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• What if the independent providers in New Mexico have an LLC and they're not set up as a C-corp?

Keywords: 996, all

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• I'm going to show Kevin Maxwell registered on behalf of Fingerprint Farms LLC and on behalf of himself

Bills: HB1341, HB1674, HB4028, SB2321

Keywords: hydrogen sulfide, public health, environmental regulation, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, ground level concentrations, emissions limit, emissions limits, ground-level concentrations, air quality, PFAS, agriculture, environmental protection, health risks, criminal offense, chemical regulation, preproduction plastic, water quality, pollution control, industrial waste, emissions

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• They're actually employees of a subsidiary corporation called HSCGP LLC, which is in turn contracted

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• First, from the Republic of the Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs, we are joined by Miss Marbel
• I like to see that we tax higher outside investors or foreign investors, but making it higher taxes on
• that we tax hire outside<00:55:47.400> investors<00:55:48.400> or<00:55:48.720> foreign
• <00:55:49.119> investors outside investors or foreign investors outside investors or foreign

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• While this or foreign policy interests.
• <05:12:30.718> While<05:12:31.040> we or foreign policy interest.
• While we or foreign policy interest.
• AGOA is essential to protecting U.S. foreign policy interests in Africa.
• essential to protecting also US foreign essential to protecting also US foreign policy<05:34:09.360

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, January 12, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Our president bombed boats and then the capital of a foreign country for oil.
• Remember, America and our NATO allies fought fascism together in World War II. foreign country for oil
• And now he says foreign country for oil.
• referred to the committees on foreign referred to the committees on foreign affairs,<05:40:43.120
• nation vulnerable to hostile foreign nation vulnerable to hostile foreign actors,<05:42:29.440><

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Refugees, before getting a master's in public administration from Harvard and joining the Senate Foreign
• Relations Committee staff specializing in funding foreign aid.
• in 1963 and attended what was then Christopher Newport College in Newport News, becoming its first foreign
• exchange student and helping the young institution during [00:55:00.000] ...becoming its first foreign
• Foreign concept. I was working at McDonald's.

Keywords: March 12, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all

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• So that is bringing those foreign and those out-of-state opportunities.
• That campus is now engaged in bringing millions of foreign direct investment into the state of Utah.
• They have been one of our outreach partners to understand what limitations may be in place on foreign
• Right now with foreign direct investment.
• The Utah Center for Global Talent, so working with foreign-born or working with New Americans.

Keywords: 985, all

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• school graduate foreign medical school graduate licensing<00:11:08.320> requirements.
• The foreign medical school graduate licensing requirements bill.
• The foreign medical school 1913.
• And I want to commend the representative for doing the foreign medical school graduation piece.
• representative for doing the foreign representative for doing the foreign medical<01:26:15.600><

Bills: HF2435

Keywords: healthcare, dementia services, public health funding, opioid prevention, women's health, community health boards, mental health, 1183, house

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• As I continue to litigate, what I am finding out is these quotes... ...mom-and-pops are often foreign
• For instance, a gentleman from a foreign country living in his basement in Chicago, who is hiring sight
• The foreign truck driver was intoxicated, backing up on 635 and I-30 in Mesquite, Texas.
• My mental anguish is amplified by the actions of this foreign company and driver, who was intoxicated
• Birdwell, I wish you would change this bill and protect your voters and stop protecting these foreign

Bills: SB39, SB2129, SB2141, SB2246, SB2323, SB2439, SB2722, SB 39

Keywords: commercial motor vehicle, truck liability, motor carrier, trucking, civil liability, respondeat superior, negligent entrustment, negligent maintenance, negligent loading, negligent repair, bifurcated trial, exemplary damages, punitive damages, personal injury, collision, employer liability, vicarious liability, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Texas tort reform, commercial truck accident

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• Texans declared decisively that no foreign legal framework shall influence, operate alongside, or subplant
• ...measures such as House Bill 495, which prohibits public institutions from accepting funds from foreign
• This eternal hostility must extend to any religious or foreign legal code, ...any religious or foreign
• Res. 108 in the House if called up by the chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or his designate,
• We have labeled them, we have designated them a foreign terrorist organization.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, June 29, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• stating that only U.S. citizens be eligible to register and vote in Arizona elections, prohibiting foreign
• Stating that only U.S. citizens be eligible to register and vote in Arizona elections, prohibiting foreign
• It provides things like a ban on foreign funding of elections because far too much out-of-state dark

Keywords: 1182, all

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• stating that only U.S. citizens be eligible to register and vote in Arizona elections, prohibiting foreign
• stating that only U.S. citizens be eligible to register and vote in Arizona elections, prohibiting foreign
• It provides things like a ban on foreign funding of elections because far too much out-of-state dark

Summary: The committee heard concurrence and Senate-amendment explanations on a series of House measures. HCR 2001 would place a constitutional question before voters on election-related changes, including limiting voting to U.S. citizens, banning foreign national election contributions, requiring government-issued ID, and allowing ballot tabulation at the voting location; supporters described it as an election-security and faster-counting measure, while members noted possible county costs and the need for future appropriations if approved. HB 2305 on private towing was described as a statewide response to predatory towing, with Senate changes delaying local rate updates and creating a study/reporting framework for towing enforcement. HB 2321 would require DCS to place security freezes on children’s credit records, but the Senate removed the appropriation. HB 2397 revised HOA/condominium sale-notice procedures, and HB 2398 required insurance coverage for peer-to-peer or charter watercraft rentals while clarifying that ordinary boat ownership would not be mandated to carry insurance. The committee also reviewed HB 2406, which the Senate struck and replaced with confidentiality protections for records involving deceased minors and minor victims of child abuse; HB 2408, which revised nursing board complaint and expungement procedures, added complainant confidentiality protections, and required public posting of policy statements; and HB 2755, which was substantially rewritten to facilitate the sale of underperforming state trust lands by allowing certain lessees to apply to purchase parcels through an appraisal-and-auction process. Members discussed a specific Dairy Queen/state land parcel example as the practical impetus for HB 2755. HB 2957 would bar governments from requiring digital/mobile driver licenses for services and limit ADOT’s retention and use of identity documents and biometric data, with the sponsor emphasizing privacy and federal-law carveouts. Finally, HB 4005 would require AI instruction in schools, with the Senate expanding it from district-level instruction to grade-specific student requirements and directing ADE on curriculum development. Supporters framed AI literacy as essential for students’ future competitiveness and ethical use, while opponents objected to the mandate and questioned its fit for charter schools and core academics. The meeting ended after the committee moved through the bills and adjourned.

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• collection agencies and to certain instruments calling for payment of a monetary obligation by a foreign
• This idea that we're trying to go after a few bad actors, that the claim is that they're lending to foreign
• So what in this bill is going to prevent, is actually going to actually ensure that these foreign debtors

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The New York State Senate Finance Committee met with Senator John Liu presiding for Chair Liz Krueger, joined by members of the majority and minority. The committee considered a broad agenda of bills covering agriculture, public health, technology, taxation, corrections, education, housing, transportation, and civil rights. Among the measures discussed were a youth agriculture entrepreneurship summer employment program, a Bronx asthma study commission, a statewide multi-factor authentication requirement for governmental entities, a tax on noise emissions from certain helicopter and seaplane flights, a requirement that state events serving alcohol include New York-produced alcohol, a veterans and service members alternative resolution program, packaging reduction and recycling infrastructure legislation, limits on certain debt-collection practices involving foreign sovereign debt, commissary rules in correctional institutions, school energy performance contract recovery periods, a senior rent cap tied to income, a dental health demonstration project, farm succession planning, Operation SNUG gun violence prevention grants, expanded breast cancer screening coverage, direct Medicaid billing for creative arts therapists, a vacant storefront registry, academic credit for volunteer firefighters and EMTs, a plan to expand wheelchair-accessible vehicles outside New York City, STAR exemption notification, restrictions on certain tropical hardwoods in state contracts, a PSC guidebook on gas and electric rate making, gender-affirming care coverage and anti-discrimination provisions, and state leave for Civil Air Patrol members on airport-assigned missions. Most of the meeting focused on the packaging reduction and recycling infrastructure bill, which drew extended debate. Supporters said the bill had been revised after months of discussion with industry, included waivers for food safety and federal-law conflicts, and could save local governments money through producer responsibility funding. Opponents argued it would raise costs, harm food packaging flexibility, threaten food safety, and hurt manufacturers and small businesses, citing examples from dairy, meat, and coffee businesses. The sponsor’s representative said the bill had been updated and that some small businesses would be exempt, while acknowledging not all concerns were resolved. The committee also discussed the fiscal impact, with testimony that upfront state costs would be reimbursed and localities could see savings. Several other bills prompted brief policy discussion, including the helicopter/seaplane noise tax, where staff explained it would be assessed per ticket or up to $200 per flight and exempt quieter aircraft meeting DOT standards, and the sovereign debt/claims bill, where a senator warned it could drive financial activity out of New York. The committee also heard concerns about the packaging bill’s effect on New York food manufacturers and the availability of waivers. After discussion, the committee voted to report the bills; the transcript indicates the measures passed, generally with some members recorded as without recommendation or opposed, and all listed bills were moved to the floor before the meeting adjourned.

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• work at local construction projects from being forced to litigate any issue arising on the job in foreign
• proper back charges by the general contractor, it protects them from being forced to litigate in a foreign
• Senate Bill 1975 prevents contractors from unfairly forcing Texas contractors to go and litigate in foreign

Bills: SB302, SB1335, SB1734, SB1760, SB1975, SB2127

Keywords: probate court, statutory judge, reimbursement, court costs, court proceedings, judicial assignments, judge assignment, cost reimbursement, judicial expenses, estate management, statutory requirement, court expenses, estates, inheritance, representative duties, court authority, personal representative, real property, deed fraud, title fraud

Summary: The committee heard several probate, family law, judicial, property, and contract-related bills. Senate Bill 1335, relating to decedents’ estates, would remove outdated references to a clerk’s certificate, allow courts to remove personal representatives on their own motion with notice by qualified delivery method, and add independent administrators to provisions that referenced only independent executors; an estate-planning attorney testified in support, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1760, concerning guardianship transfer fees and procedures, was described as setting a $45 filing fee for transferred guardianship cases and clarifying completion and dismissal procedures; it received no testimony and was left pending. Senate Bill 2127 would shorten the eligibility period for retired judges to serve as visiting judges from eight years to six, restrict practice in their assigned region for two years, and require conflict-related certification; it also was left pending without testimony. Senate Bill 302 would shift the cost of a traveling probate judge to the requesting estate or parties rather than the county; one witness registered in favor, no one testified, and the bill was left pending. The committee then considered a committee substitute for Senate Bill 252, which would clarify the parental presumption in conservatorship cases, require non-parents seeking relief against a parent to file an affidavit showing significant impairment to the child if relief is denied, require courts to state specific findings when overcoming the presumption, confirm the clear-and-convincing standard, and clarify that agreed prior orders do not defeat the presumption. The substitute was explained as consensus language from a work group, public testimony was reopened, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1734, on deed fraud, would create a streamlined ex parte process for property owners to have fraudulent deeds declared void, modeled on the fraudulent lien statute; county clerk and title association representatives testified that it would provide a low-cost self-help remedy for a growing problem, and the bill was left pending subject to the chair. Senate Bill 1975 would prevent Texas contractors from being forced to litigate disputes in foreign jurisdictions and require disputes to be handled in the county where the project is located; it was presented as a repeat of a previously vetoed bill and was left pending. Finally, the committee took up a substitute for Senate Bill 1940, concerning transfer-on-death style beneficiary designations for manufactured homes. The substitute would allow one or more beneficiaries instead of only one, transfer the interest to surviving designated beneficiaries who survive by 120 hours, extend the application period for transfer to 365 days, void the designation if not timely filed, and require mailing by certified or registered mail with return receipt requested. The substitute was adopted without objection. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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• to fall into the hands of foreign to fall into the hands of foreign adversaries. adversaries. adversaries
• program, foreign due diligence program, protecting<03:11:07.720> small<03:11:08.080> firms
• The House Foreign Affairs Committee passed this bill out of committee almost a year ago.
• sanction authorities to target foreign sanction authorities to target foreign companies<03:45:01.960
• This includes foreign banks, financial institutions, insurance companies, flagging registries, and more

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, March 16, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• There's another provision relating to the tax year that certain foreign corporations have to use.
• Federal law used to allow certain foreign corporations to use a tax year that was a year earlier than
• <00:32:02.320> earnings<00:32:03.760> uh<00:32:04.080> abroad certain foreign
• the tax year that certain foreign the tax year that certain foreign corporations<00:32:22.080>
• used to allow certain foreign used to allow certain foreign corporations<00:32:27.279> to

Bills: HR1, HF387

Keywords: January 6 insurrection, pardon, law enforcement, violent crimes, public safety, justice system, political accountability, Blaine, local sales tax, special tax, restaurant tax, lodging tax, admissions tax, amusement tax, hotel tax, redevelopment, capital improvements, municipal finance, bonding authority, tourism tax

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• The bill contained provisions that amended Minnesota Statutes 211B.15 to bar so-called foreign-influenced
• You cannot, a foreign national cannot give directly to a campaign.
• influence corporations to be foreign influence corporations to be able<00:07:54.879> to<00:07
• Suffice it to say that if the description of the bill is being about actual foreign corporations, it
• influence in our um in our laws foreign influence in our um in our laws the<00:10:29.480> bill

Keywords: 1183, house

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• This bill is designed to prohibit the purchase by our foreign adversaries of land around a military installation
• We have prohibited the purchase by our foreign adversaries around farmland and places like that.
• I probably could find it, and you'd be able, what is the source in which you cite to identify the foreign
• The definition of what a foreign adversary is, that is part of 15 CFR 791-4. It's U.S.

Keywords: 974, senate, all

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• Legislative proclamation honoring the 100th anniversary of Sandy Corps Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
• 1433, whereas Sandy Corps Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1433 was established in 1926 in Glendale, Arizona
• continuous service to veterans, their families, and the broader community, and whereas the Veterans of Foreign
• behalf of the people of the State of Arizona, hereby recognize and commend Sandy Corps Veterans of Foreign

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Arizona Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the 4-H pledge led by Yuma County 4-H Ambassadors, followed by guest introductions and several recognitions. The chamber observed World Hearing Day with a proclamation honoring hearing health awareness and access to care, and also recognized the 100th anniversary of Sandy Corps VFW Post 1433 in Glendale. The Doctor of the Day was introduced, and additional guests included mobile food vendors who were present in connection with a discussion about food truck licensing remaining a city matter. The Senate then took up a series of third-reading bills, most of them transportation appropriations. SB 1062, 1063, 1064, 1154, 1204, 1207, 1245, 1250, 1455, and 1457 all passed, with members debating whether transportation funding should come from the general fund or the HURF fund, and several senators speaking in support of specific road projects in their districts or for tribal communities. SB 1461 also passed with broad support; it would fund an AHCCCS allied health care workforce pipeline, and supporters described it as a practical response to health care worker shortages. SB 1798 passed with bipartisan support to increase FAFSA awareness and support for students and families. The Senate also passed SB 1065, creating funding for hyperbaric oxygen therapy for military veterans, despite concerns from opponents about unproven claims for other conditions. SB 1088, 1156, and 1157 passed after extended debate over immigration enforcement, border security, and whether the appropriations were requested or necessary; supporters framed them as reimbursements or security measures, while opponents argued they targeted immigrant communities and duplicated federal responsibilities. SB 1019, which would have amended bottled water system law related to fluoridation, failed on a 14-11 vote after a lengthy debate over public health, informed consent, and fluoride safety. The Senate also announced committee meetings for the following Monday, withdrew HB 2110 from one committee and referred it to another, and then adjourned until Monday, March 23, 2026.