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• The May revision proposes statutory changes to authorize a fee to be used for documents submitted to
• The May revision also includes trailer bill language to remove the cap on the mobile driver's license
• The DMV is also proposing trailer-bill language for various efficiencies to modernize its department
• And I do want to just emphasize as well that it is a maximum contribution, the language in there.
• Specifically, we love the concept of PMD in the budget, but oppose the specific language.

Summary: The hearing focused on the governor’s May Revision proposals for transportation, natural resources, climate, and related programs, with the Department of Finance and the LAO presenting competing views on the state’s fiscal condition. Finance said the budget remains balanced over two years, with major climate-bond, water, parks, transportation, DMV, and agriculture proposals, while the LAO argued the state still has a structural deficit and should reject or defer many new discretionary spending items, preserve reserves, and be cautious about ongoing commitments. The LAO specifically questioned the timing and scale of new spending for programs such as Clean California, Healthy Rivers and Landscapes, and the Golden Gate Fields acquisition, and urged more clarity on future obligations and revenue scenarios, including for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. A major portion of the hearing was devoted to the Healthy Rivers and Landscapes proposal for Bay-Delta water quality implementation. Secretary Wade Crowfoot and Finance described it as an enforceable, science-based alternative to a more traditional regulatory approach, with the state’s $25 million request intended to support early implementation, monitoring, habitat restoration, and environmental flows. The LAO countered that the Water Board has not yet adopted the updated Bay-Delta plan, that the proposal may be premature, and that the Legislature should wait for more information on the state’s total funding commitment and the program’s long-term costs. Several members expressed support for the program as a way to reduce conflict and protect water reliability, while others echoed concerns about timing and fiscal exposure. The committee also examined the proposed $125 million Proposition 4 contribution toward acquiring the Golden Gate Fields property for a shoreline park and habitat project. State officials said the acquisition is a time-sensitive, once-in-a-generation opportunity, with an appraised value of $175 million and additional philanthropic and local funding expected to close the gap. Members questioned whether the project had gone through the usual competitive process, whether the site is the best use of scarce park bond dollars, and how public access, habitat, and disadvantaged-community priorities would be protected. The discussion ended without a vote, and the committee moved on to transportation items including Clean California litter abatement, the Games Route Network, homeless encampment coordinators, and DMV modernization and field office proposals, with LAO recommending rejection or delay on several of those requests as well.

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• It is consistent with language, again, that has been filed by the governor of the Commonwealth, who is
• That's why there's a statutory requirement that prescribes what we do with them to begin with, because
• That's why there's a statutory requirement that prescribes what we do with them to begin with, because
• But the good news is the language is already drafted... ...let's correct this error.
• But the good news is the language is already drafted and it is contained in the amendment that now is

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate considered a fiscal year 2025 close-out supplemental appropriations bill and a series of amendments, many of which were withdrawn, adopted, or rejected. Early debate focused heavily on funding for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Massachusetts, with Senators O’Connor and Feeney arguing for restoring money for transportation, safety, and event readiness, citing projected ridership surges, economic benefits, and the need for Boston and the Commonwealth to invest. Senator Driscoll also won adoption of an amendment directing the MBTA to study and report on its local assessment formula, using Milton and Quincy as examples of perceived inequities in how communities are charged relative to service received. The Senate then took up several other amendments, including measures on fire survivor support, vaccine liability, mental health and sidewalk projects, council on aging and public safety items, disaster relief, service dogs, and MBTA assessments. Senator Tarr offered amendments on driver record transparency and energy cost reporting, but those were not adopted. A major roll-call vote rejected Tarr’s amendment to restore a larger share of excess capital gains to the stabilization fund; supporters argued for stronger rainy day reserves, while the Ways and Means chair defended the bill’s use of a deficiency reserve fund and warned of revenue losses from federal tax changes. The Senate also adopted an amendment on shelter and Home Base spending transparency, requiring renewed reporting on emergency shelter and housing assistance programs. Later, the chamber adopted Senator Edwards’ amendment creating a Massachusetts Federal Employee and Service Member Civil Relief Act to protect federal workers and service members in the event of a shutdown, including relief from eviction and foreclosure-related harms. The Senate also adopted Senator Rodrigues’s Ways and Means amendment, then approved the underlying supplemental budget as amended and ordered it to third reading. After the final roll call, the bill was passed to be engrossed by a 39-0 vote. The Senate concluded by agreeing to adjourn and by honoring Mrs. Anne Lee in memory, with a brief communication from Senator Cyr noting a prior remote-vote error for the journal.

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• That was another statutory priority established in Senate Bill 28, and members.
• And in this report, we outline statutory recommendations. recommendations to the legislature The next
• a by which stakeholders can appeal that DFC when that happens. there's statute there's a lack of statutory
• Yeah, that $250 million and the New Water Supply for Texas Fund is statutory limited to, statutorily
• to satisfy and fulfill their their debt fully ultimately but with very practically unenforceable language

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Seven, removes the statutory cap on midwife licensure and application fees.
• And perhaps that wasn't as much of a concern in the beginning when this language was first proposed.
• Perhaps that wasn't as much of a concern in the beginning when this language was first proposed.
• The language... ...guilty of a class six felony or a class one misdemeanor.
• When we look at the language, we are not talking specifically about a building.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• ,<00:09:38.320> specifically with the current language, specifically with the current language
• language.
• Remembering that the statutory thing.
• And in addition to that, we will add the language that we were discussing here.
• we just got, plus new language that I had presented in my amendment in 1017.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Your language says when appropriation in a warrant article will exceed the 10%.
• So long-standing uses would be terminated by the language in the bill as I read it.
• Um I own a language of this bill is.
• We believe its language is redundant and duplicative of the language already in 91-A. 91-A already requires
• So, we believe this language in 91-A is redundant of language already in the statute.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Obsolete language regarding the pertussis vaccine is also repealed.
• 42.000> pertasus Obsolete language regarding the pertasus Obsolete language regarding the pertasus
• language tightened up. language tightened up.
• alternative statutory scheme that alternative statutory scheme that provides<01:35:30.480> a<01
• question section of the statutory form. question section of the statutory form.

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Friday, March 20, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened with 38 members present and a quorum, then began with an invocation and several ceremonial introductions. The chamber recognized pioneering women of the Maryland State Police for Women’s History Month, including the original six female graduates and other firsts in the department, and also introduced the day’s doctor and a student intern. The Senate agreed to journalize the remarks honoring the Maryland State Police guests. The body then took up several Finance Committee bills, adopting committee amendments and favorable reports without objection on Senate Bills 385, 387, 389, 753, 469, and 608, each of which was ordered printed for third reading. SB 385 concerns immunization, screening, and preventive-service recommendations and pharmacist administration; SB 387 restricts predatory pricing and use of personal data by food retailers and delivery services; SB 389 makes transit-oriented development changes; SB 753 addresses financial exploitation protections for seniors and vulnerable adults; SB 469 authorizes a Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund affordability program; and SB 608 requires coverage for pharmacogenomic testing. Senate Bill 626, dealing with birth certificate sex designation changes and related identification documents, was briefly set aside at the request of a senator seeking possible amendments, with the presiding officer agreeing to hold it until the next session. Senate Bill 739, a climate change, homeowners insurance, and emergency management study bill, was also introduced with one amendment and sparked debate over its scope and funding, including discussion of a $150,000 Strategic Energy Investment Fund allocation and whether the study would examine the General Assembly’s own climate policies. The transcript ends during that discussion, before any final action on SB 739.

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• I don't see that in the bill language per se, and I know it's not our jurisdiction, Mr.
• To meet our statutory requirements, we had to find an alternative.
• Last week, in the chamber, the author approached me asking if I'd seen any amendment language because
• Perfect language, but I was... I'm not sure it's not perfect language.
• Bipartisan effort on the current bill language. Representative Coulter, thank you, Mr. Chair.

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• In some cases, directly conflict with more recent statutory requirements and best practices.
• This bill addresses these issues by updating and clarifying the district's statutory authority, specifically
• Therefore, paralegals are not included in the statutory list of positions for which prosecutor's office
• HB 1845 would simply include paralegals in the statutory list for eligible salary increases.
• So, um, but so y'all would be supportive of some of the drought opt-out language.

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• BUT ONLY HUNDRED 63 THOUSAND HAS BEEN PAID UNDER FLORIDA STATUTORY LIMITS AT THE TIME.
• I JUST WANTED TO BRING CLARIFYING LANGUAGE SO THAT IN THE FUTURE, YOUNG MEN LIKE THIS DON'T HAVE TO MISS
• WITHOUT CLEAR STATUTORY PROTECTIONS WE FEAR THAT PRIVATE SCHOOLS RISK LOSING ABILITY TO MAINTAIN A PROPER
• WITHOUT CLEAR STATUTORY FRAMEWORK THERE IS A RISK OF INCONSISTENT IMPLANTATION LIVING TO DISRUPTIONS
• THIS BILL PROVIDES THE STATUTORY RULES TO ALLOW US TO GUIDE EVERYONE.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• analytics interact with the statutory analytics interact with the statutory mandated<00:30:45.039
• statutory requirement, >> Representative<00:32:15.279> Hicks.
• Do you have any problem with that language?
• >> Chair Noor: Do you have any problem with that language?
• We want to be reviewing this language.

Bills: HF3378

Keywords: human services, Optum reports, data privacy, transparency, legislative oversight, 1183, house

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• the products met the statutory the products met the statutory requirements<00:24:30.640> we
• Our director of social equity is part of the statutory requirements.
• What languages are the materials available in, Mr. Toble?
• Our director of social equity is part of the statutory requirements.
• What languages are the materials available in, Mr. Toble?

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The Minnesota House Commerce Committee held its inaugural meeting with Chair Tim O’Driscoll and co-chair Representative Greg Davids opening the session and inviting members to introduce themselves. Members briefly described their districts, business backgrounds, and priorities, with recurring themes including small business competitiveness, insurance and health care access, property and real estate issues, agriculture, and making Minnesota easier to do business in. Committee staff also introduced themselves and reminded members and testifiers about sign-in procedures and microphone use. The committee then heard an overview from Eric Toell, interim director of the Office of Cannabis Management, on the agency’s work and budget priorities. He said the office now oversees adult-use cannabis, medical cannabis, and hemp-derived cannabinoid products, has grown from about nine employees to 90 full-time staff plus temporary workers, and has been working with a Cannabis Advisory Council on testing, warning labels, and implementation issues. He also described outreach efforts, including webinars, newsletters, guidebooks for local governments, and office hours for applicants, along with enforcement of hemp-derived product rules through more than 3,000 inspections and an increase in compliance rates from about 35% to 75%. Toell also reported that the medical cannabis program has surpassed 51,000 patients and nearly 2,500 registered health care providers, and that a chronic pain report found more than a third of patients reported decreased pain. On the adult-use side, he said the office has posted proposed rules for public comment, plans to adopt them after review, and will open a licensing window from February 18 to March 14. He explained that the office is also managing community reinvestment grants and a technical assistance grant, with an emphasis on safeguards to ensure funds reach intended recipients. No votes were taken during this meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• THERE IS NO EFFECTIVE DETERRENT IN THE CURRENT STATUTORY FRAMEWORK TO STOP THE CRIMINALS FROM CONTINUING
• THE STATUTORY SCHEME ITSELF IS NOT STRINGENT ENOUGH TO REPEL THIS CRIME IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
• FELONY AT A LEVEL 5 OR LEVEL 6 OFFENSE AND WE WANT AN EASIER FOR RICO ACT OR SOMETHING WE SPEAK THAT LANGUAGE
• IT COULD BE A COMBINATION OF EITHER BUT THE LIABILITY THAT THE LANDLORD FACES UNDER THE EXISTING STATUTORY
• REALLY THE LACK OF ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE OF THE STATUTORY SCHEME LEADS TO AS MR.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• the end of last Congress, and the Steward Act that we will vote on today preserves that bipartisan language
• dependent on whether President Trump and the executive branch respect the constitutional order and statutory
• dependent on whether President Trump and the executive branch respect the constitutional order and statutory
• more information about the effort to induce EPA employees to quit with an offer that has neither statutory

Bills: SB347, SB351

Keywords: brownfields, brownfield cleanup, site remediation, environmental cleanup, contaminated property, redevelopment, revitalization, CERCLA, Superfund, EPA grants, state response programs, environmental justice, disadvantaged communities, small communities, local government grants, nonprofit eligibility, community engagement, Alaska Native tribes, Regional Corporations, Village Corporations

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• The legislature adopted this exact same language to say that the chapter can be enforced by mandamus,
• And so that's why I'm so heightened about this particular language concerning cause of action.
• They didn't have a problem with any of this language.
• They had a problem in that bill with some other language that did some other things, but they didn't.
• of the act, and if board members approve of the need for board members to fully understand their statutory

Bills: HB148, HB334, HB554, HB762, HB1520, HB1593, HB3526, HB3810, HB5092, SB2215, HB2607, HB148

Keywords: family leave, leave pool, county employee, sick leave, vacation leave, family care, pandemic, guardianship, HB 554, fireworks, Juneteenth, Juneteenth holiday, retail fireworks permit, Texas Occupations Code, Local Government Code, county commissioners court, drought conditions, Texas A&M Forest Service, fire safety, holiday sales

Transcript Highlights:

• So I want to start, I guess, with an example—a real-world example of what would happen if this language
• Like, so if that after the word property, if the language subject to the property, if the language subject
• And so 32 submit to chorus language.
• But all three already coerc language.
• So my understanding is that language.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Section 21 has to do with statue replacement and statutory Hall in Washington, D.C.
• Additionally, I hope you will include policy language to assist.
• Currently, statutory provisions 11A04 and 11A07 give the Board of the SBI broad authority to recover
• question I would ask for the Board of Investment is with this annual report date, would you prefer language

Bills: HF2783

Keywords: state government finance, biennial budget, appropriations, Minnesota Management and Budget, Healthy Aging Subcabinet, Office of Healthy Aging, older adults, aging policy, long-term care, caregivers, public health, Medicaid fraud, medical assistance fraud, attorney general subpoena power, fraud enforcement, business filing fraud, Secretary of State, deceptive mailings, consumer protection, certified public accountant

Transcript Highlights:

• He spoke, I believe it was, six different languages.
• More curriculum that is age-appropriate and available in multiple languages, with enriching opportunities
• Outside their statutory authority or their failure to act within their statutory authority, can't they
• What’s the usual complaint that you hear about governments acting outside their statutory authorities
• The current bill language does not provide specific definitions for training for motor carrier safety

Bills: HCR35, SJR59, SJR84, SCR30, SB127, SB317, SB324, SB457, SB506, SB511, SB529, SB547, SB584, SB619, SB636, SB646, SB659, SB715, SB732, SB735, SB771, SB784, SB800, SB801, SB904, SB1026, SB1049, SB1065, SB1181, SB1224, SB1250, SB1383, SB1467, SB1524, SB1528, SB1531, SB1568, SB1585, SB1640, SB1681, SB1754, SB1757, SB1777, SB1972, SB1980, SB2007, SB2041, SB2046, SB2050, SB2055, SB2069, SB2080, SB2119, SB2138, SB2139, SB2154, SB2201, SB2225, SB2268, SB2306, SB2308, SB2310, SB2330, SB2366, SB2375, SB2392, SB2401, SB2422, SB2480, SB2514, SB2530, SB2533, SB2543, SB2544, SB2589, SB2610, SB2615, SB2623, SB2660, SB2662, SB2693, SB2695, SB2707, SB2722, SB2742, SB2753, SB2807, SB2843, SB2844, SB2858, SB2880, SB2885, SB2891, SB2925, SB2938, SB2986, SJR3, SJR18, SB5, SB914, SB963, SB1197, SB1415, SB1437, SB1786, SB326, SB767, SB769, SB783, SB1035, SB1271, SB1619, SB1637, SB1806, SB1, SB260, HB135, HB1109, HCR35, HCR64, SJR36, SJR50, SJR63, SJR84, SJR59, SCR12, SCR39, SCR48, SCR19, SCR30, SCR3, SB2023, SB619, SB2742, SB646, SB1026, SB2880, SB62, SB666, SB847, SB284, SB854, SB1073, SB810, SB1505, SB583, SB1502, SB507, SB1434, SB1376, SB1585, SB1772, SB2016, SB1163, SB1122, SB731, SB397, SB508, SB1436, SB287, SB261, SB1882, SB393, SB1791, SB529, SB209, SB2429, SB1999, SB511, SB2309, SB510, SB584, SB1085, SB2046, SB1975, SB2717, SB1262, SB1524, SB636, SB2056, SB884, SB517, SB1200, SB1845, SB1863, SB2681, SB2200, SB2199, SB1757, SB2050, SB2458, SB2201, SB2660, SB2662, SB1065, SB801, SB2533, SB3014, SB3013, SB758, SB1721, SB2366, SB1013, SB2797, SB2383, SB1754, SB2119, SB2448, SB1777, SB1283, SB2392, SB2076, SB2786, SB2876, SB2284, SB2225, SB1540, SB2929, SB1972, SB2540, SB2595, SB2217, SB715, SB2330, SB1383, SB500, SB1640, SB2001, SB2080, SB506, SB2514, SB2753, SB2398, SB1241, SB2927, SB2173, SB2538, SB898, SB1449, SB2529, SB1531, SB2846, SB2476, SB986, SB1181, SB2075, SB2154, SB2864, SB1359, SB2386, SB771, SB2844, SB2550, SB1351, SB1423, SB1931, SB2245, SB2589, SB2707, SB2807, SB410, SB659, SB2776, SB2693, SB2580, SB1980, SB1886, SB1234, SB739, SB456, SB127, SB1666, SB2843, SB2801, SB800, SB2055, SB784, SB2986, SB735, SB1012, SB324, SB2926, SB2938, SB2007, SB2138, SB1242, SB2615, SB1049, SB2310, SB1224, SB2972, SB1568, SB2841, SB2885, SB3016, SB2858, SB2610, SB2139, SB1856, SB2035, SB2308, SB2306, SB2041, SB1528, SB1681, SB1141, SB2401, SB2530, SB2375, SB547, SB1266, SB1373, SB1467, SB2069, SB2269, SB2480, SB2544, SB672, SB904, SB2695, SB2891, SB2422, SB2543, SB1854, SB317, SB2539, SB2532, SB2925, SB1250, SB2082, SB2203, SB457, SB2357, SB2721, SB243, SB1285, SB2568, SB1959, SB1442, SB1454, SB2520, SB2541, SB1708, SB1237, SB1844, SB1586, HB1392, HB22, SB1551, SB3039, SB2819, SB66, SB629, SB1015, SB2342, SB2903, SB2933, SB1965, SB2477, SB3029, SB2605, SB2419, SB1957, SB375, SB250, SB777, SB628, SB2523, SB2367, SB2703, SB2608, SB2778, SB3044, SB2965, SB2521, SB865

Keywords: spaceports, tax-exempt bonds, aerospace investment, Texas space economy, Federal legislation, education funding, Texas State Technical College System, capital projects, infrastructure, higher education, tax exemption, property tax, homestead, fire damage, constitutional amendment, Birding Capital, Matagorda County, wildlife, conservation, Texas Legislature

Transcript Highlights:

• So let's, I'll concede your language, just because you need something.
• This of course would require a statutory change.
• This would require a statutory change.
• Emergency plans, just the new statutory requirements, The new statutory requirements that they needed
• suggestions on statutory revisions as well.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• THIS REMOVES THE LANGUAGE RELATING TO TALLGRASS TIMBER.
• WE ARE SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT TO REMOVE THAT LANGUAGE AS WELL AS SECTION 5 WHICH IS LANGUAGE WE LIKE
• IT IS A FACT BOTH IN THE STATUTORY AND SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE THAT MINORS OUTSIDE OF THE STATUTORY EXCEPTIONS
• OFF OF THE LANGUAGE AND THE SINGLE SUBJECT.
• THANK YOU LOOKING AT THE LANGUAGE OF THE WORK-STUDY APPRENTICESHIP AND PRE-APPRENTICESHIP AND LANGUAGE

Keywords: 999, senate, all