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• This tragedy reminds us that behind every aircraft, every mission, and every technological advancement
• She was a classroom teacher with Los Angeles Unified and retired at... ...teacher with Los Angeles Unified

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• This tragedy reminds us that behind every aircraft, every mission, and every technological advancement
• She was a classroom teacher with Los Angeles Unified and retired as an elementary school principal after

Summary: The Assembly met with an initial quorum call, then proceeded through routine floor business, guest introductions, and several procedural motions. Members approved requests to suspend rules for adjournment-in-memory remarks and guest seating, removed some bills from the consent calendar, and re-referred or withdrew several measures. The chamber also took up a number of second-reading and concurrence items later in the day. Two major bills drew floor debate. SB 762, a tax measure allowing eligible local governments to seek voter approval for transactions and use tax rates above the statutory cap, was presented as a response to local fiscal pressures and was described by supporters as giving voters local choice rather than imposing a tax increase. It passed with an urgency vote of 54-13 and was sent immediately to the Senate. AB 126, the education budget trailer bill, was presented as a major investment in TK-12 education, special education, community schools, and educator leave; one member supported many provisions but objected to policy changes affecting charter schools being included in a budget bill. The Assembly concurred in the Senate amendments on AB 126 by a vote of 56-1. The Assembly also concurred in AB 35, an urgency environmental protection bill intended to speed implementation of Proposition 4-funded projects by narrowing administrative delay; supporters said it would accelerate wildfire prevention, water, and other environmental projects. The measure passed unanimously, 66-0. The consent calendar was then adopted, including AB 2796 on criminal history information, which passed 67-0. The session concluded with multiple adjournment-in-memory tributes, including remarks honoring victims of a B-52 test flight crash at Edwards Air Force Base, former West Covina Mayor Lloyd Johnson, civil rights leader Harold Brown, educator and activist Kiyoko Nancy Oda, and Auburn Mayor John Mike Holmes, followed by announcements of summer recess and adjournment until August 3.

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• Um, one did it to do an extension, um, added a couple of classrooms onto a building.
• And, you know, some of that's evident with respect to technology and the purchase of buses, but also

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• I rise today in support of H.R. 993, the Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act.
• With more innovative technology, we can improve C.B.P.'
• New technologies don't just help with catching drugs; these technologies also help detect victims of
• NEW TECHNOLOGIES DON'T JUST HELP WITH CATCHING DRUGS, THESE TECHNOLOGIES ALSO HELP DETECT VICTIMS OF
• s ability to develop novel homeland security technologies. And with that, Mr.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, March 10, 2025, 1012, house, all

Keywords: 981, all

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• We're excited to highlight the classrooms, the schools, educators, students, districts, and community
• We're excited to highlight the<00:34:26.960> classrooms,<00:34:27.599> the<00:34:27.839
• > schools,<00:34:28.800> educators, the classrooms, the schools, educators, the classrooms
• This is a bill around the existing Clean Fleet Enterprise that has accumulated funds and technology,
• <02:39:21.439> and accumulated funds and technology and accumulated funds and technology and

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• for marketing and advertising technology for marketing and advertising the<00:40:20.640> program<
• <00:40:27.760> Center<00:40:28.240> so emerge career and Technology Center so emerge
• career and Technology Center so um<00:40:28.880> I<00:40:29.000> will<00:40:29.240>
• North Hennepin Community College delivers eight weeks of virtual classroom training, while the trades
• classroom classroom training<00:55:04.079> while<00:55:04.240> the<00:55:04.400> trades

Bills: HF339, HF1272, HF2121, HF2122, HF1216, HF1003, HF2319

Keywords: HF339, Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board, nursing homes, long-term care, elder care, workforce standards, certified worker organizations, labor funding, general fund appropriation, worker grants, Minnesota labor law, nursing home staffing, caregiver workforce, section 181.214, HF1272, nursing home, boarding care home, nursing home workers, labor standards, Medicaid-certified facility

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• The state is facing challenges supporting students with disabilities in mainstream classrooms.
• but I wanted to really put it in there to ensure that everybody that needs to be able to use the technology
• has the opportunity to do so. need to be able to use technology to have the opportunity to do that.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• bill enhances road safety by discouraging distracted driving and promoting the use of hands-free technology
• You know, her friends or neighbors, the people hands free driving technology.
• Driver's license must not completed drivers, education, traffic safety classroom corps approved by the

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Most classroom teachers keep a drawer full of snacks for those hungry kids.
• teachers tell you you most classroom teachers tell you they<01:44:55.880> keep<01:44:56.080><
• Let's start making steps to make sure that we don't have hungry kids in our classrooms.
• I mean, we're talking about behaviors in the classroom.
• it also in classroom activities it also guarantees<02:02:05.320> that<02:02:05.480> every<

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• And I think one element that we can't ignore in this conversation is how fast technology is changing
• It's the inability for our kids who are alone and isolated in today's world because of the technology
• We did a pilot study, a pilot study that would place cameras in classrooms, class...
• A pilot study that would place cameras in classrooms, classrooms that were majority kids with disabilities
• , classrooms where the kids couldn't really answer that question.

Summary: The House opened with prayer, a moment of silence for fallen Oviedo Officer Jimmy Serrano-Torres, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of Chief Joseph Tuminelli as law enforcement officer of the day. The chamber approved the journal and adopted the special order report, and the Speaker announced a schedule change canceling the floor on Monday and starting Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. The main business was CS for HB 7033, the House tax package, presented by Rep. Duggan. He described a broad set of tax changes, including the previously passed sales tax rate reduction from 6% to 5.25%, exemptions for certain bullion sales, changes to tourist development tax (TDT) use, property tax administration updates, affordable housing-related exemptions, repeal of the aviation fuel tax, delayed natural gas fuel tax implementation, corporate income tax changes, and other provisions. Debate focused heavily on the TDT section and the bill’s property tax relief structure. Amendments to preserve local flexibility or remove the TDT restrictions were offered and debated; one Duggan amendment was adopted to allow local governments to keep 25% of TDT revenues for general use while directing 75% to property tax relief, and another amendment requiring audit certification of compliance was also adopted. A combined reporting amendment offered by Rep. Eskamani to close corporate tax loopholes was debated at length but failed. On final passage, supporters argued the bill provides immediate, permanent tax relief and affordability help, while opponents said it diverts tourism dollars away from local needs and could harm tourism-dependent counties and services. CS for HB 7033 passed the House 78-29. The chamber then took up CS for CS for HB 1221 on local option taxes, which would give local governments more control over certain local taxes and, as presented, redirect TDT revenues toward property tax relief with some local flexibility. After questions and amendments, including a Miller amendment allowing 25% of TDT revenue for general purposes and another accountability amendment, the bill moved to final debate. Members split sharply: supporters framed it as immediate tax relief and local accountability, while opponents warned it would undermine tourism marketing, infrastructure, and county budgets. The transcript ends during closing debate on HB 1221, before final passage is recorded.

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• of non-governmental contracts with Chinese companies for certain information and communication technology
• Compost relating to the study of the unreported gunshots detected on the gunshot detection technology
• behavior supports, and associated evaluation services through telecommunications or information technology
• HB 2400 by Leo Wilson relating to the prohibition on the use of artificial intelligence technology for
• classroom instruction.

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• I want young children to sit in a classroom and view farming and ranching as an attainable career.
• to be successful, we opened up the agricultural world to all that we knew, and we showed them technologies
• , and we gave them seed technologies, and we gave them equipment, lease contracts, and we... ...we gave
• them seed technologies and we gave them equipment, lease contracts, and we did a whole lot of things

Bills: HB43, HB519, HB 1275, HB1592, HB2842, HB3088, HB3479, HB4163, SB823, HB609

Keywords: agriculture, finance, young farmers, financial assistance, pest control, honey production, beekeeping, food safety, local regulation, bovine producers, dairy farms, permits, bovine tuberculosis, public health, wildlife management, disease prevention, alert system, Texas A&M, white-tailed deer, public safety

Summary: The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs met with only four members initially present, so quorum was not established until later in the hearing. The committee heard several agriculture-, wildlife-, and food-labeling-related bills, including HB 3479 on expanding the Rio Grande vegetative management program beyond carrizo cane to other noxious vegetation, SB 823 on shrimp origin labeling and restrictions on misrepresenting imported shrimp as Texas or Gulf shrimp, HB 3088 on giving Texas Parks and Wildlife more flexibility to procure resale goods for park gift shops, HB 1275 on permits for non-bovine dairy farms in certain TB-affected areas, HB 519 on honey production and packaging rules, HB 609 on cleaning oyster cages in-bay with bay water only, HB 1592 on a voluntary AgriLife pest and disease alert system, HB 2842 on targeted urban deer depredation permits, and HB 4163 on limiting city requirements that agricultural operators maintain roadside rights-of-way. Testimony generally came from industry groups, agency resource witnesses, and affected producers, with most witnesses supporting the bills and several bills drawing questions about enforcement, labeling responsibility, and the scope of local authority. The most extensive discussion centered on SB 823, where Vice Chair Hancock and others questioned why wholesalers would be covered if they cannot relabel products. The bill author and restaurant association witness said the measure was intended to improve transparency and allow enforcement against intentional mislabeling, while preserving a good-faith defense and clarifying that the bill does not create a private cause of action. HB 519 also drew supportive testimony from beekeepers and a family farm, who argued that current rules treat honey extraction and bottling too much like food manufacturing and burden small operations. HB 609 was presented as a way to save time and resources for cultivated oyster mariculture by allowing cage cleaning in the bay without soaps or chemicals, and HB 1592 was described as a voluntary opt-in alert system for pests and diseases coordinated through AgriLife and other state agencies. HB 43 generated the most detailed policy debate. The bill would restructure and expand the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority, update grant and loan programs, and create a pest and disease control depredation program. The committee substitute reduced some funding caps, changed references from predators to depredating animals, and made the financial provisions contingent on appropriations. Supporters from Texas Farm Bureau, cotton growers, grain and feed interests, and young farmers described severe drought, inflation, land loss, rising input costs, and shrinking infrastructure as major threats to agriculture, while one witness urged preserving priority for young farmers. After testimony, the committee adopted the committee substitute and reported HB 43 favorably. The committee also voted HB 519, HB 609, HB 1275, HB 1592, HB 3088, HB 3479, HB 2842, and HB 4163 favorably, with several recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. SB 823 was reported from committee on a 6-2 vote after adoption of the committee substitute. The meeting ended with notice that the committee would tentatively reconvene Friday morning and then recessed subject to the chair's call.

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• discovered that our colleges and universities have become targets of foreign governments to acquire technology
• . and research being developed in the labs and classrooms of our institutions.
• state-wise. as well as, uh, federal, which means a person who intends to retrieve information, research technology
• lawyers uniquely equipped for border security challenges, international business, and emerging technologies

Bills: HB232

Keywords: disaster recovery, natural disaster, weather disaster, emergency relief, flood relief, hurricane relief, storm damage, wildfire, tornado, hail, windstorm, extreme heat, ice storm, snowstorm, property damage, personal injury, temporary housing, relocation assistance, lost wages, state emergency management

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• discovered that our colleges and universities have become targets of foreign governments to acquire technology
• and research being developed in the labs and classrooms of our institutions.
• statewide as well as federal, which means a person who intends to retrieve information, research, technology
• lawyers uniquely equipped for border security challenges, international business, and emerging technologies

Bills: HB232

Keywords: disaster recovery, natural disaster, weather disaster, emergency relief, flood relief, hurricane relief, storm damage, wildfire, tornado, hail, windstorm, extreme heat, ice storm, snowstorm, property damage, personal injury, temporary housing, relocation assistance, lost wages, state emergency management

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• discovered that our colleges and universities have become targets of foreign governments to acquire technology
• . and research being developed in the labs and classrooms of our institutions.
• state-wise. as well as federal, which means a person who intends to retrieve information, research technology
• lawyers uniquely equipped for border security challenges, international business, and emerging technologies

Bills: HB1784, HB2088, HB3062, HB3475, HB3741, HB4279, HB4763, HB5154, HB5294, HB5508, SB1401, HB232, HB232

Keywords: students, homeless, foster care, higher education, liaison officer, housing assistance, transition support, law school, Rio Grande Valley, legal education, public university, accreditation, fentanyl prevention, drug poisoning awareness, mental health resources, substance abuse education, El Paso, university system, funding, public education

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• I worked for Citigroup, which have been primarily focused in technology, primarily in cybersecurity and
• in it program, which was primarily focused on encouraging 7th 7th graders to focus on careers in technology
• It Academy Boil Advisory board which advises there it academies on Long pass to take what technologies
• We could not have gotten in the classroom.

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• innovation and creativity fostered by our public universities drives Silicon Valley. and the other technology
• home to the most Fortune 500 companies in the world, many of which are at the forefront of global technology
• Californians and are you aware of any federal reductions that could affect our California's biotech or technology
• That was a decision made in California that's having a devastating impact. impact right now on our classrooms

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• [Applause] All right, ladies, keep up the great work on the field and in the classroom.
• work on the field and in the classroom. work on the field and in the classroom.
• Well done, and congratulations. >> [Applause] Keep up that great work on the court and in the classroom
• Keep up that great work on the court and in the classroom, as we know you all do. Well done.
• for the audits of the local liquor boards, Maryland Departments of Transportation, Information Technology

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened with 42 members present and a quorum, opened with an invocation by Pastor Jaylen Robinson, and recognized several guests and honorees. Early floor remarks included a welcome to students from Forest Oak Middle School, a young Senate shadow from Woodlawn High School, and guests from Charles H. Flowers High School. The chamber also noted a doctor of the day and announced that panoramic photos in the Senate lounge were available for order by March 27, with eye exams available in the State House. The main legislative business was Senate Bill 283, the President’s Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2026. The Senate Budget and Taxation Committee presented 291 amendments, described as funding priorities for jobs, infrastructure, and reliability while staying within debt affordability limits. The amendments covered school construction, natural resources, higher education, housing, Maryland Environmental Service, miscellaneous grants, local Senate bond initiatives, jails and detention centers, and pre-authorizations for fiscal 2028. Four amendments were separated for individual roll calls: 30, 35, 46, and 241, all of which were adopted. The remaining committee amendments were adopted without objection, and the favorable committee report as amended was then taken up. During debate on the capital budget amendments, one senator raised concerns about the bill and the difficulty of tracking the amendments on the electronic system, prompting discussion about technical issues and the availability of the documents on the website and in paper form. The chair said the committee had been working on the bill for months and urged the body to proceed. A question was raised about Amendment 264, which deauthorized a Willing Helper Society renovation project in Charles County; the chair explained the money had not been spent, was about to expire, and was repurposed to a Boys and Girls Club of Southern Maryland project to keep the funding in Charles County.

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• Safety or something like that, where we have NRA or someone delivering the education and coming into classrooms
• clerk will House Bill 3546 by Maynard of the House and Bullard of the Senate, an act relating to technology
• I know we saw this in committee but just wanted to make sure as we look forward to AIs and technology
• we're not closing the door for any future accountability frameworks before we fully understand the technology
• House Bill 3546 by Maynard of the House and Bullard of the Senate, an act relating to technology, represents

Bills: HB2059, HB3920, HB2992, HB3267, HB4457, HB3800, HB3818, HB4425, HB4427, HB4430, HB4431, HB4333, HB4340, HB4343, HB4344, HB4363, HB4229, HB4230, HB4236, HB4246, HB1979, HB3431, HB3052, HB3047, HB3048, HB4092, HB4302, HB3261, HB3704, HB3312, HB3546, HB3849, HCR1021, HB4105, HB4159, HB4304, HB3835, HB3619, HB4490, HB3710, HB4201, HB3907, HB3748

Keywords: health care, medication, inmates, Oklahoma Health Care Authority, reimbursement, county jails, medical expenses, sales tax exemption, nonprofit organizations, procurement, transplant research, Oklahoma Tax Code, HB2992, Data Center Customer Ratepayer Protection Act of 2026, Corporation Commission, Oklahoma utilities, ratepayer protection, data centers, artificial intelligence computing, AI data centers