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• Long-term plan for our financial sustainability for our transit operators.
• , so it's important to have these regional solutions that are done statewide.
• different so it's important to have these regional solutions that are done statewide.
• I have sat as an organizer on the front lines and seen how structural exclusion operates.
• She loved them fiercely, and family was the center of every choice she made.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• affecting the border region.
• So HB 2271 seeks to improve childcare center and I'm sorry, seeks to improve information childcare center
• It will ensure that causes of action relating to a security travel with that security, and the parties
• with that security.
• with a security unless expressly reserved.

Bills: HB74, HB175

Keywords: environmental project, public money, political subdivision, greenhouse gas emissions, federal law compliance, renewable energy, water conservation, retroactive child support, child conception, paternity, family law, health care expenses

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• BE ABLE TO SHARE EXAMPLES OF HOW THEY'VE UTILIZE THAT ACROSS THE STATE AND THEIR INSTITUTIONS AND REGIONS
• THE FIRST IS IN THE TECHNICAL COLLEGES AND TECHNICAL CENTERS.
• AS FAR AS THE COMPETITIVE RANKED THAT'S A SCORE THAT LOOKS AT HOW REGIONS THAT COMPARE OURSELVES FOR
• CENTER.
• DIRECTLY ADDRESSING THE CRITICAL NEED FOR SKILLED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS IN OUR REGION.

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• Could be the child care center, could be the community wellness center, could be the faith communities
• And James River Correction Center.
• So a lot of what we're doing is more about security, staffing, and operations, and what's going to be
• So a lot of what we're doing is more about security, staffing, and operations. conditions.
• So a lot of what we're doing is more about security, staffing, and operations, and what's going to be

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee first approved the December 10 minutes and then received a DEQ base budget summary and agency overview. DEQ staff explained that the agency is largely federally and special funded, with major ongoing costs in salaries, operating expenses, grants, and continuing appropriations. Director Dave Glatt and accounting director Beth Jacobson highlighted core programs, the move to a new chemistry laboratory, the new state fuel inspection program, wastewater-related funding from HB 1577, and implementation of SB 2267 for on-site wastewater rules. They also noted the agency’s spending patterns, possible federal EPA cuts, and the likelihood of some fee adjustments or program changes if federal support declines. Members asked about DEQ’s travel, field offices, future staffing, and how the agency would respond to reduced federal regulation. DEQ said most staff are based in Bismarck, with field offices in Fargo, Sawyer, and Gwinner, and that travel is driven by inspections and spill response. Glatt said the agency would continue to rely on science and law, and that any future federal retrenchment could mean more state responsibility but likely not a wholesale increase in FTEs. The committee also discussed a feedlot enforcement case in the Minot area, with DEQ explaining its role in ensuring compliance, permitting, and animal-waste management standards. The Department of Health and Human Services then presented on FTE block grant reporting, TANF balances, child care transfers, and the Rural Health Transformation Program. Donna Ockland explained that no line-item transfers had occurred yet for the new rural health work, but about 33 positions were planned and some current staff time could be reimbursed through approved cost allocation. HHS also reviewed TANF’s frozen eligibility and block grant structure, the transfer of up to 30% of TANF funds to child care, and recent program changes that increased benefits and raised the income limit. Staff said the department is using TANF more strategically to support child care and other allowable uses, while still carrying over unused funds as many states do. Finally, Pat and HHS staff gave an update on the Rural Health Transformation Program, saying the first funding opportunity was being posted and that the state is on track to obligate the federal funds within the required timeline. They described priorities such as workforce retention, preceptor development, technical assistance for critical access hospitals, community wellness projects, and ambulance upgrades. Members asked about rural versus urban eligibility, immigrant recruitment, evaluation of year-two funding, and how the program would address varied local workforce needs. The meeting then shifted to an Office of Management and Budget update on the new State Hospital project, where Lindsay Ashley reported continued construction progress, updated cost information, and selected alternates, with photos and details showing work underway in multiple building sections.

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• Right of Passage operates five secure facilities around the state for DYS.
• They're not secure settings.
• A little bit of background: juvenile detention centers are county-operated.
• secure side.
• secure side.

Summary: The Senate and House Joint Committee on Children and Youth met to approve prior minutes, confirm Representative Mary Bentley to the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee, and receive several presentations. The Arkansas Infant and Child Death Review team reported on unexpected child deaths in Arkansas, saying its 2023 review covered 148 of 170 non-natural deaths, with the remainder unavailable due to criminal investigations or missing records. Of the reviewed deaths, 69 were accidents, 14 suicides, 18 homicides, and 47 undetermined, and members discussed how the report’s recommendations could be used by agencies and nonprofits for prevention work and grant applications. Committee members also asked about age breakdowns and how the data could be shared without identifying individual cases. The committee then took up HCR 1010 and a broader discussion of juvenile justice reform. Representative Shepard said the resolution was intended to confront data on juvenile incarceration and system outcomes. Senator Missy Irvin, judges Troy Braswell and Kathy Hess, and AOC Juvenile Division Director Burke Steen described the state’s long-running reform efforts, including the SAVRY risk assessment, diversion programs, and efforts to keep more youth in their communities. They said the reforms have reduced delinquency filings, DYS commitments, and revocations, while increasing diversions, but also emphasized ongoing gaps in mental health, substance abuse, and school-based supports. Members raised concerns about school data sharing, behavioral health access, and how to better identify youth with disabilities or trauma earlier. Judge Braswell and others stressed that many youth in the system have significant trauma, family instability, or unmet treatment needs, and that judges need individualized information to make decisions. Several members discussed the role of schools, the school safety dashboard, and the need for stronger community providers, especially in rural areas. The committee then heard from DYS Director Michael Crump, who provided data on commitments, facility use, demographics, offense levels, length of stay, education outcomes, recidivism, dual DCFS/DYS custody, and costs. He said commitments rose after the pandemic and then began to decline, while secure and detention costs increased with the need for more beds; he also noted that most youth in custody have behavioral health needs and that DYS works closely with DCFS, courts, and providers. No final action was taken on HCR 1010 during the discussion.

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• So you'll see that at the center: our people, institutions, places.
• And I would say that collaboration is also inherently human-centered.
• These are all fractional jobs that operate on 1099s and LLCs and S-Corps.
• We've been in operation for over 40 years.
• We've been in operation for over 40 years.

Summary: The Joint Committee on the Arts held an informational hearing on California’s first sector-specific creative economy strategic plan, developed under AB 127 by the California Arts Council with an interagency work group and outside research support. Committee members and panelists described the plan’s purpose as strengthening the state’s creative workforce, stabilizing creative businesses, expanding equity and access, and building infrastructure for long-term implementation. The opening presentation highlighted major forces shaping the sector over the next decade, including AI, climate disruption, affordability, access to capital, and social cohesion, and outlined six action areas: workforce preparation, business growth, cultural tourism and identity, cross-sector incentives, ROI/data tracking, and state capacity-building. Testimony from the California Department of Education and the Workforce Development Board focused on existing workforce pipelines, including updated arts/entertainment/design CTE standards, the Entertainment Equity Alliance, apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship pathways, and High Road Training Partnership investments. Speakers said these efforts are producing strong placement outcomes, including paid on-the-job training, union placements, and support for workers facing barriers, while also emphasizing the need for entrepreneurship training and wraparound supports. Committee discussion also centered on a major unresolved issue: how to define and measure the creative economy consistently across agencies, since current labor data often misses gig, contract, nonprofit, and business activity. A second panel of practitioners and advocates described local examples of the plan in action. The Handy Foundation, Arts for LA’s Creative Jobs Collective, the Arts Council of San Bernardino County, and the California Arts Council chair all argued that artists and creative workers should be treated as essential contributors to education, community health, local economies, and resilience, not as peripheral workers. They urged stronger school partnerships, more arts access, and better recognition of creative careers. Members also discussed AI’s impact on creative work, with panelists saying it should be treated as a tool that requires guardrails, training, and union and educator involvement rather than as a replacement for human creativity. No formal votes were taken; the hearing was informational, and members expressed support for continued implementation, better data systems, and additional funding in future budget and policy actions.

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• This strategy does not only focus on regions that have traditionally been centers of development, such
• . region.
• to serve the data center.
• I think we should think more as a region because we compete against other regions of the world.
• We can segment these things in between facility operations versus tech operations.

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• focus on its core national security mission.
• On top of that, there is a regional cap across Eversource's service territory.
• The other is a regional cap, which is somewhat of a floating cap.
• We're having it at the Pentucket Regional High School up in Pentucket in Newbury.
• My company has been operating for about 10 years.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing focused broadly on solar policy and several related bills, especially S. 2269, S. 2270, H. 3520, H. 3521, and related measures on distributed energy resources, municipal solar caps, permitting reform, and tax credits. Testimony from the Air Force supported S. 2232, which would exempt federal military installations from renewable energy production caps and net metering limits to support energy resilience at bases like Hanscom. Most other witnesses argued that Massachusetts needs to speed up rooftop, municipal, and community solar deployment to address high electricity prices, federal tax credit rollbacks, grid reliability, and climate goals. A major theme was streamlining permitting through automated or “smart” solar permitting, including a statewide platform managed by DOER. Permit Power, SEIA, Vote Solar, 350 Mass, and others said current local permitting is fragmented and costly, and that instant permitting could reduce soft costs and speed installations. Several witnesses also urged changes to interconnection rules, including flexible interconnection, remote inspections, and faster utility approval timelines. Some speakers raised concerns about small towns lacking staff to meet short deadlines and suggested a state-hosted platform to reduce the burden on municipalities. Another major topic was lifting caps on solar deployment. Municipal officials from Lexington and Cambridge said the 10-megawatt municipal cap and regional caps are blocking shovel-ready projects and should be removed, including for behind-the-meter municipal solar and MBTA-community housing. Other witnesses described additional limits on project size, net metering, and residential tax credits, and called for making the state residential solar credit refundable and larger. Several speakers also supported virtual power plants, distributed energy resource targets, solar canopies, microgrids, and expanded access for affordable housing, tenants, and low- and moderate-income customers. No votes were taken. Committee members asked questions about permitting timelines, grid modernization, the rationale for caps, balcony solar, and interconnection delays, and witnesses said they would follow up with additional information where needed. The hearing ended with broad support from industry, municipal, environmental, and advocacy groups for advancing the solar and distributed energy bills, while some witnesses opposed provisions they viewed as overly restrictive, such as mandatory SMART participation for all solar projects.

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• FDOT's engagement with seaport operations is that we work to ensure that all of our ports are operating
• We have to build it during ongoing operations.
• , strategic operations.
• , strategic operations.
• Of operations.

Summary: The Committee on Transportation heard SB 356 by Senator Wright, which would create an opt-in framework for counties and municipalities to allow utility-terrain vehicles (UTVs) on certain local roads with posted speed limits below 55 mph, subject to local safety determinations, licensing, insurance, and other restrictions. Supporters, including a retired sheriff and a Florida Sheriffs Association representative, argued the bill would give law enforcement clearer authority and reflect the reality that UTVs are already being used on roads, while opponents from the Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle Association and Honda warned that UTVs are not designed for public roads and lack key safety features. Several senators raised safety concerns, especially about speed and crash risk, but the bill was reported favorably after debate, with Senators Martin, McClain, and Truenow expressing reservations. The committee then held a lengthy discussion on seaport infrastructure and funding. FDOT presented data showing Florida’s 16 deepwater seaports generate major cargo volume, jobs, and economic impact, and described state funding programs such as FSTED, SPI, and the construction aggregate grant program. Port representatives from Port Everglades, PortMiami, Port of Palm Beach, and Port Tampa Bay described record cargo and cruise activity, major capital projects, and the importance of state and federal grants, private partnerships, and long-term planning. They also discussed challenges including limited land, bulkhead and berth maintenance, channel deepening, workforce needs, fuel access, resiliency, and intermodal connectivity. Senators asked about return on investment, trade patterns, financing, cruise-versus-cargo balance, and operational risks; the ports emphasized that they are largely enterprise-funded but still depend on public investment for major infrastructure. The committee also approved a block of appointments to the Tampa Hillsborough County Expressway Authority and the Tampa Port Authority without objection. In addition, FDOT presented the statewide mapping programs work group report required by SB 1662, recommending a coordinated statewide aerial imagery and LiDAR program, shared procurement and cost-sharing arrangements, and statutory updates to improve interagency coordination and access to geospatial data. Senators briefly discussed potential uses for the data in insurance, emergency management, and property assessment, and the presentation concluded without further action.

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• Again, we're not using DIR to do data infrastructure and for security and stuff.
• know, a certain level of safety and security.
• D is funding for onsite security at the De Zavala building.
• Pay on page 12 is OIG operations, equipment, and training costs. to pre and post adjudication and regionalization
• Turning to page 15 19 is the regional residential vocational program.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• aid to some of our regional school districts.
• for North Middlesex Regional School District.
• I have regional communities. And I don't know.
• I have regional communities. And I don't know.
• We urge full funding of regional transportation and support for non-regional districts.

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• And what’s driving that growth in regions like Europe is something...
• and region We've been thinking a lot about the ways that our region and regions across California can
• It's the Integrative Center for Alternative Meat and Protein.
• Research Center in the USDA ARS.
• We are one of four regional research centers and located in Albany.

Summary: The hearing of the Select Committee on Alternative Protein Innovation was held at UC Davis and focused on how alternative proteins can support California agriculture, the bioeconomy, and farmers. Opening remarks from UC Davis leaders and committee members emphasized the university’s food science, fermentation, and sustainability strengths, and the state’s prior investments of $5 million for UC alternative protein research and an additional $1 million for ICAMP. Members framed the topic as a way to grow new markets, keep more value in-state, and address climate, food security, and commercialization challenges. The first panel featured Sana Beg of the Plant-Based Foods Institute, who argued that California agriculture and alternative proteins are complementary, not competing, and stressed that farmers are essential to the sector. She highlighted the need for ingredient processing capacity, technical assistance for growers, and predictable demand through public procurement, including schools, hospitals, and state facilities. Committee members asked about financing and market development, and Beg said guaranteed loans, grants, and state- and USDA-backed support could help de-risk investment and build the supply chain. The second panel focused on research and development. Beam Circular described the circular bioeconomy in the San Joaquin Valley, including efforts to turn agricultural residues into higher-value products, build shared infrastructure, and expand workforce training. ICAMP and UC ANR described UC Davis-centered research, pilot facilities, and a proposed plant innovation center to bridge lab-scale work to commercial manufacturing. USDA researchers discussed using byproducts such as brewer’s spent grain, tomato pomace, lima beans, and chickpeas for new food ingredients. Members repeatedly emphasized the importance of public R&D funding, consumer acceptance, and food-grade scale-up facilities. The final panel highlighted company perspectives from Optimized Foods and Blue Diamond Growers. Optimized Foods described using fungi fermentation to convert almond hulls, cocoa waste, and tomato pomace into protein-rich ingredients and stabilized nutrients. Blue Diamond outlined its grower cooperative model, sustainability practices, almond ingredient portfolio, and the Sacramento almond innovation center. No formal votes were taken; the hearing was informational, with discussion centered on research, commercialization, infrastructure, and market-building for California-grown alternative protein products.

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• In regards to Clay County specifically, Clay County has a secure and non-secure juvenile detention center
• non-secure</c><00:12:53.480><c> juvenile</c><00:12:53.959><c> detention</c><00:12:54.399><c> center<
• /c> and non-secure juvenile detention center and non-secure juvenile detention center which<00:12:55.040
• What we are hearing from our staff at the West Central Regional Center is there are children that need

Bills: HF1380, HF1166, HF487, HF1553, HF1472, HF258, HF1911

Keywords: psychiatric treatment, human services, mental health funding, per diem rate, Clay County, disability services, assistive technology, remote support, advocacy, training programs, HF487, Wellness in the Woods, Minnesota human services, grant funding, general fund appropriation, peer support, substance use recovery, addiction recovery, reentry services, reentry after incarceration

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• </c> our children and national security. our children and national security.
• </c> and influence operation. and influence operation.
• </c> values, but also our national security. values, but also our national security.
• </c> AI data centers. They're concerned. AI data centers. They're concerned.
• </c> of security. But let me be very clear. of security. But let me be very clear.

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• Their work ensures that the prison remains operational, secure, and compliant with legal and safety standards
• Their work ensures that the prison remains operational, secure, and compliant with legal and safety standards
• Their work ensures that the prison remains operational, secure, and compliant with legal and safety standards
• 26:16.320><c> secure,</c><00:26:16.720><c> and</c> prison remains operational, secure, and prison remains
• operational, secure, and compliant<00:26:17.279><c> with</c><00:26:17.440><c> legal</c><00:26:17.760

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• IRRESPECTIVE OF HOW THEY ARE OPERATED.
• , TECHNICAL CENTERS TO REPLACE EDUCATION BACK INTO COMMUNITIES.
• SYSTEMS OPERATE SIMILAR TO HOW THE CITY OF ARCADIA OPERATES.
• AFTER THE WATER PLANT WAS IN OPERATION.
• CITIZENS ARE BEING HARASSED BY PRIVATE SECURITY GUARDS.

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• Texas has no team detox centers.
• I am Carreon, Chief Operating Officer of Day Programming for Mission Road Developmental Center in San
• to operate.
• growing Central Texas region.
• This growth spans our 74 local CASA programs, 11 DFPS regions, and six community-based care regions.

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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• We also assess the regional and programmatic needs of the community to ensure equitable regional distribution
• I think every region is so different, and so the needs of every region were different.
• I will say that all of the regional I don't know.
• And this is for the regional leads.
• The center has had the privilege of serving as the Central Valley and Northern California regional lead

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• </c> as necessary for efficient operation as necessary for efficient operation with<00:45:58.079><c>
• I believe you're a more regional model. So how big is that region going to be?
• model so um how big is a more Regional model so um how big is that<00:52:53.880><c> region</c><00:52
• c> this</c> going to oper operate under with this going to oper operate under with this proposed<01:08
• ><c> the</c> operation operational cost savings the operation operational cost savings the geothermal

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• But it is not really for court operations.
• Each of our regional operations centers have a dedicated team specialist that do nothing but focus on
• operations centers.
• Every regional operations center has agents dedicated specifically to focus on covert programs to target
• the Florida Fusion Center.

Keywords: 999, senate, all