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• As a certified residential appraiser, I'm also...
• As a certified residential appraiser, I'm also asking that a full evaluation by a panel of certified
• original bill did, ...what Representative Ryder's original bill did, which is we were going to take a pool

Keywords: 965, house, all

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• It's going to go into a big data pool.
• that failed, understanding that the science today certainly doesn't support that natural gas-fired residential
• stoves and hot water heaters are going to end the planet... ...gas-fired residential stoves and hot

Summary: The committee held its first hearing and took up several privacy, AI, and consumer protection bills. SB 1106 (Cabaldon) would shorten the Delete Act data broker deletion response deadline from 45 days to 30 days; it received support from the California Initiative for Technology and Democracy, one senator said they would lay off pending implementation of the original law, and the bill passed on a due-pass motion to Appropriations with a 5-0 vote on call. SB 923 (Becker) would expand the CCPA deletion right to all personal information held by businesses and require online-only businesses to offer a web form or similar method for privacy requests; supporters included the California Privacy Protection Agency and privacy groups, while business groups raised concerns about scope, compliance, and the email/web-form requirement. The committee advanced it 6-0 to Appropriations, on call, with members noting continued work on amendments. SB 1142 (Becker) would regulate digital replicas and deepfakes, including takedown and notice provisions for large online platforms and protections against misuse of a person’s likeness, voice, or identity. Supporters emphasized harms from non-consensual synthetic media and fraud; opponents, including the Motion Picture Association and tech industry groups, raised First Amendment, due process, Section 230, and overbreadth concerns, especially around deceased persons and the 48-hour takedown process. Members said they would support the bill while working on constitutional issues, and it passed 6-0 to Judiciary, on call. The committee also adopted its rules without objection. The committee then heard several member bills. SB 867 (Padilla) would impose a four-year moratorium on AI chatbot-powered toys for children; supporters cited research showing sexual content, dangerous advice, and privacy risks, while opponents asked for narrower definitions and retailer liability protections. It passed 7-0 to Appropriations, on call. SB 1247 (Padilla) would give child influencers a right to request deletion or modification of images and likenesses used in monetized social media content; there was little testimony beyond a civil justice group’s opposition to a new private right of action, and it passed 7-0 to Judiciary, on call. SB 1114 (Cabaldon) would restrict sharing of state-collected LGBTQ-related data absent an enforceable order; Equality California and other advocates supported it as a safeguard against misuse of sensitive data, and it passed 6-0 to Appropriations, on call. SB 1159 (Cabaldon) would limit local governments’ obligation to treat AI bots and agents as persons in public participation and records processes; supporters said AI-generated comment floods and requests can drown out human participation, while opponents argued the bill should focus on fraud and warned about overreach. It passed 9-0 to Appropriations. Finally, SB 1050 (Ashby) would require disclosures when advertisements use AI-generated synthetic performers; supporters framed it as a truth-in-advertising and worker-protection measure, while opponents urged narrower, materiality-based standards and exemptions for broadcasters. Members generally supported the goal but raised concerns about breadth and alignment with existing law, and the bill was moved forward on a due-pass motion to Judiciary.

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• through the middle of the 20th century and into the later 20th century even, you're trying to provide residential
• We don't have residential and small business places that literally cannot get power.
• this piece, and I'm going to own the piece next to you, but you can't ever put up a purple swimming pool

Summary: The committee heard House Bill 3114, which would require operating railroads in Missouri to provide digital copies of valuation and station maps to the state land surveyor for inclusion in a public repository. The sponsor said the bill is intended to help surveyors locate abandoned railroad rights-of-way and determine center lines for adjoining landowners’ reversionary rights. Committee members asked about whether the bill would apply to active versus abandoned lines, whether records still exist for older railroads, and whether a deadline should be added for compliance. Railroad testimony raised concerns about the breadth of the request, potential security and proprietary issues, and the burden of compiling historical records, while indicating a willingness to continue discussions and possibly work with surveyors on a more targeted process. The committee then heard House Bill 2298, which would remove the current exemption for electric cooperatives from the requirement that condemning entities pay 150% of appraised value in eminent domain cases. The sponsor argued that co-ops should be treated the same as regulated utilities because landowners face the same burden when transmission lines cross their property, and he cited examples where co-op offers were far below what he believed comparable utility projects would pay. Landowners and a lawyer testifying in favor described alleged unfair treatment, uneven compensation, and the impact of transmission lines on farm operations and property value, while emphasizing that the bill would simply put co-ops on the same footing as other utilities. Opposition testimony from Associated Industries of Missouri and the Missouri Electric Cooperatives argued that the bill would interfere with the cooperative model, which is member-owned and governed by elected boards, and would reduce flexibility in negotiating easements. The co-op representative said the organizations are not partnered with Grain Belt Express, that any interconnection compensation is separate from the project itself, and that most easement acquisitions are settled by negotiation rather than condemnation. Committee members questioned whether co-ops already pay comparable amounts in practice, whether the bill would affect transmission projects tied to Grain Belt Express, and how co-op governance and member oversight should factor into eminent domain policy.

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• through the middle of the 20th century and into the later 20th century even, you're trying to provide residential
• We don't have residential and small business places that literally cannot get power.
• this piece, and I'm going to own the piece next to you, but you can't ever put up a purple swimming pool

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• was breaking out at about 30,000 barrels a day, which is equivalent to two Olympic-sized swimming pools
• Every year for customers, the GRIP filings—for example, just for Atmos alone on the residential side—over
• That is a marked increase for your residential customers, for your citizens.

Bills: HB2766, HB2891, HB3334, HB3791, HB3911, HB4021, HB4041, HB4042, HB4384, HB4426

Keywords: inactive wells, oil and gas regulation, environmental protection, Railroad Commission of Texas, well plugging, Railroad Commission, penalties, violations, pipeline safety, civil penalties, criminal penalties, wildfire prevention, oil and gas, safety inspections, administrative penalties, excavation, notification, utilities, underground facilities, regulatory compliance

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• by testifiers on Monday, as well as conventional 40-plus-acre farms, which are sometimes zoned residential
• :37.040><c> zoned</c> acre farms which are sometimes zoned acre farms which are sometimes zoned residential
• 38.319><c> home</c><00:02:38.560><c> but</c><00:02:38.720><c> the</c><00:02:38.879><c> town</c> residential
• to allow a home but the town residential to allow a home but the town also<00:02:39.440><c> allows</
• It is not $3 million to 30 or 40 people; it is to the whole pool of dairy farms in the state, under the

Bills: HF3474, HF3475, HF3508

Keywords: agriculture, funding, research, agricultural institute, state appropriations, education, leadership council, compensation, research institute, dairy assistance, investment, relief initiative, farm support, 1183, house

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• Risk pools for insurance, I mean, are there other other other functions?
• governmental entities. communities formed through an interlocal contract where members are able to pool
• So there are 28,000 vendors in our system, so we think there is a very large pool to choose from, and
• The best of my knowledge, the risk management fund is a pooled.
• I'm going to butcher this because I don't work in it every day, but it's a pooling that our members of

Bills: HB10, HB 12, HB675, HB10, HB12

Keywords: regulatory reform, government efficiency, administrative law, rulemaking, agency deference, judicial review, de novo review, Texas Government Code, Administrative Procedure Act, state agencies, plain language, regulatory burden, regulatory reduction, cost-benefit analysis, fiscal note, public benefits and costs, contested case, rule challenge, Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office, advisory panel

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• Robert Bishop: No, we do not have legislation on residential fuel tanks, or abandoned residential fuel
• </c> come from an underground uh residential come from an underground uh residential tank,<04:25:13.840
• Um, so regulate those residential tanks.
• </c> a residential property. Is that correct? a residential property. Is that correct?
• Um in um on our residential forward.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Environmental Policy Subcommittee took up HB 1621, which would require a baseline environmental impact study before development of certain manufacturing and storage facilities. Members said the concept had merit, but they could not resolve major drafting and implementation issues, including how to define covered facilities, what the study would require, and how enforcement would work at the municipal or county level. Several members expressed concern about unintended consequences and said the proposal was not ready; the subcommittee voted unanimously to recommend inexpedient to legislate (ITL), and the full committee later adopted that recommendation on a 16-0 roll call vote, placing the bill on consent. The committee then discussed HB 1053, involving electronically submitted pesticide use reports. Representative Comtois presented an amendment creating a department database and protecting confidential information, but said she still needed to check whether it was germane and to review administrative issues with the Department of Agriculture. After hearing from David Russo of the Division of Pesticide Control, the committee agreed to continue work on the amendment and took no action that day. The committee also reviewed HB 1186 on egg labeling and producer exemptions. Representative Comtois offered an amendment exempting small producers from most requirements except labeling, but Commissioner Sean Jasper asked for more time to review the impact and suggested the state might not need the existing egg law at all if federal USDA rules already cover the field. Members agreed to hold action until the following week. Finally, the committee began discussion of HB 1780 on penalties for violations involving seeds, plants, and nursery stock, focusing on labeling rules and germination-date requirements; testimony from industry and department representatives indicated they were working toward a compromise that would allow multiple relabelings, add production dates, and set a 36-month sale limit, but no final action was taken in the portion provided.

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• And they talked about the one accident they've had, where the reactor lives in a big pool, like the one
• And one of the technicians fell in the pool as she was walking around it.
• that we're used to seeing over our past hundred years, whether that's industry, commercial needs, residential

Keywords: 985, all

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• It was funded at $60.5 million, and that was the largest investment in that pool the program has ever
• It was funded at $60.5 million, and that was the largest investment in that pool the program has ever
• It was funded at $60.5 million, and that was the largest investment in that pool the program has ever
• of funds can infrastructure this pool of funds can help<00:26:32.120><c> create</c><00:26:32.600><c>
• for this pool of resources covering<00:26:53.080><c> up</c><00:26:53.279><c> to</c><00:26:53.480><c>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Lastly, the bill extends the date ADUs must be allowed on all residential lots or parcels in a municipality
• Okay, suppose you have a pool, right?
• We've already worked to stop ADU abuses like an enormous two-story pool house.
• We've already worked to stop ADU abuses like an enormous two-story pool house, a gigantic two-story climbing

Summary: The committee first took up a discussion-only strike-everything amendment to HB 2211, which would make it unprofessional conduct for certain health care providers to submit offers in independent dispute resolution above 300% of Medicare or the qualified payment amount. The chair said he was not ready to move the bill because more stakeholder meetings were needed. Testimony split between insurers, who said a small number of providers were abusing the No Surprises Act and driving up costs, and provider representatives, who argued the proposal would improperly cap rates, relied on opaque insurer-set QPAs, and could threaten licensure in a billing dispute. No vote was taken on HB 2211. The committee then considered HB 4028 on accessory dwelling units. The bill would remove the 1,000-square-foot cap, change setback rules, bar municipalities from requiring an administrative use permit and certain elevation criteria, and extend the deadline for cities to adopt ADU regulations. The sponsor argued it would give homeowners more flexibility and help address housing affordability, while cities, neighborhood groups, and residents warned it would allow oversized ADUs, reduce local control, create density and safety concerns, and invite investor-driven development. After extensive debate, the committee voted 8-9 with one present, and HB 4028 failed. Next, the committee heard HB 2620, as amended, which appropriates $300,000 annually for five years from the General Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Services for grants to emergency shelters. An amendment removed age and non-congregate-setting conditions for eligibility. The sponsor and a shelter provider said the funding would help shelters better serve homeless veterans and connect them to services. The committee adopted the amendment and then passed HB 2620 on a 17-0 vote with one member not voting. The committee then considered HB 2960, as amended, which creates a veterans specialty court grant program and a dedicated fund to support local veterans treatment courts. An amendment shifted administration of the fund to the Office of the Courts and allowed support for expansion of existing programs. The sponsor, a Lake Havasu judge, and a veteran graduate testified that veterans courts reduce recidivism and save lives by linking veterans to treatment and support. The bill was still being taken up when the transcript ended, with testimony continuing from supporters including a veterans shelter founder.

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• Chair and Mayor, it's talking just about concerns about the minimum pool at Ute Lake and the amount of
• Can you maintain the minimum pool with the current obligation of the 16,500 acre feet?
• Chair and Representative Dow, the conversation about the minimum pool is something that has been discussed
• So think of wholesale delivery to the member communities versus residential taps, for example.

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• But by using the same UC short-term investment pool, ACA 3 won't have any impact on student tuition,
• Okay, it looks in here about the diverse pool of candidates to serve the diverse workforce.
• Okay, it looks in here about the diverse pool of candidates to serve the diverse workforce.
• Hi, Medina Donish, UC Berkeley’s ACC senator, and also UC Berkeley residential assistant, in support.

Summary: The Assembly Higher Education Committee heard a series of bills focused on expanding access to higher education, addressing workforce shortages, student housing, and labor standards on campus projects. AB 662 would create a South County Higher Education Task Force to explore a mixed-use, intersegmental institution in Chula Vista; supporters said South San Diego County is a “college desert,” while the bill passed on a due pass as amended motion to Appropriations. AB 885 would establish a College Access for All Fund to help make CSU and UC attendance more affordable; supporters cited student debt and affordability concerns, and it also passed to Appropriations. AB 730 would provide $15 million to help establish a medical school in the Central Valley to address physician shortages, and it advanced on a due pass motion. AB 1400 would let up to 15 community college districts pilot bachelor’s degrees in nursing; supporters argued it would expand affordable BSN access and keep students local, while CSU, UC, and other higher education groups opposed it as unnecessary and inconsistent with the master plan. The bill passed to Appropriations, with members raising questions about clinical placements, faculty shortages, and possible effects on associate-degree programs. The committee also considered AB 1235, which would require CSU design-build projects to use a skilled and trained workforce, aligning CSU with other public higher education construction standards. Supporters said it would improve safety, training, and local job opportunities, and the bill passed to Appropriations. AB 1247 would restrict contracting out of classified school and community college jobs unless workers meet training and qualification standards and would address pension and training concerns; supporters said it would protect students and classified employees, while school and college groups warned it would disrupt services and add unfunded mandates. The bill passed to Appropriations with one no vote. AB 1470, presented on behalf of Assemblymember Haney, would allow a portion of student housing revolving loan funds to be used for affordable student, faculty, and staff housing in downtown and commercial districts; it was discussed as a housing and downtown revitalization measure, but the committee held off on a motion pending more members. ACA 3, also on behalf of Haney, would require UC to offer limited down payment loans to eligible long-term support staff first-time homebuyers; it drew extensive support from UC workers and unions, while UC and business groups opposed it as costly and outside UC’s mission, and the measure was still under discussion at the end of the transcript.

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• </c> uncompensated care pools. uncompensated care pools.
• In 2023, you made changes to how family residential services work.
• There are small family residential service homes.
• </c> to how family residential services work. to how family residential services work.
• </c> There are,00 small family residential There are,00 small family residential service<02:36:01.439

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We addressed the 3.9% absence and utilization rate in our family residential services and community residential
• We addressed the 3.9% absence and utilization rate in our family residential services and community residential
• </c><02:51:06.319><c> treatment</c> psychiatric residential treatment psychiatric residential treatment
• </c><02:55:20.240><c> treatment</c> psychiatric residential treatment psychiatric residential treatment
• <03:19:39.520><c> treatment</c><03:19:40.000><c> services</c> residential treatment services residential

Keywords: 1183, house

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• these pools, to note them.
• these pools, to note them.
• Added vernal pools are pools that are seasonal and are regular water resources that are not currently
• these pools, to note them.
• these pools, to note them.

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

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• Members, SB 1877 would broaden the pool of electricity market data. Mr.
• Speaker, members, SB 1877 would broaden the pool of electricity market data.
• The percentage that the residential ratepayers are, they get that credit on their bills so that if there's
• HB 4211 by Noble, relating to certain residential property interest controlled by certain entities.
• You're talking about real estate and real estate investment, commercial, residential.

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, offered an invocation and pledges, and received several announcements and recognitions before moving to legislation. Members honored the UTRGV chess team for winning a share of the 2025 President’s Cup, educator Jessica Lopez, the late Jennifer Maddenly, Jeanette Valdez Duran and Mobile Blessings from the Heart, TAMAC’s 50th anniversary, and journalist Bernardine Steptoe’s retirement. The chamber also adopted motions allowing committees to meet, setting a local and consent calendar, and suspending posting rules for a Public Health hearing on SB 2721. The House then considered a long series of Senate and House bills on third reading, with many passing by wide margins. Measures included SB 906 on Ysleta del Sur Pueblo peace officers; SB 1229 designating Veterans Memorial Highway; SB 855 on foster care medical costs; SB 703 on massage therapy licensing and trafficking protections; SB 1025 on tax-increase ballot language; SB 1119 on water park liability; SB 1080 on provisional occupational licenses for people with criminal convictions; SB 929 on lien deadlines; SB 1355 on liquor sales credit disputes; SB 2231 on fee waivers for college applications; SB 1877 on Public Utility Commission data access; SB 1998 on pediatric preceptorships; and several House bills on topics such as bond forfeiture notice, health workforce planning, civil commitment counsel, expunction of contempt records, consumer transactions, nuisance birds, theft venue, military grant applications, AI cancer-detection grants, cybersecurity contract language, military-related tuition, utility recovery mechanisms, psychedelic therapy studies, teacher retirement funding transparency, election procedures, juvenile parole eligibility, and more. Some bills drew notable debate or amendments. HB 200, creating a “second look” parole process for certain juvenile offenders after 20 years, prompted extended discussion about serious offenses and juvenile rehabilitation before passing 102-4. HB 2298 on AI-assisted cancer detection passed 85-62 after the sponsor emphasized “augmented intelligence” and physician oversight. HB 5247 on utility capital recovery saw a failed amendment to require ratepayer credits, then passed. HB 3045, a franchise tax exemption for spaceport operators, initially failed 73-74 but later passed after verification showed a 70-69 result. SB 2420, regulating app stores and mobile software distribution, was postponed for later consideration after substantial debate over age verification responsibilities. Several other measures were postponed, including SB 888, SB 552, SB 17, and SB 2420, while HB 1128 on election judges carrying concealed handguns passed 85-57 after a withdrawn point of order.

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• </c> Homeowners, known as RPACE, residential property assessed clean energy, Florida has recently done
• </c> quickly fourth the rpce or residential quickly fourth the rpce or residential PACE<01:25:45.679>
• We’ve heard in California that there’s a sort of state-provided high-risk market pool for, you know,
• They would be exempt, so it would be like commercial residential, but any conservation land would be
• but any conservation land residential but any conservation land would<03:41:28.960><c> be</c><03:41:

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first discussed scheduling and notice for upcoming executive sessions on a larger slate of bills, including plans to take up eight bills in the morning and possibly the last three bills in the afternoon, with caucus time provided if needed. The chair emphasized advance notice, publication, and flexibility if more bills are added later. The hearing then opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and proceeded to HB 568, a bill allowing local planning boards to request water supply studies for subdivisions to ensure water adequacy as housing density increases. Representative Kat McGee, the prime sponsor, said HB 568 was developed after constituent concerns about private wells being affected by nearby development. She described the bill as narrowly tailored, non-mandatory, and intended to preserve local control while clarifying that planning boards may request studies under local regulations. She noted bipartisan support, an exclusion for community water systems and larger groundwater withdrawals regulated elsewhere, and said the bill would help prevent water shortages and related problems for new and existing homes. Questions from members focused on whether the bill should specify that it applies to subdivisions of four or more lots, since that language had been in an earlier version. Testimony on HB 568 was mixed. Bob Quinn of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors opposed the bill, arguing it lacked a definition of “water supply study,” could lead to expensive hydrology studies, and might raise housing costs; he suggested more work with DES or a study committee. DES administrator Brandon Kernin said the department had worked from a 2010 groundwater commission report, that such problems arise only intermittently in certain areas, and that the bill would make explicit local authority to adopt such ordinances. He also said DES data and homeowner surveys can help identify problem areas and that more robust wells could be considered in the long term. The committee noted 10 online submissions in favor and 3 opposed, plus blue-sheet testimony of 2 in favor and 1 neutral, and then closed the hearing on HB 568. The committee immediately opened HB 582, a bill on safety requirements for operation of personal watercraft. Representative Darby, the sponsor, said the bill responds to the speed and maneuverability of modern personal watercraft, which he described as more like motorcycles on water than traditional boats, and cited a fatal accident on Lake Monomonac as an example of the risks. He said the bill is not intended to restrict ordinary recreation or wake surfing, but to update safety standards for a newer class of larger, quieter three-person PWCs. The hearing began with Darby’s presentation, and no vote or final action was taken in the portion provided.

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• larger pool. to decrease the cost for those individuals that are in education.
• Greg Poole on there, killing it in the county next to me at $466,000.
• So most of them use a funding pool. So districts are allowed to directly invest their funds.
• Mostly, they just join a funding pool.
• There are three primary funding pools, to my knowledge, in the marketplace.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• He's worked in hospitals, residential treatment centers, the VA detox units, and outpatient clinics.
• They use pool shock chemicals to be able to take that tiny amount in the natural plant, and they create

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The House Health and Welfare Committee took up House Bill 864, which would classify kratom and related substances as Schedule I drugs. The bill’s sponsors, Representatives [name not fully captured in the transcript] and Aaron Bingham, argued that kratom is addictive and dangerous, citing reports from law enforcement, coroners, parents, and medical professionals about overdoses, deaths, withdrawal, and increasing use in Idaho. They also pointed to FDA warnings and materials suggesting kratom can cause opioid-like effects and that synthetic 7-hydroxymitragynine products are especially concerning. Testimony was sharply divided. Supporters of the bill included a drug and alcohol treatment provider, a county coroner, and a sheriff, who described rising kratom-related treatment admissions, deaths they attributed to kratom intoxication, youth access, and the difficulty of addressing the substance under current law. Opponents included retailers, consumers, a family physician, a toxicologist, and people with chronic pain, who argued that natural leaf kratom has helped many adults manage pain or reduce opioid use, that the real problem is synthetic or adulterated 7-OH products, and that a full ban would push use into the black market and create withdrawal problems for current users. Several witnesses urged a regulatory approach instead, such as age limits, labeling, testing, and restrictions on concentrated products. Committee members asked questions about the difference between natural leaf kratom and 7-OH, the scientific basis for the deaths discussed, and whether regulation could address the concerns without a total ban. Because many people had signed up to testify and time was limited, the chair stopped the hearing before all witnesses were heard and announced the committee would continue testimony the next day from 8 to 9 a.m. No vote on the bill was taken during this portion of the meeting.