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• as part of gender affirming care. as part of gender affirming care.
• I find that hypocritical at its finest.
• I find that hypocritical at its finest.
• But bench and I didn't find an answer.
• absolutely find absurd. absolutely find absurd.

Keywords: 981, all

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• isolation that remain unseen and behind closed doors, and too often survivors suffer in silence before finding
• isolation that remain unseen and behind closed doors, and too often survivors suffer in silence before finding
• Additionally, the resolution encourages states, including California, to find ways to limit the power
• In California, we need to find ways to limit the power of corporations to contribute to political campaigns
• And the answer to that is affirmative.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Having voted in affirmative, the ayes have it and the manager's amendment.
• And there's not a damn thing we can do about it right now other than find the guy in Nigeria who will
• to the testimony from our own FDA that explicitly said this could actually undermine our ability to find
• similar organizations and bringing their programs to schools and communities, as well as trouble finding
• I gotta find out if we got a quorum. We have a quorum?

Bills: SB331

Keywords: fentanyl, controlled substances, drug trafficking, public health, research regulations, law enforcement, S-331, Halt All Lethal Trafficking and Fentanyl Act, fentanyl crisis, public testimony, drug legislation, bipartisan support

Summary: In this committee meeting, the focus was primarily on S-331, the Halt All Lethal Trafficking and Fentanyl Act, aimed at addressing the fentanyl crisis. The bill's key components include making permanent the class scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, confirming existing sentencing penalties, and easing registration requirements for scientific research on Schedule I substances. Numerous parents shared heartbreaking testimonies about their losses due to fentanyl, which fueled an urgent call to pass the legislation without alterations. The committee members engaged in passionate discussions highlighting the urgency of the situation as overdoses continue to claim American lives.

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• We received that on January findings.
• I don't know if that number is going to hold, but I find that to be a good sign.
• I don't know if that number is going to hold, but I find that to be a good sign.
• Um, Senator Rasmusson will find it for me. Okay, it's 1.13. Present value.'
• Um, Senator Rasmusson will find it for me. Okay, it's 1.13. Present value.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I support what my colleagues have all said before me and find this bill to be helpful for us.
• Maybe if people find that helpful.
• So maybe that's just a good balance that we've managed to find.
• the technology to do so...” “...if they’re able to find the technology to do so.
• Although I hear that getting back in is the heart of finding. I know. I'm watching the clock.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing focused on Governor Healey and Lt. Gov. Driscoll’s Municipal Empowerment Act, with administration officials and municipal leaders broadly supporting the bill as a package of tools to help cities and towns manage rising costs, staffing shortages, and service demands. The administration highlighted procurement reforms, including raising Chapter 30B advertising thresholds, clarifying cooperative purchasing, and removing the Commbuys notice requirement; permanent authority to amortize emergency-related deficits over three years; expanded authority and enforcement for removing double poles; continued flexibility for hybrid and remote public meetings; regionalization options such as regional boards of assessors and intermunicipal agreements; cybersecurity reporting to EOTSS; and several local revenue options and other municipal finance changes. They said the bill was shaped by listening sessions with municipal officials and was intended to increase flexibility, efficiency, and stability without imposing broad mandates. Committee members asked about regionalization, cybersecurity costs, Commbuys, hybrid meetings, and double poles. Administration witnesses said cybersecurity reporting would help the state target resources and that existing Community Compact and capital grant programs, including IT and municipal fiber funding, could support local needs; they said EOTSS would absorb reporting within existing resources. On procurement, they said the Commbuys notice change would be optional and that other public notice methods would remain available. On hybrid meetings, they emphasized flexibility for different types of boards and the burdens a one-size-fits-all mandate could create for small towns and volunteer boards. On double poles, they said the bill’s main change from last session was to give utilities more time and improve the removal process while keeping enforcement mechanisms aimed at speeding removal rather than raising revenue. The Massachusetts Municipal Association, MAPC, the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, and multiple mayors and town managers testified in support. They described the bill as a practical modernization measure that would help local governments operate more efficiently and respond to fiscal pressure. Witnesses from Northampton, Lynn, Gardner, Cambridge, Franklin, North Andover, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and Ashland praised the hybrid meeting provisions, procurement changes, regional service-sharing, and emergency deficit amortization. Several also urged adoption of local revenue tools, including meals and lodging tax options and other local fees, as ways to preserve services and staffing. No votes were taken during the hearing.

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• So where will these individuals get support to find and maintain employment?
• We find it very difficult to continue to engage in agreements on budgets, only to find that the administration
• Thank you for the opportunity to share findings from our recent report.
• There are many significant key findings in the report, but the findings I want to highlight today are
• How long does it take to find somebody to give that service?

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• And in doing so, sometimes there are desperate efforts to find any kind of revenue streams to make up
• Maybe we can conclude this this way, and hopefully I can get an affirmative answer from you.
• Because I find myself feeling really angry about that.
• It's bigger than most of the malls that you'll find in California, and bringing in potentially what's
• It's finding those priorities where if there are certain things that are priorities, on every single

Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee held an informational hearing on the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s 2026 draft business plan, with testimony from the authority, the Legislative Analyst’s Office, and the High-Speed Rail Inspector General. Chair Cortese framed the hearing around the project’s recent changes: a new CEO, revised delivery strategy, loss of federal funds, renewed interest in private financing and value capture, and proposed adjustments to the Merced-to-Bakersfield segment. He also raised concerns about statutory compliance, transparency, and whether the draft plan fully reflects required elements and true costs and timelines. Authority CEO Ian Chaudhry said the project has made substantial construction progress in the Central Valley and is moving toward track installation, with the state’s $1 billion annual cap-and-invest funding providing a stable base. He argued the plan uses design optimization, direct procurement of materials, and revised sequencing to reduce costs and support an early operating segment by about 2032-33. He also promoted broader commercialization of the corridor through real estate, energy, broadband, logistics, and public-private partnerships, saying private sector interest is now real. Several senators pressed him on station locations, tax increment financing, utility relocation authority, permitting delays, transparency, and whether the project can realistically reach Los Angeles and San Francisco on the current timeline and budget. The LAO and Inspector General were more skeptical. LAO analyst Helen Kirstine said the draft plan assumes major scope changes, including a shorter segment, a Merced station outside downtown, more single-tracking, and several statutory changes that have not yet been enacted. She warned that the plan may not comply with recent legislative requirements, that funding may still be insufficient even for the reduced segment, and that borrowing against future cap-and-invest revenues is risky because those revenues are uncertain and volatile. Inspector General Ben Belknap said the draft plan fails to comply with newer statutory requirements, especially regarding the Merced-to-Bakersfield scope, the funding plan, and missing procurement milestone dates. He said the presentation obscures cost increases and schedule delays and limits the Legislature’s ability to compare current estimates with prior reports. Committee members generally supported continued oversight and some form of project delivery reform, but several expressed concern that the plan relies on legislative changes that have not been approved and on private financing that may not materialize. Chaudhry said the authority would address the Inspector General’s findings in the final business plan and continue to pursue federal grants, private capital, and corridor commercialization. No vote was taken at the hearing.

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• I don't think there'll be any surprise to find that the Johns Hopkins University's public health note
• The zoning board would have to find that literal enforcement would create a hardship, and that's not
• The change passed with 506 voting in the affirmative, 79 percent, and 135 voting in the negative, 21
• In essence, they can find that a literal enforcement of the provisions of the ordinance or bylaw will
• They end up finding they can’t do that.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government held a hybrid hearing on bills related to land use, zoning, permitting, municipal governance, and homelessness. Early testimony focused on a home rule petition for Ipswich to remove a residency requirement for a town manager, with supporters saying it would broaden the applicant pool and help fill a vacant permanent manager position. Another panel backed legislation to change the Springfield Water and Sewer Commission’s governance so ratepayers in surrounding communities would have representation, arguing the current board structure leaves many users without a voice in rate-setting and capital decisions. Several housing and zoning bills drew testimony. Senator Keenan and the Home Builders and Remodelers Association supported a bill to toll the one-year period for acting on a variance while an appeal is pending, saying appeals should not consume the time needed to implement approved projects. Representative Murray and the Real Estate Bar Association also testified on broader zoning reforms, including changes to undersized lots, merger rules, hearing deadlines, appeals, and variance standards; they argued the proposals would reduce delay and uncertainty and help housing production. Committee members questioned whether shifting zoning appeals from de novo to closed-record review would limit new evidence, and the witnesses said the change would speed cases while preserving limited opportunities to supplement the record. The committee also heard testimony on bills to end the criminalization of homelessness. Representatives, advocates, and shelter organizations said local camping bans and fines are counterproductive, especially after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Grants Pass decision, and urged a statewide response centered on housing and public health rather than punishment. Other municipal bills included remote participation in open town meetings for Wayland and a statewide local option, Fairhaven and Mattapoisett charter changes, and Cambridge’s request to use automated parking enforcement and mail parking tickets. The hearing also included testimony supporting fairground zoning flexibility, a Shrewsbury solar siting bill, and an Inspector General bill clarifying county land disposition procedures by requiring written notice to DCAM and a defined response period. No votes were taken during the hearing.

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• Uh you'll find at the eastern that.
• Um, so I'm just trying to find out.
• I mean, so a U proprietor find out.
• June as a day of remembrance, we affirm June as a day of remembrance, we affirm our<04:32:58.640
• acknowledges these losses and affirms acknowledges these losses and affirms that<04:38:01.920>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• <01:12:29.040> out actually trying to get the to find out actually trying to get the to find
• And a lot of people find, you know, CBD is good for different conditions, but to a certain point.
• They let us go, luckily didn't find our cocaine.
• um but this is where we affirmative um but this is where we affirmative affirmatively<04:36:43.719
• <05:09:02.160> in checking and what we're finding in checking and what we're finding in states

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• to report that it has carefully examined the journal of the House for the ninth legislative day and finds
• on the voters list to do a poll to find on the voters list to do a poll to find out<00:46:30.720
• <00:47:59.760> I find out how I can get to Jane Doe.
• I find out how I can get to Jane Doe.
• And that's what I was just trying to find out because I hadn't thought about they shelter in place.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• <00:09:34.000> your<00:09:34.200> baby's<00:09:34.720> pediatrician finding your
• baby's pediatrician finding your baby's pediatrician shopping<00:09:36.200> for<00:09:36.480>
• <00:14:06.440> the eligibility in a way that affirms the eligibility in a way that affirms
• the solutions that our dig in and find the solutions that our communities<00:21:28.600> sent<
• 00:21:28.799> us<00:21:28.960> here<00:21:29.080> to<00:21:29.279> find<00

Bills: HF2254, HF2302, HF2502, HF2315, HF2475, HF2086

Keywords: HF2254, Minnesota child credit, baby bonus, child tax credit, income tax, individual income tax, tax relief, newborn, birth credit, family tax credit, tax refund, advance payment, Department of Revenue, taxable year, parenting, families with children, child credit, state regulations, families, taxation

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• Thank you and I appreciate y'all's affirmative vote on this. Thank you, Senator Campbell.
• firefighters go untreated simply because they don't realize when they need help or don't know where to find
• But the key thing is to find the pattern and do prevention.

Bills: HB148, HB334, HB554, HB762, HB1520, HB1593, HB3526, HB3810, HB5092, SB2215, HB2607, HB148

Keywords: family leave, leave pool, county employee, sick leave, vacation leave, family care, pandemic, guardianship, HB 554, fireworks, Juneteenth, Juneteenth holiday, retail fireworks permit, Texas Occupations Code, Local Government Code, county commissioners court, drought conditions, Texas A&M Forest Service, fire safety, holiday sales

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• We are working to find a place where we can take our teacher prep programs and in reform them and improve
• So it's a good idea, but nobody finds it. So is there.
• I'd like to be recognized to on tabs 3, 4, 9, 6, voting in the affirmative.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• funds that are sitting in this Economic Stabilization Fund, otherwise known as the Rainy Day Fund, and find
• So, you know, donations are an affirmation by individuals and companies that they believe. ...of digital
• I'm happy to try to find out.

Bills: SB 21, SB21, SB72, SB140, SB262, SB370, SB372, SB495, SB627, SB703, SB764, SB842

Keywords: emergency alerts, weather alerts, public safety, local government, municipality, county, website posting, online notice, emergency management, disaster preparedness, evacuation, National Weather Service, NOAA, Texas Division of Emergency Management, TDEM, localized alerts, hazard warnings, severe weather, watch warning advisory, public information

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• That's your decoder ring on where to find the staff budget recommendation.
• Make sure I look back and find everybody, so I'm pointing in the right direction.
• She just said they couldn't find anybody, and also for home health care.
• So, I hope we can find a way to fund them. The cemetery is critically important.
• And we couldn't find anybody. I mean, we literally couldn't find anybody.

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• Basically, they find this is an income opportunity.
• You have to go a lot of miles to find a house or a well.
• The deputy goes, and he can't find them.
• Is that something that I could find online? Definitely not.
• If you can respond with an affirmative verbal response, that would be terrific.

Bills: HB3445, HB3448

Keywords: telecommunications, electric cooperative, rights-of-way, infrastructure, provider access, right-of-way, pole attachment, regulatory access, 1184, house, all

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• One of them is the title is affirming to supporting and I've been here for 8 years.
• One of them is the<00:11:20.720> title<00:11:21.000> is<00:11:21.120> affirming<
• 00:11:22.040> to<00:11:22.120> supporting<00:11:22.560> and The title is affirming

Bills: SB1432, SB2024, SB2043, SB2060, SB2069, SB2153, SB2259, SB2319, SB2321, SB2338, SB2360, SB2396, SB2405, SB2407, SB2544, SB2550, SB2552, SB2578, SB2580, SB2607, SB2614, SB2671, SB2800, SB2805, SB2816, SB2835, SB2877, SB2892, SB2928, SB2934, SB3063, SB3199, SB3233, SB3325, HCR8, HCR10, HCR11, HCR13, HCR14, HCR18, HCR19, HCR22, HCR24, HCR31, HCR32, HCR33, HCR35, HCR54, HCR62, HCR63, HCR66, HCR67, HCR82, HCR83, HCR85, HCR91, HCR93, HCR94, HCR96, HCR98, HCR102, HCR104, HCR105, HCR106, HCR110, HCR111, HCR116, HCR117, HCR118, HCR121, HCR122, HCR123, HCR124, HCR125, HCR127, HCR128, HCR137, HCR139, HCR140, HCR141, HCR144, HCR146, HCR162, HCR165, HCR166, HCR173, HCR178, HCR179, HCR180, HCR181, HCR182, HCR185, HCR189, HCR191, HCR192, HCR193, HCR194, HCR200, HCR202, HCR6, HCR36, HCR42, HCR43, HCR44, HCR53, HCR57, HCR61, HCR64, HCR69, HCR84, HCR101, HCR103, HCR107, HCR112, HCR126, HCR136, HCR154, HCR161, HCR175, HCR186, HCR187, HCR188, HCR197, HCR203, HCR204, HCR206, HB1870, HB1588, HB2429, HB2386, HB2583, HB2361, HB2270, HB2137, HB1643, HB1682, HB1692, HB2078, HB1553, HB1667, HB1700, HB1728, HB2293, HB2096, HB1959, HB1511, HB1961, HB1858, HB1897, HB2088, HB2093, HB2279, HB2314, HB2505, HB2433, HB963, HB1705, HB1550, HB469, HB1334, HB1710, HB1737, HB1753, HB1881, HB2309, HB1713, HB1741, HB2062, HB463, HB1839, HB1664, HB2455, HB2417, HB1898, HB1573, HB1768, HB1962, HB2101, HB1782, HB2033, HB1518, HB1642, HB1752, HB2097, HB2282, HB1696, HB1823, HB1886, HB2152, HB2413, HB2503, HB1875, HB1519, HB1509, HB1628, HB1810, HB1990, HB2023, HB2540, HB1679, HB1888, HB2576, HB2592

Keywords: Kalaupapa, Kalawao, Molokai, Maui County, county consolidation, Hansen's disease, leprosy, Department of Health, DOH, patient residents, former patients, public health, transition planning, jurisdiction transfer, county governance, historical preservation, cultural preservation, environmental remediation, community input, Kalaupapa Settlement

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• You'll find the link on the status page for the measure.
• ><00:51:35.040> that<00:51:35.320> line<00:51:35.720> and asks and this bill affirms
• that line and asks and this bill affirms that line and ensures<00:51:36.360> that<00:51:36.560
• <01:15:08.720> an<01:15:08.840> entity here like if you could find an entity here like
• if you could find an entity out<01:15:09.480> there<01:15:10.000> that<01:15:10.120>

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint hearing covered HB 1976, relating to dementia training for law enforcement, and HB 2443, relating to disaster services for people with disabilities and access or functional needs. For HB 1976, the Hawaii Law Enforcement Standards Board opposed the bill’s process and cost, arguing there was no documented training gap because existing CALEA accreditation already includes mental illness response training that covers dementia. Supporters, including the Alzheimer’s Association, AARP, disability advocates, caregivers, and several individuals, said dementia-specific training would help first responders better handle real-world encounters and avoid harmful misunderstandings. The committee later recommended passage with amendments, including changing mandatory language to permissive language in several places and removing a deadline for the first annual training cycle; the recommendation was adopted unanimously. For HB 2443, testimony was strongly supportive. The Disability Communication Access Board, the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, the Office of Wellness and Resilience, Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, and individual testifiers said the bill would strengthen emergency planning and response by adding a Disability Integration Specialist and better integrating people with disabilities and others with access and functional needs into disaster preparedness, sheltering, and FEMA coordination. Several speakers emphasized recent storms and rescues as evidence of the need. The committee recommended passage with amendments, including changes based on Attorney General comments and adding specialized communications and comprehensive communications planning provisions previously contained in another bill; that recommendation was also adopted unanimously. The transcript then moved to a separate mini hearing on HB 1768, relating to immigration enforcement. Supporters, including the ACLU of Hawaii, the Legal Clinic, the Hawaii Coalition for Immigrant Rights, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, argued the bill would prevent local law enforcement from entering 287(g)-type agreements or otherwise participating in federal immigration enforcement, citing civil rights concerns, community trust, and the need for police to focus on local public safety. One testifier raised concerns that local cooperation could help avoid mistakes in enforcement, while supporters responded that immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility and that local agencies should not be deputized for civil immigration arrests. The excerpt ends amid extended member questions and discussion, without showing a final vote on HB 1768.

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• No, he does not care to discuss the motion to find this bill inexpedient to legislate.
• Um, I find the other problem with this bill is that it would be an unconstitutional handoff of state
• Is there discussion on the motion to find House Bill 574 inexpedient to legislate?
• Um I I<00:12:05.200> find<00:12:05.360> the<00:12:05.600> other<00:12:05.839>
• Um so just not for this affirmation.

Keywords: 1189, house, all