Bills: SF119 , SSB1103 , SF46 , SSB1047 , SSB1070 , SF121

Committee: Joint Commerce

Keywords: auto insurance, motor vehicle insurance, financial responsibility, liability coverage, minimum coverage limits, bodily injury, property damage, uninsured driving, proof of insurance, insurance reform, car insurance, vehicle registration, transportation network company, rideshare, TNC, Iowa Code chapter 321A, insurance penalties, mandatory insurance, mortgage, mortgage banker

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• Minimum flows and levels are established at the limit at which further withdrawals would be significantly
• Every new lawsuit I get now, the first demand, the first demand minimum, is sovereign immunity limits
• limits?
• With the bill, without this amendment, we limit choice. We don't limit the choice.
• We don't limit the choice. Without this amendment, we limit choice.

Bills: S0036 , S0620 , S0796 , S0934 , S1080 , S1096 , S1366 , S1536 , S1548 , S1580 , S1588 , S1620 , S1756 , S7034 , S7044

Committee: Senate Rules

Keywords: nursing title, advanced practice registered nurse, advertising, professional standards, disciplinary action, candidate qualifying, federal office, election integrity, regulatory compliance, political candidacy, veterinary medicine, telehealth, veterinary professional associate, animal health, public safety, access to veterinary services, payment bond exemption, Habitat for Humanity, Florida Forever Act, land acquisition

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

Committee: House Ways and Means Education

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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• They are great if they are at a limit of knowledge or, what have you, of contacting a physician to ask
• investigative or disciplinary information that the commission might gather in this process will, it limits
• Again, they know what their limits are, and if they were exceeded in either situation, getting a referral

Bills: HB10 , HB12 , HB34 , SB130 , SM21

Committee: Senate Senate Health & Public Affairs

Keywords: physician assistants, interstate compact, medical services, licensure, cross-state practice, military families, regulatory authority, physical therapy, licensure compact, interstate practice, healthcare, military spouses, criminal background check, HB34, school nurse, school nurses, nurse licensure, charter school, charter schools, school district

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• Spiritually, the value of life has no limit; it is infinite.
• It's limited. It's focused on family directly harmed. It doesn't rewrite history.
• coverage, or gaps in our eligibility plan.
• upset that we're removing a statute of limitations for victims of child abuse in a public school.
• But there is some disagreement on what the limit should be. There is some disagreement on the fees.

Bills: S0330 , S0474 , S0694 , S1120 , S1216 , S1366 , S1442 , S7018

Committee: Senate Appropriations

Keywords: firefighter disability, law enforcement disability, correctional officer disability, correctional probation officer, presumptive disability, workers' compensation, line of duty presumption, heart disease presumption, hypertension presumption, tuberculosis presumption, public safety employees, first responders, physical examination, preemployment exam, medical specialist, Medicare reimbursement, employing agency, Florida Statutes 112.18, Florida Statutes 943.13, occupational disease

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• It required the Alabama State Department to develop and publish a set of minimum standards that must
• and publish a State Department develop and publish a set<00:04:34.000><c> of</c><00:04:34.160><c> minimum
• standards</c><00:04:35.040><c> that</c><00:04:35.280><c> must</c><00:04:35.520><c> be</c> set of minimum
• standards that must be set of minimum standards that must be taught<00:04:35.919><c> in</c><00:04:36.160
• But you look at the bottom of this on page one, he says they're emerging technology, including not limited

Bills: HB329 , SB5 , HB329 , SB5 , HB43 , HB75 , HB396 , HB43 , HB75 , HB396

Committee: Senate Education Policy

Keywords: military installations, tall structures, local government, construction approval, wind energy facilities, archives, history, board of trustees, vacancies, government control, computer science, education reform, digital literacy, high school graduation, teacher training, education, public schools, constitution amendment, national anthem, weekly broadcast

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• It says that cities cannot regulate the industry, which limits it.
• Like all of these good protections y'all talk about, aren't those limits?
• The only meaningful limit currently imposed is the voter approval tax rate (VAT), and that limits property
• limit or in cases of governor-declared disasters.
• limit cannot exceed the actual costs incurred due to the disaster.

Bills: HB386 , HB1449 , HB1701 , HB2142 , HB2675 , HB2857 , HB3063 , HB3171 , HB3641 , HB3732 , HB4045 , HB4370 , HB4491 , HB4505 , HB4626 , HB5267 , HB5356

Committee: House Intergovernmental Affairs

Keywords: construction contracts, change orders, local government, budget limits, Texas legislation, HB 1449, mobile food vendors, food trucks, mobile food service establishments, permits, county health permit, municipal permitting, Health and Safety Code Chapter 437A, Chapter 437, inspection agreements, permit reciprocity, fee cap, preemption, large counties, population over one million

Transcript Highlights:

• We'll be limiting public testimony to three minutes today.
• Is that limit for the accumulation of any change orders or just for a single one?
• So, the answer to the question is the limit...
• limit.
• Looking at the language here of prohibiting or limiting.

Bills: HB386 , HB1449 , HB1701 , HB2142 , HB2675 , HB2857 , HB3063 , HB3171 , HB3641 , HB3732 , HB4045 , HB4370 , HB4491 , HB4505 , HB4626 , HB5267 , HB5356

Committee: House Intergovernmental Affairs

Keywords: construction contracts, change orders, local government, budget limits, Texas legislation, HB 1449, mobile food vendors, food trucks, mobile food service establishments, permits, county health permit, municipal permitting, Health and Safety Code Chapter 437A, Chapter 437, inspection agreements, permit reciprocity, fee cap, preemption, large counties, population over one million

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• the amendments is that the trade school or the school providing the training would have at least a minimum

Bills: HB2929 , HB2956 , HB2955 , HB3128 , HB3880 , HB4294 , HB2970 , HB3338 , HB3443 , HB3783 , HB3800 , HB3818

Committee: House Commerce & Economic Development Oversight

Keywords: homeowner insurance, insurance premium, claim history, insurance regulation, at-fault claims, flood insurance, state law, consumer protection, appraisal management, Real Estate Appraiser Board, appraiser registration, background checks, ownership requirements, captive insurance, protected cell, sponsored captive, captive insurer, insurance commissioner, premium tax, dormant captive

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• This particular bill focuses on insurance coverage, roof adoption, and you. For questions.

Bills: HB2929 , HB2956 , HB2955 , HB3128 , HB3880 , HB4294 , HB2970 , HB3338 , HB3443 , HB3783 , HB3800 , HB3818

Committee: House Commerce & Economic Development Oversight

Keywords: homeowner insurance, insurance premium, claim history, insurance regulation, at-fault claims, flood insurance, state law, consumer protection, appraisal management, Real Estate Appraiser Board, appraiser registration, background checks, ownership requirements, captive insurance, protected cell, sponsored captive, captive insurer, insurance commissioner, premium tax, dormant captive

Transcript Highlights:

• Expanding coverage to local correctional officers is needed.
• But industrial injury coverage is not enough.
• This bill does not limit opportunity.
• Please understand the state limited retail licenses but had no limit on the number of grow operations
• Please understand the state limited retail licenses but had no limits on the number of grow operations

Bills: SB6196 , SB6204 , SB6195 , SB5882 , SB6134

Committee: Senate Labor & Commerce

Keywords: kratom, taxation, regulated substances, health safety, state revenue, cannabis, marijuana, home grow, home cultivation, personal cultivation, adult use cannabis, recreational marijuana, 21 and older, controlled substances, RCW 69.50, Liquor and Cannabis Board, LCB, plant limits, cannabis possession, cannabis concentrates

Bills: HB3725 , HB3260 , HB3660 , HB3369 , HB3370 , HB2937 , HB3419 , HB3264 , HB3266 , HB3267 , HB3268 , HB3310 , HB4311 , HB3841 , HB3024 , HB3075

Keywords: labor, e-verification, immigration, employers, employment eligibility, Department of Labor, penalties, funeral licensing, continuing education, Oklahoma Funeral Directors Association, professional development, licensing requirements, HB3660, natural organic reduction, human composting, soil reduction, green burial, funeral services, cremation, burial permit

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• I insisted that we limit our Spending, and we built up our savings account.
• Like in 1889, Oklahoma is once again attracting new pioneers because of our commitment to limited government
• This challenge isn't new, and it isn't limited to early literacy.

Bills: HB3725 , HB3260 , HB3660 , HB3369 , HB3370 , HB2937 , HB3419 , HB3264 , HB3266 , HB3267 , HB3268 , HB3310 , HB4311 , HB3841 , HB3024 , HB3075

Keywords: labor, e-verification, immigration, employers, employment eligibility, Department of Labor, penalties, funeral licensing, continuing education, Oklahoma Funeral Directors Association, professional development, licensing requirements, HB3660, natural organic reduction, human composting, soil reduction, green burial, funeral services, cremation, burial permit

Bills: SB5068 , SB5109 , SB5188 , SB5223 , SB5280 , SB5420 , SB5467 , SB5581 , SB5649 , SB5705

Keywords: employment eligibility, firefighters, law enforcement, citizenship, legal authorization, public safety, mortgage lending, fraud, prosecution, financial regulations, consumer protection, broadband, infrastructure, loan assistance, economic development, technology access, criminal offense, fingerprinting, state regulations, SB 5280

Transcript Highlights:

• With the bill as written, we are concerned that removing all limitations on commercial coverage will
• </c><00:19:49.440><c> limits</c><00:19:50.040><c> in</c> reach their coverage limits in reach their coverage
• </c><00:19:55.160><c> we</c> the limits we have in our coverage we the limits we have in our coverage
• and the exception was beyond the coverage limits that were in the policies, I don't believe so.
• and the exception was beyond the coverage limits that were in the policies, I don't believe so.

Bills: HF3794 , HF4472 , HF4410 , HF4347 , HF4412 , HF4398 , HF4397 , HF4201 , HF4199 , HF4203 , HF3706 , HF4071 , HF4120 , HF4175 , HF4188

Committee: House Commerce Finance and Policy

Keywords: surveillance, price discrimination, wage discrimination, automated decision systems, consumer protections, data privacy, biometrics, school district health insurance, charter school health benefits, employee benefits, public sector health insurance, health insurance survey, Legislative Budget Office, LBO report, premium costs, retiree coverage, broker commissions, third-party administrator, health plan transparency, health reimbursement arrangement

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• The statutory limit at the time was $100,000, thus this claim bill is for the remaining 312.
• The claimant has already received the $200,000 statutory limit.
• There's only five that have lower limits than we do.
• Ours and theirs both removes the statute of limitations for victims of...
• Sorry for the, I know we have very limited time, but I'm going to make it just very short.

Bills: S0002 , S0002 , S0006 , S0018 , S0026 , S0028 , S0050 , S0178 , S0326 , S0538 , S0786 , S1004 , S1096 , S1178 , S1366 , S1632 , S1634

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: retirement, Deferred Retirement Option Program, DROP, pension contributions, Special Risk Class, retirement benefits, cost-of-living adjustment, state officials, negligence, settlement, appropriation, highway safety, damages, law enforcement, child welfare, injury compensation, Department of Children and Families, compensation, law enforcement accountability, personal injury

Summary: The Judiciary Committee took up a long agenda of bills, including several claims bills and policy measures. It heard and approved, mostly unanimously, bills on curators of estates (SB 326, as amended), remedies under the Florida Civil Rights Act (SB 1096), a claim for Reginald Jackson against the City of Lakeland (SB 28), a DCF-related claim for L.E. (SB 6), trust administration reform (SB 786, as amended), a Broward County claim for the estate of a deceased minor (SB 18, as amended, 10-1), a DOT claim for the estate of Mark Legata (SB 26), veterans’ courts (CS/SB 50), extracurricular activities in public K-12 schools (CS/CS/SB 538, as amended), and pet sale protections for dogs and cats (SB 1004). The committee also considered the sovereign immunity claims bill (SB 1366), which was presented as a starting point for negotiations with the House and was reported favorably after testimony from local government, hospital, and school representatives who urged the Senate to hold to its current lower cap levels. The committee later approved a claims bill for the estate of Daniel Maudsley against DHSMV (SB 2). The meeting included repeated roll calls and favorable reports on each measure, with the only recorded no vote on SB 18 from Senator Osgood. Several bills drew testimony from supporters and, in some cases, objections. SB 50 on veterans’ courts received broad support from veterans’ groups, criminal justice organizations, and community advocates who said it would expand problem-solving court options for veterans dealing with service-related issues. SB 538 on extracurricular activities drew support and opposition, and was amended to address home education eligibility, a school activity fee issue, technical conforming changes, and compensation for extracurricular sponsors. SB 1004 was presented as consumer protection legislation aimed at retail pet dealers, requiring disclosure of animal health records and financing terms and creating a private right of action for violations. The committee also heard extensive testimony on SB 1178, which would create a foreign interference restriction and enforcement framework targeting foreign countries of concern and designated foreign terrorist organizations. Supporters described it as a national-security measure to limit foreign influence, protect critical infrastructure, and restrict gifts, contracts, and sister-city ties; the sponsor withdrew one amendment and the bill was reported favorably. Finally, SB 1632, dealing with ideologies inconsistent with American principles, prompted substantial questioning about due process, domestic terrorist organization designations, Sharia law references, student discipline, and notice procedures. The sponsor said the bill was intended to protect constitutional principles and target conduct rather than belief, but the transcript ends while public testimony on that bill is still underway.

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• </c> employees negotiate health coverage employees negotiate health coverage district<00:09:50.240><c
• ,</c> demand better rates, better coverage, demand better rates, better coverage, and<00:10:06.960><c
• :29:34.720><c> for</c> Minimum employer contribution levels for Minimum employer contribution levels
• </c> We are paying more for less coverage. We are paying more for less coverage.
• </c> healthcare coverage. healthcare coverage.

Bills: HF3119

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: teacher compensation, educational staff, unlicensed staff, minimum wage, inflation adjustment, education finance

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• ,</c><00:13:15.480><c> Hannah</c> Because of the 3-year limitation, Hannah Because of the 3-year limitation
• . limitations. limitations.
• </c> statute of limitations in place? statute of limitations in place?
• </c><00:22:58.800><c> And</c> a 10-year-old, and are we limiting And a 10-year-old, and are we limiting
• </c> we limiting it to 18 and above? we limiting it to 18 and above?

Bills: HF3119

Committee: Senate Education Finance

Keywords: teacher compensation, educational staff, unlicensed staff, minimum wage, inflation adjustment, education finance

Transcript Highlights:

• There's minimum standards for zoos.
• There's minimum standards for short-term rental homes, but there are no minimum standards for shelters
• Well, you're limiting the state dollars.
• minimum cost anyway.
• And so it's a very limited bill.

Bills: HB165 , HB175 , HB198 , HB272 , HB457 , HB488 , HB566 , HB603 , HB763 , HB902 , HB909 , HB971 , HB981 , HB1066 , HB1125 , HB1154 , HB1231

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: HB165, lottery proceeds, Lottery Proceeds Fund, Veterans Service Grant Fund, constitutional amendment, veterans, military veterans, veterans' benefits, veterans services, family support, state lottery, education funding, Minimum Foundation Program, problem gambling, compulsive gaming, state treasurer, ballot proposition, constitutional referendum, lottery revenue, Louisiana resident veterans

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• Long way of saying the bill does the minimum it must do to fix that problem, and we can discuss the other
• Unfortunately, there are some kind of new businesses that really try to limit who has access to the information
• It limits the public disclosure of sex designation information in government records.
• when the affected employees are employed under certain conditions, including that the employment was limited
• The amendment does not modify... ...was limited to a specific agricultural season or harvest period.

Bills: HB2720 , HB2073 , SB5467 , SB5820 , SCR8406 , HB2487 , SB5816 , SB5919 , SB5995 , SB6278 , SB5831 , SB5915 , SB5963 , SB6025 , SB6046 , SB6084 , SB6134 , SB6136 , SB6137 , SB6188 , SB6291 , HB2689 , SB5922 , SB5944 , SB5957 , SB5988 , SB5994 , SB6011 , SB6065 , SB6103 , SB6151 , SB6244

Keywords: behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, SB 5467, water-sewer district, water sewer district, surplus property, public property sale, local government, RCW 57, real property disposal, personal property, notice of intent to sell, public auction