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• supplemental environmental impact statement to analyze that, disclose any new adverse impacts and mitigation
• collecting, and then also identification of IBR's recommended design options, as well as updated mitigation
• accountability here, we believe, is critical to success in managing the risks and managing the mitigation
• case here we're developing design side-by-side working through innovation working through risk mitigation
• Those would be early construction activities that would gain advantages on mitigating risks and gain

Keywords: 904, all

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• SB 1036 is a simple bill that would provide clarification under the Mitigation Fee Act by requiring that
• to thank local government representatives for working with us on this bill to properly apply the Mitigation
• or facilities created by the new development, which is precisely the intent and meaning of the Mitigation

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• But catastrophic job loss is not inevitable. It is a political choice.
• would allow for a visual or audio indicator when a device is recording to satisfy consent would help mitigate

Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on artificial intelligence, child safety, mental health, and privacy. SB 574 by Senator Umberg would require transparency and human oversight when attorneys, judges, and court neutrals use AI; it drew support from privacy advocates and committee members, with no opposition. SB 1276, the End Child Exploitation Act, would update child sexual exploitation laws to cover live-streamed and AI-generated abuse material and clarify that viewing such content can be criminally punishable; prosecutors, child advocacy groups, and others supported it, while no one appeared in opposition despite opposition on file. SB 813 would create a California AI standards and safety commission and a voluntary two-tier certification framework for AI safety standards; supporters said it would create scalable, independent oversight, while TechNet and CalChamber opposed it as duplicative, under-defined, and likely to create a de facto mandate. The committee discussed market pressure, federal preemption concerns, and the role of voluntary standards, but no final vote was taken in the excerpt. Senator Padilla also presented SB 300, which would strengthen protections for minors from sexually explicit chatbot content by moving from a reasonableness standard to an affirmative duty to prevent such exposure and to prohibit facilitation. Supporters said new evidence showed greater risks and that companies can and should build stronger safeguards; opponents, including TechNet and CCIA, argued the bill was premature because SB 243 had only recently taken effect and warned it could create strict-liability-like exposure. Padilla then presented SB 903, which would bar AI chatbots from being advertised as therapists, require licensed clinician oversight and informed consent for AI use in psychotherapy, and protect patient confidentiality; it received broad support from mental health professionals and labor groups, while industry and health associations were opposed unless amended over triage and crisis-detection language. The committee members emphasized the need for human judgment in mental health care and noted ongoing negotiations on amendments. The committee also heard SB 1119, a companion to AB 2020, which would require annual risk assessments, crisis-response protocols, default child settings, parental controls, limits on data use, public incident reporting, and third-party audits for chatbots used by children. Supporters argued the bill would address documented harms and improve transparency, while industry groups objected to ambiguous standards, liability exposure, and the private right of action. A roll call vote was taken on SB 1119 after quorum was established; the motion to pass to Appropriations succeeded on a 5-1 vote, with one no vote and the measure left on call for absent members. Finally, SB 354, a privacy bill for insurance consumers, would modernize outdated insurance privacy rules, bar sale of personal information, and expand consumer rights to know, correct, and delete data. Supporters said it would implement Proposition 24’s privacy mandate, while a large coalition of insurers, agents, brokers, and related businesses opposed unless amended, mainly seeking a small-business exemption and narrower treatment of publicly available information; members and the author said negotiations were ongoing and the bill had already been substantially revised.

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• That's a catastrophic cut, falling even on the debt service, debt responsibility undertaken by AAA bond
• But I seek to mitigate some of the harm and acknowledge that all minors is a broad word.

Bills: HB 118, HB 388, HB 114, HB 205, HB 2789, HB 2791, HB 499, HB 2960, HB 3163, HB 3135, HB 2427, HB 1618, HB 1672, HB 1722, HB 1338, HB 787, HB 2618, HB 879, HB 1126, HB 4134, HB 3513, HB 718, HB 1536, HB 1445, HB 1640, HB 1893, HB 1734, HB 3229, HB 3306, HB 1276, HB 3272, HB 3276, HB 3516, HB 4145, HB 1585, HB 4810, HB 2989, HB 2558, HB 3014, HB 2742, HB 1695, HB 29, HB 125, HB 145, HB 171, HB 255, HB 50, HB 363, HB 116, HB 491, HB 1495, HB 368, HB 1285, HB 1905, HB 2002, HB 917, HB 2723, HB 2067, HB 1238, HB 745, HB 1188, HB 1606, HB 2003, HB 2147, HB 2355, HB 2546, HB 2495, HB 2818, HB 2249, HB 3228, HB 3240, HB 1507, HB 658, HB 1748, HB 1851, HB 1922, HB 2798, HB 107, HB 1587, HB 3684, HB 118, HB 388, HB 114, HB 205, HB 2789, HB 2791, HB 499, HB 2960, HB 3163, HB 3135, HB 2427, HB 1618, HB 1672, HB 1722, HB 1338, HB 787, HB 2618, HB 879, HB 1126, HB 4134, HB 3513, HB 718, HB 1536, HB 1445, HB 1640, HB 1893, HB 1734, HB 3229, HB 3306, HB 1276, HB 3272, HB 3276, HB 3516, HB 4145, HB 1585, HB 4810, HB 2989, HB 2558, HB 3014, HB 2742, HB 1695, HB 609, HB 630, HB 420, HB 767, HB 1708, HB 1404, HB 2457, HB 140, HB 227, HB 913, HB 2198, HB 2763, HB 1261, HB 1135, HB 1318, HB 2358, HB 2765, HB 2735, HB 3307, HB 1242, HB 2842, HB 333, HB 201, HB 694, HB 2415, HB 155, HB 272, HB 405, HB 519, HB 1136, HB 1275, HB 1437, HB 1532, HB 1675, HB 1868, HB 1888, HB 1990, HB 2286, HB 2523, HB 3129, HB 3251, HB 3354, HB 3479, HB 3803, HB 3804, HB 3805, HB 3806, HB 3887, HB 4163, HB 4238, HB 1240, HB 1842, HB 2029, HB 2622, HB 3255, HB 654, HB 4643, HB 4945, HB 3611, HB 3724, HB 3623, HB 3810, HB 4127, HCR 78, HCR 12, SB 767

Keywords: HB 388, HB388, coordination of benefits, COB questionnaire, health benefit plan, health insurance, insurance commissioner, Texas Department of Insurance, uniform form, primary payer, secondary payer, multiple coverage, dual coverage, Medicaid, CHIP, managed care, HMO, small employer health plan, school district health coverage, self-funded plan

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• the risks associated with AI-related work and apply an appropriate level of resource to try and mitigate
• any of that potential risk and mitigate any of that potential risk and and<00:08:19.440> really
• Our risk assessment contains questions designed to reveal risks, guide staff toward possible risk mitigation
• <00:10:03.920> Uh<00:10:04.160> we toward possible risk mitigation.
• Uh we toward possible risk mitigation.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Because things such as watershed mitigation and restoration are not included in the current FEMA approach
• I also serve to lead the state recovery and mitigation missions across all of these fires in a post-fire
• I know, unfortunately, we deal with most of our issues pertaining to the water the watershed mitigation
• We're working on mitigating.
• And I'm going to give you a little bit of background on what we're doing with the mitigation right now

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• Florida Division of Emergency Management does, we look at preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation
• invested into modernization technology, there is an estimated $126 being returned in processed mitigation
• We're seeing this in recovery and mitigation with our grant management and preparedness.
• the development of... ...those are more on the front end, but we are now in the development of mitigation
• We have mitigation being the long-term version of recovery.

Summary: The subcommittee heard updates on several state technology modernization efforts, beginning with the Florida Division of Emergency Management’s Enterprise Business Solution (DEMS). FDEM said DEMS is about 50% complete, with some grants and finance functions already live, and is intended to replace manual disaster and grants processing with a cloud-based system. Officials described faster reimbursement timelines after recent storms, major return-on-investment claims, and a planned final phase focused on design, testing, communications, data governance, and additional functionality. Members asked about the total cost, the role of Florida Digital Service, deliverables-based contracting, and how much of the system is live; FDEM said the project is expected to cost about $16 million to $16.8 million and finish by June 2027, with some follow-up information to be provided. The Department of Legal Affairs presented its Office of Attorney General Modernization Program, a follow-up to an earlier effort that failed after spending about $26 million. Acting Attorney General John Gard said the department has now moved to an off-the-shelf case management product, LawBase, and is in development and testing, with the Office of Statewide Prosecution already live and full implementation expected by the end of the fiscal year. The request includes funding for staff augmentation, cloud storage, the LawBase license, redundancy through a backup site in Orlando, and OnBase support. Members questioned the prior failure, the use of Florida Digital Service standards, data location and cloud migration, and the redundancy plan; Gard said lessons learned included better scoping and that the current effort is on track. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles then updated the committee on Motorist Modernization, including the Orion system and the MyDMV portal. Officials said Phase 1 and Phase 2 have modernized driver license and motor vehicle services, with Phase 2 statewide rollout scheduled to begin in April 2025 and Phase 3 proposed at $16.5 million for dealer services, data warehouse improvements, and call center modernization. Members asked about payment options, organ donor questions, staffing, cybersecurity, cloud strategy, and the digital driver license program. The agency said the portal already allows some sanctions to be cleared online, an ACH option is being developed, the digital driver license vendor has changed with a fall go-live anticipated, and the department is using security testing and a managed security service provider. Officials also said the system is currently on an on-prem private cloud, with future workloads expected to move to public cloud where appropriate. Finally, Florida Commerce presented on the Reemployment Assistance modernization system, Reconnect, and the FLWINS workforce system. Commerce said Reconnect is hosted in the Azure Government Cloud, has reduced claim filing time, improved fraud detection, and increased appeals capacity, and now needs $4.9 million in recurring funding to cover ongoing operations, cloud hosting, licenses, and staff augmentation. Members asked about adjudication issues, wait times, fraud prevention, and whether the system stores caller identifiers; Commerce said the average wait to speak to a representative is about 18 minutes and claims are generally processed in four to six weeks. The committee then began hearing about FLWINS, which is intended to create a “no wrong door” workforce portal under the REACH Act, but the transcript cuts off before that presentation concluded.

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• And in regards to that, it's all about how you mitigate it.
• And in this project... ...I think they've shown over and over that it can be mitigated without the secondary
• So if you're not going to, you have to mitigate it another way.
• All of that lends to what the proponents are saying, which is we've mitigated for this.
• What the proponents are saying is we've mitigated for this.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• including several adjustments in response to federal House Resolution... or H.R. 1, including funds to mitigate
• The work that we've done has helped us mitigate some of that concern to the best of our ability, but
• also want to say thank you to my district for investing in our district, especially for our fire mitigation
• important resources, and endangered species are already moving forward without public transparency or mitigation
• this session, and urge you to continue uplifting policy and budget solutions into the next year to mitigate

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We need to manage this waste, so we're going to obviously look at what we can do to mitigate across the
• Speaker, gentlelady, I just want to understand how we will mitigate any of that forever chemical from
• the RAID Act, currently as stated, two-thirds of the funding is appropriated specifically to tire mitigation
• We care about mitigating tire waste in the state all the same as Mr. Speaker, gentlemen. Fantastic.
• have been applying for years and being denied the opportunity to upgrade their local recycling or mitigate

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• to identifying threats. and vulnerabilities for its supply chains and develop plans and tools to mitigate
• impacts on the industrial base will be, any negative impacts, and to prepare actions necessary to mitigate
• parts, assemblies, subcomponents, those kind of things, where we can go ahead and close gaps and mitigate
• actionable way by the department to is predictable, stable budgets will allow us to go ahead and mitigate
• Again, if confirmed, I'm eager to discuss this issue with you and what can be done to mitigate the issues

Keywords: defense industrial base, small business, workforce development, acquisition processes, national security, cybersecurity, critical minerals

Summary: The meeting of the committee revolved around critical discussions on enhancing the defense industrial base, focusing on small business engagement and the importance of streamlined processes in defense contracting. There was a significant emphasis on the need for more investment in the defense manufacturing sector, particularly in the face of competition from countries like China. Some members expressed frustration over the treatment of small businesses, citing barriers that prevent these innovative companies from effectively participating in defense contracts. The need for a workforce capable of meeting the common challenges posed by evolving technologies and geopolitical threats was also highlighted throughout the meeting.

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• the other thing on the O—what does it O, the Office of Natural Resources—isn't that also wildfire mitigation
• The projects that they do, don't they help with wildfire mitigation? Mr.
• They help with wildfire mitigation? Mr. Chair, but that's not from this bucket of money. Okay.
• I think he's the one that walked us through that $200 million for the wildfire mitigation.

Bills: SB190, HB247, HB8

Keywords: cancer treatment, revenue bonds, Gila Regional Medical Center, Nor-Lea General Hospital, healthcare funding, capital outlay, capital projects, appropriations, reversion, encumbrance, reauthorization, reappropriation, general fund, capital development and reserve fund, tribal infrastructure project fund, Department of Finance and Administration, DFA, state board of finance, severance tax bonds, tax-exempt bonds

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• project, and when we compare the future conditions, we can establish what the expected impact and the mitigation
• Mitigation can include traffic signals, turn lanes, roadway widening, and medians, just to name a few
• developer and the governing agencies to identify the phasing for large developments and the timing of mitigation
• Requirements, and the needs for TIAs, as well as the mitigation requirements.

Bills: HB447, HB897, HB993, HB2673, HB3671, HB3680, HB3897, HB4506, HB4753, HB4812, HB4894, HB5148, HB5437, HB5650, HB5652, HB5654, HB5656, HB5661, HB5665

Keywords: traffic impact studies, municipal utility district, bonds, road projects, eminent domain, HB 897, Texas land sale, state property, Austin real estate, Travis County, General Land Office, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, HHSC, Health and Human Services Commission, state records facility, archives building, library funding, capital improvements, lease of state land, public land disposition

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• bring a suit for injunctive relief to limit or enjoin construction of the structure, to sufficiently mitigate
• These studies often result in site-specific mitigation and operational changes made by the developers
• wildlife biologists to perform studies. ...studies, and then the engineers will tweak the project to mitigate
• including payment bonds and performance bonds, for contracts exceeding certain sums of money in order to mitigate

Bills: HB3129, HB3251, HB3556, HB3724, HB3887

Keywords: construction, wildlife impact, height restrictions, national wildlife refuge, environmental regulations, HB 3887, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Parks and Wildlife Code, performance bond, payment bond, contractor bonding, public works, construction contracts, public building, procurement, bid security, subcontractors, suppliers, contractor payment protection, project completion

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• destinations that might mitigate destinations that might mitigate systemic<04:20:51.359> risk
• whether FSOC should focus on mitigating whether FSOC should focus on mitigating the<04:27:46.159
• Through activity-based mitigation, FSOC will work with firms and their primary regulators to address
• Through activity-based mitigation, FSOC will work with firms and their primary regulators to address
• the damage, which they tools to mitigate the damage, which they successfully<04:36:54.719> did.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, February 9, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Because you're asking us to agree to let's just sell this when we got a catastrophe on our hands.
• :13.440> a this when we got a what is basically a this when we got a what is basically a catastrophe
• catastrophe on our hands. catastrophe on our hands.

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 5 March, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with an invocation by Dr. Ryan Wade and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then handled routine business by dispensing with the reading of the journal and committee reports. Several guests were recognized, including Leadership Jackson County, Farm Bureau members, a doctor of the day, adult educators, and other visitors in the gallery. Senator Brumfield also announced support efforts for Senator Warren Barnett, asking members to contribute to him through Ms. Anita Jackson. The chamber then considered a series of House bills, most of them taken up with strike-all amendments and passed by use of the morning roll call. Measures included HB 1390 on personal services funding allocations, HB 1571 on ARPA funds and unexpended balances, HB 1655 on the State Aid Road Construction director’s personnel status, HB 1650 on dormant state accounts and pooled investments, HB 1651 on state agencies using other agencies’ facilities and charging 50% of fair market value, HB 1345 on administrative forfeiture of illegal cigarette and vaping products, HB 1386 on allowing sidewalks as an eligible use of municipal infrastructure funds, HB 671 on alcoholic beverage delivery responsibility ending when retailers transfer possession to delivery services, and HB 1385 on eliminating paper-original homestead exemption submissions. Members asked questions on several bills, especially about whether the fairgrounds language in HB 1651 would affect youth livestock shows and whether HB 1386 or other measures would change county revenue; sponsors generally said the bills were intended to address state-agency use, municipal reporting, or administrative efficiency rather than alter those programs. The Senate also advanced HB 898, creating a sales tax diversion study committee to review misallocated municipal sales tax revenues, assess impacts, examine technology and oversight, and recommend reforms by the 2027 session; Senator Hill questioned whether counties should be included, but the sponsor said that would be a separate policy decision. Later, the Senate reconsidered HB 1265, the Mississippi Debt Management Services Act extended repealer, adopted an amendment to remove the repealer instead of extending it, and then passed the bill. The body also took up SB 2632, the local governments disaster recovery emergency loan program, and voted not to concur and to invite conference. Finally, HB 1142 on bench warrant notices was called up; the sponsor explained a strike-all that would replace certified mail with personal service or electronic transmission and include a reverse repealer for further conference work.

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• were children, vulnerable, broken children in the care of our state, and our state failed them catastrophically
• :05.280> state<01:16:05.600> failed<01:16:06.080> them<01:16:06.560> catastrophically
• our state failed them catastrophically our state failed them catastrophically for<01:16:08.159><

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Unconscionability, for example, might be something along the lines of getting catastrophically ill, not
• 40:38.800> lines<03:40:39.120> of<03:40:40.239> getting<03:40:40.640> catastrophically
• the lines of getting catastrophically the lines of getting catastrophically ill,<03:40:42.160>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• That means taxpayers often have to pay for catastrophic failures rather than taking care of things when
• on local property taxpayers who currently often pay twice for things because they have to reach catastrophic
• That means taxpayers often have to pay for catastrophic failures rather than taking care of things when
• on local property taxpayers who currently often pay twice for things because they have to reach catastrophic

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Losing 88 behavioral health beds would be catastrophic.
• :10:51.120> would<02:10:51.200> be<02:10:51.320> trapped<02:10:51.880> catastrophic
• beds would be trapped catastrophic. beds would be trapped catastrophic.

Keywords: 910, house, all