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• When I reach out to you, you took the time to hear my concern and make sure that they were addressed.
• I am sorry, **Representative Nixon**; I did not hear your entire question.
• We saw it right here on this floor, we saw it throughout the committee hearings.
• He has been instrumental in bringing our CPR training up here to the House every year.
• I couldn't hear. What are the penalties if someone violates this policy?

Bills: SB 5, SJR 3, HB 11, HJR 72, HB 48, HB 27, HB 144, HB 37, HB 1481, HB 581, HB 1696, HB 2216, HB 1035, HB 1633, HB 742, HB 754, HB 1689, HB 1690, HB 2669, HB 391, HB 517, HB 1775, HB 1024, HB 1607, HB 252, HB 1716, HB 1562, HB 4116, HB 1866, HB 1741, HB 2103, HB 2637, HB 2884, HB 3707, HB 503, HB 1089, HB 1757, HB 2986, HB 972, SB 365, SB 1786, SB 5, SJR 3, HB 14, HB 43, HB 36, HB 26, HB 149, HB 121, HB 206, HB 136, HB 3114, HB 2733, HB 1732, HB 3700, HB 467, HB 1130, HB 1846, HB 1442, HB 1147, HB 2176, HB 2701, HB 805, HB 2890, HB 1154, HB 1644, HB 2118, HB 1718, HB 2488, HB 2596, HB 2468, HB 484, HB 2578, HB 3204, HB 1041, HB 307, HB 685, HB 538, HB 2525, HB 3125, HB 2027, HB 2894, HB 3077, HB 106, HB 18, HB 11, HJR 72, HB 48, HB 27, HB 144, HB 37, HB 1481, HB 581, HB 1696, HB 2216, HB 1035, HB 1633, HB 742, HB 754, HB 1689, HB 1690, HB 2669, HB 391, HB 517, HB 1775, HB 1024, HB 1607, HB 252, HB 1716, HB 1562, HB 4116, HB 1866, HB 1741, HB 2103, HB 2637, HB 2884, HB 3707, HB 503, HB 1089, HB 1757, HB 2986, HB 972

Keywords: dementia, research institute, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, funding, grants, state health initiatives, research funding, state budget, prevention, healthcare, medical research, Dementia Prevention and Research Institute, licensing, reciprocity, regulation, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, interstate agreements, tax exemption, intellectual disability

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• to testify before the committee, please register at the kiosk located in the hallways behind the hearing
• Hearing none, we'll pull you right back up. Um, we have one. Individual registered.
• Hearing none, the chair recognizes Ms. Hernandez. Thank you, Speaker Plan.
• Hearing none, the chair recognizes Speaker Phelan to close on House Bill 11.
• Hearing no objection, House Bill 491 is left pending. Remember that concludes today's agenda.

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• I hear what you're saying.
• <02:00:13.960> and 359 we'll close the public hearing and 359 we'll close the public hearing
• I was surprised to hear Mr.
• I was surprised to hear Mr.
• <05:35:01.520> so<05:35:02.120> Wednesday hearings so Wednesday hearings so Wednesday afternoon

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Commerce Committee opened a public hearing on House Bill 310, sponsored by Representative Keith Ammon, which would create a study commission to develop a legal framework for stable tokens and tokenized real-world assets. Ammon described stable tokens as blockchain-based digital tokens backed by U.S. dollars or treasuries, and tokenized real-world assets as representations of ownership in items such as gold, real estate, or artwork. He said the bill is intended to help New Hampshire get ahead of emerging financial markets while waiting to see how federal legislation develops. Committee members asked about the purpose of the bill, the difference between this proposal and Bitcoin, whether state regulation could be preempted by federal law, and whether the commission could be balanced and avoid becoming a vehicle for fraud or money laundering. Ammon said the proposal is blockchain-agnostic, could apply to multiple networks, and is meant to regulate asset-backed tokens rather than create a state-issued coin. He emphasized that the state would not be guaranteeing the underlying assets, but would set rules requiring audits, proof of reserves, and honest representation of backing, with the Secretary of State’s securities office involved in oversight. Several members raised concerns about the risks of stablecoins, including money laundering, tax evasion, and possible harm to the dollar or confusion about whether the state was endorsing a new currency. Ammon responded that the bill would not undermine the dollar and argued that tokenization could actually expand demand for U.S. currency by making it easier to use globally. He also said the state would not be in the business of weighing assets or directly valuing them, only ensuring a valid audit trail and one-to-one backing. The discussion ended with general agreement that the subject is complex and that a commission could help develop future legislation, but no vote or final action was taken in the hearing.

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• FIRST WE WILL HEAR FROM DEPUTY SECRETARY KIM FROM THE HEALTHCARE OF ADMINISTRATION FROM THE INVITATIONAL
• ADDITIONALLY THE INSTRUMENT MUST INCLUDE MEASURES THAT HAVE BEEN ENDORSED BY THE NATIONAL QUALITY FORUM
• THIS NOTICE WOULD BE PUBLISHED THIS MONTH AND OUR GOAL IS EARLY JANUARY TO DO THE FINAL RULE HEARING
• AND WE WOULD HAVE A RULE HEARING ONLY IF REQUESTED IN THE HEARING WOULD BE SCHEDULED AS QUICKLY AS WE
• AND YOU EXPLAINED VERY, TELL ME I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT QUARTILES.

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• You're going to start hearing more and more about programs running out of those surplus funds and needing
• Is the EBT card a federal instrument?
• We hear the dollar amount when we're doing the budget; we hear it as we go through the year.
• Every legislator should at least hear what's going on with some perspective.
• They hear from each of us, they hear from different groups, they hear from all over, but there's not

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• This could include presenting legislation to other committees, attending overlapping hearings. or handling
• With that said, welcome to the... hearing of the House Committee on Cultural Recreation and Tourism for
• This courthouse program has been instrumental in helping counties across the state maintain the historic
• But this time, we will hear from Mr.
• And that's it, but taking the time to hear from us today. We really appreciate that.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• A commissioner shall be given notice of the hearing and an opportunity to be heard before the commissioner
• The New Mexico Wildlife Federation was instrumental in the creation of the first game commission back
• Once you got a district court hearing, it would then go to the Supreme Court. So, multiple steps.
• So I understand it to be the Supreme Court has the option, either hearing this themselves or assigning
• So, Senator Berghmans, I would like to hear from each of your experts with their favorite insect.

Bills: SB104, SJR3, SM3

Keywords: wildlife commission, removal procedures, malfeasance, appointed officials, governance, education reform, public education, state board of education, superintendent, chartering authority, constitutional amendment, policy setting, insects, insect workshop, insect identification, ecology, monitoring, management, pollinators, pollination

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• I hear your enthusiasm as you want to do something so good for your community. And Mr.
• That's what I'm hearing.
• You know, and just hearing about the master plan.
• Jeannie Oaks, who was an instrumental force of nature in helping us really get this done.
• Can you hear me? Okay, we sure can. Great, I'll keep this very brief.

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• WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO TAB 2 AND HEAR FROM SENATOR BRADLEY ON SB 168, MENTAL HEALTH.
• THE ROLE I HAVE IS A VOLUNTEER AS A FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP LEADER AND IN THE SUPPORT GROUPS I OFTEN HEAR
• WHAT I WANT EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR FROM ME IS WHAT'S REALLY BROKEN HIS EARLY INTERVENTION
• : THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. >> Chair Martin: AND WE HAVE CINDY MURPHY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HEARING
• I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE EPIC THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Chair Martin: HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS SENATOR

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Let them say what they want to say so I could come back and tell them what they need to hear.
• Let them say what they want to say so I could come back and tell them what they need to hear.
• Cochran was instrumental in the founding of Howard Community College.
• Cochran was instrumental in the founding of Howard Community College.
• Cochran was instrumental in the founding of Howard Community College.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, November 21, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• His partnership has been instrumental.
• Welcome back in to our hearing.
• included last year eight hearings, some multiple multi-day proceedings, and 21 pre-hearings.
• Beal for co-chairing this hearing.
• We hear great stories.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Ways and Means held its sixth public hearing on the Governor’s H-2 budget proposal for fiscal year 2026, focused on public safety and judiciary agencies, at the Foxborough Community Center. After opening remarks and local welcomes, the committee heard first from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, led by Secretary Gina Kwan, who outlined a $1.72 billion budget, up $69.8 million from FY26. She said the proposal emphasizes core operations, readiness, and partnerships with municipalities, and highlighted work on firearms-law implementation, State Police reform, DOC reentry efforts, hate-crimes prevention, emergency response, and planning for major events including the World Cup. Members also raised concerns about DNA backlog reporting, State Police academy boxing and training standards, ICE communication, disaster relief funding, crime lab staffing, EMS placement, and diversity in public safety leadership. Several exchanges focused on specific operational issues. Secretary Kwan and her team said the State Police are tracking the influx of forensic work from local sheriffs, that the boxing program remains suspended pending an IACP review and likely will not return in its prior form, and that EOPS has no direct communication with ICE but supports law-enforcement coordination where appropriate. On disaster preparedness, officials said the new disaster relief fund is being developed with MEMA and A&F, currently capitalized at $14 million with another $14 million expected, though members urged a more permanent funding source. On the crime lab, staff said the roughly $4.5 million increase is intended to cover core operations and a structural funding gap rather than expand services. The secretary also said EOPS is not ready to absorb OEMS from DPH at this time, though she would keep an open mind. The committee then heard from district attorneys, led by Suffolk County DA Kevin Hayden, who said the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association is seeking a 10% increase in operating budgets, including about $16.7 million for staffing salaries, to recruit and retain prosecutors, advocates, and support staff. He said the request reflects rising workload and the need to keep the criminal justice system functioning efficiently and fairly. The hearing was recessed briefly after the district attorneys’ opening remarks, with additional testimony expected to continue afterward.

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• He worked on hundreds of bills and was instrumental in legislation that has left a lasting impact on
• He worked on hundreds of bills and was instrumental in legislation that has left a lasting impact on
• Hearing none, the journal is approved. Are there messages from the Senate? None on the desk, Mr.
• Representative Hart-Lowman, I couldn't hear the question. Would you care to repeat it, please?
• Did I hear that right? Representative Trebalsey. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Mr.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for former Senator Donnell C. Childers, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of Officer Antonio Richardson as law enforcement officer of the day. A quorum was announced, the journal was approved, and the Speaker said the chamber would take up 11 budget conference reports, with debate and final votes on each report. The first report considered was HB 7031E, the tax package, followed by HB 501E, the state budget appropriations bill. On HB 7031E, Chair Duggan explained that the conference report included a range of tax reductions and tax-related changes, including sales tax holidays, property tax and homestead-related provisions, reductions in certain taxes and fees, and new exemptions or administrative clarifications. He said the package also added items such as sales tax relief for certain university construction projects, a tennis admissions exemption, and changes to agricultural property tax treatment, and that the amendment reduced state and local tax revenues by $272.2 million. Members questioned the bill about the child care tax credit reduction from three years to one, the homestead exemption provision for certain diplomats and foreign service personnel, the absence of gas tax relief and combined reporting, and the inclusion of firearm accessories and tennis tickets in sales tax holidays. After structured debate, the House adopted the conference report and passed HB 7031E by a vote of 88-11. The House then began the conference report on HB 501E, the $114.5 billion budget for fiscal year 2026-2027, which was described as below the prior year’s spending level and leaving more than $14 billion in reserves. Subcommittee chairs outlined major allocations across education, higher education, IT, health care, transportation and economic development, justice, state administration, and agriculture/natural resources. Highlights included increased FEFP funding and veteran teacher raises, full funding for Bright Futures, major IT modernization projects, Medicaid and behavioral health funding, transportation and local infrastructure spending, correctional and law enforcement investments, fire station and emergency response funding, and large environmental and water-quality appropriations. Members asked detailed questions about school voucher fraud oversight, scholarship funding, teacher raises, preeminence funding, ADAP changes, SNAP data tools and error rates, Medicaid rate changes, prison wastewater monitoring, and other budget items, but the transcript ends during the budget questions before final action on HB 501E is shown.

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• So this is the first time you're hearing it here, but um it has had a positive hearing.
• Next we will hear Senate file um 3685. Next we will hear Senate file um 3685.
• instrument to a non-existent problem. instrument to a non-existent problem.
• hear is negotiating power and leverage. hear is negotiating power and leverage.
• So, I hear you. Uh I I get available." So, I hear you.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We want to hear about that in this committee.
• you talk to us about what you're hearing you talk to us about what you're hearing on<00:20:24.159
• of them because the testifiers we hear of them because the testifiers we hear from<00:58:52.200>
• Can you hear me? Yes, we can.
• Can you hear me? Yes, we can.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I think today would be a nice day to hear.
• And so it was just a delightful day to hear anecdotal evidence to complement the data that we often hear
• <00:01:19.000> mental the data that we often hear mental the data that we often hear mental
• young man and it became an instrumental young man and it became an instrumental part<00:01:52.880
• With that said, Julie Campanelli and Abby, you're up. hearing some thoughts on why the hearing some thoughts

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We hear from ER doctors about increases in children 0 to 5 years old coming to the emergency room.
• We have instruments. We are going through accreditation.
• I don't think it's been filed yet, but I hear there's a potential.
• And again, this isn't a policy hearing, but what about getting rid of the tags themselves versus the
• Did I hear that we're now looking at like same day on that transport?

Keywords: 914, all

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• Thank you, Chair and members, for hearing this bill.
• But anyway, thank you for hearing the bill. I would appreciate your support. And thank you, Mr.
• I just wanted to sort of air this publicly: that mandatory parking minimums are blunt instruments that
• Unfortunately, as we heard at the beginning of this hearing, Citizens United and a set of other legal
• Now I hear you on the petition. Narrowly tailored. It's not about signing a petition.

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• We can units we hear that on call is is difficult for staff.
• We can units we hear that on call is is difficult for staff.
• I'm going to hear you and can you get back with me on the API number.
• This is a big problem and we hear it from my eye cbc's on dealing with this Mr. Money.
• That's not quite what I'm hearing from my local cbc's.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• But another thing this bill does is make sure that whatever instrument that we use for that benchmarking
• Hey, listen, no, this isn't what you want to hear.
• I spent House Rule 8.8 for the purpose of hearing untimely four. Amendments on House Bill 3974.

Bills: HB4420, HB3974, HB3016, HB3062, HB3021, HB3145, HB4128, HB3131, HB3015, HB3472, HB3453, HB1638, HB4126, HB2696, HB2710, HB3552, HB3031, HB3544, HB3521, HB4490, HB4488, HB1746, HJR1069, HB4428, HB4429, HB1170, HB3538, HB4124, HB3904, HB4106, HB2999, HB3982, HJR1077, HB3464, HB2588, HB3462, HB4440, HB3674, HB3345, HJR1067, HB4326, HB4331, HB4337, HB4338, HB4359, HB4392, HB3557, HJR1076, HB4003, HB3495, HB3497, HB3501, HB3505, HB3749, HB3011, HB4336, HB4346, HJR1087, HB3240, HB3647, HB3796, HB3969, HB3972, HB3983, HB3984, HB3989, HB3383, HB3130, HB4358, HB3327, HJR1055, HB3386, HJR1089, HB3087, HB2970, HB3314, HB4129, HB4199

Keywords: reading, intervention, literacy, education, third grade retention, teacher training, funding, Strong Readers Act, tort claims, inmate housing, government immunity, public trust, private prison, emergency legislation, vision screening, binocular vision, kindergarten, elementary education, health, firearm rights

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• Grant, Pathways Career Opportunities Grant, Workforce CAP Grant—all of those have been really instrumental
• So there's no, what I'm hearing is that there is no evaluation on the cost factor of courses that are
• So there's no, what I'm hearing is that there is no evaluation on the cost factor of courses that are

Summary: The Appropriations Committee for Higher Education met to review Florida’s workforce and Florida College System funding models as part of budget planning. Chair Harrell opened by emphasizing the state’s growing focus on technical education and workforce pathways, and the committee first heard from Tara Goodman of the Department of Education on district workforce education. Goodman explained the programs funded through district workforce dollars, including career certificates, applied technology diplomas, registered apprenticeship, and adult general education, and described the model’s reliance on lagged enrollment, program cost weights, local tuition offsets, and supplemental factors such as disability services, GED testing, and minimum funding for small rural districts. She also noted federal support through Perkins and WIOA and said the model is used to determine unmet need and guide appropriations. In response to questions, she said health care programs are generally among the higher-cost offerings and may be supplemented by pipeline funds. The committee then heard from Kathy Hebda, Chancellor of the Florida College System, on the college system’s funding model. Hebda described the main funding sources, including the program fund, student success incentive funds, pipeline funds, tuition and fees, and performance-based incentives, and explained that the current model was developed by the 28 college presidents under legislative direction. She said the model uses a three-year average FTE, weights workforce enrollment more heavily than non-workforce enrollment, gives significant weight to completions, includes a small-college factor and regional cost differentials, and also provides targeted funding to bring colleges up to a floor based on per-FTE funding. Senators asked about colleges below the target, cost differences among programs, faculty salaries, and health insurance costs; Hebda said the model is meant to provide flexible operating dollars that colleges can use for those expenses, but specific salary and benefit decisions are left to the institutions. Seminole State College President Georgia Lorenz also testified in support of the college funding model, saying it holds institutions accountable for enrollment and completions, can be adjusted to reflect state priorities like workforce, and addresses differences in size and regional costs. No bills were voted on, and the committee adjourned after brief closing remarks thanking Seminole State College and the presenters.