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• </c> I reserve the balance of my time. I reserve the balance of my time.
• </c> balance of my time. balance of my time. &gt;&gt; Gentleman<04:33:39.039><c> reserves.
• </c> &gt;&gt; I reserve the balance of my time. &gt;&gt; I reserve the balance of my time.
• Family farms hang in the balance.
• For family farms hang in the balance.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• I know we'll get to a balance. I will be voting for it today.
• So I thank you, and I know we'll reach the balance. Thanks for the effort.
• I know we'll get to a balance. I will be voting for it today.
• And so I do believe that it is a balanced approach.
• And we have to have this balance of accountability.

Summary: The committee heard several transportation and public safety bills, largely focused on traffic violence, e-bike regulation, and DUI enforcement. AB 1588 on sideshows and street takeovers drew support from the author, San Francisco officials, law enforcement, and the League of California Cities, who said the bill would close loopholes, add motorcycles and dirt bikes to the sideshow framework, and align penalties with speed contests. ACLU California Action opposed it, but members generally supported the bill, noting the need for stronger tools against dangerous takeovers. The committee also heard AB 1654 on commercial driver’s licenses and federal verification rules, with the author arguing California must comply with federal law to avoid losing CDL authority; the chair and others objected that the bill could wrongly affect U.S. citizens and codify changing federal rules. The bill was discussed but not advanced in the portion provided. AB 1976 sought to speed delivery of bicycle and pedestrian safety projects by limiting some public meetings, restricting cancellation of contracts without findings, lowering petition thresholds for traffic calming, and updating the Pedestrian Mall Act. Supporters said current procedures delay life-saving projects and give too much power to opponents, while counties and cities opposed the limits on local public input and budget authority. After discussion, the committee voted to send AB 1976 to Local Government, with several members expressing support but also concerns about preserving community participation. The committee also heard AB 2015, which would direct Caltrans to study the effects of navigation apps on local roads and safety. Supporters said apps can divert traffic onto residential streets and undermine local traffic calming, while members suggested the bill should also consider built-in vehicle navigation systems. AB 2168, on the Active Transportation Program, would update the definition of safe routes to transit, prioritize transit-rich and underserved areas, and add stronger spending accountability; it drew support from bicycle and transit advocates and some local agencies, with a few technical concerns left to resolve. Finally, AB 1942 on e-bike registration and license plates for Class 2 and 3 e-bikes drew strong support from law enforcement and medical witnesses citing rising injuries, but broad opposition from bicycle groups, micromobility advocates, and some local governments who said it would burden lawful riders, create DMV problems, and not address illegal e-motos. The committee also heard AB 1685 and AB 1687, both DUI-related bills from the same author: AB 1685 would increase DMV points for gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, and AB 1687 would extend license revocation for a third DUI conviction to eight years with an interlock option after four years. Both bills received strong support from law enforcement and victims’ advocates, with ACLU California Action opposing them as duplicative or overly punitive; both bills were advanced by committee vote.

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• It's a balanced party thing. It is not a party event.
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• It is not a It's a balanced party thing. It is not a party<00:10:00.320><c> event.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• Ohio has the largest, and our average balance in the accounts is about $11,200.”
• you have money left over in that program after 46, you age out, and let’s say you have an account balance
• you have money left over in that program after 46, you age out, and let’s say you have an account balance
• Then whatever is the remaining balance can be transferred over to your beneficiary.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Arkansas Center for Nursing, which is our workforce center, they spend a lot of time looking at that balance
• right now it looks like you're spending about $4 million a year, have about an $8.5 million fund balance
• that to try to help promote nursing in some of those rural areas that we could use some of that fund balance
• And of course, the law [requires a] three-year fund balance, so $600 times three would be $1,800.

Summary: The Occupational Licensing Review Subcommittee met to review two occupational licensing reports: the Arkansas State Board of Nursing and the State Board of Registration for Professional Soil Classifiers. For nursing, board officials described the board’s history, scope, and licensure categories, noting it regulates about 72,000 nurses and oversees RNs, LPNs, advanced practice nurses, medication assistants, and a new dialysis patient care technician registry. Members asked about workforce shortages, complaint types, and the board’s finances; the board said Arkansas has enough licensed nurses overall but has vacancy issues in some areas, complaints commonly involve criminal backgrounds, fraud, misrepresentation, drug abuse, and misappropriation, and the average case length is 191 days though some cases remain open much longer while awaiting criminal adjudication. Officials also said they are working on efficiency improvements and have added help positions with Department of Health support. The report was accepted without objection. The committee then reviewed the soil classifier program, now housed under the Natural Resources Commission after the former board was abolished in 2023. Agriculture Department officials explained that soil classifiers are a small, specialized profession requiring a four-year degree with coursework in biological, earth, and soil sciences, and that the state currently has 29 registered soil classifiers. Members asked whether that number is sufficient, what the work involves, and how the program’s finances are used. Officials said the profession is mainly used for septic system design, wetland determinations, nutrient management, and other soil-related work, and that current staffing appears adequate. They also noted the program has about $20,000 in reserves, above the statutory three-year balance, and discussed possible uses such as training, curriculum upgrades, and expanded administrative funding. The report was also accepted without objection, and the meeting adjourned with the next meeting scheduled for February 19 at 1:30 p.m.

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• And family courts have to find the balance that suits the children the best.
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Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• out of the same fund, it winds up being almost a first-come, first-served basis because of the fund balance
• Representative Villio, she testified that she didn't know that there was a $5 million fund balance that
• But that money is coming out of OGB's fund balance, and ultimately the premiums are being paid by the
• It's like the state general fund and the OGB fund balance.
• And the OGB fund balance. I'm not saying you're not managing it properly. You're just at the table.

Bills: HB12, HB145, HB222, HB291, HB430, HB821, HB874, HB909, HB951, HB979, HB1193

Keywords: survivor benefits, law enforcement, reserve officer, auxiliary officer, public safety, firefighters, medical expenses, dental expenses, disability benefits, Medicaid, dental coverage, healthcare access, medical necessity, Louisiana Department of Health, health insurance, provider agreements, contracting actions, participating facilities, network status, survivors benefits

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• The Coastal Act has protected us for 50 years, creating important and thoughtful, balanced decisions
• It's wicked, it's hurtful, it's painful, and I think in our effort to try to be balanced and the way
• This bill is balancing environmental standards with affordability.
• This bill is balancing environmental standards with affordability.
• And I'm assuming that they're well-intended, but I just don't think they're balanced.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• And we did the same kind of thing here, and I think we found a good balance.
• Your colleagues over in the Senate liked what we did here as a balance.
• Your colleagues over in the Senate liked what we did here as a balance.
• The city is making up numbers and there's no balance.
• If it was $10 for each, And there's no balance. If it was $10 for each, I get it.

Summary: The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee heard several transportation-related measures, with SB 1010 and SB 1552 held at the outset. SB 1024, dealing with licensing and registration rules for roadable aircraft, was discussed briefly; members raised questions about vehicle license tax revenue and the sponsor was absent, but the bill was still advanced on a do pass recommendation by a 3-2 vote. SB 1205, which creates statewide rules for motor vehicle booting on private property, received testimony from industry and Sen. Kavanagh in support and was approved 5-0. SB 1366, creating a study committee on public property towing and impound practices, also passed 5-0 after supporters described it as a bipartisan, data-gathering measure. The committee then took up SB 1624 on photo enforcement violations. The bill would cap civil penalties at $75 and limit the use of photo enforcement violations for license, insurance, and court-record purposes, while an amendment added a class three misdemeanor for excessive speed and directed $15 of the penalty to the Peace Officer Training Equipment Fund. The measure drew extensive debate, with supporters arguing it would simplify enforcement and keep penalties manageable, and opponents including insurers and local governments warning it would mask risk, reduce revenue for state and local funds, and interfere with school-zone safety. After adopting the amendment, the committee advanced the bill 4-2. SB 1232, a technical bill concerning billboard placement near military airport and facility districts, was amended to clarify local approval and public hearing requirements and then passed unanimously. SCR 1004, the companion measure to a House resolution, would send to voters a proposal limiting photo enforcement unless a local government had a contract in place by December 31, 2026; after testimony describing it as a negotiated compromise that preserves local control, it passed 4-2. The committee also approved two memorials, SCM 1002 renaming a portion of SR 77 as the L.F. Quinn Memorial Highway and SCM 1006 renaming a portion of US 70 as the PFC Michael A. Nolene Memorial Highway, both by unanimous votes, and then adjourned.

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• And we did the same kind of thing here, and I think we found a good balance.
• Your colleagues over in the Senate liked what we did here as a balance.
• Your colleagues over in the Senate liked what we did here as a balance.
• The city is making up numbers, and there's no balance.
• If it was $10 for each, ... ...and there's no balance. If it was $10 for each, I get it.

Bills: SB1010, SB1024, SB1205, SB1232, SB1366, SB1552, SB1624, SCM1002, SCM1006, SCR1004

Keywords: Charlie Kirk, Loop 202, Arizona highways, transportation, renaming, roadable aircraft, registration, vehicle title, license plates, aviation safety, motor vehicle booting, private property, fees, dispute process, regulations, outdoor advertising, military compatibility, zoning, electronic signage, permitting

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• So we went through different formulas, just trying to have a competitive balance.
• We've lost competitive balance. I've shared with you all the data.
• So the competitive balance has been disrupted.” “Also, communities have been disrupted.
• We will have a better competitive balance field. Completely eliminate 55 to nothing ball games.
• We will have a better competitive balance field in all sports. Yes, we will. Okay.

Keywords: 994, senate, all

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• eliminate all of that cost, or do you think we just arrive at what the PSC would consider a fair balance
• I think part of the fairness that we try to look at and balance when we're looking at end users or any
• I think part of the fairness that we try to look at and balance when we're looking at end users or look
• But I will give you my word that I'll do my best to make sure we find the balance. ...and other states
• But I will give you my word that I'll do my best to make sure we find the balance, the balance between

Summary: The committee met to consider a large slate of appointments, with the main discussion centered on the confirmation of Chavon Harris as Secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA). Harris testified about her background in state service and outlined agency priorities including Medicaid financial accountability, transparency, managed care oversight, behavioral health redesign, rural health access, workforce recruitment, and use of technology and AI. Senators questioned her extensively about the Hope Florida/Medicaid settlement controversy, opioid settlement-funded advertising campaigns tied to marijuana prevention and the 2024 Amendment 3 election, public records compliance, abortion reporting and enforcement under the Heartbeat Protection Act, managed care denials, value-based purchasing, and Medicaid funding pressures. After debate, the committee voted to recommend her confirmation, with Senator Polsky voting no. The committee then considered Anna Ortega and Robert Payne for the Florida Public Service Commission. Ortega, a current PSC commissioner and former staff advisor, discussed utility regulation, data center load issues, ratepayer protections, transparency in PSC decisions, and lessons from other states. Payne, a former legislator and longtime utility co-op employee, emphasized his technical background and the need to balance utility returns with consumer affordability. Both nominees were confirmed by unanimous or near-unanimous votes and recommended favorably to the full Senate. Next, the committee heard from Jeffrey Aaron for reappointment to the Public Employees Relations Commission. Aaron described PERC’s role in public-sector labor disputes and said his work had been upheld in appellate courts without reversal. Senators questioned him about his law firm’s state contracts, his role as chairman of Attorney General James Uthmeier’s PAC, and his connection to the Hope Florida Foundation matter; he declined to discuss the pending investigation. Public testimony included opposition from Florida Voice for the Unborn. The committee nevertheless recommended his confirmation, with several no votes. Finally, the committee approved the remaining appointees on tabs 5 through 46 in a single vote, postponing Dr. John Littell and DCF Secretary Hatch, and then adjourned.

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• It's really been about trying to find that balance around the window units.
• How do we strike the balance? You heard a lot of good comments here about scale.
• devices it's really been about trying to find that balance around the window units and how do we strike
• The bill includes important compromise language that helps balance resident comfort with property safety
• The bill includes important compromise language that helps balance resident comfort with property safety

Summary: The Housing Committee heard public testimony on Senate Bill 5496, which would limit certain business and investment entities from buying additional single-family homes after reaching 100 holdings, with exemptions for banks, nonprofits making affordability-related improvements, and some development/foreclosure situations. Senator Alvarado said the bill is intended to curb speculation and help Washington families compete for homes, while opponents argued it would interfere with the market, reduce rental supply, and could affect REITs and retirement investments. Supporters, including Habitat for Humanity, said institutional buying has made homeownership harder and that the bill would create needed guardrails; opponents from the building and rental housing industries said the data did not justify the restriction and asked for clearer exemptions or data on impacts. The committee also heard Senate Bill 6200, which would prohibit landlords under the residential and manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant laws from banning tenants from installing portable cooling devices, subject to safety, code, egress, insurance, and damage-related exceptions. Senator Slatter and supporters framed the bill as a public health response to deadly heat events, especially the 2021 heat dome, and said it would help renters, seniors, and people with disabilities stay safe during extreme heat. Landlord and property management representatives were generally neutral or cautiously supportive, but asked for changes on notice, lease language, insurance, and window-unit safety; one testifier raised concerns about evaporative coolers and potential moisture damage. In executive session, the committee acted on several bills. It adopted an amendment to Senate Bill 5156 on elevator standards in smaller apartment buildings and reported the bill out with a due pass recommendation. It rejected amendments to Senate Bill 5938 on the foreclosure prevention fee, adopted an amendment removing a study requirement, and then reported the bill out as amended with a due pass recommendation. It also adopted an amendment to Senate Bill 6054 on fire-hardened building materials and reported that bill out as amended with a due pass recommendation. Finally, the committee reported out Senate Bill 6237B on flood disclosure with a due pass recommendation. After those votes, the committee reopened public hearing on SB 6200 and SB 5496 to hear additional testimony, then adjourned for the day.

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• , and certain money market balances.
• This doesn't take into any consideration money market balances.
• We must strike a balance. The pendulum has swung far, like too far in either direction.
• I hear the discussion about striking the balance, and I think that is critically important.
• The balance, and I think that is critically important.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Okay, so to give you our most recent update on outstanding capital balances.
• that at the top, at the end of the second quarter of this fiscal year, we're estimating that total balances
• The balance in the Public School Capital Outlay Fund is 1.6 billion and we have also been tracking since
• And in the chart on this page, you can see for the legislative projects expenditures and balances on
• We've also seen that annual spending has Not quite kept pace with that increase, so we're seeing balances

Bills: HB1

Keywords: feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting

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• About six to seven billion of that is put on our balance sheet as deposits, which is, you know, not the
• Give you an idea on our balance sheet. And this is pretty typical of a... ...our Legacy Fund.
• Give you an idea on our balance sheet, and this is pretty typical of a, what I would say, well-run bank
• So the balance sheet structure of any bank you run, especially a public bank, is very, very important
• sheet or working with our legislature and some type of off-balance-sheet program that we may manage

Bills: SB5754

Keywords: public bank, state bank, finance, banking regulations, economic development, state investment, 904, all

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• And, you know, they're talking about the proposed amendments in AB 1493 will upset the careful balance
• Will upset the careful balance that was established by SB 1061.
• , where there was a full discussion in vetting of how do you balance, you know, the cost concerns and
• Balancing act that was struck while at the same time allowing you to raise the issues that you have raised
• AB 68 represents a balanced, proactive step to make sure rural schools have safe learning environments

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• When I think about it, I think about, you know, balancing this.
• Secretary, expand on how we're trying to balance this in our system.
• It does come down to that balance—it's access and security.
• So, that's what I'd say generally about the balance, but I don't know, Mr.
• We want to very carefully balance access and safeguards.

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• The number went from near 15% to about 5% per year because it's balanced by a very low school tax number
• And this is part of the discussion I want to have today, because all of this is a balance.
• It is critical that we balance these cuts with the needs of our community, especially with regard to
• experienced high inflation, that was one of the only ways that many cities were actually able to balance
• You have my written testimony, but, you know, we think a lot about that right balance, right, between

Bills: SB9, SB 9

Keywords: property tax, ad valorem tax, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, tax rate calculation, Tax Code, local government finance, municipality, county, special taxing unit, sales and use tax, property tax cap, tax rollback, tax levy, maintenance and operations, debt rate, disaster relief rate, Texas Legislature, local taxing unit, school assessment

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• I'll say balance.
• But the balance this year, and I'm not going to speak to specific numbers in the bill, is that we're
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• year, and I'm not going to balance this year, and I'm not going to speak<00:09:10.640><c> to</c><00:
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Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House took up the conference committee report on House File 2446, the agriculture budget bill for the Department of Agriculture. Representative Anderson explained that the conference agreement kept the core House and Senate priorities while accepting some Senate policy provisions and fee increases, including grain license fees and food handling fees. He said the overall target was reduced, but major programs were preserved, including funding for the Board of Animal Health, egg emergency and inspection programs, elk and wolf compensation, milk processing capacity, farm safety and innovation, a new bioefficiency program to reduce fertilizer use in limited areas, and increased meat inspection funding. Representative Hansen and several other members urged adoption, describing the bill as a bipartisan “hybrid” that reflects changing agriculture and includes both traditional farm support and newer priorities. Supporters highlighted food assistance and worker protections, including funding to offset federal cuts to local food purchasing and milk distribution programs, farm-to-school and early care programs, avian flu testing, urban agriculture, and a study to expand Olmsted County’s soil health and nitrate reduction work. Some members noted concerns about fees, while others emphasized support for all types of agriculture, cottage food bakers, and the role of farm workers. After debate, the House adopted the conference committee report and advanced the bill. Following further discussion, the bill was repassed as amended by conference on a roll call vote of 130 ayes and 4 nays, and its title was agreed to.