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• And we reported to the state.
• Were those, are those reported to the USGS? Just curious? So I Are those reported to the USGS?
• I can tell you that the earlier reports... I can tell you that the earlier reports were too deep.
• You're referring to the ISIL report? Yes, ma'am. Yes.
• and to see if there was some duplication of reporting or erroneous reporting.

Summary: The committee met on May 26, 2026, and first approved the minutes from the May 22, 2025 meeting. The main topic was the Northwest Louisiana earthquake cluster, with testimony from Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy staff, LSU and Tulane geoscientists, and later LSU law professor Keith Hall. Witnesses said the cause of the swarm has not been definitively identified, but induced seismicity from wastewater injection or hydraulic fracturing remains a concern. They described 50 earthquakes reported by the USGS in Red River, Bienville, DeSoto, and Natchitoches Parishes, including a magnitude 4.9 event on March 5, 2026, and explained that Louisiana’s sparse seismic network limits detection and depth/location estimates. C&E said it inspected Class II injection wells within 12 miles of the events, found no violations, now requires more frequent injection reporting, and is working with researchers and LSU on a possible state monitoring network and future policy changes. Committee members asked about injection depths, fault locations, whether the activity could be natural, and whether Louisiana should adopt stronger monitoring or a traffic-light regulatory system like other states. The witnesses said more data is needed before firm conclusions can be drawn, but that denser monitoring can detect smaller quakes and help identify patterns. Professor Hall summarized responses in other states, including more frequent reporting, increased monitoring, injection reductions, moratoria, and traffic-light systems in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Ohio, and Illinois. Members also discussed whether operators should share more seismic and geologic data, and several said the state should avoid jumping to conclusions while still improving oversight. The committee then heard from William Berger, a Texas geoscientist, who described using AI and operator data to model wastewater injection and seismic risk, and said broader data sharing would improve forecasting and siting decisions. He and another witness emphasized that many earthquakes arise from clusters of wells rather than a single well, and that proprietary concerns limit voluntary disclosure. The committee also received a brief update from GOSEP and the Louisiana National Guard on the Barksdale Air Force Base drone incursions. GOSEP said it logged the incident in WebEOC and shared releasable information, while State Police and the FBI said they were limited in what they could disclose. Officers said a task force has been formed, some personnel have received federal drone-mitigation training, and House Bill 940 is intended to mirror the task force MOU. Finally, Major General Thomas Friloux and Brigadier General Jason Maffus updated the committee on the merger of GOSEP into the Louisiana Military Department. They said the merger has reduced GOSEP from seven divisions to three, brought back employees to in-person work, modernized the state’s common operating picture, and produced about $10.5 million in first-year cost avoidance through staffing and contract changes. They also noted the planned transfer of the Louisiana Center for Safe Schools to the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement, ongoing hurricane preparedness, and continued coordination with parish emergency managers. No votes were taken on the substantive topics, and the meeting ended with the committee moving through its agenda items and receiving informational testimony.

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• , >> Committee reports, Senator Blackwell, >> Committee reports, Senator Blackwell, you're
• committee reports. committee reports.
• All in reading of committee reports.
• Judicial Performance Appropriation Judicial Performance Commission.<00:48:47.520> Senate<00:48
• <01:05:51.800> I some of the performance measures. I some of the performance measures.

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 19 February, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, received an invocation from Reverend Kenny McGill, and approved dispensing with the reading of the journal, committee reports, and bill titles. The chamber then spent a substantial amount of time introducing guests in the galleries, including local officials, electric cooperative and farm bureau representatives, a doctor of the day, and student groups, with repeated recognition of workers involved in storm recovery and other public service efforts. Senators also offered brief remarks of support for Senator Warren Barnett’s recovery. The main business was the appropriations calendar. Senator Hopkins gave an overview of the budget process and projected FY 2027 general fund figures, noting that the Senate was still early in the process, had only considered Senate-originated bills, and was awaiting House bills such as education and Medicaid. He highlighted major budget pressures and items including university professor pay raises, agricultural unit increases, education enhancement funds, CAPEX projects, TRICARE funding, and a veterans home appropriation. He also noted that some bills were final passage while others contained reverse repealers and would go to conference. The Senate then considered several appropriations bills. Senate Bill 3051, the Department of Finance and Administration budget and related agencies, was explained by Senator DeBar; it included reductions tied to vacancy projections, contractual and nonrecurring funding changes, and reappropriations for America 250, the Capital City Water Project, coronavirus fiscal recovery expenses, and Bureau of Buildings invoices. It was adopted and passed by morning roll call. Senate Bill 3052, the Governor’s Office and Mansion budget, was presented as final action without a reverse repealer, with funding reduced from last year due to the loss of federal GEAR and EANS funds; it also passed by morning roll call. Senate Bill 3053, IHL general support, included a $2,000 professor raise and a $20 million CAPEX item, with a total budget of about $1.673 billion; it passed. Senate Bill 3054, IHL subsidiary programs, was explained as having no dollars over LBR and a total of $87.8 million, with a reverse repealer; after a brief question about the university professor raises, it too was adopted and passed.

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• Western MA 250 and the Springfield Performing Arts are two additional Western Mass grant recipients.
• We're also going to have the poet laureate Reggie Gibson perform his poem, The Song of Massachusetts,
• And the Boston Children's Chorus will also be performing.
• Any other comments, reports? Reports, okay. So hearing none, do I hear a motion to adjourn?
• Reports, okay. So hearing none, do I hear a motion to adjourn? Someone to adjourn. Second.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The special commission on the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution met without quorum, but proceeded with updates on major upcoming 250th events. Chair Sean Garballey and Senator Paul Mark opened the meeting, then Dusty Rhodes gave a detailed overview of Sail Boston and the Tall Ships festivities, including ship arrivals on July 9-10, the opening ceremony on July 10, the parade of sail on July 11, public boarding, harbor fireworks, and the Sail Boston festival. He noted the event will involve 20 countries, about 60 ships, multiple anchorages, and significant coordination with pilots, tugboats, and public safety agencies, with a budget of more than $5 million. Director Kate Fox and Sheila Green reported on Massachusetts 250 campaign efforts, including website and social media performance, merchandise sales, grant-funded exhibits and murals across the state, multicultural outreach, and July 4th programming tied to the Boston Pops Spectacular. They highlighted a series of MA 250 promotional videos, the I-Civics “We Declare” student reading project, the America 250 time capsule submission, the national reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 8, the Great American Block Party in Boston, and the flag sojourn that will bring a ceremonial flag to several Massachusetts sites before it is sent to Washington, D.C. They also mentioned upcoming MA 250 signage at MassDOT service plazas and a new schools-and-farms partnership announced by state secretaries. Jonathan Lane of Revolution 250 updated the commission on Bunker Hill-related events, the Gloucester battle reenactment, Treaty Day in Watertown, and the Declaration of Independence project. He said Revolution 250 secured funding to reprint the Ezekiel Russell Declaration of Independence for distribution to all Massachusetts cities and towns, using an 18th-century press and handmade paper. The commission then discussed creating a Massachusetts-specific time capsule, with members offering to help identify objects and suggesting it include both historic and contemporary items. The meeting ended with general thanks, an invitation to an upcoming Mass Humanities screening, and a motion to adjourn, which passed unanimously.

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• Reports of committees would be deemed read and amendments adopted.
• Recent advancements in AI have led to the creation of synthetic performers, human-like digital figures
• that convincingly appear, speak, move, and perform like real people.
• The use of these performers in advertisements is misleading to consumers and allows creators to avoid
• SB 1050 establishes a disclosure requirement for advertisements that include synthetic performers to

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• The process, excuse me, let me back up, I'm proud to report that during the 2024 inaugural MRO process
• s performance, currently it is F. schools including lives, teachers, student behavior, academic performance
• Your first reaction is to report that to law enforcement. Yes, yes. Okay.
• They are mandated reporters. on what it's twofold it it is a it is a CPU yes report and it is also a
• title nine report you should have a title line officer within your school district.

Bills: HB367, HB497, HB549, HB983, HB 1188, HB 1290, HB1368, HB2243, HB2310, HB2849, HB3099, HB3546, HB3629, HB3627

Keywords: education, absences, severe illness, life-threatening, school policy, verification, healthcare, insurance, affordability, coverage, patient rights, school health, respiratory distress, airway clearance devices, medication training, public health, HB 983, Texas Education Agency, TEA, educator privacy

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• Those courts have the ability to do injunctions and specific performance now.
• Those courts have the ability to do injunctions and specific performance now.
• Those courts have the ability to do injunctions and specific performance now.
• So, taking the specific performance now.
• , report, report, um um um that<01:01:10.840> they<01:01:11.080> already<01:01:11.600><

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• ,<00:30:21.120> coroners<00:30:21.600> reports,<00:30:22.480> our reports, coroners
• reports, our reports, coroners reports, our testimony,<00:30:23.679> and<00:30:23.919> other
• That's why our position today is not about whether coroners perform important work.
• That's why our position today is not about whether coroners perform important work.
• That's why our position today is not about whether coroners perform important work.

Keywords: 958, all

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• on a statistically significant performed on a statistically significant sample<00:04:06.959> size
• And so 21 of of reported to our office.
• It's specifying that witnesses shall be there to ensure that it's actually performed.
• And because there were performed at all?
• was performed at all. was performed at all.

Bills: HB0085, HB0086

Keywords: elections, audit procedures, ballot integrity, political party observation, transparency, county officials, election code, misconduct, removal, government accountability, 916, all

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• The next order of business is Reports from Committee.
• The clerk will now read the reports from committee.
• The clerk will now read the reports from committee. Mr.
• ; we have low-performance economic years.
• So we are going into... ...performance economic years. We have low-performance economic years.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• in-depth report.
• So this goes over average daily attendance for state reporting.
• They can look at that report.
• They can look at that report.
• “Surprising data and extraordinary performance and great results from the two districts that are reporting

Summary: The committee on Pre-K through 12 Education met to discuss chronic absenteeism, district attendance interventions, and related truancy procedures. Chair Simon reviewed Florida’s attendance laws and escalation process, including school-based interventions, child study team meetings, referrals to the Department of Juvenile Justice, truancy petitions, and possible sanctions for parents and driving privileges. The committee heard first from University of Florida professor Dr. Chris Curran, who presented state and national absenteeism data showing chronic absenteeism has risen sharply since the pandemic, with Florida at about 31.4% in 2023-24. He emphasized that absenteeism has multiple causes, including transportation, mental health, housing instability, safety concerns, and family barriers, and said effective responses include early warning systems, multi-tiered supports, mentoring, and community partnerships rather than relying only on punitive measures. Members questioned Dr. Curran about whether absenteeism is a behavior or barrier issue, whether exclusionary discipline is counted, the need for a uniform definition across districts, and whether more punitive truancy enforcement is effective. He said the issue is usually a mix of barriers and choices, that excused and unexcused absences both matter for chronic absenteeism data, and that root-cause analysis and supportive interventions are generally more productive than punishment alone, though consequences can still play a role. The committee then heard from Collier County Superintendent Leslie Ricciardelli and district staff, who described a highly structured attendance system built around attendance specialists, social workers, mental health staff, home visits, attendance contracts, multilingual outreach, and frequent parent notifications. They said Collier’s chronic absenteeism rate was about 9% in 2023-24 and credited their success to early contact, community partnerships, and a strong district culture around attendance. Volusia County Schools Executive Director Mike McAuliffe described a newer districtwide attendance initiative that uses automated letters, same-day notifications, data dashboards, MTSS tiers, incentives, and community supports such as bikes, washers and dryers, and faith-based partnerships. He reported Volusia reduced chronic absenteeism from 34% in 2023-24 to a projected 29% and said the district is now seeing about 20% in the first quarter of the current year. No formal votes were taken.

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• Would one of those be reporting this to the credit report, a credit bureau company that has been sold
• in the credit report, I have some challenges with.
• I'm up on the bill today, but there's... the way where the credit reporting agent, the credit reporting
• Because if it is going to be reported on an individual's credit, or the potential of it being reported
• Hospitals don't perform toxicology screenings; they perform confirmation tests.

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• If it receives enough signatures for release from committee, it will be reported out on the legislative
• And for those reasons, we respectfully urge a favorable report for Senate Bill 231.
• And the idea of this is saying, no, they're not reporters, they're doing it for themselves.
• I think you stopped the performance of duty, something, something. Thank you.
• I think you stopped the performance of duty, something.

Bills: SB231

Keywords: school social workers, salary supplement, LCSW, mental health, education funding, Delaware Code, certification, professional standards

Summary: The House Administration Committee met and first considered Senate Bill 231, which would extend the existing 6% salary supplement for school-based mental health professionals with advanced credentials to school social workers who hold licensed clinical social worker credentials and have passed the national exam. The bill sponsor and multiple witnesses described school social workers as essential to student mental health, crisis response, attendance, and family support, and argued the measure corrects an oversight and inequity in the current salary supplement structure. Public testimony was uniformly supportive, and the committee voted to release the bill. The committee then heard Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 212, a constitutional amendment to protect the rights to hunt, fish, and trap. Supporters, including sportsmen’s groups and individual residents, said the amendment would preserve longstanding traditions, support wildlife management, and guard against future threats to hunting and trapping. An opposing witness argued there was no current threat in Delaware and said the Constitution should not be used to protect trapping or elevate hunting and trapping over other wildlife management approaches. Despite the opposition, the committee voted to release the substitute bill. Finally, the committee took up Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 284, the First State Emergency Response Act, which would create a 25-foot buffer around first responders at emergency scenes after warning, with misdemeanor penalties for knowingly entering or remaining in the zone to interfere with duties. Supporters said the bill would protect police, firefighters, EMTs, and paramedics from interference, while opponents from the ACLU and the Office of Defense Services raised concerns about vague terms, potential First Amendment impacts, enforcement clarity, and jurisdictional issues. Committee members also questioned how the buffer would be marked and enforced. The sponsor and staff said they would continue working on the language, and the committee voted to release the bill.

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• That's based on a 2021 Carrick report.
• NAGE respectfully requests that the committee report Senate Bill 1873 favorably.
• NAGE respectfully requests that the committee report Senate Bill 1873 favorably.
• In that report, we hope to be coming forthwith. ...long-term retirees, and that report we hope to be
• I respectfully request a favorable report for this legislation.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Service heard testimony on a wide range of retirement, municipal workforce, and public employee labor bills. Early testimony focused on H. 2749, a Plymouth home rule petition to classify Plymouth harbormaster employees as Group 4 for retirement purposes. Supporters, including local officials and retirement board representatives, argued the employees perform law-enforcement and rescue duties comparable to police and fire personnel, that the change would be fair, and that it would have little or no fiscal impact on the town. A separate harbormaster-related bill, H. 2743, was also introduced later in the hearing. The committee also heard testimony on provisions of the Municipal Empowerment Act (H. 56), including a temporary critical-shortage exemption allowing retired state or municipal employees to return to work in hard-to-fill positions, and a renewed OPEB commission to study retiree health care costs. Administration and municipal officials said the measures were needed to address staffing shortages and rising benefit liabilities, while emphasizing the shortage exemption would be time-limited and require proof of recruitment efforts. Related retirement bills drew support and caution: advocates for higher COLA bases and enhanced COLA benefits urged relief for retirees, but some asked the committee to wait for recommendations from the special COLA commission before acting. A major portion of the hearing concerned labor rights at the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority and the Committee for Public Counsel Services. Union representatives and employees backed bills to extend just-cause protections, promotional rights, and collective bargaining rights to MWRA and CPCS workers, arguing they currently lack protections available to most other public employees. Testimony described unfair discipline, delayed promotions, and high turnover, and committee members indicated prior favorable action on similar MWRA bills and expressed support for addressing CPCS labor rights. The committee also heard from representatives of the Massachusetts Municipal Association and public higher education employees in support of H. 2820, which would require timely funding of ratified state employee contracts, with witnesses describing long delays in receiving negotiated raises and back pay. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chair repeatedly invited written testimony and closed each panel after questions.

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• You know, that's a calculation whether or not you're, you know, when you're a performer when you're doing
• a performer on a building that's going to be a calculation That you're going to make.
• Also incorporated in the bill are pretty strict reporting guidelines back to the legislature so that
• I love the reporting requirements.
• I think they're very detailed, and I'm looking forward to reading the reports because I think this is

Keywords: 996, all

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• Secondly, driving a laser focus on increasing the speed performance affordability of our acquisition
• the reports of those anomalous health incidents.
• I believe that the media reporting on that is inaccurate.
• I am not familiar with the report, but I commit to working with you and your staff. All right.
• I just got a report harassing our fishermen just last month again.

Keywords: Air Force modernization, fighter aircraft, autonomous systems, air superiority, national security, recapitalization

Summary: The meeting primarily focused on military procurement and modernization, with significant discussions surrounding the Air Force's capabilities and strategic needs. Key topics included the urgent need for recapitalization of the Air Force's fighter squadrons, as well as the importance of integrating new technologies like autonomous systems to bolster military effectiveness. Several senators raised concerns about the current resources available to the Air National Guard and the potential loss of skilled service members if recapitalization plans are not swiftly developed. There were also discussions on the importance of maintaining air superiority in light of evolving threats, particularly from adversaries like China.

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• Seeing none, Vice Chair Hayes moves that Senate Bill 2052 without amendments be reported to the full
• Uh, further, if after a formal hearing or after considering the record and report of the master of the
• the person engaged in willful or persistent conduct that is clearly inconsistent with the proper performance
• Co-guardians have not visited a protected person in 31 years per the 2022 report.
• In an effort to incentivize excellence and encourage high performance among judges and justices, Senate

Bills: SB 53

Keywords: voter registration, election procedures, provisional ballot, change of address, residence requirements

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• Seeing none, Vice Chair Hayes moves that Senate Bill 2052, without amendments, be approved and reported
• , it adds a requirement that an appointed master who hears and takes evidence on the matters must report
• Additionally, if after a formal hearing or after a... ...considering the record and report of the master
• Co-guardians have not visited the protected person in 31 years, per the 2022 report.
• In an effort to incentivize excellence and encourage high performance among judges and justices, Senate

Bills: SJR27, SB53, SB311, SB1164, SB2807, SB1574, SB 53

Keywords: judicial conduct, state commission, judicial misconduct, commission membership, constitutional amendment, mental health, court proceedings, notice requirements, legal filings, electronic documents, Texas Supreme Court, writ power, mandamus, quo warranto, certiorari, procedendo, extraordinary writs, Government Code Section 22.002, separation of powers, judicial authority

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• We have an intake line at DHS that they can report directly to, but sometimes people just report to an
• attorney um and that gets cross reported attorney um and that gets cross reported to<00:34:51.599
• to us and we will accept those reports to us and we will accept those reports no<00:34:53.200>
• um and so when we receive those reports um and so when we receive those reports we<00:35:01.240>
• <01:07:54.880> our treatment violation is reported our treatment violation is reported our

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And for performance measures, the Executive and the LFC have come to consensus on All performance measures
• I don't have the report in front of me, so I need to contextualize a little bit.
• We keep on making those investments, looking through the performance measures as well.
• I have seen your department really start performing at a higher level.
• Analysts have reached consensus on all Performance Measures and Targets. Mr.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Um performed by more than one person.
• That doesn't give us report that to us.
• requirement to have a license to perform requirement to have a license to perform massage<00:54:
• I think um I— for therapist to perform massage for therapist to perform massage therapists<00:54:30.240
• We are reported to the National Hotline.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all