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• first-time freshmen at uh generally are—the trajectory is getting higher for those who are in um English
• I think a lot of that is early college, to be honest, because if they come in with English 100 and/or
• who<00:37:19.119> are<00:37:19.280> in<00:37:20.240> um<00:37:20.480> English
• ><00:37:20.960> 100<00:37:21.280> and<00:37:21.520> math those who are in um English
• 100 andor math they come in with English 100 andor math 100<00:37:44.000> then<00:37:44.960><

Bills: SB2901, SB2902, SB2903, SB2904, SB2905, SB2906, SB2907, SB2908, SB2909, SB2910, SB2911, SB2912, SB2913, SB2914, SB2915, SB2916, SB2917, SB2918, SB2919, SB2920, SB2921, SB2922, SB2923, SB2924, SB2925, SB2926, SB2927, SB2928, SB2929, SB2930, SB2931, SB2932, SB2933, SB2934, SB2935, SB2936, SB2937, SB2938, SB2939, SB2940, SB2941, SB2942, SB2943, SB2944, SB2945, SB2946, SB2947, SB2948, SB2949, SB2950, SB2951, SB2952, SB2953, SB2954, SB2955, SB2956, SB2957, SB2958, SB2959, SB2960, SB2961, SB2962, SB2963, SB2964, SB2965, SB2966, SB2967, SB2968, SB2969, SB2970, SB2971, SB2972, SB2973, SB2974, SB2975, SB2976, SB2977, SB2978, SB2979, SB2980, SB2981, SB2982, SB2983, SB2984, SB2985, SB2986, SB2987, SB2988, SB2989, SB2990, SB2991, SB2992, SB2993, SB2994, SB2995, SB2996, SB2997, SB2998, SB2999, SB3000

Keywords: geological subsurface characterization, groundwater, geothermal resources, environmental review, Hawaii groundwater and geothermal resources center, scientific research, non-extractive, public trust doctrine, clean energy, greenhouse gas, carbon sequestration, climate change, energy policy, Hawaii state energy office, emissions reduction, sustainable development, fare-free transportation, greenhouse gas emissions, public transit, tax on petroleum

Transcript Highlights:

• I was an English teacher. I went into career and college career specialist.
• So this bill would also revitalize and preserve indigenous languages.
• we’ve also had, particularly in Tempe Union, Dene language one and two.
• Also, the language is a little bit vague as I read it.
• language arts.

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• He eventually became an engineer and an electrician, learned five languages, including German, and traveled
• He eventually became an engineer and an electrician, learned five languages, including German, and traveled
• I thought that every grandfather spoke multiple languages, fixed everything with his own hands, and had
• He learned new languages, and he built a beautiful life here in California.
• He learned new languages, and he built a beautiful life here in California.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So I'm working with the agency to clarify, um, get some clarifying language with them, and we're working
• Um, HB 2117 simply clarifies that language, uh, and like I said to the Committee on Public Health back
• Educational resources will be provided in both English and Spanish with continuing education opportunities
• Across racial and ethnic backgrounds, across language diversity, and ensuring that they're listened to
• to not be able to be investigated, um, and so I, I'm, I'm really happy to work with you on that language

Bills: HB46

Keywords: local government spending cap, expenditure limit, political subdivision, property tax, ad valorem tax, budget cap, taxpayer protection, spending restraint, inflation adjustment, population growth, voter approval, supermajority vote, county budget, municipal budget, school district finance, junior college district, hospital district, special district, attorney general enforcement, local fiscal limits

Transcript Highlights:

• English. Representative English. Excused. Espinosa. She's here. Forai. Forai. Flenniken. Frolick.

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, approved the journal from the previous day, and heard several announcements about committee schedules and visiting groups, including Greeley Day at the Capitol and students from Wildcat Mountain Elementary. Committee notices covered upcoming hearings in Judiciary, Business Affairs and Labor, Education, Transportation/Housing/Local Government, Health and Human Services, and Capital Development. The main floor action was consideration of House Joint Resolution 1022, which designates a portion of Arapahoe Road in Boulder County as the “Road of Remembrance.” Sponsors and supporters described the history of the World War I memorial effort, the stone pillars at Arapahoe Road and US 287, and the current effort to preserve and relocate the pillars while marking the roadway. Several members spoke in favor, emphasizing veterans’ remembrance and historic preservation. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 60-0, with five excused, and Representative Bottoms was added as a co-sponsor. Afterward, the House heard additional recognitions for advanced placement students and an announcement that the majority leader had paid outstanding fines. The chamber then laid over the balance of the calendar until the next day and recessed later in the day.

Transcript Highlights:

• The rule is amending Arkansas Code part 60 to formalize special language.
• If they choose to do that, to my knowledge, that language is from statute.
• English language arts, social studies, and mathematics are a very limited scope of the subjects that
• language arts.
• There was some compromise language that was agreed to.

Summary: The Administrative Rules Subcommittee met to review a long agenda of agency rule changes, beginning with housekeeping on the order of business and then taking up rules from multiple state agencies. Early items included Department of Energy and Environment rules on landfill post-closure trust fund spending thresholds and liquefied petroleum gas standards, DFA’s odometer disclosure rule allowing electronic signatures and disclosures, and several Department of Health rules covering ionizing radiation, mobile home and recreational parks, lead-based paint, counseling licensure, hearing instrument dispensers, athletic training, dental specialties and compacts, nursing, pharmacy, physician assistants, medical compacts, speech-language pathology and audiology, radiologic technology, massage therapy, community health workers, doula certification, and cosmetology/body art. Most of these were described as technical updates, conformity with recent acts, federal standards, or compact participation, and nearly all were approved without objection after brief questions and, in many cases, no public comment. The committee also reviewed Department of Labor and Licensing rules on minimum wage/independent contractor standards, boiler rules, motor vehicle commission requirements for ATV/LSV dealers, professional wrestling regulation, appraiser qualifications, and military recruiting and retention programs. Testimony generally emphasized that the rules implemented recent legislation, updated fees or licensing standards, or streamlined existing processes. Members asked a few questions about fee structures, the rationale for regulating professional wrestling, and how the National Guard’s public-private partnership and incentive programs would work; the department said the recruiting incentives would be funded from existing appropriations and were intended to improve retention and force strength. These rules were also approved without objection. The most extensive discussion came on the Department of Education’s Arkansas Children’s Educational Freedom Account Program rule. The department said the revisions, based on Act 920 of 2025, were intended to add guardrails, clarify allowable expenses, and speed approval of core educational purchases. Changes included defining core educational expenses, limiting certain sports-related spending, adding an intentional misuse standard, restricting phone purchases except for disability-related needs, setting a $1,000 threshold for additional review of technology purchases, capping carryover funds at $8,500, and creating a reconsideration process for denied expenses. Members raised concerns about safeguards, appeals, sports equipment, provider credentialing, rural vendor access, and whether the department would be flexible or overly restrictive. The department said it would review every request, provide written explanations for denials, allow appeals up to the State Board, and refer suspected fraud to prosecutors if necessary. After hearing from 13 members of the public, the committee continued to discuss the rule, but the transcript ends before any final vote on the EFA rule is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:20:54.559> around if there's a change in language around if there's a change in language
• And many of these times, you know, I grew up in a immigrant community, and English is their second language
• English is my second language, and you could think it's pretty hard to kind of do all the paperwork and
• Um, but I'm happy to continue to work on this language with you if you're interested.
• <00:34:22.159> with continue to work on this language with continue to work on this language

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• If it can help, maybe help put this into English.
• I think that's an important legislative and language change that we need to make.
• So, my suggestion is that we soften the language in HB 31 to allow TJJD to narrow its provisions that
• The One Voice Committee is in opposition to House Bill 31 regarding committed youth and the language
• I think there's some language stuff that may not be. be adjusted on it, but I appreciate you coming and

Bills: HB31, HB3360

Keywords: juvenile justice, community supervision, felony offenses, treatment of children, juvenile facilities, chemical dispensing device, solitary confinement, rehabilitation, criminal proceedings, delinquency, 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Blank. ...the new language there.
• The test is, the new language is engaging.
• I've got some really good language.
• The revised language in the current bill removes...
• I believe the current Chapter 37 language should remain.

Bills: SB27, SB226, SB326, SB570, SB605, SB870, SB991, SB1871, SB1872, SB1873, SB1874, SB1924, SB1925

Keywords: residency, public schools, child safety placement, enrollment, education code, antisemitism, student conduct, education, disciplinary actions, Texas Education Code, truancy, attendance policy, chronic absenteeism, school attendance, student absence notifications, parent notification, home visit, attendance officer, truancy court, school district

Transcript Highlights:

• The neutrality comes from the rubric here is not exactly the same language.
• But that's not the language in the analysis that's been applied in recent years in the courts.
• So in that sense, I think this This language is not frightening to me in that regard.
• Language in front of me. What did it what did it change?
• Excuse me, excuse my language. That's okay.

Bills: HB170, HB865, HB748, HJR112, HB 1110, HB1495, HB786, HB 1130, HB170

Keywords: civil liability, self-defense, force, deadly force, legal immunity, attorney's fees, criminal justice, firearms, liability, veterans, gun ownership, immunity, firearm hold agreement, sexual abuse, nondisclosure, confidentiality, public policy, Trey's Law, parental rights, child upbringing

Transcript Highlights:

• And different type students like Athens State is primarily adult learners, not 20-year-old people.
• I have a little bit of an issue with that changing the language from what it is. All right.

Bills: SB344, SB344

Keywords: Alabama Memorial Preservation Act, monuments, historic preservation, memorial buildings, memorial schools, memorial streets, architecturally significant buildings, public property, waiver process, Committee on Alabama Monument Protection, Attorney General, civil penalty, historic marker, renaming, relocation, removal, public memorials, heritage preservation, state historic preservation fund, governmental entity

Transcript Highlights:

• Camacho, Carter, Clifford, DeGraaf, Duran, English.
• So the language thank you bill sponsors.
• It's technical language. That is displayed to the amendment.
• peace officers are, that are languaged peace officers are, that are languaged exactly<02:00:47.280
• > Representatives Brown, Carter, English, Representatives Brown, Carter, English, Joseph,<04:26:55.680

Keywords: 981, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So that's of course why we put<01:15:56.080> that<01:15:56.239> language<01:15:56.560><
• I'm an English teacher, not a math. Good afternoon, senators.
• I'm an English teacher, not a in math.
• I'm an English teacher, not a math.<01:26:19.360> All<01:26:19.360> right.
• This just gets rid of some old language about school board members taking attendance for the district

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And I get what you're saying, but the language on 1.9 is saying that there we must have access.
• I get what you're saying, but the language on 1.9 is saying that there we must have access.
• language is, there's a dichotomy there, and I think it can and should be fixed.
• language is, there's a dichotomy there, and I think it can and should be fixed.
• is there's a a and white language is there's a a dichotomy<01:49:42.320> there.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• language learning, nursing assistant trainings, and employer partnerships.
• :50.800> adult<01:25:51.199> basic<01:25:51.600> education,<01:25:52.320> English
• through adult basic education, English through adult basic education, English language<01:25:53.199
• > learning,<01:25:54.239> nursing<01:25:54.639> assistant language learning, nursing
• assistant language learning, nursing assistant trainings,<01:25:55.600> and<01:25:55.840>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And then we have 22% of our students are receiving English language services, and 56% of our students
• students And then we have uh 22% of our students are<00:02:41.360> receiving<00:02:41.840> English
• <00:02:42.239> language<00:02:42.720> services are receiving English language services
• are receiving English language services and<00:02:43.840> 56%<00:02:44.640> of<00:02:44.720

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So the language in this bill related to store locations, I think, is very, very important.
• So you'll see that reflected in the language that we have here.
• We were wondering about the language about getting pre-approval for events like that.
• was because of the things when we met with the governor's office last year about this same language
• I appreciate Senator Burton's clarification on the events and advertising language.

Summary: The Committee on Agriculture heard a presentation from Florida FFA state officers Gabby Howell and Macy Jordan, who described FFA and agricultural education as a three-part model of classroom instruction, supervised agricultural experience, and leadership development. They highlighted FFA membership growth, Florida’s more than 60,000 members, industry certifications, and state funding that allows all agriculture education students to participate at no cost. Members praised the students and the organization’s role in developing future agricultural leaders. The committee then took up SB 438, which would regulate hemp and hemp extract products, including THC-infused beverages, by adding testing, labeling, retail location, age, and event restrictions, along with penalties and $2 million for testing equipment. Senator Burton said the bill is intended to address public safety, prevent products with illegal THC levels from reaching consumers, and respond to the governor’s prior veto concerns, especially store location and regulation. An amendment clarifying final batch testing was adopted without objection. Testimony was mixed. Supporters, including beverage distributors, law enforcement, and some hemp beverage businesses, backed regulation and said the bill would improve safety and clarity, though some asked for changes to avoid treating specialty beverage retailers like liquor stores. Opponents and some hemp industry representatives argued the bill was too restrictive, would hurt small businesses, and could push products into the black market; they also objected to THC limits, event restrictions, and the proposed regulatory structure. After debate, the committee voted 6-0 to report CS for SB 438 favorably.

Transcript Highlights:

• You crafted some language that now is standard practice.
• I should have used that language in this bill, and that's the amendment.

• That language is intended for one purpose and one purpose only.

• There's challenges galore that we've talked about, including language and learning English.
• All we're doing here today is aligning federal language with state language.

Summary: The Health Professions and Programs Subcommittee heard and advanced several health care bills. HB 909, joining the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact, was presented with a strike-all amendment and reported favorably as amended by a 13-0 vote. HB 911, the related public records exemption protecting certain biological information, was also adopted and reported favorably as amended by a 14-0 vote. CS for HB 597, allowing schools to procure and administer glucagon for students with diabetes under trained personnel, passed unanimously 14-0 after a technical amendment. HB 519, aligning state law with federal language on controlled substances administered by paramedics, passed as amended 14-0. The committee then took up HB 919 on nursing education programs. Sponsor Rep. Overdorf argued the bill would create accountability for underperforming nursing schools by requiring remediation, tuition refunds in the lowest-performing programs, and public reporting of passage rates. Supporters said it would improve quality and protect students from debt without licensure success, while opponents from private nursing schools warned it could close programs and reduce nurse supply. After extensive debate, the bill was reported favorably 15-0. HB 1553, which would require health care providers to submit identified uterine fibroid data so the Department of Health can implement the research database previously authorized by law, passed unanimously 15-0. The final bill, HB 883, would allow psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners to practice autonomously; supporters said it would expand access to mental health care, especially in rural and underserved areas, while opponents raised concerns about quality and physician oversight. After lengthy testimony and debate, the bill was reported favorably 14-3.

Transcript Highlights:

• 1319 by deleting the content of the entire measure and by inserting in lieu thereof the following language
• The amendment is just negotiated language between all parties.
• It just eliminates this duplicate language, and the decisions that they make are resting squarely on
• SB 1894 is mirror language of the bill that passed unanimously off the House floor.
• Members, this is the bill I'm using this as a vehicle to run some cleanup language related to domestic

Bills: HJR1101, SB1319, SB1264, HB4237, SB1277, SB2069, HB3066, HB2115, HB2153, HB2268, HB2961, SB1679, SB2018, HB4294, SB2095, HB4113, SB1894, SB1810, HB4268, HB1752, HB3413, SB625, HB3644, HB3940, HJR1096, HJR1100, HJR1099, HB2992, SB1636, HB4302, SB1613, SB1443, HB1409, HB1675, HB1225, HB1381, HB4359, SB1503

Keywords: SB1319, Corporation Commission, Oklahoma, remediation, environmental emergency, brine contamination, oil contamination, oilfield pollution, residential property, home buyout, property acquisition, fair market value, revolving fund, remediation fund, state plugging funds, well plugging, abandoned well, natural breakout, Department of Environmental Quality, DEQ

Transcript Highlights:

• From conversations that we had with the Attorney General's office, some clarifying language was added
• So all this is doing is restoring the original Senate language that came over. Yield to questions.
• That is the language that our our coalition friends ask be removed.
• They'll still be required in what the original bill language to service and to care for women in this
• the Oklahoma Pregnancy Care Network does not want that language.

Bills: HJR1101, SB1319, SB1264, HB4237, SB1277, SB2069, HB3066, HB2115, HB2153, HB2268, HB2961, SB1679, SB2018, HB4294, SB2095, HB4113, SB1894, SB1810, HB4268, HB1752, HB3413, SB625, HB3644, HB3940, HJR1096, HJR1100, HJR1099, HB2992, SB1636, HB4302, SB1613, SB1443, HB1409, HB1675, HB1225, HB1381, HB4359, SB1503

Keywords: SB1319, Corporation Commission, Oklahoma, remediation, environmental emergency, brine contamination, oil contamination, oilfield pollution, residential property, home buyout, property acquisition, fair market value, revolving fund, remediation fund, state plugging funds, well plugging, abandoned well, natural breakout, Department of Environmental Quality, DEQ