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• Once you hit your third violent felony conviction, and each of those words are equally impactful, maybe
• 10.000> of<00:01:10.200> those<00:01:10.439> words<00:01:10.799> are conviction
• and each of those words are conviction and each of those words are equally<00:01:11.759> impactful
• 17.240> you<00:01:17.400> need<00:01:17.520> a<00:01:17.960> timeout conviction
• maybe you need a timeout conviction maybe you need a timeout maybe<00:01:19.159> you<00:01:19.280

Keywords: 1183, house

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• He got pretty much everything wrong in the run-up to the biggest financial crash since the Great Depression
• Atkins, were you wrong?
• Yeah, but I'm asking about whether you were wrong about deregulation. No, I don't believe so.
• He's convicted and, yes, in jail. And his parents were involved in his company, weren't they?
• Was there anything that you got wrong?

Keywords: financial regulations, SEC, Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Transit Administration, nominees, Empowering Main Street in America Act, capital formation, economic growth

Summary: The committee meeting focused on several nominees within key financial institutions, including discussions surrounding the SEC, the Federal Transit Administration, and the Comptroller of the Currency. Notable dialogue included concerns over regulatory balance, with various members emphasizing a need to streamline regulations to foster innovation while ensuring accountability and safety for investors. The importance of the proposed 'Empowering Main Street in America Act' was highlighted as a means to facilitate access to capital for small businesses, underlining the current administration's approach towards financial regulations.

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• So in 3 years, if you don't think it's working or we're doing it wrong or something like that, the, the
• to just broadly have you all tell us, you know, what are we getting right and what are we getting wrong
• job are seeing that and saying I would be crazy to sign up for that right now, and they wouldn't be wrong
• Senate side, when you see increased penalties, it's basically fixing something that's structurally wrong
• their city councilors, and I'd have them come up and spend a week with us, say, what are we doing wrong

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• When they get out of prison, they have their families, and their families have done nothing wrong.
• They provide for the families who ain't done nothing wrong. Clay Lee: We all make mistakes.
• We have to get people to the point they can have tough conversations and even if they use the wrong word
• database of animal abusers that was created by Dexter's Law to include date of birth, county of conviction

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• I think this is a huge. bill in the wrong direction, a bill that goes in the wrong direction.
• We have argued, we have disagreed, I have been right and I have been wrong, but it has firmed my convictions

Bills: SB2972, SB1909, SB2815, SB735, SB2233, SB800, SB1069, SB2683, SB2986, SB2058, SB2310, SB2055, SB1032

Keywords: expressive activities, freedom of speech, public forum, higher education, protests, student rights, antisemitism, public institutions, disciplinary policy, student organizations, compliance, institutional policy, disciplinary sanctions, diploma designation, institution merger, academic records, student options, Holocaust education, Holocaust Remembrance Week, genocide education

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• CS for SB 1378 authorizes a court to order a driver who is convicted of leaving the scene of a crash
• There was certainly no intent on her part to do anything wrong. But she is on the floor.
• know much has been said about the issues of fluoride in our water system and whether it is right or wrong
• We talked about It is right or wrong. We talked about labeling products as meat or milk.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognized several guests and groups in the gallery, including students, business groups, and university basketball coaches. The chamber then moved through a long special order calendar, taking up a series of bills on trust law, school district reporting, debt collection, service of process, lodging and food service establishments, lien waivers, public records protections for Crime Stoppers personnel, foreign ownership/health care licensure issues, diabetes management in schools, platting, fentanyl testing, third-party reservation platforms, electronic landlord-tenant notices, leaving the scene of a crash, background screening for athletic coaches, surrendered infants, and affordable housing. Several bills were temporarily postponed, and multiple House companion bills were substituted where the measures were identical or had only drafting differences. Debate focused on a few measures. Senators questioned the trust code bill’s effect on out-of-state attorneys general; the school reporting bill was described as strengthening arrest and misconduct reporting for instructional personnel; and the service-of-process and lodging bills were presented as technical and consumer-protection fixes. The fentanyl testing bill drew emotional support from the sponsor and families affected by overdose deaths. The surrendered-infant bill prompted opposition over safety, anonymity, and the limited use of baby boxes, while supporters argued it could save lives. The affordable housing bill, updating the Live Local Act, was amended to adjust parking reductions and allow certain properties to use the administrative approval process, with additional limits and exclusions added. Most measures passed overwhelmingly, including the trust code bill, school reporting, debt collection, service of process, lien waivers, public records, foreign-country business interest restrictions, diabetes management in schools, platting, fentanyl testing, third-party reservation platforms, electronic landlord-tenant notices, leaving-the-scene restitution, athletic coach background screening, surrendered infants, and affordable housing. The day’s most divided vote was on the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services bill, which drew extended debate over fluoride policy and other provisions; it passed 27-9. At the end of the session, the Senate agreed to immediately certify all bills passed that day to the House, recognized a Taiwan-related resolution for the journal, made additional announcements, and adjourned until the next scheduled meeting.

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• You have about 250,000 to 300,000 people who are walking around every day that may have some conviction
• You have about 250,000 to 300,000 people who are walking around every day that may have some conviction
• You have about 250,000 to 300,000 people who are walking around every day that may have some conviction
• You have about 250,000 to 300,000 people who are walking around every day that may have some conviction
• You have about 250,000 to 300,000 people who are walking around every day that may have some conviction

Bills: SB137, SB164, SB165, SB49

Keywords: sewer, wastewater, public service commission, PSC, utility regulation, private utility, regulated utility, affiliated system, consolidation, rate jurisdiction, rate setting, wastewater management entity, common ownership, control, Jefferson County Board of Health, local constitutional amendment, public utilities, Alabama Code Title 37, Alabama Code Title 22, certification

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• This prohibits the court from ordering a person convicted of a DWI or DUI to pay the costs if an SUD
• This prohibits the court from ordering a person convicted of a DWI or DUI to pay the costs if an SUD
• of<00:21:28.880> a<00:21:29.039> DWI<00:21:29.600> or ordering a person convicted
• of a DWI or ordering a person convicted of a DWI or DUI<00:21:31.039> to<00:21:31.280> pay
• Supreme Court has doomed many of these men and women to a lifetime, or really a long time, in the wrong

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• physically injured by an impaired driver, especially in situations where that person has prior convictions
• <00:04:42.840> uh<00:04:42.960> for person has prior convictions uh for person has
• prior convictions uh for driving<00:04:43.720> Under<00:04:44.039> the<00:04:44.560>
• felons on third and being convicted felons on third offenses<00:07:23.479> uh<00:07:24.039>
• and so I believe a two prior convictions and so I believe a third<00:22:46.760> offense<00:22

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:00 Roll Call: 00:00:03 HB 220: 00:01:49 Discussion in Opposition to HB 220: 00:14:37 HB 136: 00:28:21 HB 201: 00:34:14, 958, all

Summary: The House Judiciary Committee met with a full roll call and first took up House Bill 220, which would strengthen Kentucky DUI penalties. The sponsor and a Commonwealth’s attorney testified that the bill would make a third DUI within 10 years a felony, while keeping first- and second-offense penalties the same, and that the committee substitute also adds escalating fines for under-21 DUI offenses and aligns interlock requirements. Supporters argued the change is needed to protect families and respond to repeat impaired driving, citing a fatal case involving a young victim and a repeat offender with a high blood alcohol level and prior DUI convictions. Members asked about treatment, sentencing, and drafting details. The sponsor explained that the existing mandatory substance-abuse treatment requirement for fourth-or-greater offenses would apply to third-or-greater offenses under the substitute, and that a 120-day minimum remains in place. Questions were also raised about removing redundant statutory language and about whether felony treatment could sometimes result in less actual jail time than a misdemeanor; the sponsor and prosecutor said such cases are rare and that the bill gives prosecutors and juries more tools. Representative Blanton supported the bill but noted it does not address fentanyl, and the sponsor said he has a separate bill for that issue. Opposition testimony came from Scott West of the Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, who said he supported tougher DUI enforcement but opposed felonyizing the third offense. He argued that the current system already imposes mandatory jail and treatment, that felony cases often resolve through plea bargains with parole eligibility that may not increase actual time served, and that the better approach would be stronger mandatory counseling, longer license suspensions, and ignition interlock requirements rather than felony status. After discussion, the committee adopted the committee substitute and passed HB 220 favorably by a 19-0 vote. The committee then began House Bill 136, which would require the Department of Corrections to compile and submit annual reports to the General Assembly on corrections and parole outcomes, including time served and supervision data. The sponsor and a witness from the Georgia Center for Opportunity said the bill is intended to improve transparency and give lawmakers better data for policy decisions. Members voiced support for better post-release data and asked whether DOC could implement the reporting; the witness said DOC had not expressed concerns and already submits some reports. Discussion on HB 136 was underway when the transcript ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• So why are payments continuing to people who have been convicted of fraud?
• So why are payments continuing to people who have been convicted of fraud? Ms. Campbell.
• <00:50:46.680> of to people who have been convicted of to people who have been convicted of
• That is just wrong.
• Really, really wrong, and I think as finance professionals, you would understand that and agree with

Keywords: 1183, house

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• These are people who are being held in jail, and they haven't been convicted of a crime.
• These are people who are being held in jail, and they haven't been convicted of a crime.
• 00:32:24.279> they<00:32:24.399> haven't<00:32:24.679> been<00:32:24.880> convicted
• <00:32:25.279> of jail and they haven't been convicted of jail and they haven't been convicted
• <00:58:55.680> but agency can correct me if I'm wrong but agency can correct me if I'm wrong

Keywords: 1183, house

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• management system equipment, and that will include freeway cameras, digital overhead messaging boards, and wrong-way
• I’m only asking because if people accidentally get on it and go the wrong way, how far do they have to
• rather than 12 years, conforming evidence-based psychotherapy for a driving under the influence conviction
• rather than 12 years, conforming evidence-based psychotherapy for a driving under the influence conviction
• Rather than 12 years, conforming evidence-based psychotherapy for a driving under the influence conviction

Bills: HB2067, HB2068, HB2127, HB2164, HB2200, HB2201, HB2242, HB2283, HB2284, HB2285, HB2286, HB2287, HB2304, HB2306, HB2399, HB2601, HB2609, HB2760, HB2761, HB2859, HB2887, HB2892, HB2893, HB2894, HB2978, HB4027, HCM2012, HCM2016

Keywords: appropriation, transportation, infrastructure, Apache Junction, funding, Show Low, road extension, special license plates, nonprofits, charitable contributions, Reay Lane, Graham County, HB 2200, State Route 89, SR 89, Chino Valley, Arizona Department of Transportation, ADOT, road widening, highway expansion

Summary: The committee heard an ADOT presentation on Interstate 11, SR 347, the I-10 Wild Horse Pass corridor, and the I-40/US 93 West Kingman project. ADOT said the I-11 corridor remains under a federal lawsuit covering the full 280-mile route from Mexico to Nevada, with a Tier 1 reevaluation underway and public outreach expected later in the year, concluding in early 2027. ADOT said segmentation of the corridor would add time and cost, and that current work is limited to pre-NOI Tier 2 activities and other allowed planning steps. For SR 347, ADOT described widening, intersection upgrades, two grade separations, and a schedule that could begin construction in summer pending clearances. For I-10, ADOT outlined four widening projects adding a third lane each way, interchange reconstructions, a new interchange at Coley Road, and corridor-wide freeway management systems, with completion expected by late 2029. For the West Kingman I-40/US 93 project, ADOT said the $106.5 million project is about 60% complete and should finish in early 2027; members asked about temporary traffic control near Beale Street and possible additional signage or signals on the corridor. Members also raised local traffic and safety concerns on the SR 347 and I-10 projects, including signal timing, median barriers, construction hours, truck traffic, and the need for clearer driver education and digital signs. ADOT said it would look into signal optimization, possible temporary fixes, and additional signage, and noted the I-10 corridor total cost is just under $1 billion, funded through a mix of MAG, federal, and state money. On I-40, members also discussed a possible temporary traffic light near Beale Street to improve safety and access. The committee then moved to a series of transportation appropriation bills and announced a mass-motion process for the projects. Staff explained HB 2067 for Apache Junction ($29.4 million), HB 2068 for the Wolford Road extension in Show Low ($6.5 million), HB 2164 for Ray Lane improvements in Graham County ($3.73 million), HB 2200 for SR 89 widening in Chino Valley ($36 million, contingent on a $1 million local commitment), HB 2201 for Sedona SR 89A/Forest Road/Ranger Road projects ($8.03 million), and HB 2304, the ARTEC bill, which appropriates about $473 million for multiple highway projects statewide. Witnesses from Show Low, Eloy, Coolidge, Casa Grande, Lake Havasu City, Clarkdale, San Luis, Yuma, and Yavapai County testified in support of their local projects, emphasizing congestion relief, freight movement, emergency evacuation, safety, economic development, and local matching funds. No final votes were taken in the portion provided; the chair indicated the committee would proceed with a mass motion on the project bills after testimony.

Transcript Highlights:

• There hasn't been one conviction of a prolifer or anyone else that I know of.
• There hasn't been one conviction of a pro-lifer or anyone else that I know of.
• I could be wrong, but that's my awareness.
• I could be wrong, but that's my awareness.
• I'm sure that that didn't do any wrong?

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Uh, Minnesota actually in less than a year has had multiple convictions of people that were registering
• It waited several years, and the feds had to discover it and bring it up and get the convictions.
• for, you know, convictions. for, you know, convictions.
• <00:18:11.039> But bring it up and get the convictions.
• But bring it up and get the convictions.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• In 2011, Kelly Williams-Bolar spent nine days in jail after being convicted of a felony for enrolling
• days in jail after being convicted days in jail after being convicted convicted<05:58:07.120>
• At least 26 states have legislation that criminalizes using the wrong address for school attendance.
• Lastly, to finish up, there was a question about people who get arrested for using the wrong address.
• for using the wrong address I mean<06:43:41.200> the<06:43:41.320> reason<06:43:41.680

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up HB 662, which would require discussion of abortion procedures and the viewing of certain videos in public school health education. Members argued the bill went too far by naming specific videos and involving the Attorney General in enforcement, and they said curriculum decisions should be left to educators. The committee voted ITL on HB 662 by a unanimous 18-0. The committee then considered HCR 6, a resolution calling for the removal of the superintendent of District 67. Members said the resolution targeted an individual and that the underlying dispute was already in court, so the matter should be left to the legal process. The motion to ITL passed 18-0. Next, HR 9, urging the Department of Education to emphasize STEM education, received broad support as a nonpartisan statement of priorities, and it also passed 18-0. HB 440, concerning educator licensing and shortages in Career and Technical Education, was amended to clarify that the bill applies to initial licensure only. After discussion about whether the amendment was necessary, the committee adopted Amendment 0188 unanimously and then voted OTPA on the bill as amended, 18-0. HB 222, which repealed the requirement for an MOU between charter schools and districts on services for students with disabilities, drew testimony that districts already provide substantial oversight through IEP processes and that the MOU requirement was burdensome and largely unenforced; the committee voted OTP 18-0. The committee then took up HB 719, which would repeal the right of first refusal for charter schools to purchase or lease unused district facilities. Supporters said the existing law had not generated complaints and could impede charter expansion, while opponents said the issue had not proven to be a problem and local control should be preserved. The committee voted ITL 17-1, with one member opposed and no minority report. The chair then postponed HB 184, a study committee bill on school start times, because it was scheduled for the next day, and the committee moved into a work session on bullying-related bills, discussing HB 108, HB 384, and HB 673 without taking final action in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• So, we're not talking about convictions, prior convictions, or are we just talking about uncharged prior
• So, we're not talking about convictions, prior convictions, or are we just talking about uncharged prior
• So, we're not talking about convictions, prior convictions, or are we just talking about uncharged prior
• So, we're not talking about convictions, prior convictions, or are we just talking about uncharged prior
• :11:06.480> prior talking about convictions, prior talking about convictions, prior convictions

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard several housing, landlord-tenant, and condominium-related measures. Senate Bill 62, relating to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority, would allow HPHA-owned parcels and related areas such as parking lots to be closed to the public with posted signage; HPHA strongly supported the bill, saying it would help reduce loitering, drinking, and other problems, and no further testimony was offered. Senate Bill 822, relating to the landlord tenant code, would create a three-year working group in the Department of the Attorney General to study and improve the residential landlord-tenant code. The Judiciary supported the measure but said the scope should be narrowed; the Attorney General opposed leading the group and suggested another agency should do so; Hawaii Realtors and the Hawaii Worker Center supported the concept and suggested moving the chairmanship to the Judiciary and including Legal Aid participation. The Judiciary said it could chair the group if the bill were narrowed to matters within the court’s purview. Senate Bill 38, relating to housing, would limit counties from imposing stricter conditions, AMI requirements, or fee-waiver reductions on certain affordable housing proposals if those changes would increase project costs. HHFDC supported the bill, saying county changes after state approval create uncertainty for developers, while the Hawaii State Association of Counties opposed it as an intrusion on local authority and a restriction on county safety and infrastructure conditions. Members asked about whether existing county review periods were sufficient, and the county association said the main concern was the bill’s language limiting counties from making cost-increasing conditions. Senate Bill 146, relating to condominiums, would revise alternative dispute resolution procedures for condo disputes, including evaluative mediation and binding arbitration. The Hawaii Real Estate Commission said it took no position overall but supported a $150 mediation fee and asked for a similar arbitration fee; Community Associations Institute supported the bill with suggested amendments; however, most testimony was strongly opposed by condominium owners and advocates, who said the bill had been changed to the detriment of owners and would increase costs and reduce protections. The committee noted 44 testimonies on the bill, with 2 in support, 37 in opposition, and 2 with comments. Senate Bill 253, relating to condominium reserves, would require a detailed budget summary to stand on its own, remove a good-faith defense for certain noncompliant budgets, and clarify standing and the association’s burden regarding substantial compliance. Hawaii Realtors and Community Associations Institute supported the measure as improving transparency and giving owners and buyers a clearer picture of association finances. Greg Msakian also supported it, arguing it would help owners and describing problems he experienced with budget committee exclusion and budget noncompliance in his own association. The discussion ended while testimony on the bill was still underway, with additional witnesses expected.

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• But to pass a bill on maybe this could happen, I think that's the wrong move for this legislature to
• <00:48:31.599> move<00:48:31.839> for<00:48:32.079> this that's the wrong move
• for this that's the wrong move for this legislature<00:48:32.960> to<00:48:33.200> make.
• And I sit before you today with a heart full of conviction in support of HB 433, a bill that not only
• In Was maybe convicted or at least arrested for it.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• <00:21:55.279> then produces an arrest or convictions then produces an arrest or convictions
• of s years in prison for those convicted of s years in prison for those convicted of<00:25:25.919
• They cannot be convicted. And so the section under there is not consistent.
• I've heard it from people who were convicted and I've talked to them in drug court.
• <02:03:20.480> for overdose Bill had prior convictions for overdose Bill had prior convictions

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• We added the crime of voluntary manslaughter to that list. be convicted of these crimes to get stiffer
• You know, you don't need to convict them to make them go to... this, that, or the other program.
• Chair, so a juvenile 11-year-old murders someone and gets convicted.
• So in this case, hypothetically, an 11-year-old murders an adult and they get convicted.
• Well, there's a lot of youth that are diverted out or may not get convicted or whatever, and so...

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• of DWI or DUI ordering persons convicted of DWI or DUI to<00:09:53.760> pay<00:09:54.000>
• We also partner in the state Safe Harbor law and No Wrong Door response.
• We have evidence that the Safe Harbor No Wrong Door response works.
• We have evidence that the safe harbor<01:36:09.120> no<01:36:09.360> wrong<01:36:09.760
• harbor no wrong door response works. harbor no wrong door response works.

Bills: HF2115, HF2276, HF1644, HF99, HF2068, HF2707, HF2704, HF2406, HF1674, HF1579

Keywords: human services, aging services, disability services, behavioral health, long-term care, nursing home, nursing facility, assisted living, waiver services, medical assistance, Medicaid, case mix reimbursement, PDPM, RUG, direct care and treatment, developmental disabilities, day services, positive support, guardian, conservator