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• </c> public safety in schools. public safety in schools.
• > that</c> public school or private school that public school or private school that wants<02:57:26.960
• But I think there are some<02:57:41.920><c> schools</c> some schools some schools uh<02:57:43.920><c>
• </c> every school. every school.
• </c> our schools. our schools.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c> that school doesn't get built? that school doesn't get built?
• </c> build this big school. build this big school.
• Transfer school impact fees from the Kahului Ala Moana School Impact District to the school impact fees
• </c> charter school capacity. charter school capacity.
• </c> charter school. charter school.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint House committees on Housing and Education heard HB 1713, HD1, which would repeal school impact fees and transfer remaining balances in the school impact fee and certain fair share accounts to the school facilities special fund. The Department of Education testified in opposition, while the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, the Attorney General’s office (with comments and suggested constitutional amendments), the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, the School Facilities Authority, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, NAP Hawaii, Avalon Development Company, Mark Development, Maui Chamber of Commerce, Housing Hawaii’s Future, Landis Research Foundation, BIA Hawaii, and others testified in support. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii offered comments. The DOE said the bill would weaken a key tool for matching school facilities to residential growth, while supporters said the current program leaves funds unused or restricted in ways that limit their effectiveness. A lengthy discussion followed about the difference between the older school impact fee program and the separate fair share agreements tied to land use entitlements and change-of-zone approvals. DOE Deputy Superintendent Jesse Suki explained that fair share funds are tied to the district where they were collected, may be too small to build a full school on their own, and are held until needed for projects such as Core Ridge, Central and West Maui, and other planned schools. Committee members pressed DOE on why funds had remained unspent for years, how much money was in the accounts, and whether the department had reviewed audit findings about the program. Members also questioned whether homeowners ultimately bear these costs through developers passing them along. The committee did not take a vote during the portion of the meeting provided. The discussion ended with members and DOE debating whether the current statute should remain in place, whether past entitlements should be affected, and whether the bill should be amended to better address remaining construction-related obligations and the use of collected funds.

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• That year than the other school.
• This unifies the treatment of ISDs and charter schools to keep $13 million in our schools.
• The charter schools are overpaying or funding more than public schools are to the financial.
• Charter School in Round Rock.
• Many school districts, of course.

Bills: HB886, HB1514, HB2434, HB2688, HB2802, HB3161, HB3221, HB4029, HB4339, HB4591, HB4774, HB4802, HB4853, HB5627, SB1737

Keywords: retirement, supplemental payment, benefits, Employees Retirement System, eligible annuitants, legislation, annuity, service credit, Employees Retirement System of Texas, employee benefits, pension reform, public retirement systems, municipality pensions, firefighters, police officers, retirement age, DROP program, actuarial studies, pension benefits, municipal retirement

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• Bulk purchasing is when a group of buyers.
• After the bulk purchase, it ended up at $95 million, and that bulk purchase... group ended up winning
• And by the way, was it a, um, the group of financiers that were making all these purchases and purchases
• I know that they recently did purchase, they were involved in a mass purchase. Okay.
• We're an after-school program.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• appearing frequently in schools.
• A known straw purchaser has made hundreds of purchases in stores, including purchasing an AK-47 and supplying
• We've seen straw purchasers make hundreds of purchases, putting guns into the hands of folks that shouldn't
• Does 'purchasers' cover it? I would call them transferees.
• Purchasers, right?

Bills: SB3, HB70, HB49, HB60, HB151, HB164, SB17, SB35, SB164

Keywords: mental health, commitment, involuntary commitment, civil commitment, assisted outpatient treatment, AOT, court-ordered treatment, behavioral health, psychiatric hold, danger to self, danger to others, suicide prevention, self-harm, homicide risk, capacity, decisional capacity, guardianship, treatment guardian, crisis stabilization, crisis triage center

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 35, which would create one additional judgeship in the First Judicial District. Senator Trujillo and Chief Judge Bichai explained that the position had been approved through the judiciary’s unified budget process based on caseload and weighted-caseload needs. Members asked about how the new judge would be appointed, election timing, and courthouse space; the judge said the district would make room temporarily and that technology had helped with courtroom efficiency. One member of the public testified in opposition, alleging questionable case-assignment practices in the district court. The committee then voted do pass on SB 35 to the Finance Committee without objection. The committee then heard Senate Bill 17, the Stop Illegal Gun Trade Act, with extensive testimony on both sides. Supporters, including the sponsors, gun-violence survivors, prosecutors, law enforcement, city representatives, educators, and advocacy groups, argued that the bill would address a retail-to-criminal pipeline by requiring gun dealers to secure inventory, train employees, track sales, report suspicious activity, and restrict future sales of certain military-style firearms and large-capacity magazines. They cited gun violence statistics, local homicides, and the impact on children and schools. Opponents, including NRA and industry representatives, sheriffs, ranchers, dealers, and other citizens, argued the bill would violate the Second, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments, create a de facto registry, impose costly burdens on lawful businesses, and fail to stop criminals. Several opponents also raised concerns about litigation costs and the effect on rural gun owners. Committee members then questioned the sponsors and debated the bill’s definitions, recordkeeping, confidentiality, and dealer requirements. Senator Duhigg offered and the committee adopted several amendments, including removing narrow loss-language tied to fire/theft/flood, changing backup timing language back to the federal standard, and revising the confidentiality/IPRA language to protect names and personal identifying information of transferees. The sponsors said the bill was intended to align with or build on federal standards in some areas while adding state-level dealer oversight. The chair allowed extended amendment discussion and indicated the committee would continue working through the substitute bill.

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• We deal with a club in high school and middle school all about technology, and we just appreciate everything
• We've purchased it. it from ERB.
• NMSIA received premium revenue from school districts, charter schools, and other participating entities
• The cost will be borne by the school districts and the charter schools. The 80-20.
• The cost will be borne by the school districts and the charter schools themselves. Okay.

Keywords: 996, all

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• And it's an existing structure, with precisely the School of Data, I think, also housed there, UTSA School
• The ability to do purchasing that is somewhat opaque.
• Signs of oversight regarding purchasing. No question it does.
• UTSA is a great school.
• But there is the robust nature by which the emergency powers of purchasing, the emergency purchasing

Bills: HB146, HB150, HB1500, HB1545, HB1562, HB2067, HB2520, HB2818, HB3214, HB3250, HB3466, HB3512, HB3623, HB4063, HB4395, HB4464, HB4668, HB4690, HB5331, HB3833

Keywords: HB 146, Texas Capitol, State Capitol, State Preservation Board, Congress Avenue, Travis County, traffic lanes, lane closure, road closure, municipal authority, local control, Capitol area, downtown Austin, special events, construction traffic plan, pedestrian safety, public works, transportation policy, government code chapter 443, cybersecurity

Summary: The committee took up several pending business items and reported a series of House bills out of committee, including HB 2467, HB 2468, HB 2518, HB 4310, HB 4386, HB 4490, HB 5323, and HB 149. Most of these were advanced on committee substitute motions and sent to the local and uncontested calendar or reported favorably to the full Senate. HB 2467 drew one nay vote, while the others were approved without opposition. HB 4310 and HB 4386 were described as committee-substitute versions with changes narrowing disclosure requirements and preserving attorney-client privilege in certain circumstances. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 149, an AI governance bill. The substitute was explained as addressing biometric identifier capture and storage, exempting certain AI uses for security and fraud prevention, clarifying definitions, restricting AI systems that simulate explicit child sexual content, adjusting Attorney General investigative authority, refining sandbox program waivers, reducing Texas AI Council powers and membership, and adding DIR coordination provisions. The committee adopted the substitute and reported the bill favorably. The committee then heard extensive testimony on HB 1500, the DIR sunset bill. The author said the bill would continue DIR for 12 years, restructure its board, update advisory committees, require regular cybersecurity assessments and penetration testing for state agencies, improve IT procurement training, and transfer the e-grants program to the Comptroller. A Texas 2036 witness supported the bill as a way to strengthen governance, procurement, and cybersecurity. Members asked detailed questions about the bill’s structure and then left HB 1500 pending. The committee also heard a lengthy presentation on HB 150, which would create the Texas Cyber Command as a component of the University of Texas System, administratively attached to UTSA and located in San Antonio. The author argued the command would centralize cyber threat intelligence, incident response, and digital forensics, and would be able to support state and local entities, with optional services for local governments. Members raised concerns about university mission drift, governance, security, chain of command, procurement authority, gifts and donations, and civil liberties implications of proactive cyber monitoring. Witnesses from UTSA/NSCC and SecurityScorecard testified in support, emphasizing the security of the downtown San Antonio facility, the existing cyber ecosystem there, and the need for a dedicated cyber capability. The bill remained under discussion with no final committee action announced in the excerpt.

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• Today we serve over 100 public entities, and as our name indicates, School Care is not just for schools
• </c><00:26:55.440><c> that</c> school care it's not just schools that school care it's not just schools
• </c><00:26:58.840><c> towns</c> we serve we ser serve schools towns we serve we ser serve schools towns
• I've held executive leadership roles in School Care, Primex, and New Hampshire School Board's Insurance
• </c><04:03:16.080><c> It</c> forbidden to purchase or lease. It forbidden to purchase or lease.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up SB 297 and a new amendment, 2462, which combined the original Senate bill with the Carson amendment and added a proposed alternative regulatory system, RSA 420R. The chair and members discussed that the amendment was intended to give the Senate what it had asked for while also creating a dual system for public entity risk pools. Members asked whether the new structure would affect ownership or governance of health trusts, and the chair explained that 420R would be a separate regulatory statute while existing 420J-style arrangements could remain in place. The committee also noted that a paragraph had been accidentally deleted from the amendment and that another amendment would be prepared to correct it, with the subcommittee recessed while that was done. Public testimony focused on School Care, represented by Executive Director Lisa Ducette, who opposed the shift to Department of Insurance oversight under 420R. She argued that public entity risk pools are not insurance companies, that they are accountable to member entities and taxpayers, and that the proposed dual regulation would add unnecessary costs through examinations, higher reserves, and additional accounting requirements. She said the change could threaten tax-exempt status and create an uneven playing field, and she urged the committee to support SB 297 with the Carson amendment instead of moving to 420R. Committee members questioned whether the amendment would actually affect pools that stayed under the Secretary of State model, and one member cited support from the New Hampshire Municipal Association for the dual system. The discussion then shifted to amendment 245 on ambulance reimbursement and contracting timelines. Members reviewed a provision giving insurers 45 days and ambulance providers 60 days in the contracting process, and one member suggested making both periods 60 days. The chair and others said the current language was intentional and part of a broader compromise aimed at ending balance billing and forcing insurers to establish reimbursement rates. Members noted that the measure was unusual and that its effects would be reviewed over the next two years, with one member saying the bill would likely be difficult to roll back later. No final vote was taken in the portion provided.

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• with Communities In Schools, because they provide a lot of supports to students that are integrated
• Communities In Schools allows for those wraparound services on our campuses to come in and make sure
• districts and schools can use to assess the performance of pupils, schools, and districts.
• That school districts and schools can use to assess the performance of pupils, schools, and districts
• This bill further authorizes school district governing bodies, charter schools, university schools for

Keywords: 909, all

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• . school and changed the trajectory of my life.
• Is there a benefit for purchasing the contract?
• And as we get down in the years of whatever you authorize us to purchase.
• So we have been researching purchasing or contracting aircraft.
• looking to purchase?

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• these purchases, and the median school library budget is around $5,000.
• c><00:02:15.400><c> licensed</c> Minnesota schools have a licensed Minnesota schools have a licensed
• ,</c><00:02:20.800><c> and</c> authorized to make these purchases, and authorized to make these purchases
• 22.520><c> budget</c><00:02:22.959><c> is</c> the median school library budget is the median school library
• It's that once they purchase it, they have purchased it.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I just wanted to mention to the young man from South High School that I graduated from South High School
• I just wanted to mention to the young man from South High School that I graduated from South High School
• </c> people selling illegal drugs purchase people selling illegal drugs purchase stamps<00:18:30.880>
• I know that I also have a bill for school supplies, full elimination of sales taxes on school supplies
• I know that I also have a bill for school supplies, full elimination of sales taxes on school supplies

Keywords: 1183, house

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• All right. ...medical school graduates. Are there any questions? Any questions?
• Without 340B, we would not be able to sustain the cost of purchasing needed medications.
• Their purchases are as high as 1,000 percent higher year over year, despite the Their purchases are as
• This would just require that if there's any subsequent purchases in the future, those purchases would
• These medications were purchased with a lot of taxpayer dollars a couple of times.

Bills: SB5877, SB5904, SB5988

Keywords: anesthesiology, medical personnel, surcharges, licensing, healthcare regulations, nursing titles, licensure, healthcare professionals, patient safety, professional standards, opioid treatment, accreditation, health department, fee authority, substance abuse, 904, all

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• And I'm concerned when farm-to-school dollars are being used to purchase only fruits from farmers because
• Yeah, the school... ...for the school nutrition program versus the farm-to-school program.
• valuable farm-to-school efforts by creating a statewide ongoing structure that facilitates purchasing
• And at the same time, it supports the hundreds of schools that have not. ...purchasing from local producers
• It's school staff capacity, school infrastructure, and then truly school connection to farms.

Summary: The meeting began with a lengthy opening discussion with Secretary Karen Ross of the Department of Food and Agriculture, who reviewed the department’s proposed budget, emphasized California agriculture’s record output, and highlighted major priorities including climate-smart agriculture, groundwater management, local food systems, farm-to-school, food hubs, invasive pest prevention, bird flu response, and food safety. She also warned about federal budget cuts, especially at USDA and FDA, and discussed market access challenges abroad, rising input costs, labor shortages, and the need for automation and workforce training. Members raised questions about the future of Farm to School, the California Nutrition Incentive Program/Market Match, local food procurement, and how to better connect farmers to schools, food banks, and food hubs; Ross said the department had strong evidence the program benefits small farms and Title I schools and noted continued interest in building out local food infrastructure. The committee then took up item one on eliminating vacant positions at the Departments of Fish and Wildlife, Parks and Recreation, and Food and Agriculture. The Legislative Analyst’s Office explained that the Governor proposed eliminating 6,000 vacant positions statewide, with the Joint Legislative Budget Committee previously rejecting 650 of them, including 174 in these three departments. LAO and Finance said the vacancies represented a source of budget flexibility, but warned that eliminating them could create program impacts; LAO recommended retaining the special-funded positions at Fish and Wildlife and Food and Agriculture, while weighing the General Fund positions against other priorities. Finance argued the reductions were part of a broader budget-resiliency exercise and that departments could reclassify or shift vacancies to higher priorities. Members focused heavily on the practical impacts of the cuts. Assemblymember Petrie-Norris argued that Fish and Wildlife staffing shortages were already slowing permits needed for housing, clean energy, water, and transportation projects, and questioned the value of saving relatively small amounts of money. Fish and Wildlife officials said the department had prioritized mission-critical work and could still meet permitting obligations, but acknowledged limited-term staffing constraints. State Parks said the proposed ranger and maintenance cuts would not have immediate effects but could slow maintenance and eventually worsen deferred maintenance. Food and Agriculture said some of the eliminated positions supported early pest detection and eradication, but that the department believed it could still meet its mandate and reclassify positions if needed. The chair and several members signaled concern about the Fish and Wildlife and Parks cuts, while also noting the broader need for budget reductions. The committee then moved to item six, hearing an overview from the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation. Staff described the office’s role in CEQA implementation and said the budget requests were baseline funding to maintain existing functions, including IT services and administrative/legislative support, rather than new programs. The chair asked the presenters to move quickly through background material so the committee could get to questions, and the item began with no votes taken during the meeting.

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• So those sorts of initiatives for a, for a school.
• Going back in school, it's based on competency.
• Is there a benefit for purchasing the contract, a federal government cost benefit for purchasing the
• Uh, so we have been researching, purchasing or contracting aircraft.
• looking to purchase?

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• And at my school, it is.
• especially in middle school.
• school.
• of a private school.
• and middle school.

Summary: The meeting was a Girl State House session in which members received procedural guidance on chamber rules, recognition, voting, and decorum, then moved through a series of bills. The first bill, House Bill 1001, would have prohibited over-the-counter diet pills from being sold or transferred to minors; supporters argued it would protect teens from eating disorders and misuse, while opponents raised concerns about medical exceptions and the age cutoff. It failed 42-55. House Bill 1002, allowing lottery winners to keep their identities confidential for a period of time, was amended during discussion to a three-year confidentiality period and passed 79-17 after a motion for immediate consideration. House Bill 1003, requiring schools to provide resources and courses on child labor/workplace laws and readiness, drew debate over whether it should be mandatory, what age group it should cover, and whether schools could support it; it failed 22-73. House Bill 1004, the Arkansas Head Injury Act requiring helmets and protective gear for motorized cycle riders, passed 94-4 after testimony focused on safety for riders, other drivers, and first responders. Members then considered House Bill 1005, which would require a year-long personal finance course before graduation to teach budgeting, taxes, credit, and related life skills. Supporters said it would better prepare students for adulthood, while opponents argued the material is already covered in existing classes and raised concerns about scheduling and implementation; it failed 35-60. House Bill 1006 increased the teacher classroom investment income tax deduction from $500 to $1,000, with supporters emphasizing teachers’ out-of-pocket spending on classroom supplies and student needs; it passed 97-0. House Bill 1008 sought to limit the number of national franchise businesses in an economic zone to encourage local entrepreneurship and protect small businesses, but opponents argued it could hurt jobs, limit consumer options, and was unclear in scope; it failed 23-69. The House then passed House Bill 1009, creating a voluntary blue envelope program for people with intellectual disabilities to help law enforcement interactions, after supporters said it could reduce confusion and improve safety; it passed 87-5. The final bill introduced before the transcript ended was House Bill 2010, which would increase the income tax credit for Arkansas families supporting a child with special needs; the sponsor began by sharing a personal story about her brother with Down syndrome and the costs families face, but the discussion was cut off before debate or a vote.

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• </c> our schools and programs. our schools and programs.
• </c> 2026-2027 school year. 2026-2027 school year.
• For the most part, you are going to see public schools, charter schools, and private schools using it
• public schools, charter schools, and private schools can use it.
• </c> schools, and private schools can use it. schools, and private schools can use it.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Schools.
• Who has used almost $2 million in school kitchen infrastructure improvement grants and funding to purchase
• The department continually encourages schools to use their state funding to purchase local, and some
• for New Mexico grown funding which supports schools to purchase locally grown produce and beef so that
• That's the key difference because we reimburse on the federal rates, but schools have to purchase just

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• Real reduces regulations on school board operations aligns school district board meetings requirements
• It's just giving the school board our school districts greater flexibility on how they want to. >> Measure
• Well support Kimberly School support Carla Bley lack support.
• The cannot be within close to schools or daycare centers.
• It could go into a smoke shop purchase.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• We've heard from a school nurse.
• We also work closely with school districts and charter schools to strengthen family-school partnerships
• in the virtual school.
• She was moved within the same school district, Caldwell School District.
• In the early days of our online schools, we purchased or contracted with different providers that had

Keywords: 989, all