Bills: HF894 , HF903 , HF949

Committee: Joint Local Government

Keywords: liens, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, water vessels, title release, Iowa law, partial payments, construction, farm-to-market road, Iowa, local government, county auditor, county commissioner, Iowa elections, election administration, procurement, competitive bidding, informal bid process, official bonds, recordkeeping

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• For Children and Families found that our state's processes do not afford parents proper due process.
• Vagueness is a denial of due process when it comes to statutory construction, especially when you have
• It is up to the statute to be sufficiently clear to inform the citizens of what the result is.
• It says information regarding protective orders.
• We're just getting that process rolling now because we had to pilot it.

Bills: HB809 , HB 1193 , HB1916 , HB2558 , HB1973 , HB2350 , HB2399 , HB2340 , HB 116 , HB330 , HB2496 , HB116

Committee: House S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Keywords: digitized signature, waiver of citation, marriage dissolution, electronic notarization, family law, HB 1193, informal marriage, common-law marriage, declaration of informal marriage, confidentiality, privacy, county clerk, vital statistics unit, Family Code, Health and Safety Code, marriage records, public records, personally identifying information, PII, legal representative

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• And in this research, he derived this information.
• It does not require that they disseminate that information down the line.
• Would it be competitive bid?
• Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the Opportunity to participate in the process.
• I bid you greetings from the beach. We submitted a proposal to Dr.

Bills: SB166 , HB365 , HB272 , HB232 , HB234 , SB278 , SB277

Committee: Senate Education Policy

Keywords: Ten Commandments, public education, displays, funding, Alabama law, STEM, science education, technology education, engineering education, math education, workforce development, career pathways, Alabama STEM Council, Department of Workforce, education policy, higher education, community colleges, K-12 education, teacher pipeline, STEM careers

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• This bill, I have read through it, but can you explain a little bit about what type of information it
• Information, sure.
• The kind of information I think they need to do their job better.
• It was vetoed by the governor after it made the entire process through.
• And Siewooolley, I know you bring some unique experiences from your past to the process.

Bills: SB1558 , SB1983 , SB1796 , SB1806 , SB1426 , SB633

Committee: House Children, Youth and Family Services

Keywords: child care, licensing, definitions, foster care, child welfare, SB1983, resource family partner, resource family partners, Department of Human Services, DHS, foster homes, foster children, placement data, data sharing, de-identified data, aggregated data, sibling groups, placement disruptions, foster parent recruitment, foster parent retention

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• Green cards are in support, red cards are in opposition, and white cards are for informational purposes
• Thank you very much for bringing this bill. ...figuring out what's the best process.
• He's present and will provide information if requested. Ms.
• trying to get this process done.
• Charles,... one who's trying to get this process done. Okay. Thank you.

Bills: HR118 , HB1120 , SCR11 , SB73 , SB89 , SB128 , SB149 , SB180 , SB191 , SB196 , SB238 , SB318 , SB340

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: water utility, tax credit, excessive rates, residential service, subcommittee, tobacco tax, excise tax, smokeless tobacco, vapor products, public health, FDA, risk-proportionate, tax credits, higher education, workforce development, brain drain, economic incentives, SB 73, Act 10, Act No. 774 of 2024

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• as the declaration and registration for informal marriage, contains language.
• In our county, we have an informed court.
• That's all of the witness information.
• These changes are in alignment with current... ...DFPS process.
• So, if you're going through a licensing process, this takes a couple of months.

Bills: HCR10 , HB1814 , HB2160 , HB2353 , HB2643 , HB2971 , HB3282 , HB3382 , HB3996 , HB4507 , HB4509 , HB4805 , HB5551 , HB1863 , HCR10

Committee: House S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Keywords: family abduction, child safety, custodial rights, parental kidnapping, awareness day, marriage license, informal marriage, family code, identity verification, child support, family law, child custody, court interview, parent-child relationship, child welfare, attorney ad litem, compensation, legal representation, government entity, HB 2643

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• up the process.
• So I guess the concern would be about the reach for the bidding process and the transparency.
• the bids, we opened the bids and all the contractors got to see what everybody was bidding with.
• We have to go through this whole process, and once we get the full... ...whole process, and once we get
• This slows the process down, and we feel we can't issue... ...process down, and we feel we can't issue

Bills: SB36 , SB39 , SB40 , SB12 , SB29 , SB121 , SB131 , SB12

Committee: Senate County and Municipal Government

Keywords: competitive bidding, procurement, disclosure statements, state contracts, contract protest, board governance, occupational licensing, Sunset Law, public accountability, training requirements, SB40, Houston/Hunter Act, firearm hold agreement, gun storage, temporary firearm storage, firearms dealer, federal firearms licensee, FFL, civil immunity, gun owner

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• We don't want to—we want you to be fully informed.
• We want you to be fully informed.
• </c> that you have that information that you have that information and<00:21:07.039><c> that</c><00:21
• We're in the process of recruiting date.
• Uh, and so I do see the advisory board as much needed for that process.

Bills: SB78 , SB103 , SB113 , SB180 , SB78 , SB103 , SB113 , SB180

Committee: House Boards, Agencies and Commissions

Keywords: inhalants, butyl nitrite, nitrous oxide, amyl nitrite, possession, sale, misdemeanor, felony, criminal penalties, public health, public works, sealed bids, bid advertisement, procurement, government contracting, construction bids, municipal bidding, county bidding, state bidding, Department of Transportation

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• chairman and with the governor's finance director, the indications are that we're going to actually bid
• They have all suffered the same problems: cost overruns, bid build issues, and such.

Bills: SB60 , SB103 , SB60 , SB103

Committee: Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund

Keywords: prison modernization, corrections finance, bonding authority, state debt, capital improvement, Department of Corrections, Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority, prison construction, prison renovation, prison replacement, bed space, overcrowding, women's prison, men's prison, Escambia prison, Tutwiler, Kilby, Elmore, Staton, St. Clair Correctional Facility

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• We expand it further; we had a surrounding process of... ...kind of a surrounding process of it's in
• No, it includes entry; it's the process of if they do damage.
• What's happening is we are opening bids and finding out that it...
• All the people have seen the winning bids, so it changes the prices on our bids.
• It's just simply a process of... ...it's just simply a process of adding them in.

Bills: HB320 , HB207 , HB208 , HB290

Committee: House State Government

Keywords: public works, sealed bids, bid notice, public notice, newspaper advertisement, centralized website, digital platform, Department of Finance, Department of Transportation, county commissions, municipalities, contracting, procurement, construction bidding, Alabama code Title 39, bidding requirements, electronic bidding, online bid posting, HVAC, heating and air conditioning

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• It gives the Parks and Wildlife Department the authority it needs to manage the Process responsibly.
• To assist in obtaining information leading to the arrest and conviction of poachers, I would welcome
• This bill does not improve that process; it simply adds ambiguity.
• Do you have any information on the species in the area, the explosions, and everything else, and the
• Do you have any information about that?

Bills: HB3129 , HB3251 , HB3556 , HB3724 , HB3887

Committee: House Culture, Recreation & Tourism

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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• We're just looking for a reporting process to make us aware of that, and you know, there may be legislation
• would do with cases where children have been harmed in the current system, whether there would be a process
• It shortens the time period for informal arrangements for care of foster children from 7 days to 72 hours
• If you want one to take for your own information, this is a chart about how this the last, Bill works

Bills: SB1806 , SB1430 , SB206 , SB1547 , SB1849 , SB1428 , SB1653 , SB1984 , SB1644 , SB1561 , SB1813 , SB1570 , SB1796

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: foster care, adoption assistance, transitioning youth, Department of Human Services, voluntary services, mental health, substance abuse, commissioner appointment, governor's authority, legislative consent, SB206, emergency medical services, EMS, ambulance, 911 response, emergency response, essential services, federal funding, grant funding, public health

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• It allows electronic submission of bids under the public works procurement process for PUDs and increases
• The second part of the bill has to do with bidding processes.
• or the process, some of these bid limits or the project limits here are being asked to be raised.
• So it's a very, very comprehensive and rigorous process.
• And so that process exists within the Safer Products process. It does not exist here.

Bills: SB5984 , SB6119 , SB6076

Committee: Senate Environment, Energy & Technology

Keywords: artificial intelligence, chatbots, regulation, technology, consumer protection, pollutants, tire regulation, 6PPD, environment, public safety, SB 6076, consumer-owned utilities, public utility districts, municipal procurement, competitive bidding, public works, clean energy, renewable energy, nonemitting generation, energy storage

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• We're going to have a speaker with some more information before we vote on the... ...before we vote on

Bills: SB39 , HB165 , HB189 , HB44 , HB44

Committee: House State Government

Keywords: board governance, occupational licensing, Sunset Law, public accountability, training requirements, state holidays, Juneteenth, Rosa Parks Day, Alabama law, public observance, public works, sealed bids, bidding notice, advertising requirements, newspaper of general circulation, centralized website, electronic mail, U.S. mail, state procurement, county procurement

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• and and and form, get the information and and and then<00:27:53.919><c> they'll</c><00:27:54.240><c>
• But you, the defendant, don't have the information though. That's the problem.
• The trial has been set, and now we want to present this information, and that in itself, you may know
• from those that are harmed information from those that are harmed where<00:53:36.880><c> they</c><00
• . process. process.

Bills: HB426 , SB24 , SB106 , SB254 , HB505 , HB458 , HB535 , HB509 , HB320 , HB518 , HB261 , HB426 , SB24 , SB106 , SB254 , HB505 , HB458 , HB535 , HB509 , HB320 , HB518 , HB261 , SB316 , HB228 , SB318 , SB260 , HB132 , HB347 , HB405 , HB86 , HB263 , HB302 , SB336 , SB316 , HB228 , SB318 , SB260 , HB132 , HB347 , HB405 , HB86 , HB263 , HB302 , SB336

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: Alabama Ad Valorem Advisory Committee, ad valorem taxes, property tax, real property, personal property, tax assessment, tax collection, county tax officials, Department of Revenue, Commissioner of Revenue, taxpayer representation, resident taxpayers, local government, property tax administration, Association of Alabama Tax Administrators, tax policy, advisory committee, public input, governance reform, body-worn camera

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• for future population growth, and that the comprehensive plan is the centerpiece of this planning process
• Real quick, and you can get back to it if necessary, but do you know the process for how a city designates
• The legislative process is a process of give and take. I not only get that, I embrace that.
• They're going to cities and asking for an appeal process, being told no.
• These processes take a long time to navigate and can cost a lot of money with very little certainty.

Bills: SB5820 , SB5995 , SB5467

Committee: House Local Government

Keywords: freight rail, rail corridor, short-line railroad, rail-dependent uses, industrial land use, growth management act, GMA, comprehensive plan, transportation element, land use planning, local government, county planning, city planning, critical areas, agricultural lands, forest lands, mineral resource lands, urban growth area, development regulations, notice on permits

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• the ceiling, I guess, of what personal and real property could be surplus for without going out for bid
• You could just surplus that without going out for a competitive bid if the value was less than $5,000
• If it's over that amount, then you would have to go out to bid and have a, or you could possibly go to
• I've sent you substantial information in your inbox that gives you some of the information I'm referring
• They failed to disclose that information to my client.

Bills: SB5820 , SB5467 , SB5995

Committee: House Local Government

Keywords: freight rail, rail corridor, short-line railroad, rail-dependent uses, industrial land use, growth management act, GMA, comprehensive plan, transportation element, land use planning, local government, county planning, city planning, critical areas, agricultural lands, forest lands, mineral resource lands, urban growth area, development regulations, notice on permits

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• Please be aware that the personal information you give on this card is subject to public disclosure.
• White cards are for informational purposes only, and blue cards are for certified designees of elected
• Okay, so to make it clear, for the record, I was not part of that process.
• Okay, so to make it clear, for the voiding's adult, I was not part of that process.
• But if they're afforded due process and we don't need board members...

Bills: SR86 , SB491 , HB205 , HB210 , HB228 , HB813 , HB1045 , HB1177

Committee: Senate Senate & Governmental Affairs

Keywords: Senate rules, Louisiana Senate, Senate Chamber, smart glasses, recording eyewear, audio recording, video recording, wearable technology, covert recording, legislative security, media access, chamber decorum, Senate President, internal rules, public access, lobbyists, official journal, public notices, competitive bid, Louisiana legislation

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• And purchases above $150,000 must follow an open public bidding process.
• Preparing formally for bids takes a lot of our staff time, attorney fees, and the process takes at least
• three weeks to advertise fully and open bids.
• process, or a single bid where the price is higher than when they were buying directly.
• But having the information is good.

Bills: SB6222 , SB6263 , SB6118 , SB6261 , SB6320

Committee: Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education

Keywords: public education, technology access, surplus hardware, digital divide, student resources, school district, public bidding, bid limits, procurement, public works, construction contracts, competitive bidding, lowest responsible bidder, small works roster, quotations, school purchasing, Washington-grown food, local food, inmate work programs, Department of Corrections

Bills: SB393 , SB414 , SB472 , SB578 , SB617 , SB710 , SB785 , SB973 , SB1059 , SB1062 , SB1352 , SB1450 , SB1502 , SB1547 , SB1566 , SB1567

Committee: Senate Local Government

Keywords: SB 393, Sparks, Middleton, local government, political subdivision, public securities, government debt, municipal bonds, general obligation bonds, certificates of obligation, anticipation notes, debt maturity, weighted average maturity, economic life, useful life, tangible personal property, real property improvements, public finance, Texas Government Code, Chapter 1253