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• There is willingness to sign option agreements.
• There is willingness to sign option agreements.
• And you've got the written one. Perfect.
• </c><00:45:00.240><c> piece</c> amendment, which is this written piece amendment, which is this written
• /c><01:21:02.320><c> on</c><01:21:02.640><c> this</c> agreement with your opinion on this agreement with

Bills: SF0050 , SF0068 , SF0084 , HB0087 , HB0029 , HB0061 , HB0090

Committee: House Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

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• No matter what the intent written on paper in these chambers, policing loitering laws will always was
• They wrote, 'We are duty bound to enforce the law as written.
• No matter what the intent is written on paper in these chambers, policing loitering laws will always
• And so, Assembly Member, just before you leave, just to get on the record: do we have your agreement
• The opponents put forth an amendment to limit the bill to just agreements relating to SB 1421.

Summary: The committee heard several public safety measures, beginning with housekeeping items and the adoption of a four-bill consent calendar. Bills on the consent calendar included AB 476 on metal theft, AB 619 on California Conservation Corps training for formerly incarcerated people, AB 1192 on child abuse or neglect reporting, and AB 1239 on human trafficking data. Several bills were pulled by the authors before hearing, and the committee also announced that AB 379 would be heard with a file notice waiver and AB 63 would be for testimony only. The most extensive discussion was on AB 366, which would require ignition interlock devices for anyone convicted of DUI. The author, Senator Archuleta, and a MADD representative gave emotional testimony about family members killed by drunk drivers and argued the bill would save lives. Support came from law enforcement, fire, medical, auto club, and safety groups. Opposition from public defenders and criminal justice advocates focused on loss of judicial discretion, costs for low-income drivers, and concerns about vendor oversight and effectiveness. The committee voted to pass AB 366 as amended to Appropriations. The committee also heard AB 1380, which would create a permanent pathway into firefighting careers for formerly incarcerated people who served on Cal Fire hand crews. The author and supporters said the bill would recognize service, improve reentry, and reduce recidivism; a fire labor group withdrew its opposition after amendments were discussed. The measure passed to Appropriations, though it remained on call pending one additional vote. AB 461, which would remove criminal penalties for parents of truant K-8 students and replace them with supportive responses, drew broad support from education and justice advocates but no opposition testimony; it was also passed to Appropriations and left on call pending one more vote. ACR 60, recognizing the Downey Police Department’s special-needs communication program for interactions with people with disabilities or sensory challenges, was adopted unanimously. The committee then heard AB 746 on creating an inmate cooperative program and a green reentry reserve for incarcerated workers. Supporters said it would build job skills, dignity, and reentry success; there was no opposition testimony. The bill passed to Appropriations and was left on call pending votes. Finally, AB 379 on human trafficking drew strong support from survivor advocates, law enforcement, and local officials for creating a survivor services fund and targeting buyers, but also strong opposition from survivors and civil liberties groups who warned it would criminalize vulnerable people and revive harmful loitering enforcement. The committee discussion continued with members weighing survivor support, public safety tools, and concerns about the bill’s amendments and scope.

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• or privilege tax as well for the mixed spirit beverages and contains requirements for a franchise agreement
• For a franchise agreement. So that's what this substitute basically represents.
• NIL would necessitate significant adjustments to many existing member-written rules.
• Yeah, this is more restrictive than I would have written the bill this way, but this is a bill I think
• And, um, you know, maybe when we come back in session, the association will come to some kind of agreement

Bills: SB311 , SB322 , SB304 , SB313 , SB315 , SB316 , HB489 , SB90

Committees: House Tourism , House Economic Development and Tourism

Keywords: electric transmission, public highways, permit processing, economic growth, infrastructure, rural development, condemnation actions, state regulations, community development district, CDD, annexation, municipal annexation, wet municipality, dry county, wet county, Sunday alcohol sales, ABC Board, alcohol licensing, on-premises consumption, golf course

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• Of the Harriman Park Agreement. And that's just not true.
• And ultimately, we were able to kind of come to an agreement and so on.
• In that... ...the ratification of the Harriman State Park agreement happened.
• In that, the gratification of the Harriman State Park agreement happened.
• My understanding of a written contract is five years.

Committee: House State Affairs

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• </c> concern me that there could be a written concern me that there could be a written IP<00:16:00.160
• We should be passing this agreement.
• I, we heard a lot of agreement today.
• I, we heard a lot of agreement today.
• I, we heard a lot of agreement today.

Bills: HF4893

Committee: House Education Finance

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• If you want to uh provide any other additional written statement that you want the committee to have,
• statement uh that you want the written statement uh that you want the committee<00:37:57.839><c> to<
• must return any funds grant agreement must return any funds received.<00:47:42.400><c> Um</c><00:47:
• </c><00:48:06.960><c> Uh</c> contract uh arrangement or agreement.
• Uh contract uh arrangement or agreement.

Committee: Senate Jobs and Economic Development

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• </c> currently written in law. currently written in law. &gt;&gt; Makes<00:23:40.960><c> sense.
• </c> when this bill was originally written. when this bill was originally written.
• So really, the contractual agreement when they go to closing—and not everyone goes to a closing or a
• </c><00:44:29.920><c> between</c> there's a contractual agreement between there's a contractual agreement
• </c><00:44:43.920><c> and</c> care of at the contractual agreement and care of at the contractual agreement

Bills: HB0045

Committee: House Revenue

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• Seeing none, I entertain a motion to approve the consent calendar as written and presented. >> I move
• </c><00:40:52.120><c> and</c> which are interconnection agreements and which are interconnection agreements
• And so, right now this rule set will govern how those interconnection agreements are written moving forward
• And so, right now this rule set will govern how those interconnection agreements are written moving forward
• So, the way the statute's written, products manufactured before January 1st, 2027 are exempt.

Summary: The meeting began with quorum and seating issues, including the temporary appointment of Representative Shaw to fill in for a House member, followed by approval of the previous minutes and the consent calendar. Two items were then postponed to next month: Mechanical Licensing Board item 25-241 and Board of Veterinarian item 25-223. The committee then took up Department of Energy rulemaking on distributed energy resources interconnection procedures, including items 25-220 and related sections on fees, additional controls, and equipment. The Department explained revised language to address concerns that the original draft improperly suggested agency or PUC approval of utility fees; under the amended language, utilities would set fees designed to recover costs, with complaints handled through existing complaint procedures. Committee members and the Department discussed the statutory basis for that approach, including cost responsibility versus fee-setting authority. Public testimony was mixed. A small solar developer argued the rules still exceed statutory authority, impose unfair costs on customer generators, and allow utilities to shift transmission-related study costs onto interconnecting customers. Clean energy advocates supported the Department’s revised language but asked for clearer limits on charging customers for later-added controls, arguing costs should be tied directly to the customer’s interconnection and not to later utility-driven changes. Eversource supported the revised fee language, said most prior concerns were resolved, and recommended conditional approval, while also suggesting a minor wording change in the “Additional Equipment” section to clarify that only operational performance is covered.

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• In fact, I looked at the grant agreements. The grant agreements had evaluation of the program.
• had</c> agreements the grant agreements had agreements the grant agreements had evaluation<00:18:09.400
• I've seen the agreements, and they exist.
• or a relative benefit benefit agreement or a relative benefit agreement<01:52:01.199><c> and</c><01:
• </c> the entry areas within ssis are written the entry areas within ssis are written in<01:53:11.599>

Bills: HF25 , HF4

Committee: House Ways and Means

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• You received my written testimony. My name is Andrea Hcha.
• </c> bills just let know if you have written bills just let know if you have written testimony<00:16:
• </c><00:16:36.240><c> testimony</c> you um you received my written testimony you um you received my written
• </c> support the bill as it's written support the bill as it's written questions<00:23:14.520><c> for
• </c><00:26:57.000><c> the</c> further but I think as it's written the further but I think as it's written

Committee: Senate Ways and Means

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• A landlord is required to provide written information in the rental agreement notifying a tenant of their
• Currently in the bill, it's written that you can't do the removal 24 hours before the extreme heat or
• Tenants in particular face financial and lease agreement barriers.
• Tenants in particular face financial and lease agreement barriers.
• The landlord must provide an additional five days' prior written notice of the rent increase.

Bills: HB1974 , HB2265 , HB2452

Committee: House Housing

Keywords: land bank, land banking authority, affordable housing, housing crisis, housing supply, public corporation, public housing authority, nonprofit housing, tax-foreclosed property, blight remediation, redevelopment, anti-displacement, equity, redlining, racial segregation, deed restriction, affordability covenant, property tax exemption, excise tax exemption, predevelopment

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• As we were for the committee, I mean, I'm sorry, we were for the original bill as written.
• I've also included written testimony from my boss, Christina Sanchez, talking about.
• Provide written testimony.
• Members, this is a bill that essentially allows courts. to recognize written divorce agreements between
• And the bill also ensures that such agreements are respected and upheld.

Bills: HCR10 , HB1814 , HB2160 , HB2353 , HB2643 , HB2971 , HB3282 , HB3382 , HB3996 , HB4507 , HB4509 , HB4805 , HB5551 , HB1863 , HCR10

Committee: House S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

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• Sometimes it arrives through a terms of service agreement. I'll end with this, Mr.
• Again, it's written really well by a lobbyist, okay?
• Now, it's written that way because it sounds so good and so secure.
• This bill was written right here in this building. It was written by a staff member and myself.
• And they refuse to work with me and for whatever reason will not come to an agreement.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, and a series of guest introductions recognizing judges, medical and mining guests, students, and Girl Scout Troop 6354. The chamber then moved into Committee of the Whole to consider a long calendar of bills, with most measures receiving committee amendments and do-pass recommendations. Bills discussed included SB 1272 on the Douglas port of entry, SB 1327 on Arizona Board of Regents restrictions involving foreign countries, SB 1400 on public safety employee information, SB 1519 on off-highway vehicles, SB 1627 on unmanned aircraft, SB 1630 on AHCCCS home and community-based services and mental illness, SB 1720 on parenting time, SB 1763 on school district finances, SB 1826 on rural wayfinding signs, and SB 1827 on vertiports/advanced air mobility. Several bills drew floor amendments and brief explanations, including changes to off-highway vehicle use, drone restrictions near schools, parenting-time standards, and school finance reporting. On third reading, the Senate passed SB 1272, SB 1327, SB 1400, SB 1519, SB 1627, SB 1630, SB 1720, SB 1763, and SB 1826. SB 1827 initially failed on a 15-15 vote. Members also debated SB 1111 on automatic license plate readers during a later Committee of the Whole session; supporters said it added guardrails such as warrant requirements, training, logging, and felony penalties for misuse, while opponents argued it still enabled broad surveillance and contained loopholes. The chamber adopted the Committee of the Whole report and then proceeded to third reading votes on the earlier bills. In the later session, the Senate considered SB 1111, SB 1214 on stem-cell/regenerative therapy, SB 1683 on foreign ownership/advisory limits for real property, SB 1686 on a memorial designation, and SB 1745 on local excise tax rate limits. SB 1214’s sponsor said the bill created a framework for regenerative medicine and medical tourism, while opponents said the policy was too significant for floor amendment and should be developed through stakeholder meetings. SB 1683 and SB 1745 were amended and advanced, and SB 1686 passed without amendment. The Committee of the Whole report was adopted, and the Senate then took up a motion to alter the report on SB 1111 to include the Hoffman amendment and exclude the Payne amendment, with debate centered on whether the bill was a necessary surveillance safeguard or an unconstitutional mass-surveillance measure.

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• I've submitted written testimony that has these U.S.
• Again, that goes into more detail in my written testimony.”
• He requested that his written testimony, including the U.S.
• </c><00:46:23.839><c> consent</c> cannot proceed without written consent cannot proceed without written
• He said most people here are in agreement that parents need to be at the top of this thing.

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• Having agreement with WSDOT in advance is really good.
• If we could get all we wanted, I think it would be mutual agreement anytime we're taking on, you know
• This is perhaps the closest to agreement that we've gotten on language in previous years, but we just
• Any comments by such an agency on the permit would have to be based on objective written standards.
• This is just a good one, so we're in agreement. Thank you for the comments.

Bills: HB1367 , HB2172 , HB2718 , HB2139 , HB2192 , HB2307 , HB2379 , HB2467 , HB2495 , HB2604

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: motorcycle safety, right shoulder, shoulder riding, limited access roadway, freeway, expressway, highway congestion, lane splitting, traffic safety, RCW, Washington traffic law, roadside assistance, emergency vehicles, tow truck, congested traffic, motorcyclist, route jurisdiction, abandonment, transportation, local governance

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• written written um<00:05:40.440><c> misrepresents</c><00:05:41.440><c> the</c><00:05:41.639><c> nature
• </c> state we actually administered written state we actually administered written exams<00:39:46.480
• </c><00:43:46.359><c> testimony</c> members we do have written testimony members we do have written testimony
• Mahalo. but we do stand on our written testimony but we do stand on our written testimony offering<00
• </c> side of Hawaii standing on my written side of Hawaii standing on my written testimony<00:47:13.520

Committee: House Labor

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• And those contracts have a dollar amount written into it.
• </c> contracts have a dollar amount written contracts have a dollar amount written into<01:51:15.920>
• Um, I detailed written testimony.
• It includes written notification to members of a potential assessment, a written proposed course of action
• Okay. only the written in statute.

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 47, sponsored by Sen. Regina Birdsell at the request of the Insurance Department. The bill would codify the department’s interpretation that a birth mother’s health insurance is the primary coverage for a newborn, unless the mother has no insurance or coverage under an employer-sponsored plan. Birdsell and Insurance Commissioner DJ Benton Court said the measure is a clarification of existing practice and intended to protect vulnerable newborns; a question from Rep. Miles clarified that if a young woman is on her parents’ policy, the newborn would generally be covered under that family coverage. The hearing on SB 47 was then closed. The committee then took up Senate Bill 121, introduced by Grant Bosi for Sen. Kevin Avard, which would require insurers to notify the Insurance Department when they stop writing an entire line of business or, in some cases, Medicare Advantage plans. Commissioner Benton Court said the bill arose from disruption in the Medicare Advantage market, where consumers, brokers, and the department were confused by carriers changing or ending offerings; he said the department wanted a simple notification requirement so it could better advise consumers. Members discussed network adequacy, county-based service areas, and the fact that the bill would make notice a condition of licensure, with possible fines or license action for noncompliance. Witness Paula Rogers of AHIP said her group supported the bill if amended, and the department indicated it would support a change from a 120-day notice period to 90 days to align with state rules; the committee planned to work on an amendment in subcommittee. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 247, introduced by Rep. Brian Cole, which would prohibit network exclusion of pharmacies that refuse to dispense prescriptions when PBM reimbursement is below acquisition cost. Cole argued the bill is meant to stop pharmacies from being forced to sell drugs at a loss, describing PBMs as middlemen and saying the measure is a compromise that protects local pharmacies. Members questioned whether consumers would pay more and whether pharmacies voluntarily enter PBM contracts; Cole responded that the bill would let pharmacies refuse unprofitable fills while consumers could still obtain the drug through mail order or other channels. He also said the issue has changed over time because the practice now affects a much larger share of generics and is concentrated among a few PBMs. The hearing remained open as questions continued, with no vote taken in the excerpt.

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• Yeah, that's how it's written.
• A flat fee, fully disclosed, negotiated up front as part of the agreement.
• The written word is essential, and that's in every personal injury suit that I have.
• When we settle a case, there is a written document that says, this is the agreement.
• Written releases are always utilized.

Bills: HB712 , HB722 , HB946 , HB1687 , HB1809 , HB1899 , HB2528 , HB2583 , HB2741 , HB2750 , HB3021 , HB3150 , HB3265 , HB3658 , HB3812 , HB3960 , HB4392 , HB4432

Committee: House Insurance

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• As it is written, is there a concern that this could sweep in, she does not know what a beverage would
• This needs to be the starting place, and I’m certainly in agreement with you, and that’s exactly what
• with you and that's exactly agreement with you and that's exactly what<00:20:17.159><c> I</c><00:20:
• </c><00:27:14.480><c> puts</c> um but sp sp 220 or 202 as written puts um but sp sp 220 or 202 as written
• So you've got a copack agreement with somebody on something like that? Yes, Senator.

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and took up Senate Bill 202, adopting a committee substitute before hearing testimony. Senator Julie Rocky Adams explained that the substitute would require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate regulations by January 1, 2026 for intoxicating hemp-derived beverages, direct the University of Kentucky to study manufacturing, testing, distribution, sales, and consumer effects of those beverages, and impose a moratorium on their sale until July 1, 2026. Supporters, including Rep. Matt Cook, said the measure was intended as a consumer-protection step rather than a ban, citing concerns about youth access, inconsistent labeling, and the need for a clearer regulatory framework. Members asked about the legal status of the products, whether the bill could unintentionally sweep in non-intoxicating hemp beverages, and whether there was evidence of harm. Senators were told the products are legal under the federal farm bill loophole, but that testing has shown THC levels on sampled cans did not match labels and that current regulations do not specifically address intoxicating hemp-derived beverages. Senator Higdon said CHFS had already been authorized to regulate hemp products and was moving forward with regulations and enforcement, while Senator Meredith questioned whether a moratorium would unfairly punish businesses that had already invested in the market and suggested setting a THC standard instead. Public testimony then shifted to industry opposition. Jim Higdon of Cornbread Hemp said his company had invested heavily in a beverage line and argued the moratorium would function like a ban and harm small businesses. Dee Taylor of 502 Hemp and the Kentucky Hemp Association also opposed the moratorium, saying existing rules already require age limits, behind-the-counter sales, and licensed retailers, and arguing that a cap on milligrams would be preferable to a shutdown. He said retailers were seeing approved and unapproved products in the market and urged work with the Cabinet and ABC rather than a moratorium.

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• I understand your concerns, and I agree with the concerns with the bill as written.
• And I agree with the concerns with the bill as written, but before I offer an amendment in committee,
• We made an agreement with the food bank folks who came to us prior to this committee hearing and said
• Part of that agreement is usually the court costs would be paid in addition to rent money or whatever
• The bill as written affects the Baton Rouge City Court as well as the general fund.

Bills: HCR41 , HB11 , HB227 , HB243 , HB278 , HB335 , HB424 , HB454 , HB455 , HB492 , HB623 , HB641 , HB660 , HB708 , HB719 , HB940 , HB1029 , HB1053 , HB1069 , HB1077

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: coupons, rebates, alcohol regulation, malt beverages, Louisiana Department of Revenue, remembrance, Charlie Kirk, state recognition, October 14, memorial day, court filings, electronic filing, letter size paper, privacy, legal procedure, recusal, district attorney, substitute attorney, appointment process, legal proceedings