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• Not everything has been done; we all know that, and we want to continue America's lead and competitive
• If you are going to continue to operate the CHIPS program... ...to the United States of America.
• We have radar systems on our Navy ships tracking incoming missiles around the world.
• We do not have that as our system of government in our nation.
• Will you commit to continuing to support the great standards work being done at NIST?

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• Forest Service, where we continue to provide a variety of urban forestry grants.
• We'll continue to obviously dig deeper on this, but appreciate you being here, and obviously we'll continue
• So we continue to be on the lookout. managing all of this work.
• In all fairness, on our end, our data systems had not caught up to the new fee system, so we had incomplete
• labor-intensive paper-based system.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• You can see them in our school systems, in our professional life.
• The bill that I have proposed would create a merit system that would bypass the panel system.
• It's my understanding you're going to continue to work on this bill, continue to work on how we can fix
• , and not the system.
• This has to do with the MERS retirement system.

Keywords: 974, senate, all

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• This bill is critical to continue New Mexico on course for meeting its renewable energy objectives, and
• that may discourage future use of RTA's programs for private developers and allow New Mexico to continue
• This bill clarifies the tax-exempt status of NMRDA to enable it to continue its vital mission.
• So at this point, we just continue moving forward. OK, so we do have to vote on it. Thank you all.
• lives in New Mexico, we want to clarify what continuously means.

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• When people are left behind, when costs continue to rise, when support systems disappear, the pressure
• The monitor is in place only because the sheriff's office has failed to remedy its egregious and systemic
• If the court were to say, "We're going to continue the monitorship," you get a new monitor.
• The gentleman was just arguing uh essentially for monitors, which continues to hamstring uh police agencies
• It's about monitors and about monitors.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, May 14, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• We will continue to pay higher rates of insurance and we will continue to burn people's houses down.
• We want to, uh, continue to be an energy community.
• It has the water purification system.
• We use in this closed-loop system.
• Chair, and, um, and then, uh, continue. Thank you.

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• This program supports practices that sequester carbon and reduce emissions by improving soil health on
• So, I'll continue to plug that until I see some funding somewhere for it. So noted.
• Soil health practices, continuing to maintain those over the years.
• And then there's continued reporting, as Jen was talking.
• Be prioritized for actual emission reductions, particularly methane.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We can't continue rebuilding the same bridges, dams, barns, and farm irrigation systems again and again
• > average, We can't continue forcing average, We can't continue forcing average, hardworking<00
• > the<00:03:04.440> same We can't continue rebuilding the same We can't continue rebuilding
• our roads and bridges will continue. our roads and bridges will continue.
• So, um, emissions.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: Rep. Athena Hollins and Sen. Ann Johnson Stewart introduced Minnesota’s proposed climate superfund bill, describing it as a way to make major historical greenhouse gas polluters help pay for climate adaptation and infrastructure repair. They said the bill would target large fossil fuel corporations with significant emissions and use the revenue for projects such as stormwater upgrades, bridge and roof protection, erosion control, drinking water protection, cooling cities, and other resilience work. Both lawmakers framed the proposal as a matter of accountability and fairness, arguing that Minnesotans should not keep paying for damage caused by companies that profited from fossil fuel pollution. Several supporters testified in favor of the bill, including St. Paul City Council Vice President Nyang Kheimey, former legislator and medical student Hunter Cantrell, Unidos Minnesota volunteer Bonnie Becol, and 100% Minnesota’s Aurora Vautrin. They emphasized local climate impacts such as flooding, wildfire smoke, extreme heat, emerald ash borer damage, asthma, and infrastructure failures, and said the costs are increasingly falling on taxpayers, local governments, and vulnerable communities. Kheimey highlighted municipal needs and St. Paul’s own climate investments, while Cantrell focused on environmental racism and health harms, and Becol and Vautrin stressed species loss, community recovery costs, and the burden on residents. In the question-and-answer portion, Hollins and Johnson Stewart explained that the bill would apply to fossil fuel corporations with at least 1 billion metric tons of carbon emissions and a nexus to Minnesota, not local utilities. They said the State Auditor’s office would determine the assessments owed by companies, while the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency would hold the fund and administer grants. They also said they were looking to models in Vermont and New York and hoped the proposal could attract bipartisan support because it is tied to affordability and shifting costs away from taxpayers and onto polluters. No vote or formal committee action was taken in the transcript, and the event ended with the sponsors opening the bill to questions.

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• Increasing the use of geothermal HVAC systems not only significantly lowers carbon emissions, but will
• interconnect with our with our system. interconnect with our with our system.
• <00:53:43.680> We continues to be a challenge. We continues to be a challenge.
• They continue<01:04:21.119> to<01:04:21.280> go continue to go continue to go down.<01:
• That motivation continues.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• monitoring program. monitoring program.
• supply to our system in New Hampshire. supply to our system in New Hampshire.
• Further discussion continued.
• for the university system.
• Further discussion continued.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It's really a whole system that has to happen.
• And if we don't get prepared to meet that challenge, now the cost will continue to be greater.
• It also has the buffer system component to it.
• There will be no emissions of more than 5% above that plane.
• That it would be important to continue our work. Thank you, Madam Chair.

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• ensures our code accurately reflects current legal requirements and provides clarity to our education system
• The current managed Medicaid system, as many people have recognized, has had some hiccups due to the

Bills: HB4421, HB4426, HB4432, HB4329, HB3551, HB3763, HB1411, HB2730, HB3465, HB3649, HB3650, HB3674, HB3941, HB3970, HB3979, HB3980, HB3981, SB1074

Keywords: child welfare, fentanyl exposure, drug endangerment, environmental testing, safety analysis, remediation, child protection, Department of Human Services, violence prevention, HB4426, SIDE tax credit, strategic industrial development enhancement, income tax credit, economic development, tax incentive, qualified economic development expenditures, qualified initial infrastructure expenditures, industrial park, economic development zone, port authority

Bills: HB4421, HB4426, HB4432, HB4329, HB3551, HB3763, HB1411, HB2730, HB3465, HB3649, HB3650, HB3674, HB3941, HB3970, HB3979, HB3980, HB3981, SB1074

Keywords: child welfare, fentanyl exposure, drug endangerment, environmental testing, safety analysis, remediation, child protection, Department of Human Services, violence prevention, HB4426, SIDE tax credit, strategic industrial development enhancement, income tax credit, economic development, tax incentive, qualified economic development expenditures, qualified initial infrastructure expenditures, industrial park, economic development zone, port authority

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• It removes the exemption from continued education for building professionals licensed 10-plus years.
• This bill will protect and continue to allow that information.
• They continue to be, and I think they will strive to do that.
• They continue to be, and I think they will strive to do that.
• counties a voice on how to govern their land and make sure that the counties continue.

Summary: The committee began by postponing SB 1742 on condos until the following week, then took up SB 1298 on building construction. Senator Simon said the bill would require continued education for long-licensed building professionals, clarify interagency sharing of building officials, limit residential inspectors to one- and two-family homes, revive a paid internship for residential planning examiners, modernize permit signatures, and clarify contractor responsibility when work changes hands. The bill drew supportive waivers and was reported favorably. Members then considered SB 940 on third-party restaurant reservation platforms. A delete-everything amendment was adopted to target bots and unauthorized resale of restaurant reservations, while preserving direct restaurant-platform relationships and requiring consumer contact information when reservations are made through noncontractual platforms. The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association and Booking Holdings supported the measure, and CS/SB 940 was reported favorably. SB 638 on home inspectors also passed after the sponsor explained it would raise education requirements from 120 to 200 hours, add instruction on building code, wind mitigation, four-point and insurance inspections, and require $300,000 in errors-and-omissions coverage; it was reported favorably. The committee next approved SB 960 on elevator accessibility, allowing additional shorter support rails while keeping the existing 42-inch rail requirement. SB 196 on foods containing vaccines or vaccine materials was amended to address mRNA language and cosmetics safety standards, with the committee adopting amendments and then reporting the bill favorably. SB 1418 on heated tobacco products was amended to clarify the definition of heated tobacco products and exclude other forms such as hookah; it also passed favorably. The committee also recommended confirmation of a block of board and commission appointees. Finally, SB 1262 on construction contracting was amended to add contractor continuing-education topics, strengthen penalties for unlicensed activity, create a standardized disciplinary reporting system, and require timely refunds and project completion standards; it was reported favorably with support from the Florida Home Builders Association. SB 1304 on solar facilities was then approved after extensive testimony from rural county commissioners and local officials who argued that utility-scale solar on agricultural land has grown without sufficient local oversight and that decommissioning rules are needed to protect farmland and communities. The bill would repeal the current by-right treatment of solar facilities on ag land and authorize counties to adopt decommissioning ordinances; it was reported favorably after a technical amendment.

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• The dominoes continued to fall as she soon lost the custody of her daughter to DCF.
• Roxbury continue to grapple with the persistent violence.
• Can I continue for one minute?
• And that's a continuing violation of the law. It's a continuing violation of the law. Yep.
• It's a continuing violation of the law. Yep. Turn it over to my co-chair, Chairman McMurtry.

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Summary: The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development held a hybrid hearing on a large group of bills carried over from the previous session, with Chair Jake Oliveira and House Co-Chair Paul McMurtry outlining the process and limiting testimony to three minutes. The committee heard testimony on several labor and workplace proposals, including bills to harmonize employee definitions to address misclassification (SB 1338/HB 2141), expand bereavement leave (including H. 2189/S. 1354 and related bills), protect collective bargaining rights for certain administrative employees (HB 268/SB 1306), expand commuter transit benefits (HB 2153/SB 1345), regulate employer use of credit reports (S. 1286), and require apprenticeship participation or OSHA-related workplace safety measures on public projects. At the end of the hearing, the chairs read into the record additional bills that did not receive testimony that day. Supporters of the misclassification bill, including Greater Boston Legal Services and the AFL-CIO, said aligning the employee-status tests across wage, unemployment, and PFML laws would reduce confusion, improve enforcement, and help workers wrongly treated as independent contractors or managers recover benefits and bargaining rights. NAGE and its representative argued that public-sector employees have been improperly reclassified into management titles to weaken unions, and that the bill would force the Division of Labor Relations to review those titles. On bereavement leave, advocates including the Louis E. Brown Peace Institute, a state representative, the Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance, and individual survivors described the impact of sudden loss and homicide on families, saying guaranteed leave would help workers grieve, make arrangements, and avoid losing jobs or custody-related stability. The committee also heard support for commuter benefits as a low-cost way to reduce emissions and increase transit use, and for restricting employer credit checks because of inaccuracies and discriminatory effects. There was opposition to some construction-related bills. The Associated Builders and Contractors and the Building Trades Employers Association supported apprenticeship training in principle but said current apprentice-to-journeyworker ratios are outdated or misunderstood, and that the bills should be amended or clarified before advancing. The Massachusetts landscape and snow-removal industry strongly supported a snow-liability limitation bill, arguing that hold-harmless clauses and broad indemnification requirements force contractors to assume liability for conditions they cannot control, drive up insurance costs, and threaten business viability. The committee did not take any votes during the hearing, and the session ended with the chairs thanking members, staff, and the public before adjourning.

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• Two, we don't have the same systems.
• And yeah, that's, you know, we'll continue working on that.
• And yeah, that's, you know, we'll continue working on that.
• We understand that sending food waste to a landfill does create methane emissions or greenhouse gas emissions
• We've expanded our system to nearly 20,000 acres.

Summary: The committee heard a long agenda of natural resources and related bills, with several measures taken up as the committee reached quorum and many others moving on consent or with due-pass recommendations. Early items included AB 80 on carpet recycling, AB 452 creating a local process for state surf reserves, and AB 823 restricting microplastics in personal care and cleaning products. AB 80 drew broad support from recycling, labor, and environmental groups and was described as a follow-up to earlier carpet recycling reforms. AB 452 was backed by surf, tourism, environmental, and local government interests as a voluntary, community-driven way to recognize and protect surf breaks. AB 823 generated the most extensive debate, with supporters citing public health and environmental harms from microplastics and opponents warning the bill’s language could sweep in products such as sunscreens, cosmetics, and fragrance-encapsulation materials; the committee discussed possible ambiguity and EU comparisons before voting the bill out on a due-pass-as-amended basis to Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. The committee also advanced AB 1046, which would create a narrow exemption from SB 1383 organic-waste requirements for certain crop preparers and tree nut processors that do not send organic waste to landfills. Agricultural witnesses said the bill would clarify that their operations already reuse byproducts and should not face duplicative reporting, and the measure passed with support from agricultural and rural county representatives. AB 252, the “Stop Laying Off Firefighters Act,” proposed year-round Cal Fire staffing; the author and Cal Fire supporters argued that wildfire conditions are now year-round and that maintaining trained crews would improve response and prevention, and the bill was sent to Appropriations. AB 571, a targeted CEQA exemption for the Southern California Veterans Cemetery in Anaheim, drew strong bipartisan and veterans’ support and also passed out. Later, the committee approved AB 1455, which would authorize emergency rulemaking and streamline future updates for ember-resistant building regulations after recent wildfire emergencies, and AB 687, which would let public agencies use forest-practice rules and timber-harvest plans for certain publicly funded fuel-reduction projects; AB 687 drew some opposition over scope and enforceability concerns but was still advanced. The committee also moved AB 652, allowing alternate members on the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District board to prevent quorum problems, and AB 317, a first-time homebuyer housing bill that would exempt certain small, lower-cost homes from CEQA and defer some property taxes; AB 317 prompted discussion about guardrails to avoid unintended use on larger subdivisions. Finally, AB 900, requiring the Natural Resources Agency to develop a stewardship plan for 30-by-30 lands, was heard with broad support from land trusts and conservation groups and advanced on a due-pass recommendation, and AB 738, a wildfire-rebuild bill easing solar requirements for certain disaster survivors, was introduced and discussed with questions about its narrow scope and the number of homes affected.

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• SB 640, Cabaldon, college emissions, do pass with committee amendments to remove Section 3, out with
• SB 274, Cervantes, automatic license plate recognition system, do pass out on a B roll call.
• SB 7, McNerney, automated decision systems, do pass as amended to strike the appeals process, narrow
• SB 568, Nilo, epinephrine delivery system, do pass out on an A roll call, and please add Ms.
• SB 78, Seyarto, highway system safety report, do pass out on an A roll call.

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee held its August 29, 2025 suspense hearing on Senate bills, with the chair emphasizing the state’s ongoing budget constraints and the need to make difficult choices among 261 bills on the suspense file. After establishing a quorum, the committee began taking action bill by bill, with many measures receiving do pass or do pass with amendments recommendations, while others were held in committee or designated as two-year bills. The chair noted the agenda was organized alphabetically by author and that results would be posted later on the committee website. The hearing covered a wide range of topics, including insurance and claims data, wildfire relief and prevention, water planning, energy and utility regulation, housing and land use, health care, labor and employment, criminal justice, education, environmental policy, and election-related measures. Several bills were amended before passage, often to narrow scope, remove sections, adjust definitions, delay implementation, or clarify funding and enforcement provisions. Some notable actions included moving bills on AI regulation, transit-oriented housing, paid family leave, wildfire mapping, chemical hair relaxers, and pharmacy benefit managers, while other bills on subjects such as controlled substances, high-speed rail, and certain education or housing proposals were held. The committee also took formal roll-call votes on selected bills, with some passing on A roll calls and others on B roll calls; a number of measures were advanced with Republicans not voting. One highlighted vote was SB 79 by Senator Wiener, which passed after amendments and a recorded roll call. At the end of the hearing, the committee reported that 190 bills were moved to the Assembly Floor, either as do pass or do pass with amendments, concluding the suspense hearing for the session.

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• We've been continuously pushing and building for this very moment, and we are ready.
• So the answer is similar emissions to whatever you need when you create electricity.
• So there are no special emissions.
• So the only emissions are the emissions that are linked to the generation of electricity used in these
• Educational systems, this is not a money grab. This is how do we win? How do we educate?

Bills: SB145, SB143

Keywords: auditing, financial reporting, state auditor, public agencies, capital outlay, compliance, federal audits, agriculture, New Mexico Department of Agriculture, fee update, regulatory fees, egg inspection, egg grading, egg dealer, pesticide control, pesticide registration, pesticide applicator, pest management consultant, plant protection, nursery license

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• bio-based products that benefit the environment, support communities, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• . emissions. emissions.
• Please introduce yourself and continue.
• Please introduce yourself and continue. Please introduce yourself and continue.
• They also manufacture several co-products, including dried distillers grains for Brian Werner continued

Keywords: 1183, house

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• that is going to continue to pull money out.
• So the point is, the economy continues to grow, the state continues to grow. assets are built on the
• care as well an update on the foster care system.
• pregnant and parenting that are in the system?
• I will continue dialoguing with you offline.

Keywords: 1184, house, all