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• Cowboy State Agricultural Trust Fund.
• >> Cowboy State Agricultural Trust Fund. >> Cowboy State Agricultural Trust Fund.
• Um, trust the trust fund. >> Representative Heiner. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
• trust funds.
• trust funds.

Keywords: 916, all

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• This is in here a separate entity to investigate and enforce because there is that lack of trust.
• This is in here a separate entity to investigate and enforce because there is that lack of trust.
• We are in a point in our state where the trust and legislature is really low." >> is really low.
• <01:25:24.639> and<01:25:25.120> legislature state where the trust and legislature
• state where the trust and legislature >> is<01:25:27.679> really<01:25:28.000> low.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up Senate File 856, a bill to create a statewide Office of Inspector General to combat fraud. Representative Norris presented a delete-everything amendment that would keep most of the Senate bill but add more emphasis on fraud prevention, fully fund the office, avoid duplicating work already done by the BCA’s financial crimes division, and preserve subject-matter expertise by keeping some existing inspectors general in their agencies. He said the amendment would retain strong investigative powers, including subpoenas, while using the BCA for arrests, and he acknowledged his original version was likely too broad, so he planned to offer smaller amendments if needed. Chair Nash and other members challenged the DE on both process and substance. Nash said the amendment had not been shared with key stakeholders, noted that the Senate author had publicly distanced herself from it, and pointed to a governor’s office document saying the administration wanted a different approach than the Senate bill. He argued the Senate bill was a bipartisan, bicameral product and said the committee should be careful about accuracy and process. Representative Davis questioned Norris about the claim that the Senate bill was underfunded and about the governor’s role in selecting the inspector general, arguing that the governor should not have broad control over the office. Norris responded that the Senate bill’s fiscal note estimated roughly $12 million for the biennium, but the bill appropriated less than that amount, and he said the Constitution requires the governor to appoint the inspector general if the office is in the executive branch. He said the DE tried to preserve independence through a bipartisan advisory commission, Senate confirmation, a five-year term, restrictions on partisan activity, and removal only for cause with a public hearing. After debate from several members, the committee held a roll call and the DE failed on a 7-7 tie, so it was not adopted.

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• It has further eroded trust in the fairness of our political process.
• He held the trust of soldiers. He led in peacetime and in war.
• And it matters in ensuring the trust, strength, and readiness of our force. Mr.
• He held the trust of over time.
• of the trust, strength, and readiness of our<07:29:57.120> force.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, April 27, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• two 2013 with the North Branch Trust two 2013 with the North Branch Trust Community<02:01:26.960
• I rise today to recognize an exceptional public servant, a trusted leader and a dear friend to myself
• leader and a dear friend to a trusted leader and a dear friend to myself<02:50:51.920> and<02
• <03:05:17.520> his grown up watching Bill, trusted his grown up watching Bill, trusted his
• beyond the forecast, Bill was a trusted beyond the forecast, Bill was a trusted voice<03:05:24.319

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, January 9, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• And for now, we’re trusting your judgment and the judgment of the department and basically supporting
• And for now, we're trusting<01:35:15.440> your<01:35:15.760> judgment<01:35:16.239>
• and<01:35:16.480> the<01:35:16.719> judgment trusting your judgment and the judgment
• trusting your judgment and the judgment of<01:35:17.199> the<01:35:17.440> department<

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Division 3 work session focused largely on amendment 1176 to HB 2, which would have incorporated the substance of HB 548FN, a House-passed bill creating a direct-pay or membership-based model for health care facilities. Representative Mlan described the proposal as a way to increase competition in health care by extending the direct-care model used in primary care to facilities, arguing it could encourage innovation and that concerns about widespread harm to critical access hospitals were overstated. He pointed to Oklahoma’s long-standing Surgical Center model as evidence that the approach had not spread broadly or displaced hospitals there. Several members and witnesses raised concerns. Representative Stringham questioned whether the model would shift profitable services and patients away from existing hospitals, potentially worsening their finances and affecting Medicaid-related funding. David Ross, speaking for county nursing homes, opposed the language because it also removed moratoriums on nursing home, skilled nursing, inpatient rehabilitation, and self-pay beds, warning that it could increase pressure on Medicaid rates and undermine community-based care. Ben Bradley of the New Hampshire Hospital Association said the proposal appeared to create a separate regulatory framework for direct-pay facilities and raised concerns about patient safety, CMS participation rules, and a separate patient bill of rights. The chair concluded that, because HB 548 was already moving through the Senate, the HB 2 process was not the best vehicle for the policy and that the issue should be left to the Senate’s more deliberative committee process. Representative Ferski moved to not accept or remove amendment 1176 from the agenda, and the committee approved the motion by roll call, 9-0, withdrawing the item from HB 2.

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• <00:48:08.920> me and and I I would ask you to trust me and and I I would ask you to trust
• Dispensaries are too expensive and they don’t trust the government, and that’s what’s going on right
• bills to build this trust and make a happy community in Hawaii.
• bills to build this trust and make a happy community in Hawaii.
• licenses but right now there's no trust licenses but right now there's no trust and<01:10:59.800

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up SB 1494 on hearing aids. Testimony was generally supportive of expanding hearing-aid coverage, with the Insurance Division raising concern about possible federal defrayment issues, SHPDA supporting the goal of hearing augmentation, DCAB strongly supporting the bill as an important access issue, and health plans and insurers asking for amendments. Kaiser Permanente and the Hawaii Association of Health Plans requested changes to add a medical-necessity standard and clarify annual notice language, while HMSA suggested the proposal should be studied by the auditor. The chair noted concerns about federal preemption and the lack of an audit, and deferred the bill in favor of a related resolution calling for a study. The committee then heard SB 1448, an emergency appropriation for the Hawaii State Hospital. DAGS and the Department of Health supported the measure, with the hospital administrator saying the funding would improve the environment of care, support cleaning, and allow a third-party review of the building. Committee members questioned the size of the request and the status of litigation against the design-builder. Administration witnesses said they were pursuing a comprehensive study involving destructive testing, had made a demand on the design-builder to fund the study, and were using different processes than before. They also said the roof work would be handled through a separate CIP request. No final action was taken in the portion provided. The committee next heard SB 1432, relating to the future responsibilities of the Department of Health and land issues at Kalaupapa after the last patient dies. DOH supported the bill in part but said its long-term role would be limited mainly to environmental cleanup, with operations expected to continue under the National Park Service and land-use decisions left to DHHL and beneficiary consultation. DHHL asked that the measure reflect that any land-use or zoning changes on homeland lands require commission approval and beneficiary consultation. Testifiers from Kalaupapa and Maui County, including Degra Vanderbilt-Papa and Council Member Keani Rollins-Fernandez, supported deferring the bill, saying there had been no meaningful community discussion about provisions affecting Kalaupapa’s future management and possible transfer of responsibilities to Maui County. The committee also read into the record written testimony from Gloria Marks emphasizing that Kalaupapa stakeholders must be included in future discussions. Finally, the committee heard SB 955 on fitness-to-proceed examinations. The Judiciary and the Public Defender’s Office both supported raising pay and standardizing expectations for private examiners, but opposed reducing felony fitness evaluations from three examiners to one and opposed expanding use of expedited reports. They argued that a single examiner would reduce reliability, create a more adversarial process, and likely increase costs and contested hearings, while expedited reports do not contain enough information for a proper fitness determination. The Department of Health also supported the bill’s intent but asked to preserve a three-examiner framework and said the goal was to reduce the number of people sent to the State Hospital, where admissions have reportedly risen about 20% year over year since Act 26. The bill remained under discussion in the excerpt, with no final vote shown.

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• Chair, Senate Bill 913 is a bill to amend the Michigan Trust Fund Act.
• Madam President, Senate Bill 913 is a bill to amend the Michigan Trust Fund Act.
• Instead of corporate welfare, we need to again trust in free enterprise.
• Instead of corporate welfare, we need to again trust in free enterprise.

Summary: The Senate convened with an invocation, the Pledge of Allegiance, and attendance showing a quorum. Several senators were excused, and the chamber received communications including House Concurrent Resolution 8, which was referred to the Committee on Government Operations. The Senate also took up introductions and referrals of several bills, including Senate Bills 1078-1082 and House Bills 4727, 4728, 4729, 4959, 1545, 5254, 5255, 6071, 6072, and 6073, with most being referred to committees or, for some medical-debt and consumer-protection bills, sent to the Committee of the Whole by suspension of the rules. In Committee of the Whole, the Senate considered Senate Bills 535, 536, 1011, 1041, 1042, and 1043. SB 535, 1041, 1042, and 1043 were amended, while SB 536 and 1011 were reported without amendment; all were recommended for passage. The Senate then concurred in the amendments and advanced the bills to third reading. On final passage, SB 433 passed 35-0; SB 535, 536, and 1011 each passed 35-0; and SB 1041, 1042, and 1043 each passed 20-15. Floor remarks focused on SB 1011 as a way to lower small-business health insurance premiums, and SBs 1041-1043 as anti-price-gouging measures during emergencies. Later, the Senate discharged Senate Bill 913 from the Appropriations Committee, suspended the rules, and moved it through Committee of the Whole and to final passage the same day. SB 913, which amends the Michigan Trust Fund Act, passed 20-12 with 6 excused after Senator Albert argued in opposition that it would continue $75 million annual funding to the MEDC and amount to corporate welfare. The Senate then adjourned until Tuesday, June 30 at 10:00 a.m.

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• Next, we'll hear testimony on S-1936, an act maintaining the State Disaster Relief and Resiliency Trust
• strong support for Senate 1936, House 3030, an act maintaining the State Disaster Relief and Resiliency Trust
• While the Disaster Relief and Resiliency Trust Fund was established in the fiscal year 2025 budget, the
• testimony was sublime on S. 1936 and H. 3030, an act maintaining a State Disaster Relief and Resiliency Trust

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Revenue held a hearing on 25 tax and administrative bills, with opening remarks explaining the hearing process and noting that House-filed matters must be reported by December 6. The first major topic was funding for the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial and related support for families of fallen officers. Police representatives, memorial fund advocates, and family members gave emotional testimony urging favorable action on S. 1934 and related bills, emphasizing the need for a permanent revenue stream to maintain the memorial and honor officers killed in the line of duty. Committee members and legislators responded with personal remarks of support and appreciation for law enforcement families. The committee then heard testimony on a proposed Commonwealth Bitcoin Strategic Reserve, including S. 1967 and related bills. Senator Peter Durant and later Dennis Porter argued that the state should be allowed to invest a limited share of stabilization or other funds in Bitcoin or other regulated digital assets as a hedge against inflation and fiscal risk, with strict caps, custody rules, and audits. They described the proposal as a forward-looking, non-mandatory framework for diversifying state reserves. No vote was taken during the hearing. Another major topic was disaster resilience funding. Dr. Paul Biddinger of Mass General Brigham supported S. 1936/H. 3030, saying climate-driven flooding, drought, and wildfire risks are increasing and that the State Disaster Relief and Resiliency Trust Fund needs a dedicated revenue source. Senator Comerford also testified in favor, explaining that the fund was created in the prior session, that recent floods showed the need for quick state response, and that the bill would dedicate a portion of capital gains revenue to the fund. Committee members asked about how the fund would accrue and be used. The committee also heard testimony on PILOT and endowment-related bills: AICUM opposed H. 3122/S. 2013 and H. 3264/S. 2016, arguing that an endowment tax and mandatory PILOTs would harm private nonprofit colleges, students, and research; and a representative from Peru supported reform of PILOT formulas for state-owned land, saying rural towns need higher reimbursements and hold-harmless protections. The hearing concluded after testimony on the digital asset bills, with no recorded votes or final actions.

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• professionals held to the same highest standards of quality and accountability, which will only build greater trust
• technology that's installed actually works well and is built safely, so that these industries become trusted
• They also devalue property, discourage investment, and erode residents' trust in our public institutions
• They discourage investment and erode residence trust in our public institutions.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy held a hearing on grid transmission and distribution, green financing, environmental justice, renewable portfolio standards, and clean energy workforce policy. Testimony on H. 352/S. 2268 focused on eliminating or scaling back the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard, with Green Energy Consumers Alliance arguing it costs ratepayers about $30 million annually and largely subsidizes fossil-fuel combined heat and power, biodiesel blending, and woody biomass. Committee members raised concerns that a full repeal could affect heat pumps and solar thermal projects that currently receive APS credits, and the witness acknowledged those technologies are the strongest part of the program but said Mass Save would be a better home for them. Renew Northeast supported H. 3497 on renewable portfolio standard review and clean energy procurements, but urged an indexed renewable energy credit model like New York’s rather than an attribute-only arrangement, arguing it would reduce financing risk and consumer costs. Vote Solar and Senator Liz Miranda testified in support of H. 3540/S. 2303 on clean energy equity, saying environmental justice communities and renters receive too few benefits from clean energy spending and need stronger tracking, tenant protections, and measurable benefit allocation. Miranda described long-standing environmental harms in Roxbury and called for data and accountability to ensure benefits reach environmental justice communities. A major portion of the hearing was devoted to H. 3475/S. 2276 on just transition and clean energy workforce standards. Labor representatives from the pile drivers, building trades, electrical contractors, SEIU, United Steelworkers, the AFL-CIO, and Climate Jobs Massachusetts Action backed the bill, emphasizing prevailing wage, project labor agreements, apprenticeship requirements, workforce transition plans, and protections for gas workers and other fossil-fuel employees as the state shifts to clean energy. They argued the bill would create family-sustaining jobs, support training, and prevent workers from being left behind during the transition. The hearing concluded after all sign-ups were heard, and the committee voted to close the hearing.

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• has manifested itself in the development of the CCC's social equity program and the Social Equity Trust
• has manifested itself in the development of the CCC's social equity program and the Social Equity Trust
• establishment of a comprehensive regulatory framework for hemp and CBD products to protect customers and build trust
• We're going to trust but verify that out-of-state testing facilities are up to the standards of Massachusetts

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and welcomed students from the Frederick C. Murphy School in Weymouth, along with other guests introduced by members. The chamber then suspended Joint Rule 12 to allow several petitions to be referred, including proposals on alcohol labeling for beers consumed on premises, parity in funding for regional vocational and traditional public schools, and legal protections for victims of childhood sexual abuse. The main floor business was House No. 4187, An Act Modernizing the Commonwealth’s Cannabis Laws, reported by Ways and Means as a substitute bill. Members speaking in support described it as a comprehensive overhaul of the Cannabis Control Commission and the state’s cannabis and hemp regulatory framework. The bill would reduce and restructure the CCC, expand options for cannabis businesses and social equity operators, raise license and ownership caps, remove the vertical integration requirement for medical marijuana, and create stronger rules for hemp and CBD products, including a ban on unregulated intoxicating hemp products and a new regulatory structure for allowable hemp beverages and CBD items. Several amendments were offered and adopted by roll call, including changes narrowing the hemp beverage ban from 11 ounces to 7.5 ounces, requiring out-of-state testing labs to be certified in good standing with the commission, and other technical revisions. After debate, the House passed H. 4187 to be engrossed by a roll call vote of 153-0. The chamber also passed to be engrossed two sick leave bank bills, for Andrew Satara and Dana Johnson, and ordered House No. 1590, establishing a sick leave bank for Eric J. Wenaka, to a third reading. The House then adopted an order to meet the next day at 11 a.m. and adjourned.

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• And you know, when we talk about trust in government and the belief that government is here to serve
• <00:04:32.520> we<00:04:32.600> talk<00:04:32.840> about<00:04:33.080> trust
• <00:04:33.400> in know, when we talk about trust in know, when we talk about trust in government

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee took up House File 1082, which was being handled as the committee budget bill. Members first reconsidered and then adopted the previously approved DE4 amendment so the bill could be updated with a new amendment package. The committee then adopted several amendments, including A4, a technical reviser’s amendment; A3, which added LELS representatives to a task force related to House File 3095; and A9, which extended a spending deadline for a Ramsey County appropriation tied to dual status youth/crossover youth programming. Vice Chair Feist said the deadline change was needed because the original grant timing had been shortened, and she also criticized delays in spending youth justice funds. The committee also adopted A11, which Chair Mohler described as language previously seen in the domestic violence policy/task force bill, narrowed from an indefinite period to 28 days and then to 14 days for the gun-on-arrival arrest provision. A12 was then adopted to continue work on Department of Corrections changes related to the MinCorp program from House File 4031. A Department of Corrections representative explained that a disputed provision no longer used a percentage but instead used a ratio, and that the language reflected stakeholder agreement; a member confirmed the relevant line numbers and raised no objection. After the amendments were adopted, the committee withdrew the DE4 version, adopted the DE6 amendment as amended, and then re-referred House File 1082 as amended to the Ways and Means Committee. All motions were approved by voice vote, with no recorded opposition.

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• So, I trust that they can move through the process, that they can work to answer some of the key questions
• So, I trust that they can move through the process, that they can work to answer some of the key questions
• So, I trust them to do that work. Thank you all. One last question.
• the questions that we still have.<00:10:18.560> So,<00:10:18.840> I<00:10:18.960> trust

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Impulse is a trusted distributor of technical heart... ...care and technology.
• Impulse is a trusted distributor of technical hardware and software, medical products and supplies, maintenance
• We're a trusted distributor. We were HUB-certified in 2008. We were HUB-certified in 2008.
• We're licensed to build, trusted to restore, and proven to lead.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• But what I don't trust is future legislature that will remove these guardrails or change them.
• I don't trust the future legislature to remove those guardrails.
• I don't trust the future legislature to remove those guardrails.
• So either I trust you to come here and do what you're elected to do or not. And I do.

Bills: SB1220, SB1221, SB1239, SB1309, SB1349, SB1434, SB1516, SB1531, SB1538, SB1861

Keywords: memorial designation, interchange, Terry Walker, transportation, Oklahoma, driver license, tracking system, expedited delivery, Service Oklahoma, REAL ID, public safety, apportionment, state revenue, funding, vehicle registration, infrastructure, state roads, bridges, economic development, highway construction

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• Trust us, don't trust us. Vaccines work, vaccines don't work.
• Tell us now why we should wholeheartedly trust the federal government with all of our data in a separate
• And I'm to trust that it will get to where we want it to be regarding the enforcement and solving this

Bills: HB3725, HB3260, HB3660, HB3369, HB3370

Keywords: labor, e-verification, immigration, employers, employment eligibility, Department of Labor, penalties, funeral licensing, continuing education, Oklahoma Funeral Directors Association, professional development, licensing requirements, HB3660, natural organic reduction, human composting, soil reduction, green burial, funeral services, cremation, burial permit

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• the The Natural Resources Agency for the Department of Water Resources has a $100 million federal trust
• checks—the legislature just writing you a blank check—because high-speed rail tells us, 'Don't worry, trust
• California Salmon, California Water Impact Network, Planning and Conservation League, Tolumi River Trust
• The California Council of Land Trusts would agree and echo a lot of the sentiments here with concern

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• person in this chamber, elected to represent the diverse voices of Minnesota, be reminded of the sacred trust
• 15.840> sacred of Minnesota be reminded of the sacred of Minnesota be reminded of the sacred trust
• <00:01:19.119> May<00:01:19.360> this<00:01:19.600> time trust placed in them
• May this time trust placed in them.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And since the good senator is here, would you like to say a word on your bill, or trust that we will
• I trust that you'll pass it in good stead. ...in good stead.
• I trust that you'll pass it in good stead. All right. Thank you, sir.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The New York State Senate Environmental Conservation Committee held its first standing committee meeting of the year, led by Chair Pete Harckham and Ranking Member Dan Stec. Harckham opened by emphasizing the committee’s productive, cordial approach and noted that federal environmental policy changes may require the state to take on more responsibility. Stec highlighted a potential area of future work involving constitutional amendments related to closed prisons in the Adirondacks and other Forest Preserve counties, framing it as both an environmental and economic issue. The committee then took up a 15-bill agenda of repasses, with members generally offering brief comments and moving the bills forward. Measures advanced included bills on wild or exotic animals, a parkland alienation exemption for renewable energy projects, civil penalties, surveillance cameras, lifetime licenses for honorably discharged disabled veterans, coal tar in pavement products, toxic substances in playground surfacing, toxic air contaminants, fee disposition, major project public participation in disadvantaged communities, PFAS discharge disclosure, license fee waivers for certain first responders, emergency additions to invasive species lists, and a bottle redemption fraud task force. Most bills advanced unanimously or with little opposition; the civil penalty bill and the coal tar bill each drew one nay, and one bill on fee disposition was referred to Finance. During discussion of the PFAS disclosure bill, Senator May said DEC had recently issued new guidance on PFAS disclosure in wastewater treatment, but argued the bill was still needed because it would apply more comprehensively to all SPDES permit holders statewide. The meeting concluded with Harckham thanking members and staff, asking legislators to submit new bills or completed work for committee review, and directing them to send materials to Marie Kelly and counsel staff for follow-up.

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• JUSTICE BUDGET WHICH CONSISTS OF 185.3 MILLION MORE IN GENERAL REVENUE FUNDING AND 61.6 MILLION IN TRUST
• LINE 38 WE HAVE THE MILLION TRUST FUND ON THE SENATE SIDE AND NOTHING ON THE HOUSE SIDE.
• ME JUST SAY IT IS LOOKING VERY HOPEFUL ON THE LONGTIME ISSUE OF GETTING SOME MONEY FOR YOU OUT OF A TRUST

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• and I are tasked every day to take care of hundreds or thousands of kids, and their parents are trusting
• Day to take care of hundreds or thousands of kids, and their parents are trusting us to make sure that
• , build our way out, build some trust, build our way out, build some trust, figure<01:37:19.920><
• how important relationships with trusted how important relationships with trusted adults<01:37:35.119
• in the school was as a school trust in the school was as a school resource<01:38:12.159> officer.

Bills: HF3492, HF3493, HF3494, HF3495, HF3602

Keywords: school safety, grants, education funding, Northern Lights Express, security improvements, rural schools, safe schools, charter schools, nonpublic schools, Tribal education, funding increase, safe schools aid, school security, mental health support, Tribal schools, cybersecurity, funding, mental health, evidence-based plans, public safety