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• The emotional weight, logistical load, and moral responsibilities are immense.
• It protects patron privacy by banning any terms that would require libraries to violate confidentiality
• <01:03:03.280> confidentiality libraries to violate confidentiality libraries to violate confidentiality
• That was overturned because it was a violation of copyright law.
• overturned because it was um a violation overturned because it was um a violation of<01:10:24.400

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• : our Gaia building roof replacement and exterior repairs, drainage repair and resurfacing of our loading
• But our loading dock area has a drainage issue that we have to address before we can resurface that area
• : our Gaia building roof replacement and exterior repairs, drainage repair and resurfacing of our loading
• But our loading dock area has a drainage issue that we have to address before we can resurface that area
• great thank you for that but our loading great thank you for that but our loading dock<01:37:06.520

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• “Hot bearing, or hot box, detectors, wheel impact load detectors, and dragging equipment detectors
• Wheel impact load detectors, which are strain gauges for vertical force or tread defects.
• Wheel<01:06:26.000> impact<01:06:26.560> load<01:06:26.880> detectors,<01:06:28.200
• > which<01:06:28.440> are Wheel impact load detectors, which are Wheel impact load detectors

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• But now that we're starting to see, you know, demand, you know, load projections of gigawatts, it starts
• The non-light-water reactors, but now that we're starting to see, you know, demand, you know, load projections
• great for remote application, great for fast power delivery, you know, a reactor the size you can load
• They are like load following and things like that.” Representative Anderson. Thanks, Chairman.
• And so that's also—some of those isotopes also contribute to those heat loads and toxicity and things

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• Some of the examples, uh, counties such as Olmsted, Blue Earth, Dodge, Waseca, and Rice truck semi loads
• systems are severely overtaxed, so it makes sense to irrigate with treated water and remove some of that load
• been treated, uh removing some<01:08:32.080> of<01:08:32.200> that<01:08:32.480> load
• from<01:08:33.000> our<01:08:33.120> local<01:08:33.440> water some of that load
• from our local water some of that load from our local water systems,<01:08:34.480> I<01:08:34.560

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• But unfortunately, because of low pay, high case loads, and rural shortages in our state, burnout and
• low<00:08:36.560> pay,<00:08:36.919> high<00:08:37.159> case<00:08:37.560> loads
• ,<00:08:37.840> and<00:08:38.000> rural low pay, high case loads, and rural low pay
• , high case loads, and rural shortages<00:08:39.039> in<00:08:39.159> our<00:08:39.320>

Bills: HB151, HB152, HB138, SB221, SB190, SB69, SB225, SB272

Keywords: fire chaplains, distinctive license plate, firefighter, volunteer service, criminal penalties, sales tax exemption, baby supplies, baby formula, maternity clothing, menstrual hygiene products, pregnancy, pregnant defendant, incarceration, jail intake, pregnancy test, bail, pre-incarceration probation, supervised probation, electronic monitoring, electronic supervision

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• section talks about how a septic disposal system may be replaced with one designed for the same sewage load
• replaced with a designed for the same replaced with a designed for the same sewage<00:15:10.800> load
• including<00:15:12.079> same<00:15:12.399> tank<00:15:12.720> size sewage load
• including same tank size sewage load including same tank size even<00:15:13.440> if<00:15:13.600

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee began with routine business, including the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the minutes, seating of an alternate member, and approval of the consent agenda. It then took up Department of Health and Human Services Rule 25188 on New Hampshire Early Childhood and Out-of-School Time Credentials. Staff explained that the rule adopts two new parts to implement RSA 170E:50, which had long required rules. The main issue was an unclear comment created by changes in the department’s amended conditional approval request: language defining out-of-school-time basics and a requirement tied to the New Hampshire Professional Registry training transcript had been removed, creating a mismatch between the form and the rule text. The department said it revised the language so the form and rule now match. A member also asked about the fee schedule, and the department said the fees are sufficient and supported in part by federal funds. The committee then approved Rule 25188 as amended, with oral edits, on a voice vote. The committee next considered Department of Environmental Services Rule 25206, dealing with subsurface wastewater rules and an administrative fine schedule. Staff said most comments had been addressed, but one remaining issue concerned the fine schedule because the prior interim rule had expired years ago. Staff also noted public concerns about septic tank replacement sizes, but pointed to waiver provisions and replacement-in-kind language that would still allow smaller existing systems to be replaced under certain conditions. DES officials explained that the rule package adds the fine schedule into the program rules and that no fines have been brought under these expired provisions for many years. They also described the waiver and grandfathering provisions as intended to protect existing systems and seasonal campgrounds from unnecessary upgrades. A public witness, Christopher Albert, testified that two sections of the rule would harm manufactured home parks and cooperatives. He argued that the new “two people per bedroom” assumption and the minimum bedroom threshold for using water-meter data would inflate design flows, make water-meter data unusable, and increase costs for low-income residents. Committee members questioned both the witness and the agency about the assumptions. DES staff responded that the two-person-per-bedroom standard is meant for individual on-site system design, not citywide planning, and that water-meter data is only useful in larger or unusual facilities. They said the rule still allows flexibility through waivers and grandfathering for existing uses, and that the drinking-water rule cited by the witness was not the correct comparison. No final vote on Rule 25206 was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• Um, wouldn't design-build take some of the load off our district engineers if we were to utilize that
• 44:01.200> the wouldn't design build take some of the wouldn't design build take some of the load
• 02.079> district<00:44:02.480> engineers<00:44:03.040> if<00:44:03.280> we load
• off our district engineers if we load off our district engineers if we were<00:44:03.520> to<

Keywords: 00:32 Call to Order and Roll Call 02:30 Road Fund Report 17:22 Approval of Minutes 18:07 High Growth Counties Projects 56:00 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee for Transportation met without a quorum at first, then later approved the July 15 minutes by voice vote after quorum was reached. The committee heard an update from the Transportation Cabinet on the road fund for FY 2024-25. Cabinet staff reported road fund revenue came in $38.5 million above the enacted estimate, with motor vehicle usage tax receipts setting an all-time high for the fifth straight year. Motor fuels tax revenue was below estimate and down from the prior year, while overall road fund collections totaled $1.86 billion, essentially flat year over year. Staff said the road fund ended FY25 with a $61.6 million surplus, which under the budget bill must be appropriated to state construction. Members discussed the gas tax formula, with Senator Higdon arguing it no longer works well because revenues fall when fuel prices fall, and the chair noting the committee may need to revisit the formula. The committee then received an update on High Growth County projects in the 2024 highway plan. KYTC said $16 million in HGC authorizations had been made, nine projects already had construction funds authorized or were otherwise underway, 12 more were scheduled to be let by the end of 2025 with estimated construction costs above $250 million, and one additional project was expected to be awarded through alternative delivery. The cabinet said it anticipated authorizing the full $450 million appropriated by the General Assembly. Members praised the effort and emphasized the need to get projects to market before the next budget cycle. Jason Sala of KYTC also explained why transportation projects take time, citing planning, design, right-of-way acquisition, and utility relocation as major steps that can delay delivery. He said these processes are complex and require coordination with property owners, utilities, consultants, contractors, and local governments. Eric Pelfrey then briefed the committee on professional and personal service contracts, saying they are used to expand cabinet capacity for design, inspections, right-of-way appraisal, safety, and related work. He reported that authorizations and payments for these contracts have trended upward over the past decade, and that the number of contracts has also increased. In response to questions, Pelfrey said design-build can speed some projects by overlapping steps, but it does not eliminate right-of-way or utility work when those are required; he said KYTC has been using alternative delivery more often, but project complexity still limits how quickly work can move.

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• And that in fact could prevent a situation where we get a nutrient load that goes through a surface water
• And that in fact could prevent a situation where we get a nutrient load that goes through a surface water
• And that in fact could prevent a situation where we get a nutrient load that goes through a surface water
• And that in fact could prevent a situation where we get a nutrient load that goes through a surface water

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Summary: The subcommittee on SB 170 opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then worked through the bill section by section, focusing first on a housing-related provision that would prohibit municipalities from requiring occupants to be related by blood or marriage. The chair proposed adding “school enrollment status” as a protected class to prevent towns from limiting where students may live, especially in Durham. Members debated whether that phrase was too vague and whether “educational status,” “enrollment status,” or “school enrollment status” was the best wording. Public testimony raised concerns that adding a new protected class could have broader implications under the state’s anti-discrimination law and could also affect municipal zoning authority, while supporters argued the bill was aimed at preventing local rules that restrict student housing and group living arrangements. The subcommittee did not take a final vote on that language during the discussion. The committee then turned to land-use and subdivision provisions. The Department of Environmental Services testified that its test-pit and related land-development rules are already protective of groundwater and surface water, and that municipalities sometimes impose stricter setbacks or other requirements locally. Builders and housing advocates argued that more stringent local requirements for test pits, well siting, and related approvals add time and cost and can impede housing development, while some municipal concerns were raised about aquifer and wellhead protection overlay districts and local groundwater safeguards. Public testimony also supported making state standards uniform across municipalities, though one speaker noted that local and state review processes can differ and that the bill could simplify approvals. The subcommittee also discussed a road-length provision, with one member supporting limits on municipal caps that could impede development and another suggesting a possible water-and-sewer-capacity qualifier. Additional sections were explained as allowing utilities and infrastructure to be placed in subdivision open spaces or perimeter buffers, and requiring municipalities to act quickly on plan changes after initial review. The chair indicated support for several of the sections as drafted, and the discussion ended with the committee moving through the remaining provisions without recorded final votes in the transcript.

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• settlements involve payments over time according to specific payment schedules, many of them were front-loaded
• So the decrease that we're seeing from year to year, the primary factor is because of the front-loading
• And so since these dollars are front-loaded, how much do you estimate we have left?
• This requires the state to clearly articulate a funding plan so physicians can increase their patient load

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• as far as Mound, Roseville, Plymouth, Minneapolis, and they're coming to Buffalo, to Delano, and loading
• c><00:23:00.640> Delano<00:23:01.640> and<00:23:02.159> and<00:23:02.360> loading
• <00:23:02.760> up to Buffalo to Delano and and loading up to Buffalo to Delano and and loading

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• Manufacturers load dealers with vehicles that dealers need to find customers for.
• 00:19:25.360> will manufacturers the manufacturers will manufacturers the manufacturers will load
• 27.000> with<00:19:27.240> vehicles<00:19:27.960> that<00:19:28.080> the load
• dealers with vehicles that the load dealers with vehicles that the dealers<00:19:28.720> need

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• Jaron, for violations of SB 14, and also for billing for unallowable claims to Texas Medicaid before
• And perhaps we look at that a little more closely as a per action, per violation, per day.
• This violates the rules.
• What this audit shows is not just a technical violation.
• In addition, the rate of intentional program violations, which is the actual measure of fraud, makes

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• roam the jails and roam the prisons to roam the jails and roam the prisons with<02:03:12.000> loaded
• someone could basically say any restriction on their ability to compute could be interpreted as a violation
• someone could basically say any restriction on their ability to compute could be interpreted as a violation
• someone could basically say any restriction on their ability to compute could be interpreted as a violation
• someone could basically say any restriction on their ability to compute could be interpreted as a violation

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Judiciary Committee met in executive session and first took up HB 148, a bill allowing classification by biological sex in limited settings such as multiple-use bathrooms, certain sports, and involuntary commitment facilities. Supporters said it was needed to protect privacy and safety, especially for minors, and argued it was consistent with recent federal and state developments. Opponents said the bill was poorly defined, unnecessary, and could create discrimination or confusion, especially because it did not define “biological sex” in the text. The committee voted 10-8 ought to pass, and the chair said a minority report would be written. The committee then considered HB 254, a bill concerning medical aid in dying. The chair moved ought to pass and described the bill as a matter of liberty for terminally ill patients within six months of death, arguing it should not be treated as suicide. Opponents raised religious, ethical, and policy concerns, including worries about a slippery slope, misuse by vulnerable people, and the effect on death records and public health data. The committee voted 11-7 ought to pass, and the chair said a majority report would be written with a minority report by Representative Perez. Finally, the committee turned to HB 611 with Amendment 2025-0638, a replace-all amendment dealing with recoupment of costs for appointed counsel. The chair explained the amendment would restore the law to its pre-2020 form, allowing the Office of Cost Containment to seek repayment from some recipients of appointed counsel services, including those found not guilty, if they had the ability to pay. Supporters said the prior change had sharply reduced collections and that the state should not treat indigent defendants differently from people who hire private counsel. Opponents argued the policy unfairly bills innocent people and children who were entitled to counsel. The transcript cuts off during debate on the amendment, before a vote is shown.

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• There's also aspects of the EPP, they call it, that have to do with load.
• So in other words, you can't—you have to only apply a certain amount. ...that have to do with load.
• especially with, it's so good for our physical health, our mental health, and my Assembly District is just loaded

Summary: The committee heard a series of Senate bills on environmental, climate, recycling, wildfire, outdoor access, and clean transportation policy. SB 958 would clarify CEQA treatment of impacts tied solely to increased building height, and SB 1230 would increase penalties and create CalRecycle support tools for repeat commercial illegal dumping. SB 1341 would revise how processing fees are calculated for bag-in-a-box wine under California’s recycling program. All three measures received due-pass recommendations to Appropriations, with roll calls showing majority support and the bills left open for absent members. Members then took up SB 1300, which would create a more permanent legislative role in California’s international climate cooperation and establish a climate secretariat at UC; SB 1370, which would codify and streamline wildfire fuel-reduction permitting with added safeguards, geographic and size limits, and pesticide-related amendments; and SB 1260/1268, which would codify the Outdoors for All initiative and the Deputy Secretary for Access position at the Natural Resources Agency. Each drew support from environmental, utility, business, and local-government witnesses, while SB 1370 also drew opposition from environmental and advocacy groups concerned about reduced CEQA review and herbicide use. The committee discussed amendments at length, especially on SB 1370, and all three measures advanced with due-pass recommendations. The committee also heard SB 1213, the Clean Truck Transparency Act, requiring baseline pricing disclosure for medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission trucks tied to state incentives and directing agencies to explore alternative financing. Support came from clean-air, business, and environmental groups, and the trucking/manufacturing opposition moved to neutral after amendments; the bill advanced on a due-pass vote. Finally, SB 1075, the Clean Air Promise, sought to strengthen AB 617 implementation and clarify community emission reduction planning, but it generated substantial opposition from air districts, business groups, and others over enforceability, funding, and the distinction between formal SERPs and community L-SERPs. The author described additional pending amendments to narrow L-SERP provisions, and the bill also received a due-pass recommendation to Appropriations.

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• the quality health care provided by the GIC, even though many of them teach an aggregate full-time load
• It provides eligibility for group health insurance with prorated premiums based on teaching load and
• There are so few full-time positions offered to individuals who are teaching full-time course loads,

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Summary: The Joint Committee on Higher Education held its fourth public hearing, opening with remarks about the importance of protecting and expanding access to higher education amid federal disinvestment. The chairs also announced future informational hearings on the impact of federal cuts and on ASAP models. The hearing then focused on several bills, beginning with S. 951/H. 1462, An Act to Support College Students in Recovery, which would require recovery-focused housing on public campuses and expand naloxone access and overdose training. Senator Rausch, medical professionals, students, and advocates testified in support, emphasizing the prevalence of overdose risk among college students, the value of recovery housing, and the need for campus naloxone; committee members asked about implementation details and the existing state pilot program. Deb Schmill and Rep. Tarski gave especially personal testimony in favor of the bill, and the committee discussed broadening the naloxone language to opioid reversal agents. The committee also heard testimony on H. 1461, which would expand MassReconnect scholarships to practical nursing students at vocational and technical schools to help address the long-term care workforce shortage. Rep. Stanley argued that vocational schools graduate more practical nursing students than community colleges and serve many low-income students in areas without nearby community college programs. The committee then took up H. 1433, which would require public higher education institutions to accept IEPs and 504 plans as sufficient documentation for disability accommodations. Advocates from the National Center for Learning Disabilities described the high cost and burden of repeat testing, the lifelong nature of disabilities, and the need for more uniform access across campuses; committee members raised questions about documentation freshness, campus autonomy, and how to preserve the integrity of accommodations. Later, the committee heard S. 919/H. 1454 on modernizing the Community College Endowment Match Program so community colleges could receive state matching funds for current-use donations as well as endowments and capital gifts. Community college foundation leaders said the change would help fund immediate student needs such as food pantries, child care, emergency aid, and equipment. The hearing then moved to faculty-related bills: S. 933 on UMass faculty rights and tenure transparency, S. 930/H. 3948 on contingent faculty rights and career advancement, and S. 940/H. 1429 on an Adjunct Bill of Rights. Testimony from faculty and union representatives focused on low pay, lack of benefits, job insecurity, and the need for clearer pathways to full-time positions and fairer treatment for adjuncts who teach large shares of courses. No votes were taken during the hearing; the committee primarily received testimony and asked clarifying questions.

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• reports that recent research shows that college students choose careers in part because of the debt load
• Research shows that college students choose careers in part because of the debt load they will face in
• We want them to stay and figure out how to come out of that debt and not have that load on them.

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• I was loading a patient onto an air ambulance, an 18-year-old young woman, to go to get a liver transplant
• It is loaded with red dye, blue dye, yellow dye, and many, many other ingredients.
• We have to end the conflicts of interest on the nutrition panels and on the drug panels that are loaded

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• cases to go to court without fees, and we added two judges to the Superior Court to help take the load
• to the superior court to help<00:58:56.160> take<00:58:56.400> the<00:58:56.559> load
• <00:58:58.480> Um, help take the load off off of that.
• Um, help take the load off off of that.
• for violations of law, and<01:59:20.400> providing<01:59:20.880> financial<01:59:21.280

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• the and everybody sort of gets it<00:56:16.359> in<00:56:16.440> the<00:56:16.559> load
• c> ons<00:56:17.480> we've<00:56:17.720> had<00:56:17.960> very it in the load
• bid ons we've had very it in the load bid ons we've had very few<00:56:19.119> problems<00:56
• New Hampshire has tended to front-load their debt, so the bonds amortize at a faster rate than is typical
• where the dep dep Department violations where the dep dep Department of<05:54:36.760> Environmental

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Summary: The Department of Administrative Services presented its capital budget process and priorities, explaining that it maintains and operates 96 state buildings and uses annual facility walkthroughs, condition assessments, and rough cost estimates to rank projects for the governor’s capital budget. Officials described how requests are triaged, how the governor’s office and Public Works refine estimates, and how the resulting capital budget book serves as legislative intent for approved projects. They also noted that this year the governor’s office asked for estimates on all selected projects, which increased workload but reduced detail. The department highlighted several requested projects, including $1.5 million for the ERP system sustainability fund, which officials said is critical because the state is upgrading its core financial, HR, and budget system to the cloud. Other priorities included courthouse HVAC and boiler work, brick repointing at the State House annex/main building, window replacement at the Spalding building, and elevator replacement on the hospital campus. Officials also said the governor’s proposed capital budget included fewer DAS projects than in past years and asked the committee to consider funding closer to historic levels. The committee then reviewed lapse and reallocation items. DAS said most older projects are still in design, bid, or construction because projects now take four to six years rather than two to three, in part due to ARPA-related workload and post-COVID construction backlogs. Members discussed lapsing $81,000 from the completed Spalding roof project and redirecting small remaining balances from several 2019 projects toward the Hillsboro County South cell block project through the Capital Project Overview Committee. Officials also confirmed ARPA-funded projects are expected to be completed before the December 2026 deadline and explained that the ERP system is the main state IT exception outside DOIT’s usual centralized control, though it still requires DOIT consultation and approval.