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• When a child is getting disciplined, there's always communication.
• Communication is naturally happening. I'm not sure what the problem is.
• It also ties all of the first responders into the same communication hub.
• Thank you, Madam Chairman, for hearing our bill on community gardens.
• Community gardens. What's the educational benefit for a student doing it?

Bills: SB1074 , SB1327 , SB1475 , SB1582 , SB1583 , SB1598

Committees: Senate Education , Senate Senate Education Committee of Reference

Keywords: foreign relations, university governance, research security, international agreements, Arizona Board of Regents, interscholastic activities, student eligibility, criminal offenses, school district, youth sports, academic participation, conduct, planned communities, homeowners association, HOA, community documents, pet restrictions, dog breed restrictions, breed-specific ban, size limits

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• It's a powerful economic engine for our communities.
• Port Aransas is unique in the sense that we have both a thriving economy and a thriving fishing community
• Brownsville has passed a number of ordinances to make the community more bicycle-friendly, and it has
• It supports local jobs and is a major driver of tourism and community pride.
• They link our neighborhoods, our schools, and our community.

Bills: HB1397 , HB1886 , HB3088 , HB4187 , HB4229 , HB4230 , HB5032 , HCR6 , HCR34 , HCR50 , HCR55 , HCR58 , HCR70 , HCR71 , HCR72 , HCR74 , HCR75 , HCR80 , HCR86 , HCR93 , HCR100 , HCR107 , HCR116 , HCR117 , HCR6

Committee: House Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Keywords: Texas Constitution, Declaration of Independence, victory or death letter, display, historic preservation, lifeguard requirements, public beaches, municipalities, county regulations, exemptions, Parks and Wildlife, procurement, goods and services, revenue generation, Texas legislature, historical preservation, Texas Historical Commission, fees, nonprofit organizations, fundraising

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• In my community, Kent Des Moines, Star Lake, and Federal Way were three big ones.
• Our community and technical college students span the entire age spectrum.
• I moved to Seattle eight years ago and I found friendship and community in the queer community, and some
• In 1966, I saw my first purge of queer people in our community.
• The trans community is not asking for secrecy.

Bills: SB6252 , SB6265 , SB6081

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: transit support grant, free transit, fare-free transit, zero-fare policy, community college students, technical college students, public transportation, youth transit, student transportation, Washington State, Department of Transportation, local sales tax, voter-approved sales tax, equity, environmental justice, low-barrier access, bus pass, rail transit, public transit agency, transit agency grants

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• House Bill 3323 removes the notarization requirement for documents submitted in an electronic format

Bills: HB1411 , HB2980 , HB3015 , HB3147 , HB3277 , HB3323 , HB3443 , HB3882

Committee: Senate Aeronautics and Transportation

Keywords: True Grit Trail, Oklahoma, tourism, signage, Department of Transportation, state parks, historical sites, economic development, motor vehicles, insurance, registration, verification, law enforcement, electronic credentials, Service Oklahoma, digital identification, data protection, driver's license, special license plates, Route 66

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• tuition reimbursement program and currently we pay reimbursement to various agencies: the Alabama Community
• their time to that are volunteering their time to serve<00:13:40.560><c> their</c><00:13:40.800><c> community
• </c> serve their community in this capacity. serve their community in this capacity.
• So, under existing law, certain agencies in the community college system are required to prepare an annual
• , we divide those dollars, in my opinion, over way too many four-year institutions, way too many community

Bills: HB3 , HB116 , HB165 , HB178 , HB3 , HB116 , HB165 , HB178

Committee: House Ways and Means Education

Keywords: illegal alien, enhanced sentencing, criminal offenses, minor victims, felonies, Alabama legislature, HB116, Alabama Sunset Law, sunset bill, sunset review, Alabama Professional Bail Bonding Board, bail bonding, bail bonds, bail bond industry, professional bail bondsman, licensing board, state agency continuation, agency reauthorization, regulatory board, criminal justice

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• It is fundamental case law for these communities.
• , high-wage jobs to our community, just like you said.
• You see it in other communities across the... bring 2,800 local jobs, high-wage jobs to our community
• associated planned communities.
• Okay. the Arizona Association Community Managers.

Bills: HB2128 , HB2255 , HB2397 , HB2429 , HB2591 , HB2680 , HB2834 , HB2868 , HB2911 , HB2951 , HB2979 , HB2991 , HB2996 , HB2999 , HB4001 , HB4011 , HB4017 , HB4020 , HB4026 , HB4086 , HB4088 , HB2244 , HB2342

Committees: House Commerce , House House Commerce Committee of Reference

Keywords: homeowners associations, condominiums, open meetings, governance, transparency, Arizona Teachers Academy, teacher preparation, education funding, public schools, scholarships, teacher certification, community colleges, vacation rentals, short-term rentals, state preemption, local government regulation, occupancy limits, civil penalties, apprenticeships, job training

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• House Bill 3281 requires guidance documents created or relied upon by state agencies to be published
• Yeah, so guidance documents and speaking to the Administrative Rules Committee, I'm sure you all are
• And so my bill doesn't prohibit agencies from creating guidance documents.
• And so this just adds guidance documents alongside what they're already doing with exempt rules.
• An internal document that they were using to make that decision.

Bills: HB3281 , HB3320

Committee: House Administrative Rules

Keywords: administrative procedures, guidance documents, transparency, public inspection, rulemaking, sunset laws, statutory entities, regulatory compliance, emergency provisions, board re-creation

Bills: SJR49 , HB3281 , HB4319 , HJR1086

Committee: Senate Administrative Rules

Keywords: wildlife, conservation, Oklahoma, regulations, permanent rules, administrative procedures, guidance documents, transparency, public inspection, rulemaking, rulemaking authority, specific authority, legislative review, agency rules, judicial rules, public safety, state agencies, legislative approval

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• There are other recommendations or things that can be improved in terms of communication between courts
• Certainly some of that communication need would be lessened if some of the policies were simpler.
• When statewide leaders focus public communication on national public conflict and political conflict,
• “It affects communities beyond Pierce County. It affects our tourism in the area.
• “You can give any documents to our staff and they can share it. Like in the back here, some, okay.

Bills: SJM8016 , SB6230 , SB5234 , SB6081 , SB6265 , SB6170 , SB6131 , SB6155 , SB6176 , SB6238 , SB6253 , SB6311 , SB6032 , SB6262

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: bridge repair, infrastructure, emergency funding, transportation, public safety, cash transactions, pennies, currency, economic efficiency, financial regulation, snowmobile, snowmobile registration, vehicle registration fees, registration fee, Department of Licensing, DOL, recreational vehicles, winter recreation, vintage snowmobile, parks and recreation

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• Second, it updates the Community Reinvestment Account.
• By way of brief reminder, the bill prohibits governing documents of a common interest community from
• By way of brief reminder, the bill prohibits governing documents of a common interest community from
• It is a documented crisis.
• to homeownership through the community reinvestment program.

Bills: SB6069 , SB6167 , SB6201 , SB6205 , SB6001 , SB6026 , SB6054 , SGA9278 , SGA9279

Committee: Senate Housing

Keywords: affordable housing, homelessness, homeless shelter, emergency shelter, emergency housing, supportive housing, permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, low-income housing, very low-income, extremely low-income, housing crisis, land use, zoning, local preemption, urban growth area, UGA, planning, development regulations, permitting

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• After receiving those documents from the individual, the notary executes a certificate of notarial act
• to tangible documents.
• to tangible documents.
• to tangible documents.
• So again, you know, with including these tangible paper documents, we tried our best.

Bills: HB2158 , HB2178

Committee: House Civil Rights & Judiciary

Keywords: electronic signatures, notary, digital transactions, authentication, legal documents, court rules, court procedure, civil infractions, notice of civil infraction, malicious mischief, physical damage, computer crime, digital property damage, electronic records, data destruction, computer programs, cyber damage, default judgment, payment plan, restitution

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• But the community that we started with is the community that I think right now is most overburdened,
• I want to figure out how we can massage those impacts because they are the most highly impacted community
• Profits are returned to members locally, and communities benefit directly.
• That's a real business in a real community, waiting. And the ripple effects of that are real.
• That community misses out on a small but meaningful part of its own vitality.

Bills: HB2721 , HB2616

Committee: House Consumer Protection & Business

Keywords: commercial interior designer, interior design licensure, registered interior designer, NCIDQ, Washington State Board for Architects, professional regulation, title protection, firm registration, seal and signature, continuing education, building code, nonstructural interior design, space planning, interior architecture, design profession, public safety, occupational licensing, architects, engineering scope, permit review

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• mail or phone claiming that the companies are required to file or obtain business certification documents
• As part of the documentation that my staff forwarded, you should have received a map showing over 13,000
• I actually did go to an attorney in my local community and visit.
• And so again, as Brian spoke earlier, we are not allowed to communicate any of that.
• And on that document, there are six names: five panelists and one alternate.

Bills: SB1361 , SB2105 , SB2690 , SB2713 , SCR38 , SB2637 , SB2881

Committee: House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Keywords: SB 1361, Texas disaster recovery loan, small business loan, micro-business loan, community development financial institution, CDFI, economic disaster assistance, post-disaster financing, business recovery fund, Texas Economic Development Bank, zero-interest loan, working capital, payroll support, health benefits, job retention, declared disaster, small business relief, microenterprise, franchise exclusion, private equity-backed business

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• It's a problem. for our disabled community and also a problem for our elderly community who may get a
• promoting safer, stronger communities.
• We've worked in community spaces and different community revitalization projects and there's it seems
• In the community revitalization project, we've had cameras monitoring the community to make sure that
• So I'd just like you to consider that that I I have, and we have, documented scene, documentation showing

Bills: HB36 , HB75 , HB76 , HB166 , HB799 , HB 1135 , HJR15 , HJR16 , HB36 , HB75 , HB76 , HB166 , HJR15 , HJR16

Committee: House Criminal Jurisprudence

Keywords: family violence, global positioning monitoring system, victim resources, electronic monitoring, protective orders, magistrate, criminal procedure, probable cause, written findings, law enforcement, bail bonds, bail fund, charitable bail fund, nonprofit bail organization, public funds, local government spending, political subdivision, county, city, taxpayer lawsuit

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• Madam Chair, this bill was brought to me by the community. In fact, I have a number of them here.
• And I want students, especially those who are not going to our community colleges and our... ...who are
• I would encourage you to talk with the charter school community again.
• As voters approved this, community colleges were only two-year degrees.
• Since that time, this legislature passed legislation that allowed community colleges...

Bills: SB1004 , SB1424 , SB1497 , SB1507 , SB1572 , SB1684 , SB1711 , SB1741 , SB1754 , SB1763 , SB1798 , SCR1012 , SCR1041 , SCR1051

Committees: Senate Education , Senate Senate Education Committee of Reference

Keywords: sex offender registration, sex offender registry, A.R.S. 13-3821, sexual offenses, public safety, GPS monitoring, electronic monitoring, transient offender, homeless registrant, online identifiers, internet identifiers, sheriff notification, Department of Public Safety, DPS, DNA collection, juvenile adjudication, kidnapping of a minor, unlawful imprisonment of a minor, lifetime registration, community notification

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• SB1450 makes the necessary changes related to a third-party review of development documents and inspection
• As Chairman Gates pointed out, there is a drafting error in that, and that is that a developed document
• And as I said before, clarify and find out the difference between the development document and the development
• We did need a little bit of a definition. an additional change on the development document.
• But if they have to turn over the development document to a regulatory entity of the city or county or

Bills: SB1708 , SB2523 , SB1450

Committee: House Land & Resource Management

Keywords: county platting, subdivision platting, Local Government Code Chapter 232, Section 232.022, Section 232.0014, model subdivision rules, Water Code Section 16.343, Texas county subdivision law, residential subdivision, land conveyance, gift deed, family transfer, consanguinity, affinity, third degree relative, five acres or less, county land use, platting exemption, rural land division, property subdivision

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• House Bill 2248 addresses various documents that the Secretary of State's office processes under a number
• It also requires a registered foreign entity that changes its name to submit certain documentation to
• Secretary of State may authenticate the signature of a Washington public official or a notary public for documents
• the Secretary may not certify or attest to a notary public signature on an individually created document
• What this bill does is it provides for the electronic notarization of tangible documents, by request

Bills: HB2248 , HB2158 , HB2178

Committee: House Civil Rights & Judiciary

Keywords: corporate filings, secretary of state, business entity filings, annual reports, foreign corporation, domestic corporation, nonprofit corporation, registered agent, trademark assignment, charities division, entity registration, foreign registration, ministerial filing duty, filing refusal, international student exchange, exchange visitor placement organization, doing business in Washington, remote worker, branch campus, notary certification

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• The way I read this, that this should be documented on the scene, which Would that mean it would be the
• Are you concerned that they could be more worried about documentation and reporting the scene of the

Bills: SB1936 , SB1612 , SB1543 , SB1260 , SB1988 , SB1859 , SB2041 , SB1257 , HB4272 , HB3277 , HB3148 , HB3651 , HB3323 , HB4287 , HB4105 , HB3304 , HB3345

Committee: Senate Public Safety

Keywords: forfeiture, criminal offenses, law enforcement, Class D1 offenses, property seizure, SB1612, mandatory reporting, violent injury reporting, gunshot wound, stab wound, poisoning, burn injury, explosive injury, medical reporting, healthcare providers, law enforcement notification, evidence preservation, patient video records, confidentiality waiver, misdemeanor penalty

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• Documenting their residence using a form described by Section 15.054.
• Specifically, election officers may only accept documentation listed if the address on the documentation
• None of these documents have addresses listed.
• I take issue with the claim that updating your documents is easy.
• And I passed out this document to you because, because I And I passed out this document to you because

Bills: HB1968 , HB2279 , HB2739 , HB2803 , HB3909 , HB3918 , HB4253 , HB4475 , HB5115 , HB5430

Committee: House Elections

Keywords: election services, contracting, political subdivisions, county elections, election code, voter registration, citizenship status, election law, cancellation, disqualification, Texas Election Code, voter identification, registration, election integrity, identification documents, election, watcher, polling place, removal, Texas Elections Code

Summary: The committee first voted out two previously heard Senate bills without amendment: SB 688, relating to the date of the meeting of presidential electors, and SB 914, relating to authorizing certain cities to change the date of their general election for officers. Both motions passed on 8-0 votes with one member absent. The committee then heard HB 3909, which would change the current prohibition on wireless device use from a 100-foot boundary around a voting station to only inside the room where voting is taking place, with a committee substitute also adding state-prescribed signage. The author and supporters said the change would reduce confusion and make enforcement easier for election workers, while opponents argued the existing 100-foot rule helps prevent electioneering, recording, and possible technical interference with election equipment. The bill was left pending. Members also heard HB 1968, which would repeal a provision that requires counties to provide election services to certain political subdivisions in odd-numbered years but not even-numbered years, making county-provided election services consistent across years. Supporters said it would improve consistency for smaller cities and school districts, while opponents warned it could strain county equipment and staffing during heavy election cycles. The bill was left pending. HB 2279 would require voter registrars to remove a person from the rolls if the person swears under oath during jury service that they are not a U.S. citizen; supporters said this would streamline removal of ineligible voters, while opponents raised concerns about mistaken identity and loss of due process. The bill was left pending. Finally, the committee heard HB 2803, which would require a presiding judge to give a poll watcher a signed statement explaining any removal from service. Supporters said this would improve documentation and accountability, and one witness asked for clarification that improper removal would remain a criminal offense; the author said he would consider a floor amendment and further discussion. The committee also heard HB 4253, which would create a more uniform voter-roll maintenance process based on inactivity, sending confirmation notices to voters who have not voted in the prior 25 months and eventually removing those who do not respond after multiple election cycles. Supporters said it would clean up outdated records and help keep voters registered where they actually live, while opponents argued it could wrongly remove eligible voters who simply do not vote regularly. HB 4253 was left pending as well.

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• I provide mobile services where I go out regularly to homes and community settings.
• And I'm here to represent my community.
• This bill establishes the study committee on coal-impacted communities.
• We also support ...economic diversification, and community revitalization.
• If that can be also authorized, it will help my community and also your community and constituents of

Bills: SB1041 , SB1050 , SB1131 , SB1138 , SB1249 , SB1267 , SB1272 , SB1317 , SB1461 , SB1488 , SB1504 , SB1517 , SB1523 , SB1580 , SB1582 , SB1584 , SB1585 , SB1602 , SB1630 , SB1654 , SB1672 , SB1673 , SB1718 , SB1761 , SB1819 , SB1826 , SB1827

Committee: Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Keywords: electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, veterans, lifetime pass, state parks, Arizona, access, disabled veterans, cardiac arrest, defibrillators, school safety, emergency response, CPR training, Arizona education funding, automated license plate readers