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• home, as they would say. home, as they would say.
• Just sit at home.
• I said, "Lord, I wonder what he goes back home and tell his wife when he get back home at the end of
• But I think that it's in your home.
• There were so many restaurants home.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• If you could state your name and turn on your camera for the record, you may proceed.
• <00:03:54.000> turn<00:03:54.200> on<00:03:54.400> your<00:03:54.640> camera
• <00:03:55.040> for state your name turn on your camera for state your name turn on your camera
• And I said, oh, what did you do in your home country? He said, I was a brain surgeon.
• And I said, oh, what did you do in your home country? He said, I was a brain surgeon.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It's homes as well.
• But I think it's just land in General that we're talking about because every home sits on a piece of
• I don't know that that would affect the price of homes. Further questions.
• Yeah, we don't want cameras in the classroom either, but in the courtroom.
• I do think we can have court cameras in the courtroom.

Bills: SB2030, SB1926, SB2170, SB2151, SB2166, SB1213, SB1381, SB1824, SB1876, SB1728, SB1582, SB1286, SB1386, SB1708, SB1618

Keywords: expungement, record sealing, criminal records, clean slate, automatic expungement, expedited expungement, criminal history, OSBI, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, deferred judgment, delayed sentence, pardon, pardon and parole board, law enforcement records, sealed records, arrest records, conviction records, reclassification of felony to misdemeanor, reentry, second chance

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• cameras and taking active measures to prevent fraud and to, um, you know, let the public know that we
• cameras and taking active measures to prevent fraud and to, um, you know, let the public know that we
• <00:47:53.280> cameras responded by putting in security cameras responded by putting in security
• cameras and<00:47:54.000> taking<00:47:54.480> active<00:47:54.960> measures<00
• face heightened security. face heightened security.

Bills: SB2603, SB2083, SB2341, SB2306, SB2782, SB2756, SB2161, SB2477

Keywords: Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, state funding, public performances, educational programs, cultural arts funding, historic properties, preservation, inheritance, working group, public-private partnerships, sustainable funding, historic preservation, Hawaii Revised Statutes, construction, state review, burial sites, cultural artifacts, development review, phased review, administrative fees

Summary: The committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 2603, which would designate the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra as the state orchestra of Hawaii. Testimony was uniformly supportive from the Attorney General’s office, the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Retail Merchants of Hawaii, Hawaii Youth Symphony, the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association, and others. Supporters emphasized the bill’s value to arts education, cultural vitality, and the visitor economy. The chair noted there were also many written testimonies submitted, and the bill was left without questions or action in the excerpt. The committee then took up Senate Bill 2083, which would create a state-owned historic properties preservation plan working group within DNR. The State Historic Preservation Division supported the bill and said it would help create a statewide database and better planning for state-owned historic properties, while noting its current review work is reactive and project-by-project. The committee asked about duplication and existing consultation processes; SHPD said it already reviews state projects under existing law and has in-house architectural staff. The measure was then set aside after brief discussion, with no vote shown in the excerpt. Next was Senate Bill 2341, which would authorize phased review of certain private-property projects and change SHPD’s review deadlines. SHPD and the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development supported the bill, saying it could encourage more proactive, programmatic review and that the current average review time for simple projects is about 56 days. Several opponents, including Sierra Club of Hawaii, Bianca Isaki, Malama Kane Lua, and Tara Roas, argued phased review would delay projects, create conflict, and weaken historic preservation protections, especially for iwi kūpuna and burial sites. Committee members raised concerns about whether the bill conflicted with prior court decisions and asked SHPD for its view; SHPD said it was not a legal question for them and suggested a programmatic alternative. The bill was not voted on in the excerpt. Finally, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 2306 on administrative fees for the Bureau of Conveyances. HGEA opposed the measure, focusing on a provision allowing the special fund to be used for qualified contractors, while the Bureau of Conveyances supported the bill as a fee correction that would equalize recording fees between systems. The bureau said specialized technical work sometimes requires outside contracting and that it could consider a contract period; the chair and members discussed the HGEA concern and asked whether the issue could be addressed. No final action was shown in the excerpt.

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• But it's also not good to have them nowhere near home when they're within 18 months or nearing release
• That even goes against a grain of kind of old-school thought in terms of security.
• I don't want to imply that we don't get people closer to home at any time during their sentence.
• In a perfect system, I would tell you that we can operate with less security staff in an incentivized
• So we've used a lot of our security enhancement money to impact all of those areas.

Summary: The Senate Criminal Justice Committee met with Vice Chair Smith presiding in Chair Martin’s excused absence. After opening remarks from several senators, the committee heard a presentation from Department of Corrections Secretary Ricky Dixon on the state’s incentivized prisons program and related population-management efforts. Dixon said the department now operates eight incentivized prisons, which use enhanced privileges and programming for well-behaved inmates, and reported major reductions in disciplinary reports, staff assaults, inmate-on-inmate assaults, and uses of force compared with average institutions. He also described administrative management units for more disruptive inmates, short-sentence correctional institutions for those with less than a year to serve, and a reentry strategy that places inmates closer to home within 18 months of release. Dixon said Florida’s recidivism rate has fallen to about 21 percent, among the lowest in the nation, and emphasized that staffing, programming, and facility repairs remain ongoing needs. Committee members asked about access to education and workforce training, staffing levels, contraband, technology upgrades, heating and air-conditioning maintenance, and whether incentivized prisons could be expanded. Dixon said educational access is improving but remains limited by eligibility and staffing, that the incentivized facilities are at capacity, and that expansion depends on adding more administrative management unit beds. He also said the department is increasing use of technology, improving maintenance oversight, and continuing efforts to reduce contraband and improve staff recruitment and retention. Several senators praised the department’s work and urged more funding for prison infrastructure and officer pay. Public testimony largely supported the incentivized prisons model while calling for more seats, better staffing, and broader reforms. Family members of incarcerated people said the facilities were safer, more stable, and better for rehabilitation, though they asked for more programming, better treatment by staff, and clearer access to education and release-related opportunities. A Florida PBA representative emphasized that programs can only succeed with safe staffing levels and better pay and retention for correctional officers. No formal committee vote or bill action was taken, and the meeting ended after public testimony and closing remarks.

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• security because of Fort Bliss.
• If you just go ahead and speak, that will activate your camera. Ms.
• For some reason, it's not allowing me to turn the camera on.
• El Paso is home to approximately 679,000 residents, making it the sixth largest city in Texas.
• I agree that we need secure borders.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• <00:30:34.480> All homes? I mean, I don't understand. All homes?
• capital updates aren't able to secure capital updates aren't able to secure the<00:31:34.320>
• nursing home workforce standards board. nursing home workforce standards board.
• financial viability of nursing homes. financial viability of nursing homes.
• If you want to respond to that, lose more nursing homes. And I last year lose more nursing homes.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It provides relative to video and audio recordings from cameras installed in self-contained classrooms
• What this bill does is it simply, you know, we required cameras to be in classrooms, in special education
• that he could designate to be with him on the initial viewing or designate two people to view the camera
• What this bill does is it simply, you know, we required cameras to be in classrooms, in special education
• and I made a decision to come back here when my service in the Air Force got over, because this is home

Bills: HB818, HB1063, SB28, SB64, SB142, SB234, SB482

Keywords: higher education, accountability, curriculum review, faculty governance, disciplinary procedures, SB 28, Act 233, associate educator program, associate teachers, teacher certification, alternative teacher pathway, education workforce, teacher shortage, minimum age, age requirement, Louisiana schools, Title 17, R.S. 17:7.8, educator pipeline, teacher recruitment

Summary: The House Education Committee met on April 29, 2026, and heard several education-related bills. SB 234, which would change Louisiana medical schools from pass-fail grading to letter grading, was briefly discussed and reported favorably without objection. SB 142, dealing with the management of Board of Regents support fund matched endowments if a related constitutional amendment passes, drew questions about endowment matching, oversight, and the roughly $75 million in outstanding match requests; it was also reported favorably. SB 482, which expands the use of career coaches in middle and high school individual graduation plans and adds reporting requirements for career development funds, received support from BESE and other groups, with members asking about counselor shortages and whether districts would be required to contract with outside vendors; it was reported favorably. SB 64, requiring two people to be present for the initial viewing of video from special education classroom cameras, was supported as a safeguard for students and staff and was reported favorably. The committee then took up HB 1063, a broad higher education governance bill that would require board review of core curricula, increase transparency in hiring and board actions, limit faculty senate authority to advisory status, and restrict spending without board certification. The bill prompted extensive questioning about whether it would create new boards, how it would be funded, and whether boards could realistically handle the workload; the author said the committee would not vote that day and moved to voluntarily defer the bill, which passed without objection. HB 818, as amended, was converted into a reporting bill requiring public inventories and state reporting on assessments used by schools, including their purpose and results; after amendment adoption, it was reported favorably. Finally, SB 28 lowered the minimum age for associate teachers from 25 to 21 to help address the teacher shortage, with department staff saying it could expand the pipeline of candidates; it was reported favorably. The committee also announced its next meeting would be Wednesday, May 6, and adjourned.

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• And through them, blessed the great state of Oklahoma, our home in Jesus' name. Amen.

Bills: HB2979, HB3790, HB3142, HB3463, HB4143, HJR1086, SB392, HB3087, HB3037, HB3581, HB4058, HB2959, HB4227, HB2997, HB4125, HB1453, HB3521, HB3691, HB2015, HB2940, HB1016, HB3267, HB3695, HB3697, HB3045, HB3662, HB3453, HB3053, HB3301, HB3495, HB3584, HB3586, HB3587, HB3845, HB4198, HB4425, HB2970, HB3338, HB3443, HB3783, HB3800, HB3818, HB1242, HB1752, HB2961, HB2967, HB2973, HB2988, HB3031, HB3240, HB3047, HB3052, HB3066, HB3086, HB3175, HB3177, HB3178, HB3429, HB3548, HB3638, HB3404, HB3704, HB1590, HB3759, HB3831, HB3904, HB4092, HB1979, HB1983, HB1250, HB2952, HB3671, HB3920, HB4118, HB3944, HB3969, HB3973, HB3975, HB3976, HB3978, HB3983, HB3984, HB3942, HB4203, HB2588, HB3024, HB3383, HB3279, HB3919, HB3883, HB4193, HB3431, HB3435, HB4352, HB4484, HB1245, HB3172, HB3306, HB4294, HB3880, HB2929, HB3128, HB2956, HB3015, HB3114, HB3567, HB3749, HB4229, HB4237, HB4253, HJR1046, HJR1084, HB3411

Keywords: HB2979, Talyn Bain Act, school zone, school safety, speed limit, 45 mph, state highway, Department of Transportation, ODOT, flashing beacons, traffic enforcement, speeding violation, public school, private school, K-12, drop-off, pick-up, highway safety, municipal maintenance, county commissioners

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• Keep branded content off of our cameras so we don't get copyright stricken or anything like that.
• Keep branded content off<00:20:00.400> of<00:20:00.640> our<00:20:00.880> cameras
• uh so we don't get off of our cameras uh so we don't get copyright<00:20:02.960> stricken<00:
• We also have an audit that's ongoing about the Kahali initiative, uh, the [snorts] timing homes. meet
• The Kahali initiative, the timing homes initiative, that we see, is the governor's.

Bills: HB2240, HB2272, HB2273, HB2274, HB2275

Keywords: appropriations, legislative expenses, auditor, legislative reference bureau, state ethics commission, ombudsman, government transparency, HB2272, Act 026, public employment cost items, emergency appropriations, collective bargaining, bargaining unit 11, BU-11, state employees, excluded employees, salary increases, cost adjustments, health premium payments, benefits

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• Okay, this would add a needed level of security.
• Security for colleges and universities can be substituted for House Bill 3741 that are vulnerable to
• This isn't just about adding another. law school, it's about securing Texas' long-term prosperity.
• It will give West Texas students a fair shot to join the legal profession without leaving home and it
• Parents working at home. They were filing as dependents.

Bills: HB232

Keywords: disaster recovery, natural disaster, weather disaster, emergency relief, flood relief, hurricane relief, storm damage, wildfire, tornado, hail, windstorm, extreme heat, ice storm, snowstorm, property damage, personal injury, temporary housing, relocation assistance, lost wages, state emergency management

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• I think some students will tell me they're not going to school because they can get it all done at home
• have to sit in an 86-minute class, because they'll just make it all up, you know, in 10 minutes at home
• need to have a sense of purpose, and I'd love it if all the principals out there, I don't know what camera
• I'm looking at but all know what camera I'm looking at but all the<00:04:18.759> principles<00
• They should have a hidden camera—I mean, a hidden, what are they called? Mirror?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:59:28.000> of was in back home in my home country of was in back home in my home country
• <01:07:31.599> tested homes and many of these homes tested homes and many of these homes tested
• away, so they got a long way home, too. away, so they got a long way home, too.
• in our homes and in our places.
• Oh, I have my camera on. I can see myself. Oh, I have my camera on.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• He's at home with five women, and they get their way. So, we have a male dog, so that's Bos.
• I think it was like every Monday at home. Yeah, so next Monday at one. What time is that?
• I will say, right behind me, let me turn my camera. All those boxes over there.
• Well, I have a projector at home that I've had for a long time, but it cost me like $1500.
• So, I have that money secured, and we're ready to roll with those two tools.

Keywords: 914, all

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• There's 46 David Smith with this, a middle initial and his home county.
• by people and also many of them have video cameras in and around them.
• no reason you need their home address.
• But he was out of security concerns as I watched him do this.
• The bill that it was just mentioned, the citizenship bill really brings home to me.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• When job security overrides scientific truth, we no longer have science. We have propaganda.
• Loved ones died alone in hospitals and nursing homes. No weddings, no funerals.
• The only paperwork we got, you would have to take back home afterwards and read it.
• My camera on. Is this Lori? Yeah, I'm just trying to get my camera on. Is this Lori?

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Emergency Preparedness and Management held a hearing on several emergency management bills, with most of the testimony focused on Senate Bill 539, which would prohibit COVID-19 mRNA vaccination or gene-altering procedures as a condition of entry, employment, school attendance, or access to public venues. Senator Durant and many public witnesses supported the bill, arguing that COVID-era mandates were coercive, ineffective, and harmful, and that the state should not require proof of vaccination in future emergencies. One witness, Joanne Tuller, testified in opposition, saying the government should retain authority to impose public health measures in emergencies and warning against permanently limiting that power based on the COVID experience. The committee also heard testimony on Senate Bill 540, concerning the prevention of radioactive material discharge, with a Sierra Club representative and local residents opposing Holtec’s disposal of wastewater from the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant and citing health, environmental, and economic concerns in Plymouth and nearby communities. Senator Driscoll testified in support of Senate Bills 537 and 538, describing them as measures to strengthen the Commonwealth’s strategic preparedness stockpile and to create a framework for emergency response during surges in hospitalizations, including temporary waivers of prior authorization when hospitals are over capacity. In addition, Dr. Jennifer Carlson testified in support of H.885, a resolve creating a special commission on the field of emergency management, arguing that the profession should be more fully professionalized and staffed by dedicated experts rather than part-time “second hat” officials. Several other bills on the docket, including H.883 and H.84, had no sign-ups. The chair closed each bill’s testimony section as the list was exhausted, and the hearing was adjourned without any votes taken during the session.

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• experienced a fatal overdose in our home experienced a fatal overdose in our home in in in 2016<
• <00:21:14.600> and that help individuals secure and that help individuals secure and maintain
• <00:26:25.039> is you hear me we sure can oh my camera is you hear me we sure can oh my camera
• nearly identical individual home nearly identical individual home supports<00:27:49.000> without
• <00:48:10.720> by caring for loved ones at home by caring for loved ones at home by supporting

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Welcome to Blue Origin's Rocket Park in Florida, the home of New Glenn.
• The factory is also home to New Glenn's Mission Control.
• The factory is also home to New Glenn's Mission Control.
• Go to camera 8. Number 9.5! We had to put a call. All my. All right. The road.
• As I mentioned, they're the home of the Marshall Space Flight Center.

Summary: The Committee of Military, Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security heard a series of informational presentations focused on Florida’s aerospace and space ecosystem. Blue Origin described its Florida operations at Rocket Park, Launch Complex 36, and Port Canaveral, highlighting New Glenn and Blue Moon development, recent launch activity, workforce development efforts, and major capital investment in the state. Amazon Leo (formerly Project Kuiper) outlined its low-Earth-orbit broadband network, customer terminals, satellite and gateway architecture, dark-sky mitigation efforts, and Florida investments including a payload processing facility and launch support infrastructure. Starcatcher Industries presented its concept for an orbital energy grid that would beam power to satellites, discussed demonstrations in Florida, customer interest, and plans for a first satellite launch next year. Space Florida President and CEO Rob Long gave a strategic update on the state’s aerospace industry, citing billions in private investment, growth in aerospace establishments and projects, spaceport infrastructure investments, workforce and university partnerships, and the importance of maintaining Florida’s competitiveness against other states. NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro then emphasized Artemis II preparations, rising launch demand, aging infrastructure, and the need for stronger state-federal coordination and investment in research, workforce, and common-use infrastructure. She compared Florida’s support structure with Texas and argued that Florida must act to avoid losing aerospace leadership. Members asked questions about mobile and aviation applications for Amazon Leo, dark-sky impacts, satellite counts, Starcatcher’s power transmission losses and storage approach, and NASA’s funding and infrastructure constraints. Petro also discussed limits on commercial investment in common infrastructure under federal rules and suggested that state investment and better alignment among partners could help. No bills were considered and no votes were taken beyond adjournment; the committee concluded by adopting a motion to adjourn.

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• How many of you can't wait to get home after a long day at work or doing errands?
• HB 95 is an act related to security services on religious premises.
• Volunteer church security teams are already there.
• requiring a Class D and G Reggie Borkowski: Security license.
• I don't want Barney Fife on my Representative Bankson: security force.

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• Another business spends $50,000 in security, including cameras, various technology, hiring security guards
• , and constructing security gates.
• <00:42:24.960> One to increase their security. One to increase their security.
• <00:42:37.520> That's spends $50,000 in security. That's spends $50,000 in security.
• constructing cons uh security gates. constructing cons uh security gates.

Keywords: 981, all