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• The House will be in order.
• </c> address the House for one minute. address the House for one minute.
• </c> United States House of Representatives. United States House of Representatives.
• House Calendar Number 21, House Resolution 313.
• Housing costs are too high. high. Housing costs are too high.

Bills: HR981 , HR1228 , HB1526 , HCR14 , SJR18 , SJR28 , HR313

Keywords: federal budget, deficit reduction, economic growth, national debt, bipartisan support, House resolution, congressional subpoena, subpoena enforcement, Oversight Committee, House Oversight and Government Reform, judicial proceedings, declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, House counsel, private counsel, contempt of Congress, Pamela J. Bondi, Department of Justice, DOJ records, Jeffrey Epstein

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• The House will be in order.
• </c> to the house the approval thereof. to the house the approval thereof.
• ><c> House</c> House calendar number 13, House House calendar number 13, House Concurrent<04:05:10.560
• The House come to order.
• They all own houses. Their here. They all own houses.

Bills: HCR22 , HR1039 , HR586 , HR970 , HR877 , HR1228 , HR983 , HR981 , HCR9

Keywords: HIV/AIDS, National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Black health, public health, HIV testing, HIV prevention, PrEP, antiretroviral therapy, viral suppression, U=U, undetectable equals untransmittable, AIDS, Minority AIDS Initiative, community health centers, culturally competent care, health disparities, racial disparities, health equity, Black Americans, African Americans

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• House Bill 2148, so we do pass a recommendation. There are no amendments.
• You have given House Bill 2148 to do best recommendation.
• Really, there's conflicts of interest that happen, and sometimes they have to use outside counsel.
• I move House Bill 2993 receive a do-pass recommendation. All right, there are no amendments.
• You have given House Bill 2993 a do-pass recommendation.

Bills: HB2148 , HB2993

Committee: Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Keywords: federal funding, state budget, appropriation, block grants, noncustodial funds, legislative authority, Arizona attorney general, Department of Public Safety, DPS, consumer fraud revolving fund, consumer protection fund, gang and immigration intelligence team enforcement mission fund, public safety appropriation, supplemental appropriation, outside counsel, state agency legal representation, legal services, state settlement proceeds, general fund, A.R.S. 41-192

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• Both are Senate bills and both will have passed the House version.

Bills: SB198 , SB179

Committee: House Military and Veterans Affairs

Keywords: Alabama National Guard, National Guard legal services, legal assistance program, judge advocate, staff judge advocate, paralegal, military justice, military law, legal aid, preventive law, notary, notarial acts, Adjutant General, State Military Department, Office of General Counsel, Army Regulation 27-1, Army Regulation 27-3, Air Force Instruction 51-304, Air National Guard Instruction 51-504, Title 31

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• I'm also joined by Acting House Chair Kate Hogan, who serves as Speaker Pro Tem in the House of Representatives
• And just to introduce the House members of the committee: Representative Alice Peisch of Wellesley, House
• And it couldn't be a multi-family; it would have to be house, house, house, house, right?
• house house house right my understanding is this is for single family single family only so it have
• Thank you. ...federal housing legislation that could make history for housing production.

Bills: H5009

Committee: Joint Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions

Keywords: collective bargaining, worker rights, labor relations, public counsel services, state employees

Summary: The committee held a public hearing on Initiative Petition 25-03, House Bill 5000, which would allow single-family homes on smaller lots in areas with public water and sewer service. The hearing began with committee members outlining the Article 48 initiative process and then hearing from two subject-matter experts. Under Secretary Chris Clutchman of Housing and Livable Communities explained how the proposal would amend Chapter 40A, noted that Boston would be excluded, and said municipalities would still be able to adopt reasonable regulations on setbacks, bulk, height, and short-term rentals. He also flagged unresolved implementation questions, including how to treat wetlands, infrastructure capacity, and pre-existing nonconforming situations. Attorney Susan Murphy said the measure would significantly alter local zoning, could create conflicts with existing zoning districts and Section 3A/MBTA Communities rules, and raised concerns about infrastructure capacity and the lack of any home-size or affordability limits. Supporters of the petition argued that Massachusetts faces a severe housing shortage and that large minimum lot sizes are a major barrier to building starter homes. Proponents said the measure would legalize single-family homes on lots as small as 5,000 square feet with 50 feet of frontage where public sewer and water are available, and they cited polling showing public support for lot-size reform. They said the proposal could produce thousands of additional homes per year, help young families and seniors, and expand housing choices in high-cost suburbs. Committee members pressed the proponents on how the measure would interact with affordability, home size, frontage requirements, 40B compliance, and whether the bill would actually produce starter homes rather than larger expensive houses. The Massachusetts Municipal Association testified in opposition, urging the committee to take no action. MMA representatives argued that zoning is fundamentally a local decision and that the proposal would preempt municipal authority with a one-size-fits-all mandate. They also said the bill is impractical because public water and sewer service does not guarantee available capacity, citing examples of communities facing water and wastewater limits and costly infrastructure upgrades. MMA further argued the measure lacks affordability requirements and could be counterproductive, and pointed to existing and pending state tools such as Chapter 40Y, 40R-related proposals, and other housing funding or zoning reforms as better approaches. No vote was taken during the hearing.

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• I'm also joined by Acting House Chair Kate Hogan, who serves as Speaker Pro Tem in the House of Representatives
• And just to introduce the House members of the committee: Representative Alice Peisch of Wellesley, House
• of Lawrence, House Second Assistant Majority Leader; Representative Mike Day of Stoneham, House Chair
• But it couldn't be a multifamily; it would have to be house, house, house, house, right?
• Federal housing legislation that could make history for housing production.

Bills: H5009

Committee: Joint Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions

Keywords: collective bargaining, worker rights, labor relations, public counsel services, state employees

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• We will start with House Bill 2615, and by the way, there's an overflow room in House hearing room, or
• House Bill 2165. Mr. Chair. House Bill 2156, the do pass recommendation. House Bill 2165, Mr.
• House Bill 2957, Mr.
• Chair, members, House Bill 4049 allows the Department of Child Safety to employ legal counsel or make
• House Bill 2812, right? House Bill 2812. Jeff, welcome, Jeff.

Bills: HB2014 , HB2111 , HB2156 , HB2165 , HB2202 , HB2305 , HB2321 , HB2399 , HB2403 , HB2416 , HB2418 , HB2446 , HB2601 , HB2615 , HB2620 , HB2812 , HB2939 , HB2940 , HB2955 , HB2957 , HB2960 , HB2992 , HB4026 , HB4049

Committee: Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Keywords: air emissions, fuel blends, environmental quality, feasibility study, Arizona Department of Agriculture, driver license, examinations, motorcycle awareness, public safety, traffic laws, livestock, compensation, funding, ranching, agriculture, veterans, state parks, admission fees, military exemption, recreation access

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• Hearing none, House Bill 4628 is left pending. Speaker Moody, are you ready on House?
• House Bill 4885 would add managed assigned counsel programs to this list to screen potential counsel
• House Bill 1943 was...
• House Bill 357. ...House Bill 7 from Representative McLaughlin, House Bill 4263, which is from David
• Next is House Bill 2947.

Bills: HB1821 , HB1822 , HB1943 , HB3882 , HB4263 , HB4476 , HB4628 , HB4631 , HB4885 , HB4923 , HB5461 , HB5483 , HB5525

Committee: House S/C on Juvenile Justice

Keywords: juvenile records, sealing, privacy, criminal justice, youth rehabilitation, legal procedures, juvenile court, record sealing, nondisclosure, age jurisdiction, criminal justice reform, juvenile board, compensation, Winkler County, juvenile justice, county funding, grants, career education, technical programs, workforce development

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• Tab 5, SB 762, on offices of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel, by Senator Martin.
• However, my regional counsel, Ida and Moiton, will be speaking briefly, and she can answer more of those
• My name is Itan Emotin, and I'm the regional counsel for the Second Region.
• And the reason we did that is because we train them in-house.
• I’m counsel for Heriberto Sanchez Mayan. Mr.

Bills: S0014 , S0016 , S0024 , S0208 , S0762

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: negligence, settlement, police conduct, municipal liability, personal injury, compensation, injuries, Miami-Dade County, land use, development regulations, local government, application fees, affordable housing, zoning, residential construction, criminal defense, legal representation, death penalty, indigent defense, regional counsel

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• The chair lays out House Bill 5573 as pending business.
• The chair moves that House Bill 5573, as substituted, be reported in favor with a full House recommendation
• The chair moves that Senate Bill 3S, substituted, be reported favorably with a full House recommendation
• Members, this is a companion to House Bill 4503 by Chairman Bonin regarding electronic health.
• Members, this is a companion to House Bill 4627 by Representative McQueeney that creates poll standards

Bills: SB34 , SB75 , SB330 , SB1535 , SB18 , SB 18 , SB 34

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: wildfire, wildfire mitigation, wildfire prevention, volunteer fire department, Texas A&M Forest Service, West Texas A&M University, prescribed burning, fuel loading, fuel reduction, firefighting equipment database, emergency communications, disaster preparedness, rural fire protection, asset hardening, natural resource management, emergency management, large wildfire risk, fire grant funding, fire suppression, Texas Legislature

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• Dan Cahill, House Chair, 10th Essex, City of Lynn.
• We have a busy day today in the State House. Both the House and the Senate are in caucus at noon.
• The House is coming into caucus in this room, so we lose the room at 12.
• If we do not get to you before noon, the House and the Senate have caucus, and then the House and the
• the House, Carlos Gonzalez.

Bills: H4697 , S2635 , S2680 , S2681 , H5158

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

Keywords: constables, civil deputy sheriffs, law enforcement, training, certification, public safety, emergency response, red lights, Barnstable, town management, public health, safety standards, nuclear power, waste management, community protection, BMX, motocross, safety, regulation, insurance

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• On April 22nd, 2020, I will be in the White House.
• And I might defer to the legal counsel on this one.
• I'm the Chief Legal Counsel for lotto.com.
• I needed to talk to my legal counsel.
• It is a refile of House Bill 1208. by Representative Brian Guillén, which was passed by the House of

Bills: SB28 , SB687 , SJR34 , SCR9 , SB523 , SB62 , SB847 , SB706 , SB869 , SB890 , SB992 , SB 28

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: lottery, gambling, internet gaming, mobile application, criminal offenses, SB 687, land surveyor, land surveying, surveying services, construction contract, anti-indemnity, indemnity, hold harmless, defense obligation, standard of care, professional negligence, civil practice and remedies code, local government code, governmental agency, public contracts

Summary: The meeting was a crucial session for discussing several important bills including SB992, which aims to establish a clear time frame for the Attorney General's approval on outside legal counsel for state agencies. Senator Nichols presented the bill, emphasizing its necessity for timely responses to ensure efficient legal processing. Another notable discussion centered around SB523, which seeks to allow parole and probation officers to use a business address on their driver's licenses for safety and security purposes. This bill passed favorably out of the committee, with public testimony supporting the need for such provisions due to the risks these officers face.

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• They are companion bills to the House bills. They have already passed the House floor.
• </c><00:01:29.640><c> They</c> companion bills to the House bills.
• They companion bills to the House bills.
• </c> have already passed the House floor. have already passed the House floor.
• Um, I think Representative Faulkner is carrying it this year in the House, and I believe we have that

Bills: SB216 , SB229 , SB216 , SB229

Committee: House Military and Veterans Affairs

Keywords: retired law enforcement, retirement benefits, employment, firemedics, salary cap, released time, religious instruction, elective credit, public schools, K-12 education, school board policy, church-state separation, parochial education, Bible class, faith-based instruction, student release, attendance credit, State Board of Education, local school board, parental consent

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• For most committees, this is the last week to do House bills in the House, but we get a bonus committee
• House Bill 2993 also moves, as per your amendment, Mr.
• Hello, Chair, House members.
• Chairman, I move House Bill 2692. Mr.
• I want to thank you for hearing House Bill 2593.

Bills: HB2063 , HB2271 , HB2416 , HB2478 , HB2593 , HB2692 , HB2813 , HB2992 , HB2993 , HB4044

Committees: House Appropriations , House House Appropriations Committee of Reference

Keywords: corrections oversight, appropriation, independent office, public safety, funding, firefighters, insurance rates, workers' compensation, firefighter cancer reimbursement, rate deviations, cost analysis, premiums, border security, drug trafficking, human smuggling, law enforcement funding, Arizona, immigration, education reform, K-12

Bills: HB2035 , HB2041 , HB2611 , HB2860 , HB4004 , HB4049 , SCR1032

Committees: Senate Government , Senate Senate Government Committee of Reference

Keywords: kinship care, child welfare, foster care, relative placement, child protection, child neglect, financial resources, behavioral health, Christian Science treatment, parental rights, child safety, oversight, independent committee, transparency, accountability, systemic review, child abuse, neglect, protective parent, investigation

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• We heard the companion House Bill 4806 by Chairman Bonin during our May 7th hearing.
• House Bill 748 during our March 9th hearing. Members, this is Trey's Law.
• Members, you've been provided with the details in the House sub.
• This includes the right to effective counsel, as held by the Texas Supreme Court.
• All right, seeing none, the chair will leave House Bill 2501 pending at this time.

Bills: SB1960 , SB1730 , SB766 , SB2342 , SB2501 , SB2903

Committee: House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Keywords: digital rights, replication, Voice likeness, visual likeness, private causes of action, fee structure, online service providers, postmortem rights, self-defense, stand your ground, castle doctrine, use of force, deadly force, civil immunity, civil liability, tort claims, attorney fees, court costs, lost income, Chapter 9 Penal Code

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• Order the House Committee on Labor for decision-making.
• Voting on House Bill 1890 HD1. Recommendation is passed with amendments.
• Voting on House Bill 2335. Recommendation is to pass with amendments.
• </c><01:09:15.880><c> Bill</c> Thank you chair voting on House Bill Thank you chair voting on House Bill
• Voting on House Bill Thank you, chair.

Bills: SB2567 , SB2448 , SB3046 , SB2231 , SB2526

Committee: House Labor

Keywords: harassment, restraining order, temporary restraining order, injunction, protective order, public employer, public servant, public employee, government employee, state employee, legislator, judge, judicial branch, executive branch, local government, political subdivision, workplace violence, threats, stalking, employee safety

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• To my left, I have Maya Ida, who's our newest staff counsel, and then Tim Ford, who is returning from
• For the record, Maya Eita, staff counsel to this committee.
• The House ran a bill last session that was almost identical in substance to this one.
• I'm a supervising attorney at Legal Counsel for Youth and Children, or LCYC.
• For the record, Maya Aita, staff counsel to this committee.

Bills: SB5865 , SB5880 , SB5912 , SB5837 , SB5855

Committee: Senate Law & Justice

Keywords: garnishment, debt, form standardization, financial protection, legal processes, toxicology testing, laboratories, accreditation, public health, standards, indigent defense, task force, criminal justice, legal aid, public defense, guardianship, conservatorship, protective arrangement, protective arrangements, supported decision-making

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• Is there any objection to reporting House Bill 135 favorably?
• Lastly, Chairman Carter, we have House Bill 216. Ms.
• So you can't get to anybody's house to do anything.
• Counsel for the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs.
• I created the blighted housing program.

Bills: HB135 , HB142 , HB170 , HB194 , HB215 , HB216 , HB226 , HB284 , HB292 , HB297 , HB609

Committee: House Civil Law and Procedure

Keywords: exemption, motor vehicles, health savings accounts, debt relief, bankruptcy, civil procedure, abandonment, default judgment, court costs, notice requirements, construction contracts, jurisdiction, dispute resolution, public policy, Louisiana law, professional engineer, peremptive periods, construction, architect, real estate developer

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• Chair, members, House Bill 4049 allows DCS to employ legal counsel or make expenditures or incur indebtedness
• Gail Griffin, House member, LD 19.
• There's too many House members, you know.
• I mean, this got out of the House. Imagine that. This got out of the House.
• This bill received unanimous support out of committee in the House and on the House floor, and I've been

Bills: HB2015 , HB2060 , HB2062 , HB2100 , HB2118 , HB2165 , HB2258 , HB2327 , HB2397 , HB2445 , HB2460 , HB2641 , HB2745 , HB2876 , HB2917 , HB4011 , HB4049 , HB4056 , HB4087 , HCR2013 , HCR2016 , HCR2040 , HCR2044 , HCR2048 , HCR2056

Committees: Senate Government , Senate Senate Government Committee of Reference

Keywords: budget procedures, late filing penalty, accounting standards, financial reporting, state appropriations, abortion, educational institutions, health education, state aid, public schools, Buffalo Soldiers, monument, commemoration, Arizona, public funding, Wesley Bolin Plaza, military history, historical memorial, small land subdivision, land use