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• Oil production tax grew by 84 percent, but that's because the oil price recovered so strongly from dropping
• Prices rose, but the households and business were able to spend and pay the higher prices, not everybody
• Households, of course, the cost of food, there's been significant inflation in the and prices of both
• are the two most volatile taxes in your tax system because there's such volatility in it. energy prices
• local areas with higher median home sale prices tend to have more invalid findings.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• And really, gas prices, gasoline prices are up 46% since January of 2025.
• And really, gas prices, gasoline prices are up 46% since January of 2025.
• affected by these high prices. affected by these high prices.
• <00:51:51.360> and We have seen gas and fuel prices and We have seen gas and fuel prices and
• fuel prices skyrocket. fuel prices skyrocket.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• For House Bill 319, the Speaker appoints Delegates Hernandez, Price, and Cherry.
• For House Bill 969, the Speaker appoints Delegates Price, Pope Adams, and Tata.
• For Senate Bill 68, the Speaker appoints Delegates Price, Convirs-Fowler, and Scott of Spotsylvania.
• Senate Bill 364, the correct conferees are Delegates Price, C. E. Hayes, and Oates.
• For Senate Bill 658, the Speaker appoints Delegates Hernandez, Price, and Cherry.

Keywords: March 12, 2026 - Regular Session Part 2, 976, house, all

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• What is an average price to get a cesspool remediated and replaced?
• Member, Chair, members of the committee and Representative, average price will depend on the amount of
• higher because the alternative system will include more mechanical units, which would increase the price
• So average price is anywhere from... ...over the 20 to 30 years of the system life.
• So average price is anywhere from $20,000 to $30,000.

Bills: HB2029, HB2030, HB2096

Keywords: water conservation, grants, infrastructure, environmental protection, sustainability, grant fund, Arizona water law, A.R.S. 49-1332, water efficiency, water reuse, education programs, public outreach, rainwater harvesting, gray water, graywater, drought-resistant landscaping, xeriscaping, turf removal, groundwater recharge, aquifer health

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• 58.159> trust Many Minnesota households are locked out of home ownership due to rising home prices
• It's to incentivize people to build at an affordable price and having equity in their communities by
• <00:02:22.959> As ownership to rising home prices. As ownership to rising home prices.
• households are often priced out. households are often priced out.
• and having equity an affordable price and having equity into<00:02:58.879> their<00:02:59.120

Bills: HF3600, HF3809, HF3608

Keywords: housing, community land trusts, competitive development, development programs, Minnesota, HF3809, Minnesota eviction law, landlord-tenant, residential lease, minor child, children in eviction, eviction complaint, defendant prohibition, expedited eviction, expedited hearing, summary eviction, tenant protections, housing policy, civil penalty, nonwaivable lease terms

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• Given that the median home price is $350,000, those Floridians will have zero nonschool ad valorem property
• Property owners have gained an enormous market value and incomes at the top have outpaced price growth
• People are getting priced out of Florida.
• You tell people to come down here, it's wonderful, and then they're priced out by insurance.
• This price is likely to increase as material costs increase.

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• They have contracts with many of the school districts to do it at that price.
• So there needs to be some look at whether something in terms of the price could be implemented.
• That was a mid-year increase and that's based on price level and workload.
• The Summit, the Social Services Estimating Committee may have built more It for the price of one FTE.
• One of the things that's very curious this year is that HIV utilization is way down and prices are way

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• <00:02:24.720> Price, >> Mr. Ore, Mr. Price, >> Mr. Ore, Mr.
• And on Price regarding Chambers County.
• Price. Mr. Roberts. Mr. Barfoot Mr.
• BR pending. >> Senator Price. >> Thank you, Mr. President.
• Thank you, Senator Price. Thank you, Senator Price.

Keywords: 920, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a roll call establishing a quorum of 28 senators present. The body agreed to excuse absent senators, dispense with reading and adopt the previous journal, and allow bills and committee reports to be introduced throughout the day. The presiding officer also recognized several guests on the floor and in the gallery, including an intern from the Lieutenant Governor’s office and guests of Senator Chambliss. Committee reports focused on confirmations for Alabama State University’s Board of Trustees. Patricia Anne Jones (Confirmation 79), Angela Star (Confirmation 80), and Bobby Singleton (Confirmation 78) each received favorable committee reports and were confirmed by the full Senate, with roll-call votes showing unanimous or near-unanimous support. The chamber spent considerable time in lighthearted debate and personal remarks during Singleton’s confirmation before adopting the motion and confirming him. The Senate also adopted Senate Joint Resolution 81 commending the Coach Safely Foundation for youth sports injury mitigation, and several other resolutions honoring individuals and organizations, including Johnny Williams, Jim America, Senior Trooper Hunter Woodruff, and retired Army Colonel Shawn Thomas Prricett. A resolution encouraging Alabama public high schools to form a consortium was also adopted. On local bills, the Senate passed Senate Bill 243 regarding Jefferson County and House Bill 532 regarding Shelby County, both by using the previous roll and with no opposition. The Rules Committee then reported a special order calendar for the 22nd legislative day, which the Senate adopted 30-0. The special order calendar included bills on the Board of Funeral Services, the Public Service Commission, tax abatements, electric utilities, child support, dogs, school lands, Chambers County, and real property. The first special-order bill taken up was Senate Bill 107 by Senators Figures and Gudger, concerning the Alabama Board of Funeral Services. Senators discussed the bill’s purpose of funding the board’s increased duties, the effect on funeral home license fees, and an amendment offered by Senator Bell to reduce certain fees. The amendment was adopted, and the bill was explained as not affecting pre-need funeral arrangements. Debate continued as members asked questions about costs to families and funeral homes, but the chamber had not yet reached final disposition of the bill by the end of the excerpt.

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• Are your investigators aware of any price, I believe it's, the price is different at the cash register
• With respect to price fixing and price gouging, I'm not currently aware of...
• With respect to price fixing and price gouging, I'm not currently aware of specific complaints related
• What we are looking at now and concerned about now is what's called surveillance pricing.
• That's what surveillance pricing means.

Keywords: 996, all

Summary: The committee first heard an Aging and Long-Term Services Department budget presentation comparing the LFC and executive recommendations. The main differences were in the Aging Network, Adult Protective Services, Program Support, and Long-Term Care Division, especially the executive’s proposed $10 million infusion into the Kiki Savadra Senior Dignity Fund and $6.2 million for expanding New Mexico Care. LFC staff explained that the committee recommendation was lower in general fund and fund-balance use, while the executive emphasized rising senior population needs, meal and transportation costs, and the cost savings of keeping older adults at home. The secretary also reviewed the department’s special requests, including the conference on aging, outreach, emergency preparedness, and the Kiki fund, and described New Mexico Care’s growth, its evaluation results, and the department’s plan to separate Kiki into its own accounting fund. Members largely focused on senior services, rural meal delivery, transportation, caregiver support, and the Kiki fund. Several members urged stronger support for non-metro aging providers and for New Mexico Care, citing its role in keeping seniors out of nursing homes and the program’s reported savings and outcomes. Questions also covered eligibility, background checks for caregivers, respite care, dementia and Alzheimer’s screening, and whether Kiki funds can support home modifications such as ramps. The committee then voted to adopt the LFC recommendation with one executive language change: adding the executive’s page 14 language allowing an additional 12.5% distribution for initial payments to aging network providers at the start of FY27. Representative Dow opposed the motion. The committee then moved to the Attorney General’s budget. LFC staff explained that the office’s budget relies heavily on the Consumer Settlement Fund, with both recommendations reducing general fund revenue while increasing settlement-fund use, and that performance measures were in consensus. The Attorney General said the office was not seeking more general fund, but wanted greater ability to use funds it recovers. He highlighted major consumer and public safety work, including litigation against major social media and AI platforms, a case involving Snapchat and child exploitation/extortion, the statewide crime gun intelligence center, efforts to address oilfield theft, work on missing and murdered Indigenous persons, and efforts to protect federal funds coming into New Mexico.

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• Copper prices are near historic highs, and copper theft is rampant across California, causing devastating
• I can barely afford to buy a house at today's prices.
• Virtually everyone here pledges to try to do all we can to lower housing prices.
• This bill, this action here, no one has made a case that this is going to raise housing prices.
• Unelected bureaucrats that voted to increase gas prices, no, they don't deserve a raise.

Summary: The Assembly met after a quorum call and first dealt with a procedural dispute over four amendments to AB 1240. The Speaker ruled the amendments out of order as not germane, and the Assembly sustained that ruling on a 49-16 vote. Members then added co-authors to several consent-calendar resolutions, including measures on the National Conference of State Legislators, Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, ALS Awareness Month, and Men’s Mental Health Month, before adopting the consent calendar. The chamber also heard guest introductions, including a welcome for Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, and took up a motion to bring AB 41 up out of file, which failed 19-48. The bulk of the meeting was floor action on a long series of bills and resolutions, many of which passed with broad bipartisan support. Measures approved included ACR 40 supporting immigrant students and FAFSA privacy; AB 917 on permanent status for certain school employees; AB 985 on anesthesia access; AB 7 and AB 42 on higher education and student services; AB 245 providing property tax relief for wildfire victims; AB 255 allowing funding for drug-free recovery housing; AB 279 updating K-12 library standards; AB 289 creating a pilot for automated speed enforcement in highway construction zones; AB 291 on an educator apprentice program; AB 327 addressing swatting; AB 340 on confidential union communications; AB 341 creating an oral health technical assistance center for people with disabilities; AB 356 on San Diego health care infrastructure; AB 410 on bot disclosure; AB 476 on copper theft enforcement; AB 477 on educator pay targets; AB 485 on stolen wages and business licensing; AB 487, the insurance committee’s technical omnibus bill; AB 573 on tobacco retail license fees; AB 598 on school mapping technology; AB 635 on mobile home law enforcement referrals; AB 651 on remote participation for incarcerated parents in dependency hearings; AB 654 on homelessness hotline assistance in Los Angeles County; AB 662 creating a South County higher education task force; AB 667 on language access in professional licensing; AB 669 limiting early denial of addiction treatment; AB 670 on naturally occurring affordable housing; AB 695 on online continuation of community college for deported students; AB 723 on disclosure for digitally altered real estate images; AB 727 placing Trevor Project information on student IDs; and AB 736, a $10 billion affordable housing bond for the June 2026 ballot, which passed on a 61-11 urgency vote after extensive debate. Debate on AB 736 was the most extensive of the day, with supporters arguing the bond would help address California’s housing crisis and give voters a chance to weigh in, while opponents criticized the state’s bond debt and past spending results. The Assembly then recessed for caucus meetings and later returned to continue the daily file, where additional measures were taken up, including AB 798 adding diapers and wipes to the emergency food bank reserve program, which passed 56-0, and AB 821 on career technical education, which was presented as bipartisan-supported as the transcript continued.

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• that places out a lot of people prices that places out a lot of people prices them<00:36:25.319>
• a lot of people into that really prices a lot of people into this<00:36:52.000> investment<00
• And if you have to pay 9% sales tax on the price of a car, that just ruins your investment.
• the capital gains tax and you're pricing the capital gains tax and you're pricing people<00:38:40.000
• And I know that gold has not doubled in price in the last three years, and so I'm curious.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• disadvantaged students, which in Arkansas refers to students who are eligible for free or reduced-price
• These are schools that have at least 40% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunches.
• quartile of schools based on their concentration of students who are eligible for free or reduced-price
• So as noted in ESSA, we looked at Title I schools by the rate of free or reduced-price lunch-eligible
• Now looking at district grades by subgroups: English language learners, free and reduced-price lunch

Keywords: 1204, all

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• So, members, this bill is just helping the market price generation. Appropriately.
• We think what that will do, frankly, is just increase electricity prices on consumers.
• When every unit in the system has the same reliability attributes, and every unit priced for the same
• The free fuel from wind and solar is great, but we should not pay full price for those units any more
• than we should pay full price for an unreliable car simply because it comes with free gas.

Bills: SB75, SB715, SB776, SB1299, SB1405, SB1968, SB2021, SB2077, SB2148, SB2321, SB2330, SB2411

Keywords: electric generation, reliability, ERCOT, Public Utility Commission, penalties, performance requirements, energy policy, construction contracts, compensatory damages, government delays, contractor, legislation, nonprofit donor privacy, membership lists, supporter confidentiality, volunteer privacy, association rights, public records exemption, Texas Public Information Act, government transparency

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• <00:04:15.720> and<00:04:16.000> pricing<00:04:16.560> and where the price and
• pricing and where the price and pricing and licensing<00:04:17.200> problems<00:04:17.720>
• > mean<00:05:18.520> many High prices and restrictions mean many High prices and restrictions
• negotiate those prices. negotiate those prices.
• And I negotiate a a really fair price.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• service to keep these prices affordable. service to keep these prices affordable.
• Uh the price of wood poles have got has Uh the price of wood poles have got has gone<01:29:45.760>
• /c><01:30:11.679> of<01:30:12.320> doing the price of the price of of doing the price of
• to pay that energy pass through price to pay that energy pass through price that<02:30:18.479>
• We have price challenges.

Keywords: 916, all

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• <00:46:30.880> We<00:46:31.119> have<00:46:31.200> one pricing effect for that
• We have one pricing effect for that.
• the document and negotiate the pricing. the document and negotiate the pricing.
• We're not sure<00:51:31.680> what<00:51:31.839> the<00:51:32.000> pricing<00:51:
• will come back in, sure what the pricing will come back in, but<00:51:33.280> Willpath<00:51:

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee heard from the Department of Corrections first about Wellpath’s medical services contract and the contractor’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy. DOC officials said Wellpath’s reorganization plan was confirmed in May 2025, the contract was automatically assumed, and services have continued without lapses. They said DOC has not seen any reduction in care, staffing problems, or known impact on Kentucky operations, and that DOC and health services staff meet with Wellpath almost weekly. Members asked whether “emergence” meant discharge from bankruptcy; staff clarified that Wellpath has not yet been discharged and is still in the process of paying debts. The discussion then shifted to the Department of Juvenile Justice’s proposed high-acuity juvenile mental health treatment facility. DJJ said the facility is still in the conceptual and preliminary programming stage, with no full design funding yet and no entry into the formal A/B process with DECA. The proposed facility would have 24 beds total, split into 16 clinical beds and 8 assessment/stabilization beds, and would need to separate males and females as well as high- and low-risk youth under Senate Bill 162. Officials said the concept was developed with DJJ and CHFS mental health staff and outside design experts, and that the project was submitted in the capital plan for consideration. Members questioned the need for the facility, the estimated construction and staffing costs, and whether the state has enough youth to justify it. DJJ said the number of youth needing this level of care changes frequently, that they currently have one youth in Pennsylvania and typically send one to five youth out of state each year, and that out-of-state placement is increasingly difficult. Officials argued that a dedicated facility would reduce delays, keep youth closer to home, and avoid the need to retrofit multiple detention centers. Some members expressed concern that the projected operating costs seemed high compared with the small number of current out-of-state placements, and asked for more information on annual out-of-state spending and the number of youth who would qualify for the facility.

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• > anti-competitive the prices through anti-competitive the prices through anti-competitive practices
• , from retained rebates, spread pricing, from retained rebates, spread pricing, administrative<02
• Rather, the goal is to drug prices.
• bundled bag, and the price was $9549. bundled bag, and the price was $9549.
• I want the absolute lowest price."

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• They are at similar prices.
• same prices 1150 and $11? same prices 1150 and $11?
• I can get >> They are at similar prices.
• rigs that are at that price. rigs that are at that price. any<00:58:59.200> idea?
• <00:59:28.480> per<00:59:28.880> mile bottom quarter of toll prices per mile bottom

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• changes in health care uh drug prices changes in health care uh drug prices change<00:28:26.760>
• uh and are seeing skyrocketing prices. uh and are seeing skyrocketing prices.
• The price increases on premiums are relatively negligible for most of the mandates, at least the ones
• <01:19:54.960> on obtain more favorable upfront pricing on obtain more favorable upfront pricing
• , typically receive lower upfront pricing, typically receive lower upfront pricing, a<01:20:03.760

Bills: HF3766, HF3972, HF3437, HF4118

Keywords: travel insurance, regulation, insurance licensing, consumer protection, travel assistance, short-term rental, vacation rental, home sharing, rental marketplace, online platform, property damage guarantee, damage waiver, reimbursement insurance, insurance regulation, commerce department, platform user, Airbnb, Vrbo, host protection, rental home marketplace

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• From there, the state will in pricing.
• A lot of states participated, which meant that the pricing was very competitive and that pricing was
• <01:08:36.960> under those that pricing was locked in under those that pricing was locked
• So, I think the end price ended up being a little bit more.
• prices have prices have I<01:30:47.280> mean<01:30:47.600> everybody<01:30:48.000>

Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call- 00:00:01 Staff Report on Statewide Emergency Responder Voice System- 00:01:09 Kentucky State Police and Finance and Administration Cabinet Response to Staff Report- 00:48:37 Adjournment-01:34:512, 958, all

Summary: The committee heard a staff report on Kentucky’s statewide emergency responder voice system (SERVS), a multi-phase project intended to improve interoperable radio communications for first responders. Staff said Kentucky State Police did not appear to have violated statutes or regulations, but the project lacked an overall master plan, clear milestones, and consistent documentation, which contributed to delays, spending issues, and deployment problems. The report recommended updating the Kentucky Field Operations Guide to reflect SERVS and noted that the project has been funded in phases since 2018, with appropriations totaling roughly $216 million across 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024, while about $109 million had been spent by the end of fiscal year 2025. The report raised concerns about project sequencing and oversight. Staff said most spending was concentrated in special mobile equipment, with Motorola accounting for about two-thirds of all SERVS expenditures and the top four vendors making up 81 percent of spending. They also said a sample of Motorola payments suggested possible late payments, though they could not confirm whether interest was paid. Staff criticized the use of master agreements for a project of this size, the lack of a centralized ledger, and the absence of a documented timeline or risk mitigation plan. They recommended stronger procurement and planning requirements, including possible legislative changes requiring approved master plans for large capital projects and additional funding conditions tied to SERVS master agreements. Land acquisition and deployment progress were identified as major bottlenecks, especially in Eastern Kentucky. Staff said the project began in western Kentucky using existing tower sites, but the remaining work is concentrated in harder-to-acquire areas, with more than 95 percent of new towers still incomplete. They said the Division of Real Properties did not begin formal contract work on acquisition until October 2024, despite earlier coordination, and recommended earlier consultation on future projects. Staff also noted that the Kentucky Wireless Interoperability Executive Committee had not been active in oversight, and survey results showed limited awareness and involvement among first responders. Committee members agreed that the lack of an initial implementation plan and the continuing need for funding reflected broader planning problems, and they discussed the need for a clearer end-to-end game plan rather than continuing to fund the project without a defined completion path.