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• We looked at the fact that there are a lot of jobs out there, but if I’m paying more for daycare than
• The pharmacy was paying more than the statutory allowance for that, and we just felt like that needed
• Have the hearing, pay the fee, move on kind of...
• The hearing, pay the fee, and move on kind of thing. And so that was one of the significant issues.
• said, we feel like we’re going to have to oversee you more now, so here’s the amount you’ve got to pay

Bills: HB191 , HB35 , HB29 , HB123 , HB35 , HB29 , HB191 , HB123

Committee: Senate County and Municipal Government

Keywords: sales tax, use tax, sales and use tax, local tax exemption, county tax, municipal tax, county commission, municipality, Alabama Department of Revenue, tax exemption, ordinance, resolution, fiscal year, September 1 effective date, notice requirement, local government, tax administration, revenue law, state and local taxation, volunteer firefighters

Bills: SCR96 , SCR164 , SCR172 , SCR166 , SCR182 , SCR7 , SCR59 , SCR58 , SCR60 , SCR89 , SCR184 , SCR11 , HB2296 , HB2315 , HB2343

Keywords: electric reliability, renewable energy, interconnection, Hawaii Electric Reliability Administrator, Public Utilities Commission, capacity shortfalls, energy policies, critical infrastructure, foreign influence, local control, energy dependence, economic resilience, energy analysis, cost reduction, financial risk, Hawaii PUC, energy self-sufficiency, natural gas, energy transition, ratepayer protection

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• constituents that rely on QUEST for their health care need to know this year is that there's federal policy
• 12:10.360><c> that</c><00:12:10.520><c> there's</c><00:12:10.760><c> federal</c><00:12:11.120><c> policy
• </c> year is that there's federal policy year is that there's federal policy changes<00:12:11.960><c>
• <00:41:56.840><c> the</c> And if I did, if the court does say, 'Yes, you did impede,' now I have to pay
• </c> to pay for their attorneys. to pay for their attorneys.

Bills: SCR96 , SCR164 , SCR172 , SCR166 , SCR182 , SCR7 , SCR59 , SCR58 , SCR60 , SCR89 , SCR184 , SCR11 , HB2296 , HB2315 , HB2343

Keywords: electric reliability, renewable energy, interconnection, Hawaii Electric Reliability Administrator, Public Utilities Commission, capacity shortfalls, energy policies, critical infrastructure, foreign influence, local control, energy dependence, economic resilience, energy analysis, cost reduction, financial risk, Hawaii PUC, energy self-sufficiency, natural gas, energy transition, ratepayer protection

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• Representative, I really appreciate all the work you're doing on AI policy.

Bills: HB3147 , HB4453 , HB3369 , HB3660 , HB3498 , HB3260 , HB3081 , HB3127 , HB3673 , HB2293 , HB3545 , HB3546 , HB2035

Committee: House Commerce & Economic Development Oversight

Keywords: special license plates, Route 66, Oklahoma, funding, community support, health care, transparency, primary care, cost analysis, insurance, all payer claims database, spending benchmarks, HB3369, food truck, food truck fire suppression, mobile food establishment, mobile food preparation vehicle, mobile food vendor, automatic fire extinguishing system, fire suppression

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• DEI policies are a corrective tool, ensuring that we evaluate talent broadly and fairly.
• In public service, that means better policy decisions and stronger delivery of services.
• The local voters can vote them out if they do not like these policies or oppose them.
• That way it's not on a profit basis, and customers do not pay for it.
• They are paying them under or beneath minimum wage.

Bills: SB231 , SB667 , SB689 , SB825 , SB965 , SB992 , SB1059 , SB1220 , SB2368 , SB2601

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: temporary emergency electric energy facility, temporary generation, emergency power, backup generation, mobile generator, portable generator, grid resilience, power outage restoration, transmission and distribution utility, TDU, Public Utility Commission of Texas, PUCT, Utilities Code Section 39.918, competitive bidding, lease authorization, emergency procurement, bulk power system, locational marginal pricing, reliability model, black start

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• I'm a social work practice and policy.
• We need to pay them more. So they need this training.
• We need to pay them their their due.
• So, their combat pay is already exempt. Am I correct about that?
• So, their combat pay is already exempt. Am I correct about that?

Bills: HB151 , HB152 , HB138 , SB221 , SB190 , SB69 , SB225 , SB272 , HB151 , HB152 , HB138 , SB221 , SB190 , SB69 , SB225 , SB272

Committee: Senate Finance and Taxation Education

Keywords: fire chaplains, distinctive license plate, firefighter, volunteer service, criminal penalties, sales tax exemption, baby supplies, baby formula, maternity clothing, menstrual hygiene products, pregnancy, pregnant defendant, incarceration, jail intake, pregnancy test, bail, pre-incarceration probation, supervised probation, electronic monitoring, electronic supervision

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• So you have to pay $250,000 before we pay our $250,000.
• But what's interesting about that is that the insurance policy itself doesn't require them to pay anything
• policies.
• I have the minimum policy. Then my policy covers me for $25,000.
• You just have to buy that policy and pay the surcharge, and you're in.

Bills: SB41 , SB153 , SB165 , SB261 , SB264 , HB99 , HJR5 , HM39 , HB206 , HB213 , SB41 , SB153 , SB165 , SB261 , SB264

Committees: Senate Senate Judiciary , Senate House Judiciary

Keywords: sexual crimes, statute of limitations, criminal justice, victim rights, child abuse, procurement, contracting, small business, local government, disaster recovery, emergency procurement, certification, public spending, juvenile justice, delinquency, rehabilitation, community corrections, risk assessment, public safety, health regulations

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• I’m with the Center for Civic Policy. We are in support of H.J.R. 5.
• We are the only state in the country that does not pay its legislative body.
• You can say 60-60 and pay because that would be longer on. It would have to be separate.
• A lot of times the messaging is just, hey, your politicians want to pay themselves or pay themselves
• My name is Carla Law, and I'm a policy advocate with the American Civil Liberties Union.

Bills: HB99 , HJR5 , HM39 , HB206 , HB213 , SB41 , SB153 , SB165 , SB261 , SB264

Committee: House House Judiciary

Keywords: medical malpractice, malpractice reform, patient's compensation fund, PCF, health care liability, tort reform, damage caps, punitive damages, hospital liability, physician liability, nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, outpatient facility, ambulatory surgical center, urgent care, free-standing emergency room, insurance surcharge, superintendent of insurance, New Mexico hospitals, medical review process

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• In other words, what is the impact of those policies on consumers' access to care?
• I'm David Lloyd, Chief Policy Officer at Inseparable, a nonprofit mental health policy organization.
• It helps ensure that the coverage people are already paying for actually works.
• Have similar policies to this one passed in other states as of yet?
• Have similar policies to this one passed in other states as of yet?

Bills: SB6226 , SB6305 , SB5924 , SB5990 , SB5185 , SB5845 , SB6071 , SB6258

Committee: Senate Health & Long-Term Care

Keywords: SB 6226, Washington, audiology, audiologist, hearing aid specialist, speech-language pathologist, telehealth, teleaudiology, clinical autonomy, clinical judgment, in-person care, remote care, Board of Hearing and Speech, hearing instruments, hearing aids, dispensing hearing aids, standards of care, professional licensure, health professions regulation, patient-centered care

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• For failure to pay wages.
• Employers pay premiums into these funds, and workers pay a portion of the premium for medical.
• Hazardous industries generally pay higher rates.
• Hazardous industries generally pay higher rates.
• It does not dictate any policy outcomes.

Bills: HB2188 , HB2563 , HB1571 , HB2144 , HB2191 , HB2218 , HB2243 , HB2372

Committee: House Labor & Workplace Standards

Keywords: transparency, industrial insurance, insurance rate increases, financial disclosure, regulatory oversight, unemployment, electronic notices, compensation, digital communication, order processing, workers' compensation, occupational disease, firefighters, fire investigators, law enforcement officers, first responders, heart disease, cardiac conditions, respiratory disease, cancer presumption

Bills: SB843 , SB1733 , SB1476 , SB1237 , SB1410 , SB1894 , SB1272 , SB1204 , SB1721 , SB1725 , SB1735 , SB1337 , SB1339 , SB1461 , SB1975 , SB1450 , SB1458 , SB1232 , SB1238 , SB1325 , SB1209 , SB1362 , SB2072 , SB1451 , SB1540 , SB1581 , SB1535 , SB1266 , SB1927 , SB1460 , SB2084 , SB2182 , SB392 , SB985 , SB1265 , SB1283 , SB1441 , SB1307 , SB1425 , SB1826 , SB1365 , SB1696 , SB1870 , SB1722 , SB1639 , SB715 , SB716 , SB182 , SB609 , SB169 , SB134 , SB1611 , SB432 , SB1407 , SB2039 , SB1356 , SB1288 , SB2019 , SB1705 , SB1878 , SB2118

Keywords: school boards, educational governance, conflict of interest, employee relations, Oklahoma statutes, child abuse, reporting requirements, sexual misconduct, law enforcement, school personnel, confidentiality, student safety, land office, land exchange, investment, education funding, real estate management, Teachers' Bill of Rights, education, teachers' rights

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• half a million dollars and assigning this, we could say we're taking out of the $2 billion that they pay
• Senate Bill 1309 increases the amount of funding reserve for the purpose of paying debt service from
• Senate Bill 1309 increases the amount of funding reserve for the purpose of paying debt service from
• Senate Bill 112 is a tax policy cleanup when it comes to the implementation of broadband across the state

Bills: SB1319 , SB1369 , SB1378 , SB1379 , SB1309 , SB1330 , SB1481 , SB1546 , SB1122 , SB1403

Committee: House Appropriations and Budget

Keywords: SB1319, Corporation Commission, Oklahoma, remediation, environmental emergency, brine contamination, oil contamination, oilfield pollution, residential property, home buyout, property acquisition, fair market value, revolving fund, remediation fund, state plugging funds, well plugging, abandoned well, natural breakout, Department of Environmental Quality, DEQ

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• and exactly what that overtime pays for.
• </c><00:28:27.600><c> and</c> detailed breakdown of overtime pay and detailed breakdown of overtime pay
• It comes from places like pay for homes.
• You are, if you vote yes teacher pay.
• ,</c> for this, you're cutting teacher pay, for this, you're cutting teacher pay, you're<01:52:29.840

Bills: HF3694 , HF3844 , HF4006 , HF3785 , HF3849 , HF4102 , HF3441 , HF3507 , HF3562

Committee: House Transportation Finance and Policy

Keywords: transportation, tow trucks, variable message signs, road safety, emergency service, optometrist, window glazing, motor vehicle regulations, medical prescriptions, transportation safety, infrastructure, construction, appropriation, state project, motorized bicycles, motorcycles, electric vehicles, transportation regulations, safety standards, dealer license

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• Right now they pay on a population basis.
• At the same time, the cities were paying—this is a weird combination of policy—the cities were paying
• You'll see a new obligation to pay $1,100.
• for working the midnight shift, not paying for language, not paying for bomb squad, not paying for our
• We'll be able to pay for issues to deal with all of our specialty units, which we currently don't pay

Bills: HB2063 , HB2271 , HB2416 , HB2478 , HB2593 , HB2692 , HB2813 , HB2992 , HB2993 , HB4044

Committees: House Appropriations , House House Appropriations Committee of Reference

Keywords: corrections oversight, appropriation, independent office, public safety, funding, firefighters, insurance rates, workers' compensation, firefighter cancer reimbursement, rate deviations, cost analysis, premiums, border security, drug trafficking, human smuggling, law enforcement funding, Arizona, immigration, education reform, K-12

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• I think once you're in the system and you're having to pay something, you'll never ever get your license
• I think once you're in the system and you're having to pay something, you'll never ever get your license
• > you're in the system and you're having you're in the system and you're having to<00:30:27.039><c> pay
• 28.080><c> you'll</c><00:30:28.480><c> never</c><00:30:28.799><c> ever</c><00:30:29.760><c> get</c> to pay
• something, you'll never ever get to pay something, you'll never ever get your<00:30:30.240><c> license

Bills: HB274 , HB287 , HB301 , HB157 , HB254 , HB88 , HB274 , HB287 , HB301 , HB157 , HB254 , HB88

Committee: House Public Safety and Homeland Security

Keywords: Crenshaw County, county board of education, school board, board of education, term limits, term length, elected officials, local constitutional amendment, Alabama Constitution, education governance, local legislation, November 2026 election, ballot measure, constitutional amendment, school board elections, law enforcement, transparency, reporting, public safety, regulation

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• </c> state's paying your insurance. state's paying your insurance. uh<00:13:17.120><c> if</c><00:13:17.360
• </c> would pay balance billing. would pay balance billing.
• </c><00:14:30.480><c> that</c> they're left out, they will pay that they're left out, they will pay that
• </c> pay your deductible and that's it. pay your deductible and that's it.
• </c> out, then they will pay balance billing. out, then they will pay balance billing.

Bills: HB44 , HB400 , HB444 , HB487 , SB249 , SB252 , SB58 , HB44 , HB400 , HB444 , HB487 , SB249 , SB252 , SB58

Committee: House Ways and Means General Fund

Keywords: teachers retirement, credit purchase, St. Clair County, DAY Program, pension reform, dental insurance, benefit rollover, healthcare, insurance policy, annual maximum, HB444, vaccines, vaccine exemption, religious exemption, religious liberty, private school, church school, faith-based school, parochial school, school immunization

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• So if you depend on your job to say, pay your rent, if you own a house, pay your mortgage.
• us to pay them.
• Pay to go down there. Pay to park. Pay for the test.
• I had to pay a whole bunch.
• It all has to do with policies. If the current policy.

Bills: HB36 , HB75 , HB76 , HB166 , HB799 , HB 1135 , HJR15 , HJR16 , HB36 , HB75 , HB76 , HB166 , HJR15 , HJR16

Committee: House Criminal Jurisprudence

Keywords: family violence, global positioning monitoring system, victim resources, electronic monitoring, protective orders, magistrate, criminal procedure, probable cause, written findings, law enforcement, bail bonds, bail fund, charitable bail fund, nonprofit bail organization, public funds, local government spending, political subdivision, county, city, taxpayer lawsuit

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• 00:15:22.240><c> members,</c> Senator Coleman-Madison, I just wanted for other members, y'all know I pay

Bills: HB2 , HB163 , SB326 , HB17 , HB363 , HB2 , HB163 , SB326 , HB17 , HB363 , SB333

Committee: Senate County and Municipal Government

Keywords: vaccination, parental consent, minors, medical consent, guardian approval, income tax, research expenditures, economic development, tax deductions, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Alabama tax law, sheriff, credit card, debit card, financial procedures, Jackson County, purchasing authority, HB17, Alabama Squat Truck Law, squat truck

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• So who pays for it?
• So who pays for it? And and one school. So who pays for it?
• I mean, so besides because, you know, sometimes pay is not just the pay.
• I mean, so besides because, you know, sometimes pay is not just the pay.
• >> I think it's more pay. >> Yeah.

Bills: HB2185 , HB2621 , HB2179 , HB2534 , HB2168 , HB2427 , HB2560 , HB2565 , HB2172 , HB2298 , HB2304

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: sports officials, referees, umpires, athletic directors, school administrators, league administrators, coaches, assault, first-degree assault, substantial bodily injury, temporary restraining order, TRO, private counsel, Department of Education, DOE, sports safety, school sports, amateur athletics, professional sports, public schools

Bills: SB100 , SB122 , SB127 , HB182 , HB275 , SB100 , SB122 , SB127 , HB182 , HB275

Committee: House Boards, Agencies and Commissions

Keywords: property tax, ad valorem tax, real property assessment, assessment cap, county-wide reappraisal, CPI-U, Consumer Price Index, tax assessor, Class II property, Class III property, local government revenue, property tax relief, reappraisal, tax increment district, retroactive tax law, Alabama Code 40-7-2.2, appropriation, education funding, Southern Preparatory Academy, fiscal responsibility