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• We have eligibility requirements that a rules engine between DES and Access exist.
• We have eligibility requirements that a rules engine between DES and Access exist.
• Chair, how does the Unified Eligibility Rules Engine help that not be pushed aside in an emergency?
• Greber, the Unified Eligibility Rules Engine listed in paragraph 17 to 20 of page 3 of the bill.
• Greber, the Unified Eligibility Rules Engine listed in paragraph 17 to 20 of page 3 of the bill.

Bills: HB2775, HB2874, HB2940, HB4014, HB4067, HB4115, HCM2010, HCR2051

Keywords: international organizations, government resources, public institutions, Arizona Board of Regents, foreign adversaries, campaign finance, contributions, termination statements, reporting, penalties, electoral processes, healthcare, public benefits, eligibility verification, fraud prevention, Medicaid, SNAP, transparency, accountability, state land

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• More than 60 faculty are applying AI and health cybersecurity business engineering the arts, humanities
• Plus psychology degrees and AI is embedded in business health engineering, the arts and the humanities
• We're also building a strong operational AI engine that lets a scale innovations across the entire university
• And so we have actually assembled a staff of research software engineers who interface between the faculty
• So far, AI has really just been a sophisticated search engine for you.

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• So we're engineers, we're landscape architects, we're planners.
• I myself am a licensed engineer and born and raised in St. Johns County.
• And so I myself am an engineer, and we have over 100 licensed professionals on our team.
• But the engineering topic there is if I'm paying impact fees for This to some extent.
• But the engineering topic there is if I'm paying impact fees for a new public and impact fees for a new

Summary: The Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee met for its first meeting of the 2026 session and took up impact fees, with an opening overview from Eric Poole of the Florida Association of Counties. Poole explained that impact fees are one-time charges on new development used only for new infrastructure capacity, not existing deficiencies or maintenance, and must satisfy the dual rational nexus test. He traced their history in Florida and described how comprehensive plans, concurrency, and later mobility fees relate to local infrastructure funding. He argued that impact fees are restricted, tied to capital improvements, and are one tool for paying for growth. Panelists representing counties, cities, builders, and community developers largely agreed that growth creates real infrastructure costs but differed on how those costs should be allocated. County and city representatives said impact fees are a necessary, targeted way to fund roads, water, sewer, fire, schools, and parks without spreading costs across all taxpayers. They pointed to long periods without fee updates, rising construction costs, and examples of large increases justified by studies. Builder and developer representatives argued that fees are often unpredictable, can be doubled or tripled, and contribute to housing affordability problems; they also said the system can be inconsistent across jurisdictions and may encourage sprawl. Several witnesses emphasized that fees must be transparent, proportional, and tied to actual benefits, and some suggested a statewide framework or mobility-fee model with more consistency and peer review. Members asked about how long local governments can hold fee revenue, whether fees can generate profit, what they can be spent on, and whether they can pay for police stations, fire stations, or other public safety facilities. Witnesses said the funds must be used for capital projects and cannot be used for salaries or unrelated purchases, and that refunds may be required if money is not spent within the local ordinance’s timeframe. The discussion also covered examples of local fee increases, the use of impact fees versus direct construction or “pipelining” of infrastructure, and concerns about level-of-service changes and extraordinary-circumstance increases. No votes were taken; the meeting ended after the panel discussion and member questions, with the chair noting the conversation would continue.

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• District 4 engineer, and I'm here to present on my district.
• I worked my way up to district engineer for a little bit more than two years now.
• And so last year, of course, we always ask for our district engineers to...
• And so each district engineer identifies those construction priorities; we roll them up for you all so
• Or someone, an engineer from the GEO.

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• The economic engine is that narrow point.
• The economic engine is that narrow point there.
• I am the state engineer for the Department of Water Resources.
• I used to be the Devils Lake engineer. I can't recall. Is it Felix's?
• I used to be the Devils Lake engineer. I can't recall. Is it Felix's?

Summary: The committee opened its third interim meeting with roll call, approved the November 13, 2025 minutes, and the chair reviewed prior committee work, including a denied request for a fertilizer-capacity study and a planned later discussion of the Union Pacific/Norfolk Southern merger issue. Commissioner Doug Goring then presented Department of Agriculture updates on uncrewed aerial systems grants to detect noxious weeds, the state’s irrigation potential, the low-carbon fuels program for ethanol plants, the Environmental Impact Mitigation Fund, model zoning ordinances for animal feeding operations, and fertilizer production and supply in North Dakota. Members asked about funding sources, fertilizer storage and availability, natural gas and water needs for future fertilizer plants, and how the model zoning website would help counties and townships apply setback and odor tools. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on the Department of Water Resources’ economic analysis tool for water conveyance and flood-related projects. Dr. Dwayne Poole explained that the department is proposing changes to better account for end-of-useful-life conditions and updated hydrologic data, while still limiting the model to direct, demonstrable costs and benefits. He said the goal is to make the analysis more realistic and consistent without changing statute, and he provided examples of how project benefits could change as drains age or as rainfall and flood data evolve. Committee members and water-user representatives generally supported continued work on the proposal, while raising concerns about downstream impacts, closed-basin projects, and whether the changes would meaningfully affect project approvals. The committee then heard from John Paskowski, state engineer, on Devil’s Lake, the West End and East End outlets, and the Tolna Coulee control structure. He reviewed lake history, outlet capacities, sulfate and downstream flow limits, and explained that the control structure is intended to prevent a catastrophic uncontrolled release by slowing erosion and head cutting. Members asked about water quality trends, the length of the downstream flow constraint, and whether the Tolna Coulee area had been studied for possible natural overflow or silt buildup. The discussion emphasized ongoing flooding concerns, mitigation for affected landowners, and the need to balance outlet operations with downstream water quality and infrastructure protection.

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• around 20,000 people nationwide, of which 1,300 are employed in the state of California across engineering
• Lange and the research affiliate of the Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering at the University
• By replacing fossil fuel, mostly diesel engines, with hydrogen fuel cells, we projected a 43% reduction
• By replacing fossil fuel, mostly diesel engines with hydrogen fuel cells, we projected 43% reduction
• The issue that's come about with the zero-emission buses is the batteries are heavier than the engine

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• In the situations that I'm looking at, if engineers still regulate engineers, but engineers don't have
• I would go to the board of engineers that would do all that.
• In the situations that I'm looking at, if engineers still regulate engineers, but engineers don't have
• In the situations that I'm looking at, if engineers still regulate engineers, but engineers don't have
• I would go to the board of engineers that would do all that.

Bills: HB163, HB344, SB11, SB92, SB164, HB22, HB89, SB227, SB6

Keywords: income tax, research expenditures, economic development, tax deductions, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Alabama tax law, educational intervention, State Superintendent, local boards of education, subpoena, accountability, state control, electric vehicles, registrations, license tax, public transportation, funding infrastructure, K-12 education, wireless communication devices, digital safety

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• He is in train engineering and can answer any technical questions.
• Are you a current engineer or are you management?
• I'm a current licensed locomotive engineer for the Union Pacific Railroad.
• I am a fourth-generation, 28-year locomotive engineer and conductor.
• We share all of this data with our traffic engineering department.

Bills: HB2163, HB2256, HB2305, HB2367, HB2369, HB2669, HB2772, HB2916, HCM2007, HCR2004, HR2003

Keywords: lighting laws, construction equipment, farm equipment, vehicle safety, Arizona Revised Statutes, salvage vehicles, insurance claims, abandoned vehicles, salvage auction dealers, vehicle title, towing regulation, private towing carriers, vehicle impound, towing rates, preemption, law enforcement, neighborhood electric vehicles, alternative fuel, vehicle license tax, tax exemption

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• Each one of the components we're designing and engineering has a 30% plus cost savings.
• We have our own prefabricated exterior walls that we're designing and engineering.
• It's engineered wood. So you're using denser wood. Right. And it's been around in Europe for years.
• I joke that off-site construction, or prefab, is kind of like nuclear engineering.
• Collectively, we're architects, engineers, GCs. We've done prefab modular in Germany for 50 years.

Summary: The Select Committee on Housing Construction Innovation met to examine how industrialized construction, including modular, panelized, manufactured, and 3D-printed building methods, could help lower California’s housing costs and speed delivery. Chair Buffy Wicks opened by describing the committee’s purpose as a cross-cutting effort to address construction costs, drawing on visits to factories in Sweden, Idaho, and Indiana. Members from both the committee and invited participants broadly agreed that California’s housing crisis is driven not only by land use and permitting, but also by high construction costs, labor shortages, and a lack of scalable innovation. Ben Metcalf of UC Berkeley’s Turner Center provided the main policy overview, saying California needs roughly 2.5 million additional homes by 2030 and that multifamily construction costs in the state can be far higher than in Texas or Colorado. He said factory-built housing can reduce hard costs and timelines under the right conditions, but barriers remain in financing, local code and design review, uncertain demand pipelines, and fragmented research and data. In response to committee questions, he discussed possible state actions such as pro-housing incentives, state-backed purchasing or subsidies, more standardized approvals, and better research infrastructure. Members also raised the need to involve labor and building trades in the process. A panel of developers and builders then described projects and cost savings from factory-built and related methods. Caleb Rupp of Pacific Companies said modular construction can save about 20% on average and cited a project where modular delivery reduced the need for public subsidy by $18 million; he suggested incentives such as tax exemptions, state-owned sites, third-party inspections, and limits on local code variation. Lois Kim of Mutual Housing California described a pipeline of more than 660 units across six jurisdictions, saying a predictable factory pipeline can reduce construction time by about 40% and total development costs by at least 10%. Danny Haber of O’WOW said standardized design, componentized construction, and mass timber can cut costs substantially, while also criticizing outdated codes, utility hookup fees, and financing costs. Donna Jamian of Emergent Construction described California’s first code-approved 3D concrete printing projects, including homes in Redding and work on a commercial building and fire-recovery projects in Altadena. She said current codes have not caught up to the technology and asked for participation in local self-certification programs. Committee members asked about the role of state incentives, code alignment, financing support, and how to build developer confidence after failures like Katerra. No votes were taken; the hearing was informational and ended with plans for further hearings and a forthcoming white paper with policy recommendations.

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• Cutting through the static, the environmental or the engineering facts prove that mandatory ATV tire
• Cutting through the static, the environmental or the engineering facts prove that mandatory ATV tire
• These engineers are critical to facilities receiving the permits they need.
• These engineers are critical to facilities receiving the permits they need.
• These engineers are critical to facilities receiving the permits they need.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Right now, we only have one engineer on the commission.
• Do we really want four members of the public making decisions about engineering requirements for wastewater
• that, you know, there’s been some barriers and we do want people making decisions who know about engineering
• All members have to have a general interest in water contaminants; that doesn’t necessarily mean engineers
• I have no criticism of the commission at all other than I think that there’s only one engineer on the

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Just to be clear, this bill does not require design engineering. It doesn't require permitting.
• And you might not go into deep engineering on something, but it has to make sense for that specific plant
• And that does require some engineering.
• So I work around a lot of engineers in most of my work. And I assume that's like a major part.
• They're trying to engineer out inefficiencies. And they start talking amongst each other.

Bills: HB2537, HB2245, HB2296

Keywords: emissions, climate commitment act, environmental regulation, trade regulation, facility compliance, consumer-owned utilities, clean energy, port districts, market customers, energy transformation, distributed energy, renewable energy, energy resources, sustainability, energy policy, 904, all

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• SB 888 limits professional service contracts so that architects, engineers, surveyors, and landscape
• SB 888 limits professional service contracts so that architects, engineers, surveyors, and landscape
• SB 888 limits professional service contracts so that architects, engineers, surveyors, and landscape
• engineering business focusing primarily in the engineering and infrastructure space, which is why I'm
• I have two degrees in engineering.

Summary: The Judiciary Committee met and took up a series of bills, beginning with SB 620, which would require candidates for federal, state, county, district, judicial, and school board offices to disclose any citizenship in countries other than the United States. The bill was presented as a transparency measure, with one opponent waiving time, and it was reported favorably on an 8-0 vote. The committee then heard SB 1396 on litigation financing consumer protection. Supporters from the Florida Justice Reform Institute, American Tort Reform Association, and U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform argued the bill would add transparency, limit funder control, and require disclosure of foreign entities involved in litigation funding. Opponents, including the Florida Justice Association, argued the bill would create strategic advantages for defendants and could affect discovery and settlement dynamics. The bill passed 7-2. The committee also approved SB 192, removing a $1,500 cap on patient funds chiropractors may hold in trust; SB 888, limiting indemnity and insurance requirements in design-professional contracts; CS/SB 332, creating a temporary closed-meeting exemption for pre-suit Burt Harris litigation strategy discussions; SB 820, requiring quarterly reporting on problem-solving courts; SB 1500, updating uncontested probate procedures; SB 1224, making fraudulent entry into rental dwellings a third-degree felony; and SB 1000, setting a floor and ceiling for interest rates on law firm trust accounts. Each of these bills was reported favorably, with broad support and little or no opposition. The committee also advanced CS/SB 694, which would compensate the descendants of the Groveland Four. Senator Bracey Davis described the bill as a final step in addressing the wrongful convictions, deaths, and long-term harm suffered by Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepard, and Ernest Thomas. Family members and advocacy groups testified in support, urging the state to complete its acknowledgment of wrongdoing with monetary compensation. An amendment was adopted to divide any appropriation equally among the four families. The bill passed unanimously. Finally, SB 144 creating a public records exemption for personal information of Judicial Qualifications Commission employees and their families was approved 9-1. Several members also requested to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on specific bills before the committee adjourned.

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• Just to be clear, this bill does not require design engineering. It doesn't require permitting.
• And you might not go into deep engineering on something, but it has to make sense for that specific plant
• And that does require some engineering.
• So I work around a lot of engineers in most of my work, and I assume that's like a major part.
• They're trying to engineer out inefficiencies. And they start talking amongst each other.

Summary: The Environment and Energy Committee heard testimony on House Bill 2537, which would change how energy-intensive, trade-exposed facilities (EITEs) are treated under the Climate Commitment Act. Committee staff and the bill sponsor explained that the measure would require Ecology to update its post-2034 report to include proposed allowance-reduction methods, leakage-risk adjustments, and consignment recommendations, and would add new reporting and decarbonization-planning requirements for EITEs to continue receiving no-cost allowances. The committee also briefly took up House Bill 2245, a separate Clean Energy Transformation Act bill, and later voted the proposed substitute out of committee on an 11-8 vote with 2 excused, after debate over exemptions for certain utilities and market customers. Supporters of HB 2537, including The Nature Conservancy, NRDC, Washington Conservation Action, Climate Solutions, Clean and Prosperous Washington, Ecology, and some utility representatives, said the bill would provide needed clarity, better data, and a path for long-term industrial decarbonization while helping prevent emissions leakage. They argued that EITEs receive substantial public value through free allowances and should be required to document emissions sources, energy needs, and feasible reduction pathways so the state can design a post-2035 policy consistent with climate goals. Ecology said it generally supports the bill, though it recommended streamlining duplicative reporting and noted the work would require significant agency resources not included in the governor’s budget. Opponents, including the Association of Washington Business, the Northwest Pulp and Paper Association, the Association of Western Pulp and Paperworkers, WISPA, the Alliance of Western Energy Consumers, Food Northwest, Simplot, Kaiser Aluminum, and Newcor Steel, warned that the bill could increase compliance burdens, expose sensitive business information, and worsen leakage risks by making Washington less competitive. They said many facilities have already made major investments and face high capital costs, limited clean electricity supply, permitting delays, and technologies that are not yet commercially viable at scale. Several speakers pointed to recent plant closures and job losses in pulp and paper, food processing, and metals as evidence that leakage is already occurring, and urged the committee to preserve flexibility, protect confidentiality, and consider targeted funding or other incentives rather than new mandates alone.

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• He earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy, a Master
• of Science in Engineering and Environmental Management at the Air Force Institute of Technology, and
• He retired from active duty after more than 26 years as an Air Force civil engineer.
• Particularly, he's actually real military, because you served with the Navy Facility Engineering Command
• There are lakes that are core of Engineer lakes, so you don't have the total water available, like Whitney

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• So I have a report that Lee Engineering found that Scottsdale had some really good safety results.
• Are you familiar with the engineering report they did where they counted...
• Are you familiar with the engineering report they did where they counted the number of crashes?
• That's why the 80th percentile is what traffic engineers use.
• You know, traffic engineers...

Bills: SB1024, SB1032, SB1059, SB1062, SB1064, SB1097, SCM1001, SCR1004

Keywords: roadable aircraft, registration, vehicle title, license plates, aviation safety, corrections oversight, funding, state budget, criminal justice, reform, appropriation, Department of Transportation, right turn lane, traffic improvement, infrastructure funding, transportation funding, authorization, road improvements, intersection safety, transportation

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• In testimony with me today, I have Joe Steinberg, an engineer at PG&E, and Ivan Fernandez on behalf of
• I'm an associate distribution engineer with PG&E and a member of the Engineers and Scientists of California
• a team of engineering estimators.
• After my review is completed, the work is then reviewed by our regional senior distribution engineer.
• Before being released to construction, all work receives a final review by an engineering supervisor.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications heard a long agenda of energy, water, housing, and technology bills. SB 952 (Laird, presented by Perez) would give the Department of Water Resources more flexibility to meet the State Water Project’s 100% clean energy procurement goal by 2035 while managing costs; it drew support from the State Water Contractors and California Municipal Utilities Association and no opposition. The committee also heard SB 1417, which would extend transparency, notice, and public meeting requirements to mutual water companies’ rate increases; Senator Perez and supporters tied the bill to post-Eaton Fire recovery in Altadena, while the California Association of Mutual Water Companies opposed it, citing conflicts with tenant billing laws, privacy concerns, and burdensome meeting requirements. SB 1417 was approved on a split vote and the roll was left open. Members then considered SB 924, a low-income utility assistance/weatherization bill by Hurtado, which would require measurable affordability outcomes and better tenant-focused benefits; it passed to Appropriations with broad support from clean energy and community groups and no opposition. SB 925 (McNerney) would direct the California Energy Commission to develop a statewide roadmap for fusion energy; supporters from General Atomics, Clean Air Task Force, and TAE Technologies argued it would help keep fusion investment in California, and it passed unanimously to Environmental Quality. SB 1011 (McNerney) would require CPUC standards for human review and labor consultation before utilities deploy AI in operations; labor and utility engineer witnesses supported guardrails, while business and utility groups opposed or sought more review, warning of overregulation and overlap with other laws. The bill passed to Privacy, Digital Technology and Consumer Protection on a divided vote. The committee also advanced SB 1168 (McNerney), a study bill directing the CPUC to examine how data centers can pay their fair share of grid costs; data center and utility groups were opposed or neutral pending amendments, while climate advocates supported it, and it moved to Revenue and Taxation. SB 1196 (McNerney) would speed utility hookups for ADUs and JADUs by allowing earlier applications and setting timelines and penalties; housing advocates supported it and it passed to Local Government. SB 1350 (McNerney) would allow renewable portfolio standard credits for power plants using green hydrogen, drawing strong support from hydrogen, labor, utility, and local government interests, but opposition from TURN over greenwashing and tracking concerns; it passed to Environmental Quality. Finally, SB 1158 (Stern) would expand quarterly reliability reporting by the CEC and CPUC to include transmission and grid upgrade status; it was presented as a common-sense reliability measure and moved forward with support.

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• In testimony with me today, I have Joe Steinberg, an engineer at PG&E, and Ivan Fernandez on behalf of
• I'm an associate distribution engineer with PG&E and a member of the Engineers and Scientists of California
• a team of engineering estimators.
• After my review is completed, the work is then reviewed by our regional senior distribution engineer.
• Before being released to construction, all work receives a final review by an engineering supervisor.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Even if you're an architect, even if you're a structural engineer, you have to meet requirements.
• Architect, even if you're a structural engineer, you have to meet requirements.
• So my mom's an engineer, and I went through the planning process, so I understand that.
• She had a stamp that said, 'I'm an engineer. I have the training. I've taken the proper tests.
• Yes, but that stamp is different than my mom's PE engineering stamp, right?

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Even if you're an architect, even if you're a structural engineer, you have to meet requirements.
• Architect, even if you're a structural engineer, you have to meet requirements.
• So my mom's an engineer, and I went through the planning process, so I understand that.
• However, there are certain criteria that as a licensed engineer, they weren't going to look into her
• Yes, but that stamp is different than my mom's PE engineering stamp, right?

Summary: The joint Assembly and Senate business committees held a sunset review hearing for five California regulatory entities: the Respiratory Care Board, the California Council for Interior Design Certification, the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board, the Board of Occupational Therapy, and the Board of Naturopathic Medicine. Each board or council described its licensing, enforcement, modernization, and consumer-protection work since the last review, and committee members focused on workforce access, transparency, fee authority, and whether current regulatory structures are appropriately tailored to public safety. For the Respiratory Care Board, the main issue was a proposal to move toward a bachelor’s degree requirement for licensure. Board representatives said the change would better align education with the complexity of care and could help the profession’s long-term status and reimbursement prospects, but Assembly Member Addis and others raised concerns about rural access, staffing shortages, and added barriers to entry. Public commenters, including respiratory therapists, families, and congregate living health facility operators, strongly opposed the degree mandate and urged continued use of LVNs for certain respiratory tasks in community settings. The board also discussed its ongoing work on LVN respiratory care issues, updated suctioning guidance, digitized licensing and enforcement systems, and fee cleanup language. The interior design item drew the most debate. CCIDC leaders defended the current title-act certification model, arguing it establishes competency without evidence of public harm and avoids the disruption a full licensure system could cause. Several committee members questioned the lack of enforcement authority, the private nonprofit structure, Bagley-Keene compliance, and whether certification meaningfully improves plan acceptance or public safety. Public testimony was split: supporters said the system works and preserves flexibility, while opponents argued the model lacks accountability, creates confusion, and does not reliably prevent plan-check denials or protect the public. The speech-language pathology/audiology board reported major modernization gains, including a new online licensure system, faster processing, continuing education audits, and updated supervision and advertising rules; it also received support for creating a new audiology assistant license category, while a consumer group urged more public members, proactive inspections, and faster discipline. The occupational therapy board reported growth, improved enforcement and licensing performance, and a need for additional fee authority to address rising costs, while public testimony supported reducing advanced practice hand therapy training hours. The final naturopathic medicine item began at the end of the transcript, but no substantive discussion was captured before the excerpt ended.