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• ANY INITIAL HOSPITALS ARE ALSO TO REQUIRE THAT IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THIS.
• SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.
• THE PREVIOUS REPORTING REQUIREMENT WAS EVERY THREE YEARS.
• THAT IS A REQUIREMENT. AT LEAST OSTENSIBLY THEY KNOW.
• SO THEY ARE ON VERBAL. >> Chair Burton: IS IT A REQUIREMENT? A LEGAL REQUIREMENT? >> I THINK SO.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• The proposed legislation would amend RSA 1516 to require investigation results and amend 1516A to require
• The proposed legislation would amend RSA 1516 to require investigation results and amend 1516A to require
• The proposed legislation would amend RSA 1516 to require investigation results and amend 1516A to require
• The proposed legislation would amend RSA 1516 to require investigation results and amend 1516A to require
• <00:38:21.040> investigation amend RSA 1516 to require investigation amend RSA 1516 to require

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• legislation in a different forum to help us open up staffing to do essentially part-time or those as required
• tourism's doing because that Will allow us to further staff our full-time shifts to the minimum requirement
• They come in Later sicker, so they require more touch points. And we're seeing more of that.
• If we're asking people, especially if we did statutory things that say, hey, you're required to do this
• Part of that was that the department mandated things that weren't required federally.

Keywords: 914, all

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• policies that go all the way back to the Forest Service's 1930s so-called 10 a.m. policy, which requires
• My own state of Kansas is not immune to wildfire.
• This is a nonpartisan emergency that requires a bipartisan response, and the Fix Our Forest Act is an
• And the Fix Our Forests Act incorporates many of those recommendations, including requiring government
• We don't have 45 days to do the planning that's required.

Bills: HB471

Keywords: forest management, wildfire prevention, public lands, Tribal jurisdiction, Fix Our Forests Act, wildfire, forest health, hazardous fuels reduction, fuels treatment, prescribed burning, mechanical thinning, mastication, fuel breaks, fire breaks, wildland-urban interface, WUI, fireshed, fireshed management area, fireshed registry, Fireshed Center

Summary: The meeting primarily focused on H.R. 471, the Fix Our Forests Act, which aims to address the ongoing crisis of wildfires exacerbated by climate change and the need for updated forest management practices. Various committee members voiced concerns about past federal management failures and emphasized the necessity for collaborative approaches involving local communities and stakeholders in forest management. As discussions unfolded, there were varying perspectives on the implications of certain provisions in the bill, particularly around regulatory changes and their likely impacts on public participation and environmental reviews.

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• It revises marriage and family therapist licensure requirements to require all applicants after 2032
• HR 1 does not require that.
• In fact, they require that we oppose it.
• Federal law requires the state to assist households in obtaining required verification when they need
• Also the work requirement for 61 to 65 year-olds.

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• It revises marriage and family therapist licensure requirements to require all applicants after 2032
• Both these emergency rules definitively and also required to follow certain statutory requirements to
• HR one does not require that.
• Federal law requires the state to assist households intending required verification when they need help
• Also, the work requirement for 61 to 65 year-olds.

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• <00:20:32.720> but mirrors the federal requirements but mirrors the federal requirements but
• organization is given total immunity organization is given total immunity total<01:28:19.320>
• immunity from liability in total immunity from liability in handling<01:28:21.880> these<01:28
• they're not required to use which means they're not required to use even<01:28:28.639> um<01:
• require is required to that the district require is required to still<01:44:21.920> provide<01

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Education Policy Committee opened a hearing on HB 748, which would establish a local education freedom account (EFA) program. The prime sponsor, Rep. Kevin Verville, described the bill as enabling legislation that would let local voters decide whether to create a local EFA program by petition and ballot vote, with a 60% threshold to approve or repeal it. He argued that public education is about funding rather than a specific school building, said the proposal would expand parental choice, and cited Deerfield’s move from a single high school option to multiple tuitioned options as an example of local flexibility. Verville said the local EFA would be funded at twice the state adequacy amount, with the district matching the state portion, while other aid categories such as free and reduced meals, English language learner, and special education aid would not be doubled. He said students using a local EFA would still count in average daily membership, that unspent EFA funds would revert to the district, and that the bill would prohibit double-dipping with other scholarship or EFA programs. He also said special education services would remain under district discretion and that local EFA participants would still take statewide assessments for accountability. Committee members pressed him on several issues, especially special education, transportation, and fairness. Rep. Woodcock and Rep. Murray asked whether districts would still have to provide special education and transportation services if a student used a local EFA; Verville responded that special education would remain in the local district at district discretion, while transportation would generally become the family’s responsibility unless already required in an IEP. Rep. Cornell raised an equity concern about no income eligibility cap, asking whether higher-income families should receive the same public support; Verville replied that New Hampshire does not means-test public education and that the local EFA is a public funding mechanism, not a tuition subsidy that would cover full private-school costs. No vote or committee action was taken in the portion provided.

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• and we think they're going to require and we think they're going to require regulatory<00:03:57.040
• The work requires access to such data.
• use requires judicial Current use requires judicial authorization.
• something that never ends that requires something that never ends that requires you<01:48:20.400
• <01:57:26.080> around where there's like requirements around where there's like requirements

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• and the service of process requirements.
• <00:03:48.799> and sheriff's verification requirements and sheriff's verification requirements
• <00:03:51.040> so the service of process requirements so the service of process requirements
• requirements service the process<00:04:04.439> requirements<00:04:05.439> uh<00:04:05.640
• safety it would be about requiring safety it would be about requiring background<01:00:30.480>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard Senate File 558, a bill to create a formal process for removing unauthorized occupants from real property, often described as a “squatters bill.” The author presented an A2 amendment, which was adopted, and explained that the bill would give sheriffs a structured complaint and verification process, allow fees, provide immunity when the process is followed, and impose civil remedies for wrongful removal and criminal penalties for false complaints. The bill also includes a provision on holdover situations, clarifying that certain unauthorized guests of tenants are unlawful occupants rather than tenants, and a use-of-excess-force provision was mentioned. Supporters said the measure is intended to give property owners and law enforcement a clearer, faster, and more consistent way to handle situations where people occupy property without a lawful basis, especially in rural or seasonal properties and in some landlord-tenant disputes. Senator Uty read a letter from Hubbard County Sheriff Corey Oas describing recurring problems with rental issues, couch hopping, and subletting without landlord knowledge, and a testifier from Pine Island described several local examples of prolonged and costly occupancy disputes, including a restaurant tenant who stopped paying rent and a rural property trespass incident. Committee members in support emphasized the need to balance tenant rights with property rights and to avoid leaving sheriffs to make ad hoc decisions. Michael D. from Homeline opposed the bill, arguing that existing trespass and harassment restraining order laws already address unlawful occupants and that the proposal creates due process concerns by allowing removal without a court hearing. He also warned that the bill’s definition of unlawful occupant could jeopardize oral leases, which are allowed under Minnesota law. In response, supporters said the bill is meant to distinguish true landlord-tenant relationships from trespass situations and to provide a workable process consistent with Minnesota law. At the end of the discussion, the chair announced that Senate File 558 would be laid over for possible inclusion. He also said Senate File 222 would be laid over, Senate File 559 would be moved with a recommendation to pass to the Judiciary Committee, and the fourth bill on the agenda was informational only.

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• <00:10:17.560> State comprehensive analysis requires State comprehensive analysis requires
• and number two remove the requirement and number two remove the requirement that<00:53:42.119>
• You know, no other homes or housing types require this type of inspection.
• How are they going to know about the requirement?
• know meeting their budget requirements know meeting their budget requirements that<01:30:08.000>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• This approach promotes requirement.
• come<03:23:00.640> to But, requiring tribes to come to But, requiring tribes to come to
• broadband deployment by requiring broadband deployment by requiring agencies<03:36:35.160> to
• had total immunity. had total immunity. Total. Total. Total.
• Federal law requires a the pass.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Small areas like ours are not immune to this, like many parts of greater Minnesota.
• Residential and business districts, which required six hundred thousand dollars in local investment.
• We understand that the committee requires a local match and potential phasing of this project.

Bills: HF474, HF218, HF210, HF441, HF691, HF720, HF1068, HF1314, HF1465, HF1860, HF2046, HF1389, HF2404, HF2854, HF2985, HF3128, HF3103, HF778, HF3125

Keywords: HF474, Hubert H. Humphrey, Henry Mower Rice, Statuary Hall, United States Capitol, statue replacement, capital investment, general fund appropriation, Minnesota State Capitol, Minnesota State Historical Society, public art, commemorative statue, National Statuary Hall Collection, commissioner of administration, cultural heritage, monument, Washington D.C., HF218, Minnesota, Department of Public Safety

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• It's a requirement to participate in that program or potentially lose federal funds. Thank you.
• We have the same transparency requirements as every licensing board.
• Madam Chair, again, the changes are in the qualified immunity section, section 9, page 20.
• Requirements to be able to get a license in another state.
• and so forth, it turned out that the compact requirement had a higher number of damage hours.

Keywords: 996, all

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• requirement that you've got to do it? requirement that you've got to do it?
• >> We actually have a separate required external quality improvement organization that is required by
• So, I think in any... follow what's required federally um in follow what's required federally um in in
• >> We actually have a a separate required >> We actually have a a separate required
• required in that mediation. required in that mediation.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the June 9 minutes, then reviewed a deferred personnel contract involving workers’ compensation claims administration. Staff explained that the roughly $50 million figure included about $48 million for claims payments and up to $1.45 million per year for administrative services, with billing based on a fee schedule for specific services rendered. Senator Meredith raised concerns about the vendor’s history, the scoring and bid process, and prior allegations involving the company; the administration responded that the procurement had been conducted under 45A through open competition, with outside scorers and no finding of wrongdoing tied to this contract. Meredith moved to disapprove Contract 167, Hart seconded, and the committee voted 5-2 to disapprove it. The committee then deferred a Western Kentucky University personal services contract because the vendors were still not registered with the Secretary of State’s office. Hart moved to defer the contract until the August 2026 meeting, Meredith seconded, and the motion carried. The committee also approved the agenda covering the various contract lists and deferred items. Next, the committee heard from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services on several personal services contracts for medical staffing and related services. Secretary Steven Stack and staff explained that staffing shortages often require outside vendors, that the contracts were competitively bid under 45A, and that the cabinet uses a streamlined vendor pool for specialized needs such as actuaries, auditors, and technical consultants. The committee approved Contracts 52 through 55 without objection. Discussion then began on Contract 61, with Meredith expressing concern that the committee lacked enough detail to judge whether the services could be performed in-house or whether the exchange of resources was appropriate; Stack said the contract was intended to provide efficient access to specialized outside expertise. The transcript cuts off before a final vote on Contract 61 is shown.

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• unaddressed as workers feel the pressure and believe that work outside of work, often unpaid, is required
• The bill essentially prohibits an employer from requiring an employee to access or respond to an email
• Prohibits an employer from requiring an employee to access or respond to an email, text message, group
• The bill essentially prohibits an employer from requiring an employee to access or respond to an email
• Upon receiving the complaint, LEO would be required to investigate, determine if a violation of the act

Summary: The Senate Committee on Labor met with a quorum, adopted the June 4 minutes, and then took up Senate Bill 948, the Workplace Employees Boundaries Act (WEB Act), after adopting an S-1 substitute by a 4-1 vote. Senator Geis presented the bill as a Michigan “right to disconnect” measure that would generally bar employers from requiring employees to access or respond to work communications outside usual work hours, allow employees to set availability hours, prohibit retaliation, direct LEO to write rules, and provide complaint and enforcement procedures with exceptions for emergencies and existing collective bargaining agreements. In questioning, Senator Albert raised concerns about how the bill would apply in small businesses and practical situations like staffing calls, school notifications, and emergency-like circumstances; Geis said the bill was meant to protect non-work time while preserving emergency carve-outs and informational messages. NFIB’s Amanda Fisher opposed the bill, arguing it was too broad, difficult to define across industries and schedules, potentially duplicative of existing wage-and-hour law, and likely to create confusion and reduce flexibility, especially for small employers. The committee then shifted to testimony on health care workforce and labor disputes. Nurses from Teamsters Local 332 described a 291-day strike at Henry Ford/Genesis over safe staffing, return-to-work terms, and alleged union-busting, saying the hospital’s staffing levels and use of replacement workers threatened patient safety and could displace experienced specialty nurses. Michigan Nurses Association president Aaron McCormick and Marquette RN union president Christina Hanson said Michigan’s problem is not a shortage of licensed nurses but of nurses willing to stay in overworked, hostile workplaces; they cited retaliation, slow grievance/arbitration processes, hospital consolidation, rural OB closures, and unsafe staffing ratios as drivers of burnout and departures. They urged stronger protections and faster dispute resolution, especially given the limited effectiveness of the NLRB and delays in labor processes. Additional testimony came from UAW Local 4911’s Kim Wheeler, who said UMH Sparrow was outsourcing two low-paid support groups—patient transport/housekeeping and food and nutrition—despite their importance to hospital operations and despite a recently ratified contract, and asked for transparency and limits on corporate outsourcing. Don Hill of SEIU Health Care Michigan described chronic understaffing in nursing homes, mandatory overtime, burnout, retaliation fears, and the need for enforceable patient-to-staff ratios and stronger wage support; he also noted that home care workers are negotiating first contracts after restored bargaining rights. The committee took no vote on SB 948 beyond adopting the substitute, heard extensive testimony, and adjourned without further business.

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• First, we are requiring reporting.
• education requirement? education requirement?
• <01:29:35.080> a labor fails is because it requires a labor fails is because it requires a
• c> the<01:29:38.240> background It requires somebody in the background It requires somebody
• . requires. requires.

Keywords: 981, all

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• The amendment requires a consumer lender that modifies a home equity revolving loan after January 1st
• It's the reason that we require reconstructive surgery after a mastectomy.
• And as a result, it requires additional diagnostic testing. Currently...
• As a result, it requires additional diagnostic testing.
• Requiring advance notice of inspection further undermines property oversight.

Bills: SB1165, SB1206, SB1212, SB1291, SB1347, SB1516, SB1554, SB1649, SB1689, SB1812

Keywords: breast cancer, screening services, health insurance, cost sharing, preventive care, storm damage, catastrophic storm, hail damage, wind damage, roof repair, roof replacement, post-storm repairs, insurance claim, property and casualty insurance, adjuster, public adjuster, contractor licensing, homeowner protections, deductible waiver, insurance fraud prevention

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• So the solution in this bill The solution in this bill requires reporting of information on taxes charged
• So, a few years ago, we passed a bill that created a law requiring an extra notification to be... ...
• that required an extra notification in the event an organ was taken for autopsy purposes.
• The Department of Education is required by statute to investigate and manage...
• The first reporter laws and all of the things that we're required to do.

Bills: SB324, HB395, HB222, HB310, HB285, HB144, HB251, HB380

Keywords: Morgan County, judge of probate, legal qualifications, equity jurisdiction, constitutional amendment, campaign finance, electronic notifications, civil penalties, Fair Campaign Practices Act, Secretary of State, sex offenders, treatment programs, electronic media, post office box restrictions, Class C felony, parole, probation, human cloning, criminal penalties, embryo

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• consideration during the 57th Legislature's second session submission of Senate Bill 178, a bill requiring
• , requiring school districts and charter schools to use evidence-based spending plans to improve academic
• ... ...compact schools from certain state statutes and rules, providing reporting requirements, allowing
• An act relating to health care, establishing reimbursement requirements for toxicology services provided
• under certain circumstances, requiring the Children, Youth and Families Department.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Everything from immune function to brain function to cancer, very important, easily corrected.
• Translating discoveries into real-world applications. will require coordinated efforts between industry

Keywords: health policy, lifespan, quality of life, community health, public testimony

Summary: The committee meeting was marked by discussions surrounding health policies aimed at enhancing the lifespan and quality of life for the community members. The chairperson initiated the session with personal reflections on the importance of extending not just the years of life but also the quality of those years, especially from the perspective of parents and grandparents. Members engaged in thoughtful dialogue regarding potential legislative measures that could address public health in a more holistic manner, emphasizing the need for community outreach and effective health education programs.