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Massachusetts lawmakers have taken a bold step to protect assisted-living residents from unfair billing practices by suspending rules to fast-track crucial petitions.

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House suspends Joint Rule 12 to fast-track petitions; Senate petition on assisted-living billing referred to Housing committee
The Massachusetts House suspended Joint Rule 12 to consider multiple petitions and concurred with a Senate petition from Mark C. Montigny referring legislation on assisted-living billing practices to the Committee on Housing. The suspensions and referrals were approved by voice votes; the transcript records no roll-call tallies.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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AAA Northeast is pushing for tougher distracted-driving laws in Massachusetts to ban video recording while driving—will the committee take action?

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AAA urges committee to expand distracted-driving law to bar video recording while driving
AAA Northeast asked the committee to move bills that would prohibit video recording or broadcasting while driving and urged the offense remain primary rather than secondary enforcement.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Stillwater's legislative committee is pushing for crucial funding changes that could transform local education and safety—are you ready to find out what’s on the table?

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Legislative committee previews priorities: push to increase local optional revenue among top asks
The board’s legislative committee recommended focusing on a short list of priorities for the upcoming legislative session that center on funding: an increase in statutory local optional revenue authority (example proposal cited raising the local amount from $724 to $947 per pupil), more Safe Schools Levy support, and higher sparsity aid to address
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November 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation reveals shocking barriers faced by patients after abnormal mammograms, sparking urgent calls for greater support and funding.

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Breast cancer advocates describe patient barriers and new no-cost diagnostic imaging law; urge state funding and workforce investments
Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation told the commission that patients face cost, time and logistical barriers after abnormal mammograms. The group described a diagnostic‑fund program for underinsured patients and praised a new state law barring cost sharing for diagnostic mammograms, ultrasounds and MRIs in state‑regulated plans effective Jan. 1; it:
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November 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Major regulatory updates are on the horizon as California's bureau makes strides in labeling changes and household movers permit regulations!

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Labeling rulemaking advances; draft household‑movers permit regulation circulated; AB 366 amended and signed
The bureau said a narrow Section 100 label amendment took effect May 19; a separate, substantive labeling proposal is being revised for resubmission this fall. Staff circulated an early draft of household movers permit regulations and are incorporating council feedback. AB 366 was amended to preserve judicial discretion on first-offense IID orders,
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November 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Madison County supervisors are pushing for bold changes that could reshape local development, including new impact fees and enhanced site-plan authority.

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Supervisors discuss draft legislative priorities: impact‑fee authority and designated‑agent site‑plan changes
Supervisors reviewed draft legislative language circulated for VACO and the General Assembly: (1) exploring local authority to impose impact fees to defray capital costs from residential development, and (2) an amendment to restore broader designated‑agent site‑plan authority for localities above the current population threshold. Supervisor Jewett/
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November 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Michigan lawmakers are pushing for bills that would require out-of-state manufacturers to contribute to the state's pseudoephedrine tracking system while modernizing how residents can purchase these products.

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Sponsors ask lawmakers to require manufacturers pay NPLEX fees and to allow online pseudoephedrine purchases
Representatives Bagole and McFall presented House Bills 4947 and 4948 to preserve Michigan's electronic pseudoephedrine tracking system (NPLEX), fix a funding loophole so manufacturers who sell in Michigan pay transaction fees, and permit modern purchase methods such as online or curbside pickup while retaining ID and quantity limits.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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A powerful bipartisan effort is underway in Michigan to protect vulnerable roadway users, with emotional testimonies from survivors urging lawmakers to enhance penalties for reckless drivers.

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Committee hears emotional testimony on vulnerable roadway user bills to enhance penalties for drivers injuring pedestrians and cyclists
Representatives Rogers and Wenzel presented House Bills 4334 and 4335, a bipartisan package to expand protections and penalties for vulnerable roadway users (pedestrians, cyclists, wheelchair users and micro-mobility device users). Extensive survivor and advocacy testimony described past crashes, the need for prosecutorial tools and the bills' core
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November 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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The Michigan House just passed House Bill 4840 with an astonishing 99-1 vote, amending a key legal framework from 1961!

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House advances and passes amendment to Judicature Act; almost unanimous vote
House Bill 4840, amending the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, passed the House with a recorded vote of 99–1 on Nov. 4. There was no extended floor debate during third reading.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Newton's committee just voted to empower the city to place liens on properties for unpaid municipal charges, potentially revolutionizing local enforcement!

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Committee votes to forward home‑rule petition allowing liens for unpaid municipal charges
The committee unanimously approved sending a mayoral home‑rule petition to the Legislature that would let Newton place liens on real property for unpaid municipal charges, fees or fines; the council would specify by ordinance which charges may be liened.
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November 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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California's Board of Equalization has taken a crucial step towards ensuring that teachers and first responders can afford to live in the communities they serve by accepting a groundbreaking report on workforce housing.

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BOE accepts informational report on workforce housing held by public agencies
The board accepted a report Oct. 21 examining ways public agencies can preserve and provide workforce housing for employees such as teachers and first responders; recommendations included supporting predevelopment funding and tools to preserve affordability.
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November 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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The Board of Equalization is taking bold steps to revamp the welfare exemption process, potentially paving the way for a surge in affordable housing development in California!

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BOE accepts report exploring welfare-exemption changes to promote affordable housing
The board accepted an informational hearing report on using the welfare-exemption process to streamline and incentivize affordable housing development, including options such as third-party income certification, earlier approval during financing, and expanded income limits.
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November 2, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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The Senate Commerce Committee's heated debate over House Bill 649 reveals deep divisions on vehicle safety and consumer protections following the controversial inspection repeal.

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Long debate on vehicle inspection repeal produces amendments and split committee vote; committee leaves final recommendation to the floor
The committee considered House Bill 649 and several floor amendments to address the effects of a recent repeal of annual vehicle inspections in HB2. After Department of Safety and attorney general testimony and extended debate over public safety and consumer disclosures, the committee adopted a technical amendment but was split on final passage and
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November 2, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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The Policy and Advocacy Committee has taken a bold step to modernize supervision and training requirements, ensuring they reflect current practices and California-specific standards.

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Committee directs staff to pursue technical statutory fixes on video supervision and abuse‑training requirements
The committee voted unanimously to direct staff to prepare legislative language to (1) clarify that supervisors must assess the appropriateness of two‑way video only when two‑way video is used for supervision and (2) update child/elder/dependent adult abuse training language to require California‑specific content and limit acceptable coursework to
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November 2, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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The House Appropriations Committee just passed a controversial bill that mandates font-size requirements for reverse mortgage contracts, sparking a fierce party-line divide!

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House Appropriations Committee approves bill setting font-size rules for reverse mortgage contracts, splits on party lines
The House Appropriations Committee passed House Bill 18 82, which sets font-size requirements for reverse mortgage contracts and adds branch banner licensing rules for nonbank licensees. Democrats on the committee voted to advance the bill while Republicans announced opposition; there was no extended debate. The bill will be referred back to the (F
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November 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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The SBCC legislative committee is scrambling to overcome delays in the 2024 code cycle as they aim to keep the November 1, 2026 implementation date intact.

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SBCC legislative committee weighs fixes to 2024 code delays as stakeholders press for implementation certainty
Staff told the committee the council delayed final adoption of the 2024 codes to May 15, 2026, and is exploring options to keep an implementation date of Nov. 1, 2026. Members and stakeholders discussed a narrow bill to allow a one‑time statutory accommodation, the possibility of administrative fixes, and longer-term changes (funding, adopting IECC
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November 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Four new bills are set to reshape the Agricultural Labor Relations Board, with all changes taking effect on January 1, 2026!

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ALRB told four enacted bills will affect agency operations, all effective Jan. 1, 2026
Michaela Pogg, special assistant to the chair, reported that four bills from the 2024–2025 legislative cycle — AB 288, AB 845, SB 8294 and SB 470 — were chaptered into law between Sept. 30 and Oct. 12, 2025, and are effective Jan. 1, 2026, and said they will have impacts on the ALRB.
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November 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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A proposed bill aimed at enforcing drug testing for recreation staff has been postponed due to concerns over its vague drafting and potential impact on medically prescribed substances.

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House defers bill that would require drug tests for recreation staff after law‑drafting concerns
Representante Santiago asked that Proyecto de la Cámara 435, which would add drug‑testing requirements for personnel in the Department of Recreation and Sport, be left for a later turn because the bill does not specify which classifications of controlled substances laboratories should detect. The House agreed without objection and deferred the bill
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October 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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In the wake of a devastating explosion that claimed seven lives, Representative Zepeda Fratiz is pushing for critical safety measures aimed at preventing future tragedies in Pennsylvania’s factories.

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Sponsor recounts deadly factory blast as committee advances pipeline-safety bills
A three-bill package responding to an explosion that killed seven people drew an emotional sponsor statement. The committee approved an amendment and voted to advance HB 15-25 unanimously; members debated HB 15-26's overlap with recent PUC action, a motion to table failed, and the bill passed on a subsequent roll call.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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California is exploring groundbreaking proposals to harness property tax exemptions for affordable housing development—could this be the game changer we've been waiting for?

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BOE accepts informational report on using welfare exemption to support affordable housing
The board accepted an informational hearing report Oct. 21 that summarized recommendations—some legislative—from UC Berkeley’s Turner Center and the California Housing Partnership on using the welfare exemption to incentivize creation and preservation of affordable housing. Member Vasquez presented options including third‑party tenant certification
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October 31, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Ohio lawmakers are pushing House Bill 440 to ensure that only the Board of Nursing can access crucial criminal records for licensure checks, a move prompted by the FBI to clarify existing regulations.

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House sponsors say bill clarifies Board of Nursing background-check access after FBI request
Representatives Dieter and Stewart testified on House Bill 440, which they said clarifies statutory language so only the Ohio Board of Nursing — not a broader group — may access criminal-record results for licensure checks and prevents interruptions to BCI access to national databases.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Business leaders are rallying behind House Bill 126, claiming it will protect companies from frivolous public nuisance lawsuits while reaffirming key product liability laws.

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Business groups back House Bill 126 to bar product-based public nuisance suits; sponsors say it codifies Ohio Supreme Court ruling
Proponents including the Ohio Chamber and the American Tort Reform Association told the committee House Bill 126 would prevent public nuisance lawsuits based on products and codify a recent Ohio Supreme Court decision about the Product Liability Act; testimony framed the bill as clarifying, not creating, law.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Senator Johnson is tackling catalytic-converter theft head-on with a bold new bill that could impose hefty fines and criminal penalties for offenders.

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Senator presents bill to criminalize catalytic-converter theft, expand scrap-yard oversight
Senate Bill 242 would raise penalties for catalytic-converter theft, extend liability to scrapyards, create a task force and expand tracking and enforcement tools, sponsors said during the committee hearing.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Ohio's Senate just took a significant step to enhance road safety by amending the move-over law to require drivers to reduce their speed when lane changes aren't safe.

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Senate amends 'move over' requirement; Senate Bill 16 reported favorably to Rules and Reference
The committee approved an amendment to Senate Bill 16 requiring drivers who cannot safely change lanes under the move-over law to reduce speed to below the posted limit; the committee then voted to report the bill favorably to the Committee on Rules and Reference.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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The House Agriculture Committee just accepted a crucial subbill to enhance food safety, paving the way for stronger regulations backed by the Department of Agriculture!

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House Ag panel accepts Department of Agriculture-backed subbill to amend House Bill 134
The House Agriculture Committee accepted Sub Bill 0472-5 to amend House Bill 134; committee members heard the subbill described as the result of Department of Agriculture and stakeholder recommendations to ensure food product safety.
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October 27, 2025 at 3:07 AM