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• infrastructure study, which must include the analysis of the status of surrounding county roads, interstate

Bills: SB2003

Keywords: higher education, student loans, scholarships, capital projects, workforce development, funding, North Dakota university system, 908, all

Summary: The committee first reconsidered Senate Bill 2003 in the higher education budget and adopted several changes. It removed $3 million for enterprise resource planning, struck $2 million for a grant program for students who are pregnant or recently gave birth, and then added $3 million back into workforce education and innovative grants, restoring that line to $12 million. Members also discussed a possible purchase of the 19th Avenue building in Fargo for the State School of Science, but the motion was withdrawn for later consideration. Other higher ed items were briefly noted, including tribally controlled community colleges and a state magazine funding line, but no final action was taken on the building proposal during this segment. The committee then moved to Senate Bill 2018, the Commerce budget, and reviewed a long list of funding items. It restored a vacant workforce FTE, increased tourism marketing to $10 million and Find the Good Life to $5 million, raised Operation Intern by $1 million, removed a $100,000 infrastructure study, increased autonomous agriculture grants to $15 million, and set the Regional Workforce Impact Program at $10 million. It also kept or adjusted several other items, including the uncrewed aerial vehicle replacement program, the global talent office, tribally controlled community colleges, Native American small business grants, and technical skills training grants. A major new provision would transfer $50 million total, split between SIF and Bank of North Dakota profits, to the Theodore Roosevelt Library Museum Endowment Fund, matching a private fundraising challenge; members expressed both support and concern, and said they would revisit it later. The committee also discussed language to allow commercialization of Vantis and to permit the Turtle Mountain gaming compact proposal to move forward with required federal approvals, while clarifying that a previously discussed $100,000 study had been removed. Commerce officials said the workforce language was intended to centralize data and strategy, and they noted Operation Intern would need an emergency clause because applications begin in May. No final vote on the Commerce budget was taken in this segment, and the chair said the committee would return later to finish both budgets.

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• That being a repeal of the sunset on the Military Interstate Children’s Compact Commission, often referred

Summary: The Military and Veterans, Space, and Domestic Security Committee met with a quorum and heard several bills focused on veterans, military families, and aerospace. SB 684 by Sen. Avila would let certain Florida Retirement System members buy military wartime service credit under updated eligibility dates and expand the definition of wartime service to include recent operations such as New Dawn, Inherent Resolve, Freedom Sentinel, and Enduring Sentinel. Veterans and first responders testified in support, and senators said the bill corrects an outdated gap. The committee voted the bill favorably. The committee then took up SB 1528 by Sen. Collins on educational opportunities for military children. The bill strengthens coordination between school districts and military installations and requires DOE training modules for school staff working with military families. An amendment removing a sunset provision was adopted, and three Hillsborough County students who helped develop the idea testified in support, describing research on military-family school transitions and the need for staff training on the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. The committee reported the bill favorably as amended. SB 910 by Sen. Collins, on veterans benefit assistance, was amended and reported favorably. As amended, it allows veterans to work with professional claims advisors while adding consumer protections, including fee caps, bans on initial/nonrefundable and referral fees, required disclosures, and limits on use of veterans’ login credentials. Sen. Collins and others argued the federal VA claims process is too slow and confusing and that veterans need both help and safeguards. The committee also approved SB 1464 by Sen. Wright, which expands FDVA outreach through digital, print, social media, and in-person efforts and requires public events and annual reporting, and SB 1516 by Sen. Wright, which creates an international aerospace innovation fund administered by Space Florida to support partnerships with international aerospace companies. All measures were reported favorably, and the committee adjourned at the end of the meeting.

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• MILTON BORE DOWN ON OUR STATE HIGHWAY PATROLMAN IS COVERED A YOUNG CARRIER TIED TO A FENCE ALONG INTERSTATE

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• President, it requires FDOT to develop and submit a report regarding the widening of Interstate 4.
• It strengthens consumer protections by putting patients first in billing practices.
• This bill allows physicians to utilize advanced practice registered nurses to certify death and file
• bill: Committee Substitute for House Bill 647, a bill to be entitled an act relating to advanced practice
• time: Committee Substitute for House Bill 647, a bill to be entitled an act relating to advanced practice

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions and moments of silence, including tributes related to the FSU campus shooting, Coach Amir Abdur-Rahim, John Thrasher, the Florida Wildlife Corridor, and visiting student and community groups. The chamber then moved into special order bills and adopted a resolution honoring Coach Abdur-Rahim. A number of measures were taken up and passed, including child care and early learning provider regulation updates, false reporting/swatting penalties, health care billing and collection protections, hazardous walking conditions for schoolchildren, young adult housing support for foster and homeless students, the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program, trust fund interest rules for IOTA accounts, transportation-related changes, public records exemptions for AHCA investigators, JQC employees, and appellate court clerks, municipal water and sewer utility rates in Miami-Dade, motor vehicle offenses involving obscured plates and impersonating law enforcement, trespass at large-scale ticketed events, refund of patient overpayments, stem cell therapy standards, insulin administration by direct support professionals and relatives, pre-arranged transportation services, and the Uniform Commercial Code update for digital assets. Several bills were amended before passage, often by substituting House companions and adopting late-filed amendments. The transportation bill was significantly revised to remove speed-limit increases and utility-related provisions while adding beach equipment removal, flood-wake enforcement, expectant mother parking permits, and local regulation of micromobility devices; it passed 37-0. The trust fund interest bill drew the most debate, with supporters arguing it right-sized a volatile funding stream for legal aid and opponents warning it would sharply reduce support for legal aid organizations; it passed 28-10. The municipal water and sewer rate bill also prompted extended debate over fairness, fiscal impact, and accusations of racism, but passed 36-2. Public records exemption bills for AHCA investigators, JQC employees, and appellate clerks passed with varying margins, with supporters emphasizing safety and anti-doxing protections. One bill on cardiac emergencies and another on education were temporarily postponed. Most measures were adopted by wide margins, often unanimously, after brief sponsor explanations and little or no debate. The Senate also adopted a resolution honoring the late USF coach Amir Abdur-Rahim and recognized several visiting groups in the gallery. After completing the day’s special order calendar, the Senate recessed for lunch until 1:30 p.m. or on call of the President.

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• This chapter shall be called the Alabama Fair Campaign Practices Act.
• Replace lines 46 through 48 on page with the following: filings on the Alabama Campaign Practices Act
• 10:20.480> Alabama filings on the Alabama filings on the Alabama campaign<00:10:23.680> practices
• <00:10:24.240> acting<00:10:25.040> system campaign practices acting system campaign
• You do have a handout from me saying the 14, uh, the 42 historical interstate conventions stand out.

Bills: HB433, HB443

Keywords: tax distribution, Talladega County, economic development, public safety, rural infrastructure, HB443, Underground Damage Prevention Program, One-Call Notification System, 811, utility locate, dig law, excavation safety, damage prevention, underground utilities, pipeline safety, public utilities, buried facilities, excavation notice, demolition notice, Alabama Public Service Commission

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• In practice, these laws directly contradict one another and create a dangerous enforcement gap.
• He added that once a lake is frozen, it becomes a public way like Interstate 93, and that while people
• 01:04:24.880> public<01:04:25.119> way<01:04:25.280> like<01:04:25.520> Interstate
• becomes a public way like Interstate 93. becomes a public way like Interstate 93.
• in our landscape uh management practices in our landscape uh near<01:34:21.120> and<01:34:21.360

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• . >> In October, the Hawaii Retirement Savings Board approved an RFI for an interstate partnership. >
• <00:48:37.359> partnership interstate partnership interstate partnership uh<00:48:39.359> and
• So is that the intent or is that the practice that whatever you folks ask for, whether it's CIP general
• <01:38:38.639> is<01:38:38.800> that<01:38:39.040> the<01:38:39.280> practice
• <01:38:39.840> that intent or is that the practice that intent or is that the practice that

Bills: SB1, SB4, SB6, SB9, SB16, SB17, SB20, SB22, SB28, SB29, SB36, SB41, SB45, SB77, SB85, SB87, SB96, SB98, SB110, SB126, SB139, SB143, SB164, SB167, SB171, SB186, SB188, SB195, SB197, SB198, SB204, SB205, SB206, SB207, SB209, SB210, SB211, SB217, SB219, SB220, SB225, SB231, SB237, SB238, SB241, SB244, SB246, SB247, SB272, SB294, SB315, SB346, SB364, SB366, SB367, SB386, SB392, SB403, SB415, SB427, SB431, SB437, SB457, SB459, SB469, SB471, SB478, SB484, SB489, SB502, SB503, SB507, SB508, SB510, SB516, SB517, SB518, SB519, SB521, SB535, SB543, SB550, SB564, SB568, SB570, SB575, SB577, SB578, SB590, SB607, SB616, SB621, SB634, SB644, SB647, SB649, SB652, SB655, SB656, SB663

Keywords: agricultural lands, foreign ownership, state agriculture policy, real estate regulation, land conservation, SB4, Royal Mausoleum, Mauna Ala, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, OHA, Department of Land and Natural Resources, DLNR, stewardship, Hawaiian affairs, cemetery, burial site, ancestral remains, cultural preservation, state land management, agency transfer

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• We were created through the Interstate Compact for Education back in the 1960s.
• We were created through the Interstate Compact for Education back in the 1960s.
• Um, we are a national nonpartisan education policy group created through the Interstate Compact for Education
• Um, we are a national nonpartisan education policy group created through the Interstate Compact for Education
• The UNH Cary Center did a study on New Hampshire's expulsion and suspension practices, and I'll just

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Located in south-central Minnesota along Interstate 90.
• This runs counter to the competitive bidding practices that public schools rely on to control costs and
• :19:20.120> bidding counter to the competitive bidding counter to the competitive bidding practices
• that public schools rely on to practices that public schools rely on to control<00:19:23.640> costs
• facility would normally be a practical facility would normally be a practical solution<00:19:55.440

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• President, it requires FDOT to develop and submit a report regarding the widening of Interstate 4.
• It strengthens consumer protections by putting patients first in billing practices.
• care provider to utilize stem cell products that adhere to applicable current good manufacturing practices
• This bill allows physicians to utilize advanced practice registered nurses to certify death and file
• Committee Substitute for House Bill 647, a bill to be entitled an act relating to advanced practice registered

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions and moments of silence, including tributes to those affected by the Florida State University shooting and recognition of Coach Amir Abdur-Rahim, John Thrasher, student advocacy groups, conservation organizations, and visiting school groups. Members also adopted Senate Resolution 1878 honoring Coach Abdur-Rahim. The chamber then moved into special order business and considered a series of bills, many of them with House companions substituted in and passed by wide margins or unanimously. Among the measures passed were bills updating child care and early learning provider regulation, imposing costs on false swatting reports, extending protections against extraordinary hospital collection actions, expanding hazardous walking conditions for schoolchildren, creating young adult housing support for foster and homeless students, clarifying school choice disclosure requirements under the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program, adjusting interest rules for trust accounts supporting legal aid, revising transportation and traffic enforcement provisions, expanding public records exemptions for certain judicial and health care investigators and appellate clerks, changing municipal water and sewer utility rates in Miami-Dade, strengthening motor vehicle offenses involving impersonation and obscured plates, increasing trespass penalties at certain law-enforcement-controlled sites and large ticketed events, requiring refunds of patient overpayments, authorizing certain stem cell therapies, allowing relatives and direct support professionals to administer insulin in group homes, addressing rideshare impersonation and transit funding rules, and updating the Uniform Commercial Code for digital assets and emerging technologies. Several bills drew notable debate. The trust fund interest bill prompted extended discussion over legal aid funding, bank participation, and whether the measure would reduce support for legal services; it ultimately passed 28-10. The transportation bill was heavily amended, including removal of speed-limit increases and changes to school bus camera enforcement and micromobility rules, and passed 37-0. The Miami-Dade water and sewer rate bill sparked debate over fairness, fiscal impact, and accusations of racism, but passed 36-2. Public records bills protecting agency investigators and JQC employees also drew questions about accountability and transparency before passing. Most other measures passed with little or no opposition, and a few bills were temporarily postponed or set aside.

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• There's decades of case law and practice by local attorneys who discuss this.
• by local attorneys who discuss practice by local attorneys who discuss this<00:34:16.919> there's
• I just want to say, you know, I’ve been here for almost 20 years now, practicing as a pharmacist in a
• All of these products are illicit interstate commerce that is purposely labeled as hemp and then sold
• All of these products are illicit interstate commerce that is purposely labeled as hemp and then sold

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committees on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs and Agriculture and Food Systems heard testimony and began decision-making on HB 1246, which would establish the Hawaii Cannabis and Hemp Office within DCCA to regulate cannabis. Chair Tarnas described the bill as divisive and noted the hearing had received 95 testimonies in support, 135 in opposition, and 11 comments. Members were told the office would be administratively attached to DCCA, and the department emphasized it would not direct day-to-day operations. DCCA also raised concerns about banking access due to federal law, while the Department of Agriculture supported a one-plant, one-agency approach and noted its current authority over cannabis plant importation and movement. Several agencies and advocates supported the bill with cautions or requested amendments. The Department of Health said it appreciated the bill’s public health protections but remained concerned about increased adult-use access, youth mental health, pregnancy-related risks, and effects on developing brains; it requested a 12-month delayed effective date. The Attorney General’s office said legalization should include safeguards, recommended a longer implementation timeline and seed funding, and flagged issues in the bill involving impaired driving, open-container language, and penalties for under-21 possession. The Office of the Public Defender supported the bill but objected to new driving and possession offenses, saying existing law already covers impaired driving. Doctors for Drug Policy Reform supported the measure, citing regulation of intoxicating cannabinoids, testing, childproof packaging, and public education as public-health benefits. Opponents focused on youth access, public safety, and the bill’s broader social effects. The Honolulu Police Department opposed the bill over access and diversion concerns, and the City and County of Honolulu Prosecutor strongly opposed legalization, citing higher-potency cannabis, youth harms, psychiatric risks, and increased poison-center calls. The Hawaiʻi Substance Abuse Coalition argued legalization should wait until prevention programs are in place and funded first, while the Hawaiʻi Family Forum and Hawaiian Republican Women also opposed the measure, citing concerns about youth exposure, added bureaucracy, and taxpayer costs. The Tax Foundation of Hawaiʻi questioned the purpose of the proposed cannabis taxes, asking why cannabis should be taxed heavily if legalization is intended. The hearing continued with additional testimony after a brief audio issue for one testifier.

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• This delay is effective because it provides time for farmers and applicators to adjust practices.
• /c><01:38:12.400> road<01:38:13.320> on<01:38:13.560> the<01:38:13.720> interstate
• vehicle off the road on the interstate. vehicle off the road on the interstate.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• This unpredictability has been a practice of our federal government for too long.
• of our federal government for practice of our federal government for too<01:02:31.119> long.
• using this authority to block interstate using this authority to block interstate natural<01:36:
• In fact, many of them are best practiced right in our family hometowns.
• In fact, many of them are best practiced right in our family hometowns.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, December 11, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• ensuring that tribally controlled schools receive funding and that they are trained in some of the practices
• So, you know, maybe At the Legislative Council Service with staff, you know, maybe that becomes a practice
• Yeah, and one more addition to Madam Chair's inquiry about the assessment practice.
• Senator Charlie and I live along Interstate 40. Crime is high; it's a dangerous highway.

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• I'm a college educator and psychotherapist with over 30 years of academic and practice experience combined
• It is a practical necessity and the cornerstone of faculty's training of students so that they are competitive
• Coordinating Board's own report offers some solutions, including passing things such as the Social Work Interstate
• job is to teach them how to navigate conversations about contentious topics, and we do this by practicing

Bills: SB 37

Keywords: fetal development, education, public health curriculum, middle school, age-appropriate instruction

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• The biggest one here is that we’re rehabilitating Exit 1, Interstate 95 North and South in Hampton.
• 14.399> uh one is that we're rehabilitating exit uh one is that we're rehabilitating exit uh Interstate
• 16.000> North<00:15:16.240> and<00:15:16.399> South<00:15:17.199> in Interstate
• 95 North and South in Interstate 95 North and South in Hampton.<00:15:18.480> The<00:15:18.720

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• I'm assuming we have some limitations on what we could do in terms of interstate commerce and regulation
• limitations on what we could do in terms limitations on what we could do in terms of<00:18:38.159> Interstate
• <00:18:38.720> Commerce<00:18:39.159> and<00:18:39.640> regulation of Interstate
• Commerce and regulation of Interstate Commerce and regulation but<00:18:41.080> that<00:18:41.240

Bills: HF601, HF271, HF1101, HF979

Keywords: agriculture, depredation compensation, livestock, crop damage, elk, wolves, wildlife management, skills path program, career and technical education, CTE, dual credit, postsecondary options enrollment, apprenticeship, apprenticeship readiness, dual training, work-based learning, career pathways, skilled trades, workforce development, high school to career

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• And again, that was included based on best practices from other states that have done similar things
• from other states that have practices from other states that have done<00:16:54.680> similar<
• on rail trails and for more practice on rail trails and learn<00:35:21.400> how<00:35:21.560>
• CDL driver of large Vehicles interstate CDL driver of large Vehicles interstate and<00:53:25.119
• A very practical concern with this bill is that our clients have experienced that driver’s license in

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Transportation Committee held a public hearing on HB 249, which would allow bicycles, and in the bill’s language human-powered vehicles and e-bikes, to treat stop signs as yield signs and red lights as stop signs when safe. The bill sponsor, Rep. Seth Miller, said the measure is intended to improve cyclist safety and traffic flow at no cost to the state, citing Idaho and Delaware as examples where similar laws were associated with fewer crashes or injuries. He emphasized that the bill would remain optional, would not let cyclists ignore cross traffic, and would help riders avoid the unstable “wobble” that comes from repeatedly stopping and starting, especially on cargo bikes or other heavier bicycles. Committee members raised concerns about predictability, liability, and whether the proposal creates a special class of vehicle. Rep. Crawford asked why the bill also addresses left turns on red for one-way streets; Miller said that provision is meant to address situations where bicycles do not trigger signal equipment and could otherwise be stranded at a light. Rep. Gannon questioned the lack of explicit liability language, and Miller said he did not know of a separate provision but would be open to an amendment if the committee wanted clearer language. Rep. Hill and Rep. Emble expressed concern that other drivers would not know what cyclists intend to do and that the bill could create special rules; Miller responded that cyclists would still be required to yield and that the law would not change right-of-way rules. Several witnesses testified in support. Michael Frank, a Spofford cyclist and League cycling instructor, said the bill would help him safely commute and carry heavy groceries by reducing the effort and exposure involved in restarting after a full stop. Tim Blagden, former head of the Bike Walk Alliance of New Hampshire, said the bill reflects how many people already ride, saves energy and time, and would still require cyclists to stop at red lights unless the intersection is clear. He also noted that traffic signals often do not detect bicycles. No vote was taken during the hearing.

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• Are we making it more difficult for doctors to practice in this area? Is that the cause of it?
• The efficiencies are great when we have an accident out on one of the highways or the interstates and
• and our the DOT teams or the interstates and our the DOT teams working<01:34:46.360> hand<01:
• we need, so I was really hoping for a few snowstorms in October, November just to get them some practice
• we need, so I was really hoping for a few snowstorms in October, November just to get them some practice

Keywords: 916, all

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• It's a good practice to from doing that.
• So these are all very much accepted common practice and best practice for people who are responsible
• So these are all very much accepted common practice and best practice for people who are responsible
• So these are all very much accepted common practice and best practice for people who are responsible
• <00:28:45.360> people practice and best practice for people practice and best practice for

Keywords: 1187, senate, all