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• for awareness and prevention, python removal contractors, equipment for law enforcement research on methods
• If that's their method of take and also be mindful of trespass.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• I don't have the answer to that, but if there was a method or a way to have that ascertainable, that
• Um, typically in the trainings that your organization provides, or is it a Socratic method, or is it
• Walk up the stage. offered and to choose methods of offered and to choose methods of instruction,<00:
• It does not propose new methods of accountability.
• I'm not proposing any new methods of evaluation.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The legitimate method of administration is considered within the contents of Senate Bill 465.
• The legitimate method of administration is considered within the contents of Senate Bill 465.
• limitations on product delivery methods limitations on product delivery methods like<02:09:01.040
• But through extraction method, you take a great amount of leaves and you extract just that from all of
• But through extraction method, you take a great amount of leaves and you extract just that from all of

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• RSA 375:3 talks about the method of enactment of zoning amendments.
• Bill 372 will encourage school boards and select boards to use the most cost-effective financing method
• Bill 372 will encourage school boards and select boards to use the most cost-effective financing method
• Bill 372 will encourage school boards and select boards to use the most cost-effective financing method
• Bill 372 will encourage school boards and select boards to use the most cost-effective financing method

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Municipal and County Government Committee held public hearings on House Bill 471 and House Bill 373. HB 471 would create a temporary commission to study growth, traffic, planning, and land use issues in a group of southern New Hampshire towns, with possible recommendations on regional planning commission boundaries or coordination. Representative Perez said the bill was requested by Londonderry residents and local officials, and Eric Power of Brookline testified in support, saying the towns share corridor and development issues that cross regional planning commission lines. Several members questioned whether existing law already allows towns to form regional planning commissions under RSA 364:6, whether the bill should be broader, and whether the town list should include additional communities. The hearing closed with testimony counts reported as two in support and three opposed on remote sign-in, plus one opposed and one in support on the blue sheet. HB 373, sponsored by Representative Diane Powers, would revise RSA 41:11-a on town property leases. Powers said current law is too restrictive because leases over five years require repeated town votes, which she argued is impractical for long-term arrangements. She cited examples from Hampton and Brookline, including long-term road and property leases, and said she had found multiple similar cases. The bill would keep select board authority for leases under one year, allow a legislative body to authorize a specific longer lease by a three-fifths ballot vote, and preserve the existing five-year blanket leasing authority with a three-fifths vote, while keeping existing leases valid if authority is later rescinded. Eric Power testified in support, describing recurring lease renewals in Brookline and saying longer terms are needed for projects such as housing, cell towers, and solar arrays. Members asked about the change from a simple town vote to a three-fifths threshold and whether the bill duplicates existing mechanisms; Powers said the higher threshold was intended because the leases involve long-term commitments. No votes were taken during the hearing portion described.

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• Paul Smith continued: Uh, because I'll be frank, many of our members still utilize the old-fashioned method
• Paul Smith continued: Uh, because I'll be frank, many of our members still utilize the old-fashioned method
• old-fashioned members still utilize the old-fashioned members still utilize the old-fashioned method
• > writing<00:34:12.960> and<00:34:13.440> submitting<00:34:14.560> um method
• of uh writing and submitting um method of uh writing and submitting um their<00:34:15.119> reports

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• parents<01:09:28.679> are<01:09:29.000> educated<01:09:29.679> and methodical
• way parents are educated and methodical way parents are educated and given<01:09:30.199> the<
• know<02:01:55.360> is<02:01:55.520> a<02:01:55.639> proven<02:01:56.000> method
• to<02:01:56.520> be<02:01:56.760> able<02:01:57.440> to know is a proven method
• to be able to know is a proven method to be able to stop<02:01:57.960> having<02:01:58.199>

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The joint hearing covered HB 553 on biomarker testing coverage, HB 556 on colorectal cancer screening access, and later HB 712 on 340B drug pricing. For HB 553, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, patient advocates Natalie Heyman and Susan Hirano, a surgical oncologist, and the American Lung Association strongly supported the bill, arguing that biomarker testing should be covered when ordered by a doctor and guided by current evidence. DHS and several insurers offered comments and requested amendments, with DHS saying it appreciated the intent but wanted changes. The committees then voted to pass HB 553 with amendments, including a House draft and a defective date of July 1, 3000; both the House Health and Human Services and Homelessness committees adopted the recommendation unanimously. For HB 556, testimony focused on closing gaps in colorectal cancer screening, especially for uninsured and underinsured patients who can get stool-based screening but then cannot access follow-up colonoscopies. Community Clinic of Maui, ACS CAN, and the American Cancer Society supported the bill, with ACS CAN urging a program similar to the breast and cervical cancer control program and offering amendments. DHS requested that the program and appropriation not conflict with executive budget priorities, and the committees noted technical amendments, a defective date, a blank appropriation amount, and corrections changing Medicare references to Medicaid. HB 556 was also passed with amendments by both committees. The hearing then moved to HB 712 on 340B drug pricing and contract pharmacies. The Department of Health and the Attorney General’s office expressed concern that the bill would require the state to regulate private commercial activity and said the department lacked the expertise and resources to implement it as written, suggesting it might belong in a different statutory section. In contrast, PhRMA opposed the bill, while Hawaii Pacific Health and Hawaii Island Community Health Center supported it, saying 340B savings are important for hospital services and patient access to low-cost medications, especially where manufacturers have restricted shipments to contract pharmacies. No vote on HB 712 was taken in the portion provided.

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• So you can have a variety of training opportunities or method.
• :19:16.720> opportunities<00:19:17.440> or<00:19:18.080> or<00:19:18.720> method
• <00:19:19.200> And training opportunities or or method.
• And training opportunities or or method.
• for it, but it is this is not the method for it, but it is to<01:36:16.320> start<01:36:16.480

Bills: HF3793, HF3699, HF793, HF3322, HF3426

Keywords: groundwater, water use permit, data centers, public health, environmental regulations, municipalities, state park license plate, specialty license plate, Minnesota DNR, Department of Natural Resources, license plate design contest, North Shore, Lake Superior Agate, AI-generated art, artificial intelligence, Minnesota resident, state parks, specialty plates, vehicle registration, contest requirements

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• We also provided testimony on proposed benefit changes and changes to the amortization methods.
• We'll go into more detail on the amortization methods later in the presentation.
• We also provided testimony on proposed benefit changes and changes to the amortization methods.
• We'll go into more detail on the amortization methods later in the presentation.
• Uh, one has to do with an issue that was discussed a lot last year, which was amortization methods.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It mandates government entities to accept cash alongside other methods, giving payers flexibility without
• 09:32.680> cash<00:09:33.200> alongside<00:09:34.600> other<00:09:34.880> methods
• , accept cash alongside other methods, accept cash alongside other methods, giving<00:09:36.400><
• This is the only method that was given to us in the Constitution to be able to have a chance at it.
• This is the only method that was given to us in the Constitution to be able to have a chance at it.

Keywords: 916, all

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• However we can move them into some permanent facility to help them treat their illness, I applaud any method
• approaches to African American genealogy, in which I showed the audience how they can apply these methods
• and that's why it's very broad in terms of who they can and should work with in order to create a method
• those cases it is tricky and unique, and it doesn't appear that there is kind of a standard accepted method
• It is tricky and unique, and it doesn't appear that there is kind of a standard accepted method.

Summary: The committee met as a subcommittee without quorum at first, then later established quorum and continued hearing several bills. SB 27, the annual CARE Court cleanup bill, would require courts to consider CARE referral for certain misdemeanor defendants found incompetent to stand trial, combine some hearings, allow limited data sharing among licensed medical professionals, and expand eligibility to include mood disorders with psychotic features. Supporters said it would clarify the meaning of “clinically stabilized,” streamline the process, and help more severely ill people receive treatment; opponents argued it would expand CARE Court too broadly, strain county resources, and divert attention from housing and voluntary services. The bill passed to the Health Committee on a roll call vote and was placed on call. SB 82, dealing with so-called “infinite arbitration clauses,” would limit consumer contract arbitration provisions to disputes arising from the product or service actually purchased. The author and supporters said the bill would stop companies from forcing arbitration in unrelated claims and would not ban arbitration itself. Opponents from business and banking groups argued the language was too restrictive, could create litigation over related transactions, and should be clarified as prospective only. The committee approved the bill and placed it on call after a roll call vote. The committee then heard two reparations-related bills. SB 437 would direct CSU to develop a genealogical methodology and framework for verifying descendants of enslaved people, with oversight, reporting, and guardrails tied to recently allocated state funding. Supporters said the bill would create a fair, evidence-based process; opponents, including professional genealogists and reparations advocates, argued the work is already well understood, the bill is unnecessary, and it could delay action. SB 518 would create a Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery within state government, with divisions for genealogy, property reclamation, outreach, and legal affairs. Supporters framed it as needed infrastructure to implement reparations recommendations; opponents objected to locating it in the Department of Justice, warned about data privacy and law enforcement control, and criticized the inclusion of broader communities. Both bills were moved to Appropriations and placed on call. The committee also heard SB 52, the End AI Rent Hikes Act, which would prohibit the use of algorithms to collude on and artificially inflate rental prices; the author and supporters described it as a response to AI-assisted rent fixing in California’s housing market.

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• That means that this body, the Legislature, has made the decision that those are acceptable methods.
• And when we open the door to any other constitutional method, what... ...open the door to any other constitutional
• method, why don't we put the constitutional methods in there so that this body, even though I wouldn't
• Why don't we put those words on the page as the method of execution that we have agreed to?
• But for the time being, all other constitutional methods is far too broad, and we should reject that.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge, and heard several member introductions before moving to the special order calendar. The chamber first took up SB 200/HB 295 on a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan, which directs DEP to develop a statewide recycling strategy by 2026 with stakeholder input and a three-year implementation roadmap; the House bill was substituted and passed 38-0. Senators then approved CS/CS/SB 492 on mitigation banking and land development after adopting two McLean amendments, including one on out-of-service credits and another incorporating phosphate mining lands provisions; the bill passed 35-3 after debate over possible constitutional issues. CS/SB 494 on aggravated animal cruelty was also amended and substituted with the House companion to add a searchable FDLE database of convicted animal abusers and a sentencing multiplier, with an agriculture-related exemption; it passed 37-0. The Senate next passed CS/CS/SB 500/HB 711 creating the Spectrum Alert for missing children with autism, including training and coordinated alert procedures, with a House amendment to align implementation timing and funding; it passed 37-0. CS/CS/SB 524/HB 1089 added Duchenne muscular dystrophy to newborn screening tests and passed 36-0. CS/CS/SB 592/HB 393 revised the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program by lowering approval thresholds, clarifying eligibility and ownership issues, and adding sliding-door wind-driven rain mitigation devices; it passed 37-0 after discussion about funding and insurance premium credits. CS/SB 742/HB 1145 on workforce education allowed charter schools direct access to grant funding and expanded money-back guarantees for certain programs, and it passed 37-0. CS/CS/SB 822/HB 443 on charter schools generated extensive debate and multiple amendments, including a Jones amendment requiring parent acknowledgment of school rules; the bill would expand charter autonomy, reporting flexibility, enrollment capacity, and governance provisions, and it was placed on the calendar for third reading after the amendment process. Later, the Senate passed HB 827 on a statewide study of automation and workforce impact, which would examine job displacement, wages, vulnerable regions, and training needs, by a 35-0 vote. It also passed CS/CS/SB 964/HB 181 on parole guidelines, CS/SB 976/HB 901 on court-appointed psychologists, and CS/SB 1084/HB 1451 on sexual cyber harassment and digitally forged intimate images, all unanimously. CS/CS/SB 1156 on a Home Health Aid for Medically Fragile Children Program was amended to clarify training requirements and passed 37-0 after supportive debate about helping parents care for medically fragile children. Finally, CS/CS/CS/SB 1240/HB 1091 on substance abuse and mental health care was amended to allow designated facilities to retain certain stabilized patients during the 72-hour involuntary examination period and passed 37-0. Several other bills were temporarily postponed, and the chamber also recognized guests and interns throughout the session.

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• To reiterate, this new method of VMT mitigation would be optional and additive to existing strategies
• Marine carbon dioxide removal methods and technologies leverage or enhance existing ocean carbon removal
• These methods are varied and numerous, from growing macro and microalgae to using electrolysis for direct
• Further research is required to determine which of these methods can be deployed safely and effectively
• In conclusion, AB 411 will provide ranchers a much-needed and safe method for disposing of routine mortalities

Summary: The committee hearing centered first on AB 1243, the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025, which would direct CalEPA to identify major fossil fuel companies, study California’s climate damages, and assess fees on the largest polluters to fund resilience, recovery, and related projects. The author and supporters argued the bill would make polluters help pay for climate harms, protect taxpayers, create jobs in construction and clean energy, and dedicate at least 40% of funds to disadvantaged communities. Support testimony came from environmental justice groups, labor, youth advocates, health organizations, and many individual witnesses, while opponents from the building trades, chambers of commerce, petroleum, and business groups warned it would raise fuel and consumer costs, threaten refinery jobs, and create legal and economic uncertainty. Committee members debated the bill’s impact on affordability, jobs, refinery closures, and whether cap-and-trade already addresses climate funding needs. The committee ultimately voted to give AB 1243 a due pass recommendation to the Judiciary Committee, with the roll left open. After AB 1243, the committee moved to another bill on wildfire mitigation and related resilience work. The author said the measure addresses a long-running wildfire problem and accepted committee amendments, describing the bill as a response to increasingly severe wildfire seasons and the need to help communities stay safe and rebuild after disasters. The transcript cuts off as that presentation begins, so no final action on the second bill is shown in the excerpt.

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• is tied specifically to participation in the program and does not relate to any sort of delivery method
• is tied specifically to participation in the program and does not relate to any sort of delivery method
• 06.160> prescribe would prescribe would prescribe uh<00:43:08.240> a<00:43:08.480> method
• ><00:43:08.880> for<00:43:09.359> election<00:43:09.760> administrators uh a method
• for election administrators uh a method for election administrators to<00:43:10.640> work<00:

Bills: HF2354, HF1672, HF2389, HF2870, HF2743, HF1918, HF2551, HF1671

Keywords: medical assistance, fraud prevention, subpoena authority, criminal penalties, consumer protection, medical cannabis, medical marijuana, cannabis, cannabinoids, hemp, marijuana registry, patient registry, visiting patient, Tribal cannabis, Tribal medical cannabis program, Tribal sovereignty, Office of Cannabis Management, designated caregiver, home cultivation, adult-use cannabis

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• control, letting our local jurisdictions experiment, letting them innovate, letting them adopt a method
• <00:07:11.479> of<00:07:11.599> voting letting them uh adopt a method of voting letting
• them uh adopt a method of voting that<00:07:12.039> they<00:07:12.160> think<00:07:12.360
• As you already know, ranked-choice voting introduces a method where voters can rank their candidates
• As you already know, ranked-choice voting introduces a method where voters can rank their candidates

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• amount of additional cost for staffing those positions that weren't able to be staffed before with the method
• amount of additional cost for staffing those positions that weren't able to be staffed before with the method
• amount of additional cost for staffing those positions that weren't able to be staffed before with the method
• I appreciate the challenges of trying to fill these positions. method and the models that were used did
• method and the models that were used did result<00:48:10.400> in<00:48:10.520> an<00:48

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee approved the January 14 minutes and then considered a large agenda of contracts, including personal services contracts, amendments, memoranda of agreement, and Kentucky Entertainment Incentive Program items. The chair noted the agenda contained 240 items and emphasized the need for transparency in how contract approvals work. Several items were pulled for questions, while the rest were approved without objection. The first major discussion involved seven contingency-fee contracts for the Attorney General’s office. Committee members asked about the apparent $20 million maximum per contract, and staff explained that the amount was a ceiling, not a guarantee, and that under the statutory waterfall in KRS 45A.717 a $20 million fee would require roughly $355 million returned to the Commonwealth. Staff also said the new batch included some new firms, that these contracts are being handled in 6- to 12-month batches, and that no money had yet been spent from the prior cycle. The committee then approved those contracts. Members also questioned a Cabinet for Health and Family Services training contract, which officials said was needed because Finance provides only Kentucky-specific training, while the outside vendor offers broader procurement and federal-funds training; the committee approved that item. A University of Kentucky capital project contract for the State Capitol exterior renovation was approved after questions about the open-ended date, total project cost, and expected completion, with staff saying the overall project is projected for substantial completion by the end of 2026 and final warranty work could extend into 2027. A DCBS amendment for SSI eligibility determinations for children in out-of-home care was explained as an increase caused by a protest, a reissued RFP, and more children entering care; the committee approved it after discussion of the protest and scoring details. The committee also approved a Transportation Cabinet amendment for an I-71 widening and interchange project in Oldham County after staff explained it was a time extension with no additional funds, though the project had evolved due to traffic changes and now includes an eight-lane bridge design. Finally, the committee discussed two Finance Cabinet facilities and support services amendments tied to the Capitol renovation and juvenile justice facility retrofits. Staff said the Capitol project contract covered the full design team, with completion projected around 2029, while the juvenile justice amendments covered additional design work for McCracken and Breathitt facilities, with final bid documents expected in June or July and construction anticipated to begin in the latter half of 2025. Both items were approved.

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• The bill explicitly banned some specific instruction method and mandates structured literacy instruction
• know, all children are different, and all children learn at different intervals and with different methods
• know, all children are different, and all children learn at different intervals and with different methods
• know, all children are different, and all children learn at different intervals and with different methods
• know, all children are different, and all children learn at different intervals and with different methods

Bills: LB878, LB958, LB958A, LB762, LB1187, LB966, LB929, LB962, LB1209, LB937A, LB962A, LB1050, LB1050A, LB965, LB1022, LB753, LB788, LB913, LB1055, LB1195, LB429, LB721, LB722, LB727, LB745, LB749, LB778, LR293, LR296, LR422, LR495, LR496, LR497, LR498, LR499, LR500, LR501, LR502, LR503, LR504

Keywords: paid parental leave, state employees, workplace benefits, family support, economic impact, Medicaid, Medical Assistance Act, home and community-based services waiver, HCBS waiver, waiver participant, assessment tool, clinical interviewing, service tier, retroactive coverage, doula, doula reimbursement, maternal health, prenatal care, pregnancy, birth outcomes

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• President, members, what we should be talking about are methods to actually make housing less expensive
• bipartisan fashion. what we should be talking about what we should be talking about are<00:53:11.840> methods
• > to<00:53:12.720> actually<00:53:13.360> make<00:53:13.680> housing are methods
• to actually make housing are methods to actually make housing less<00:53:15.480> expensive,<00
• c> So, the good news about the way that Senator Gustafson moved that bill was that she was very methodical

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I don't think that a political subdivision should solely use that contracting method for a project, but
• And so I certainly think that there's room for improvement in the procurement method and how they're
• But in my opinion, it is a helpful construction procurement method, especially on a larger, more complex
• This is a required scoring attribute throughout the project, but there is no qualitative method for scoring
• These are all based off of the questions that you had posted and that we heard from Utah and others, methods

Keywords: 908, all

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• Under this so-called emergency, the president would attempt to ban mail-in voting, a method that has
• And voters should know that whatever method they choose to cast a vote this election, early at home,
• And voters should know that whatever<00:37:17.720> method<00:37:18.120> they<00:37:18.280
• > choose<00:37:18.680> to<00:37:18.800> cast<00:37:19.080> a whatever method
• they choose to cast a whatever method they choose to cast a vote<00:37:19.840> this<00:37:20.000

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• learned more than I could have ever imagined about sextortion and the perpetrators and the organized methods
• 00:10:55.760> and<00:10:56.000> the<00:10:56.160> organized<00:10:56.720> methods
• perpetrators and the organized methods perpetrators and the organized methods of<00:10:57.440>
• we live in a culture that normalizes technology, glamorizes the hustle, getting ahead by whatever method

Bills: HF2358, HF3496, HF3504, HF2169, HF3440

Keywords: public safety, coercion, criminal penalties, law enforcement, victim protection, HF3496, supervision abatement, earned compliance credit, earned compliance credits, conditional release, supervised release, corrections, Minnesota Department of Corrections, restitution, willful nonpayment, probation-like supervision, release supervision, community supervision, lifetime conditional release, early termination of supervision