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• want to take a moment to clarify, the bill as filed, so the filed version of 1383 would have gutted consumer
• balances a more flexible pricing arrangement for referral agencies while holding true to established consumer
• lost occupations Code chapter 102 007 Li A5, which requires referral agencies to show interested consumers
• all of the healthcare providers meeting that that consumer stated criteria in the geographic location

Bills: SB 227, SB 269, SB 407, SB 463, SB 527, SB 547, SB 1283, SB 1380, SB 1383, SB 1511, SB 1640, SB 1784, SB 2069

Keywords: school funding, education reform, state budget, property taxes, equity in education, healthcare policy, vaccines, exemptions, religious beliefs, public health, workplace violence, healthcare facilities, definition expansion, safety regulations, health and safety code, health insurance, anesthesia, pediatric dental services, coverage, medical necessity

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• It allows more choice for consumers and allows insurance.
• Consumers buy things; we normally do it based on quantity, quality, and price.
• And this gives the ability for the consumer to have a little more market strength.
• There's not enough consumers of the product.
• This change ensures that consumers receive clear and timely information.

Bills: HB139, HB1818, HB1942, HB1959, HB2221, HB2254, HB2563, HB2067, HB2275, HB3211, HB139

Keywords: HB 1818, Texas Insurance Code, Texas Department of Insurance, commissioner of insurance, health maintenance organization, HMO, insurer, utilization review, preauthorization, prior authorization, medical necessity review, health care services, medical care, insurance regulation, insurance examination, regulatory oversight, confidential records, public information exception, Chapter 843, Chapter 1301

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• Market in Texas, and so as consumers, it's important to know.
• It's hell for consumers to know what's happening.
• This is a consumer rights issue.
• But that would be a choice for the consumer then, right? That would be a choice for the consumer.
• end consumer—needs to know that that's there.

Bills: HB139, HB1818, HB1942, HB1959, HB2221, HB2254, HB2563, HB2067, HB2275, HB3211, HB139

Keywords: HB 1818, Texas Insurance Code, Texas Department of Insurance, commissioner of insurance, health maintenance organization, HMO, insurer, utilization review, preauthorization, prior authorization, medical necessity review, health care services, medical care, insurance regulation, insurance examination, regulatory oversight, confidential records, public information exception, Chapter 843, Chapter 1301

Bills: SCR 13, SCR 24, SB 1, SB 12, SB 15, SB 17, SB 24, SB 57, SB 65, SB 213, SB 371, SB 372, SB 378, SB 379, SB 388, SB 400, SB 402, SB 427, SB 495, SB 499, SB 502, SB 509, SB 535, SB 583, SB 610, SB 621, SB 650, SB 706, SB 740, SB 840, SB 854, SB 856, SB 875, SB 893, SB 918, SB 925, SB 974, SB 995, SB 1006, SB 1018, SB 1025, SB 1061, SB 1073, SB 1106, SB 1121, SB 1194, SB 1252, SB 1253, SB 1268, SB 1300, SB 1343, SB 1362, SB 1447

Keywords: water rights, treaty compliance, Rio Grande, agriculture, drought, international water, Texas water supply, Texas, Israel, trade, investment, partnership, economic ties, technological innovation, bilateral relations, appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare

Bills: SB156, SB134, SB108, SB47, SB88, SB89, SB106, SB18, SB9, HB38, HB54

Keywords: habitual felony offender, resentencing, Alabama Department of Corrections, victim notification, criminal justice reform, life sentences, parole eligibility, pardon, parole, law enforcement, GPS monitoring, data sharing, mail theft, stolen mail, criminal penalties, personally identifying information, felony, misdemeanor, SB47, Alabama

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• This bill will require any food products containing vaccine a vaccine materials to be properly labeled
• Product contains a vaccine or Baxley material and is not labeled considered in the spring.
• A truck supporting this language would enhance consumer protection, transparency for everyone to know
• The amendment ensures that consumers are informed when certain chemicals like the phase formaldehyde

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• We certainly didn't want to ban those products from being sold and utilized by consumers.
• and discussion yesterday, which we had a great discussion on it yesterday, that the products are labeled
• Um and then there are some consumers.
• million uh that you can sell and consume million uh that you can sell and consume and<00:31:00.960
• yesterday, that the products are labeled yesterday, that the products are labeled with<00:31:38.399

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• and local Jewish organizations, including Reform, Conservative, and Reconstructionist movements, warning
• Listen to the large plurality of Jewish voices and organizations warning that America must not be allowed
• to actually bring different populations together and different communities together, rather than labeling

Keywords: anti-Semitism, hate crimes, college campuses, civil rights, public safety, protests, intimidation

Summary: The committee meeting focused on addressing the rising tide of anti-Semitism across the nation. Among the discussions, members expressed concerns about the disturbing acts of hate witnessed on college campuses, with instances of harassment and intimidation targeting Jewish students being highlighted. High-profile incidents, including vandalism and the display of extremist symbols, prompted urgent calls for investigations and measures to protect civil rights. The importance of moral clarity in confronting such hate crimes was emphasized as well, outlining the responsibilities of leaders to ensure safety and uphold justice.

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• I yield myself such time as I may consume.
• I yield myself such time as I may consume.
• I I yield myself such time as I may consume.
• And we CONSUME. >> THE GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
• Speaker, that Warning still rings true today.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• California has led the nation before on privacy and consumer protection.
• They'd mock anyone warning them as a conspiracy theorist, a bigot, or a Luddite.
• I think we need to make sure that every consumer is protected.
• Let me say that again: it's a consumer protection program.
• ... ...program is funded for consumers.

Summary: The Assembly convened, established a quorum, and opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance before moving through the daily file. Several measures were taken up and passed, including bills on county jail accountability (AB 2257), claims against public agencies (AB 2529), affordable housing management metrics (AB 2689), digital wellness instruction in schools (AB 2071), pedestrian and bicycle safety project streamlining (AB 1976), manufactured home transport permits (AB 2012), a Surplus Land Act amendment tied to an Inland Empire soccer project (AB 2139), a Monterey Bay stewardship authority (AB 1548), online electrician licensing (AB 1707), a Caltrans study of navigation apps’ traffic impacts (AB 2105), coastal resiliency permitting reforms (AB 2051), downtown housing streamlining and financing (AB 2074), Cal Fire compensation (AB 2129), emergency care authority for Del Puerto Health Care District (AB 2282), charter school facilities hardship relief (AB 2316), theft by a peace officer under color of authority as serious misconduct (AB 2337), an Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander-serving institution designation (AB 2374), energy and cannabis support bills (AB 2464, AB 2537), and a suicide prevention plan requirement for treatment facilities (AB 2562). Most of these measures passed with broad bipartisan margins, and several were described as support bills with no opposition. The floor also debated a major criminal justice measure, AB 2727, which would raise the threshold for elderly parole eligibility for people serving sentences for violent sex offenses and add screening safeguards. Supporters from both parties emphasized child protection, survivor trauma, and specific local cases involving offenders who had become eligible for release; the bill passed 66-0. Another significant debate centered on AB 1958, which would clarify procedures under the California Racial Justice Act by refining how disparity claims are established and rebutted; the author said he would take Senate amendments to address concerns from district attorneys. The Assembly also considered AB 2313, a gas-to-electric transition bill allowing customers with planned service line replacements to opt out of gas service and use funds to electrify their homes. Members raised concerns about cost shifts and equity, and the author responded that the bill includes no-cost-shift language, larger credits for disadvantaged communities, and would not proceed if the math does not work; it passed 41-21. The final major item was AB 1709, a high-profile social media safety bill creating a minimum age of 16 for accounts on platforms using addictive features and establishing an e-safety commission. The author and many supporters from both parties framed the bill as a response to youth mental health harms, addictive design, and the need for age-based safeguards, while some members raised concerns about impacts on LGBTQ youth and other isolated young people who rely on online spaces. Supporters said the bill targets addictive design rather than speech and is intended to preserve safe online connection while limiting harmful features. The measure drew extensive bipartisan support and was still under debate at the end of the transcript.

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• Currently, public entities do not have to comply with Cal-WARN unless they're like a quasi-government
• Motion is do pass and re-refer to Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection. Ortega? Aye. O'—A.
• Motion is due pass and re-referred to Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection. Ortega? Aye.
• Motion is do pass and re-refer to Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection. Chen? Not voting.
• Motion is do pass and re-refer to Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection. Chen?

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• consumer spending. consumer spending.
• And consumer sentiment and business sentiment, especially consumer sentiment for 2025 as we approach
• And consumer sentiment and business sentiment, especially consumer sentiment for 2025 as we approach
• And consumer sentiment and business sentiment, especially consumer sentiment for 2025 as we approach
• The wealthy's consumers are hurting. The wealthy's consumers are doing<01:23:13.120> fine.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• It’s carefully crafted with robust consumer protections, and as the author stated, those protections
• Savings to the consumer.
• That, I'm afraid, is not only very poor consumer affairs treatment.
• That, I'm afraid, is not only very poor consumer affairs treatment.
• We want to thank Senator McGuire for his authorship of this consumer protection bill.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• It also requires manufacturers of motorized bicycles to affix a label that contains the top assisted
• ordering or allowing railroad crossing bells to be silenced at any crossing equipped with an active warning
• ordering or allowing railroad crossing bells to be silenced at any crossing equipped with an active warning
• ordering or allowing railroad crossing bells to be silenced at any crossing equipped with an active warning

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Probably warned, just because we’re in the premise. We’ll use a generic as an example.
• Probably warned, just because we’re in the premise. We’ll use a generic as an example.
• Probably warned, just because we’re in the premise. We’ll use a generic as an example.
• I believe this has serious implications for consumer protection in New Hampshire.
• <02:15:00.000> protection implications for for consumer protection implications for for consumer

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It makes consumer protection code.
• <00:03:49.599> law and well-being of the consumer law and well-being of the consumer law enforcement
• Kucky's licensed consumer disasters.
• <00:35:59.599> protection was taken from model consumer protection was taken from model consumer
• Um it lists the top six six warning.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00 Call to Order and Roll Call 00:29 Discussion SB 153 01:25 Vote SB 153 10:35 Discussion SB 118 11:36 Vote SB 118 12:48 Discussion HB 380 13:40 Vote HB 380 40:12, 958, all

Summary: The House Standing Committee on Banking and Insurance met with a quorum and took up three bills. Senate Bill 153, sponsored by Sen. Greg Elkins, aimed to combat insurance fraud tied to post-disaster contractor scams. Testimony from the Attorney General’s Office and committee members described problems involving roofing, siding, and debris-removal scams, including vandalism used to create claims and companies that disappear before victims can recover losses. The bill would expand enforcement tools by making certain vandalism-related conduct criminal, giving the Attorney General concurrent jurisdiction with local prosecutors, creating a post-disaster contractor registry, and banning door-to-door solicitation during declared emergencies. The committee approved the bill by roll call and sent it forward with a favorable recommendation. Senate Bill 118, sponsored by Sen. Brandon Storm, addressed credit property insurance offered by consumer loan companies. The sponsor and a representative of the Kentucky Consumer Finance Association explained that the product has been offered for years and that the bill would provide statutory authority for its continued use. The committee raised no substantive objections, and the bill passed on a roll call vote with a favorable recommendation. House Bill 380, sponsored by Rep. Tom Smith, focused on regulating cryptocurrency kiosks in convenience stores to curb fraud against seniors. The committee heard emotional testimony from a sheriff and a fraud victim describing scams that led victims to deposit cash into crypto kiosks, often under pressure from callers posing as authorities or relatives. AARP Kentucky supported the bill, citing widespread losses to older adults and the need for guardrails. A committee substitute was adopted that would cap daily transactions at $2,000, require fee disclosure and customer consent, impose licensing and compliance requirements, mandate identification for transactions, and add criminal penalties and Attorney General enforcement. Members discussed the bill’s scope, including that it would not address gift card scams, and noted the delayed effective date was requested so regulators could write rules. The committee adopted the substitute and then passed the bill favorably on roll call.

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• the consumer.
• warned against this?
• That's the warning we have heard from the independent nonprofit NYISO.
• In this case, there are mattresses that are now sold through direct-to-consumer mail.
• In this case, there are mattresses that are now sold through direct-to-consumer mail.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several guest introductions, including students from Brooklyn and St. John’s University, followed by adoption of the resolution calendar with exceptions for two items. The chamber then took up a series of previously adopted resolutions recognizing Black Maternal Health Week, Workplace Violence Prevention Month, the one-year anniversary of the Jet Set nightclub tragedy in the Dominican Republic, New York Constitution Day, and the Month of the Military Child. Senators speaking on the maternal health resolution emphasized racial disparities in maternal mortality and the need for culturally competent care; the workplace violence resolution highlighted hospital safety programs; the Jet Set resolution was adopted in memory of the victims; and the Constitution Day speech reviewed New York’s delayed but eventual support for independence in 1776. The military child resolution stressed the sacrifices of military families and support for children of service members. All of these resolutions were adopted, and the resolutions were opened to co-sponsorship. The Senate then moved through the third reading calendar, passing several bills and laying others aside. Measures passed included bills on public health, environmental conservation, executive law, public authorities, and consumer protection. One notable debate involved a bill to require transparency from private arbitration organizations handling consumer cases; supporters argued it would provide basic public data and guard against conflicts of interest, while opponents said it would burden a useful dispute-resolution process and intrude on privacy. The bill passed after debate. Another debated bill would phase out number 4 heating oil statewide; supporters said cleaner alternatives exist and the fuel is harmful to public health, while opponents raised cost and transition concerns, especially for colder regions. That bill also passed. The chamber also considered a bill to create a rebate program for battery-powered landscaping equipment, funded through utility-related mechanisms administered by NYSERDA. Supporters said it would reduce air and noise pollution and help companies transition, while opponents argued ratepayers should not subsidize landscaping equipment. The bill passed after being restored to the non-controversial calendar. Finally, the Senate began discussion of a housing-related bill aimed at preserving manufactured home parks by enabling nonprofits or municipalities to acquire development rights and keep the land dedicated to that use, with the sponsor explaining that the goal is to protect affordable housing and help residents remain in their homes.

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• This bill, as written, does not exempt this from the warning procedure.
• The department can proceed with penalty without a warning or period to correct.
• The department can proceed with penalty without a warning or period to correct.
• proceed with penalty without a warning proceed with penalty without a warning or<00:39:48.400>
• Higher wages increase consumer spending in our local businesses, produce a reduced reliance on public

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• And so not only is this complicated and time-consuming for the CPA, but it's also time-consuming in the
• Whereas if you're running a business in New Mexico, you pass that gross receipts tax onto the consumer
• If you... you're running a business in New Mexico, you pass that gross receipts tax on to the consumer
• But it wasn't until 1976 that Business Week labeled this effort to...
• But it wasn't until 1976 that Business Week labeled this effort to...

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from its fourth meeting, held October 27-28 in Santa Fe, with Representative Duncan moving approval and no opposition. The chair then introduced a panel on the cost of providing medical care in New Mexico, focusing on physician shortages, rising practice costs, and access problems, especially in southern New Mexico and Las Cruces. Panelists included family physicians, a pediatrician, a cardiologist/electrophysiologist, and a community health center medical director, who described their backgrounds and practices before turning to the policy discussion. The doctors argued that New Mexico is losing physicians because of three main pressures: medical malpractice exposure, gross receipts tax on medical services, and low Medicaid reimbursement. They said malpractice premiums are much higher than in neighboring states, punitive damages and venue shopping increase risk, and the patient compensation fund and attorney fee structure create additional costs. They also described administrative burdens from insurance billing and referrals, the high debt and long training period for physicians, and the effect of corporate medicine and private equity on practice decisions. One panelist emphasized the economic impact of each physician on jobs and local spending, while another noted that shortages force patients into emergency rooms and delay specialty care. The panel presented a list of proposed solutions: reform punitive damages, limit venue shopping and stacking, restore lifetime medical payments from the patient compensation fund, enact apology protections, cap attorney fees, continue Medicaid funding improvements, and eliminate gross receipts tax on medical and dental services. Committee members generally agreed the presentation was thorough and useful, but several noted that some proposals fall outside this committee’s jurisdiction and would likely need to move through other committees, especially judiciary and tax. Some members supported drafting legislation or working on separate bills, while others urged caution, requested more input from hospitals and economists, and raised concerns about local government revenue impacts from GRT changes. The chair concluded by encouraging members to continue discussions offline and noted that the tax-related issue would be taken up further in the next day’s work.

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• First, the memorial states that the act requires manufacturers to label products containing intentionally
• And the second, maybe larger bill, the PFAS Protection Act, looked at a range of consumer products.
• We don't know what products, consumer products, are leading to put number one, number two, number three
• We just know consumer products are, in fact, doing that.
• We just know consumer products are, in fact, doing that. Mr.

Keywords: 996, all