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• Representative Torkelson and I discussed it at length. He introduced the DE4.
• I won't go into length on this multi-hundred-page report, but I will just briefly highlight that while
• We can, again, we can talk at length about these.
• We can again, we can talk at length<01:14:53.600> about<01:14:53.840> these.
• Um, but what we see length about these.

Bills: HF4470, HF2418, HF3417, HF3365, HF3463

Keywords: HF4470, Melissa Hortman, memorial, statue, memorial garden, State Office Building, Capitol Mall Design Framework, capital investment, appropriation, Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board, Department of Administration, public art, commemorative monument, landscaping, artist selection, family consultation, Minnesota legislature, state building site, capital appropriation, political subdivisions

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• We don't want people freezing or being without power for any length of time.
• We don't want people freezing or being without power for any length of time.
• We don't want people freezing or being without power for any length of time.
• /c><00:29:47.360> power<00:29:47.919> for<00:29:48.159> any<00:29:48.399> length
• <00:29:48.559> of being without power for any length of being without power for any length

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• e e e e e e e e e e e e So, I will open the Finance Division II work session, and I think we'll be starting
• Given our session, it's fine to retain it if, you know, I would like to see it go away.
• <02:52:01.920> to three weeks to have work sessions to three weeks to have work sessions to
• more information or have a work session more information or have a work session where<02:52:05.560
• are that Vermont is open for that length are that Vermont is open for that length of<03:40:08.359

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up HB 129, which would redefine “evidence-based” in public education. Department of Education testimony said the bill’s definition would conflict with the federal definition and be unusually restrictive, potentially affecting curriculum, educator training, and many existing state requirements. The department said it could force a broad overhaul of school programs and create a need for at least one new state position, with local districts likely facing significant unbudgeted costs. Members raised concerns about impacts on federal pass-through funding, curriculum materials, and whether the bill was workable at all. Several members said the proposal would be too costly and difficult to implement, especially during a tight budget cycle. Representative Papovich moved to retain HB 129, and the motion passed 7-0. Members who supported retention said they wanted to set the bill aside because of the scale of the concerns, while also stating they did not support the bill as written. The committee then opened HB 133, dealing with DMV follow-up on residency and licensing issues tied to voting and other interactions. Department of Safety/DMV officials said the bill would require a $40,000 technology update plus a full-time position to handle manual correspondence and review of possible matches, and that postage was not included in the fiscal note. They said the bill’s 60-day residency trigger is vague, that the DMV would be acting outside its normal role by investigating status after the fact, and that the measure could create privacy and operational problems. Members questioned whether the bill would effectively force people to buy a driver’s license to vote, whether non-driver and voter ID options would avoid that concern, and whether the Secretary of State rather than DMV would be the more appropriate agency to handle any follow-up.

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• Look, in the 117th session of Congress, we got a CHIPS and Science Act done.
• Look, in the 117th session of Congress, we got a CHIPS and Science Act done.
• on H.R. 1350, and we urge our colleagues to vote in support of this bill, as we've done in other sessions
• We urge our colleagues to vote in support of this bill, as we've done in other sessions.
• <03:47:52.399> about occasion spoken to me at length about occasion spoken to me at length

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, March 24, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• outage durations increased by 127% and outage durations increased by 127% and the<00:05:25.280> length
• those<00:05:25.840> outages<00:05:26.280> increased<00:05:26.680> by the length
• of those outages increased by the length of those outages increased by 96%<00:05:28.280> and<
• <00:05:59.639> laying<00:05:59.880> the introduced a session laying the introduced
• a session laying the requirement<00:06:00.479> for<00:06:00.680> electric<00:06:01.160>

Bills: HF484, HF483, HF1447, HF1496, HF554

Keywords: natural gas, gas hookups, residential construction, energy policy, local control, state preemption, municipal regulation, county ordinance, electrification, climate policy, housing development, building codes, energy source, utility infrastructure, Minnesota Statutes chapter 326B, propane, utility service, building permits, local government, energy choice

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• Last session, funding for those suicide barriers was included in the bonding bill.
• c><00:08:24.319> Hots<00:08:25.039> spot<00:08:26.039> last<00:08:26.240> session
• being a suicidal Hots spot last session being a suicidal Hots spot last session funding<00:08:26.960
• which is about 1,000 ft I entire length which is about 1,000 ft I believe<00:10:12.920> from<
• of this committee earlier this session of this committee earlier this session the<01:09:30.400><

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• what's on the board, especially now that so much of what we read and look at is no more than an arm's length

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• next year and decide what we want to do inside of a tax session.
• next year and decide what we want to do inside of a tax session.
• And so it was too late in session to file new legislation.
• Because of the lateness of the session, we're trying to work with you.
• There's actually a bill coming this session.

Bills: HB214, HB217, HB514, HB593, HB618, HB732, HB908, HB961, HB1010

Keywords: property tax, blighted properties, urban rehabilitation, tax exemption, local government, financial incentives, blighted property, derelict property, property tax exemption, local redevelopment plans, rehabilitation standards, ad valorem tax, community development, senior citizens, homestead exemption, Louisiana Constitution, motor vehicles, local fees, transaction fees, funding

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• Good morning, representatives, and welcome to the 14th day of the session.
• Ladies and gentlemen, February 25th, 2026, Wyoming's 68th Legislature budget session.
• And I just suggest it be in another bill maybe, you know, next session.
• But because I I do think that session.
• <00:46:16.079> Is<00:46:16.240> there Length of your track?

Keywords: 916, all

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• introduced in previous years, and it's been discussed off and on here in Concord over the last two sessions
• last year's version of the bill and this year's version of the bill. here in conquered of last two sessions
• here in conquered of last two sessions and<00:10:01.240> for<00:10:01.440> the<00:10:01.600
• right time initiatives and said the committee's efforts on presumptive eligibility and shortening lengths
• of stay so that patients shorten lengths of stay so that patients can<01:55:24.119> have<01:55

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• For the Legislative Assembly, this bill provides funding for the 2027 session of 77 days.
• It includes funding for 87 employees for the session.
• in the session.
• And we funded them fully and decided that this is probably too much for this session to handle.
• Well, so we did do pass a law last year, our last session, House Bill 1205.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer, pledge, and roll call, establishing a quorum. It then took up a series of appropriations and policy bills, with the most extensive debate centered on Senate Bill 2025, the Department of Veterans Affairs budget. The House approved amendments that shifted governance of the department and veterans’ home from ACOVA to the governor, citing concerns about ACOVA’s salary-setting actions and broader appropriation oversight. Members opposed to the change argued ACOVA had studied compensation and acted within its role. The amended bill passed 57-34, and the final bill passed 69-22 with the emergency clause carrying. The House also passed Senate Bill 2001, the legislative branch budget, which funds the 2027 session, legislative staff, chamber upgrades, IT improvements, and salary adjustments for legislative leaders; the bill passed 62-29, but the emergency clause failed. Senate Bill 2019, the Career and Technical Education budget, passed 82-10 with emergency clause. Senate Bill 2021, the Information Technology Department budget, passed 75-17 after discussion of data center migration, service automation, mainframe transition, ERP study, and DPI’s move from PowerSchool to Infinite Campus. Other measures passed included Senate Bill 2228 for rural grocery store sustainability grants, Senate Bill 2390 creating a rural catalyst community grant program, Senate Bill 2188 adjusting the Clean Sustainable Energy Authority, and Senate Bill 2265 authorizing a veterans national cemetery grant and line of credit with added reporting safeguards. Several House bills returned from the Senate were concurred in and then passed, including House Bill 1361 on mandatory minimum sentences for human trafficking offenders, House Bill 1017 for the Game and Fish Department, House Bill 1588 on firearms and dangerous weapons provisions, House Bill 1429 on harassment and stalking involving robots, House Bill 1591 on county fair resiliency grants, House Bill 1537 on service agreement protection for water projects, House Bill 1203 on edible medical marijuana products, and House Bill 1027 transferring administration of the State Fire and Tornado Fund from the Insurance Commissioner to OMB. The House also rejected a motion to reconsider Senate Bill 2307, which dealt with library materials and obscenity-related restrictions, by a vote of 48-51. In addition, the chamber appointed conference committees on several House and Senate measures where concurrence had failed, and laid over Senate Bill 2340 for two legislative days.

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• So, but anyway, I'd like to try and see if we can get that report by the end of this session here so
• Thank you. >> It's over 800 pages in length already, the special ed, and growing. >> Right. >> Okay.
• chair one of those commissions right now, public school infrastructure, where we can go into closed session
• So, we always, when we come out of the closed session, then we, you know, the closed session, then we
• >> Not at this time, but we're not going into this legislative session.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Education Freedom Account Oversight Committee met on March 27 and approved the agenda, adding a request for clarification on how the Children’s Scholarship Fund separates applications for the EFA program and the education tax credit program. The committee also approved minutes from December 30, 2025, and March 27, 2026, with a request that the March minutes include a link to the live stream. Members discussed the status of pending Legislative Budget Assistant audit reports on EFA and special education, noting the reports were still not released and would likely come later in the summer after review by the Department of Education and the Children’s Scholarship Fund. A major topic was the EFA program’s administrative fee, which statute allows up to 10% of deposits. Children’s Scholarship Fund representatives said current administrative costs were under 8%, that staffing had been reduced through the ScholarVia platform, and that any unused amount is reconciled and returned to students at year’s end. Members asked for historical administrative-cost data and a written explanation of how the withholding and reconciliation process works. The committee also reviewed the distinction between the EFA and education tax credit funding streams and was told the two programs use separate applications and separate funds, though both use the same platform. The committee spent substantial time on assessment and accountability. Department of Education staff explained that EFA students may satisfy annual assessment requirements through a portfolio, a norm-referenced test, or the statewide assessment; only about 10 EFA students took the statewide assessment, while most used portfolios or standardized tests such as the California Achievement Test and NWEA. Staff described how statewide assessment data are kept separate by student identifier and can be aggregated for EFA reporting, and members asked for breakdowns by grade, test type, and school district. The department also discussed linking assessments through Lexiles and Quantiles and said it could provide a list of commonly used formative assessments in New Hampshire districts. The committee additionally discussed a possible PSAT addition to the state contract and the costs of the statewide assessment program. Another major issue was special education eligibility and services within the EFA program. Members questioned the rule allowing a medical certification of disability from a licensed professional anywhere in the United States as an alternative to an IEP-based determination. Department staff said the current system allows either pathway, that about 1,000 EFA students are identified as special education students, and that the program does not track growth or service alignment on an individual basis. Members expressed concern that the medical-certification route may be too broad and asked for data on the disability categories used. The committee also discussed career and technical education access for EFA students, noting that Senate Bill 491 would provide guidance and that House Bill 1817 would address access and funding issues, but that current law still allows EFA funds to be used to pay CTE costs. The meeting ended with a request for future agenda items and a decision to leave the next meeting date open until fall, pending further information from the LBA audit process.

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• to say, I'm not in charge of the Senate, and it's just the case that we never know how long the sessions
• minutiae and seems to be so overwrought about things that don't really matter that they've gone to the length
• Governor Barbour as his policy director and deputy chief of staff for his first term and the first session
• /c><00:15:03.080> and<00:15:03.200> the<00:15:03.280> first<00:15:03.560> session
• uh his first term and the first session uh his first term and the first session of<00:15:04.000>

Keywords: Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 24 March, 2026; 11:15 AM, 925, all

Summary: The committee first considered nominees to the Board of Cosmetology and Barbering: Tom Elkins, Todd Freeman, and Aaron Washington. Each described their background in the hair industry and expressed support for making licensing and regulation more workable while still protecting health and safety. Members discussed the need for a balance between oversight and burden, with the chair emphasizing that inspectors should educate rather than intimidate. The committee then voted to advise and consent on the nominees, and the motion carried. The committee next took up the reappointment of Jim Perry to the State Board of Health. Perry described his background in state and federal policy, finance, and health-related work, and said his board service had highlighted operational problems in state government, including personnel and procurement bottlenecks, staffing shortages, succession challenges, and the need for better, more consistent data to guide the state health plan and certificate-of-need decisions. He suggested continued budget support for policy and planning staff, more frequent updates to the health plan, and a review of whether prior procurement and personnel reforms went too far. Members asked about his statement of economic interest and discussed the broader need for better health care information and administration. The committee voted to advise and consent on Perry’s reappointment. It then handled a block of nominations to the Board of Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists, voting to take them up and to advise and consent. Finally, the committee addressed the nomination of Dr. Anthony to the State Board of Health, noting that the seat had become vacant due to a recent death and voting to return the nomination to the governor as a procedural matter. The meeting concluded with a motion to rise and report.

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• When I bumped into Chairperson Shannon Pinto during the special session, she talked me through some of
• Then I'll give you an update on the special appropriation we received during the last session, and where
• are exceptionally grateful for the $2.5 million special appropriation we received during the last session
• this work going, we have submitted a $1.5 million special appropriation request for the upcoming session
• I talked at length with the provider about how pregnancy is not recommended if you have this procedure

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• I call this committee to order and move to executive session.
• This committee will also be considering the FIRM Act during today's session.
• like to highlight the fact that Senator Lummis chaired a bipartisan subcommittee hearing, working session
• We will resume the executive session and move directly to a vote on read amendment 31.
• Riggs Bank went to great lengths to help former Chilean dictator Pinochet hide his stolen wealth.

Bills: SB875

Keywords: banking regulation, federal agencies, reputational risk, financial services, supervision, FIRM Act, bank supervision, depository institutions, federal banking agencies, FDIC, OCC, Federal Reserve, NCUA, CFPB, credit unions, Operation Choke Point, financial discrimination, safety and soundness, supervisory guidance, examination manual

Summary: This meeting focused on the markup of the Genius Act and the FIRM Act, two significant pieces of legislation addressing stablecoin regulation and the financial industry's regulatory framework. The Chairman noted the importance of providing clarity to the digital asset community and protecting American consumers, while also promoting innovation and competition within the financial sector. Members of both parties expressed varying viewpoints, with some highlighting concerns related to national security and the potential risks associated with stablecoins.

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• I'm, I'm sorry, there's been 4 legislative sessions since then.
• encourage, uh, this committee to give that, uh, due consideration as you, um, uh, continue through session
• This is the same concern that I've had since the very beginning, since like the, the first session that
• I mean the next couple of sessions, uh, in terms of avoiding local school closures, yeah, no, I'm just
• Um, so if you, uh, are operating mostly DNF charters for any length of time, you just get shut down.

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• This is my third session that I'm working on with security for the Senate. Good morning.
• much, and I know that all of our attendants, security, and analysts will serve us well during this session
• and you will receive more information about the groups presenting this breakfast later on in the session
• We look forward to those discussions in a little bit less of the pressure cooker of a 60-day session
• So we had about eight people show up, and we talked at length about the bill.

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• study will look at the services provided by the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. ...determine the length
• discipline, official actions related to time-sensitive litigation that were held after an executive session

Summary: The House began with ceremonial recognitions, including guests of Representatives Benham and Warren and a farewell acknowledgment for longtime floor staffer Michelle Martin, who is leaving House service for a role in the Senate. The chamber then took up caucus and committee announcements, recessed several times, and later returned to consider a series of committee reports and bills. House and Senate bills were reported from Rules, Appropriations, and Judiciary, including referrals of several measures to committees. The House adopted House Resolution 515 unanimously, urging Congress to review Major Richard D. Winner’s actions for possible Medal of Honor recognition. It also adopted House Resolution 208, directing a performance audit of services, wait times, and processes in the Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services; supporters said it would help improve services for Pennsylvanians with vision impairment, while the vote was 201-1. The chamber then passed several bills with amendments, including measures on foster care youth benefits, AI companion safeguards, prison industry enhancement program administration, memorial bridge designations, firefighter and EMS donation options through PennDOT renewals, horse-racing background checks, and fertility preservation coverage. Several bills reached final passage. House Bill 1239, limiting homeowners associations from restricting rooftop solar installations, passed 109-93. House Bill 2146, amending the Sunshine Act to tighten the 24-hour agenda notice rule while preserving limited exceptions, passed 193-9 after debate over transparency and local-government flexibility. House Bill 2558, banning non-compete agreements for broadcast workers, passed narrowly 103-99 amid objections from Republicans and concerns about impacts on local broadcasters and contract rights. Senate Bills 971 and 972 also passed finally, dealing with township audit deadlines and municipal memorials for first responders. The House also approved House Bill 2412, funding state-related universities for fiscal year 2026-27, by 155-47 after debate over Penn State’s campus closures, accountability, and per-student funding differences; House Bill 2413, appropriating funds to the University of Pennsylvania, passed 195-7. The chamber then moved several bills back to Appropriations, signed Senate Bills 971 and 972, and adjourned until the next scheduled session.

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• This is HLS-26-RS-2674, original, 2026 Regular Session House Bill 1103.
• Yeah, so yes, we’ve talked at length, and, you know, if we get this bill across the finish line, we’re

Bills: SCR53, HB259, HB267, HB478, HB548, HB555, HB617, HB670, HB672, HB797, HB848, HB917, HB921, HB1096, HB1103, HB1166, HB1195, HB1230

Keywords: payable-on-death accounts, transfer-on-death accounts, estate planning, beneficiary designations, Louisiana law, task force, inheritance, nonprobate transfers, excavation, demolition, infrastructure repair, BEAD Program, utility damage, construction coordination, contact point, home inspectors, board membership, licensing, term limits, Louisiana State Board

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• We've gone to great lengths as a legislature in order to keep our people from being exploited.
• It's usually a pretty good guess this session just to say that.