20:14.960
• <00:20:23.919> framework to modernize the regulatory framework to modernize the regulatory
• > not<00:20:45.919> been regulatory framework has not been regulatory framework has not
• regulation is the regulatory compact. regulation is the regulatory compact.
• still models of having a regulatory still models of having a regulatory framework<00:30:17.600><

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several transportation-related bills. HB 1688, which would provide a general excise tax exemption for certain aircraft maintenance materials, parts, tools, and facility construction, received comments from the Department of Taxation and support from Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Kohala Coast Resort, the Activities and Attractions Association of Hawaii, and the Tax Foundation of Hawaii. Testimony indicated the measure was intended to clarify an existing exemption rather than create a new one. The bulk of the hearing focused on HB 2386, which would authorize the Public Utilities Commission to establish automatic adjustment mechanisms and a water carrier inflationary cost index. The Department of Transportation said it would change its testimony to support the bill, citing a 2020 working group recommendation, while the PUC and DCCA offered comments. Matson, the Maritime Group, Hawaii Harbors Users Group, and Young Brothers supported the measure, arguing it would modernize regulation, improve predictability, and help maintain reliable interisland shipping. Hawaii Farm Bureau offered comments, while Hawaii Food Industry Association, Maui Brewing Company, Lani Kai Brewing Company, and the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Hawaii opposed it, arguing automatic rate increases were not the solution and that underlying costs and efficiencies should be addressed first. The chair noted the bill was essentially the same as one previously considered, and asked questions about how Hawaii’s water carrier regulation compares with other states. The committee also heard HB 1691, which would allow electronic signatures for certain motor vehicle title transfers after total-loss insurance settlements and remove the notary requirement for that narrow transaction. The City and County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services, Hawaii Insurers Council, Copart, American Property Casualty Insurance Association, and one individual supported it, with Copart saying the change would reduce delays and could allow a faster, largely electronic settlement process. Members asked about county impacts, and Copart said counties would only see a different form with no added cost or electronic integration. HB 1680, requiring county finance directors to notify agencies through a centralized system for vehicle transfers, drew opposition from the City and County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services and one individual in support. HB 2516, raising helmet requirements for electric foot scooters and bicycles and requiring helmets for high-speed or Class 3 electric bicycles, received support from DOT, DOH, AAA Hawaii, and the Hawaii Bicycling League. HB 193, allowing deaf vehicle owners to register a deafness designation visible to law enforcement, drew support from the City and County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services, the Hawaii Disabilities Rights Center, and an individual who suggested amendments to broaden the bill to deaf and hard of hearing individuals and adjust the proof standard. HB 2442, increasing required accessible and van-accessible parking spaces in larger parking lots, was supported by the Disability and Communication Access Board, the Council on Developmental Disabilities, and the Disability Rights Center, which said the bill would address shortages of accessible parking and may need technical amendments to align terminology with the ADA.

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• Fundamentally, AB 2215 seeks to undermine existing processes for extending water rights.
• AB 2215 seeks to undermine existing processes for extending water rights permits.
• That is what the regulatory process is for. That's why it takes time.
• This is taking something out of a regulatory process and handing it over to the Legislature.
• This is taking something out of a regulatory process and handing it over to the Legislature.

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee heard a regular order agenda with 101 bills and first took up AB 2215, which would extend the time for the Department of Water Resources to fully develop its State Water Project water rights. The author and supporters argued it would improve water reliability and affordability for millions of Californians and could save ratepayers money, while opponents said it would bypass the Water Board’s administrative process, set a precedent for other water rights holders, and potentially facilitate costly projects like the Delta Conveyance Project. The bill was moved on a do pass vote, with Mr. Hoover voting no and Ms. Krell not voting. The committee then approved two consent calendars and heard several bills with little or no opposition. These included AB 2038 on extending insurance nonrenewal/cancellation protections for wildfire victims; AB 2322 on clarifying which commercial, industrial, or institutional sites are subject to municipal stormwater permits; AB 1794 on direct home shipment of enteral nutrition; AB 1696 on clarifying that nurse midwives do not need physician supervision within their scope of practice; AB 1860 on allowing county offices of education to use design-build methods; AB 1876 on codifying nondiscrimination protections in health care; AB 2281 on election cybersecurity resources; AB 2448 on protecting sensitive medical records and reproductive health data; AB 1994 on providing victims with information about federal immigration relief options; and AB 1829 on expanding how CalWORKs community college funds may be used to support student parents. Most were supported by sponsoring organizations and related stakeholders, with limited opposition noted on AB 1696 and AB 2281. The committee also placed a large suspense calendar on approval, listing dozens of additional bills, and then opened public comment on bills not heard that day. No members of the public came forward, and the hearing was adjourned. Several bills were reported out on roll call votes, with some members not voting or voting no on particular measures, but the transcript does not provide full vote tallies for each bill.

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• These PFAS pesticides fall into a regulatory blind spot.
• California already has the nation's most rigorous pesticide regulatory standard.
• So we would encourage the Legislature to work within the current regulatory structure.
• California already has the nation's most rigorous pest site regulatory standard.
• California already has the nation's most rigorous pesticide regulatory standard.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Every incentive is aligned to grow the regulatory code.
• What we might label as regulatory inertia.
• But this is a sunset process for every individual rule that a state agency makes.
• Well, I think you know, why do we have a sunset process?
• input on that process, and you know... ...if you're not part of that process, then we really don't get

Bills: HB565, HB3743, HB4310, HB5083, HB5129, HB5195, HB5331, HB5469, SB21, HB3185, SB 21

Keywords: constitutional amendment, fiscal impact, state budget, ballot measure, transparency in voting, management-to-staff ratio, state agencies, employee regulations, government efficiency, workforce management, public information, governing board, transparency, confidentiality, access rights, privacy, identifying information, state agency, consent, occupational license

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• I am also willing to accept more regulatory... Thrilled, first of all.
• I am willing to take more regulatory risk because I'm there with my child.
• And they said, oh, the regulatory burden.
• process, that I could, they would, everybody would still be in that one database.
• process that I could, they would, everybody would still be in that one database.

Summary: The Human Services Subcommittee met and first took up HB 47, Child Care and Early Learning Providers, sponsored by Rep. McFarland. The bill was presented as an effort to reduce child care costs and regulatory burdens by exempting preschools from special tax assessments, moving teacher training and testing online and making it free, allowing abbreviated inspections for top providers, extending license-exempt status to employer-provided child care, and addressing an insurance issue affecting family child care homes. Members asked about DCF transparency, accreditation, background screening timelines, accountability for exempt facilities, and whether violations would still be searchable; McFarland said accreditation would still be required, DCF reporting and abuse hotlines would remain available, and the bill would not eliminate existing transparency for licensed providers. An amendment was adopted to add clarifying language and exempt certain DOD and Coast Guard child care facilities operated by DOD personnel. Several witnesses and members spoke in support, emphasizing workforce needs, affordability, and safety. HB 47 was reported favorably by a vote of 18-0. The committee then heard HB 259, which designates August 21 as Fentanyl Awareness and Education Day. Rep. Gerwig said the bill is intended to raise awareness of fentanyl’s dangers and overdose risks. Members spoke in strong support, citing fentanyl’s impact on families, youth, and first responders, and the need for education because fentanyl is often unknowingly ingested or mixed into other drugs. Gerwig also described a personal example involving a child exposed to fentanyl in a vacation rental. HB 259 was reported favorably by a vote of 17-0. The meeting then adjourned.

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• As you are aware, in 2024 the Legislature directed DNR to build a temporary regulatory framework for
• As you are aware, in 2024 the Legislature directed DNR to build a temporary regulatory framework for
• As you are aware, in 2024 the Legislature directed DNR to build a temporary regulatory framework for
• It also allows us to make sure that we are fostering a regulatory structure that really supports not
• It also allows us to make sure that we are fostering a regulatory structure that really supports not

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• You have to go through a privately negotiated process, and in this process every meeting, phone call,
• development variants in this process development variants in this process density<00:13:30.680><
• negotiated process and in this process negotiated process and in this process every<00:13:57.800
• members tell us that in this process members tell us that in this process every<00:14:07.079>
• uh process last year that went messy uh process last year that went from<00:21:06.120> a<00:21

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee heard House File 1987, the Minnesota Starter Home Act, and first adopted the A1 author’s amendment, which made minor cleanup changes, removed sections two and three, adjusted ADU language, and tweaked density language. The bill authors described the measure as a bipartisan effort to address Minnesota’s housing shortage by allowing more starter homes, duplexes, townhomes, and accessory dwelling units, while also limiting some local zoning barriers and preserving city protections in certain sensitive areas. They emphasized that the state has a large housing gap, rising home prices, and that the bill is intended as one part of a broader housing package. Supportive testimony came from the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, Housing First Minnesota, Habitat for Humanity, AARP Minnesota, and Americans for Prosperity. These witnesses argued that workforce and starter-home shortages are hurting families, employers, and economic growth; that restrictive zoning and lengthy approval processes raise costs; and that more middle housing and ADUs would expand options for older adults, caregivers, working families, and people seeking homeownership. Several supporters said the bill would reduce regulatory barriers, lower development costs, and help communities add needed housing supply. Opposition or cautionary testimony came from city and municipal representatives, including officials from Cambridge, Eagan, and Mankato, as well as the League of Minnesota Cities and related groups. They argued that local governments already are approving substantial housing growth and need flexibility to manage zoning, parking, infrastructure, stormwater, and community input. They warned the bill could weaken local control, remove practical standards, and create unintended impacts such as more rental conversion in some neighborhoods or development without adequate infrastructure. No final vote on the bill itself was shown in the transcript beyond adoption of the A1 amendment.

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• We have a distribution planning process, which is separate right now from our generation planning process
• our generation planning process now from our generation planning process which<00:17:50.160> is
• So we often refer to the regulatory So we often refer to the regulatory compact<01:08:55.440>
• examine the potential regulatory examine the potential regulatory barriers<01:26:34.080> for<
• and comment period is that that process and comment period is that that process is<01:35:34.639>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And as Representative Romero explained, we don't have a process for how we approve those groundwater
• The current Marie Camino: process goes through TCEQ and it kind of is held up there.
• We're going to close the regulatory gap, strengthen conservation, protect regional water planning, and
• We will not accept, process, or consider granting that application. We have a problem.
• Is there an appeals process for this?

Bills: HB 4530, HB 4931, HB 5559, HB 5560

Keywords: water rights, Texas Water Trust, water bank, environmental conservation, water quality, instream flows, aquifer, water injection, Edwards Aquifer, environmental regulation, groundwater, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water conservation, drought, utility regulation, water use restrictions, Public Utility Commission, civil penalties, drought contingency, environmental protection

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• The EIS process also includes a pump test.
• ,<00:03:40.160> it In [clears throat] the EIS process, it In [clears throat] the EIS process
• EAWs the current regulatory framework.
• <00:24:09.120> framework already robust regulatory framework already robust regulatory framework
• <00:25:13.679> looks the process looks the process looks under<00:25:15.720> current

Keywords: 1183, house

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• permitting uh and the expedited process permitting uh and the expedited process and<00:29:46.399
• Part of what Representative Campbell's bill is to try to speed up the process, expedite the process.
• ,<00:34:29.119> expedite try to speed up the process, expedite try to speed up the process
• efficiency from a regulatory standpoint. efficiency from a regulatory standpoint.
• <00:40:29.599> hurdles the regula all the regulatory hurdles the regula all the regulatory

Bills: SF0102, SF0123, SF0021, SF0099

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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• Um, we are in the process of putting together a trustee.
• We are in the process of looking at the San Juan Generating Station.
• What, what is the process now? Mr.
• We're not a regulatory agency.
• That process, I, I forget the number of the slide, but you know, I laid out what the nerd process is,

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• We were charged fees and asked to go through processes that no other business or organization was.
• that no other business through processes that no other business or<00:35:02.640> organization
• Regulatory boards to prohibit their participation in the therapeutic cannabis program if warranted.
• <01:45:47.000> of just repeal this law in the process of just repeal this law in the process
• belongs to um and their and the process belongs to um and their and the process that<01:53:20.199

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• So, um, a very short answer is TDI does not have a regulatory authority over the reinsurers.
• We have a regulatory function, a legislative function.
• Uh, what we do primarily is analyze and comment on regulatory filings at TDI.
• Uh, we have a policy comparison tool that's in the process of being overhauled.
• Well, That's kind of not the way the process works. The way the process works is.