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• She didn't cite any security concerns because there aren't security concerns with countywide polling.
• I think in November, if we don't have safe, secure, straightforward elections.
• I think in November, if we don't have safe, secure, straightforward elections. >> Absolutely Clardy.
• direction to make sure that if it does create more confusion, you have a way to deal with it at the ballot box
• And they're the ones that get to hold me accountable at the ballot box for those actions.

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• officers and the necessary support staff to expand and maintain the security operations of the Alamo
• And all of these staff are focused every day on helping to secure a water future for Texas.
• We have aimed to address key strategic funding priorities within base limits.
• In the 88th, that created the Texas Food System Security and Resiliency Planning Council.
• But, you know, food security, insecurity, it's the same, you know. And it has no boundaries.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• the box?
• the box?
• the box?
• It will be a Pandora's box. It is not putting the top on the box. It is opening it.
• It will be a Pandora's box. It is not putting the top on the box. It is opening it.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Judiciary Committee opened a hearing on Senate Bill 141, which would create a narrow exception to New Hampshire’s three-year deadline for motions for a new trial when a petitioner has newly discovered evidence, new forensic testing, or new scientific understanding. The prime sponsor’s representative and advocates from the Innocence Project and New England Innocence Project argued the bill is needed to help wrongfully convicted people access the courts, noting that exonerations often take many years and that outdated forensic science has contributed to wrongful convictions. The chair also said he had drafted a proposed amendment for committee review, but it had not yet been formally submitted. Witnesses supporting the bill emphasized that the measure would not guarantee relief, only allow a petition to be filed and reviewed under existing standards. They discussed examples such as arson science, explaining that some convictions were based on forensic methods later shown to be unreliable. Committee members asked about the scope of habeas corpus, whether the bill would create a new cause of action, and whether additional screening or pleading requirements should be added. The supporters said they would be open to requiring a petitioner to plead innocence, but opposed adding more burdensome preliminary procedures or counsel requirements at the filing stage. Thomas Farardi, from the Attorney General’s Office, testified in opposition or with caution, saying the bill was a “solution looking for a problem” because existing habeas corpus and coram nobis procedures already provide avenues for relief, and prosecutors can act when credible new evidence arises. He argued the current draft could invite additional litigation and create a new cause of action, and said he favored more screening before cases proceed. The discussion also touched on whether the statute applies in criminal cases, the current three-year limitation in RSA 526:4, and questions about posthumous petitions and petitions by deported individuals. No vote or executive action was taken during the hearing.

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• Representative Collins: For box trucks and box trailers, it's impossible to comply with this law.
• snow from one of these tractor-trailers, the very high ones, or even your six-wheeled or ten-wheel box
• And so when they reach that, they actually have electronic boxes inside that tell them when, not only
• And so when they reach that, and they actually have electronic boxes inside that tell them when, not
• And I think that is key in our ability to move forward legislation.

Summary: The House convened with quorum, offered prayers and moments of silence for community members who had recently died, and recognized several guests and family members in the chamber. After routine communications and passage of consent calendar 29, the chamber took up a series of measures on the main and colored agendas, with several bills and resolutions passing by voice vote or roll call. Among the measures approved were House Concurrent Resolution 157, which as amended requested a State Lottery report on options to support traditional lottery retailers; Senate Bill 53 on the Delaware Farm to Community Program; Senate Bill 307 on PSC authority for Lifeline telecommunications carriers; Senate Bill 339 clarifying health directive forms in mental health facilities; Senate Bill 235 on manufactured home community rent increases; Senate Bill 325, as amended, updating fire prevention and volunteer fire/EMS background check rules; Senate Bill 309 on inmate work and discharge of incarceration-related balances; Senate Bill 324 on deadly weapons and constable agency representatives; Senate Bill 293 on youth camp child care licensing; Senate Bill 94 on respiratory care practitioners and ECMO medication delivery; and Senate Substitute 2 for Senate Bill 100, proposing a constitutional amendment protecting the right to marry regardless of race or gender while preserving religious freedom. House Bill 188, changing Delaware primary elections to allow unaffiliated voters to choose a party primary, also passed after debate. Two measures drew extended discussion and amendments. Senate Bill 233, requiring snow and ice to be removed from vehicles, was tabled once, then later amended and passed after debate over whether the law was workable for truck drivers and other vehicle operators; a proposed truck-related exemption amendment failed. House Substitute 1 for House Bill 404, creating a pilot program for artificial intelligence and extended reality in schools, passed after testimony from the Department of Education emphasizing guardrails, privacy, and educator oversight, alongside concerns from members about data, bias, and long-term effects. Several items were tabled or reconsidered during the session, and the House adjourned after completing the day’s business.

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• If law thinking out of the box here.
• So they would say key in the ignition.
• Obviously with the security number.
• So, idea of a Real ID was for security.
• These are the security networks.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• By taking some of these key steps today, we're absolutely doing that.
• This, in contrast, is strengthening, sort of defending and securing what we have as a state.
• And as far as food security goes...
• Speaker, gentlelady, I believe the key word here is 'genuinely.' Disadvantaged.
• Do they even have social security numbers, and how does that work with those?

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• I'm going to focus on three key areas today to update.
• I'm going to focus on three key<00:08:08.080> areas<00:08:08.720> today<00:08:09.280>
• <00:08:10.639> Uh<00:08:10.960> these key areas today to update.
• Uh these key areas today to update.
• Through a private grant, we secured Through a private grant, we secured funding<00:17:36.640>

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:00 Roll Call: 00:00:07 Office of the Attorney General Update: 00:04:52 Department of Kentucky State Police Update: 00:44:57, 958, all

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• Brian you've checked off the the box.
• make our schools safe and secure. make our schools safe and secure.
• one particular secure location. one particular secure location.
• <04:42:25.440> alone ERP or cyber security alone ERP or cyber security alone transportation
• <04:44:43.840> to because disaster recovery is key to because disaster recovery is key to

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• a voter if the registrar notices that the voter's registration address is a commercial post office box
• The only trigger really there is Senate Bill 1111 on a post office box.
• say this, part of the problem with the current system is, on that federal form, you just check off. box
• The hard data says through the Department of Homeland Security.
• Look, I support border security very strongly, and I understand that we have the right to protect our

Bills: SJR12, SJR37, SB7, SB8, SB16, SB27, SB108, SB125, SB207, SB251, SB318, SB371, SB379, SB396, SB406, SB472, SB503, SB533, SB578, SB599, SB608, SB617, SB621, SB689, SB707, SB763, SB836, SB854, SB856, SB857, SB875, SB878, SB906, SB922, SB942, SB965, SB985, SB988, SB1021, SB1059, SB1084, SB1098, SB1185, SB1188, SB1202, SB1207, SB1307, SB1321, SB1330, SB1366, SB1388, SB1396, SB1453, SB1484, SB1497, SB1498, SB1535, SB1563, SB1596, SB1610, SB1619, SB1737, SB1738, SB1741, SB1816, SB1822, SB1841, SB1939, SB2188, SJR36, SJR12, SJR37, SJR81, SJR50, SCR22, SCR12, SCR39, SB875, SB318, SB707, SB765, SB62, SB666, SB888, SB687, SB847, SB1248, SB504, SB857, SB305, SB296, SB284, SB1497, SB1498, SB241, SB304, SB621, SB1023, SB371, SB204, SB609, SB670, SB850, SB854, SB413, SB1346, SB1033, SB1220, SB1073, SB810, SB1539, SB447, SB406, SB985, SB965, SB1119, SB1505, SB1215, SB1302, SB856, SB583, SB673, SB681, SB1172, SB608, SB955, SB957, SB1021, SB1120, SB251, SB541, SB1737, SB266, SB1415, SB125, SB599, SB1330, SB53, SB1352, SB785, SB472, SB1450, SB1502, SB1566, SB414, SB1062, SB578, SB711, SB746, SB942, SB1404, SB1448, SB1738, SB108, SB8, SB507, SB533, SB689, SB1026, SB1349, SB1355, SB1433, SB1434, SB1596, SB1403, SB763, SB667, SB1059, SB617, SB1567, SB503, SB16, SB310, SB311, SB396, SB505, SB1209, SB1210, SB1470, SB264, SB1029, SB1185, SB1358, SB1364, SB1569, SB1376, SB1228, SB519, SB878, SB1350, SB462, SB1535, SB827, SB1585, SB207, SB1207, SB1619, SB1396, SB920, SB1484, SB1273, SB1741, SB7, SB927, SB1227, SB1229, SB1353, SB1366, SB1464, SB1709, SB1729, SB1733, SB1744, SB1772, SB1816, SB1841, SB2188, SB1147, SB879, SB1008, SB1536, SB2016, SB1453, SB1173, SB1163, SB996, SB27, SB568, SB1370, SB1321, SB1101, SB906, SB860, SB1563, SB993, SB693, SB1610, SB1537, SB836, SB1332, SB1307, SB963, SB493, SB922, SB984, SB1084, SB619, SB1098, SB1122, SB455, SB522, SB1057, SB1239, SB1254, SB1255, SB1259, SB1341, SB1664, SB1877, SB464, SB1277, SB32, SB732, SB660, SB731, SB921, SB268, SB1822, SB1188, SB1939, SB1589, SB397, SB1388, SB2230, SB1058, SB1036, SB1267, SB2112, SB1930, SB532, SB1035, SB2155, SB508, SB29, SB292, SB291, SB901, SB1333, SB1436, SB1494, SB964, SB779, SB1378, SB2312, SB1719, SB1386, SB287, SB2143, SB1245, SB261, SB1247, SB1948, SB2406, SB2407, SB1882, SB1197, SB1814, SB618, SB38

Keywords: parental rights, education, constitutional amendment, school choice, child education, voter ID, citizenship, election integrity, voting rights, water infrastructure, financial assistance, Texas Water Development Board, water supply, environmental sustainability, immigration enforcement, ICE agreements, sheriff grants, law enforcement, county jail, federal immigration law

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• We know that voters overwhelmingly approved Prop 35 at the ballot box to increase payments to doctors
• The second key area of focus we think the committee could focus on are the budget solutions.
• The final key area of focus involves the changing federal policy landscape.
• The pool for augmentations is conceptually for augmentations, and that's the key issue.
• So finally, I'll wrap up with some key points to consider.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Participants are given a P.O. box to use as their legal address, which must be accepted by the public
• are<00:35:26.400> given<00:35:26.640> a<00:35:26.680> PO<00:35:27.080> box
• are given a PO box to use as<00:35:28.040> their<00:35:28.280> legal<00:35:28.640>
• <00:35:44.359> protecting<00:35:45.160> their behalf whilst securely protecting their
• behalf whilst securely protecting their actual<00:35:46.080> address.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Unfortunately, I did have to check a box.
• MORNING  CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE   131 UNFORTUNATELY I DID HAVE TO CHECK A BOX
• Just as officers want security measures to keep themselves safe and secure from dangerous outside forces
• , so do parents of students in these self-contained classrooms want security for their safety.
• JUST AS OFFICERS WANT SECURITY MEASURES   291 TO KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE AND SECURE  FROM

Summary: The Pre-K-12 Budget Subcommittee met with a quorum and considered three bills. HB 157, School Teacher Training and Mentoring Program, would create a Department of Education program allowing school districts and charter schools to place current or retired high-performing teachers in D- or F-rated schools as mentors, with a proposed $3,000 stipend per mentor per mentee. Members questioned the funding source and contract-time implications; the sponsor said the program would use previously decategorized education funds and that mentoring could be done within existing planning, before-school, after-school, or weekend time. An amendment clarifying that the bill would use a contract template rather than a DOE contract was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee then heard CS/HB 859, Exceptional Students and Video Cameras in Public Schools, which would require school boards to adopt policies for video cameras in self-contained ESE classrooms upon a parent request, with redaction of other students from footage. Public testimony strongly supported the bill, including emotional accounts from a parent of a nonverbal adult with autism who described past abuse in a classroom and from the Autism Society of Florida, which argued cameras are a necessary safety measure for vulnerable students and noted other states already allow or require them. Members emphasized student safety and the need to fund the policy, and the bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee considered HB 561, Educator Certification, which aims to reduce barriers for experienced educators returning to the classroom by expanding temporary certificate eligibility to those with expired Florida certificates, allowing prior subject-area exam results to count for reinstatement, and updating references related to educator professional learning support. The sponsor said the bill preserves standards while making reinstatement more efficient and less costly. There was broad support from members, who noted the value of retaining experienced teachers, and HB 561 was also reported favorably. The committee then adjourned.

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• overview of the agency, kind of our organizational layout, talk briefly about divisions, some of their key
• The reason I say with is because making sure that we're working closely with Minnesotans is a key to
• some of their key charges and also<00:01:55.040> leave<00:01:55.320> time<00:01:55.479
• to success not only with motans is a key to success not only with citizens<00:03:36.799> on<00
• Department of Agriculture that does conservation work, is one of the key partners.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We've got a major military installation at Fort Bliss that strengthens our national security, and we're
• I'm delighted that our national security is now a focus, that we're beginning to stand up to Iran and
• security because of Fort Bliss.
• This is the letter's key sentence.
• I agree that we need secure borders.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Kyle Griffiths speaking on behalf of Californians for Water Security in support of the... governor's
• The first is that there's key information on the project that's still missing.
• And then on the GGRF expenditure plan, we also have a few the kind of key comments that we wanted to
• So I think that's a really key point and one that's often lost.
• This is a key moment to improve. Thank you very much. Mr.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• put a red box around it.
• third of US Senate races used red boxing third of US Senate races used red boxing by<00:56:54.799
• <01:01:46.079> before what I called the red boxing before what I called the red boxing before
• is<01:16:21.960> feels around Red Box red boxing which is feels around Red Box red boxing
• I mean, you say red boxing, right? Anything, right?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So this is like opening up proverbial Pandora's box, right? Right?
• So... ...proverbial Pandora's box, right?
• So this can frequently come up when you're... proverbial Pandora's box, right?
• Box 40910, Olympia, Washington 98504. And with that, that concludes our business today.
• Box 40910, Olympia, Washington 98504. And with that, that concludes our business today.

Summary: The I-900 Subcommittee held a public hearing on the State Auditor’s performance audit, Community Engagement During Contaminated Site Cleanups. Auditors said Ecology directly conducts or supervises cleanup at only about 8% of active contaminated sites, while most sites are handled by third parties or have no cleanup plan yet. The audit found that Ecology generally met legal requirements at the sites it oversees, but community engagement varied, was not consistently tailored to local needs, and lacked a systematic “lessons learned” process. Auditors also found inconsistent coordination between Ecology and the Department of Health, and limited guidance for staff on when to collaborate. Tribal feedback was mixed: some tribes said engagement met their needs, while others wanted earlier and more tailored outreach. Committee members pressed the auditors on why many third-party-managed sites appeared to have little or no public involvement, and whether Ecology has broader authority to require public engagement and oversight. The auditors responded that their review focused on community engagement requirements, not the full cleanup permitting process, and said the gap they identified was the lack of required oversight for third-party engagement. Members also asked about tribal engagement, exposure scenarios, and the meaning of “active” and “planless” sites. Ecology officials said they agreed with many of the findings, were already taking steps to improve community research, lessons-learned reviews, tribal guidance, and coordination with Health, and had recently launched a public email notification system for site status changes. They also said some recommendations would require additional funding or staff resources. Public testimony supported stronger community engagement and more resources for Ecology. Washington Conservation Action said contaminated sites disproportionately affect communities of color and low-income communities, praised the audit for highlighting the need for better site-specific engagement, and urged full funding for MTCA-related work. The hearing ended with the chair inviting written comments and adjourning the meeting.

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• Gora, is there security on the light rail? I haven't noticed.
• And I say, well, it's all going to go in the box anyway. He says it doesn't matter.
• We're located on the Keys to Change campus about three blocks from here.
• Mary's Food Bank asks for an ID before they'll give you a box of food.
• partnership with a qualified entity to advance the state's defense aerospace dual-use and national security

Bills: SB1059, SB1209, SB1273, SB1332, SB1452, SB1456, SB1549, SB1552, SB1818, SB1826, SB1827

Keywords: appropriation, Department of Transportation, right turn lane, traffic improvement, infrastructure funding, nonoperating identification, homeless exemption, veterans, emancipated minors, Arizona Department of Transportation, transportation, infrastructure, pavement rehabilitation, funding, Arizona, SB1332, light rail, light rail expansion, Maricopa County, Phoenix

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• And so, delivery is a key term for us. It's not transaction.
• delivery is a key team key term for us. delivery is a key team key term for us.
• And there's two key principles in the statute as it exists now.
• <03:27:32.000> to cow elk, because that's the key to cow elk, because that's the key to reducing
• lid on the box. I'm sorry, Chairman. lid on the box. I'm sorry, Chairman.

Keywords: 916, all

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• That way we don't box ourselves in to just small modular reactors.
• That way we don't box ourselves in to just small modular reactors.
• But I think we should not box ourselves in to that.
• But I think we should not box ourselves in to that.
• And I'm just saying if we just box ourselves in for small modular reactors...

Summary: The meeting focused on finalizing recommendations from the Delaware Nuclear Energy Task Force, with most of the discussion centered on how the state should organize itself to evaluate and potentially pursue nuclear power. Public commenters strongly supported nuclear energy, emphasizing energy reliability, economic competitiveness, data center demand, and the need for Delaware to act quickly. Several speakers argued that Delaware is falling behind neighboring states and should not delay if it wants to attract developers and preserve access to federal tax incentives. Members then worked through revisions to the recommendations, especially the section on state actions moving forward. There was broad agreement that Delaware needs a clearly empowered leadership structure, but disagreement over the best form: a cabinet-level energy agency, an expanded existing agency such as DENREC, a dedicated coordinator, an expanded Sustainable Energy Utility, or a separate quasi-independent authority. Some members favored a nimble, one-off entity with bonding and financing authority; others cautioned against creating a new body outside state government and stressed the need for coordination with existing agencies, public oversight, and cost discipline. The group also discussed adding responsibilities such as site identification, public engagement, coordination with PJM and federal agencies, and financing tools, while removing or folding in items that seemed duplicative or too broad. The committee also revised earlier modules to broaden the focus from small modular reactors to nuclear power more generally, while keeping the task force’s original SMR work in view. Members agreed to keep recommendations on state and local regulatory readiness, financial mechanisms, permitting coordination, and public engagement, and to add a recommendation for Delaware to participate as an observer in the Advanced Nuclear First Mover Initiative through NASEO and NARUC. The committee approved the revised Module Four recommendations by vote, with one abstention from Tom Noyes. Minutes from the prior meeting were also approved with minor corrections.