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• It was obviously an audit finding. We are complying with all of the audit findings.
• I'm sorry, the audit committee does keep an eye on what you're doing?
• Madam Chair, part when they come up with audits and stuff.
• Do get audited every—it seems like every month now.
• Again, it seems to single out solar leases for audit.

Committee: House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 2150, which continues the State Land Department until July 1, 2030. Members questioned the commissioner extensively about agency procedures, backlog, appraisals, auction practices, privilege claims in the Fontamonte audit, and the Coyotes land transaction. The committee also discussed the Griffin amendment, which required quarterly updates, a public hearing on the department’s strategic plan, changes to conceptual land use plans and five-year disposition plans, and legislative findings. After debate over oversight and accountability, the amendment was adopted and HB 2150 was returned with a do pass recommendation by a 6-4 vote. The committee then considered House Bill 2975, which would suspend the State Land Department’s solar scoring map and require new mining and housing resource maps, with the amendment changing the mapping deadline and requiring the maps to be posted online. Supporters said the bill would improve fairness and maximize trust revenue for schools by avoiding favoritism toward solar; opponents argued the solar map is only a guidance tool and that removing it could reduce transparency and revenue. The department said it was neutral but asked for additional staff or consultant support if the bill passed. The committee adopted the amendment and passed HB 2975 as amended on a 6-4 vote. House Bill 2781 followed, addressing solar plant decommissioning, restoration, financial assurance, insurance, and a remediation fund. The amendment narrowed the bill to decommissioning standards and limited its reach to projects receiving permits after the effective date. Testimony focused on the need to ensure solar sites are restored and that taxpayers are not left with cleanup costs; several speakers cited abandoned or aging energy infrastructure as a cautionary example. The committee adopted the amendment and passed HB 2781 as amended by a 6-4 vote. Finally, the committee began House Bill 2267, which would classify certain utility-scale wind or solar projects within four miles of residential property as a public nuisance, with exceptions and grandfathering for existing projects. The sponsor argued the bill responds to concerns about large renewable projects near homes and property value impacts, while the amendment narrowed the scope to utility-scale wind and solar and excluded rooftop solar and existing projects. The transcript cuts off before any final action on HB 2267.

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• </c> credit card company. credit card company. Uh<00:17:50.160><c> Bitcoin.
• But if I pay for my meal with a credit card, they're only getting $97 of that.
• </c><01:02:44.319><c> card</c> cheap as compared to credit card cheap as compared to credit card companies
• card</c> companies, for example, credit card companies, for example, credit card companies<01:02:46.880
• </c><01:04:10.720><c> card</c> for payouts from the credit card for payouts from the credit card companies

Summary: The Hawaii State Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection held an informational briefing on digital assets, blockchain, and related regulatory developments. Chair Jarrett Keohoko said the committee was focusing on national and state policy issues around digital assets, while leaving the separate issue of Bitcoin kiosks and fraud to the House Consumer Protection Committee, which had already noticed a similar briefing. No public testimony was taken; the session was for informational updates and member questions. Representatives from the Aptos Foundation, including JC Yun and Michael Cheng, gave a detailed presentation on blockchain basics and Aptos’s technology. They described blockchain as a tamper-resistant digital ledger, explained proof-of-work and proof-of-stake systems, and argued that proof-of-stake networks are faster, cheaper, and more environmentally friendly. They also emphasized smart contracts and potential uses beyond speculation, such as car titles, college transcripts, collectibles, digital IDs, real estate, and other tokenized assets. The presenters highlighted Aptos’s Hawaii connections and said the technology could help local residents and businesses participate in the digital economy. They cited adoption statistics, including billions of transactions on Aptos, tokenized money market funds from major financial firms, micro-lending applications, decentralized cloud infrastructure, and the rapid growth of stablecoins. They acknowledged concerns about scams and consumer protection, but argued that the answer is stronger regulation and education rather than avoiding the technology altogether.

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• Funds must be subject to audits, reporting requirements, public oversight, and agencies must act with
• And AB 643 proposes to allow 1383 procurement credit based on organic waste processed into fertilizer
• So under SB 1383 procurement policy, credit is intended to drive demand for newly diverted materials.
• clearly limiting credit... ...allow procurement credit to be generated from co-processed materials without
• clearly limiting credit to newly diverted SB 1383 feedstocks.

Committee: House Natural Resources

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• Um, so we had found out during our audit of 2024 of no disparity aid coming in.
• </c> Um so we had found out during our audit Um so we had found out during our audit of<01:37:16.320>
• It is about the border city tax credit.
• It is about the border city tax credit.
• It is about the border city tax credit.

Committee: Senate Taxes

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• It was not going to pass because it would have stopped Maine guys from coming over here and auditing
• New Hampshire businesses so and auditing New Hampshire businesses so we<01:02:09.559><c> was</c><01:
• of</c><01:44:52.040><c> the</c><01:44:52.119><c> United</c><01:44:52.440><c> States</c> faith and credit
• of the United States faith and credit of the United States um<01:44:54.040><c> gold</c><01:44:54.239
• </c><01:47:18.639><c> of</c> to add that the full faith and credit of to add that the full faith and

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 167, a PFAS-related measure expanding the state’s restrictions to include ski wax and related fluorocarbons. The sponsor said the bill was a follow-up to last year’s PFAS law and largely targeted products already off the market, describing it as a reaffirmation of the state’s intent to keep PFAS out of water. The committee voted unanimously to recommend the bill ought to pass and then placed it on the consent calendar. Next, the committee considered House Bill 275 on health career credentialing requirements. The discussion centered on a proposal that would have required insurance companies to pay for training mandated by federal requirements. Members concluded that approach was not appropriate and voted unanimously to make the bill inexpedient to legislate, then placed it on the consent calendar. House Bill 276, dealing with on-premise beverage license requirements, was then reconsidered after an initial ITL vote. The committee adopted an amendment creating a tavern license for establishments limited to patrons over 21, with a higher fee and no food requirement, and then voted 15-0 to recommend the bill ought to pass as amended; it was also placed on the consent calendar. The committee then took up House Bill 310, which would establish a commission to study a regulatory framework for stable tokens and tokenization of real-world assets. The sponsor said the amendment added blockchain-based trusts and discussion of privacy and environmental concerns. The committee approved the amendment 16-0 and then voted 16-0 to recommend the bill ought to pass as amended, placing it on the consent calendar. House Bill 312, concerning intercollegiate student athletes’ right to earn compensation from name, image, and likeness, was retained because members said the issue was not ready and the NCAA had not resolved how to handle it. Finally, the committee began discussion of House Bill 316 on ground ambulance reimbursement, with an amendment that would replace the bill’s reimbursement provisions with a study commission; members debated how it related to another bill, HB 725, and whether the amendment would delay immediate relief for ambulance providers.

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• The Department of Revenue collects taxes and also conducts audits when necessary.
• The Department of Revenue collects taxes and also conducts audits when necessary.
• The Department of Revenue collects taxes and also conducts audits when necessary.
• The Department of Revenue collects taxes and also conducts audits when necessary.
• The Department of Revenue collects taxes and also conducts audits when necessary.

Committee: House Commerce Finance and Policy

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• </c><05:04:45.558><c> and</c> agencies that would run an audit and agencies that would run an audit and
• the Pentagon has failed for eight years an audit.
• And in the security areas, fine, you do human auditing of those.
• </c> for eight years an audit it's for eight years an audit it's unauditable<05:32:28.360><c> is</c><
• </c> the asset list because you can't audit the asset list because you can't audit it<05:32:35.040><c

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• That's a public school on a credit to school because they're all accredited.
• Not all schools will accept credits difficult for them.
• Not all schools will accept credits from other schools.
• I have situations on my desk where Florida State University would accept credits from TCC back in the
• with a sponsored a bill that was the House sponsor at the time requiring such a submission to of audits

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• </c><00:49:20.000><c> representative</c> would get the credit representative would get the credit representative
• This is a narrow, tailored expansion of eligibility for the credit.
• This is a narrow, tailored expansion of eligibility for the credit.
• I am the program administrator for this tax credit at the Department of Agriculture.
• </c><01:25:38.199><c> um</c> the um beginning farmer tax credit um the um beginning farmer tax credit

Bills: HF363 , HF2155 , HF1524 , HF821 , HF1677 , HF1292

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

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• I have a client that just was sued by a major credit card company, and his credit was ruined, all because
• You now get, like in almost every single settlement, a year of monitoring of your credit.
• You get a year monitoring of your credit.
• If you were like my client that got sued by a credit card company, as credit was ruined, then you get
• Even ordered me to pay for a credit card bill the scammer took out, and my name forged my name.

Summary: The subcommittee first heard HB 925 on clerks of court reimbursement. The sponsor said the bill raises the statutory reimbursement rate for unfunded clerk duties to $195 per petition, adds approved civil indigency applications to the reimbursement request, and adjusts certain civil traffic fee distributions to create parity between municipalities and unincorporated county areas. An amendment was adopted to remove general-revenue redirects and address a fee-waiver issue. Clerks and related associations testified in support, while the Florida League of Cities raised concerns about the revenue impact on municipalities. The committee adopted the amendment and reported HB 925 favorably by a 16-0 vote. The committee then took up HB 1551 on products liability for firearms. The sponsor said the bill would bar design-defect claims based solely on the absence or presence of external features not required by federal law, while preserving claims for internal manufacturing defects and failures to meet express warranties or representations. The bill drew extensive testimony from firearms manufacturers, law enforcement, gun-rights groups, and opponents from the Florida Justice Association and others, with debate focused on whether the language would limit lawsuits over alleged ghost firing or design defects and whether it should be clarified to preserve pending and future claims. The committee reported HB 1551 favorably by a 13-4 vote. Next, CS for HB 657 on community associations proposed a new community association court program, elimination of pre-suit mediation, and new procedures for dissolving associations, along with changes to “Kaufman” language and financial disclosure requirements. An amendment was adopted that changed the dissolution threshold to 50% of signatures, required a two-thirds vote for bylaw amendments, and expanded financial disclosure access to bank records and related documents. Homeowners testified about alleged HOA abuse, while attorneys and others warned about unintended consequences, loss of mediation, and questions about court authority. The committee approved the amended bill 14-1. Finally, CS for HB 635 on cybersecurity standards and liability would create a presumption against negligence liability for local governments and businesses that comply with specified cybersecurity standards and incident-reporting requirements, with the defendant bearing the burden to show compliance. Testimony split between supporters who said the bill incentivizes stronger security practices and opponents who argued it could shield entities that only “substantially” comply and could affect pending class actions. The committee reported the bill favorably 14-1. The meeting then moved on to PCS for HB 529, with the sponsor beginning presentation as the transcript ended.

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• House Bill 1839 requires pornographic websites operating in Missouri to use a reputable, audited age-verification
• Missouri to use a reputable, audited age-verification provider.
• Houseville 1839 requires pornographic websites operating in Missouri to use a reputable audited age verification
• Missouri to use a reputable audited age verification provider.
• The speaker also said a credit card, digital ID, picture identification, or biometrics can be used.

Committee: House Children and Families

Summary: The Committee on Children and Families heard public testimony on House Bills 1839, 2921, and 3015, all aimed at requiring age verification for access to online pornography. The sponsors argued the bills are needed to protect children from early exposure, exploitation, sextortion, and related harms, and said the measures mirror laws in other states and recent Texas litigation. Supporters, including the Missouri Children’s Trust Fund, pediatric sexual assault nurse examiners, child advocacy groups, the Missouri Catholic Conference, and the Attorney General’s office, testified that pornography contributes to child sexual abuse risk, addiction, and unhealthy sexual development. Committee members asked about privacy protections, enforcement, penalties, and whether third-party verification or website-based verification would be used; the Attorney General’s office said identifying information should not be retained and that enforcement would occur through court action. No one testified in opposition, and the hearing concluded with the bills remaining under consideration, with a committee substitute to follow for one portion of the legislation. The committee then heard House Bill 2610, which would use the state legal expense fund to cover claims and judgments involving foster care, case management, and residential service providers under contract with the state. Representative Murphy and supporters said the private insurance market for these providers has become unstable and unaffordable, with some agencies facing large premium increases, repeated denials, or inability to find coverage at all. Testimony from the Missouri Coalition for Children, Missouri Alliance for Children and Families, Family Forward, and the Attorney General’s office described the issue as a market failure that could force providers to close and disrupt services for foster children. The Attorney General’s office explained how legal expense fund coverage would work, noted that it can cover negligence and intentional acts for covered entities, and said the bill would shift risk to the state in the absence of adequate private insurance. No opposition was offered. Finally, Representative Terry briefly presented House Bill 24, describing it as the same as Representative Dolan’s grandparents’ bill and emphasizing that grandparents should have first consideration for custody if a child’s parents are unable to care for them. No testimony was offered on the bill. The committee then moved into executive session and voted do pass on House Committee Substitute for House Bill 1696, House Committee Substitute for House Bills 2505 and 24, and House Bill 1772, each by unanimous 14-0 votes. The meeting then adjourned.

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• I got to give credit to Vice Chair Pizzo. Thank you.
• Senator prohibits districts from requiring charter schools to meet audit to meet audit and grant deadlines
• Many districts currently require charter schools, charter audits to be submitted by August 1st 30 days
• But I think we can all agree that if a chart, if if if if charter staff or asking for for saying audited

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• Oftentimes, to be more of a draw, we do get CLE credit because a lot of it can be CLE.
• Thank you, Chair. the chapter of our rules that addresses the what are called facial compliance. audits
• that are performed by the TEC as required by state law, what that means. what facial compliance audit
• It saves filers. trouble of a potential future audit or a potential future complaint.
• And so that's what we're working on everywhere are we're making sure our audit our auditor our in-house

Summary: The Texas Ethics Commission met on March 11, 2025, first in executive session and then in open session. The chair announced that, in light of Texas Attorney General Opinion KP-484, the commission would conform its practices to the opinion and move to repeal tolling rules for sworn-complaint deadlines. The chair also said the commission would dismiss 36 pending sworn-complaint cases in which the 120-day settlement deadline had been exceeded, even though the delay had been tolled under prior TEC rules. The commission then set future meeting dates for June 12 and September 17 and approved prior meeting minutes. The commission adopted a new criminal-referral rule clarifying that, once jurisdiction over a complaint is accepted, commissioners may vote to make a criminal referral. It also adopted revised advisory-opinion rules, with a clarifying amendment from a commenter, and republished proposed changes to the definition of “principal purpose” for political committees after staff recommended a 49 percent political-activity threshold and further public input. The commission published for comment proposed changes to ethics training rules, facial-compliance review procedures, late-filing waiver and reduction rules, and sworn-complaint procedures, including tighter discovery limits, a default-order set-aside process, and removal of tolling language inconsistent with KP-484. It also republished Chapter 28 rules on Speaker-candidate reporting. The commission adopted several advisory opinions. It declined to give an affirmative defense on whether certain school-district communications were political advertising because related litigation had already addressed the issue. It reaffirmed that a House member may use donated district-office space if it is not reimbursable with public funds and was accepted before the contribution moratorium. It also concluded that a judge may use political funds for travel to a Navy-hosted event as a local dignitary, that legislators’ use of a corporate aircraft for a border-region fact-finding trip could be permissible but would likely trigger reporting obligations, that a TCEQ commissioner’s revolving-door restrictions apply only to matters actually placed before the commissioner, and that a part-time legislative staffer may not take outside employment assisting a registered lobbyist. The commission then heard and acted on numerous fine-waiver appeals, granting several full waivers or reductions and approving staff recommendations on others, and terminated a number of inactive campaign treasurer appointments. Finally, the executive director briefed the commission on the 2025 legislative session, noting that staffing requests are tied to Sunset recommendations and that the House had preliminarily recommended about half of the commission’s appropriations requests.

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• And second, regarding credit for prior learning, we think it could be premature to provide additional
• So the credit moved, but the value didn't.
• mobility—credit that not only transfers, but transfers with meaning and applicability.
• Because credit mobility is not just about whether a course transfers.
• And that means we cannot yet deliver credit mobility at scale.

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• And I have to give credit to the gentleman sitting behind me, a very brilliant person by the name of
• Like, if I get a tax credit for four years, I'm taking all four years, probably.
• And then we also took out that number four on page two, any bank or credit union. We took that out.
• And then we also took out that number four on page two, any bank or credit union. We took that out.
• The fund is overseen by the state treasurer and regularly audited by the state auditor.

Committee: House Special Committee on Tax Reform

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• Engrossed House Bill 5653, to confirm the confidentiality of internal audit and other manuals, training
• Substitute for Committee Substitute for House Bill 4588, relating to participating in the Federal Tax Credit
• Substitute for Committee Substitute for House Bill 4588, relating to participating in the Federal Tax Credit
• Substitute for Committee Substitute for House Bill 4588, relating to participating in the Federal Tax Credit
• Substitute for Committee Substitute for House Bill 4588, relating to participating in the Federal Tax Credit

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• We have parental tax choice credits.
• We've had tax credits that we have awarded, and not only awarded those that siphon money, parent tax
• credit, that siphon money away from possibly being invested in public education.
• That's money that can't be appropriated to anything other than those tax credits.
• If we want to save money, again, we could address the tax credits.

Bills: HB3057 , HB3130 , HB4113 , HB3310 , HB3314 , HB3985 , HB4486 , HB3040 , HB3407 , HB4343 , HB2981 , HB3764 , HB3765 , HB3767 , HB3982 , HB3321 , HB3322 , HB3323 , HB4126 , HB4130 , HB4170 , HB3345 , HB2941 , HB3062 , HB3244 , HB3298 , HB2977 , HB3304 , HB3299 , HB3297 , HB4260 , HB3906 , HB3648 , HB3319 , HB2933 , HB3544 , HB1322 , HB4104 , HB4105 , HB4106 , HB4107 , HB4108 , HB3974 , HB3134 , HB3055 , HB3115 , HB3471 , HB3497 , HB3500 , HB3505 , HB3755 , HB4202 , HB4226 , HB4236 , HB4139 , HB4144 , HB4422 , HB4423 , HB4317 , HB4321 , HB4322 , HB3176 , HB3239 , HB3263 , HB3673 , HB3794 , HB3796 , HB4265 , HB4266 , HB2123 , HB3048 , HB2445

Summary: The House convened with a prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including the Duncan Girls Golf Team, the Doctor of the Day, and the Nurse of the Day. Members also made personal announcements and committee meeting reminders before moving to legislation. The main floor action centered on House Bill 4422, which would require applicants for SNAP and TANF to be U.S. citizens and use the SAVE system to verify immigration status. Supporters argued it would protect taxpayer dollars, enforce the law, and reduce improper benefits use; opponents said it would deter eligible families, especially children in mixed-status households, from seeking aid and would not address DHS error rates or budget problems. After extended debate, the House passed HB 4422 by roll call vote, 18-0. The House then considered House Bill 4423, a similar measure applying the same citizenship-verification concept to Medicaid through the Oklahoma Health Care Authority. Debate repeated many of the same arguments about fiscal responsibility, eligibility, children’s access to benefits, and immigration enforcement. HB 4423 also passed by roll call vote, 18-0. The chamber then moved to announcements and adjourned until Monday, March 2, 2026.

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• Is this taking place then to like an R&D tax credit then of some sort or maybe a return of some type
• State licensing requirements and laws requiring or allowing inspections or audits of gun dealers are
• They can be things like an individual trying to purchase a firearm with someone else's credit card or
• They can be things like an individual trying to purchase a firearm with someone else's credit card or
• They can be things like an individual trying to purchase a firearm with someone else's credit card or

Bills: SB48 , HB250 , SB17

Committee: House House Commerce & Economic Development Committee

Keywords: State Fairgrounds District, fairgrounds bonds, public financing, bond authorization, gross receipts tax, gaming tax, tax-backed bonds, infrastructure funding, Albuquerque fairgrounds, State Fair Tid, economic development, municipal bonds, revenue pledge, capital projects, New Mexico finance, technology, innovation, advisory board, entrepreneurial support, stakeholder representation

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• </c> handc count audits of election results. handc count audits of election results.
• </c> &gt;&gt; audits. Random handc count audits. &gt;&gt; audits. Random handc count audits.
• Chairman, &gt;&gt; audits. &gt;&gt; audits. &gt;&gt; audits.
• That again was a management audit bill. That again was a management audit bill.
• That again was a management audit bill. That again was a management audit bill.

Committee: Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

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• </c> The department does not currently audit The department does not currently audit retailers retailers
• </c><01:18:00.640><c> and</c><01:18:01.360><c> uh</c> follow up with auditing and uh follow up with auditing
• </c><01:27:38.400><c> that</c> monitor that activity and audit that monitor that activity and audit that
• Earned income tax credit. This family. Earned income tax credit.
• Um child tax credit, check for $20,000."

Committee: House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs