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• It just reminds me of protecting history and protecting culture.
• Protect the language and protect who they are in this state. So thank you, Mr. President.
• Have you been read twice by title? House Joint Resolution 1.
• Let me just read the title, because I think that’s important.
• Read the title, because I think that’s important.

Keywords: 996, all

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• We have $500 in sales so far, as Max talked about, and our selected titles—those are basically...”
• This came up initially back in 2021 when we did the overhaul of the protection order statutes.
• So, Kevin, for instance, with the Sexual Assault Protection Order Act or the Stalking Protection Order
• Act, the extreme risk—if someone goes to, let's say, 7.90 sexual assault protection order, what would
• And then at the end of that disposition page, it would say notes, something like Civil Protection Orders

Summary: The Statute Law Committee meeting began with introductions of new staff, approval of the December 10 minutes, and election of Kyle Shiketty as vice chair by acclamation. The committee also approved a step increase for Code Reviser Kathy Buckley, with members praising her work and noting she had reached the top step. Max Weeks reported on publications: session laws had been published online and physical copies were nearing completion, while RCWs were expected online by the end of the next month with print copies following about a month later. The committee discussed print runs, free distribution to libraries and courts, and rising shipping costs, with a plan to charge actual shipping rates rather than the prior flat fee. Kathy Buckley also reviewed the office’s financial condition, reporting healthy balances in the publications account and general fund and expecting a year-end return of about $600,000. Alice reported on the annual multiple-amendment review process, explaining how the office merges nonconflicting amendments and flags possible items for a future technical corrections bill. The committee adopted the multiple amendments table and discussed plans to prepare a technical corrections bill for the fall and likely the 2027 session. The committee then heard a presentation from Kevin and Judge Anne Levinson on improving RCW disposition tables by adding hyperlinks to repealed session laws and chapter-level cross-reference notes to help readers trace recodified or replaced laws, especially in areas like protection orders and unclaimed property. In other business, the committee discussed clarifying statutory references that sometimes use “Statute Law Committee” when “Office of the Code Reviser” is intended, and agreed to review the statutes for possible cleanup legislation. Members also received an update on the office’s upcoming move to a new building in September, with an open house planned for September 24. The meeting adjourned without setting the next meeting date.

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• to protect immigrants, but it isn't. to protect immigrants, but it isn't.
• We're not even going to talk to ICE about it. over the protection of people in our over the protection
• <03:00:14.960> And oath to protect our communities. And oath to protect our communities.
• Seeing none, House bill or its title?
• amendments to the bill or its title? amendments to the bill or its title?

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Monday, April 13, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate reconvened with a quorum and first honored Nancy Crawford with a resolution recognizing her 46 years of state service, including 20 years as Senator Pam Beidle’s chief of staff. Senator Beidle then spoke at length about her own retirement plans and public service, reflecting on her career in the House and Senate, her work on the Finance Committee, and thanking her staff and colleagues. The chamber unanimously journalized the remarks. The Senate then moved into business on House and Senate messages, including House Bill 139 and Senate Bill 311, and adopted a conference committee report on House Bill 1532, the Utility Relief/Reducing Energy Load for Inflation measure. The report was described as a broad energy and utility package that had already passed the Senate 38-4 and was said to address short-, medium-, and long-term issues, including rate relief, in-state generation, data center policy, consumer transparency, and low-income utility assistance. During debate on the conference report, the majority leader explained several changes from prior versions: no legislative ban on forecast test years, instead deferring to the Public Service Commission; removal of gas programs from Empower to avoid inequities across service territories; modest opening of the retail supply market with guardrails; and rejection of some floor amendments, including a gas line extension provision and a study amendment. The minority leader argued the bill offered only limited relief, focused too much on talking points and short-term savings, and said many bipartisan amendments were not retained. The majority leader responded that the bill would save ratepayers real dollars through provisions on utility adders, executive bonuses, FERC-related returns, and new generation, and urged adoption of the conference report.

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• protect protect them<00:27:14.600> this<00:27:14.919> National<00:27:15.679> nightmare
• <00:35:43.839> including all due process protections including all due process protections
• entered our country you want to protect entered our country you want to protect them<00:54:43.000
• <01:05:08.119> its primary responsibility to protect its primary responsibility to protect
• The Clerk will report the title.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefore a bill with the same title
• An act to protect against election misinformation, House No. 76.
• It just shows how much time and effort has gone into election protection across all facets.
• Third reading of the bill: An act to protect against election misinformation, House 5093.
• Political speech is protected speech.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House first suspended Joint Rule 12 to allow consideration of a petition to designate the Dorchester Division of the Boston Municipal Court as the Judge Leslie E. Harris Courthouse. It then took up two election-related bills reported out of Ways and Means: House 5093, to protect against election misinformation, and House 5094, to enhance disclosure requirements for synthetic media and political advertising. Supporters described both measures as targeted responses to AI-generated deepfakes and deceptive election content, emphasizing transparency, accountability, and protecting voter trust rather than banning speech outright. House 5094 was debated first. An amendment was adopted to exempt certain broadcasters, cable/satellite operators, program producers, and streaming services when paid to broadcast deceptive election-related material. The bill then passed to be engrossed on a roll call of 156-0. House 5093 was then debated, with supporters saying it would prohibit deceptive AI use within 90 days of an election and address materially deceptive audio, visual, and election-related communications. Two amendments were offered and defeated: one to move the state primary earlier, and another to narrow the bill’s scope by striking part of the definition of materially deceptive media. The bill passed to be engrossed on a roll call of 153-3. Earlier in the session, the House also passed to be enacted several local bills, including measures affecting Rockland’s charter, Williamstown’s senior property tax exemption eligibility, and Rochester’s fire chief employment. Later, the House rejected concurrence with Senate amendments on a bill related to teacher preparation and student literacy and instead appointed a committee of conference. The chamber also observed a moment of silence for former Quincy public servant Arthur Tobin before adjourning to meet the next day at 11 a.m.

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• The title of this monograph is Early Settlers of Santa Cruz de la Cañada, 1695-1712.
• On the bottom of the slide, it's titled "Land Disposal."
• They claimed to have clear title, but we proved to them, through a title abstract, Mr.
• Chair, that there was a break in the chain of title. The title they hold is not legitimate.
• Now you're holding title to that. Again, in these two transactions, Mr.

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• It's actually a tradition for Tipton, as they have become the Tipton title town.
• You've agreed to the title. Gentleman from Clay. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
• I move that the title of House Bill 1758 be agreed to.
• The gentleman from Christian has moved for adoption of the title. Discussion on the title.
• You've adopted the title. Gentleman from Christian. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Keywords: 959, house, all

Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior day’s journal, and a long series of special guest introductions. Guests included the Tipton Lady Cardinals girls basketball state champions and coach Jason Colpepper, Clayco executives and a construction career nonprofit representative, FCCLA and FBLA students, Missouri FCCLA members, legislative interns and shadow students, Missouri Rural Water Association members, medical students from Kansas City University in Joplin, and family members of members. The chamber also recognized legislative assistants for their work and noted Earth Day/Arbor Day seedlings available in the rotunda from the Department of Conservation. Committee reports were received on several measures, and the House then took up multiple bills for third reading. House Substitute for House Committee Substitute for House Bills 3068 and 3049 passed after debate over its broad public-safety contents, including AI restrictions, trafficking training, psilocybin trials, DWI-related provisions, fire and life safety standards, and a disputed anti-trans provision; it passed 117-10 with 17 present. Senate Substitute for Senate Bill 914, dealing with lateral fields and soil analysis for sewage-related purposes, passed 108-34 with one present. Senate Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1142, a Secretary of State measure on certificates of good standing for series LLCs doing business in other states, passed 142-0 with one present. The House then perfected House Bill 1758, a daylight saving time “trigger” bill. Supporters argued it would protect Missouri from neighboring states forcing a switch to permanent standard time, help tourism and outdoor recreation, and avoid the health and safety problems associated with changing clocks. Opponents argued the bill was constitutionally problematic, multi-subject, or the wrong policy choice, with some favoring permanent standard time instead. After extensive debate, the House ordered the bill perfected and printed. The session ended with announcements, including committee meeting notices, and a point of order raised over a member wearing tennis shoes.

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• <00:15:19.519> is the bill is passed and its title is the bill is passed and its title is
• He described the law a protect a protective<00:16:21.920> seal<00:16:22.800> for<00:16:
• 23.120> victims<00:16:23.600> domestic protective seal for victims domestic protective
• The order of protection is in effect.
• recognition of orders for protection recognition of orders for protection from<00:16:59.600>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• House Bill 152 has been read by title.
• House Bill 160 have been read to us by title.
• House Bill 161, House Bill 161 have been entered by title is ruled.
• House Bill 148 has been read by title.
• House Bill 148 has been read by title.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Interesting title, since we're banning the plastics and we're not protecting them.
• In that legislation, we created protections for environmental justice communities.
• Protections for environmental justice communities.
• One from the Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner or designee.
• So this would just add that element. ...is needed to protect coastal dune systems.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate took up a major environmental bond bill with amendments covering climate resilience, housing health, plastics reduction, coastal protection, fisheries, and related regulatory issues. Early debate included Senator Keenan’s withdrawn amendment to fund the Massachusetts Healthy Homes Program with $50 million, followed by his adopted amendment banning hotels from providing plastic toiletry packages. Senator Tarr’s amendment to remove the paper bag charge was defeated after extended debate over whether the 10-cent bag assessment functioned as a tax; a related floor speech from Senator Duner argued the fee would burden working families. The chamber also adopted Senator Fernandez’s ocean acidification amendment, which would aggregate ocean monitoring data to support shellfish, water quality, and coastal management, with support from Senators Sear and Driscoll. Other adopted measures included Driscoll’s Houghton’s Pond multi-use trail, Montigny’s New Bedford State Pier redevelopment and harbor oil-recovery provisions, Collins’s Commonwealth Conservation Commission later withdrawn, and several coastal resilience and housing-related amendments. The Senate also approved a series of environmental and public health measures. Senator Moore’s rodenticide restriction amendment was adopted after testimony from animal welfare and conservation groups, with the sponsor describing harms to wildlife, pets, and livestock and noting local municipal support. Senator Lewis’s amendment directing DEP to study the feasibility of banning polystyrene was adopted, as was Senator Mark’s Massachusetts Climate Bank amendment and Senator Edwards’s carbon sequestration amendment expanding attention to salt marshes, seagrasses, and waterways. The chamber adopted amendments on equitable representation, improving indoor air quality, and a Douglas State Forest trust fund that would raise the entry fee from $1 to $2 for maintenance. Several amendments were withdrawn, including Collins’s urban coastal resilience commission and Tarr’s proposed Commonwealth Conservation Commission. Housing and permitting issues were another major theme. Senator Driscoll’s amendment requiring local confirmation before a project is designated a priority housing project was defeated, but his related amendments clarifying the process and requiring consultation with the Housing and Livable Communities Secretary were adopted. The Senate also adopted Crichton’s amendments streamlining permitting for coastal resiliency projects in urban areas and creating a five-year pilot for nature-based solutions, as well as Tarr’s amendment adding dredging and sand placement to general coastal permits. Tarr’s amendment to revise the Salisbury Beach Preservation Trust Fund was adopted, while his later constitutional challenge to a landform-migration provision was withdrawn after he argued it could amount to an uncompensated taking. The session ended with the Senate noting only two amendments remained and then adjourning in memory of Quincy’s former mayor James A. Sheets.

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• relative to extending until Wednesday, March 18, 2026, the time within which the Committee on Consumer Protection
• Comerford for legislation to provide for utility shut-off protections during periods of extreme heat,
• Comerford for legislation to provide for a utility shut-off protections during periods of extreme heat
• Number 2258, its title having been changed by the committee on bills in the third reading.
• Walsh of Peabody moves that the bill be amended by substitution of a bill with the same title, House

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House began with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several Committee on Rules reports extending committee reporting deadlines on various House orders. The House suspended the rules as needed and adopted each extension, including for the Committees on Aging and Independence, Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, Housing, and Transportation. The House also concurred in several Senate petitions referred under Joint Rule 12, including proposals on charter school funding, a Salem police retirement, utility shut-off protections during extreme heat, and seatbelt education for passengers in large vehicles. The Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling reported four local bills for House consideration: legislation concerning employees of the Dedham-Westwood Water District, the membership of the Prim Board, the Williamstown Library Trustees, and rodeos. After suspending Rule 7A, the House gave each bill a second reading and ordered them to a third reading. The House then passed several local bills to be engrossed, including measures on the Cotuit Fire District water commissioners, the town charters of Acushnet and Provincetown, the elected term of Holden’s moderator, and a bill designating Veterans Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Day, which was amended to add an emergency preamble. The House also adopted an amendment substituting a new bill for House Bill 2244, relating to making the Chicopee city charter gender neutral, and passed the amended bill to be engrossed. Later, the House considered and enacted additional measures, including House Bill 4530 making fiscal year 2025 supplemental appropriations, House Bill 4531 establishing the 2026 state primary election day, and House Bill 3298 designating July 2 as Machado-Joseph Disease Awareness Day. The session ended with the House adopting an adjournment order and adjourning to meet the following Monday at 11 a.m. in informal session.

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• Right now our state's consumer protection laws protect none of them.
• RIGHT NOW OUR STATE'S CONSUME PROTECTION LAWS PROTECT NONE OF THEM.
• NEW YORK GIVES IMPORTANT CONSUMER PROTECTIONS WHEN THEY ARE SUED OVER CREDIT CARD DEBT BUT THOSE PROTECTIONS
• How does that protect our taxpayers? How does that protect our jobs here in New York?
• HOW DOES THAT PROTECT OUR TAXPAYERS? HOW DOES THAT PROTECT OUR JOBS HERE IN NEW YORK?

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened, approved the prior day’s journal, and then processed a large number of motions to discharge bills from committees and substitute identical Senate or Assembly versions for third reading. The chamber also adopted the resolution calendar with exceptions and took up several resolutions and ceremonial recognitions, including a resolution mourning Hudson Talbott, a Dairy Month resolution highlighting New York’s dairy industry, and introductions honoring Niskayuna academic teams, Gabriella Scheer for receiving the Liberty Medal, the Hartstein family’s civic engagement, and Diana Cochran’s advocacy for safe firearm storage. The Senate then moved through the calendar and passed many bills on topics including insurance, public health, education, labor, social services, banking, local government, veterans, public service, consumer protection, criminal procedure, cannabis, parks, taxation, election law, and highway matters. Several members explained votes on notable measures: support for acupuncture insurance coverage, consumer protections for doorbell-camera data sharing, expanded protections in debt collection cases, trauma-informed procedures for sexual assault survivors, a Legionnaires’ disease awareness program, changes to mandatory minimum sentencing, and universal safe storage of firearms. A number of home rule and local authorization bills were also approved, including parkland alienation measures and local tax exemption authorizations. Most measures passed with broad bipartisan support, though some drew recorded opposition. Notable roll calls included the consumer debt uniformity bill, the mandatory minimum sentencing bill, the safe storage/firearms bill, and the public housing and public health measures, each with more divided votes. The chamber also accepted a lengthy Rules Committee report sending many additional bills directly to third reading, and then began the supplemental calendar, passing at least the first items before the transcript ended.

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• while maintaining resident protections while maintaining resident protections and<00:16:28.480><
• this oversight and extend protected this oversight and extend protected status<00:20:18.080>
• 20:24.240> Minnesota<00:20:24.720> will protections for veterans, Minnesota will protections
• Currently, veterans are not a protected Currently, veterans are not a protected class<00:20:35.520
• c> under<00:20:41.919> state with additional protection under state with additional protection

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• and members. 2023 was a historic year for the Texas Rangers, who achieved their first World Series title
• From their first division title in 1996 to this recent accomplishment, their 53 year story is one of
• Please join me today in celebrating their World Series title, their fifty-third anniversary, and wishing
• Members, today we honor a wonderful group of people joining us here today, the men and women who protect
• HB 2628 by Leo Wilson relating to the purchase or acquisition of a title or real property by foreign

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• He said it would just expire all notices from the title and abstract, and that the register of titles
• must submit an expired notice from the future certificates of title.
• c><00:52:19.319> subit bill so the register titles must subit bill so the register titles must
• <00:52:23.280> must the same the register of titles must the same the register of titles must
• Horseman's benevolent and protective Horseman's benevolent and protective Association<01:32:34.040

Bills: HF1621, HF1701, HF1796, HF1676, HF40, HF1428, HF1540

Keywords: HF1621, CelluComp, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, appropriation, grant, commercialization, fiber-based barrier packaging, packaging materials, PFAS, perfluoroalkyl substances, polyfluoroalkyl substances, plastic reduction, sustainable packaging, environmental health, materials innovation, bio-based packaging, food packaging, agriculture finance, one-time grant, state subsidy

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• <00:04:01.360> our able to, uh, make sure to protect our able to, uh, make sure to protect
• <00:32:40.720> our<00:32:40.880> a that we're protecting our a that we're protecting
• Um, we were able to protect the nation-leading greenhouse gas mitigation program.
• There being 78 ayes and 55 nays, the bill is passed and its title is agreed to. role.
• <00:41:42.560> is the bill is passed and its title is the bill is passed and its title is

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The bill is re-passed as amended by conference, and its title is agreed to.
• Yeah, sure, it's going to protect you from what you shouldn't eat...
• We just showed that little girl that nobody will protect her from that.
• "They are protected and cared for by people like me.
• This bill also protects educational freedom.

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• Senator Collins moves the bill be read by title.
• resources are adequately protected from potential accidents or blowouts.
• The bill protects homeowners and developers from unverified...
• I would say it's more of a protection to the actual agricultural producer.
• I would say it's more of a protection to the actual agricultural producer.

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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• <00:23:05.280> our but do we have the means to protect our but do we have the means to protect
• <00:28:45.440> law, which is a consumer protection law, which is a consumer protection law
• > year<00:36:57.800> after Re-buying the same titles year after Re-buying the same titles
• were still waiting for those titles. were still waiting for those titles.
• country with a model that protects country with a model that protects consumers,<01:35:53.920>

Bills: HF4456, HF4544, HF3698

Keywords: data broker, data brokerage, consumer privacy, personal data, data privacy, Minnesota attorney general, registration, public registry, civil penalties, enforcement, special revenue fund, privacy rights, data sales, data collection, consumer protection, chapter 325M, controller, processor, data broker registry, transparency

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• Title 4E reimbursement cash fund. Title 4E reimbursement cash fund.
• read the title to House Bill 1351. read the title to House Bill 1351.
• title of House Bill 1363. title of House Bill 1363.
• title of House Bill 1411? title of House Bill 1411?
• title to Amendment number four. title to Amendment number four.

Keywords: 981, all