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• , certain other kinds of substantial bodily harm requirements, deadly weapon.
• But this bill prevents struggling juveniles from having access to that best option.
• I loved what you said right there in the middle about preventing more victimizations.
• , or the prevention of further victimization.
• This is harming our kids.

Bills: HB2389 , HB2456

Committee: House Early Learning & Human Services

Keywords: juvenile justice, youth sentencing, juvenile rehabilitation, DCYF, Department of Children Youth and Families, community supervision, community transition services, suspended disposition, less restrictive alternative, sentencing grid, juvenile confinement, juvenile prison, rehabilitation, recidivism, mental health treatment, substance use disorder, chemical dependency, trauma-informed care, racial disparities, equity

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• By way of background, the Office of Homeless Youth Prevention and Protection Programs within the Department
• I'm the founder and executive director of North Star Advocates, with a mission to prevent youth and young
• I will say Washington State is a national leader in addressing the issue of preventing and ending youth
• to ensure we have those voices who have experienced homelessness and care about the mission of preventing
• And with the functional zero model and the prevention work we're embarking on in Washington, we can achieve

Bills: HB2185 , HB2200 , HB2230 , HB2319

Committee: House Early Learning & Human Services

Keywords: homelessness, youth programs, advisory committee, prevention, protection, developmental disabilities, residential settings, data access, safety, stability, community oversight, residential services, regulation, service providers, monitoring, HB 2319, residential habilitation center, state school renaming, Rainier School, Firecrest School

Bills: HB3944 , HB3838

Keywords: appropriations, military construction, veterans affairs, VA funding, USDA, agriculture appropriations, legislative branch appropriations, fiscal year 2026, omnibus, spending bill, rural development, rural housing, broadband, SNAP, WIC, school lunch, food safety, FDA user fees, veterans health care, toxic exposure

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• Are there things that are preventing them from being able to access those resources? Right?
• Veteran Program provider training program, rural community and faith-based partnerships, our suicide prevention
• Well, with the long-term suicide prevention plan that is a five-year plan outlined, if this bill passes
• This is all good, but it's good to see a veteran suicide prevention action plan codified and added in
• The VA spends $571 million a year on its veteran suicide prevention and awareness campaign.

Bills: HCR92 , HB 114 , HB561 , HB 1171 , HB1894 , HB2026 , HB2143 , HB2337 , HB2564 , HB114

Committee: House S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Keywords: Tuskegee Airmen, commemoration, African American history, civil rights, military recognition, veterans, mental health, Texas Veterans Commission, peer support, suicide prevention, community mental health, grant program, defense, grants, local government, economic support, community development, health and wellness, outdoor recreation, state land use

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• At that point, the law is designed to prevent them from owning a gun and potentially harming themselves
• </c> those around them from potential harm. those around them from potential harm.
• Preventing VA from suicide attempt.
• </c> more risk of harm. more risk of harm.
• This is really a harmful museum.

Bills: HB6047 , HR1041 , HR1329

Keywords: veterans, disability compensation, dependency compensation, housing loans, benefits expansion, Sharri Briley, Eric Edmundson, government assistance, Scouting, youth development, Eagle Scouts, civic leadership, community service, American heritage, mental health, mental health awareness month, May 2026, suicide prevention, behavioral health, depression

Bills: HB6047 , HR1041 , HR1329

Keywords: veterans, disability compensation, dependency compensation, housing loans, benefits expansion, Sharri Briley, Eric Edmundson, government assistance, Scouting, youth development, Eagle Scouts, civic leadership, community service, American heritage, mental health, mental health awareness month, May 2026, suicide prevention, behavioral health, depression

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• HB 2184 directly addresses this harm. HB 2184 directly addresses this harm.
• A credit freeze is a simple, no-cost preventative step.
• HB 2321 is a prevention bill in the truest sense.
• HB 2321 provides this protection and allows for prevention.
• The bill addresses a very real and very preventable harm: identity theft for children in foster care.

Bills: HB2180 , HB2184 , HB2188 , HB2194 , HB2206 , HB2321 , HB2322 , HB2438 , HB2442 , HB2448 , HB2727 , HB2797

Committees: House Health & Human Services , House House Health & Human Services Committee of Reference

Keywords: appropriation, funding, University of Arizona, education, state budget, fetal death, funeral homes, informed consent, abortion, women's rights, medical assistance, emotional support, language acquisition, early intervention, hearing impairment, grant program, deaf education, health care, insurance claims, prior authorization

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• The work we do is informed by the safe system approach, which recognizes that preventing deaths requires
• Prioritizing that we're preventing serious and fatal injuries.
• there's really a data-driven roadmap for you to look at how crashes are happening and how we can prevent
• serious crashes, using the safe system approach framework, we can focus on effective approaches to prevent
• serious crashes, using the safe system approach framework, we can focus on effective approaches to prevent

Bills: SB6131 , SB6155 , SB6238 , SB5824 , SB6110 , SB5839 , SB6032 , SB6148

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: traffic safety, roadway fatalities, Washington traffic safety commission, policy update, road safety, accident prevention, disability, parking privileges, accessibility, special parking, local government, oil tankers, restricted waters, environmental safety, maritime regulations, state law, fifth-wheel, travel trailers, vehicle regulation, transportation

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• If the load is being covered, it must be securely fastened to prevent any other hazard.
• I'm just wondering if you actually create this, will you name it Prevent-a-Dent? Well, I could.
• And I just ask you to approve this bill as a way to prevent the slow death of the program.
• And I just ask you to approve this bill as a way to prevent the slow death of the program.
• Expanding the Commission's access to this data will strengthen Washington's ability to prevent future

Bills: HB2109 , HB2139 , HB2192

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: vehicle loads, public highways, transportation, road safety, infrastructure, HB2139, snowmobile registration, snowmobile fee, vehicle license fee, registration fee, Department of Licensing, RCW, vehicle registration, winter recreation, off-road vehicle, moped, motorcycle, trailer, recreational vehicle, vintage snowmobile

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• </c> author to find solutions to prevent author to find solutions to prevent something<01:03:18.279><
• </c> does not provide a clear prevention does not provide a clear prevention benefit<01:04:09.359><c>
• </c><01:13:56.719><c> further</c> 1566 this SP to prevent further 1566 this SP to prevent further tragedies
• So investing in holistic eviction prevention is cost effective.
• ><c> to</c><01:40:11.000><c> prevent</c> and therefore helps to prevent and therefore helps to prevent

Bills: HF2296 , HF1566 , HF1854 , HF1385 , HF1142

Committee: House Housing Finance and Policy

Keywords: landlord-tenant, victim confidentiality, domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, tenant privacy, housing law, eviction, unpaid rent, damages, release of information, shared database, protective order, victim of violence, Minnesota Statutes 504B.206, housing finance, civil law, autism, rental properties, reasonable accommodation

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• There's nothing to prevent them from doing that. ago that you need to get them by the time they're 16

Bills: HB20 , HB 120 , HB20 , HB120

Committee: House S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education

Keywords: applied sciences, career education, high school diploma, certificate program, work-based learning, job placement, high-growth jobs, technical training, career readiness, education reform, workforce training, public schools, financial aid, fraudulent solicitation, disaster relief, nonprofit organizations, criminal penalties, consumer protection, fraud prevention, charitable donations

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• group many years ago—I just throw 20 out there—who actually set up the process to deal with dropout prevention
• This bill will circumvent that system, preventing health officials from knowing when and where those

Bills: HB266 , SB85 , SB166 , HB266 , SB85 , SB166

Committee: Senate Education Policy

Keywords: education, diploma, adult education, dropout prevention, nontraditional high school program, driver's license eligibility, vaccination exemption, religious exemption, medical exemption, vaccine mandate, testing requirement, public schools, K-12, students, parents, guardians, higher education, college enrollment, university attendance, public institutions of higher education

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• It just prevents those claims for wrongful termination. Follow up, thank you, Madam President.
• And so it would prevent who from receiving these incentives, employers. Thank you, Madam President.
• I actually think this is preventing government from inflating property values on private industry.
• Follow up: Thank you, and so it would... prevent who from receiving these incentives?
• I actually think this is preventing government from inflating property values on private industry.

Bills: SB65 , SB248 , SB330 , SB378 , SB844 , SB1330 , SB1410 , SB1475 , SB1476 , SB1565 , SB1618 , SB1623 , SJR39 , SJR47 , SB2084 , SB1655 , SB1679 , SB2174 , SB1775 , SB1873 , SB1204 , SB1884 , SB1916 , SB1937 , SB1447 , SB1500 , SB2007 , SB2074 , SB1944 , SB2018 , SB1984 , SB2026 , SB2045 , SB2049 , SB2062 , SB2112 , SB2118 , SB2127 , SB2134 , SB2135 , SB2139 , SB2154 , SB1195

Keywords: SB65, naloxone, Narcan, opioid overdose, overdose reversal, opioid antagonist, emergency opioid antagonist, substance abuse services, harm reduction, public health, overdose prevention, good samaritan, civil immunity, criminal immunity, controlled substances, addiction treatment, fentanyl, opioid crisis, school overdose response, first aid

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• So you have to take some type of deliberate action to cause harm to be charged.
• situations where administering these antagonists, opiate antagonists that Would actually cause distress or harm
• So, what What would prevent the agency from selling assets primarily to generate internal funding rather
• What would prevent the agency from selling assets primarily to generate internal funding rather than
• So, from your perspective, what safeguards exist to prevent the Accumulation of state-owned real estate

Bills: SB65 , SB248 , SB330 , SB378 , SB844 , SB1330 , SB1410 , SB1475 , SB1476 , SB1565 , SB1618 , SB1623 , SJR39 , SJR47 , SB2084 , SB1655 , SB1679 , SB2174 , SB1775 , SB1873 , SB1204 , SB1884 , SB1916 , SB1937 , SB1447 , SB1500 , SB2007 , SB2074 , SB1944 , SB2018 , SB1984 , SB2026 , SB2045 , SB2049 , SB2062 , SB2112 , SB2118 , SB2127 , SB2134 , SB2135 , SB2139 , SB2154 , SB1195

Keywords: SB65, naloxone, Narcan, opioid overdose, overdose reversal, opioid antagonist, emergency opioid antagonist, substance abuse services, harm reduction, public health, overdose prevention, good samaritan, civil immunity, criminal immunity, controlled substances, addiction treatment, fentanyl, opioid crisis, school overdose response, first aid

Bills: HB85 , HB94 , HB276 , HB323 , HB374 , HB586 , HB656 , HB998 , HB1204 , SB42 , SB46 , SB51 , SB87 , SB110 , SB154

Committee: House Administration of Criminal Justice

Keywords: animal abuse, registry, law enforcement, felony offenses, public notification, firearms, due process, confiscation, law-abiding citizen, government funding, self-defense, bail, contradictory bail hearing, Gwen's Law, pretrial detention, criminal procedure, child sexual abuse, child rape, sexual battery, oral sexual battery

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• Climate impact we haven't even talked about, but if you were to actually factor in the harm that CO2
• but if you were to actually factor<01:03:07.440><c> in</c><01:03:07.680><c> the</c><01:03:07.920><c> harm
• c><01:03:08.240><c> that</c><01:03:08.640><c> CO2</c><01:03:09.119><c> emissions</c> factor in the harm
• that CO2 emissions factor in the harm that CO2 emissions cost,<01:03:10.559><c> it</c><01:03:10.799>

Bills: SCR48 , SCR28 , SCR74 , SCR62 , SCR60 , SCR89 , SCR147 , SCR179 , SCR182 , SCR59 , SCR54 , SCR180

Keywords: affordable housing, housing credits, perpetual credits, development, Hawaii Housing Finance, Vietnam veterans, commemorative medal, recognition, working group, Hawaii, no-bid contracts, emergency procurement, audit, state agencies, public funds, accountability, emergency response, disability access, 911 systems, life-saving measures

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• Because when it comes to children, delay is not neutral; delay is harm.
• This bill is about prevention.
• It'll prevent kickbacks. It'll prevent kickbacks from private property owners to towing companies.
• It would prevent kickbacks and all kinds of things.
• It would prevent kickbacks and all kinds of things.

Bills: HB2014 , HB2111 , HB2156 , HB2165 , HB2202 , HB2305 , HB2321 , HB2399 , HB2403 , HB2416 , HB2418 , HB2446 , HB2601 , HB2615 , HB2620 , HB2812 , HB2939 , HB2940 , HB2955 , HB2957 , HB2960 , HB2992 , HB4026 , HB4049

Committee: Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Keywords: air emissions, fuel blends, environmental quality, feasibility study, Arizona Department of Agriculture, driver license, examinations, motorcycle awareness, public safety, traffic laws, livestock, compensation, funding, ranching, agriculture, veterans, state parks, admission fees, military exemption, recreation access

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• The same harmful practices remain active today.
• Extreme fear prevents people from seeking care.
• Beyond the physical harm, witnessing or experiencing these terrible outcomes can also cause lifelong
• suffering and psychological harm.
• suffering and psychological harm.

Bills: SB1051 , SB1114 , SB1115 , SB1122 , SB1132 , SB1162 , SB1169 , SB1171 , SB1172 , SB1173 , SB1174 , SB1175 , SB1179 , SB1188 , SB1233 , SB1236 , SB1242 , SB1316 , SB1368

Committees: Senate Health and Human Services , Senate Senate Health and Human Services COR

Keywords: SB1051, Arizona hospitals, immigration status, patient intake, admission forms, registration forms, health care reporting, uncompensated care, emergency department, lawfully present, undocumented immigrants, noncitizen patients, hospital funding, Arizona Department of Health Services, ADHS, border security, health care institutions, patient privacy, medical access, immigration policy

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• anatomy training and supervised procedural hands-on training that built my expertise to manage and prevent
• ensure. ...medications are disposed of properly, thereby reducing the risk of misuse and environmental harm

Bills: SB1117 , SB1373 , SB672 , SB1986 , SB1098 , SB626 , SB1784 , SB2480 , SB2487 , SB437 , SB660

Committee: House Public Health

Keywords: dentistry, botulinum toxin, aesthetic treatments, dental regulation, training, medical staff privileges, hospital administration, healthcare regulation, Texas Health and Safety Code, consistency in privileges, SB 672, Texas hospital emergency operations plan, hospital diversion, emergency department, cyberattack, cyber security, power outage, electrical outage, patient diversion, hospital preparedness

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• Specialists like this will help prevent amputations as well, so SB1373...
• Creating a single objective criterion could circumvent that ability. ...and could result in patient harms
• It was emotional and it was... ...preventable, which is why, as an elected official, I took action.
• With the rising trend of vehicle crashes, we should take steps to prevent additional tragedies.
• SB 2487 conflates homelessness with mental illness in misleading and harmful ways.

Bills: SB1117 , SB1373 , SB672 , SB1986 , SB1098 , SB626 , SB1784 , SB2480 , SB2487 , SB437 , SB660

Committee: House Public Health

Keywords: dentistry, botulinum toxin, aesthetic treatments, dental regulation, training, medical staff privileges, hospital administration, healthcare regulation, Texas Health and Safety Code, consistency in privileges, SB 672, Texas hospital emergency operations plan, hospital diversion, emergency department, cyberattack, cyber security, power outage, electrical outage, patient diversion, hospital preparedness