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• using that uh definition. using that uh definition.
• . definition. definition.
• So it's using the definition within the definition to define the definition.
• Is definition to define the definition.
• I just read that<00:57:09.839> definition. that definition. that definition.

Bills: SF0087, SF0088, SF0092

Keywords: felony, law enforcement, police officer, criminal penalties, public safety, sex offender, child care facility, residency restrictions, criminal law, sex offenders, child care facilities, legislation, false claims, civil penalties, state accountability, whistleblower protection, fraud prevention, 916, all

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• <00:37:48.240> of On page two, um there's a definition of On page two, um there's a definition
• using the Wyoming statutory definition using the Wyoming statutory definition of<00:37:59.920>
• <00:38:03.200> for<00:38:03.440> some definition that's been around for some definition
• It's a section two on page five. is in the definitions that um were is in the definitions that um were
• And uh I know that it was definition.

Bills: HB0086

Keywords: county officials, election code, misconduct, removal, government accountability, 916, all

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• It changes two definitions.
• And the current definition can be interpreted in numerous ways.
• That's just not a sound legal definition.
• 43 1 10, which is not an option right now under the current definition.
• Definition sections, but what it does is all through the code.

Bills: SB3, HB70, HB49, HB60, HB151, HB164, SB17, SB35, SB164

Keywords: Public Regulation Commission, PRC, utility oversight fund, public utilities, utility regulation, commissioners, commission staff, chief of staff, ethics, Gift Act, revolving door, post-employment restrictions, consumer complaints, telecommunications, pipeline safety, natural gas pipelines, oil pipelines, license fees, regulatory oversight, administrative cleanup

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• federal definition and making sure that this uh definition and making sure that this uh definition and
• When the community eligible definition was lowered to definition was lowered to definition was lowered
• but this definition that definition but this definition that definition but this definition that would
• this to a federal definition that they to a federal definition that they to a federal definition that
• definition of derivative action back to the definition we have action back to the definition we have

Bills: HB 29, HB 125, HB 145, HB 171, HB 255, HB 50, HB 796, HB 363, HB 116, HB 491, HB 589, HB 1495, HB 368, HB 1285, HB 1905, HB 1360, HB 2002, HB 917, HB 2723, HB 2067, HB 1238, HB 2337, HB 745, HB 1188, HB 1606, HB 2003, HB 2147, HB 2391, HB 2355, HB 2546, HB 2495, HB 2818, HB 2249, HB 1749, HB 3109, HB 3228, HB 3240, HB 1507, HB 658, HB 1748, HB 1851, HB 1922, HB 2001, HB 2798, HB 107, HCR 29, SB 5, SB 262, HB 11, HJR 72, HB 106, HB 18, HB 48, HB 27, HB 37, HB 1481, HB 581, HB 1696, HB 2216, HB 1035, HB 1633, HB 742, HB 754, HB 1689, HB 1690, HB 2669, HB 391, HB 517, HB 1024, HB 1607, HB 252, HB 1716, HB 1562, HB 4116, HB 1866, HB 1741, HB 2103, HB 2637, HB 2884, HB 503, HB 1089, HB 2986, HB 972, HB 502, HB 29, HB 125, HB 145, HB 171, HB 255, HB 50, HB 796, HB 363, HB 116, HB 491, HB 589, HB 1495, HB 368, HB 1285, HB 1905, HB 1360, HB 2002, HB 917, HB 2723, HB 2067, HB 1238, HB 2337, HB 745, HB 1188, HB 1606, HB 2003, HB 2147, HB 2391, HB 2355, HB 2546, HB 2495, HB 2818, HB 2249, HB 1749, HB 3109, HB 3228, HB 3240, HB 1507, HB 658, HB 1748, HB 1851, HB 1922, HB 2001, HB 2798, HB 107, HCR 29

Keywords: water audit, water loss, water loss mitigation plan, municipally owned utility, municipal utility, water conservation, Texas Water Development Board, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water leakage, leak detection, billing data accuracy, utility validation, water audit validation, water scarcity, water management, infrastructure, public utility, conservation plan, administrative penalty

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• Sure, definitely.
• We definitely appreciate your feedback, Senator Yates.
• We definitely appreciate your feedback, Senator Yates.
• We definitely appreciate your feedback, Senator Yates.
• We definitely appreciate your feedback, Senator Yates.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the minutes, and then took up several administrative regulations. The first was an Office of the Attorney General regulation creating an online submission process for an annual certification report to replace prior quarterly notarized certification forms; there were no amendments or questions. The main discussion centered on Personnel Cabinet regulations 101 KAR 2:034, 2:102, 3:015, and 3:045, which include staff-suggested technical amendments and address state employee compensation and leave. The compensation provisions clarify salary and rehiring/demotion rules, increase critical position premiums from one to three, and update weekend premium and ACE award practices. The leave provisions would provide up to six weeks of paid leave per 10-year interval for birth, adoption, foster placement, or a serious health condition, and allow one paid adverse-weather day per year with supervisor approval. Staff explained that annual and sick leave already accrue and roll over, and that the new six-week benefit was intended as an additional enhancement tied to the 10-year and 20-year sick-leave milestones.

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• But it's definitely, you know, so let me get here. It's definitely affecting the neighbors.
• Yes, it is because the current housing definition makes it more definite.
• It has been enacted, so the federal definition is there.
• The federal definition of MH is there.
• This bill is linking to the federal definitions.

Bills: HB303, HB 1107, HB 1063, HB1517, HB1991, HB2464, HB3509, HB3527, HB303

Keywords: municipality, local government, Type A, Type B, Type C, change authority, emergency medical services, civil service status, municipal government, public safety, local government code, school funding, education, state budget, local control, equity, tenant legal services, eviction, low-income tenants, disability rights

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• I don't see a definition for transferable credit.
• underlying bill for the the definitions. underlying bill for the the definitions.
• /c><00:36:16.480> or<00:36:16.720> if definitions add a definition um or if definitions
• think that's the the the definitions think that's the the the definitions matter.<00:36:49.920><
• we talked about that definitions matter. we talked about that definitions matter.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• the federal definitions.
• the federal definitions.
• So, this legislation is definitions.
• <00:19:58.080> of FDA regulations in the definitions of FDA regulations in the definitions
• following that that FDA definition following that that FDA definition because<00:22:49.679> a

Bills: HB139, HB172, HB156

Keywords: HB139, Alabama discrimination, civil rights, public accommodations, employment discrimination, equal access, protected classes, race discrimination, sex discrimination, religious discrimination, age discrimination, disability discrimination, national origin discrimination, school board discrimination, labor organization, employment agency, retaliation, private right of action, punitive damages, attorney fees

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• voted on these definitions. voted on these definitions.
• We did with definitions state.
• definitions.
• hearing was about specific definitions. hearing was about specific definitions.
• What's the definition?

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• It's definitely affecting the neighbors.
• The definition the definition allows innovation.
• The definition, the federal definition allows them to remove I-beams after they've been delivered as
• Uh, so the federal definition is there.
• The Texas or the federal definition of MH is there.

Bills: HB303

Keywords: jail standards, living conditions, Harris County jail, safety, inmate welfare

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• As Senator Putnam said, we've been at this for quite a while, and you know the definition of insanity
• So we've moved that definition now to what I'll call the softer definition for Redevelopment districts
• um than before this is the definition um than before this is the definition for<00:38:02.680>
• it the softer definition to call it the softer definition to Redevelopment<00:38:35.760> districts
• definition um the the harder definition definition um the the harder definition of<00:43:30.000>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I definitely will.
• I definitely will.
• I definitely will.
• I definitely will.
• I definitely will.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint AEN-PSM hearing on February 7, 2025 focused primarily on three agriculture-related measures and one animal welfare bill, with additional discussion of pesticide drift monitoring, coffee labeling, and a gas-pump labeling bill. SB 762 would create an Agricultural Crimes Council and authorize agricultural crime investigators; testimony from the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Law Enforcement, the Attorney General’s office, Hawaii Farm Bureau, Hawaii Farmers Union, and several members of the public was generally supportive, with repeated calls for stronger enforcement, community involvement, and in some cases allowing investigators to be armed. Some testifiers also urged changes to the appointment process for council members, preferring neighborhood boards or local officials over gubernatorial appointments. The committee discussed combining related agricultural crime bills and noted concerns about investigator safety in remote areas. SB 763 would establish an agriculture enforcement program within the Department of Law Enforcement and a special fund. Testimony was strongly supportive from state agencies and farm groups, with speakers emphasizing the need for more effective response to agricultural theft, poaching, and related crimes. Several public testifiers linked the bill to broader community safety and asked for clearer funding, training, coordination, performance metrics, and technology use. The committee also heard SB 1022, which would prohibit leaving pets in dangerous conditions in vehicles and allow officers, firefighters, animal control, and in some cases private citizens to rescue animals; the Attorney General said existing cruelty statutes may already cover the conduct and suggested amendments, while HPD opposed the bill. Members asked about liability for rescuers and whether the proposal might affect property-crime enforcement. The committee also heard SB 1304 on pesticide drift monitoring funding, with the Department of Agriculture supporting the measure and explaining it was needed to complete a required project under an EPA-related agreement. A Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action representative raised concerns about the methodology of prior studies, and a public testifier described a recent odor incident near a roadway and school. SB 1015, requiring labels on gas dispensing equipment warning about fossil fuel impacts, drew support from the Department of Agriculture and the Public Utilities Commission but opposition from the Hawaii Energy Marketers Association. SB 500 on coffee labeling and regional origin was also heard, with the Department of Agriculture in support. In decision-making, the committees adopted recommendations to pass SB 762 with amendments, SB 763 with amendments, SB 1022 with technical amendments, SB 1304 with technical amendments, and SB 1015 as is; SB 500 was not acted on in the portion provided.

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• Secretary Black said this bill only untethers our definition from 45X.
• Chair, and Representative, if the federal changes their definition, we will not have to change our definition
• Are small modular reactors in the federal definition currently? Mr.
• The amendment will retain New Mexico's independent definition of qualified research.
• The amendment will retain New Mexico's independent definition of qualified research.

Keywords: 996, all

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• So to help clarify, because it's very confusing with the two different definitions, the definition, the
• definition, the definition...
• That definition was included in statute in 1999, and the dashboard definition is in 2024.
• And so part of the intent was to update the definition with this new definition that is researched-backed
• On the definition of long-term English learners, having two definitions has been a confusion for the

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Patty was absolutely the definition of grace and beauty. definition of humble, bridled strength.
• I don't think it prohibits... some considering other definitions, but they definitely have to run their
• And in this case, they could look to that definition and receive guidance from that definition and from
• HRA definition.
• Examples and the definition are never to be reviewed.

Bills: SJR27, SJR39, SB22, SB33, SB34, SB37, SB209, SB310, SB326, SB505, SB605, SB618, SB732, SB762, SB769, SB783, SB819, SB825, SB870, SB964, SB1030, SB1080, SB1085, SB1099, SB1124, SB1208, SB1233, SB1314, SB1320, SB1333, SB1398, SB1405, SB1541, SB1567, SB1596, SB1598, SB1625, SB1646, SB1662, SB1750, SB1758, SB1791, SB1804, SB1810, SB1818, SB1838, SB1855, SB1869, SB1951, SB2024, SB2077, SB2078, SB2252, SB2253, SB2368, SB2411, SB2420, SB2425, SB2569

Keywords: judicial conduct, state commission, judicial misconduct, commission membership, constitutional amendment, veto override, legislature power, governor, Texas Constitution, Texas, moving image industry, incentive program, film production, grant funding, job creation, economic development, wildfire, wildfire mitigation, wildfire prevention, volunteer fire department

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• We're also concerned with several definitions.
• Higher-level definitions, just like the definition of housing, very generally, will be able to be general
• Definitions provide the foundation that regulations are built upon, and I'm concerned about this definition
• So who exactly wrote the definition? We did.
• or an amended definition.

Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on artificial intelligence, child safety, mental health, and privacy. SB 574 by Senator Umberg would require transparency and human oversight when attorneys, judges, and court neutrals use AI; it drew support from privacy advocates and committee members, with no opposition. SB 1276, the End Child Exploitation Act, would update child sexual exploitation laws to cover live-streamed and AI-generated abuse material and clarify that viewing such content can be criminally punishable; prosecutors, child advocacy groups, and others supported it, while no one appeared in opposition despite opposition on file. SB 813 would create a California AI standards and safety commission and a voluntary two-tier certification framework for AI safety standards; supporters said it would create scalable, independent oversight, while TechNet and CalChamber opposed it as duplicative, under-defined, and likely to create a de facto mandate. The committee discussed market pressure, federal preemption concerns, and the role of voluntary standards, but no final vote was taken in the excerpt. Senator Padilla also presented SB 300, which would strengthen protections for minors from sexually explicit chatbot content by moving from a reasonableness standard to an affirmative duty to prevent such exposure and to prohibit facilitation. Supporters said new evidence showed greater risks and that companies can and should build stronger safeguards; opponents, including TechNet and CCIA, argued the bill was premature because SB 243 had only recently taken effect and warned it could create strict-liability-like exposure. Padilla then presented SB 903, which would bar AI chatbots from being advertised as therapists, require licensed clinician oversight and informed consent for AI use in psychotherapy, and protect patient confidentiality; it received broad support from mental health professionals and labor groups, while industry and health associations were opposed unless amended over triage and crisis-detection language. The committee members emphasized the need for human judgment in mental health care and noted ongoing negotiations on amendments. The committee also heard SB 1119, a companion to AB 2020, which would require annual risk assessments, crisis-response protocols, default child settings, parental controls, limits on data use, public incident reporting, and third-party audits for chatbots used by children. Supporters argued the bill would address documented harms and improve transparency, while industry groups objected to ambiguous standards, liability exposure, and the private right of action. A roll call vote was taken on SB 1119 after quorum was established; the motion to pass to Appropriations succeeded on a 5-1 vote, with one no vote and the measure left on call for absent members. Finally, SB 354, a privacy bill for insurance consumers, would modernize outdated insurance privacy rules, bar sale of personal information, and expand consumer rights to know, correct, and delete data. Supporters said it would implement Proposition 24’s privacy mandate, while a large coalition of insurers, agents, brokers, and related businesses opposed unless amended, mainly seeking a small-business exemption and narrower treatment of publicly available information; members and the author said negotiations were ongoing and the bill had already been substantially revised.

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• The section adds several definitions to the new chapter, including definitions of hedge fund, private
• The section adds several definitions to the new chapter, including definitions of hedge fund, private
• The section adds several definitions to the new chapter, including definitions of hedge fund, private
• The section adds several definitions to the new chapter, including definitions of hedge fund, private
• I believe definitions are in the bill. I believe definitions are in the bill.

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House began with routine business, including referral of Senate Bill 211 on motor vehicle inspections to the Transportation Committee and Senate Bill 298 creating the Vermont Voting Rights Act to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs. The chamber also referred House bills reported by Ways and Means to Appropriations, including H. 211 on data brokers and personal information and H. 931 on miscellaneous education law changes. JRH9, a joint resolution urging the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association to reconsider its opposition to rapid prompting method communication instruction for students with apraxia of speech or autism, was read and referred to Human Services. Several announcements followed, including a welcome to members of the Vermont chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association, a reminder about an education reform meeting, and a correction regarding a prior reference to S. 138 of 2023 and the working group on student protections from harassment and discrimination in schools. The House also recognized guests in the gallery, including Donnie Kanovsky, who was described as a proponent of JRH9. The Speaker announced that H. 606 on firearms procedures, H. 642 on youthful offender proceedings, and later H. 585 would be bumped to later in the calendar. The House then took up H. 537, the right to grow vegetable gardens. The committee explained the bill would protect vegetable gardening in common interest communities and rental housing, while allowing reasonable restrictions and landlord or association oversight; witnesses included a South Burlington resident, HOA and landlord representatives, and legislative counsel. The committee reported an 8-0-0 vote, the House adopted the committee amendment, and ordered third reading. The chamber then passed H. 171 on Attorney General investigations into a law enforcement officer’s use of a firearm and H. 519 allowing Randolph police officers to enroll in Group C of the state retirement system. The House also passed H. 536 on toxic heavy metals in baby food products after extended debate over whether infant formula should be included. Supporters said the bill would help parents make informed choices and noted the amendment was intended to align with federal action; opponents argued formula-specific federal work was still underway and urged waiting. The chamber then passed H. 550 on gender equity in correctional facilities, H. 733 on franchise agreements, H. 775 on housing production tools, H. 887 on crime victim status under the Fair Employment Practices Act, H. 917 on military affairs, and H. 921 on alcoholic beverages. Action on H. 930 addressing chronic absenteeism was postponed one legislative day, and H. 942 on miscellaneous agricultural subjects began second reading with the committee outlining sections on water quality training, non-sewage waste management, and unit pricing.

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• Your definition of hemp.
• And that is included within that definition under how this is written.
• So we have the definition that, and that's the definition part of this statute, you have illegal industrial
• Definition part of this statute, you have illegal industrial hemp.
• Yeah, again, I think you may be mixing the definitions.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• So this is just a<00:20:22.760> definition<00:20:24.040> and a definition and a definition
• But with this definition of parental alienation in its own definition is incredibly vague.
• But with this definition of stuff.
• . a definition.
• > definitions<00:35:05.440> of<00:35:06.200> um definitions or updated definitions

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The definition of independent provider is different from the definition of independent provider in the
• So I'm not sure if they fall under the definition of "licensed physician."
• Senate Bill 100 updates the definition. Are we ready? Yes.
• ... because that's a definition in your instruction.
• I think there's going to have to be a definition.

Bills: HB195, HB279, SB30, HB234, HB292, SB100, SB23, SB221, SB261, SB264

Keywords: medical malpractice, judgments, independent providers, insurance, personal assets, settlements, healthcare, healthcare privacy, electronic medical records, reproductive health, gender-affirming care, data protection, location tracking, confidentiality, SB30, induced abortion, abortion reporting, vital statistics, public health reporting, medical records