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• Your testimony will be limited, however, to state only your name, organization, or what jurisdiction
• Your testimony will be limited, however, to state only your name, organization, or what jurisdiction
• The grower self-assessment covers about 30%, and the state's contribution covers about 10%.
• Those rents, the self-assessment, and the county contribution have all increased in the past six years
• It's extraordinarily important that you not limit an individual's choice of mortgage lender.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on Housing met without a quorum at first and operated as a subcommittee, then later established a quorum and took up several housing-related bills. Early presentations focused on AB 2390, a cleanup measure to clarify streamlined housing approvals and how modifications are reviewed; AB 1890, which would increase state matching funds for Napa County farmworker housing centers; and AB 956, which would clarify accessory dwelling unit law by allowing more flexibility in how ADUs are built and by clarifying application of ADU protections in common interest developments. Supporters for these bills emphasized predictability, farmworker housing stability, and expanded housing options for multigenerational families, while opponents of AB 956 raised concerns about neighborhood density, infrastructure, and local control. AB 956 drew the most extensive debate. Committee members discussed whether it was a clarification or expansion of ADU law, the potential for triggering density bonus rules, and possible local government costs. The author accepted committee amendments to avoid allowing a third ADU/JADU combination that could trigger density bonus implications. The committee then voted to do pass AB 956 as amended to the Senate Committee on Local Government, with one no vote recorded and the bill held on call for absent members. The committee also took votes on the consent calendar and on AB 2390 and AB 1890, but those measures were likewise held on call for absent members after favorable motions. The committee also heard AB 939, which would let developers transfer income-restricted ownership units to qualified nonprofit affordable housing organizations without waiting 180 days after certificate of occupancy. Supporters, including Habitat for Humanity and California YIMBY, said the bill would reduce vacancy, carrying costs, and help preserve long-term affordability. The California Association of Realtors opposed the bill unless amended, arguing it could limit buyer choice, codify first-right-of-refusal practices, and reduce wealth-building opportunities for families. After discussion, the bill was moved to the Senate Appropriations Committee on a do pass motion and held on call. Later bills included AB 1165, which would require state housing agencies to create a fiscal analysis and financial plan for ending homelessness; AB 1184, which would add transparency and open-meeting style requirements for homeowners associations; and AB 2035, a narrowly tailored measure to help Laguna Woods Village update outdated CC&Rs by lowering the vote threshold needed to seek court approval. AB 1165 and AB 2035 both received broad support and were moved forward on do pass motions, while AB 1184 also advanced despite late opposition from the California Association of Realtors. The committee then began hearing AB 1573, which would add survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking to local housing element target populations, but the transcript cuts off before that bill’s testimony or any vote.

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• in New Orleans, you know, pre-Katrina, post-Katrina, you may never get back, and asking them to contribute
• Their members pay contributions.
• And that's the reason I have a three-year time limit on it: that if something starts happening, if we
• The sunset provisions, as Representative Owen indicated, kind of limits what we think is how participant
• The sunset provisions kind of limit what we think is how participant behavior is likely to occur.

Bills: HB17, HB21, HB24, HB41, HB42, HB45, HB1134, HB1237

Keywords: HB 17, District Attorneys' Retirement System, retirement system, reemployed retiree, reemployment, supplemental retirement benefit, service credit, benefit suspension, public retirement, district attorney, assistant district attorney, Louisiana District Attorneys' Association, employer reporting, annual report, retirement benefits, state employees, local funds, state funds, Municipal Employees' Retirement System, part-time retirees

Transcript Highlights:

• in New Orleans, you know, pre-Katrina, post-Katrina, you may never get back, and asking them to contribute
• Their members pay contributions.
• That's the reason I have a three-year time limit on it: if something starts happening, if we start seeing
• The sunset provisions, as Representative Owen indicated, kind of limit what we think is how participant
• So I don't think... ...kind of limits what we think is how participant behavior is likely to occur.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Retirement met on May 5 with four members present. HB 41 was deferred until the following week, and the committee approved the April 20, 2026 minutes. The committee then took up several retirement-system bills, many of them negotiated measures involving municipal police, firefighters, teachers, district attorneys, and judges. HB 45, by Rep. Bacallat, was amended and reported favorably. It makes changes to the Municipal Police Employees Retirement System, including retention bonuses, recognition of out-of-state police service, benefits for three officers killed in the line of duty before full enrollment, a DROP fix, and more competitive accrual rates. Testimony from the Louisiana Municipal Association, MEPERS, police representatives, and Mayor Helena Marino was strongly supportive, emphasizing that the bill resolves longstanding disputes and litigation. HB 1237, also by Rep. Bacallat, was reported favorably after testimony that it eliminates partial dissolution penalties for municipal police and adjusts related firefighter provisions; witnesses said it was a negotiated fix supported by municipal and fire stakeholders. HB 42, concerning phased retirement in the Teacher Retirement System, was reported favorably as a permissive framework allowing universities to offer phased retirement options. HB 17, by the District Attorneys’ Retirement System director, was reported favorably to add the Louisiana District Attorneys Association to the definition of employer and require annual reporting on the rehire statute. HB 21, a cleanup bill for the Municipal Employees Retirement System, was also reported favorably. HB 1134, creating a backdrop retirement option for certain judges whose positions are abolished, was amended and reported favorably after LASERS raised questions about early retirement eligibility and the need to bar future judicial candidacy. HB 24, by Rep. Owen, drew the most discussion. It would allow retired or certified teachers to return to work through contracts with school systems, with a three-year sunset. The sponsor argued it would help keep qualified teachers in classrooms and avoid midyear departures, while TRSL, the Louisiana School Board Association, and committee members raised concerns about fiscal impact, contractor status, workers’ compensation, leave rules, and overlap with a separate bill being worked on by the chairman. After an amendment clarifying the independent-contractor definition was adopted, the committee chose to hold the bill in committee for further work rather than advance it immediately. The meeting ended with a motion to adjourn.

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• We will be limiting all testifiers to 2 minutes.
• We have a full agenda today, so we will be limiting all testifiers to 2 minutes.
• <00:09:27.040> of already high we need the contribution of already high we need the contribution
• it lead them to become contributing it lead them to become contributing member<00:14:16.160>
• We have a limited staff size. In fact, I am the only full-time administrative staff member.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• HB 5169 by Shaheen, relating to the limitations applicable to certain agreements provided by the rebate
• HB 5169 by Shaheen, relating to the limitations applicable to certain agreements provided by the rebate
• HB 5071 by Reynolds, relating to the applicability of limits on the authority of a political...
• HB 5305 by Lowe, relating to campaign contribution limits for certain offices, is referred to the Committee
• HB5369 by Talarico relates to campaign contribution limits for certain entities.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• I have seen the resilience and labor contributed by Filipino Americans.
• The story of Filipinos... ...contributions to California's rich cultural tapestry.
• The contribution of immigrants is not insignificant. Members?
• The contribution of immigrants is not insignificant.
• His contributions to the Capitol and in legislation will not be forgotten.

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and pledge, then moved through a busy floor session with several procedural motions and bill actions. Members suspended rules to allow speeches and guests, withdrew AB 362 from Appropriations to the second reading file, and voted 41-13 to suspend the rules for that motion. The body also took up a number of items on the daily and third reading files, with several measures passed, retained, or moved to inactive file. The main policy focus was ACR 70, designating September as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Assembly Member Pellerin presented the resolution with a personal account of losing her husband to suicide and urged greater use of 988, secure firearm storage, and open conversations about mental health. Many members from both parties and caucuses spoke in support, sharing personal experiences with suicide and emphasizing stigma reduction, access to care, and the importance of checking in on others. The resolution was adopted by voice vote, Senate amendments were concurred in, and suicide awareness pins were distributed to members. The Assembly also concurred in Senate amendments to AB 977 on Native American human remains, with unanimous support and a 68-0 vote, and to AB 1510, the Assembly PERS Committee bill, which passed 66-1. Members then adopted H.R. 65, recognizing October as Filipino American History Month, after extensive remarks celebrating Filipino American history, labor organizing, public service, and community contributions; 63 co-authors were added without objection before the voice vote. Later, the chamber passed SB 81, protecting access to health care facilities from immigration enforcement, and SB 98, requiring schools and campuses to notify communities when immigration enforcement is present; both were framed as part of a broader package to protect immigrant communities and passed on urgency votes. The session concluded with debate on SJR 9, a resolution condemning mass immigration raids and defending civil liberties, which drew sharply divided remarks from supporters and opponents, with no final action shown in the transcript excerpt.

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• In order to facilitate the goal of hearing as much from the public as possible within the limits of our
• Any additional witnesses will be limited to name, position on the bill, and the organization they represent
• In order to facilitate the goal of hearing as much from the public as possible within the limits of our
• We'll be accepting the committee amendments to limit the bill's scope to public works projects.
• There are not enough RNs and RTs in many areas to comply with the LVN limitations.

Summary: The Assembly Business and Professions Committee heard a long agenda of licensing, consumer protection, and sunset-review bills. Early items included SB 1148, which would let aspiring security guards complete all required training before a guard card is issued; SB 342, which would soften the penalty for contractors who were licensed during part of a project but had a brief lapse; and several sunset bills for boards and bureaus, including the Board of Registered Nursing (SB 1302), the Board of Naturopathic Medicine (SB 1303), the Respiratory Care Board (SB 1304), the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology (SB 1363), and the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board (SB 1368). The committee also heard SB 1311, which makes various updates to DCA boards and programs, and SB 1314, which restricts new tobacco retailers from locating within 600 feet of schools or daycare centers and bans nitrous oxide sales and related paraphernalia. Testimony was generally supportive on the training, sunset, and licensing cleanup bills, though several measures drew “opposed unless amended” or neutral positions over scope and implementation details. On SB 1314, supporters including prosecutors and school administrators argued it would reduce youth exposure to tobacco, while gas station, convenience store, cigar lounge, pharmacy, and business groups raised concerns about impacts on existing businesses, transferability of tobacco licenses, and possible de facto limits on future stations; some public health groups shifted to neutral after amendments. On SB 1302, nursing groups supported the board sunset bill, while the California Medical Association objected to allowing out-of-state nurse practitioner transition-to-practice experience to count without a California attestation process. On SB 1304, health facilities and long-term care groups supported the board extension but sought broader clarification so LVNs could perform respiratory tasks consistently across settings. After quorum was finally established, the committee voted to send the consent calendar bills SB 1376, SB 1391, SB 1416, and SB 1315 to Appropriations, and then approved SB 342, SB 1148, SB 1302, SB 1303, SB 1304, SB 1311, SB 1314, SB 1363, and SB 1368, all moving forward to the Committee on Appropriations. SB 1314 passed with some no votes, while the other measures advanced with broad support. The hearing ended after additional members were added on the record and the committee adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• the airports, the boards, the activity they have on the airports, most importantly the economic contribution
• that they make the economic contribution that they make to<00:02:24.880> our<00:02:25.040>
• on the funding have and the limitations on the funding that<00:14:01.400> we<00:14:01.560>
• They're just limited in the number of instructors they have.
• I mean, we're all very excited about what we do and the contribution we make to the state.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The task force was called to order with a quorum present, and Commissioner Mark Carter of the Kentucky Department of Aviation gave the first presentation. He outlined the state’s airport system, noting 58 public-use airports, the department’s small staff, and its funding structure through a jet fuel tax that generates about $23 million annually, leaving roughly $15 million for airport investment after required deductions. Carter highlighted recent projects at airports including Bardstown, Madisonville, Central Kentucky Regional, Paducah, Sparta, Danville, and Henderson, and said the department has also expanded data collection on airport activity, hangars, schools, and training programs. He emphasized that the department recently completed the first statewide economic impact study of general aviation airports and is developing a five-year airport needs plan. Carter said several things are working well, including stronger communication with airports, the public, the legislature, and especially the FAA’s Memphis district office, which now involves the state more in project selection. He said the department is reasonably staffed overall, but identified workforce development and advanced air mobility as major gaps. In response to questions from Senator Nunn and Representative York, he said he did not have specific workforce shortage numbers on hand, but cited Boeing reports showing large national and global shortages of pilots and mechanics, and explained that instructor shortages and low wages limit training capacity. He also said air traffic control is an FAA function, though EKU has shown interest in developing a training program. Carter identified several needs for improvement: more workforce investment, more aviation education in high schools, more scholarships for pilot and mechanic training, more attention to advanced air mobility, and more frequent, institutionalized data collection. He also pointed to major pending capital needs at airports such as Elizabethtown, Owensboro, Harlan, Leitchfield-Grayson County, and Whitesburg-Letcher County, all of which would require FAA and state support. He urged airports to do a better job marketing their economic value and said the state should continue updating aviation studies so lawmakers have current information for policy decisions. The task force then heard from Lexington Blue Grass Airport Director Eric Frankl, who welcomed the new CVG director and thanked the legislature for creating the task force and supporting aviation infrastructure. Frankl said Blue Grass Airport has rebounded from the pandemic and now exceeds pre-pandemic passenger levels, while serving a mix of private aviation, pilot training, corporate aviation, and commercial airline activity. He described ongoing terminal-area planning, parking technology upgrades, and a major parking lot expansion expected to finish by early spring 2026, and said the airport is planning for future technologies such as vertiports and electric aerial vehicles. Frankl estimated that a broader terminal modernization program will cost roughly $500 million to $700 million over the next 5 to 10 years and said the airport needs continued state support to close funding gaps and remain competitive with other states investing in aviation.

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• 00:16:22.160> to visionary, contributing extensively to visionary, contributing extensively to
• They impact every state by raising vehicle prices and limiting what Americans can buy.
• <07:53:46.080> The limiting what Americans can buy. The limiting what Americans can buy.
• <07:58:25.680> will that his numerous contributions will that his numerous contributions will
• <08:36:21.920> the executive orders trying to limit the executive orders trying to limit the

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• That equates to about 24% of upcoming contributions.
• So where we target is 24% of upcoming contributions.
• If you're upcoming contributions.
• may may no shall may issue a limited may may no shall may issue a limited special<03:32:37.200> license
• So now you're saying we have<03:35:53.120> this<03:35:53.520> limited have this limited

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee took up the pooled risk management program bill and reviewed a new amendment drafted with input from the Insurance Department and Legislative Services. Department witnesses explained that the proposal would move oversight of pooled risk management programs from the Secretary of State’s office to the Insurance Department, add a licensure requirement, preserve the programs’ non-insurer status, and exempt them from third-party administrator licensure. They also described a series of solvency tools in the draft, including financial reporting, risk-based capital standards, minimum capitalization, investment limits, commissioner examination and enforcement authority, rulemaking authority, merger and affiliate-transaction review, confidentiality protections, and a separability clause. A major theme of the discussion was that pooled risk management programs differ from commercial insurers because the risk remains with the member local governments rather than being backed by a state guarantee fund. Witnesses said the bill is designed to emphasize solvency over return of premium and to give the Insurance Department a regulatory “toolbox” to prevent insolvency, including a proposed $5 million excess or stop-loss coverage benchmark, optional accessible policies, and a requirement that boards vote on dividends or premium returns when capital exceeds 600% of risk-based capital. Members questioned how this approach differed from the original Secretary of State bill and whether assessments on towns would still be possible; the department responded that the new framework would allow more flexible oversight and alternatives to immediate court action. The committee also discussed why the statute should continue to say the programs are not insurers, with the department explaining that this preserves their autonomy and avoids applying unrelated insurance laws and premium taxes. Members asked about the department’s workload and were told the department believed it could absorb the new duties without additional funding. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• If you are going to be giving public comments, those public comments will be limited to 30 seconds.
• , 110,000 jobs, $24 in economic output per dollar of credit, $8.6 in labor and output contribution. contributions
• When you're looking at your value added, that's your contribution to GDP.
• That's your contribution to GDP, that's your contribution to GDP, that's your contribution to GDP.
• That's your contribution to GDP. That's your contribution to GDP. Thank you.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• The one-year expenditure period authorized by SB 29 may limit the utility of the funds.
• One is that the authority that's given to us in this bill limits the expenditure for this fiscal year
• It doesn't necessarily limit it to this year's projects.
• Billboards contribute less than 1% to light pollution, which the bill aims to eliminate.
• This will limit our ability to illuminate those spaces.

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• again it's it's the disclosure and limit again it's it's the disclosure and limit influence<00:18
• And even then, it's limited to certain activities.
• <00:24:36.840> to<00:24:37.039> certain then it's limited to certain then it's limited
• I mean, there is no limit, there is no cap.
• have a lot of tough issues with limited have a lot of tough issues with limited tax<01:20:41.040

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee heard testimony from Jeff Sigerson, executive director of the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board, who outlined the board’s mission and core programs: campaign finance disclosure, economic interest statements, and lobbying registration/reporting. He described the board as an independent agency with six members, noted current vacancies and confirmation requirements, and said the board’s budget request was essentially flat, with a base budget of about $1.793 million and most costs tied to salaries, office space, and other fixed expenses. He also reviewed the board’s enforcement structure, emphasizing civil-only penalties, a complaint-driven process, and the availability of reports, enforcement actions, and advisory opinions on the board’s website. Sigerson highlighted several recent and upcoming changes. Local ballot question committees for city, school district, levy, and bond issues now must register with the board if they exceed $750 in activity, and the board is preparing outreach and online registration tools to help local committees comply. He also discussed the public subsidy and political contribution refund programs, saying the board paid out about $2.12 million to 230 House candidates in 2024, that 93% of candidates signed the subsidy agreement, and that 2023 PCR refunds totaled about $447,000 for candidates and $1.616 million for party donors. He noted that the PCR maximum refund was recently increased from $50 to $75 per donation, and that payments could drop significantly in 2026 if the one-time supplement is not renewed. A major focus of the presentation was the board’s lobbying report and related legislative recommendations. Sigerson said the board is moving from tracking marginal expenses to tracking the subjects and entities being lobbied, and that lobbying will be expanded from certain metro-area governmental units to all cities, counties, school districts, townships, and other political subdivisions, potentially adding thousands of lobbyists. He said the board held two public hearings and received 23 written comments on proposed changes. The board’s main recommendations were to broaden the expert-testimony exception so that certain paid experts at local hearings would not need to register as lobbyists, while still requiring disclosure of who testified, before whom, and on what subject, and to adjust the current lobbying definition for local government employees and officials who spend more than 50 hours a month on intergovernmental lobbying work.

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• It can be limited to no more than five.
• It can be limited to no more than 5% of the total funds available for the mitigation program.
• As of right now, there's a limit on what they can get.
• <00:23:44.960> So<00:23:45.120> what limited to what they can do.
• So what limited to what they can do.

Keywords: Insurance - Room 216, 3 February, 2026; 9:00 AM, 925, all

Summary: The committee took up several insurance and health-related bills. Earlier discussion focused on metastatic cancer step therapy and biomarker testing, with the sponsor explaining that the bills would prevent insurers from requiring patients to try less effective treatments first and would require coverage for biomarker testing to better target treatment. The biomarker bill was described as a product of a summer study committee and was reported favorably. The committee also advanced a bill setting standards tied to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and a private residence elevator bill requiring licensing, inspection, and permitting for elevator installers, with an amendment exempting those elevators from annual inspections after the initial inspection. Members then considered a mitigation program for retrofitting homes, with the sponsor saying the Department of Insurance and industry were close to a workable statewide program. The bill would be funded by increasing a fee paid by insurance companies, not policyholders, and would allow use of a third-party administrator capped at 5% of program funds. The committee also reported bills extending the state health plan repealer, extending the LOSAP volunteer firefighter program repealer, and creating a fraud detection trust fund at the Insurance Department to address AI- and cyber-related fraud. The fraud fund bill drew questions about whether it would raise premiums and how it would help investigators; supporters said the fund would support staffing and equipment and that the existing fund had been dormant. Additional bills included a transparency measure for dental insurance spending, which would require reporting on the share of premiums spent on dental services beginning in 2027, and a bill expanding access to self-funded group health plans for members of legitimate professional and trade associations. The committee also heard a Mississippi Patient Protection Act aimed at strengthening willing-provider protections and limiting insurer discrimination against qualified providers; an amendment was proposed to clarify that vision benefit managers would not be treated as pharmacy benefit managers. Most measures were moved by title sufficient due pass and reported without opposition.

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• that's where the primary responsibility language comes in, but we removed the provisions that would limit
• I think that's good as long as each office knows what their primary responsibilities are without limiting
• the jurisdiction of the Office of limit the jurisdiction of the Office of Inspector<00:14:52.720>
• responsibilities are without limiting responsibilities are without limiting jurisdiction.<00:15:
• data to that list agencies to contribute data to that list of<00:24:10.000> for<00:24:10.240>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• , the stuff in bold is no real limitation, the stuff in bold is no real limitation, right?
• I knew that they were limiting me state. I knew that they were limiting me to<03:34:52.239> 29.5.
• component of my limited hours. component of my limited hours.
• What those limits are?
• What those limits are? Um it and limits? What those limits are?

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• mechanisms to prevent the creation of trapped balances, a consequence of the existing law because it limits
• of House Bill 200, because starter homes are scarce and housing unavailability is a significant contributing
• House Bill 200 offers a chance to support moderate-income households who often fall above the income limits
• The substitute keeps the 80% employer contribution requirement, but it...
• The substitute keeps the 80% employer contribution requirement, but it goes a little further.

Bills: HB63, HB64, HB184, HB200, HB47, HB48, HB2, HB9

Keywords: water project fund, New Mexico Finance Authority, NMFA, Water Trust Board, water infrastructure, wastewater, drinking water, flood prevention, watershed restoration, water storage, conveyance, delivery, water treatment, recycling, reuse, municipal infrastructure, local government finance, capital outlay, grants, loans

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• that, um, not passing this bill would allow the, uh, the cities to, uh, get franchise fees without limits
• Currently Austin residents and businesses contribute through taxes and fees that they pay.
• service providers, regardless of the platform they're on or the technology they're using, that they contribute
• There may have been some local provider issues that contributed.
• just provide you what my intention is, it would be to, uh, I mean, my, my sole intention on for this limited

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• , it's very short—it is limited to election day only, which does not fall under the legal purview of
• The amendment limits it to election day only.
• The contributions they have made for us to stand here and be able to defend our vote here.
• And of this country, and the contributions that they have all contributed for this to be the great country
• So thank you all, both staff and members, for contributing to my experience catalog.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Okay, that brings us to SB 1469, relating to tax collections, statute of limitations, and tax appeals
• Next up is HB 369, relating to campaign spending cash contributions.
• Um if there was com expenditure limits.
• and um for each expenditure limit and um for each candidate.<00:48:36.000> uh<00:48:36.520>
• to the settlement state's contribution to the settlement of<00:58:58.720> claims<00:58:59.119

Keywords: 910, house, all