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• I also want to remind everyone that our committee has a suspense file.
• That will be file item number four, SB 1165, Carbiero.
• So that item will be referred to our suspense file. And thank you very much.
• So we go to file item number four. We’ll go to file item number four. Give way to Senator Cabrero.
• So we go to file item number four, SB 1165.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• This afternoon, we filed a landmark lawsuit here.
• This afternoon, we filed a landmark lawsuit here in Travis County, Texas, against several state officials
• So today we filed a lawsuit against four entities: Acting Texas State Comptroller Kelly Hancock, Mark
• We have filed 16 counts against the defendants. Those counts fall into three core categories.
• Hancock's so-called regulation, and the Legislature refused to amend the statute.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• There's a filing fee associated with that. I think the filing fees are around $325.
• </c> prosecutors file criminal charges. prosecutors file criminal charges.
• Uh, somebody mentioned filing fees for prosecution. There are no filing fees here.
• >> Four. people could just refuse. If they get people could just refuse.
• Uh, somebody mentioned filing fees for prosecution. There are no filing fees here.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• House File Number 1290, an act relating to transportation. The message is signed, Thomas S.
• Third reading: House File Number 1290 as amended by the Senate. Third reading.
• We, the undersigned conferees for Senate File Number 1959.
• Third reading, Senate File Number 1959, as amended by conference.
• Senate File. Senate File Number 1740, an act relating to education policy.

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• to provide legislation that they refuse to provide legislation that they<02:52:06.960><c> refuse</c>
• Five, it terminates the IRS Direct File program, a successful free tax filing service that helped over
• </c> it terminates the IRS direct file it terminates the IRS direct file program,<03:06:12.160><c> a<
• </c> program, a successful free tax filing program, a successful free tax filing service<03:06:14.560
• Six, it file their taxes in 2024.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Under the budget proposal in the current tax year, the tax filing season that just ended on April 15th
• Then moving forward prospectively into next year’s tax filing season, the budget proposal would shift
• You’ll see some items are removed moving forward into next tax filing season.
• It is my understanding that the sponsor will refuse the changes, and with that, I'm happy to answer any

Keywords: 1182, all

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• what’s happening on tax conformity under the budget proposal in the current tax year, so the tax filing
• Then moving forward prospectively into next year’s tax filing season, the budget proposal would shift
• So, members, you’ll see in terms of some items that are removed moving forward into next tax filing season
• It is my understanding that the sponsor will refuse the changes, and with that, I'm happy to answer any

Summary: The meeting began with a JLBC presentation on the state budget proposal. Staff reviewed revenue changes from the April forecast, which lowered expected growth slightly, and then walked through major tax policy provisions. Those included full conformity with HR1 for the current tax year, a shift to the provisions of SB 1106 for future tax years, new deductions for retirement/pension distributions and Roth IRA contributions, an increase in the dependent credit, and a child and dependent care subtraction. Staff said the tax changes had an overall fiscal impact of about $1.4 billion over four years. They also described offsets from repealing several tax credits and exemptions, including solar-related tax breaks, a renewable energy production credit, a new employment tax credit, a refundable R&D credit for smaller employers, and a pollution-control device credit, totaling about $75 million in added revenue. Another budget item would redirect Arizona Commerce Authority Competes Fund lottery distributions to the general fund. Members asked questions about the budget’s effect on ACCESS eligibility checks, state employee health insurance funding, and cuts to one-time funding for area agencies on aging and Alzheimer’s programs. The committee then moved to caucus items on several bills. HB 2249, as amended by the Senate, would expand the parents’ bill of rights to include access to a child’s complete educational record and notice if school staff facilitate social transitioning, and would require investigation of prior violations; the sponsor concurred with the amendment. HB 2035 would require DCS and courts to identify and consider extended family for kinship foster care placement, with Senate changes shortening a reporting deadline and adding adopted family members to the definition. HB 2170 would bar state contracts for electronic or IT goods with PRC-controlled companies, with a certification requirement added in the Senate. HB 2573 would remove a waiting period for ignition interlock restricted licenses after DUI revocation and adjust psychotherapy language. HB 2415 on kratom would classify synthetic kratom as a narcotic drug and add advertising, packaging, and retail restrictions, but the sponsor intended to refuse the Senate changes. HB 2873 would let local petition sponsors withdraw municipal referendum petitions retroactively, which members noted could affect the Marana data center petition effort. The final bill discussed, SB 1798, would create a Financial Aid Awareness Program in the Department of Education to recognize schools that support FAFSA completion. Members questioned whether the department would need additional staff or resources, but no fiscal note had been provided. The meeting ended with recognition of interns and a brief photo opportunity before the caucus moved into closed session.

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• What was originally filed had nothing but the code sections.
• </c> filed had nothing but the code sections. filed had nothing but the code sections.
• It's not where, like a lawyer can go out there and file something.
• But if they refuse to turn them over, guess what? They're in violation of this law.
• But if they refuse to turn them records.

Keywords: MS House Floor - 12 February, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

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• Others, though, refuse.
• And I'll tell you, if there's a criminal complaint filed—which I think a lot of times in these cases
• with that court a motion ...and that in order to obtain these records, you must file with that court
• That's the process now, so if you're not a party to the case, you've got to file a miscellaneous court
• There is a recently filed strike-and-insert amendment.

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes and then took up House Bill 4852, a strike-and-insert bill revising West Virginia’s food additive restrictions. Counsel explained that it moved the existing additive list into a new code section, kept the 2028 effective date, added exceptions for dietary supplements, alcoholic liquor, non-intoxicating beer, and small sellers under $5,000 per month, and created civil penalties for knowing violations. Testimony split between industry witnesses, who argued the bill and last year’s law would raise costs, burden interstate commerce, and conflict with federal regulation, and advocates who said the law is already prompting companies to reformulate and that the bill clarifies vague language tied to a federal injunction. Several amendments were offered to tie the law to FDA action or exempt soda, pepperoni rolls, frozen confections, and snack foods; some were adopted and others failed. The committee then adopted the strike-and-insert amendment as amended and reported HB 4852 to the full Senate with a do-pass recommendation. The committee next considered House Bill 5484, which creates felony offenses for interfering with a victim’s access to medical treatment or forensic care related to a sexual offense, or for forcing a victim of a sexual offense who becomes pregnant to have an illegal abortion, along with a conspiracy offense. Counsel said the strike-and-insert added clarifying language and definitions. Members raised concerns that the conspiracy language could be read to include the victim herself, and the bill sponsor said the intent was to target traffickers and abusers who keep victims from medical care and force abortions outside medical facilities. An amendment was adopted clarifying that nothing in the subsection imposes criminal liability on the victim of the sexual offense. The committee then adopted the strike-and-insert amendment, reported HB 5484 to the full Senate with a do-pass recommendation, and adopted a title amendment. The final bill discussed in the excerpt was House Bill 4468, which narrows confidentiality protections for victims in criminal complaints by limiting redaction to names and addresses, while still allowing disclosure to other governmental entities and permitting victims to request redaction of addresses from appellate decisions after July 1, 2026. Counsel said the bill would replace broader existing confidentiality language and remove provisions allowing disclosure upon a showing of justice or by subpoena. Members questioned whether the change would weaken victim privacy protections, noting that identifying information can include much more than names and addresses. The committee then began hearing testimony from a county prosecutor on the bill, but the excerpt ends before any vote or final action on HB 4468.

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• If you go to the National Archive and file Freedom of Information Act petitions to try and get this information
• The commission as a state entity is required to file annual reports.
• straight and no matter what IHS facility or private hospital or private practice doctor I went to, they refused

Bills: SM14

Keywords: forced sterilization, coerced sterilization, Indigenous women, Native American women, women of color, reproductive justice, reproductive sovereignty, truth and reconciliation commission, memorial, trauma-informed care, reparative justice, human rights, bodily autonomy, Indian Health Service, Indian affairs, Commission on the Status of Women, survivor testimony, reproductive health access, genocide, transitional justice

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• because everything depends on enforcing our rights under the compact against the upper basin that has refused
• In 1888, she filed a homestead claim in Tempe. She became the first.
• In 1888, she filed a homestead claim in Tempe. She became the first Black pioneer to own land here.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• I just wanted a little further clarification on if they... clarification on if they intentionally refuse
• I hope everybody's impressed by my file. This bill has been around for a while.
• I filed it several years ago, probably pre-COVID.

Bills: SB278, HB459, HB61

Keywords: University of South Alabama, board of trustees, education governance, state appointments, governance reforms, membership changes, home school, career and technical education, public schools, K-12 education, enrollment policy, 1136, house, all

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• The committee moves that the House refuse to concur with the Senate proposal and that a committee of
• You have refused to concur and requested a committee of conference.
• to concur in the Senate the house refuse to concur in the Senate proposal<00:13:38.160><c> of</c><00
• And you have refused to concur have it.
• And you have refused to concur and<00:14:04.639><c> requested</c><00:14:05.120><c> a</c><00:14:05.279

Keywords: 926, house, all

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• Uh, and so, members, the first bill up is House File 1316. House File 1316.
• </c><00:01:19.360><c> I</c> file 1316 to bring that before us. I file 1316 to bring that before us.
• So, House File 1316 was passes. So, House File 1316 was previously<00:01:57.840><c> amended.
• </c><00:02:44.959><c> 1316</c> Um otherwise, uh House File 1316 Um otherwise, uh House File 1316 essentially
• </c><01:31:43.199><c> to</c> workers who raise concerns or refuse to workers who raise concerns or refuse

Bills: HF1316, HF4369

Keywords: HF1316, child support, new hire reporting, centralized work reporting system, independent contractors, payors, employers, payor of funds, withholding orders, income withholding, child support enforcement, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, gig economy, rideshare drivers, delivery drivers, 1099, W-9, W-4, newly hired workers, rehired employees

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• They actually filed an unfair labor practice with PERC.
• The union filed an unfair labor practice charge, which is a legal challenge, not a lawsuit.”
• You refuse to continue to fund them the way in which they should. But I understand it's profitable.
• Representative Eskamani, I want to wholeheartedly thank you for filing this amendment.
• , filing this amendment.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, quorum calls, and several recognitions before taking up a series of Senate messages and House motions. Members also recognized House Sergeant at Arms staff, visitors in the gallery, and family members. The chamber approved the journal and then moved into message lists and concurrence motions on several bills. On CS/CS/SB 1668, relating to the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (NICA), the House concurred in a Senate amendment that clarified that if the NICA plan lacks adequate cash flow, the Office of Insurance Regulation may authorize a cumulative transfer of up to $20 million over the life of the plan and removed a proposed time limit on provider assessments. The bill then passed 96-2. The House also concurred in a Senate amendment to CS/CS/CS/HB 905, the foreign influence bill, after debate over a proposed strike-all amendment that would have removed surrogacy-related language; that amendment failed. Supporters said the bill still retained key foreign-influence restrictions, while opponents objected to the surrogacy provisions and other remaining restrictions. The bill passed 83-17. The House then took up CS/CS/HB 1279 on education. The Senate amendment added provisions on tuition residency for certain military and State Department families, a one-year deferral option for Benacquisto Scholarship recipients, virtual school notifications, educational emergency authority for persistently low-performing schools, epinephrine flexibility, VPK and New Worlds Reading changes, math pathways, dance credit, IEP service notifications, charter school safety officer options, and FEFP adjustments for Florida advanced courses, while removing several House provisions including the 95% Florida resident requirement for preeminent universities, the 5% cap on undergraduate international enrollment, and DEI-related provisions. Debate focused heavily on the educational emergency and collective bargaining language for persistently low-performing schools, with supporters saying it would help districts improve student performance and opponents warning it would weaken unions and affect schools that are not truly failing. The bill passed 81-16. Finally, the House considered CS/CS/CS/HB 399 on land use and development regulations. An amendment to repeal portions of last year’s SB 180 was ruled not germane. The House then took up a Senate amendment on compost facilities that would bar local governments from conditioning compost-facility approval on the purchase of additional property to expand a privately owned road and would limit local revocation of permits when facilities comply with state or regional environmental regulation; debate began on that motion as the transcript ended.

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• Our state attorney general did file a lawsuit in Johnson County, in our 18th District Court, against
• That was just filed in late 2024.
• Our state attorney general did file a lawsuit in Johnson County, in our 18th District Court, against
• That was just filed in late 2024. Those are the two proposed legislations that we had.
• That was just filed in late 2024. Those are the two proposed legislations that we had.

Summary: The committee hearing focused on biosolids, sewage sludge, and PFAS contamination, with the opening remarks and first three presenters arguing that land application of municipal sludge poses serious risks to soil, water, livestock, and human health. Representative Shaw cited EPA and state data on detected pollutants and PFAS in biosolids, while Denise Travick Poyer described her background in chemical engineering and PFAS work and said the EPA’s draft sewage sludge risk assessment shows unacceptable risk at very low PFOS/PFOA levels. She urged source reduction, more testing, and consideration of total organic fluorine, and noted examples from Michigan where industrial pretreatment and source reduction reduced PFAS in biosolids. Johnson County, Texas Commissioner Larry Woolley and Investigator Dana Ames presented a case study of alleged runoff from land-applied biosolids affecting a ranch, with high PFAS readings in soil, water, fish, cattle tissue, and a stillborn calf, and said the county and state had pursued investigations, lawsuits, and legislative responses. Sandra Trawick of Save Oklahoma Farms and Ranches argued that Oklahoma’s biosolids program relies heavily on Class B sludge, that current rules are outdated, and that land application exposes farms and rural communities to pathogens, chemicals, odors, flies, and runoff; she cited examples from Maine, Texas, Georgia, Michigan, and Oklahoma to support calls for stronger regulation or a ban. After the testimony, members asked about sampling methods, lab testing, EPA limits, and whether the cited PFAS blood levels were comparable to the soil and sludge measurements. Witnesses said the Johnson County samples were collected by a Texas A&M PhD contractor and tested at a single lab, and they explained that the EPA’s 4 parts per trillion figure applied to municipal drinking water standards. Questions also addressed whether sludge is incorporated into soil; Trawick said it had often been left on the surface, though she had seen better disking after public scrutiny. Members asked how biosolids compare with manure and feedlot waste, and witnesses responded that municipal sludge is more contaminated because it includes industrial, hospital, and household waste streams, unlike animal manure. The committee then moved to alternative solutions, hearing from Doug McKinney of Advanced Microbial Solutions, who promoted biological sludge removal using bacteria to reduce sludge volumes and avoid land application, citing cost savings for wastewater plants and correctional facilities. Jason Jepsen of Eden Energy followed with a pitch for an eight-stage waste-to-energy system that converts mixed waste into clean energy, biochar, and reusable products, framing waste as an asset and presenting his company’s technology as a no-land-application alternative.

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• Session, and I want to also thank you for the Operation Nightingale funding that was renewed in the filed
• TMB took the complaints against me and made no effort to talk to the involved parties prior to filing
• I refuse to settle on the offer because I want my name cleared.
• And yeah, I've also filed. I filed a complaint to the state auditor's office and got no response.
• We filed the first system resiliency plan under House Bill 2555 last May, and the commission dedicated

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• online class or refusing to teach an in-person class.
• online class or refusing to teach an in-person class.
• online class or refusing to teach an in-person class.
• </c><00:37:49.000><c> to</c> up to work on time from uh refusing to up to work on time from uh refusing
• </c><00:37:51.960><c> to</c> teach at online class or refusing to teach at online class or refusing to

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate Education Committee met with a quorum and first considered two concurrent resolutions. SCR 76, sponsored by Sen. Amanda Bledsoe, would create a Kentucky School for the Deaf Governance Task Force to examine the school’s future governance and its relationship with the Kentucky Department of Education. Bledsoe described the school’s long history and said the task force would give the small deaf-school community more voice. The committee adopted the resolution unanimously with favorable expression. The committee then took up SCR 131, sponsored by Sen. Max Wise, to continue the Efficient and Effective Districts Task Force from 2024. Wise said the prior task force met about 10 times and focused on student achievement and district policy, and the new version would continue that work as a legislature-only task force. The resolution passed unanimously with favorable expression. Members next considered HB 240 on primary school promotion. Rep. Truitt explained that the bill would require students who are not ready in kindergarten to repeat kindergarten, while a committee substitute softened the approach by allowing a school to hold a child back in kindergarten but requiring action in first grade. He said the bill aligns with existing reading-screening efforts and is intended to strengthen early literacy foundations. The committee adopted the substitute and passed the bill unanimously with favorable expression; Sen. Williams briefly explained his support as favoring performance-based advancement. The committee also approved HB 298, which would change the identification of schools for comprehensive support and improvement from every three years to annually, require KDE recommendations during management audits, add professional development in reading and math, and require effective instructional resources. The committee substitute also allowed districts with multiple CSI schools to contract for a turnaround vendor. The bill additionally carried employee-misconduct provisions from prior sessions, including disclosure requirements for applicants; the only change discussed was removing the word “investigation” from one disclosure section. HB 298 passed unanimously with favorable expression, and the committee also adopted a title amendment. Finally, the committee heard HB 424 on employment at public postsecondary institutions. Rep. Tipton said the bill would require performance and productivity reviews for faculty at least every four years, clarify appointment and removal authority for presidents at certain institutions, and expand “cause” for dismissal to include failure to meet performance and productivity requirements. Dr. Ray Horton, speaking for faculty groups, proposed a small substitute that would tie any performance measures to existing employment contracts to preserve academic integrity and avoid unintended changes to tenure processes. Members discussed how tenure works at Kentucky universities, and the committee was still in the middle of considering the proposed substitute when the transcript ended.

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• Yeah, just like the school could have banned cellphones last year, but As we know, they refused to do
• This bill was actually filed by me last year.

Bills: HB4274, HB3076, HB4358, HB3312, HB3288, HB3885

Keywords: HB4274, Oklahoma schools, interdistrict transfer, open transfer, school enrollment, military families, active duty, National Guard, Reserve orders, military installation, residency requirements, district of choice, public school transfer, student transfer, special education, IEP, Section 504, military housing, base housing, electronic enrollment

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• She calls us to leadership that refuses invisibility, leadership that recognizes those pushed to the
• And my intent, through this bill and through the many that I'll file after this bill, is to make sure

Summary: The Senate opened with a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and introductions recognizing the YMCA’s 175th anniversary, Youth and Government participants, and Dr. Thomas Clem as Doctor of the Day. Senators also noted the presence of guests from the YMCA and Lakeland Regional, and the chamber received a birthday acknowledgment for President Gates. The chamber then took up several bills on the special order calendar. Senate Bill 100 adopted the 2026 Florida Statutes and the 2025 session’s enacted statute materials; Senate Bill 102 removed statutory provisions that had already been repealed or expired; and Senate Bill 104, the general reviser’s bill, deleted obsolete language and corrected cross-references and errors. Each of these bills passed 36-0. Senate Bill 320, relating to administrative efficiency in public schools, was explained as reducing district-level requirements, expanding teacher apprenticeship and certification flexibility, adjusting assessment and budgeting rules, and increasing district flexibility in VPK and facility planning; it also passed 36-0. The Senate also passed Senate Bill 7010, which authorizes Roth post-tax contributions in state and local deferred compensation plans, by a 36-0 vote. Senate Bill 1720 on public school personnel compensation was withdrawn from further consideration. At the end of the session, the Senate waived rules to immediately certify the passed bills to the House and then adjourned until the next scheduled meeting.