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• Declare bill advance. House Bill 1047 is before you on third reading and final passage.
• House Bill 3649 has passed. Mr. Leader, thank you. Mr.
• Leader, to explain the provisions of House Bill 3742.
• House Bill 3996 has a simple amendment on page two.
• Further questions on the bill? Further questions on House Bill 4321?

Bills: HB3834 , HB3940 , HB4346 , HB2947 , HB3257 , HB3264 , HB4326 , HB4421 , HB3944 , HB3979 , HB4118 , SCR22 , SB169 , HB1047 , HB2123 , HB2650 , HB3260 , HB3403 , SR41 , HB3649 , HB3742 , HB3831 , HB3996 , HB4321 , HB4339

Keywords: HB3834, Oklahoma Breakthrough Therapy Act, ibogaine, ibogaine-based therapeutics, ibogaine analogs, clinical trials, FDA approval, breakthrough therapy designation, opioid use disorder, substance use disorder, traumatic brain injury, mental health, neurological disorders, drug development, public-private partnership, State Department of Health, intellectual property, revolving fund, research funding, medical licensing

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• House Bill 2517, an act to update postural screenings in schools; House Bill 2652, an act relative to
• House Bill 4285, an act modernizing the Massachusetts alcohol permitting laws; House Bill 4286, an act
• and suspensions, House Bill 4275.
• alcohol permitting laws, House Bill 4285.
• the town of Conway, House Bill 2251.

Summary: The House began with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several committee reports and procedural motions. The Committee on Rules recommended adoption of resolutions honoring Frontal Temporal Degeneration Awareness Week, congratulating Eagle Scout Diati Pepinini, and recognizing retiring Bellingham Town Administrator Dennis Frayne; the House suspended the rules and adopted all three. Members also welcomed the Rolling Warriors vault hockey team of North Attleboro, congratulating them on winning the first U.S. gold medal in the North American Vault Hockey Championship and wishing them well at the upcoming World Cup in Sweden. The House approved extensions of reporting deadlines for the Committees on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies and on Transportation, and suspended Joint Rule 12 to allow referral of several petitions, including one on alcohol sales and delivery regulation, one seeking a MassHealth asset-limit exemption for personal vehicle value, and one establishing a sick leave bank for a Department of Correction employee. The Steering, Policy and Scheduling Committee then placed several bills on the calendar, including measures on postural screenings in schools, motor vehicle battery storage, alcohol licensing and permitting, check cashing rates, and local liquor licenses for Somerset and West Springfield. The House suspended Rule 7A, gave the bills second reading, and ordered them to a third reading. On final action, the House passed to be enacted a bill increasing the membership of the Mattapoisett Select Board. It also engrossed a Holyoke alcohol-license bill and a Conway special fund bill. For House Bill 4264, the Somerville charter bill, Representative Walsh offered a substitute amendment, which was adopted, and the bill was then passed to be engrossed as amended. The House then adopted an order to adjourn and recessed until Monday at 11 a.m. in informal session.

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• The first bill on your exec list today is House Bill 1735.
• Let's move on to briefing House Bill 2598.
• Madam Vice Chair, House Bill 2619. Madam Vice Chair, House Bill 2619. Thank you, Madam Chair.
• Also known as House Bill 1739. What? Substitute House Bill 1735. What did I say? You said nine.
• All those in favor of recommending House Bill to substitute House Bill 2668 be reported out of committee

Bills: HB2668 , HB1735 , HB2131 , HB2199 , HB2463 , HB2598 , HB2619

Committee: House Agriculture & Natural Resources

Keywords: relocation, wildlife, game farm, agriculture, environmental impact, animal welfare, force-feeding, birds, humane treatment, sea lion, predation control, salmon preservation, fishing industry, voluntary donations, derelict vessels, marine environment, coastal management, environmental protection, maritime economy, farmers

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• House Bill 127, a bill to be entitled an act relating to required instruction and cursive writing.
• Welcome back to the Florida House. Read the next bill.
• CS for House Bill 453.
• Members, House Bill 6517 is an uncontested local claims bill against the City of St.
• Members, House Bill 6517 is an uncontested local claims bill against the City of St.

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• We all worked hard to bring forth a bipartisan housing bill that addresses housing affordability.
• housing</c> housing bill that addresses housing housing bill that addresses housing affordability.<03
• I yield. building affordable housing. This bill building affordable housing.
• , a bill to increase the supply of a bill, a bill to increase the supply of housing<06:35:25.600><c>
• My bill requires HUD and USDA housing.

Bills: HB1531 , HB6644 , HB3190 , HB3390 , HB3682 , HB5616 , SB3705

Keywords: Taiwan, China, banking organizations, financial regulators, national security, Burma, sanctions, foreign relations, accountability, economic oversight, military accountability, discount window, Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve Act, Board of Governors, liquidity, bank liquidity, emergency lending, lender of last resort, financial stability

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• by the House: House Bill 318, relative to sales at retail; House Bill 401, to protect innovation and
• House Bill 984, relative to water flow in the Central Plymouth County Water District; House Bill 2310
• Second reading of the bills: House Bill 318, an act relative to sales at retail; House Bill 401, an act
• ; House Bill 4175, an act relative to the Charter of the Town of Provincetown; and House Bill 4176, an
• House Bill 3912. Question comes on passing the bill to be engrossed.

Summary: The House received a gubernatorial message recommending legislation on the terms of certain Commonwealth bonds, which was referred to the Committee on Bonding, Expenditures and Capital Assets. The Committee on Rules also reported a congratulatory resolution for Jason X. Rosala’s Eagle Scout achievement, which was adopted after suspension of the rules. In addition, the House adopted an order extending the Labor and Workforce Development Committee’s reporting deadline to December 3, 2025, and suspended Joint Rule 12 to send several petitions to committee, including matters on Medicare coverage for end-stage renal disease, two sick leave bank proposals, and transportation of certain loads. The House then took up a slate of bills for second and third reading, including measures on retail sales, innovation and entrepreneurship, charity alcohol auctions, water flow in the Central Plymouth County Water District, a Wellfleet food pantry lease, the Richmond Free Public Library, procurement regulations for Cambridge and the Commonwealth, and charter changes for Provincetown. All were ordered to a third reading. Later, the House passed to be engrossed House Bill 3912 to increase the Marblehead Board of Health from three to five members, House Bill 4323 establishing a sick leave bank for a State Police employee, House Bill 4324 establishing a sick leave bank for an Appellate Tax Board employee, and House Bill 4263 establishing a charter for the city of Medford. The House also adopted an order from Representative Mariano setting the next meeting for Monday at 11:00 a.m. After that, Representative Soder moved adjournment, and the House adjourned to meet Monday next at 11 a.m. in an informal session.

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• The House bill relative to assault and battery upon a transit worker, House No. 1877.
• The House bill designating Veterans Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Day, House No. 3388.
• The House bill changing the term of elected office of moderator in the town of Holden, House No. 4211
• And the House bill to enforce support orders for adult children in need of support, House No. 4327.
• The Chair has been informed that House Bill 3913 has been released by the Committee on Bills in Third

Summary: The House took up several committee reports and adopted a series of congratulatory resolutions, including recognition of the Monson Lions Club’s 70th anniversary, the town of Groveland’s 175th anniversary, and James McLaughlin’s retirement from the Franklin Fire Department. The chamber also considered two emergency preambles for sick leave bank bills and adopted both, for James Caruso of the Department of Transportation and Carlos Borges of the Department of Correction. A separate bill dissolving the Wellesley Housing Development Corporation was passed to be enacted. The Rules Committee reported and the House adopted orders extending reporting deadlines for the Housing Committee and the Environment and Natural Resources Committee. The Steering, Policy and Scheduling Committee then listed a number of bills for House consideration, including measures on the Gloucester Fisheries Commission, a special mayoral election in Methuen, assault and battery on a transit worker, retirement benefits for Levera Gilbert and Leo McCaskill, Veterans Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Day, recall elections in Berlin, special police officer age limits in Weston, moderator terms in Holden, legal notices in Hingham, and support orders for adult children in need of support. The House suspended Rule 7A, ordered these bills to a third reading, and later passed several of them to be engrossed. On third reading, the House passed to be engrossed bills increasing the income limit for Ipswich’s senior tax deferral program, adjusting Springfield’s local property tax assessment rules, and amending the Seacon town charter. The Seacon bill was amended by substitution before passage. The two sick leave bank bills for Caruso and Borges were then passed to be enacted. The House also adopted an order to adjourn to meet the following Tuesday at 11 a.m., and then adjourned.

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• So now we're moving on to Senate House Bill 200.
• , House Bill 200 is a bill that incentivizes the construction of starter homes.
• Now we are moving on to House Bill 165, and then we're going to do House Bill 285. I know...
• And then we're going to do House Bill 285.
• So that was the Veterans Bill that we took—House Bill 285 was that one.

Committee: Senate Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

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• Okay, our first bill for the housing-only agenda is Senate Bill 2787 relating to the rental housing revolving
• Bill 2866 relating to Kapuna Housing.
• Our first bill, Senate Bill 2957 relating to housing.
• Our next bill is Senate Bill 3011, relating to public housing.
• </c> &gt;&gt; Senate Bill 3176 relating to housing. &gt;&gt; Senate Bill 3176 relating to housing.

Summary: The Committee on Housing, meeting jointly with the Committee on Health and Human Services, heard testimony on Senate Bill 2787, which would expand use of the rental housing revolving fund to provide loans or grants for purchasing rental units, and Senate Bill 2957, which addresses tenant displacement and relocation protections, as well as Senate Bill 2866, which would make the state rent supplement program for kupuna permanent and appropriate funds for it. Testimony on SB 2787 included support from DHHL, HHFDC, AARP Hawaii, and others, while the Attorney General recommended clarifying language and standards for grants, and the Tax Foundation questioned whether grants fit the revolving-fund structure. On SB 2957, supporters including OHA, PACT, medical-legal advocates, and tenant representatives emphasized relocation hardships from the KPT redevelopment, language access, and the need for clearer minimum safeguards; the Attorney General suggested defining “comparable units” and correcting a drafting error. On SB 2866, HPHA, Catholic Charities, AARP, the Executive Office on Aging, and others supported making the kupuna rent supplement program permanent to prevent homelessness among low-income seniors. During discussion on SB 2957, members questioned HPHA and tenant counsel about the KPT low-rise relocation process and what “comparable housing” meant in practice. HPHA said all tenants were relocated, but counsel described disputes over comparability, disability and family-size issues, and at least one offered unit that was not livable. For SB 2787, members questioned DHHL about why it sought funding from the rental housing revolving fund rather than other sources; DHHL said it was still exploring options and had mostly used its funds for infrastructure, with only a small portion used as revolving funds. The chair expressed concern about relying on scarce housing funds and urged more efficient use of DHHL’s existing resources. In decision-making, the committees voted to pass SB 2957 with amendments and SB 2866 with amendments. For SB 2957, the amendments would replace the bill with a working group on tenant displacement and relocation, include a blank appropriation and defective date, and request $75,000 for the working group; the motion was adopted unanimously by the members present, with Senator Favela excused. For SB 2866, the amended version would include a blank appropriation, defective date, and committee report language noting requests for $110,160 for two HPHA public housing specialist positions and $2.16 million for the state rent supplement program; this motion was also adopted, with Senator Favela excused. After the joint hearing adjourned, the committee returned to the housing-only agenda and continued discussion of SB 2787 before moving on to SB 3089, which would amend the down payment loan assistance program for low- and moderate-income first-time homebuyers; testimony on SB 3089 was beginning when the transcript ended.

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• The clerk has started to record the action in the House and convey the bill to the Senate.
• The clerk is instructed to record the action in the House and convey the bill to the Senate.
• The clerk is instructed to record the action in the House and convey the bill to the Senate.
• The clerk is instructed to record the action in the House and convey the bill to the Senate.
• The clerk is instructed to record the action in the House and convey the bill to the Senate.

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• Bill 6881, which have passed the House.
• House Bills 716 and 648, House Joint Memorial 17, House Concurrent Resolution 33, House Bills 846, 825
• House Bill 847 will be referred to Finance, as will House Bill 848.
• House Bill 849 will be referred to the Education Committee, and House Bill 681 will be referred to the
• In the House of Representatives, House Bill 738 by State Affairs Committee.

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• that the House bills ought to pass: House Bill 4514, an act establishing a sick leave bank for Candy
• , reports recommending that the House bills ought to pass: House Bill 4514, an act establishing a sick
• The House bill establishing a sick leave bank for Kathleen Roderick, House No. 4521. Mr.
• The following gross bill is now before the House for final passage: House Bill 3156, an act to increase
• The bill is passed to be engrossed. House of every free. Mr.

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several committee reports and local bills. Members adopted a resolution recognizing the 40th anniversary of the Children’s Clinic of the Cutchins Program for Children and Families. The House also suspended Joint Rule 12 to allow consideration of petitions including a sick leave bank for Marie Mantendre and a proposal concerning golf carts in certain rural communities, sending those matters to the Public Service and Transportation committees, respectively. The chamber advanced a number of local and private bills through suspension of rules and second or third reading. These included a Middleton charter amendment, sick leave bank bills for Candy J. Pike and Kathleen Roderick, and a senior tax deferral income-limit increase for Ipswich, which was enacted. The House also passed to be engrossed several other local measures, including bills affecting Weston, Richmond, Watertown, Malden, Medford, and Lynn. One bill concerning Lynn received an amendment from Mr. Walsh of Peabody before being ordered to engrossment. No recorded roll-call votes were taken; actions were by voice vote, with the chair repeatedly announcing that the ayes had it. The House then adopted an order to meet again Thursday at 11 a.m. and adjourned to that time in informal session.

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• House Bill 1517 will be left pending. At this time, the chair lays out House Bill 20.
• This time, House Bill 1063 will be left pending.
• House Bill 1107 will be left pending.
• If we can get this bill done, that'd be great. House Bill 303 lays out.
• House Bill 303 by Basut recognizes Representative Basut to explain the bill.

Bills: HB303 , HB 1107 , HB 1063 , HB1517 , HB1991 , HB2464 , HB3509 , HB3527 , HB303

Committee: House Intergovernmental Affairs

Keywords: municipality, local government, Type A, Type B, Type C, change authority, emergency medical services, civil service status, municipal government, public safety, local government code, school funding, education, state budget, local control, equity, tenant legal services, eviction, low-income tenants, disability rights

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• This bill is a substitute bill we did on the House side.
• Representative Phelps has House Bill 1029. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. House Bill 1029. Thank you, Mr.
• My second bill is House Bill 1064.
• Members, House Bill 816 is a homeland security bill.
• And which bill? This is 59? Okay, House Bill 59. House Bill 59. Please proceed. Thank you, Mr.

Committee: Senate Judiciary B

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• the provisions of House Bill 3244.
• Members, House Bill 3345, this measure clarifies statutory language to... House Bill 3345.
• I declare House Bill 4425 to have advanced.
• I declare House Bill 4141 to have passed. House Bill 2960 on behalf of Senator Bullard.
• I deem House Bill 2960 to have advanced.

Bills: HB2299 , HB2939 , HB2941 , HB2960 , HB3062 , HB3087 , HB3114 , HB3244 , HB3262 , HB3304 , HB3345 , HB3386 , HB3431 , HB3498 , HB3581 , HB3645 , HB3648 , HB3764 , HB3852 , HB3974 , HB4141 , HB4144 , HB4227 , HB4237 , HB4343 , HB4425

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Summary: The Senate Judiciary Committee considered a large slate of executive nominations and bills. The nominations of Kevin Buchanan to the Oklahoma State Council of Interstate Adult Offender Supervision, Bobby Raines to the Polygraph Examiners Board, and Colton Richardson to the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System Board were each advanced to the full Senate without opposition. The committee then heard and advanced several measures on elections, criminal law, public safety, and civil procedure, including bills on Article V convention commissioner guardrails, precinct official terms and oaths, fraud and identity theft, treatment screening for arrested individuals, electronic monitoring eligibility, press access to certain arrest information, foreign terrorist organization-related offenses, CDL eligibility tied to the meth registry, sheriff service fees, fentanyl overdose reporting and presumptions, corporate law updates, appraiser fees in condemnation cases, child sexual abuse reporting protections, eviction mediation, garnishment response deadlines, retired municipal judges carrying firearms, critical mineral ownership restrictions, removal of a sunset on a sexual assault nurse examiner coordinator, enhanced riot and assault penalties, ability-to-pay hearings at sentencing, firearm component liability protections, hospice admission authority, government tort claims coverage for OU Health Authority, and tort claims coverage for county jails housing inmates for other entities. Several bills drew notable questioning and amendments. House Bill 2299, dealing with Article V convention commissioners, was advanced after debate over the bill’s “intimidation” language and its potential effect on political speech; Senator Jett opposed it on vagueness grounds. House Bill 3852 on precinct officials was amended to reflect Election Board recommendations, including changing a disqualification period from three to six years, before advancing. House Bill 2939, removing obsolete fax-machine references from election law, was amended to strike a repealed-law reference and then advanced. House Bill 4343, setting a $350 fee for court-appointed appraisers, prompted extended concern about fixing a market rate in statute; the title was stricken so the measure could be worked on further, but it still advanced. House Bill 4227, the child sexual abuse NDA bill, advanced after the author recognized concerns and agreed to strike the title for further work, and House Bill 3386 on same-day eviction mediation also advanced after the author struck title to revisit discrimination concerns. Other measures advanced with little or no opposition, including House Bills 3244, 3345, 3114, 4144, 3764, 3304, 3262, 2941, 3498, 4141, 4237, 3062, 3431, 3581, 3648, and 3974. Some bills generated focused policy questions, such as whether the fentanyl overdose presumption would be rebuttable, whether the meth registry is lifetime or time-limited, whether the electronic monitoring bill would be too restrictive, and whether the riot-mask felony language could affect law enforcement officers operating in an official capacity. The committee also restored title on several measures before advancing them. The meeting concluded with Chairman Howard thanking the committee and staff and noting it was his final policy committee meeting as chair before adjournment.

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• House files 4934-4969. Introduction of bills. The following Introduction of bills.
• The first bill on the calendar for today is House File 3544. The clerk will report the bill.
• The next bill on the calendar for today is House File 3479. The clerk will report the bill.
• This bill ensures that with the house.
• The next bill on the calendar for today is House File 4118. The clerk will report the bill.

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• House Bill 2364 by Troxler has been pulled.
• Hearing none, House Bill 3648 is left pending.
• Hearing none, House Bill 2437 is left pending.
• Hearing none, House Bill 5645 is left pending. The chair lays out House Bill 4255.
• Hearing none, House Bill 4259 is left pending. We have two other bills.

Bills: HB1597 , HB2364 , HB2437 , HB3205 , HB3253 , HB3310 , HB3648 , HB3906 , HB4259 , HB5645

Committee: House S/C on County & Regional Government

Keywords: county jailer, jail training, veterans, Texas Veterans Commission, Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, TCOLE, criminal justice system, county jail, law enforcement training, mental health training, jail standards, correctional officers, veteran services, veteran interaction, occupations code, jailer licensing, parking, county courthouse, infrastructure, local government

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• House Bill 458 Mcu.
• House in Commerce, House Bill May 22nd.
• House Bill natural resources.
• House Bill what was that again Okay. House Bill what was that again please?
• </c><01:54:29.040><c> Bill</c> motion on House Bill motion on House Bill 551.<01:54:30.960><c> This</

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• This is from the Housing Finance Agency policy bill.
• This is from the Housing Finance Agency policy bill.
• This is from the Housing Finance Agency policy bill.
• </c> the housing finance agency policy bill. the housing finance agency policy bill.
• </c><00:26:17.440><c> Overall,</c> this housing omnibus bill. Overall, this housing omnibus bill.

Committee: Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention

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• The Chair has been informed that House Bill...
• House Number 4269. Question comes on passing the bill to be engrossed. House Number 4269.
• House Bill 5109 has been released by the Committee on Bills in Third Reading.
• Walsh moves to amend the bill by substitution of a bill with the same title, House No. 5391.
• Walsh moves to amend the bill by substitution of a bill with the same title, House No. 5391.