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• With that, I have the following joint Senate and House tribute to the state of Colorado: The Senate and
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• This also generates a potential liability for the state and an equal protection claim.
• Senate Bill 122, Fuel Standards and Liability of Petroleum Storage Tank Fund, approved on Tuesday, May

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• And how we might tailor and best solicit their services and compensation matters and things like that
• Chair, you mentioned some of them, but the three are liability, fiscal impact, and public safety.
• Call local law enforcement, and this is especially true in issues of domestic violence, severe crimes
• Those can create civil liability, and we are aware of those previously.
• I know you were talking about liability and limits on liability, but I pretty consistently ask counties

Committee: House Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee

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• And God loves all of us. And it's God.
• And whereas January offenders and support survivors.
• Land, Agricultural and Rural Affairs and Appropriations.
• Appropriations and agricultural and rural affairs.
• HB 2162, Game and Fish Commission. Land, agricultural and rural affairs and elections.

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• While HB19 was to bifurcate trials to determine in phase one liability and compensation, and compensation
• ...not an admission of culpability, liability, and the accident.
• And if a company turns around and admits liabilities... Depends on the findings in Phase One.
• We’ve got more and more severe weather-related issues. Related events.
• I have several herniated discs in both my cervical and lumbar spine.

Bills: SB39 , SB2129 , SB2141 , SB2246 , SB2323 , SB2439 , SB2722 , SB 39

Committee: Senate Transportation

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• Without objection pursuant to joint rule next to motions and resolutions.
• President and ladies and gentlemen of the Senate.
• Addie and her family and friends are here and are joined by the Georgi family.
• organs, affecting the skin, joints, kidneys, heart, blood, and other vital systems.
• And finally, the bill clarifies that it does not reduce or remove liability for injuries or damages caused

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, offered a Memorial Day prayer, and welcomed a third-grade class from Sacred Heart Parish School to the chamber. Members then handled several procedural motions, including suspending a joint rule to allow budget subcommittees to meet during blackout period and removing certain bills from inactive or consent files. The chamber confirmed multiple gubernatorial appointments, including Nicholas Mueller to the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission, Arthur Krantz to the Public Employment Relations Board, Chris Ferguson to the California Student Aid Commission, and Brian Haynes to the same commission. The Senate also adopted several resolutions, including SR 102 recognizing National Safe Boating Week, SCR 172 proclaiming Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, SCR 177 declaring World No Tobacco Day, SR 107 for Lupus Awareness Month, and SR 115 marking the 50th anniversary of the Judgment of Paris in California wine history. On third reading, the Senate passed a series of bills on topics including beverage container recycling fees (SB 1341), school employee misconduct procedures (SB 1083), wildfire preparedness for water suppliers (SB 1153), insurance cost-sharing accounting (SB 1199), nonprofit government liaison services (SB 1240), energy coordination and fuel supply planning (SB 1337), language access in elections (SB 1360), gaming fee transparency (SB 920), mental health evaluation in Care Court-related cases (SB 1016), reckless driving penalties (SB 1198), greenhouse gas reporting for subsidized medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (SB 1213), the Go Green financing program (SB 1265), repossession transport interference (SB 1338), and wildlife coexistence (SB 1135). Most measures passed on unanimous or near-unanimous votes; SB 920 passed 28-1, SB 1265 passed 26-5, and SB 1135 passed with two no votes. The session concluded with a Veterans Caucus adjournment-in-memory ceremony honoring 82 fallen service members, followed by adjournment until the next scheduled floor session.

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• be accommodated by existing tort law and apportioning liability in that respect.
• and severe injuries and so forth as a result of AV deployment.
• can easily sort out liability and comparative negligence and who has to pay and who doesn't have to
• that today and moved a bill along that will increase liability.
• These results are consistent across all four cities and all severity levels.

Committee: Senate Transportation

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• I would like to call to order this joint hearing of the Assembly Committees on Utilities and Energy,
• We recently issued a joint agency report that identified several options for the Legislature to consider
• There are several parts of the ecosystem, and I want to make sure that we just take a minute to think
• understanding of the environmental liability and safety of the sites and the transition plans.
• environmental liability and safety of the sites and the transfer plans.

Summary: The joint informational hearing focused on California’s transportation fuels sector, especially the risk of refinery closures, fuel supply stability, and how the state should manage a long transition to cleaner transportation. Committee chairs and agency leaders said California’s fuel market is becoming more fragile as demand declines, refinery capacity shrinks faster than demand, and the state relies more on imports and a smaller number of critical pipelines. Professor Emily Grubert framed the issue as a managed transition problem in which the public already bears much of the risk and should also capture benefits from any state intervention. CARB Chair Leanne Randolph reviewed California’s climate and air-quality framework, including AB 32, the low-carbon fuel standard, clean vehicle rules, and the state’s at-berth regulation for port vessels. She said these programs are intended to reduce fossil fuel demand while protecting public health, and she noted that California remains in litigation over federal attempts to block some waivers. CEC Vice Chair Sivagunda described the administration’s market-stabilization work, saying the state is trying to preserve fuel supply and investor confidence during a “mid-transition” period. He said the CEC’s recommendations fall into three broad areas: stabilizing the existing fuel system, aligning regulatory tools such as a possible pause on the CEC’s margin cap, and planning for worker and community impacts. Department of Conservation Director Jennifer Lucasey outlined the administration’s petroleum market stabilization proposal, centered on returning California crude production to a 125 million-barrel annual stabilization target to support pipeline throughput and domestic supply. The proposal would codify the ban on hydraulic fracturing, validate Kern County’s oil and gas permitting ordinance, create a temporary CEQA exemption for new wells in existing fields paired with a two-for-one plug-and-abandon requirement, and strengthen spill prevention and pipeline safety rules. Several members questioned the CEQA exemption, tribal consultation, environmental review, and whether the proposal would adequately protect communities and workers. Mayor Steve Young of Benicia testified that a Valero refinery closure would sharply reduce city revenue and jobs, while also creating redevelopment and remediation challenges; he said the city wants a cleaner future but needs time and support to manage the economic loss. No formal vote was taken at the hearing, though CEC officials said a vote on a margin-cap pause was expected at an upcoming business meeting.

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• The first topic is a presentation on the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee report on hospital
• Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee.
• several urban hospitals and medical providers, and the concerns around the Medicaid cuts, the impacts
• So we now have an ecosystem of tools and resources that the community of several thousand individuals
• And just know for those folks I just described, the price increases will be so severe we expect many,

Committee: House Health Care & Wellness

Summary: The committee heard a JLARC audit presentation on the Department of Health’s oversight of hospital inspections, complaints, and hospital data reporting. JLARC said DOH was late on 72% of acute care hospital inspections as of December 2024, had not verified that third-party accrediting standards were substantially equivalent to state requirements, did not consistently collect proof of those inspections, and was not reviewing adverse health event corrective action plans as required. JLARC also said DOH’s complaint system may have language-access barriers and that hospital data posted online is difficult for the public to use. JLARC made five recommendations to DOH and one to the Legislature; DOH concurred with the recommendations. DOH then outlined a response plan and said it had already begun work on several items. Officials said they would develop staffing and performance plans for inspections, verify accrediting body standards and require proof of third-party inspections, expand complaint forms into additional languages, seek funding and legal updates for adverse event review, and improve public access to hospital data, including a possible dashboard. They said annual progress updates would be provided to the Legislature and noted some improvement in inspection timeliness, while also emphasizing staffing, funding, and pandemic-related backlogs as constraints. The committee also received a DOH presentation on certificate of need modernization. DOH described the current program as a tool to assess community need, financial feasibility, quality, and cost containment for certain facility expansions and new services, and recommended a phased modernization focused on clarifying statutory purpose, creating a planning entity, adding flexibility, reducing legal costs, modernizing access standards, expanding oversight to freestanding emergency departments and urgent care, addressing equity, improving cost control coordination, securing ongoing funding, and using new state data systems. Members asked about streamlining overlapping inspections and whether triggers could be used to target inspections more efficiently. A final panel discussed artificial intelligence in health care, with a Coalition for Health AI representative describing industry efforts to create standards for responsible AI, including principles of usefulness, fairness, safety, transparency, security, and privacy, plus tools such as model cards and quality-assurance frameworks. The committee then heard testimony on federal and state health care funding changes from the Washington State Hospital Association and Providence Swedish, which warned that state cuts, taxes, and federal HR1 changes would worsen already thin margins, lead to service reductions, layoffs, and delayed capital investments, and increase charity care and uncompensated care. The Washington Health Benefit Exchange also began a presentation on expiring federal ACA premium tax credits and the state’s Cascade Care Savings program, warning that coverage affordability for exchange customers could be affected if federal enhancements are not extended.

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• , but removes specific reference to a joint environmental permit and federal dredge-and-fill permit prepared
• Outdated liability thresholds by increasing per-claim caps from 200 to 300 and the aggregate cap from
• It establishes clear insurance and liability standards and caps attorney's fees at 25% of recovered funds
• And I'm happy to entertain any and all input on it. And that is the bill, Mr. Chairman.

Committee: Senate Appropriations

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• Good afternoon and welcome to the joint committees on housing and on education.
• This meeting will begin with a 1:00 joint agenda of the committees on housing and on education and will
• This meeting will begin with a 1:00 joint agenda of the committees on housing and on education and will
• Um, and several others.
• Um and several others. OHA in &gt;&gt; Thank you. Um and several others.

Summary: The joint House committees on Housing and Education heard HB 1713, HD1, which would repeal school impact fees and transfer remaining balances in the school impact fee and certain fair share accounts to the school facilities special fund. The Department of Education testified in opposition, while the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, the Attorney General’s office (with comments and suggested constitutional amendments), the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, the School Facilities Authority, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, NAP Hawaii, Avalon Development Company, Mark Development, Maui Chamber of Commerce, Housing Hawaii’s Future, Landis Research Foundation, BIA Hawaii, and others testified in support. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii offered comments. The DOE said the bill would weaken a key tool for matching school facilities to residential growth, while supporters said the current program leaves funds unused or restricted in ways that limit their effectiveness. A lengthy discussion followed about the difference between the older school impact fee program and the separate fair share agreements tied to land use entitlements and change-of-zone approvals. DOE Deputy Superintendent Jesse Suki explained that fair share funds are tied to the district where they were collected, may be too small to build a full school on their own, and are held until needed for projects such as Core Ridge, Central and West Maui, and other planned schools. Committee members pressed DOE on why funds had remained unspent for years, how much money was in the accounts, and whether the department had reviewed audit findings about the program. Members also questioned whether homeowners ultimately bear these costs through developers passing them along. The committee did not take a vote during the portion of the meeting provided. The discussion ended with members and DOE debating whether the current statute should remain in place, whether past entitlements should be affected, and whether the bill should be amended to better address remaining construction-related obligations and the use of collected funds.

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• the past office of the Joint Committee for your tireless and incredible efforts.
• When I chaired the Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities, I learned firsthand
• of the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies, the other gentleman from Quincy
• has been referred under suspension of Joint Rule 12 to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional
• has been referred under suspension of Joint Rule 12 to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional

Summary: The House first adopted several resolutions from the Committee on Rules, including congratulations to four Eagle Scouts and recognition of Sturbridge on the 250th anniversary of the United States. The chamber then took up a series of bills reported by Ways and Means and other committees, repeatedly suspending the rules to move them forward. These included the Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act, a Fall River land conveyance bill, a Belmont alcohol licensing bill, a Reading senior property tax exemption bill, and a Linfield funding transfer bill, with each measure advancing by amendment or being passed to a third reading or engrossment. A major portion of the session focused on the Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act, with multiple members speaking in support. Supporters described the bill as a broad consumer privacy framework that would limit data collection, require consent for sensitive data, ban the sale of precise location data, restrict targeted advertising to minors, create consumer rights to access, correct, delete, and opt out of data uses, and provide enforcement tools for the Attorney General and, in limited cases, a private right of action. Several members emphasized protections for reproductive health, immigrant communities, and neural data, while others argued the bill would not burden small businesses and would instead hold large data holders accountable. The House adopted the Ways and Means amendment and ordered the bill to a third reading, then later passed the bill to be engrossed and enacted. The House also considered and enacted Senate 2563, a bill updating language in the laws concerning individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Members described the measure as removing outdated and offensive terminology and replacing it with person-first language without changing substantive law. After debate, the House adopted an amendment, passed the bill to be engrossed, and then enacted it by roll call. In addition, the House enacted the fiscal year 2026 supplemental appropriations bill, House 5470, and approved a bill extending deadlines for Middleton and Milton, both by roll call votes with no opposition. Later, the House took up a temporary summer 2026 local-option pilot allowing municipalities to extend liquor license hours and permit public consumption in designated districts. Supporters framed it as an economic development and tourism measure tied to major upcoming events, and the House adopted an amendment, passed the bill to be engrossed, and then concurred with the Senate version. The session ended with the House adopting an adjournment order and adjourning to meet again the following Monday in informal session.

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• Negligence, nuisance, and product liability are all the same kind of claims that they can file currently
• And Mr.
• We've heard several statements from the sponsor, etc., about the scope of the bill and what the intent
• So you look at the covered civil liability, and the definition of covered civil liability...
• Current laws tie some fees to severance tax calculation, which can burden marginal and stripper wells

Bills: SB480 , HB621 , HB637 , HB804 , HB841 , HB1056

Committee: Senate Natural Resources

Keywords: fishing gear, Oyster Bayou, shrimping, regulation, marine resources, HB621, Act 658, renewable energy, recycling, decommissioning, wind energy, solar power, solar facilities, wind turbines, energy infrastructure, end-of-life disposal, universal waste, recyclable materials, waste reduction, Department of Environmental Quality

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• And so this is very needed. And I want to thank you.
• And so this is very needed. And I want to thank you.
• And a lot of it's driven by labor and the costs.
• And we look hopeful for its passage. Absolutely. Thank you. We've got several other cards. Ms.
• And we've had several projects.

Bills: HCR77 , HB81 , HB512 , HB663 , HB717 , HB1194

Committee: Senate Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development

Keywords: crawfish, agricultural labor, H-2B program, H-2A program, labor shortage, temporary workers, Louisiana economy, HCR77, crawfish industry, H-2B visa, seasonal labor, agriculture, immigration, arborist, property disputes, tree trimming, neighborhood, landowner rights, Delta Economic Research and Sustainability District, board of commissioners

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• And so, and I understand that.
• So it is a liability concern for schools and the role that they will play and what information they have
• Thankfully, due to the tremendous dedication of several infectious disease doctors, hematologists, and
• all remain, and with them the costs and unfunded liabilities.
• It's about avoiding accountability and liability altogether. And I'll cut it off there.

Bills: HCR47 , HB628 , HB737 , HB1008 , HB1062 , HB1079 , HB1112

Committee: House Education

Keywords: mandatory reporter, child abuse training, online training, Department of Children and Family Services, Department of Education, educator requirements, early childhood education, microcenter, school board, cooperative endeavor, economic disadvantage, vaccination, meningococcal disease, school entry, immunization requirements, public health, academic freedom, free speech, retaliation, faculty rights

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• , and deploy posse and reserve members under formal policy.
• If you say yes and people respond, it exempts them from any liability whatsoever in honoring the card
• And you? And you? No, Lucas. No. And you? No, you. It's a lot. I was here earlier, so yeah.
• And Kendall, you just jump back and in, so I'll see you in Congress. And thank you, Sam. You too.
• And you? And you? No, Lucas. No. And you? No, you. It's a lot. I was here earlier, so yeah.

Bills: HB2170 , HB2417 , HB2418 , HB2771 , HB2772 , HB4018 , HCR2059

Committees: Senate Public Safety , Senate Senate Public Safety Committee of Reference

Keywords: procurement, foreign adversary, China, state contracts, information technology, security, speeding, speed limit, traffic enforcement, driver safety, speed inhibiting device, appropriation, law enforcement, task forces, funding, criminal justice, community supervision, rehabilitation, supervision fee, victim compensation

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• And most of all, it helps to preserve our Cajun heritage and language.
• And Rep.
• And so, and they still have a form of working together and keeping them accountable through their charter
• you had to go and compete in geometry and whatever other things.
• Also present and would like to speak: Amy Petrie, my children, and Vincent Petrie, self, and Sadie Petrie

Bills: HB256 , HB272 , HB350 , HB363 , HB386 , HB434 , HB445 , HB690

Committee: House Education

Keywords: mandatory reporting, school employees, child protection, training requirements, Department of Children and Family Services, education, reading program, student eligibility, literacy, school performance, R.E.A.D. program, book distribution, École Pointe-au-Chien, French immersion, public school, Terrebonne Parish, grade levels, independent school, virtual school, extracurricular activities

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• I've talked to several since last week, and after talking to those that I had a chance to respond to,
• Yes, faith-based providers accept responsibility and liability and should conduct background checks.
• Yes, I probably have several, Mr. Chairman. Yes, sir. One is: Who is going to bear liability?
• And... ...that: Who is going to bear liability? I don't mean it as an off-the-cuff comment.
• Um, and as an educator for several decades now, I can tell you that that time is full and well spent.

Bills: SB278 , HB459 , HB61

Committee: Senate Education Policy

Keywords: SB278, released time, religious instruction, elective credit, public schools, K-12 education, Alabama Released Time Credit Act, church-state separation, First Amendment, school choice, parental consent, elective course, off-campus instruction, private religious entity, State Board of Education, local board of education, attendance credit, core curriculum, religious education, Bible class

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• aircraft parts from state sales and use tax, and also the lease and rental version of the state.
• sales tax... ...and amended the sale and sales tax.
• And it does not include credit and debit card transactions.
• And my third question, and I'll... Third question, and I'll be through.
• And then they go to these others, and that's why I was... go to these others, and that's why I was wondering

Bills: HB61 , HB327 , HB253 , HB297

Committee: House Ways and Means Education

Keywords: home school, career and technical education, public schools, K-12 education, enrollment policy, parental leave, state employees, adoption, employee benefits, aircraft tax, aviation tax, sales tax exemption, use tax exemption, lease tax, rental tax, commercial aircraft, air carrier, airline, aircraft parts, maintenance

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• Utilities and eliminates liability from the utilities.
• It goes with these stacks, and it's a severance tax.
• We have the data governance and sharing working group, grid modernization, and then finally liability
• So, now we're moving into the final subcommittee, the liability and negligence.
• There's a lot of joint projects between all of the directing agencies and other agencies.

Committee: House Water & Natural Resources Committee

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• , Joint Legislative Auditing, Public Council Oversight, and so many more committees focused on transportation
• but says such funds may not be used for severance pay and so on.
• And then the next thing I'll say is liability when we have, inevitably, there is going to be a lawsuit
• This strike-all addresses several issues related to water, wastewater, and utility governance in the
• This strike-all addresses several issues related to water, wastewater, and utility governance in the

Summary: The House convened with a prayer, pledge, quorum call, and recognition of Officer Cody Popple of the FSU Police Department for his actions during the April campus shooting. Members also observed a moment of silence for former Lee County Judge John Carlin. The Rules and Ethics Committee report setting the special order calendar was adopted, and the Speaker outlined the final week of session, noting that budget negotiations were still ongoing and that the House would continue taking up Senate bills and returning messages. The chamber then considered a series of mostly technical or sunset-review bills, including SB 100, SB 104, and SB 102 on the Florida Statutes, all of which passed unanimously. Several Open Government Sunset Review bills were also approved, extending or preserving public records and meeting exemptions for the Public Service Commission, the Department of Military Affairs, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, cybersecurity records, emergency shelter information, conviction integrity units, the Florida Gaming Control Commission, and school testing materials; most passed with little opposition, though SB 7006, SB 7026, and SB 7022 drew some dissenting votes. The House also passed SB 7016 on small business loan records, SB 7008 on gaming commission records, SB 7000 on emergency shelter information, and SB 7004 on conviction integrity unit records. Members then moved into farewell remarks and recognitions, including an extended farewell speech by Representative Hart-Lowman reflecting on her service, family, district, and policy priorities such as criminal justice, housing, health care, and labor issues. The House also recognized visiting students from Osceola County and other guests in the galleries. Later, the House took up more substantive measures. SB 7040 recreated the emergency preparedness and response trust fund; after a lengthy debate over an amendment to let the fund expire and a strike-all restoring the House position, the bill passed 82-25. The chamber then passed CS/CS/SB 302 on coastal resiliency, CS/CS/SB 984 on firefighter cancer benefits, and CS/SB 474 on military affairs, all with broad support. The final portion of the transcript shifted to SB 488 on Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, where members debated vehicle registration requirements, license plate frames, and related amendments, including provisions for disabled veterans and dealer allocation rules, before the transcript ended mid-debate.