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• requires reporting on whether the parent or legal guardian was informed that they may obtain an alternate
• Finally, the bill establishes the Rural Admission Medical Program education pathway.
• I also want to say that the committee substitute also removed the portion which was a pathway to going
• you're very passionate about this, which was the mega advanced practice registered nurse to physician pathway

Bills: SB128, SB640, SB672, SB904, SB1141, SB1263, SB1525, SB1528, SB2041, SB2306, SB2308, SB2357, SB2446, SB2695, SB2857, SB2891, SB2583

Keywords: hospital reporting, child abuse, neglect, administrative penalty, medical ethics, child protection, SB 640, Texas Family Code, Department of Family and Protective Services, DFPS, child welfare, foster care, managing conservatorship, suicide attempt, youth suicide, mental health, child protective services, state custody, annual report, reporting requirements

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• SERVICES THEY NEEDED AND DIRECTS APD ALONGSIDE ACHA TO SEEK FEDERAL APPROVAL FOR THE NEWLY CREATED IDLE PATHWAYS
• THE ADULT PATHWAYS WAIVER KNOWN AS THE ACTUALLY I'M SORRY THE ADULT PATHWAYS WAIVER IN THE BILL WE ACTUALLY
• SECOND QUESTION WHICH IS HOW WE PROVIDED THE SPONSOR WITH ALTERNATIVES? YES, WE HAVE.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• It would also support our family pathways programs, which are supportive residential services where struggling
• but we are really about strengthening families and these family hope centers as well as the family pathway
• pathways programs where we do the fatherhood engagement, economic strengthening, um, are really where
• The task force will look into alternative methods in determining the appraisal accuracy to ensure equitable

Bills: HB249

Keywords: real property, ad valorem tax, tax appraisal, property value limitation, real estate taxation, property ownership

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• <00:25:09.679> And product and go down that pathway.
• And product and go down that pathway.
• What are alternatives? How do we determine that they are appropriate?
• We're going to talk about how do you do the alternatives determinations?
• about how do you do the alternatives about how do you do the alternatives determinations?

Keywords: 1183, house

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• 4651 by Alan Ruling the period for which a public school student may be placed in disciplinary alternative
• HG 4701 by Leo Wilson related in student discretion and the alternative assessment instruction as part
• HB 4980 by Wilson relating to the establishing the Childcare Professional pathway Program for the subcommittee
• HB 4987 by Canalis ruling the alternative dispute resolution procedure regarding certain matters under
• ad taxes imposed by a school district or property of certain persons who provide an educational alternative

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• Means. 3651 by Alan really a period for which a public school student may be placed in disciplinary alternative
• Council for the Community and Human Services. by Leo Wilson related in student discretion and the alternative
• relating to a study conducted by the teacher retiring system of Texas on the feasibility of offering alternative
• HB 4980 by Wilson, relating to the establishing the Child Care Professional Pathway Program for the Subcommittee
• HB 4987 by Canales ruling the alternative dispute. resolution procedure regarding certain matters under

Bills: HB9, HB22, HB908, HB1392

Keywords: property tax, ad valorem tax, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property, tax exemption, local government finance, appraisal district, chief appraiser, rendition statement, property tax relief, small business, commercial property, leased property, related business entity, unified business enterprise, tax situs, Texas Tax Code, local taxing unit, constitutional amendment

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• association and school boards, and now that language has been tweaked to allow it as long as there is an alternative
• For the pathways requiring an out-of-state academy to meet or exceed Indiana's requirements, is there

Keywords: 964, all

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• AB731 Phuong College and Career Access Pathways Partnerships due passed out on an A roll call.
• AB 347, cholera, animal dissection alternatives, do pass out on an A-roll call. to strike county clerk

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I'm CEO for Solar Alternatives, an engineering and construction firm with 50 employees based in Jefferson
• This resolution creates a pathway to just look at the data that's out there and try to get a sense of
• hair services, a cosmetic... ...were in a facility that offered hair services, a cosmetologist, an alternative
• personally, but it is an excessive amount of hours in comparison to other things that we have, like an alternative
• Here, I can't speak to, but I can speak to going to the table and reducing hours as far as alternative

Summary: The House Committee on Commerce met on May 11, 2026, with a quorum present and took up a series of Senate bills, a resolution, and one House bill. The committee reported favorably Senate Bill 79 to recreate Louisiana Economic Development, Senate Concurrent Resolution 5 to establish the Louisiana-Ireland Trade Commission, Senate Bill 375 on firefighting foam with amendments clarifying use in declared emergencies, Senate Bill 398 moving manufactured and modular housing oversight under the Contractors Licensing Board with technical and substantive amendments, Senate Bill 163 on virtual currency business licensing with an amendment providing for federal preemption if Congress enacts a national licensing regime, and Senate Bill 287 on virtual currency kiosks with consumer-protection provisions and technical amendments. The committee also reported favorably House Resolution 197, as amended, urging the Public Service Commission to study distributed energy generation and storage resources with LSU involvement, and Senate Bill 54, which would allow estheticians to blow-dry hair after certain services; that bill drew extensive testimony from supporters and opponents in the cosmetology and aesthetics industries before being reported favorably. Several bills prompted detailed discussion and testimony. On Senate Bill 398, the sponsor and Contractors Licensing Board representatives said the change would improve enforcement and consumer safety for manufactured-home installation, especially tie-downs, leveling, and foundation blocking, while not affecting HUD-regulated construction. On the virtual currency bills, OFI said it currently licenses 37 virtual currency businesses with 33 pending applications, and supporters described the kiosk bill as a response to fraud complaints by requiring clearer disclosures, refund procedures, live customer support, and reporting to OFI. For House Resolution 197, the sponsor, PSC officials, and energy stakeholders said the study would examine the value of distributed energy resources, including rooftop solar and battery storage, in light of rising demand and grid reliability concerns; PSC staff and LSU energy experts described the study as focused on market value and avoided-cost benefits. House Bill 744, which would have shifted regulation of certain New Orleans utilities from the city council to the PSC, generated discussion about constitutional history, rate impacts, and utility consolidation. PSC officials and the sponsor said the current city-council regulation is a constitutional exception dating back to 1921, and they argued that PSC regulation could reduce costs and simplify oversight, but the sponsor ultimately moved to defer the bill rather than force a floor fight, and the committee agreed. The committee then began consideration of Senate Bill 386, the Louisiana Data Privacy Act, adopting technical amendments and then a larger amendment package that revised definitions and compliance provisions; the transcript ends while that bill’s amendment process is still underway, with no final action shown in the excerpt.

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• I'm CEO for Solar Alternatives, an engineering and construction firm with 50 employees based in Jefferson
• This resolution creates a pathway to just look at the data that's out there and try to get a sense of
• But if he—I'm sorry, she—were in a facility that offered hair services, a cosmetologist, an alternative
• personally, but it is an excessive amount of hours in comparison to other things that we have, like an alternative
• Here, I can't speak to, but I can speak to going to the table and reducing hours as far as alternative

Bills: HB744, HR197, SB54, SB79, SB163, SB287, SB375, SB386, SB398, SB469, SCR5

Keywords: public utility, common carrier, regulation, Public Service Commission, New Orleans, constitutional amendment, distributed energy, energy storage, electricity demand, virtual power plants, reliability, hurricane resilience, esthetics, cosmetology, hair services, beauty industry, Louisiana regulation, Louisiana Economic Development, sunset law, legislative authority

Summary: The House Committee on Commerce met on May 11, 2026, and first advanced several Senate measures with little or no opposition. It reported favorably Senate Bill 79 recreating Louisiana Economic Development, Senate Concurrent Resolution 5 establishing the Louisiana-Ireland Trade Commission, and Senate Bill 375 on Class B firefighting foam, after adopting a technical amendment clarifying use in declared emergency firefighting operations. The committee also advanced Senate Bill 398, which moves manufactured and modular housing regulation under the Louisiana Contractors Licensing Board and expands inspection and enforcement provisions, after adopting two sets of mostly technical amendments and hearing testimony that the change would improve consumer safety and increase inspection coverage without adding net cost to locals. It then reported favorably Senate Bill 163 on virtual currency business licensing, after adopting an amendment providing that any future federal licensing law would preempt the state act, and Senate Bill 287 on virtual currency kiosks, which adds refund timelines, disclosure requirements, customer support, and reporting duties; witnesses from the banking and law enforcement community said the bill responds to common fraud complaints and improves consumer protection. The committee also reported favorably Senate Bill 54, which allows estheticians to blow-dry hair after certain services, despite strong opposition from cosmetology board representatives and industry witnesses who argued the service is outside esthetics training, could create scope-of-practice and facility issues, and should instead be addressed by lowering or revising separate blow-dry licensing requirements. The committee then considered House Resolution 197, which urges the Louisiana Public Service Commission to study the feasibility and value of distributed energy generation and storage resources. After adopting technical amendments and a second amendment changing mandatory language to requests and urging the PSC to coordinate with the LSU Energy Institute, the resolution was reported favorably. Testimony from solar and energy industry representatives, the PSC, and LSU focused on how distributed resources, batteries, rooftop solar, and virtual power plants could improve reliability, reduce costs, and help meet rising demand; members also discussed how the study would evaluate market value, avoided costs, and capacity benefits. Questions centered on methodology, grid impacts, and comparisons to Texas’s ERCOT system and Winter Storm Uri, with PSC officials emphasizing that the study would help determine whether such resources benefit ratepayers. Representative Wright presented House Bill 744, a proposed constitutional amendment to transfer regulation of certain New Orleans utilities from the city council to the Public Service Commission. He argued the change could reduce rates through consolidation and eliminate duplicative regulatory costs, while PSC officials explained the city’s authority is a constitutional exception dating back to 1921 and that Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana operate as separate companies with different regulatory environments. After discussion of rate impacts, utility structure, and whether the proposal should instead become a study, the bill was deferred. The committee then began Senate Bill 386, the Louisiana Data Privacy Act, which would give consumers rights to access, correct, delete, and opt out of certain uses of personal data; the sponsor introduced the bill and the committee started considering technical and substantive amendments, but the transcript ends before final action on that measure.

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• recognize the differences in student demographics between charter schools, and it also required an alternative
• The question is, is there a pathway that helps them ease through the changes happening in House Bill
• to the individual schools with the highest concentrations of poverty, or they can use it in an alternative
• way. they can use it in an alternative way.
• education savings accounts, which mark a difference in covered expenses, covering a wider range of alternative

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• That's why you've seen so many different bills come down and alternative pathways for CTE instructors
• <01:36:42.320> pathways<01:36:42.880> for<01:36:43.120> CTE alternative pathways
• for CTE alternative pathways for CTE instructors.<01:36:45.119> Um<01:36:45.760> there's
• to explore alternative to explore alternative um<02:00:35.280> what<02:00:35.760> once
• but<02:00:37.920> now ...what once was not alternative but now has become alternative

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 292, which would authorize a governor’s warrant to cover special education aid shortfalls from the education trust fund, and from the general fund if needed, so local school districts would not have to absorb prorated costs or raise local property taxes. Senator Lang said the bill was prompted by a prior $15 million special education funding shortfall caused by higher-than-expected catastrophic aid claims, including more qualifying students and the recent increase in the special education age limit to 22. He emphasized that the bill is intended to ensure the state meets its funding commitment and avoid shifting costs to towns. Members asked about how the bill interacts with House Bill 742 and House Bill 773, including whether the language should be merged or whether the state should fund 100% versus an 80% floor. Lang said he was open to improving the bill and to adding a study committee or performance audit on special education costs, but maintained that the state should not push costs to local taxpayers when it has available funds. The hearing on SB 292 was then closed, with no vote taken. The committee then opened Senate Bill 98, which would extend for five more years a tax credit program for donations to regional career and technical education centers. Senator Waters said the program has been successful in building partnerships between CTE centers and employers, especially through equipment donations that support training and apprenticeships. He cited examples including automotive, marine trades, and advanced manufacturing programs, and said the five-year extension would let lawmakers continue to review whether the incentive is working as intended. Several members questioned whether the credit is effectively a 100% subsidy and how the cap works. Waters and another member explained that the underlying program has an aggregate cap of $500,000 and that credits are prorated if requests exceed that amount; they also said the donations are primarily equipment, not cash. Some members raised concerns about whether businesses could also claim other tax deductions or credits, but the sponsor said the existing structure has been in place for years and has been revisited periodically. No vote was taken during the hearing excerpt provided.

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• It reduces unnecessary cost burdens on homeowners and supports continued ADU permitting as a pathway
• that growth, and the special districts likely impacted by these policies may have limited revenue pathways
• Special districts may not have alternative funding to backfill for the discounts, and the mitigation

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee heard several housing-related bills, with most of the discussion focused on streamlining housing production, preserving affordable housing, and reducing barriers to ADUs and EV charging in HOAs. SB 457 would direct HCD to develop statistical formulas based on historical development data to help cities complete housing element site inventories; supporters said it would replace costly parcel-by-parcel analysis with a more realistic, data-driven approach, while the California Building Industry Association raised concerns. SB 1091 would create a Community Anti-Displacement and Preservation Program to help acquire and preserve unsubsidized affordable rental housing; it drew broad support from housing nonprofits, local governments, and committee members who emphasized prevention and preservation, and it was advanced with a motion and second. SB 1117 would clarify that ADU impact fees above 750 square feet are charged only on the portion above that threshold; supporters said current practice creates a fee cliff that discourages ADUs, while cities, counties, special districts, and fire groups opposed it over infrastructure and service funding concerns. The committee members were split, but the bill ultimately advanced on a 10-0 vote with two not voting. The committee also considered SB 904, which would codify and expand reporting and coordination practices used after wildfire disasters to speed rebuilding and identify permitting or code barriers. The author and supporters argued that future wildfire recoveries should not depend on ad hoc executive orders, while some members questioned whether the bill was duplicative of existing streamlining laws; it passed on a roll call after discussion. SB 1267 would require EV charger installers in HOAs to indemnify associations during installation and make homeowners liable for costs arising from use of a privately owned charger; HOA representatives and EV advocates supported it, the California Association of Realtors said it would remove opposition once amendments were in print, and the bill advanced unanimously. SB 1361 would prevent local governments from taking actions to avoid SB 79 transit-oriented housing requirements at existing or planned transit stops; L.A. Metro, labor groups, and housing advocates supported it as protecting transit investments and jobs, while the City of Burbank opposed it, and it was approved on a 9-0 vote. The committee also took up consent items SB 722 and SB 1426, which were approved without controversy.

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• AB 2152 effectively removes this pathway. Third, the bill restricts workforce participation.
• AB 2152 effectively removes this pathway. Third, the bill restricts workforce participation.
• The other alternative is that if they're giving pre-arrival instructions, they're going to say, I'm going

Summary: The committee heard several bills related to public safety, emergency response, wildfire prevention, and environmental protection. AB 2152 by Assembly Member Mark Gonzalez would streamline CEQA litigation for new fire station projects and add best-practice requirements; supporters, including firefighters, said it would help communities and firefighter safety, while opponents argued the project labor agreement requirements would raise costs and limit participation for small and nonunion contractors. The bill passed to Appropriations. AB 2041 by Assembly Member Carrillo would expand reporting related to 911 dispatcher pre-arrival medical instructions; after amendments and stakeholder agreement, opposition groups said they would remove their opposition, and the bill passed to Appropriations. AB 2101 by Assembly Member Gipson would require human trafficking notices and training at disaster sites and for disaster response workers; supporters said it would protect vulnerable workers, while broadband, city, and county representatives raised implementation concerns, especially in rural disaster areas. It passed to Appropriations despite a no vote from Vice Chair Hadwick. The committee also considered AB 1805, which would require an audit and stronger oversight of the state’s Next Generation 911 project after concerns about major spending and delays. CalNENA supported the bill’s transparency and accountability provisions, and the measure passed to Appropriations. AB 1536 by Assembly Member Addis would tighten safety and public review requirements for offshore oil pipeline restarts and require decommissioning of certain spill-prone pipelines; environmental and coastal government groups supported it, while the Western States Petroleum Association warned it would threaten fuel supply and pipeline operations. The bill passed to Appropriations on a divided vote. AB 1964 would direct the State Fire Marshal to survey home hardening in fire-prone areas and estimate costs; it passed to Appropriations with broad support. AB 1960, also by Assembly Member Bennett, would use a portion of wildfire prevention grants to encourage community-level home hardening certification. The author said the bill would create incentives and broader public awareness, while the vice chair argued it would favor communities that can already afford hardening and divert resources from higher-need areas; the bill still passed to Appropriations. AB 1863 by Assembly Member DeMaio would clarify that people cannot be charged simply for calling 911 or when no services are rendered, while preserving fees for actual services and allowing billing for legitimate emergency response costs; it passed to the Assembly floor. The committee also took up consent item AB 2517, which passed to Appropriations. After add-on votes for absent members, the meeting adjourned.

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• has successfully completed all formal graduation requirements, and satisfied all requirements of Pathway
• Madam Whip, just to make a comment on this bill: this Pathway 1 is very lax.
• So I am open to ideas looking at different alternatives with regard to the utility piece alone.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The meeting was a rapid review of a very large bill package, with the chair repeatedly asking staff to keep descriptions high level and many bills placed on third-read consent or consent calendars. A major theme was artificial intelligence: bills would require minors to be told when they are interacting with AI, allow AI-assisted divorce arbitration by consent, create an AI education program, privilege certain AI communications, and require K-12 instruction on ethical and practical AI use. Other education measures addressed school district superintendents, health instruction, anti-Semitism prohibitions, fetal development standards, and school safety, including a bill allowing concealed firearms on school grounds under specified conditions. Several health and public safety bills were also discussed. These included funding and oversight measures for childhood cancer research, nursing care complaint timelines, firefighter cancer data collection, limits on pharmacy penalties, and a bill making it a felony to administer abortion-inducing drugs without consent. Members also heard bills on overtime wage enforcement, domestic violence evidence standards in parenting cases, probation limits for dangerous crimes against children, and a measure expanding manslaughter liability to online encouragement of teen suicide. One sponsor strongly opposed a provisional medical licensing bill for foreign-trained applicants, while other sponsors emphasized rural health access, nurse anesthetist reimbursement parity, and the need for a dental board member who is an oral surgeon. A large portion of the meeting focused on water, land, energy, and state agency oversight. Bills would streamline or change rules for small modular reactors, new power plants, water supply determinations, groundwater transportation fees, water hauling, and state land disposition. Members also considered measures affecting the State Land Department, including audits, oversight boards, continuation, land-use maps for data centers and energy projects, and rules for mineral leases and solar or wind siting. Other topics included wildlife and ranching, Mexican wolf policy, annexation, housing and development incentives, transportation and towing rules, digital driver licenses, and a proposed four-year moratorium on municipal and county fee, tax, and utility-rate increases, which drew questions about stakeholder input and the impact on enterprise funds and local utilities. No recorded roll-call votes were taken in the transcript; most items were simply presented, briefly discussed, and left on consent or calendar status, with one bill noted as held in rules and another pulled for further discussion.

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• for New Mexico to establish a comprehensive statewide network that connects education to career pathways
• New Mexico public colleges and universities systematically disrespect Educators are provided no pathway
• data that The teachers are getting hasn't been sufficient, so then they have to go back and use an alternative

Keywords: 996, all

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• call Tampa, that probably won't be a source of power, but there's definitely a a few different alternative
• It is to on the education and CTE pathways.
• And so I would love to see, you know, some we were talking about already, but just for those pathways

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• licensed marriage and family therapists, and then the associate level license, which is again an interim pathway
• tools, um, through an addition, through a traditional, excuse me, investigation or through our alternative
• going to talk about traditional investigations in a minute, so I want to talk, um, first about alternative
• Alternative response is used for less immediate safety issues.
• I will note that only priority 2 investigations that meet certain criteria can be referred to alternative

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• The associate level license, which is again an interim pathway into full licensure.
• I'm going to talk about traditional investigations in a minute, so I want to talk first about alternative
• Alternative response is used for less immediate safety issues and it really is a when we can use it because
• We do recognize that having our investigation. home is a very invasive process, and an alternative response
• Which we're going to talk about in just a second would of course not go the route of alternative response

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Valley<00:32:57.639> Park<00:32:57.840> Park<00:32:58.039> poo Other alternatives
• Oh, please come... offers a promising alternative for those offers a promising alternative for those
• There are a lot of alternative scientific research, medical breakthroughs.
• addicts there are a lot of alternative addicts there are a lot of alternative scientific<01:15:51.960
• I'm an alternate member of the National Asian-Pacific American Media Committee.

Keywords: 910, house, all