Bills: SSB1172 , SSB1111

Committee: Joint Workforce

Keywords: collective bargaining, public employees, elections, bargaining units, recertification, unemployment insurance, unemployment benefits, disqualification, temporary employment, short-term employment, fixed-term contract, fixed end date, seasonal work, workforce development, Iowa Code 96.5, benefit eligibility, employment contract, job separation, laid off, temporary worker

Bills: SSB1111 , SSB1110 , SSB1119

Committee: Joint Workforce

Keywords: unemployment insurance, unemployment benefits, disqualification, temporary employment, short-term employment, fixed-term contract, fixed end date, seasonal work, workforce development, Iowa Code 96.5, benefit eligibility, employment contract, job separation, laid off, temporary worker, employer liability, National Guard, state active duty, federal active duty, military leave

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• And I do want to represent that it was part of a trade-off.
• First off, I'm in support of this bill.
• We will go up to Senate Bill 6106, Laid Off Employees.
• Senate Bill 6106 relates to the Securing Timely Notification and Benefits for Laid-Off Employees Act.
• We know that we are living off of the reserves in workers' comp.

Bills: SB5379 , SB6106 , SB6147 , SB6180 , SB5927 , SB6287

Committee: Senate Labor & Commerce

Keywords: interest arbitration, parks and recreation, public employees, labor relations, employee rights, laid-off employees act, WARN notice, mass layoff, business closure, plant closing, worker adjustment and retraining notification, employment security department, employee notice, layoff notice, worker protections, job loss, employment loss, public records exemption, privacy, employee names and addresses

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• When asked how many laid off staff as a budget-balancing strategy, three quarters responded that they
• , and the store is going to end up with a month trying to keep their doors... ...start peeling off, and
• Number two... ...in orange vests, many of them literally taking a day off in order to be here because
• Then when we harvest, we take those tags off and put everything into 50-pound lots.
• Then when we harvest, we take those tags off and put everything into 50-pound lots.

Bills: SB6053 , SB6134 , SB6147 , SB6106 , SB6045 , SB6135 , SB6128 , SB6282 , SB6068 , SB6303 , SB6290

Committee: Senate Labor & Commerce

Keywords: SB 6053, domestic workers, domestic worker rights, labor protections, minimum wage, overtime, private household employment, nanny, home care worker, personal care provider, housekeeper, cleaner, cook, gardener, household manager, wage theft, retaliation, anti-discrimination, immigration status, privacy rights

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• It just simply requires for off-premises purchases of certain items, vapes, hemp, alcohol, cigarettes
• We're not going to do it for on-site consumption, just off-site consumption, but I'll be glad to answer
• It just simply requires for off-premises purchases of certain items, vapes, hemp, alcohol, cigarettes
• We're not going to do it for on-site consumption, just off-site consumption, but I'll be glad to answer
• We're not going to do it for on-site consumption, just off-site consumption, but I'll be glad to answer

Bills: HB393 , HB61 , SB234 , SB234

Committee: Senate Tourism

Keywords: entertainment district, alcohol consumption, local governance, city council, public spaces, home school, career and technical education, public schools, K-12 education, enrollment policy, Cherokee County, off-road vehicle park, ORV park, ATV, all-terrain vehicle, dirt bike, off-highway vehicle, recreational vehicle, county permit, inspection

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• guardrails for future COLAs; third, establishing an actuarially determined funding model that pays off
• The actuarially determined funding model pays off the legacy liability of $327 million, along with an
• I think the Senator and the mayor have already laid out the bill.
• I do want to mention this, going off script: our members voted by 80% to lower their benefits.
• This is your bill, Senator Hinojosa, just got laid out. Thank you.

Bills: SB771 , SB2345 , HB135 , HB135

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: diesel fuel tax, tax credit, auxiliary power units, power take-off equipment, refund, energy efficiency, firefighter retirement, municipal contributions, pension system, retirement benefits, funding ratios, sales tax exemption, exotic animals, game animals, agriculture, livestock, civil liability, motor vehicle, legal protection, removal

Summary: The Senate Finance Committee heard Senate Bill 2345, as a committee substitute, which would reform the Austin Firefighter Retirement Fund. Senator Schwertner explained that the bill is based on an agreed voluntary funding soundness restoration plan between the City of Austin and the fund, and would create a new reduced benefit tier for firefighters hired on or after January 1, 2026, adjust COLAs for current retirees, establish an actuarially determined funding model to address legacy liabilities and 2024 asset losses over 30 years, and add new board seats. Mayor Kirk Watson, city finance staff, the fund executive director, trustees, and retired firefighters all testified in support, describing the measure as an agreed-to, fiscally responsible compromise that protects benefits, supports recruitment, and reduces risk to taxpayers. The committee adopted the committee substitute, but left SB 2345 pending. The committee also heard House Bill 135, which clarifies tax treatment for exotic game or exotic livestock operations by defining them within agricultural exemptions and stating that sales of exotic livestock are not subject to sales and use taxes. Senator Flores described it as a clarification to provide consistency and fairness, and a witness for the Exotic Wildlife Association said it would resolve a Comptroller-related tax issue and benefit ranchers, landowners, and hunters. The committee closed public testimony and reported HB 135 favorably to the full Senate, with a motion to place it on the local and uncontested calendar. Senate Bill 771, by Senator Hinojosa, was also heard and later reported favorably. The bill would allow diesel fuel used in auxiliary power units or power takeoff units to qualify for the same fuel tax credit or refund already available for gasoline, correcting an inadvertent exclusion from the 2003 motor fuel tax rewrite. A witness supported the bill as a matter of tax equity. The committee then considered House Bill 1109, the House companion to SB 935, which exempts counties from certain motor fuel taxes on fuel used in county vehicles; Senator Hall explained it as simply exempting government agencies from paying the tax on their own vehicles. HB 1109 was reported favorably to the full Senate. The committee adjourned after completing its business.

Bills: HB521

Committees: House Tourism , House Economic Development and Tourism

Keywords: HB521, mixed spirit beverages, ready-to-drink cocktails, RTD alcohol, alcoholic beverages, liquor, spirits, ABC Board, Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control, wholesaler license, retail license, distribution agreement, exclusive territory, three-tier system, excise tax, alcohol tax, liquor regulation, alcohol labeling, minors, package store

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• An off-label medication is an approved drug used for an unapproved situation.
• However, we do use these off-label all... ...the time for a lot of other things.
• Chairman, I would like to pass it off to Representative Dubos and let her take it from here.
• At the end of your time, we will cut you off in the middle of your sentence, so I want to be fair to
• I am strongly against SB79, and I think before I get into any of those reasons, I'd like to start off

Bills: HB45 , HB79 , SB79

Committee: House Health

Keywords: Medicaid, colorectal cancer, screening tests, noninvasive tests, preventive care, off-label, pharmacists, medical treatment, state board of pharmacy, employment protection, sex-based terminology, gender identity, male, female, man, woman, boy, girl, single-sex spaces, women's rights

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• creates limits of liability to the person that operates... ...of liability to the person that operates an off-roading

Bills: HB537 , HB474 , HB527 , HB449 , HB380 , HB449 , HB380

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: preliminary hearing, criminal procedure, Aniah's Law, pretrial detention, defendant rights, property rights, law enforcement, removal procedures, unauthorized occupancy, trespassing, liability, off-roading, parks, participant safety, risk management, DNA, genetic testing, privacy, consent, criminal penalties

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• All of the charities, we have 200 plus charities that will be cut off according to this bill unless bingo

Bills: SB268 , SB262

Committees: House Tourism , House Economic Development and Tourism

Keywords: mixed spirit beverages, alcohol regulation, licensing, excise tax, distribution agreements, retail sales, wholesalers, SB262, White Hall, Lowndes County, pari-mutuel wagering, simulcast, historical racing, historical horse racing, dog racing, horse racing, charitable bingo, off-track betting, OTB, gambling

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• This changes one word in an existing statute, and that changes the election in an off-presidential year

Bills: HB258 , HB308 , HB258 , HB308

Committee: House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections

Keywords: primary election, election calendar, off-presidential year, May primary, second Tuesday in May, fourth Tuesday in May, runoff primary, special primary, presidential primary, election administration, candidate filing, ballot access, political parties, county election officials, state election law, Alabama elections, elections, voter registration, publishing requirements, cost-saving

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• As Representative McQueeney laid out, this bill is very important.
• They're usually asked for some amount of money to take it off.
• Not only was I caught off guard, but I also felt cornered and scared.
• Everyone's potentially profiting off of it. And obviously, parking is a valuable resource.
• They could just sit and wait to grab people the moment they step off a property.

Bills: HB589 , HB705 , HB1842 , HB1874 , HB2349 , HB2614 , HB2827 , HB3012 , HB3214 , HB3308 , HB3385 , HB3529

Committee: House Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Keywords: cosmetology, licensure, interstate compact, state regulations, public safety, workforce mobility, charitable raffles, nonprofit, wildlife conservation, ticket sales, fundraising, master electrician, electrical work, occupational licensing, work scope, Texas law, Texas Real Estate Commission, TREC, real estate broker, sales agent

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• The bill simply requires our school districts to create a policy that allows students to attend an off-campus
• Second, the sponsoring entity must assume all cost and liability, and third, instruction must take place off

Bills: SB13 , SB278 , SB13

Committee: House State Government

Keywords: education, national anthem, patriotism, school policy, constitutional amendment, SB278, released time, religious instruction, elective credit, public schools, K-12 education, Alabama Released Time Credit Act, church-state separation, First Amendment, school choice, parental consent, elective course, off-campus instruction, private religious entity, State Board of Education

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• He went off the road, hit a tree, and killed his passenger.

Bills: HB245 , HB278 , SB59 , SB78

Committee: House Health

Keywords: inhalants, controlled substances, butyl nitrite, nitrous oxide, amyl nitrite, health, public safety, HB278, ivermectin, pharmacist, standing order, prescription drug, pharmacy, State Board of Pharmacy, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, CRNP, medical licensure, drug dispensing, adverse events

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• I don't mean it as an off-the-cuff comment.
• I've been coaching for over 40 years, so I'm there with kids all the time at school, on and off.
• I don't want anybody to go off in those religious tangles in your mind thinking one thing.
• We're sitting up here ready to take off on the runway. Everybody see God down at the... runway.
• He's getting ready to take off and he's going to take all these people out.

Bills: SB278 , HB459 , HB61

Committee: Senate Education Policy

Keywords: SB278, released time, religious instruction, elective credit, public schools, K-12 education, Alabama Released Time Credit Act, church-state separation, First Amendment, school choice, parental consent, elective course, off-campus instruction, private religious entity, State Board of Education, local board of education, attendance credit, core curriculum, religious education, Bible class

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• Well, first off, don't we have to adopt the sub? We'll adopt a sub. Yes, we'll go ahead.

Bills: SB268 , SB262 , HB237 , SB90

Committee: Senate Tourism

Keywords: mixed spirit beverages, alcohol regulation, licensing, excise tax, distribution agreements, retail sales, wholesalers, SB262, White Hall, Lowndes County, pari-mutuel wagering, simulcast, historical racing, historical horse racing, dog racing, horse racing, charitable bingo, off-track betting, OTB, gambling

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• Yeah, it was a sub that we were speaking off of that we had talked about last week.
• We started off; this is... We're good. We started off; this is consumer friendly.

Bills: HB506 , HB513 , HB437

Committee: House Public Safety and Homeland Security

Keywords: emergency vehicles, off-road vehicles, public safety, liability, regulations, background check, criminal history, biometric identifiers, fingerprints, iris scan, palm print, photograph, rap back, NGI Rap Back, ALEA, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, AJIC, Alabama Justice Information Commission, employment screening, licensing

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• So, that is the go off the radar.
• </c><00:30:39.760><c> Um,</c> this to be laid over, I guess. Um, this to be laid over, I guess.
• </c><00:54:27.119><c> and</c> to have to have the timer go off and to have to have the timer go off and
• This is where you get off.
• Uh, they'd This is where you get off.

Bills: HF3676 , HF3593 , HF3785 , HF3774 , HF4111 , HF3513

Committee: House Transportation Finance and Policy

Keywords: Safe at Home, address confidentiality, domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, harassment, victim privacy, survivor protection, confidential address, protected address, secret address, identity protection, residential confidentiality, program participant, nondiscrimination, court disclosure, protective order, service of process, driver's license, state ID

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• around hard-to-reach locations, as well as the option to offer curbside pickup service in lieu of drop-off
• The steel is shipped off to another steel recycling facility and can become part of new buildings, as
• Explain to me: do people drop them off? Do you charge them?
• I'm sorry, it's cut off. Senator Lovelett. Thank you, Madam Chair.
• So happy cut off, and I'll see you all on the other side.

Bills: SB6271 , SB6174

Committee: Senate Environment, Energy & Technology

Keywords: mattress stewardship, producer responsibility, extended producer responsibility, EPR, mattress recycling, solid waste, landfill diversion, illegal dumping, recycling program, Department of Ecology, producer responsibility organization, PRO, renovator, retailer obligations, collection sites, bulk pickup, drop-off locations, waste management, environmental compliance, circular economy

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• </c><00:42:49.839><c> of</c> numbers are are estimates based off of numbers are are estimates based off
• So, I'm base our decisions off of here.
• We do have another bill on the calendar, and this one will be laid over.
• We can turn the button on and off like we did in pull tabs a few times.
• </c><01:31:13.360><c> like</c> We can turn the button on and off like We can turn the button on and off

Bills: HF1758 , HF4437 , HF4353

Committee: House Commerce Finance and Policy

Keywords: infertility, health insurance, fertility preservation, medical assistance, MinnesotaCare, prediction markets, sports betting, online wagering, event contracts, election betting, political betting, sportsbook, gambling regulation, lawful gambling license, Gambling Control Board, unauthorized gaming, esports betting, financial technology, payment processor, advertising restrictions