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• They have tried, and that's part of the policy—if you try, you're held accountable. ...you're held accountable

Bills: SB92 , HB9 , HB9

Committee: Senate Education Policy

Keywords: K-12 education, wireless communication devices, digital safety, social media education, classroom distraction, three-cueing system, reading instruction, structured literacy, scientific strategies, elder abuse, elder exploitation, financial exploitation, elderly person, senior abuse, probate, inheritance forfeiture, slayer statute, intestate succession, will contest, joint tenancy

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• G1 any insurance company, bank, or other ... on page four with the following section. any individual
• G1 any insurance company, bank, or other ... on page four with the following section: any individual
• 05:36.639><c> any</c><00:05:37.120><c> insurance</c><00:05:37.600><c> company</c><00:05:38.160><c> bank
• </c><00:05:38.639><c> or</c><00:05:38.960><c> other</c> G1 any insurance company bank or other G1 any
• insurance company bank or other obler on<00:05:43.440><c> page</c><00:05:43.840><c> four</c><00:05:44.160

Bills: HB9 , HB52 , HB53 , HB99 , HB9 , HB52 , HB53 , HB99

Committee: House Children and Senior Advocacy

Keywords: elder abuse, elder exploitation, financial exploitation, elderly person, senior abuse, probate, inheritance forfeiture, slayer statute, intestate succession, will contest, joint tenancy, right of survivorship, joint bank account, beneficiary designation, life insurance proceeds, estate law, Alabama probate law, vulnerable adults, senior advocacy, forfeiture of benefits

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• Under this bill, the joint legislative executive committee on health care financing is established, and
• So you're collecting all this money into this account. Who gets access to that money?
• It establishes a premium tax for the state to recoup the stolen abortion savings account.
• Agencies for this account.
• Please move this Senate joint resolution to executive session and on to the Senate floor.

Bills: SB6258 , SB6182 , SB5947 , SJR8206 , SB5823 , SB6292

Committee: Senate Health & Long-Term Care

Keywords: Washington Medical Commission, medical license, license relinquishment, voluntary surrender, nondisciplinary pathway, physician regulation, health professional licensing, disciplinary database, National Practitioner Data Bank, license renewal, license reinstatement, medical board, professional discipline, credential surrender, healthcare regulation, abortion, reproductive health, pregnancy termination, clinic access, abortion access fund

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• So this would be a bank who you have, who would be in charge of this account?
• Some bank would be appointed to handle that account?
• account has absorbed the My husband and our joint account has absorbed the cost of.
• This is for when you can garnish bank accounts as well. Okay.
• But this is just for the garnishment of bank accounts of, you know, FDIC-insured banks. Got it.

Bills: HB79 , HB437 , HB646 , HB1089 , HB1099 , SB173 , SB180 , SB260 , SB424 , SB476

Committee: House Civil Law and Procedure

Keywords: expert witness, expert testimony, witness fees, pecuniary interest, conflict of interest, civil procedure, evidence law, Louisiana evidence code, Louisiana civil litigation, expert report, discovery, pretrial disclosure, litigation transparency, settlement, damages award, treating physician, medical expert, forensic expert, civil court, criminal court exception

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• $611,000 in additional bonds and an additional $3 million in spending from the waste tire removal account
• $611,000 in additional bonds and an additional $3 million in spending from the waste tire removal account
• paying attention to the needs that are sitting out there for all of our residents, including food bank
• investments, the needs that are sitting out there for all of our residents, including food bank investments

Bills: HB2295

Committee: House Capital Budget

Keywords: Washington capital budget, supplemental capital budget, capital appropriations, state building construction account, taxable building construction account, climate commitment account, natural climate solutions, housing trust fund, affordable housing, supportive housing, homelessness, manufactured home communities, mobile home parks, school construction, school modernization, school seismic safety, healthy schools, school electrification, SCAP, behavioral health facilities

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• Programs and projects, and $239 million is used in a series of account changes to free up a corresponding
• amount of revenue from higher education building accounts, which is then used to fund higher education
• These account changes do not reduce any capital budget projects and net to zero in the proposal.
• Brad Banks here on behalf of Evergreen Recovery Centers.
• It's a partnership that will provide for a new food bank.

Bills: HB2295

Committee: House Capital Budget

Keywords: Washington capital budget, supplemental capital budget, capital appropriations, state building construction account, taxable building construction account, climate commitment account, natural climate solutions, housing trust fund, affordable housing, supportive housing, homelessness, manufactured home communities, mobile home parks, school construction, school modernization, school seismic safety, healthy schools, school electrification, SCAP, behavioral health facilities

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• , $67 million from the Climate Commitment Account, and $13 million in federal funding.
• I'm Eli Lieberman, executive director of the Washington State Green Bank.
• Green banks across the country have proven this model works.
• , and the Connecticut Green Bank turned $463 million into $3.1 billion in projects.
• Cities rely on the Public Works Assistance account to meet those needs.

Bills: HB2295

Committee: House Capital Budget

Keywords: Washington capital budget, supplemental capital budget, capital appropriations, state building construction account, taxable building construction account, climate commitment account, natural climate solutions, housing trust fund, affordable housing, supportive housing, homelessness, manufactured home communities, mobile home parks, school construction, school modernization, school seismic safety, healthy schools, school electrification, SCAP, behavioral health facilities

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• always be a bank.
• But if you're a bank, you are a bank.
• Farmers and Merchants Bank, a division of Merchants and Marine Bank.
• We are still a bank.
• We are still a bank. They're saying, ...and many, many banks disagree. We are still a bank.

Bills: HB387 , HB673 , HB947 , HB975 , HB1102 , HB1228 , HB1229 , HCR66 , SB102 , SB165 , SB280 , SB291 , SB326 , SB521

Committees: House Commerce , House Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs

Keywords: engineering, land surveying, construction, state fire marshal, plan review, security cameras, abandoned property, blighted structures, property management, digital assets, abandonment, custodian, escheatment, blockchain, cryptocurrency, unclaimed property, state treasurer, Department of Public Service, statutory entities, public administration

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• process presents due process and fairness challenges by triggering mandatory reporting to national data banks
• Substitute Senate Bill 5931 establishes administrative changes to the Workforce Education, Investment, Accountability
• The Workforce Education, Investment, Accountability, and Oversight Board, and there are no amendments
• Assistance to deposit all funds received for the Passport to Careers program into the state financial aid account
• Assistance to deposit all funds received for the Passport to Careers program into the state financial aid account

Bills: SB6258 , SB5963

Committee: House Postsecondary Education & Workforce

Keywords: Washington Medical Commission, medical license, license relinquishment, voluntary surrender, nondisciplinary pathway, physician regulation, health professional licensing, disciplinary database, National Practitioner Data Bank, license renewal, license reinstatement, medical board, professional discipline, credential surrender, healthcare regulation, SB 5963, passport to careers, Washington College Grant, financial aid, higher education

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• It also means holding ourselves accountable and being results-oriented while leading with empathy and
• It also means holding ourselves accountable and being results-oriented while leading with empathy and
• And my third commitment: accountability and focus. Thank you.
• The next bill before you is Senate Joint Resolution 8206, sponsored by Senator Hasegawa, relating to
• It expands the folks who can actually receive money out of that account, that there will be folks who

Bills: SB5899 , SB6292 , SB6094 , SB6182 , SB5947 , SJR8206 , SB5933 , SB6138 , SB5823 , SB6210 , SB5921 , SB6226 , SB6159 , SB5924 , SGA9291 , SGA9307

Committee: Senate Health & Long-Term Care

Keywords: chiropractic, animal care, veterinary medicine, license endorsement, nonhuman animals, health care, financing, legislative committee, joint committee, policy management, pediatric care, transitional services, healthcare, licensing, children's health, abortion, reproductive health, pregnancy termination, clinic access, abortion access fund

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• And the reason you, the city, don't need to jump in is because you have not taken account of the...
• Thank you. ...the city don't need to jump in is because you have not taken account of the fact that the

Bills: AB40 , AB2674 , SB328 , SB344

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: emergency services, reproductive health, abortion, healthcare regulation, redistricting, California legislature, AB 2674, financial abuse, financial deception, elder financial abuse, bank fraud, scam prevention, consumer protection, depository institution, bank, credit union, suspicious transaction, fraud hotline, trusted third party, power of attorney

Summary: The Assembly Natural Resources Committee heard several measures, led by AB 40, which would require a full CEQA environmental impact report before approval of any new or expanded large coal terminal and require updated review if the project changes significantly. The author and supporters, including West Oakland community advocates and environmental groups, argued the bill was needed because an outdated environmental review did not analyze coal at the scale now proposed for the Oakland terminal and because West Oakland already bears heavy pollution burdens. Opponents, including business and terminal representatives, argued the project had already undergone extensive review and litigation and warned the bill would set a precedent for reopening settled approvals. Members questioned whether the air district had already approved the project and whether the bill was targeting a single facility. The author responded that the air district still had to issue a discretionary permit and that the bill was narrowly tailored to large coal terminals. The committee ultimately concurred in the Senate amendments to AB 40 on a recorded vote, with the bill passing out of committee. The committee also heard SB 344, which creates a project-specific pathway for San Diego’s Midway Rising redevelopment, a large mixed-use project with thousands of housing units, including affordable housing, parks, and a new arena. Support came from labor, the city, and business groups, while members raised questions about whether the bill was effectively insulating the project from CEQA litigation. The author said the bill does not exempt the project from CEQA but confirms the final EIR’s sufficiency once certified. SB 344 received a due pass recommendation and passed the committee. Finally, the committee heard SB 328 for the Concord Reuse Project Area, which would streamline implementation of the former Concord Naval Weapons Station reuse plan by creating an exemption within the Surplus Land Act and related disposition process for qualifying projects. The author and supporters emphasized decades of planning, extensive environmental review, a project labor agreement, and commitments to 25% affordable housing and open space. After questions about enforcement of affordability and tribal consultation, the bill received a due pass recommendation and passed. The committee also adopted a consent resolution and passed AB 2674, a transparency measure requiring CARB to post landfill temperature and monitoring data it already receives.

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• SB 6105 makes an overdue improvement to an old standard that never accounted for medical debt's unique
• We will start with Senate staff briefing, and then we will hear from the prime sponsor, Senator Banke
• Good morning, Senator Banke.
• For the record, my name is State Senator Matt Banke from the 8th Legislative District, and I am not a
• And then on deck will be Brad Banks, Abby Moore, and Sean O'Donnell.

Bills: SB5962 , SB6105 , SB6203 , SB6296

Committee: Senate Law & Justice

Keywords: spring blade knives, knife legislation, weapon regulation, public safety, law enforcement, medical debt, garnishment, wage garnishment, earnings exemption, exempt wages, debt collection, consumer debt, student loan debt, private student loans, disposable earnings, minimum wage, writ of garnishment, exemption claim, judgment debtor, creditor

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• reasons for that—inflation, construction costs, deviations, and different factors that they didn't account
• Commitment to approving bonds strengthens accountability and public trust by empowering taxpayers with
• Endeavors outside of those core functions, like running one or more public banks, siphon away finite
• , but I was just going to be curious as to what services and to what level of involvement a public bank
• What we all understand and basically know about what our banking system is all about.

Bills: SB414 , SB621 , SB2395

Committee: House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Keywords: bond election, ballot proposition, debt obligation, municipal bonds, local government finance, property tax, ad valorem tax, school district bonds, county bonds, special taxing district, voter information document, public debt, municipal finance, tax-supported debt, election ballot language, bond transparency, homestead tax impact, capital improvements, general obligation bonds, public bank

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• What this bill does is presently accounts, security accounts, land, et cetera, is frozen when a person
• The bank is charging points.” “Like a bank would charge points.
• Our bank sends text messages to the account holder. Oftentimes we'll call, send an email as well.
• accounts.
• Over time, we are not banks. All of our lending capital comes from lines of credit with banks.

Bills: HB489 , HB545 , HB555 , HB583 , HB670 , HB672 , HB797 , HB814 , HB913 , HB952

Committees: House Commerce , House Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs

Keywords: transfer on death, TOD, beneficiary designation, investment accounts, brokerage accounts, securities, nonprobate transfer, estate planning, succession, probate, community property, forced heirship, financial advisor, broker-dealer, custodian, transfer agent, banking, wealth transfer, inheritance, Louisiana Revised Statutes

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• . account.
• and Service First Bank.
• </c><00:33:48.559><c> that</c> bank branches within the 134 banks that bank branches within the 134 banks
• only to Regions Bank and Service First<00:34:45.440><c> Bank.
• ><c> community</c><00:49:45.359><c> banks,</c><00:49:45.760><c> but</c> bank was against community banks

Bills: SB170 , SB177 , SB207 , SB208 , SB215 , HB27 , SB219 , SB247 , SB232 , SB81 , SB170 , SB177 , SB207 , SB208 , SB215 , HB27 , SB219 , SB247 , SB232 , SB81

Committee: Senate Banking and Insurance

Keywords: health insurance, health savings account, high deductible plans, federal regulations, cost-sharing, insurance law, breast cancer, health coverage, deductible, copayment, insurance, captive insurance, captive insurer, captive insurers, insurance regulation, Alabama Department of Insurance, insurance commissioner, premium tax, capital requirements, surplus requirements

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• proceedings by specifying documentation guardians of the estate must attach to the process. ...annual accounts
• This might be a voucher, credit card receipts, bank statements, or other documents like that so that

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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• The bill allows certain entities to act as land banks.
• Land banks must prepare an annual report containing information.
• I am with the Spokane Regional Land Bank.
• will mean to the Spokane Land Bank and land banks across the state.
• And so while everybody can land bank, this coordinated land banking allows us to create a pipeline of

Bills: HB1974 , HB2265 , HB2452

Committee: House Housing

Keywords: land bank, land banking authority, affordable housing, housing crisis, housing supply, public corporation, public housing authority, nonprofit housing, tax-foreclosed property, blight remediation, redevelopment, anti-displacement, equity, redlining, racial segregation, deed restriction, affordability covenant, property tax exemption, excise tax exemption, predevelopment

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• This is the Land Bank Bill. I briefed this proposed substitute in committee.
• removes several provisions, including the requirement that the county formally authorize the land bank
• I commend the Spokane Regional Land Bank for kicking this off to include nonprofits in this land banking
• land banking work that are going to get some additional benefits.
• So with that I Also doing land banking work that are going to get some additional benefits.

Bills: HB1974 , HB2118 , HB2236 , HB2269

Committee: House Housing

Keywords: land bank, land banking authority, affordable housing, housing crisis, housing supply, public corporation, public housing authority, nonprofit housing, tax-foreclosed property, blight remediation, redevelopment, anti-displacement, equity, redlining, racial segregation, deed restriction, affordability covenant, property tax exemption, excise tax exemption, predevelopment

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• If my memory is correct, I take regulation, public safety, and professional accountability very seriously
• comfortable leaving vulnerable people to navigate powerful interventions without standards or accountability
• Without standards or accountability. Thank you. Thank you for being with us and for your testimony.
• implementing the bill might be expensive and would suggest funds not come from the health professions account

Bills: SB5921 , SB5185 , SB6182 , SB6115 , SB6258 , SB5916 , SB5981 , SB5985 , SB6019 , SB6161 , SB6183

Committee: Senate Health & Long-Term Care

Keywords: psilocybin, mental health, therapy, decriminalization, legalization, international medical graduates, preceptorship, hardship pathways, medical practice, licensure, abortion, reproductive health, pregnancy termination, clinic access, abortion access fund, abortion savings account, health carrier assessment, insurance assessment, health insurer tax, Department of Health

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• First, land owned by a nonprofit land bank is exempt from property tax.
• In addition, the bill exempts all property sales to or by a land bank from real estate excise tax.
• Banks to hold property tax-free.
• And you may not know, but I actually helped shepherd the first state land bank legislation.
• Land trusts and land banks really work well together.

Bills: HB2367 , HB1974 , HB2650 , HB2626

Committee: House Finance

Keywords: coal-fired plant, preferential treatment, energy policy, electric generation, regulatory reform, land bank, land banking authority, affordable housing, housing crisis, housing supply, public corporation, public housing authority, nonprofit housing, tax-foreclosed property, blight remediation, redevelopment, anti-displacement, equity, redlining, racial segregation