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• currently sell dogs or cats from doing so.
• With that, Chair Kegel, I've got some testifiers. these sales in our state by prohibiting these sales
• Importantly, dogs or cats from doing so.
• This sourcing their dogs and cats from.
• ,<01:02:24.160> and dogs being sold, slick sales, and dogs being sold, slick sales, and predatory

Bills: HF1606, HF3733, HF743, HF2627, HF4071

Keywords: nudification technology, image rights, privacy protection, sexual exploitation, cybersecurity, recreational camping, utility fees, electricity charges, consumer protection, energy policy, health insurance, insulin, step therapy, diabetes, patient care, prescription drugs, pet shops, animal welfare, dog sales, cat sales

Bills: HB 12, HB 149, SB 229, SB 1361, SB 1749, SB 1897, SB 2113, SB 2566, SB 2677, SB 1652, SB 2327, SB 2344, SB 2696

Keywords: artificial intelligence, regulation, biometric data, ethical AI, consumer protection, AI governance, automobile sales, finance, retail seller, motor vehicle purchase, motor vehicle sales, pricing restrictions, third-party financing, education, funding, student assessment, accountability, standards, motor vehicle, financing

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• currently sell dogs or cats from doing so.
• tactics, to sick puppy sales and predatory lending.
• We urge you to oppose House File 2627, which would ban the retail sale of dogs and cats in Minnesota
• Because if you ban any opening of a cat or dog sales shop, you really destroy any value of the business
• About the breeder at the time of sale. There are protections there.

Bills: HF2543, HF2566, HF2627

Keywords: garnishment, wage garnishment, earnings levy, bank levy, execution, judgment debtor, judgment creditor, exemption notice, exempt property, bank account freeze, financial institution levy, employer disclosure, garnishee, writ of execution, debt collection, consumer debt, collections, bankruptcy exemptions, public benefits, means-tested benefits

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• We urge you to oppose House File 2627, which would ban the retail sale of dogs and cats in Minnesota
• House File 2627 would ban the retail sale of dogs and cats in Minnesota pet stores.
• Because if you ban any opening of a cat or dog sales shop, you really destroy any value of the business
• Because if you ban any opening of a cat or dog sales shop, you really destroy any value of the business
• Because if you ban any opening of a cat or dog sales shop, you really destroy any value of the business

Bills: HF2543, HF2566, HF2627

Keywords: garnishment, wage garnishment, earnings levy, bank levy, execution, judgment debtor, judgment creditor, exemption notice, exempt property, bank account freeze, financial institution levy, employer disclosure, garnishee, writ of execution, debt collection, consumer debt, collections, bankruptcy exemptions, public benefits, means-tested benefits

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• the Texas Finance Code by adding a section to prohibit motor vehicle sellers from conditioning the sale
• Conditioning the sale of a vehicle on the acceptance of dealer-offered financing.
• Under the bill, a retail dealer may not increase the cash sale price of a motor vehicle offered to a
• price offered at the time of the sale with their own money or with a loan from a third party.
• It also adds language that prohibits this retail sale from adding fees to the sales price of a vehicle

Bills: HB12, HB149, SB229, SB1361, SB1749, SB1897, SB2113, SB2566, SB2677, SB1652, SB2327, SB2344, SB2696

Keywords: artificial intelligence, regulation, biometric data, ethical AI, consumer protection, AI governance, automobile sales, finance, retail seller, motor vehicle purchase, motor vehicle sales, pricing restrictions, third-party financing, education, funding, student assessment, accountability, standards, motor vehicle, financing

Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce heard testimony on HB 149, the Artificial Intelligence Governance Act. Senator Schwertner described the bill as an outcomes-based AI framework that would require disclosure when people interact with AI, prohibit manipulative or social-scoring systems, address biometric capture, discrimination, and deepfake child exploitation, and give the Attorney General enforcement authority. It would also create an AI Sandbox and AI Council. Witnesses from the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a Houston attorney, TechNet, and the Texas Association of Business strongly supported the bill, praising its stakeholder process and pro-innovation approach, while Texas Appleseed suggested regulators should have more examination authority over sandbox participants. The bill was left pending. The committee then heard SB 229, which would prohibit motor vehicle dealers from conditioning a sale on dealer-offered financing or charging more because a buyer uses outside financing or cash. Senator West said the bill is meant to stop forced financing and bait-and-switch pricing, and he noted the bill passed the committee and Senate in the prior session. The Texas Automobile Dealers Association opposed the bill, arguing it would force dealers to accept any third-party lender or cash transaction on terms they cannot control. The Texas Credit Union Association supported the bill, saying consumers should be able to choose outside financing without hidden fees or pressure. After questions about cash purchases and dealer practices, the bill was left pending. The committee also took up SB 2566, which would clarify legislators’ access to information from executive agencies, including confidential information, by setting response deadlines, limiting confidentiality agreements to statutory terms, requiring a standard AG form, and creating a complaint and penalty process for noncompliance. No witnesses testified, and the bill was left pending. Finally, SB 1749, as substituted, would let certain court-related employees and judicial conduct commission personnel keep personal information such as home addresses and phone numbers confidential, with work addresses used in place of home addresses for certain purposes. District clerk and judicial conduct commission witnesses described threats and harassment as the reason for the bill, and a court administration witness answered questions about how the address protections would work with voter registration and precinct records. That bill was also left pending, and the committee recessed without further business.

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• State sales and motor vehicle sales tax, 5.7 billion.
• Um the uh sales tax refundable.
• taxes and ballpark sales taxes and transit sales taxes and housing sales taxes and right now the overall
• sales taxes and sales taxes and housing sales taxes and right<01:04:12.240> now<01:04:12.400>
• the sales tax rate overall. the sales tax rate overall.

Bills: HF331, HF916

Keywords: school supplies, sales tax exemption, use tax, sales and use tax, back-to-school, classroom supplies, education tax relief, tax holiday, retail exemption, Minnesota sales tax, school materials, binders, calculators, notebooks, pencils, backpacks, book bags, local tax revenue, taxable sales base, income tax

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• Chairman and members, our law on abandonment of a dog or cat is included in the...
• The abandonment of a dog or cat is included in the definition of cruelty.
• are pulling abandonment out of the cruelty definition, specifically defining abandonment of a dog or cat
• So if you abandon a dog or cat and that dog or cat dies, it becomes a felony under the abandonment definition
• Apparently, there are a lot of groups that go around catching barrel cats in the areas, spaying them,

Bills: SB64, HB249

Keywords: SB64, Alabama, state waters, public waters, aquatic plants, aquatic vegetation, lake management, waterway maintenance, environmental regulation, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, DCNR, commercial contractors, vegetation removal, mowing aquatic plants, uprooting plants, Class C misdemeanor, fine, water quality, invasive species, lakes

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• sales. Is that your intention? sales. Is that your intention?
• Educating cat owners is key. preference? Educating cat owners is key.
• need of the cat. need of the cat.
• a cat to claude.
• Um, so I I get I'm cat a cat to claude.

Bills: HF4080, HF3693, HF1857, HF4350

Keywords: agriculture, livestock, retailers, ownership interest, exclusive contracts, meat packing companies, dominant retailers, state law, Department of Agriculture, appropriation, funding, agriculture policy, state budget, animal welfare, cat declawing, animal cruelty, therapeutic procedures, civil penalties, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, aquatic life

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• No other state that definition of sale.
• in the very broad definition of sale. in the very broad definition of sale.
• Um this was it is considered a sale.
• of the day, the cat and dog bill. of the day, the cat and dog bill.
• dogs or cats from doing so. dogs or cats from doing so.

Bills: SF1750, HF2700, HF1606, HF3356, HF3946, HF3970, HF3658, HF3875, HF2627, SF856, HF1268, HF1338

Keywords: common interest community, CIC, homeowners association, HOA, condominium, planned community, cooperative, unit owner, association board, declarant, declarant control, special declarant rights, assessment lien, foreclosure, late fees, fines, attorney fees, resale disclosure, annual report, maintenance plan

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• the Texas Finance Code by adding a section to prohibit motor vehicle sellers from conditioning the sale
• Under the bill, a retail dealer may not increase the cash sale price of a motor vehicle offered to a
• A buyer may pay the advertised cash sale price offered at the time of the sale with their own money or
• out of compliance if the lender chooses not to pay, provided that the buyer fails to complete the sale
• It also adds language that prohibits the retail seller from adding fees to the sales price. of a vehicle

Bills: HB12, HB149, HB12, HB149, SB229, SB1361, SB1749, SB1897, SB2113, SB2566, SB2677, SB1652, SB2327, SB2344, SB2696

Keywords: election law, attorney general, prosecution, criminal offenses, law enforcement, jurisdiction, voter fraud, local prosecuting attorney, public safety, communication, governor approval, interoperability, political subdivision, radio systems, artificial intelligence, regulation, biometric data, ethical AI, consumer protection, AI governance

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• Dogs and cats for sale.
• This bill would prohibit the sale of dogs or cats from these sources.
• Generally, Senate Bill 1652 would prohibit the sale of dogs and cats in retail pet stores, creating a
• For each dog or cat sold or offered for sale by retail stores, the bill would empower the Attorney General
• Paperwork viewed, the website listened to the sales pitch.

Bills: HB12, HB149, SB229, SB1361, SB1749, SB1897, SB2113, SB2566, SB2677, SB1652, SB2327, SB2344, SB2696, HB12, HB149

Keywords: artificial intelligence, regulation, biometric data, ethical AI, consumer protection, AI governance, automobile sales, finance, retail seller, motor vehicle purchase, motor vehicle sales, pricing restrictions, third-party financing, education, funding, student assessment, accountability, standards, motor vehicle, financing

Bills: HB527, HB580, HB28, HB3, HB360, HB425, HB354, HB527, HB580, HB28, HB3, HB360, HB425, HB354

Keywords: liability, off-roading, parks, participant safety, risk management, HB580, Alabama Healthy Schools Act, public schools, K-12, school nutrition, school meals, cafeteria, vending machines, fundraising sales, food additives, artificial dyes, ultra-processed food, processed food ban, student health, child nutrition

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• House Bill 360 by Representative Sales. >> Representative Sales. >> Good morning, Mr. Chairman.
• Uh, HB 360 is a second amendment sales tax holiday.
• tax holiday. uh second amendment sales tax holiday. uh will<00:07:48.160> be<00:07:48.240>
• So, this bill will actually exempt them from all sales taxes, and it also has a provision in it that
• Member, please call the next bill. sales taxes and it also has a a sales taxes and it also has a a provision

Bills: HB187, HB98, HB360, HB394, HB398, HB388, HB187, HB98, HB360, HB394, HB398, HB388

Keywords: school safety, emergency response, training, public safety, Alyssa's Law, law enforcement, scholarship, tuition assistance, dependent education, Alabama, blackout license plate, HB360, Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday, sales tax holiday, firearms, guns, ammunition, bullets, primers, gun accessories

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• This amendment clarifies that the tourism department's in-house sales team handles advertising and sponsorships

Bills: HB3880, HB3263, HB2970

Keywords: Oklahoma Today Magazine, Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, tourism promotion, advertising sales, commission pay, employee bonus, sales commission, digital publication, print publication, sponsorships, bulk subscriptions, newsstand sales, ancillary products, public records, procurement exemption, administrative procedures exemption, tourism magazine, revenue sharing, executive director, state agency compensation

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• the criminal conduct involving the theft or unauthorized possession of copper or brass and to the sale

Bills: SB 36

Keywords: transportation, regional authorities, mobility, infrastructure, sales tax

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• Members, this bill, HB176, is a bill to remove the state sales tax on eyeglasses and contacts.
• However, my bill does not cover online sales of glasses.
• Online sales of glasses is 37%; online sales of contact lenses is 22%.
• Okay, I don't know if you know this or not, but vision companies do not pay sales tax; that's all the

Bills: SB1, HB176, HB86, SB1, HB176, HB86

Keywords: workers' compensation, public education, employee injury, insurance trust fund, on-the-job injury, administrative procedures, HB176, Alabama sales tax, use tax, sales and use tax exemption, optical aids, eyeglasses, contact lenses, prescription glasses, vision care, optometrist, ophthalmologist, optician, medical devices, local option tax exemption

Bills: HB1428

Keywords: HB 1428, North Dakota sales tax, sales tax exemption, thrift store, nonprofit corporation, 501(c)(3), charitable organization, used clothing, clothing exemption, retail tax, Century Code 57-39.2-04, charity shop, secondhand clothing, taxable events, nonprofit retail, 908, all

Summary: The Finance and Tax Committee met with a quorum and took up House Bill 1482, which would require certain municipal bond elections to be held on primary or general election days rather than at special elections. Senator Rummel walked the committee through a proposed amendment from Representative Wagner that would remove special-election language, align ballot timing requirements, and make related cleanup changes. Members discussed the distinction between constitutional debt limits and the bill’s election-timing requirements, with Senator Powers seeking clarification that the measure did not change levy or bond limits themselves. The committee also discussed whether the amended language would comply with the Secretary of State’s requirements. Chairman Weber and Senator Rummel said they had consulted legislative council and wanted a further check before the bill moved forward, and the chairman said he would hold the bill until that review was complete. The amendment was approved unanimously, 6-0, and the bill as amended was then adopted unanimously, 6-0. After passage, the committee discussed who would carry the bill, eventually settling on Senator Rummel as carrier. The chair also said several other bills, including gas tax and property tax measures, would be held for the time being while the committee waited for developments in the House. The committee announced it would not plan to meet the next day unless called from the floor, and then adjourned.

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• Members, House Bill 1242 adds ser a day to our ag sales tax exemption along Thank you, Mr. Chair.
• I saw that this has almost a million dollars drop in sales tax revenue.
• In FY27, the state sales tax decreases down to $560,000, and in FY28, it's said to be $970,000.
• Estate sales tax loss, I don't have any numbers on what it would be locally.

Bills: HB1590, HB1242, HB3818, HB4305

Keywords: education funding, linked deposits, education infrastructure, charter schools, nonprofit organizations, Oklahoma Education Infrastructure Program, HB1242, cervidae, deer, elk, sales tax exemption, agricultural exemption, livestock, ranching, farm tax, agricultural sales tax, Oklahoma Tax Commission, agriculture, producer sales, private treaty

Bills: HB386, HB387, HB388, HB389, HB386, HB387, HB388, HB389

Keywords: HB386, food tax, grocery tax, sales tax reduction, use tax, Education Trust Fund, state revenue trigger, tax cut, consumer tax relief, Alabama sales tax, Alabama use tax, groceries, retail tax, revenue growth threshold, county and municipal tax, fiscal trigger, sales tax, food taxation, local government, financial growth

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• Farmers must still follow the same regulations used in direct-to-consumer sales. ...refrigeration, labeling

Bills: SB1864

Keywords: eggs, ungraded eggs, egg grading, poultry, farm products, local food, small farmers, direct-to-consumer sales, wholesale food sales, food safety, refrigeration requirements, sanitation standards, occupational license, dealer-wholesaler license, Texas Department of Agriculture, restaurants, small grocery stores, cooperatives, farmers cooperative, agricultural regulation