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• And it will meet the needs of our most vulnerable students and ensure that it's fully integrated into
• every policy in the ...vulnerable students and ensure that it's fully integrated into every policy and
• So our office members are already fully funded through IDEA funds to fulfill our general supervision
• that to continue, and I, as well as the rest of my educational colleagues across this state, remain fully
• Thank you. ...this state, remain fully supportive of it. Thank you. Thank you.

Bills: HB30, HB120, HJR1, SB210, SB306

Keywords: teacher residency, Teacher Residency Act, public schools, teacher preparation, educator pipeline, teacher recruitment, teacher retention, student teachers, apprenticeship, co-teaching, mentor teachers, residency stipend, teacher salary, level one teacher, charter schools, school districts, New Mexico education, teacher workforce, principal stipend, cohort model

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• alleviating some of the pressure off of this while still maintaining the final outcome is that they have fully
• The reserves have to be fully funded.
• The amount of contributions we need to contribute to be fully reserved, meant that we would be fully
• what's the sense of having really strict plans, really strict requirements for Rick Warren condos to be fully
• you let the reporting companies lets, you know, report that to, you know, that it would be either fully

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• <00:15:11.519> goes creates a silence that never fully goes creates a silence that never fully
• glad we have done it now and uh I fully glad we have done it now and uh I fully support<00:25:51.520
• <00:26:11.120> and thank you very much and I fully and thank you very much and I fully and
• So fully autonomous vehicles of project.
• <01:46:50.960> functioned that our brains aren't fully functioned that our brains aren't fully

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Yes, so I know exactly the places you're talking about; I get it fully.
• Yeah, I still don't fully understand.
• And then also to your requirement to be fully funded.
• Our students range from fully nonverbal to fully independent.
• Momentum and ensure special education in Texas is fully and equitably funded.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• I fully recognize we implemented this not during a busy season, not during the tax season, but that was
• We haven't fully built it out, but it's a start.
• It'll probably take us about 16 to 18 months to fully develop it because not only are we receiving calls
• I fully realize there are bad actors out there, but in a lot of cases, there are just bad things that
• Hopefully, that goes live and we get that up and running fully by the end of session.

Keywords: 914, all

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• However, seven years after the Mission Act was signed into law, it is still not fully living up to its
• VA appointments, proactive outreach campaigns, and partnerships with VSOs can ensure veterans are fully
• And so, is that being fully used, and is it fully effective? I guess that's...
• Let's roll this out as a pilot project and then put it on a four-year path to fully implement it.
• Do you think the VA could ever open enough residential rehab facilities to fully meet the veterans?

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• These figures are a consequence of a flawed emergency preparedness system that does not fully consider
• That does not fully consider those with access and functional needs, and as a result, leaves older adults
• These figures are a consequence of a flawed emergency preparedness system that does not fully consider
• those with access and functional needs that does not fully consider those with access and functional
• The resident was highly intelligent, fully competent, but had a medical condition that left her unable

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care met without an initial quorum and heard four Senate bills focused on older adults and people with disabilities. SB 837 by Senator Reyes would require Aging and Disability Resource Connection programs to provide disaster and emergency preparedness education tailored to older adults and people with disabilities. Supporters, including the California Foundation for Independent Living Centers and the California Commission on Aging, cited recent wildfire deaths and the need for better evacuation planning and preparedness. The bill passed on a due pass motion and was re-referred to the Committee on Emergency Management. SB 971 by Senator Choi would create a Healthy Aging Community Partnerships Program to encourage voluntary local partnerships, including with community colleges and other entities, to support social connection, technology help, caregiver resources, and other healthy aging activities. Supporters said it would promote independence and prevent isolation at no mandated cost, while one member questioned whether the bill addressed a current legal gap and whether public health departments should be involved. The committee approved the bill on a due pass motion and re-referred it to the Committee on Health. SB 1261 by Senator Laird would allow Aging and Disability Resource Connections to continue operating for one to two years during transitions when an area agency on aging or independent living center operator changes, preventing service disruptions. Testimony from Access Central Coast and the California Association of Area Agencies on Aging emphasized the importance of continuity for thousands of clients. The committee passed the bill and re-referred it to the Committee on Appropriations. SB 991 by Senator Menjivar, presented by Assemblymember Gonzalez, would require the Department of Social Services to classify substantiated abuse in residential care facilities for the elderly by specific abuse type rather than a broad residents’ rights category. Ombudsman advocates argued this would improve transparency and accountability; members also discussed whether similar protections should extend to younger adults in other licensed settings. The bill passed on a due pass motion and was re-referred to the Committee on Human Services.

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• This bill's approach for dealing with faithless presidential electors is also fully compliant with the
• Although the fact that it's fully compliant with the compact can be made clearer with a short amendment
• But thankfully, this legislation is fully compliant with the state's membership in the compact.
• In fact, it's fully compliant with it.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Committee on Election Laws held a hearing with House and Senate chairs and several members participating in person and online. The main bill discussed was House Bill 5086, the Electoral Count Reform/Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act, which would require presidential electors in Massachusetts to sign a faithfulness pledge, automatically replace any elector who casts a vote contrary to the state’s popular vote, and update state procedures to meet federal Electoral Count Act deadlines and paperwork requirements. Testimony in support came from Public Citizen, the Uniform Law Commission, and Protect Democracy United. Witnesses argued the bill would protect against coercion, threats, and “faithless electors,” and said it would help ensure Massachusetts’ electoral votes reflect voters’ choices and cannot be rejected on technical grounds. One witness noted the bill is already enacted in many states and has been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, and several organizations endorsed the model approach. Members asked about how the bill would interact with Massachusetts’ participation in the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. The witness said the bill is compatible with the compact and suggested a minor clarifying amendment to avoid any implication that the state is stepping away from it. After testimony and questions, the chair noted that testimony had also been received on the other two bills from Representative Breguire, the governor’s office, and Representative Hogan, and the committee then adjourned without taking a vote in the hearing.

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• But the shared guiding principles, we believe, will be more fully, more properly directed with the acknowledgement
• <00:08:00.560> more principles, we believe will be more principles, we believe will be more fully
• they're<00:08:02.040> more<00:08:02.400> properly<00:08:02.840> directed fully
• they're more properly directed fully they're more properly directed with<00:08:03.640> the<00

Bills: SCR159

Keywords: Waikiki, beach restoration, shoreline management, public access, environmental protection, coastal resources, tourism, economic development, traditional practices, 910, house, all

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• <00:58:56.319> reserved the first fiatbacked and fully reserved the first fiatbacked and fully
• I bolded the fiatbacked and fully year.
• Second attempt at a fully reserved financial instrument.
• rules before they can be fully rules before they can be fully promulgated.<01:09:42.799> And<
• <01:15:56.960> reserved fully reserved fully reserved from<01:15:59.840> a<01:16:00.000

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The Stable Token Study Commission held its first regular meeting, welcomed all remaining appointed members, and completed brief introductions from legislators and agency designees. The chair outlined the commission’s plan to use the first part of the enabling legislation as a “level-setting” discussion, focusing this meeting on the basics of blockchain, the current landscape for stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets, and leaving blockchain-based trust for a later meeting. No votes were taken. The main presentation came from Deanna Bario Zales of the Global Blockchain Business Council, who described stablecoins as increasingly converging toward fiat-backed or asset-backed models, with algorithmic designs viewed more cautiously. She said stablecoins are being used for payments, remittances, DeFi activity, cross-border transfers, retail use in high-inflation markets, and treasury functions, while noting risks such as peg instability, reserve transparency, counterparty and network risk, and possible capital flight from weaker banking systems. She cited growth in supply, wallet activity, and transfer volume, and said U.S.-pegged stablecoins dominate the market, with USDT and USDC leading. Zales also discussed tokenized real-world assets, describing them as digital representations of physical assets that can enable fractional ownership, liquidity, and faster settlement. She said the market is growing quickly, with institutional participation from firms such as BlackRock and Franklin Templeton, and projected continued expansion. She closed with an overview of regulatory developments, emphasizing the new U.S. stablecoin framework under the Genius Act, the proposed Clarity Act, OCC guidance, and similar regimes in the EU, UK, UAE, Singapore, Japan, and elsewhere, all of which she said are shaping compliance requirements and market development.

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• That phase one, again, is fully funded.
• Again, the trunk highway project's fully funded.
• Again, the trunk highway project's fully funded.
• <01:36:03.520> funded Highway portions of it are fully funded Highway portions of it are fully
• <01:37:21.080> funded trunk Highway Project's fully funded trunk Highway Project's fully funded

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And more of what you all are fully.
• Now, we haven't fully understood everything yet, to be honest with you.
• , I'll let the attorney answer it fully, I'll let the attorney answer it fully, but<01:27:36.920>
• Now, we haven't fully good on.
• DC that are talking to us haven't fully DC that are talking to us haven't fully understood<01:28

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The House Postsecondary Education Committee held its first-ever meeting and first meeting of the session, with Chairman Tipton outlining committee procedures, attendance rules, and the process for submitting committee substitutes. After a roll call confirmed full attendance, the committee heard a presentation from Senator David Givens on the history and purpose of Kentucky’s performance-based funding model for postsecondary education. Givens said the model was created to replace an older “shares” approach that distributed funds based largely on prior-year allocations, and argued the new system better aligns funding with student success and the state’s long-term educational attainment goals. Council for Postsecondary Education President Aaron Thompson and CPE staff then explained the model in more detail. They said the system was designed to address long-standing funding disparities among institutions, reward outcomes such as degrees, credit-hour progression, and completion in high-demand fields, and support the state’s “60 by 30” goal of having 60% of Kentuckians hold a postsecondary credential by 2030. Thompson said Kentucky is now at 56.2% attainment, above the national average, and highlighted gains in graduation and retention rates, lower student borrowing, and improved completion outcomes. He also emphasized that the model is part of a broader strategy that includes affordability, adult learners, low-income students, and wrap-around support services. CPE staff described the work group process that developed and periodically revises the model, noting that the General Assembly created the framework in House Bill 303 and later enacted Senate Bill 153 and Senate Bill 191 to codify changes. They explained that in 2016 the legislature carved out about 5% of institutional budgets, roughly $43 million, to be redistributed through the new model, and that the model has been reviewed every three years with changes made each time. Recent revisions included increasing the student-success weight, adding a premium for low-income students, creating a premium for adult learners, and redefining underrepresented students as first-generation college students. No votes were taken at this meeting, and the committee adjourned after the informational presentation and discussion.

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• I don't have enough resources to do it, and so again, I'm fully supportive of the REACT.
• And so, again, I'm fully supportive of the REACT.
• <00:41:26.079> staffed because we're not fully staffed because we're not fully staffed as<
• break each of these requ has to be fully break each of these requ has to be fully responded<00:42
• <00:48:36.839> or to fully fund to fund fully or to fully fund to fund fully or permanently

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The Education Policy Committee approved the minutes from January 21, 2025, and then heard testimony from several school superintendents about the financial and operational impact of recent education-related mandates. Chair Bennett framed the hearing as an opportunity to hear from districts about the effects of more than 65 new mandates and restrictions adopted in recent years. The first witnesses were Corey McIntyre of Anoka-Hennepin, Michael Thomas of Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools, and David Law of Minnetonka Public Schools. The superintendents said districts are facing rising costs, flat or declining enrollment, the end of federal pandemic aid, and mandates they described as unfunded or underfunded. McIntyre cited major budget cuts in Anoka-Hennepin, including reductions in central office staff, and said the district faces continuing shortfalls tied to special education, multilingual learner costs, unemployment claims, paid leave, transportation, literacy materials, and the K-3 discipline statute. Thomas said Prior Lake-Savage is balancing growing student needs against limited revenue, and argued that mandates such as REACT and other requirements should be delayed or better funded so districts can implement them with fidelity. Law said the concerns are statewide, not just metro-based, and criticized the accumulation of expectations around food service, mental health, sick and safe time, unemployment, and family leave without corresponding resources. Several witnesses emphasized that school budgets are heavily committed to staff costs and that new obligations create administrative burdens as well as direct expenses. They urged lawmakers to reduce, delay, or better fund mandates, adjust timelines, and provide more flexibility in local revenue tools and equalization aid. No votes were taken on legislation during this portion of the meeting beyond approval of the prior day’s minutes.

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• We know our school systems are thousands of mental health professionals short of fully serving students
• serving students, which have only fully serving students, which have only grown<00:01:24.640> in<
• staffing mental and physical fully staffing mental and physical health<00:03:57.400> teams<00
• I just want to make sure I'm fully understanding this sheet.
• I just want to make sure I'm fully understanding this sheet.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It was designed to make the system fully funded in the year 2054.
• So again, it's now fully funded and there is no more depletion date.
• Tyler Sheldon: And on top of that, the LECOs fund is fully funded.
• I'm here today to thank you for fully funding CPRIT.
• Erin Gallian: ...Thank you for fully funding CPRIT.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Lang anguage of the bill then<00:38:28.720> we'll<00:38:29.000> be<00:38:29.119> fully
• <00:38:29.400> informed<00:38:29.760> for<00:38:29.880> our then we'll be fully
• An adult decided to notify herself, take a fully clothed image of herself, have a notified body however
• <01:10:40.400> for of teenagers who don't have fully for of teenagers who don't have fully
• <01:46:38.560> understand Fly I certainly don't fully understand Fly I certainly don't fully

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• adapt the Senate position uh to fully adapt the Senate position uh to fully fund<00:40:41.520>
• to full fully fund these requests. requests. requests.
• understanding that uh fully well. understanding that uh fully well.
• Fully funding this bill will cement those changes and create a lasting impact.
• Fully funding this last several months.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The Safety and Security Conference Committee met on May 13, 2026, with a quorum present and no immediate vote taken. Chairs explained the committee was working ahead of a possible target so it could act quickly later if needed, then proceeded with member introductions and a reminder about committee decorum. Staff noted a microphone delay and said the meeting would include a side-by-side walk-through of the House and Senate policy language and a review of the fiscal spreadsheet. Fiscal staff summarized major differences in court, public safety, and legislative security funding. The House and Senate proposals differed on safety and security funding for the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and District Courts, as well as on courthouse grants, capital security enhancements, and a new legislative/protective services unit. Staff also reviewed Senate-only and House-only items, including a Senate proposal to require removal of insignia from public safety vehicles sold to the public, and House provisions for a security services task force and member security costs. Total general fund impacts were reviewed, with the House total corrected to include an open appropriation that had been omitted from the spreadsheet totals. Nonpartisan staff then walked through the policy differences. The Senate language focused on a Protective Services Unit and security for principal state officials, while the House language focused on a Legislative Services Unit and security for legislators. Both bills included provisions on Capitol Complex Security, reporting requirements, and reimbursement arrangements with local law enforcement, but differed on details such as whether elected officials must provide contact information to DPS and how requests for personal protective services are handled. The House-only amendment A8 was presented for discussion; it would revise emergency contact provisions, replace the House’s personal protective services request language with a more detailed threat assessment and mitigation framework, direct implementation of the new unit, and make related reimbursement and technical changes. Judge Richard Kyle, president of the Minnesota District Judges Association, testified in support of stronger judicial and court safety measures. He described rising threats against judges, citing survey results showing high rates of judges limiting personal information, receiving inappropriate communications, changing personal behavior, and experiencing threats to themselves and family members. He said the association supports legislative authorization and funding for home security and personal data protections for judicial officers, and emphasized that safety concerns for judges and court staff have become more serious in recent years.

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• Children like him deserve to be safe and fully included in school, and us educators deserve to be fully
• I didn't get my seizures fully controlled until I had two brain surgeries in 2014.
• The Farm-to-School program was fully eliminated by the federal government.
• The student may not fully understand or recall their... Who love the child the most.
• The student may not fully understand or recall their health history or may not be fully transparent with

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Education held a public hearing on a large slate of bills, with the chairs emphasizing time limits, written testimony, and grouping similar measures together. Early testimony focused on opioid use disorder education in schools (S.382), with Senator Keenan arguing that students should be taught about the risks of substance use disorder and naloxone use as part of health curricula. Representative DeCost also briefly introduced H.551, a narrow bill concerning parent rights for children in third grade and younger. Several bills were then closed without testimony, including measures on type 1 diabetes informational materials and other diabetes-related proposals. A major portion of the hearing centered on school health and emergency response bills. Supporters of H.652/S.342 on diabetes management in schools described inconsistent district practices and urged clearer standards so students can receive care in classrooms rather than being sent out of instruction. Bills on epinephrine access and seizure disorders drew extensive testimony: advocates for stock epinephrine in schools argued that unassigned epinephrine can save lives and should be funded in a cost-neutral way, while a pediatrician opposed one version as an unfunded mandate. For seizure-safe schools (S.422/H.635), students, parents, educators, and advocates described missed or delayed responses to seizures, stigma, and the need for staff training, seizure action plans, and emergency medication protocols. A separate bill, H.645, allowing anti-seizure medication on school buses, was supported by a parent and student who said current law forces costly and restrictive transportation arrangements. The committee also heard testimony on youth skin health bills (S.334/H.600/H.619), which would let students carry and apply sunscreen at school and camp without a physician’s note. Supporters from melanoma prevention, dermatology, and industry groups said the bills would remove unnecessary barriers and promote sun-safe habits, while one witness cautioned about drafting details and unintended consequences. The hearing then moved to CPR/AED education for graduation (S.456), where Senator Tarr, a student advocate, and the Red Cross all supported requiring hands-on CPR certification for high school students. Finally, the committee took testimony on healthy school lunches (H.539/S.401): supporters from the Healthy School Lunch Coalition and school food directors backed stronger nutrition standards and a standing advisory council, while Consumer Brands Association witnesses opposed the bill as too vague and potentially disruptive. A nutrition scientist also warned about unintended restrictions on medically necessary or innovative foods. The chairs closed the hearing on the healthy lunch bills and then opened testimony on universal school meals for virtual schools (H.700), with Superintendent Patrick Latuka supporting access for students in Commonwealth virtual schools who currently receive no meal support.

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• There will not be sufficient opportunity for the department's engineering experts to fully review the
• <00:09:42.080> analyze stakeholders are able to fully analyze stakeholders are able to fully
• review the plans and provide fully review the plans and provide discovery<00:10:22.160> of<00
• So we fully support this legislation and again appreciate Senator Dibble for bringing it forward.
• So we fully support this legislation and again appreciate Senator Dibble for bringing it forward.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• They were not necessarily fully in alignment with the statute.
• But that's a project when it was originally fully funded by Congress.
• They're fully allocated in each annual plan.
• Quote unquote, fully funded by Congress in the BBA 18 bill.
• Basically, we're fully funded. We have fully funded this project with Restore grant funding.

Summary: The committee met for an informational hearing focused largely on the state capital outlay process and House Bill 2. Roger Husser and Matt Baker of the Division of Administration/Facility Planning and Control described how the office prepares and administers the capital outlay bill, said the bill has grown substantially over five years, and argued that recent changes in culture, staffing, project management, cash-flow analysis, and use of third-party support have more than doubled project expenditures and improved delivery. Members asked about the use and cost of third-party project managers, delegation of smaller projects to agencies, hiring difficulties, and whether the changes represented better interpretation of existing law versus statutory changes. Husser said some statutes were amended, some internal customs were removed, and the office would provide a list of those changes. He also explained that the office is trying to move away from overly rigid practices and toward faster project completion while still following public-bid and oversight rules. A major portion of the discussion centered on the size and structure of the capital outlay bill, especially the gap between Priority 1 cash capacity and the much larger Priority 5 backlog. Husser said the current annual Priority 1 limit is tied to construction inflation and is about $574 million, with additional surplus funds also available, but that the bill contains far more Priority 5 funding than can realistically move in a five-year plan. He and members discussed dormant projects, scope creep, legacy projects that have sat in the bill for years, and the problem of false expectations for non-state entities. Proposed solutions included limiting Priority 5 to five times Priority 1, requiring annual re-endorsement by members, setting district or project caps for non-state projects, requiring time limits and reporting for grant-like non-state projects, placing matches in escrow, requiring design readiness before submission, and consolidating the many existing reporting requirements into one clearer report. Members also discussed bundling multiple projects under one agency project, which the House had begun piloting for LSU, UL Lafayette, Southern, and DOTD, and which Husser said could improve flexibility, reduce overappropriation, and better reflect actual spending. Baker then explained cash-flow management and the commitment process, saying FPC now analyzes projects annually to estimate what can actually be spent in the next fiscal year and uses commitments to allow projects to proceed when future-year funding is expected. He said overappropriations can result from poor cash-flow estimates, delays, dormant projects, or projects coming in under budget, and that the office is already reworking cash-flow assumptions and reappropriating savings where possible. Members also raised concerns about change orders and low bids; staff said project managers review change orders closely, require concurrence on non-state projects, and sometimes reduce scope to keep projects within budget. After FPC’s presentation, the committee heard the beginning of Louisiana Economic Development’s capital outlay discussion, where LED explained that its projects generally fall into three categories, including the Economic Development Awards Program and Site Readiness Program, both used to support targeted economic development and job creation.