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• And what you're going to see here is that the behavior is the same.
• But we didn't see that kind of behavior in any of the older age brackets.
• And you can see that spending behavior is different depending on...
• And you can see that spending behavior is different depending on where you live.
• There's some sort of marketplace behavior that is occurring that varies the prices.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• I walked into school that morning determined to try a new positive behavior strategy for student A that
• strategy for student A that I'd behavior strategy for student A that I'd been<00:14:24.399> studying
• But after a lot of contemplation and self-reflection and self-analysis, I just cannot vote on a bill
• <00:37:51.599> And<00:37:51.760> the having behavioral issues.
• And the having behavioral issues.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, roll call, and a declared quorum. The chamber excused an absent senator, approved the prior journal, received House communication that the House had passed HB 168, 185, 249, and 455 and requested concurrence, and heard committee reports advancing SB 37 and SB 214 from Agriculture, SB 157 and SB 189 with a committee substitute from Banking and Insurance, and SJR 54 with a committee substitute from Families and Children. The Senate also introduced SB 226 on pre-need burial contracts and SR 113 honoring Robert Connley Young. The main floor debate centered on SB 101, an act relating to children, which would require a mandatory 12-month expulsion for students in grades 6-12 who assault a school employee, with exceptions for certain students with disabilities under an IEP and for incidents involving provocation by a school employee. The bill also creates a mandatory reporting requirement for assaults and penalties for intentionally failing to report them. The sponsor argued the measure responds to widespread, underreported assaults on teachers, citing 25,000 reported incidents since 2021 and sharing testimony from a teacher whose career ended after repeated assaults. Supporters said the bill would improve school safety, accountability, and classroom control, while opponents argued it is too harsh for children, could permanently remove students from school, and should leave more discretion to principals and districts. After debate, the Senate adopted Senate Committee Substitute 1 for SB 101 and then proceeded to final passage. Several senators spoke for and against the bill during roll-call explanation, with supporters emphasizing teacher safety, parental responsibility, and consequences for repeat offenders, and opponents warning about lost educational opportunities and the need for second chances. The transcript cuts off during the roll call, but the chamber had already adopted the committee substitute and moved to vote on SB 101 as amended.

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• we say we'll pay for primary care providers not to be at 90% of Medicare, but we'll pay at 150% behavioral
• services, including the investments that you've made in, uh, primary care, infant, maternal, and behavioral
• You know, a 10% clip to some of them we can run that analysis of what that would mean because again you're
• Um In behavioral health, which is on page 25, uh, the, the, what's notable is that we have had a massive
• There is a lot of parts moving right now in behavioral health, um, with the creation of the executive

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• Senator Campbell's office and a bedridden mom in severe crisis with her son with IDD severe behaviors
• Furthermore, Texas faces a significant shortage of behavioral health professionals, and our schools are
• implementation of support systems like MTSS improves family engagement and reduces classroom and behavioral
• I feel like this is all extremely well-intentioned, but I'd love to see a financial analysis because
• cost-neutral ideas that we will put to you, mostly with regard to the challenge of students with a behavioral

Bills: HB2

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, 1185, senate, all

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• The Workforce Coordinating Council, modeled after the existing Statewide Behavioral Health Coordinating
• During this time, there was and remains an overwhelming need for behavioral health providers.
• I would say that we cannot control others. behavior of lack of standard or professionalism.
• I just met my mental health nurse practitioner, Tracy Hicks, at Longview Behavioral Hospital in 2016.
• They looked at a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of Medicare Part D enrollee prescription data

Bills: HB35, HB4490, HB4454, HB2188, HB3078, HB4743, HB2556, HB46, HB5342, HB4783, HB3785, HB5278, HB1639, HB2581, HB4224, HB4070, HB4099, HB4882, HB3794, HB46

Keywords: peer support, first responders, mental health, confidentiality, emergency services, disclosure, next of kin, public information, deceased persons, privacy rights, patient solicitation, marketing practices, healthcare regulation, task force, deceptive advertising, nurse aide, certification, Texas Board of Nursing, healthcare workforce, nursing standards

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• and I'd ask you to just conduct yourself with the aloha and, you know, avoid profanity or any rude behavior
• and I'd ask you to just conduct yourself with the aloha and, you know, avoid profanity or any rude behavior
• and I'd ask you to just conduct yourself with the aloha and, you know, avoid profanity or any rude behavior
• and I'd ask you to just conduct yourself with the aloha and, you know, avoid profanity or any rude behavior
• pursuant to HRS section 26-6 and request that the bill be deferred until such an analysis be done.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee met on February 12 at 2 p.m. and heard several measures related to corrections, re-entry, law enforcement, retirement benefits, and gun violence prevention. On HB 10002, which would extend the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission coordinator’s term and clarify unannounced inspection authority, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said it had no objection to the term length or to 24/7 unannounced access. The commission’s chair, Commissioner Mark Patterson, asked for a longer term, saying the commission needs more time and stability to manage reform efforts after years without staff during COVID. Community Alliance on Prisons and Carolyn Eaton also supported a longer term, with both suggesting six years would better insulate the position from politics. The chair noted he had asked Chair Bot for background on the prior committee’s changes and said that could be discussed during decision-making. The committee then heard HB 67, which would require DCR to help inmates obtain civil identification documents such as IDs, birth certificates, and Social Security cards as soon as practicable, including for people in furlough or community placement programs. DCR said it supported the bill and described ongoing work with the city and county on ID machines and with agencies on certificates and Social Security cards. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Oversight Commission, Community Alliance on Prisons, and the Office of Public Defense all supported the measure, emphasizing that identification is essential for housing, employment, and successful re-entry and noting the disproportionate impact of incarceration on Native Hawaiians. On HB 1183, which would classify certain law enforcement administrators and Department of Law Enforcement employees as Class A members for retirement purposes, the Department of Human Resources Development, the Employees’ Retirement System, and the Department of Law Enforcement all supported the bill. DHRD said it would help recruitment and retention, ERS said it had technical amendments to suggest, and DLE said the change would help with succession planning and allow the governor to appoint the most qualified leader. The committee also heard HB 1045, an emergency appropriation bill to cover payroll fringe benefits for Department of Law Enforcement personnel after salary funding had been shifted to other departments; Budget and Finance and DLE explained the need for the supplemental funding, and no opposition was noted. Finally, the committee took up HB 664, which would create an Office of Gun Violence Prevention, a grant program, a resource bank, and a special fund. The Attorney General recommended adding standards for grant awards and warned of overlap with the existing Gun Violence and Violent Crimes Commission, suggesting consolidation and repeal of the older commission to avoid duplication. Supporters included the Brady Campaign, Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action Hawaii, a physician, and an Army veteran, who argued the office would centralize data, coordinate prevention efforts, and help secure outside funding. Testimony was mixed, with the chair noting 37 supporters, nine opponents, and three commenters, but no vote was taken during the hearing.

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• Um, working with that gap analysis of code enforcement, whether it's from the wildland urban interface
• <01:25:52.719> of<01:25:52.960> code<01:25:53.280> enforcement that gap analysis
• health integration and and behavioral health integration and addiction.<01:42:58.159> uh<01:42
• And for our island in particular, in the area of behavioral health and addiction, that's something we
• health and addiction, that's behavioral health and addiction, that's something<02:07:41.360> we

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Additionally, it allows for deidentified data retention to improve long-term trend analysis, aligning
• The data will be used solely for internal analysis with strict privacy protections.
• Senate File 256 is a DHS behavioral health policy bill that modifies mental health programs.
• <02:03:37.920> Um schooling behavioral health as well.
• Um schooling behavioral health as well.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• All the threat analysis is going to be in this group, private-sector coordination, the SOX support, so
• Additionally, the current discipline processes are often insufficient to address dangerous behavior by
• This amendment simply requires the principal or campus behavior coordinator to consider a behavioral
• This amendment simply requires the principal or campus behavior coordinator to consider a behavioral
• Young children often display completely age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate behaviors that

Summary: The Senate convened with an invocation, received a House message that H.B. 422 had passed the House, and heard gubernatorial nominations for the Council on Sex Offender Treatment. The chamber also recognized the Doctor of the Day and several visiting groups and adopted a resolution designating June 20, 2025, as Texas Nuclear Legislative Day. Members then considered and passed several bills and resolutions, often by suspending the regular order and the constitutional three-day rule. SB 311 passed to final passage on the Texas Supreme Court’s writ power. SB 883, on off-label prescription access for COVID-19 treatment, passed to engrossment. SB 1706, creating an Open Meetings Act exception for certain defense, military, and aerospace deliberations, passed despite concerns from Sen. Eckhardt that the bill’s use of “deliberate” could weaken open-government protections. CS SB 1677, directing a study on diabetes-related amputations, passed with support from Sen. Menendez. SB 1967 expanded flood infrastructure fund eligibility to certain multipurpose projects, and SB 1255, a cleanup bill on mold assessor and remediator regulation, passed unanimously. The Senate also approved CS SJR 40 and CS SB 871, which would change emergency and disaster law to require legislative involvement after prolonged or widespread emergencies and to limit gubernatorial suspension powers, with Sen. Eckhardt questioning whether the bill could slow urgent business closures during a disaster. Additional measures passed included SB 1426 transferring management of the First Capital State Historic Site to the Texas Historical Commission, SB 249 requiring TxDOT to fund memorial markers for fallen peace officers, SB 1592 centralizing collection of hotel occupancy taxes from accommodation intermediaries, SB 1271 allowing concurrent jurisdiction on military installations for certain juvenile matters, SB 745 creating a higher penalty for intoxication manslaughter involving multiple deaths, SB 365 shortening the academic fresh start waiting period at public colleges, and SB 1171 adjusting compensation and standards for certain Texas Juvenile Justice Department inspector general employees. CS SB 36, creating a Homeland Security Division within DPS, passed after questions about its relationship to federal homeland security and its focus on border security and critical infrastructure. The latter part of the session focused heavily on CS SB 38, a major eviction and squatter-related bill. Sen. Bettencourt described widespread squatter cases and argued the bill, with a Moody amendment, would clarify notice and eviction procedures while balancing property-owner and tenant rights. Sen. West said he supported addressing squatters but worried the broader eviction changes could harm vulnerable renters, especially single mothers, and said he would vote present not voting. The discussion continued with additional testimony from Sen. Kolkhorst about the need for a balanced eviction process.

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• Senate Bill 1145, amending Sections 32-2062, 32-2063, and 32-291, A.R.S., relating to behavior analysis
• including myself, who have continuously been targets of this nonsense and extremely inappropriate behavior

Keywords: 1182, all

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• I would, of course, encourage my colleagues to read the excellent analysis starting on page five.
• They include employment, but we also provide in-home supports, personal care, behavioral and medical
• They include employment, but we also provide in-home supports, personal care, behavioral and medical

Summary: The Assembly Human Services Committee met with quorum established after beginning as a subcommittee. The committee heard AB 790, which would require jurisdictions receiving state homelessness funds to develop systems specifically supporting women and children, especially single mothers and survivors of domestic violence. Supporters said current homelessness programs overlook this population; the bill was amended and passed unanimously on a 7-0 vote. The committee also heard ACA 4, the Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act, which would dedicate a minimum share of the state general fund to affordable housing and homelessness programs. Supporters argued more stable funding is needed to address the housing crisis, while opponents questioned whether more spending would help; the measure passed 5-2 to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. Members then heard AB 349, which would index the infant supplement for parenting foster youth to inflation. The author and sponsor described the needs of pregnant and parenting teens in foster care and rising costs for diapers and formula; the bill passed 6-0 to Appropriations. AB 779, which expands a domestic violence consultant pilot in child welfare offices statewide, also passed 6-0 after testimony that it would help keep families together safely and improve trauma-informed responses. AB 1335, which would remove a private CARF accreditation requirement for regional center employment programs and rely on state oversight instead, drew support from disability service providers but opposition from the chair over concerns about weakening quality checks; it failed on a 2-2 vote and reconsideration was denied. The committee also considered AB 1066, a bill to bar state-funded immigration legal services for people unlawfully present in the country who have certain serious felony convictions. Supporters framed it as a public-safety and fiscal-responsibility measure, while opponents said it would restrict due process and align California with mass-deportation policies. The bill failed on a 2-2 vote. Two bills, AB 277 and AB 318, were pulled by the author and not heard. After final roll calls on absent members, the committee adjourned.

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• the time and instead use our talking points to denigrate any other member of the body from their behavior
• Prescription drug cost, increased behavioral health utilization, and increased senior care.
• There is robust discussion and analysis and conversation about these issues.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER DISEASE IS A DISEASE THAT IMPACTS THE BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR OF INDIVIDUALS LIKE
• SENATOR POLSKY YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Senator Polsky: IN THE BILL ANALYSIS IT POINTS OUT THAT DRONES
• ARE KNOWN AS STATUS OFFENDERS AND PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE ADDRESSING UNDERLYING CONCERNS CAUSING BEHAVIORAL

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• So you'll have children in a classroom, you might have some behavior issues, and now these parents are
• what parents still see or what they will say to other children or other families about children's behaviors
• The data doesn't even get used for the analysis that we could utilize it for, despite the power that

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras

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• online, please do not use trademarked or copyrighted images and refrain from profanity or uncivil behavior
• 47.279> may<00:15:47.360> be<00:15:47.519> grounds<00:15:47.760> for behavior
• . favor may be grounds for behavior. favor may be grounds for removal<00:15:48.399> that<00:15
• <00:50:20.240> the<00:50:20.559> analysis<00:50:21.119> of<00:50:21.280>
• the fuels they want." the analysis of the fuels they want." the analysis of the loan<00:50:21.760

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 1694, which would create a sustainable aviation fuel tax credit, and HB 1695, which would expand the state’s renewable fuels production tax credit. For HB 1694, supporters from the airlines, renewable fuels industry, business groups, and some environmental and youth representatives said sustainable aviation fuel is a practical near-term way to cut emissions in aviation, a hard-to-decarbonize sector, and argued the credit would send a market signal, support local production, and help meet state climate goals. Opponents, including Energy Justice Network and a taxpayer-focused testifier, argued the bill could subsidize expensive fuels that may not be truly clean, could duplicate benefits available under other tax provisions, and should not support transpacific aviation or technologies they said are unproven or harmful. The Department of Taxation stood on written testimony, and the chair later asked that all verbal testimony on remaining bills be limited to one minute because of time constraints. HB 1695 drew similar support and opposition, but focused more broadly on renewable fuels for transportation, trucking, shipping, and other sectors. Supporters, including the Hawaii State Energy Office, airlines, PAR Hawaii, the Hawaii Renewable Fuels Coalition, Pacific Biodiesel, and the RNG Coalition, said the bill would help scale local fuel production, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, support jobs and agriculture, and advance the state’s climate and energy goals. Several supporters emphasized that the credit would help build a local industry and that life-cycle accounting should be used to measure emissions benefits. Opponents repeated concerns that some biofuels and waste-based fuels may not be climate-beneficial, may rely on flawed modeling, and could create costly infrastructure that would need to be replaced later. No votes or final committee action were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• That TFA teachers meta analysis find?
• Dictatorial in that he behavior.
• Dictatorial behavior, the kind of behavior that you see emanating from dictators.
• That's not law and order. dictatorial behavior has to be put in dictatorial behavior has to be put in
• Some people want taxes, and behavior.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, May 8, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• And New Hampshire ranks among the worst states in the country for in-network behavioral health access
• I think we're behavioral health access. I think we're 17th<00:36:11.119> lowest.
• Yes, consider a secret shopper, but just not import it without real analysis as to whether it fits in
• They have behavioral health issues, maternity care, complex coordinated care. terms.
• They have uh behavioral health patients.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Verbal outbursts, shouting, and disruptive behavior will not be tolerated.
• Verbal outbursts, shouting, and disruptive behavior will not be tolerated.
• So much of what we do starts with that analysis.
• So much of what we do starts with that analysis.
• So much of what we do starts with that analysis.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• They do some pretty in-depth program analysis.
• Johnson, you mentioned that several campuses already do in-depth analysis of the program.
• We incentivize the behavior we want. We need this workforce. We need our institutions to do it.
• We're driving behavior on CIP codes instead of just saying, because we've done that.
• considering potential mechanisms by which the legislature can incent higher in-demand programs or other behavior

Summary: The Higher Education Funding Review Committee met to continue work on a draft higher education funding formula and related capital building fund changes. Lisa Johnson of the North Dakota University System updated the committee on the board’s developing policy for low-producing academic programs. She said the board is using a five-year rolling window, with thresholds of fewer than 10 undergraduate graduates or fewer than 5 graduate graduates, and that programs flagged in three consecutive review cycles would go to the board for review. Possible outcomes include continuation, continuation with modifications, inactivation, or termination. Members asked about how the policy would account for enrollment, program costs, workforce need, and programs that serve students outside their major. Johnson said the board would likely use an accompanying procedure to consider those factors. She also reported that about 200 programs could potentially be reviewed under current guidance, with 135 inactivated and 112 terminated, and said the process is intended to support quality and stewardship rather than simply cut programs. Jamie Wilkie then reported on the Capital Building Fund. He reviewed the fund’s history, matching requirements, and use for extraordinary repairs, deferred maintenance, and some legislatively authorized projects. He said about $334 million in state and matching dollars has been invested overall, with roughly 78.7% going to deferred maintenance and extraordinary repairs. Committee members pressed for updated information on how much deferred maintenance has actually been reduced, and several members said they wanted clearer reporting on the return on investment from new buildings versus repairs. NDSU representatives said the tier funding has helped significantly reduce deferred maintenance and allowed demolition and renovation work on campus. The committee also discussed the need for updated five-year facility plans and space-utilization information from the institutions. The committee then began a section-by-section review of a draft bill that would replace the current higher education funding formula with an FTE-based model and restructure the capital building fund. The draft would fund UND and NDSU differently from the other nine institutions, use fall enrollment rather than completed credits, add performance funding for completions in in-demand fields, create research incentives for UND and NDSU, and combine capital building fund tiers while changing matching requirements and eligible uses. Members raised concerns about the treatment of professional students, the use of CIP codes, incentives for waivers, and whether the formula should rely on more current data. The committee did not take final action on the draft during this meeting, but it continued detailed discussion and indicated more review would follow.

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• With the community, with the new behavioral skills that I was learning in treatment.
• <04:39:26.240> health cycling between the behavioral health cycling between the behavioral
• We looked at the top services accessed by individuals after release, and short-term behavioral health
• We looked at the top services accessed by individuals after release, and short-term behavioral health
• We've been working for more than 25 years to address issues around substance use and behavioral health

Keywords: 1189, house, all