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• One and the Star Tribune is reporting.
• 34:38.879> this<00:34:39.280> year reports earlier uh this this year reports earlier uh
• You hear report more of these people.
• You hear report after<01:43:56.400> report<01:43:56.719> of<01:43:57.040> people
• real consequences through mandatory real consequences through mandatory minimum<03:11:18.399>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Speaker, I have a report. Mr. Speaker, I have a report. Mr. Speaker, I have a report.
• See the report. House of See the report. House of See the report.
• the report the report go?
• uh report scorecard, the uh the report uh report scorecard, the uh the report uh report card and we
• , an annual report that was let us report, an annual report that was let us report, an annual report

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• sent to us back in Force report sent to us back in December,<00:36:43.080> this<00:36:43.359>
• This bill creates a mandatory EAW category for public drainage projects on public drainage systems in
• Therefore, it is difficult to see how additional regulation in the form of a mandatory EAW would add
• An<00:57:57.560> engineer's<00:57:58.040> report<00:57:58.400> on<00:57:58.480><
• c> the<00:57:58.560> drainage An engineer's report on the drainage An engineer's report on

Bills: HF4211, HF3426, HF4819, HF3466, HF3793, HF3339

Keywords: air pollution, lead emissions, continuous emissions monitoring system, CEMS, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, MPCA, environmental monitoring, emission compliance, air quality, public health, industrial pollution, permitted facility, residential exposure, toxic metals, emission limits, pollution control, stack monitoring, real-time emissions monitoring, natural resources, environment

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• House prior to the 2026 regular session and a final report prior to the 2027 regular session.
• House prior to the 2026 regular session and a final report prior to the 2027 regular session.
• Uh it's almost mandatory for us usable.
• We have a report which we're going to do before the start of the session, and then a final report before
• So we look forward to continuing collaboration and generating a report. >> Okay.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Act 279 working group met for an informational briefing with DHHL on its use of the $600 million appropriation and progress on the department’s implementation plan. The chair reviewed the working group’s oversight role, noting that it was created to monitor expenditures, project development, and progress toward reducing the Hawaiian Homes waitlist, and that the group must submit a progress report before the 2026 session and a final report before the 2027 session. DHHL said it had provided an updated booklet reflecting the Hawaiian Homes Commission’s February 2024 recommendations and a detailed accounting of encumbrances and project progress across the islands. DHHL highlighted several implementation themes: innovative financing and construction methods, land acquisitions and exchanges, technology, beneficiary services, and partnerships with counties and private entities. The department described a “project lease” model that gives beneficiaries access to a project rather than a specific lot, with options such as turnkey homes, owner-builder, self-help, or rent-to-purchase arrangements depending on financial qualification. Officials said this approach is intended to serve lower-income beneficiaries, expand access for people on the waitlist, and allow beneficiaries to receive support services such as financial literacy and down payment assistance. The department reported that roughly $511 million had been encumbered for infrastructure, about $152.8 million for acquisitions, financing, and beneficiary services, and about $36 million in other covered costs, with about $588.9 million encumbered as of December 31 and about $120 million expected to be spent by that date. Officials said the original implementation plan covered about 2,722 units, while the updated plan projects roughly 6,000 to 7,000 leases and 2,472 lots to be occupied. They also described phase-two needs for additional funding, including projects on Hawaiʻi, Maui, Kauaʻi, and Oʻahu, and said they would need continued legislative support, including possible bonding and private activity bond set-asides, to complete remaining projects. Members discussed the distinction between encumbered and spent funds, and DHHL explained that encumbrances reserve money for specific contracts while construction spending occurs over time through progress payments. The department also showcased examples of innovative projects, including a high-rise project in urban Honolulu financed through a mix of private activity bonds, tax credits, and state funds, and an acquisition-based project in Kapaʻa, Kauaʻi using multiple funding sources. DHHL emphasized partnerships with the City and County of Honolulu and Maui County, and said it is still assessing future projects to keep infrastructure costs manageable and ensure homes are safe and affordable for beneficiaries.

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• I'm just talking about a standing report from SFA. SFA.
• Now that you took them off and didn't have a standing report, it questions what's the commitment from
• But the question is, if you have a DOE member who's on the SFA board, who are they reporting back to?
• The question is, if you have a DOE member who's on the SFA board, who are they reporting back to?
• <00:47:11.680> graduation literacy a mandatory graduation literacy a mandatory graduation

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 110, HD1, which would clarify local food purchase goals for the Department of Education. DOE said it supports the measure and will work toward the 30% local food mandate by 2030. The Department of Agriculture also supported the bill, and outside advocates from the Hawaii Public Health Institute and Hawaii Farm to School Network strongly backed it as consistent with prior farm-to-school laws and helpful for measuring progress toward the goal. The committee then took up House Bill 293, which would exempt certain DOE purchases of local edible produce and packaged food products from electronic procurement rules and allow written-quote purchasing thresholds, including a lower quote requirement for some rural schools. DOE, the Department of Agriculture, the State Procurement Office, and the Hawaii Farm Bureau all supported the measure, describing it as a tool to help the department test and add local products and meet the 30% goal. However, members pressed DOE on the bill’s purpose and mechanics, questioning why the department could not simply add products to vendor lists or use existing procurement flexibility. DOE explained it was trying to test new local products, including products not yet on the USDA-approved list, and said the bill would allow limited pilot purchases while it works through USDA approval and vendor-list updates. Members also raised concerns about whether the bill was being used to bypass procurement and whether small farmers or aggregators could realistically supply the needed volume. House Bill 1069, which would add two voting members representing DOE and the Board of Education to the School Facilities Authority, also drew support from DOE and the Board of Education. Supporters said the change would improve accountability, strategic input, and communication on school facilities matters. SFA testified that it has already increased coordination with DOE through regular meetings and that recent discussions have been more robust. Committee members questioned whether voting seats were necessary given that DOE and BOE could already attend meetings and receive updates, and they raised concerns about how a voting representative would report back and whether the measure would actually solve communication problems. No votes or final actions were taken on the measures during the portion of the meeting provided.

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• Even the federal government does not make it mandatory.
• The Harris County Sheriff's Office reported spending $600,000, over half a million dollars annually staffing
• Good people will not report crimes. crimes out of fear about their or someone else's immigration status
• People stop reporting. People live in the shadows.

Bills: SJR12, SJR37, SB7, SB8, SB16, SB27, SB108, SB125, SB207, SB251, SB318, SB371, SB379, SB396, SB406, SB472, SB503, SB533, SB578, SB599, SB608, SB617, SB621, SB689, SB707, SB763, SB836, SB854, SB856, SB857, SB875, SB878, SB906, SB922, SB942, SB965, SB985, SB988, SB1021, SB1059, SB1084, SB1098, SB1185, SB1188, SB1202, SB1207, SB1307, SB1321, SB1330, SB1366, SB1388, SB1396, SB1453, SB1484, SB1497, SB1498, SB1535, SB1563, SB1596, SB1610, SB1619, SB1737, SB1738, SB1741, SB1816, SB1822, SB1841, SB1939, SB2188, SJR36, SJR12, SJR37, SJR81, SJR50, SCR22, SCR12, SCR39, SB875, SB318, SB707, SB765, SB62, SB666, SB888, SB687, SB847, SB1248, SB504, SB857, SB305, SB296, SB284, SB1497, SB1498, SB241, SB304, SB621, SB1023, SB371, SB204, SB609, SB670, SB850, SB854, SB413, SB1346, SB1033, SB1220, SB1073, SB810, SB1539, SB447, SB406, SB985, SB965, SB1119, SB1505, SB1215, SB1302, SB856, SB583, SB673, SB681, SB1172, SB608, SB955, SB957, SB1021, SB1120, SB251, SB541, SB1737, SB266, SB1415, SB125, SB599, SB1330, SB53, SB1352, SB785, SB472, SB1450, SB1502, SB1566, SB414, SB1062, SB578, SB711, SB746, SB942, SB1404, SB1448, SB1738, SB108, SB8, SB507, SB533, SB689, SB1026, SB1349, SB1355, SB1433, SB1434, SB1596, SB1403, SB763, SB667, SB1059, SB617, SB1567, SB503, SB16, SB310, SB311, SB396, SB505, SB1209, SB1210, SB1470, SB264, SB1029, SB1185, SB1358, SB1364, SB1569, SB1376, SB1228, SB519, SB878, SB1350, SB462, SB1535, SB827, SB1585, SB207, SB1207, SB1619, SB1396, SB920, SB1484, SB1273, SB1741, SB7, SB927, SB1227, SB1229, SB1353, SB1366, SB1464, SB1709, SB1729, SB1733, SB1744, SB1772, SB1816, SB1841, SB2188, SB1147, SB879, SB1008, SB1536, SB2016, SB1453, SB1173, SB1163, SB996, SB27, SB568, SB1370, SB1321, SB1101, SB906, SB860, SB1563, SB993, SB693, SB1610, SB1537, SB836, SB1332, SB1307, SB963, SB493, SB922, SB984, SB1084, SB619, SB1098, SB1122, SB455, SB522, SB1057, SB1239, SB1254, SB1255, SB1259, SB1341, SB1664, SB1877, SB464, SB1277, SB32, SB732, SB660, SB731, SB921, SB268, SB1822, SB1188, SB1939, SB1589, SB397, SB1388, SB2230, SB1058, SB1036, SB1267, SB2112, SB1930, SB532, SB1035, SB2155, SB508, SB29, SB292, SB291, SB901, SB1333, SB1436, SB1494, SB964, SB779, SB1378, SB2312, SB1719, SB1386, SB287, SB2143, SB1245, SB261, SB1247, SB1948, SB2406, SB2407, SB1882, SB1197, SB1814, SB618, SB38

Keywords: parental rights, education, constitutional amendment, school choice, child education, voter ID, citizenship, election integrity, voting rights, water infrastructure, financial assistance, Texas Water Development Board, water supply, environmental sustainability, immigration enforcement, ICE agreements, sheriff grants, law enforcement, county jail, federal immigration law

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• Conference committee reports. The bill is being referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
• I recognize the author, the member from the report.
• Speaker, I request that members vote yes on the report. Thank you.
• So, I would urge adoption of the committee report.
• Is there any further discussion on the adoption of the committee report?

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• COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH A UNIFORM PERMIT APPLICATION TO UTILIZED THROUGHOUT THE STATE ON IT ESTABLISHES A MANDATORY
• THE BILL IS REPORTED FAVORABLY.
• Yarkosky: YES. >> Chair Maggard: THE BILL IS REPORTED FAVORABLY. THANK YOU REPRESENTATIVE.

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• Any votes related to this matter do not meet the financial-interest definition of mandatory excusal.
• the financial interest<00:15:10.279> definition<00:15:10.720> of<00:15:10.880> mandatory
• interest definition of mandatory interest definition of mandatory excusal<00:15:13.199> despite

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• SOME OF THE FIRST KEY MODULES THAT WE IDENTIFIED WAS TO FOCUS ON MODERNIZING THE OVERALL CUSTOMER REPORT
• IS TO CONSOLIDATE ALL OF THE DISPARATE SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE AND BRING IT INTO ONE CENTRALIZED WORK REPORT
• A LITTLE MODULE FOR THAT THAT TAKES PLACE SO THAT WILL GET BUILT OUT AND BE ROLLED INTO THE WORK REPORT
• THAT TAKES PLACE SO THAT WILL GET BUILT OUT AND BE ROLLED INTO THE WORK REPORT.
• WE ALSO BUILT OUT SEVERAL PORTERS WITH A NEW MANDATORY PORTAL WHICH ASSISTANCE CAN REPORT INSTANCES OVER

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• And we've reported them. I know Mr. Porta has reported them.
• media platforms using the platform's own reporting rules.
• They say, "Oh, well, we'll deal with the problem if you report it."
• You and other parents, and I see parents behind you who are nodding, are out there reporting, reporting
• , reporting.

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• Now the question is what the weights are, and according to a report by the Eastern Progress and CPE's
• Now the question is what the weights are, and according to a report by the Eastern Progress and CPE's
• , paying quarterly reports, and responding to unemployment notices.
• such as filing reports uh paying courtly<01:03:34.799> reports<01:03:36.240> uh<01:03:
• <01:15:12.719> rather development course is mandatory rather development course is mandatory

Keywords: 0:01– Meeting start/roll call 0:34 – Approval of minutes 0:48 – Welcome of new committee members 1:34 – Council on Postsecondary Education 25:17 – Teachers’ Retirement System 27:00 – Kentucky Public Pension Authority 29:04 – Board of Veterinary Examiners 31:40 – Board of Nursing 34:01 – Board of Emergency Medical Services 36:15 – Fish & Wildlife Resources 40:34 – Department of Corrections 56:00 – Department of State Police 58:05 – Department of Criminal Justice Training 59:22 – Transportation Cabinet 1:00:18 – Department of Education 1:01:23 – Department of Employment Services 1:04:17 – Department of Workplace Standards 1:05:25 – Department of Housing, Buildings & Construction 1:06:59 – Cabinet for Health & Family Services, Dept. for Public Health (Sanitation) 1:13:50 – Cabinet for Health & Family Services, Dept. for Public Health (Trauma System) 1:17:46 – Cabinet for Health & Family Services, Dept. for Public Health (Radon) 1:18:30 – Cabinet for Health & Family Services, Dept. for Medicaid Services 1:19:15 – Cabinet for Health & Family Services, Dept. of Aging Services 1:20:36 – Other Business/Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The subcommittee met with a quorum, approved the minutes, and welcomed new members before taking up Council on Postsecondary Education regulations 13 KAR 2:120 and 13 KAR 2:130. The regulations, as amended by staff and agency amendments, update public university and KCTCS performance funding models to conform to 2024 Senate Bill 191 and the performance funding work group’s recommendations. Changes discussed included replacing the underrepresented minority metric with an underrepresented students metric defined as first-generation students, adding an adult learner metric, increasing the low-income degree premium, adjusting small-school and nonresident credit-hour weights, revising data aging and progression metrics, and adding STEM+H criteria in 13 KAR 2:120. Travis Pal of the Council on Postsecondary Education explained that the changes reflect the work group’s three-year review process and that the work group ultimately voted to define underrepresented students as first-generation students and to apply half-weighting between research and comprehensive universities for the new metric. Michael Frasier of the Kentucky Student Rights Coalition and Eastern Kentucky University student government opposed 13 KAR 2:120, arguing that the regulation improperly applies weights where the statute does not clearly authorize them and that the funding changes disadvantage comprehensive universities and vulnerable students. He asked the committee to find the regulation deficient or, alternatively, recommend legislative clarification and a revised fiscal analysis. Pal responded that weighting has been part of the model since 2017, that CPE was following the statute and work group recommendations, and that the model could be changed by future legislation. Members asked about the timing of the broader performance funding review, and Pal said the full model is reviewed every three years, with the next work group cycle beginning in 2026. No motion to find the regulation deficient was made, and the committee allowed the regulations to proceed to the committee of jurisdiction. The committee then approved a staff amendment to Teachers’ Retirement System regulations 102 KAR 1:195 and 102 KAR 1:340, which require annual reporting of accumulated sick leave, leave policies, and salary schedules to TRS and make technical changes to the final average salary calculation and related definitions.

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• This bill would require that audits be mandatory every two years.
• Next, we need to close the gap between the completion of the audit process and the reporting timeline
• This bill would require that the statewide audit report be published within 30 days of the election and
• This bill would require that the statewide audit report not only be published online within 30 days of
• Well, it's very common for states to complete and report the results of their audit before the results

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Committee on Election Laws held a hearing on election security bills, focusing first on S. 517 and H. 876, which would strengthen Massachusetts’ post-election audit process. Testimony from the Brennan Center, Common Cause Massachusetts, Verified Voting, and the League of Women Voters supported expanding audits to include all ballot types, increasing audit frequency from every four years to every two years, requiring statewide audit reports to be posted within 30 days and kept online for six years, and allowing municipalities to conduct audits under state standards. Witnesses also praised the bill’s creation of a work group to study risk-limiting audits and other improvements, emphasizing public confidence, transparency, and the ability of audits to detect errors or deter fraud. Committee members asked detailed questions about how Massachusetts compares with other states, how risk-limiting audits differ from current tabulation audits, how audits are selected and expanded if discrepancies appear, and what the costs and mechanics of different audit methods would be. Witnesses explained that current audits are typically random, hand-count-based checks of selected contests and batches of ballots, that risk-limiting audits use statistical sampling and can escalate to a full recount if needed, and that Massachusetts’ local-control structure makes a collaborative work group useful. They also noted that audits generally confirm results but can uncover errors that do not change outcomes, and occasionally more serious problems. The committee then heard testimony on H. 832, which would authorize the Secretary of the Commonwealth to take emergency actions affecting elections during declared emergencies. Supporters said the bill would create a clear statutory process for rescheduling or adjusting elections during severe weather or other crises, including allowing emergency absentee ballot accommodations for civilian responders, and would reduce the need for court intervention. No votes were taken on the bills during the hearing, and the meeting ended with adjournment after no additional testimony was offered.

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• I noticed you included the Hurricane Beryl report in your handout, but nothing from the wildfire report
• of those plans, five are currently pending, and as the utilities execute the plans, they will be reporting
• If a utility voluntarily enters into a pole inspection program, do they report that they are disabled
• Specifically that there's mandated to report to us.
• And then finally a little report on winter storm storms.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• “So we come here and report on the status of them before your commission. It’s just to report.
• Just to report, but why don’t they just say dismissed on their report to us?
• Has this been reported to the Legislative Council? I haven't seen this.
• Are you saying was what reported, this lawsuit? Or... ...loss.
• Compliance is mandatory.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• There's also a mandatory language that Representative Curbs has introduced.
• There's also a mandatory language that Representative Kerbs has introduced.

Keywords: 914, all

Summary: The committee held a budget hearing for the Oklahoma Office of Emergency Management, with Director Annie Verst presenting the agency’s FY26/FY27 request and explaining the agency’s role in disaster response, recovery, preparedness, and mitigation. She said OEM remains a lean agency focused on coordinating resources for local governments, supporting recovery after disasters, and helping communities build resilience. She highlighted recent activity including wildfire response, multiple fire management assistance declarations, $83 million in public assistance payouts, use of the new state disaster revolving fund, and implementation of an Oklahoma resilient recovery strategy and ARPA-funded rural public safety grants. Verst emphasized uncertainty in federal funding and FEMA operations, saying hazard mitigation assistance has been canceled for the first time since 1988, some obligations were delayed under DHS’s “Defend the Spend” review, and the emergency management performance grant period was shortened before later being resolved. She said OEM has restructured by eliminating obsolete administrative work, repurposing positions to regional coordinators, ending warehouse leases, and assigning fleet vehicles more efficiently. Her budget request included $3.7 million to cover a possible loss of federal operating support, $1 million for a required state hazard mitigation plan update, $3.8 million for the state emergency fund to cover anticipated 12.5% state shares and replenish prior expenditures, and $800,000 for anticipated other-needs/temporary sheltering cost share. Members questioned her about Oklahoma Task Force One, the revolving fund, and whether OEM is shifting toward a response-focused agency. Verst said response remains local and OEM’s role is coordination, recovery, and mitigation, not replacing local emergency management. She explained Task Force One is used when local capacity is exceeded, is not currently funded by OEM for routine operations, and the revolving fund helps bridge reimbursement delays. She also said the hazard mitigation plan update would likely be done by an outside contractor or university partner. No votes were taken; the hearing ended after questions and thanks from the chair.

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• I move to call up the conference committee report on Senate Bill 10.
• I admire to explain the report. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
• that, I move to adopt the conference committee report on SB 10.
• No, I'm basing it off of what was reported in the Texas Tribune, what was reported in the Dallas Morning
• The word "shall" is mandatory. It's not discretionary.

Bills: HB18, SB 54, SB 10, HR 76, HR 77, HR 78, HR 82, HR 83, HR 88, HR 89, HR 93, HR 94, HR 95, HR 98, HR 101, HR 102, HR 104, HR 105, HR 107, HR 108, HR 109, HR 110, HR 111, HR 112, HR 113, HR 123, HR 125, HR 79, HR 80, HR 81, HR 84, HR 85, HR 86, HR 87, HR 90, HR 91, HR 92, HR 96, HR 97, HR 100, HR 103, HR 106, HR 114, HR 115, HR 116, HR 117, HR 118, HR 119, HR 120, HR 121, HR 122, HR 124, HB 18, SB 54, SB 10, HB 8

Keywords: HB 18, Texas Legislature, quorum break, quorum-busting, legislative walkout, absent legislators, political contributions, campaign finance, political expenditures, legislative caucus, specific-purpose committee, Texas Ethics Commission, civil penalty, show cause order, district court, Fifteenth Court of Appeals, session fundraising, travel lodging food expenses, legislative session, compelled attendance

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• In fact, over 80% of doctors report, self-report, that they don't feel equipped to treat menopausal women
• The same report also highlights issues with diversity in the profession.
• The DCC's own economic report says that 60% of cannabis sales occur in the unlicensed market.
• Still, some will argue that the DCC report says that the industry can tolerate a tax hike.
• The DCC report makes one thing clear. The current trajectory is unsustainable.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• It's not a mandatory. You do it just like you do your credit cards into your digital wallets.
• We will report the bill as due pass. Thank you very much, Representative George.
• Will report your bill out as due pass. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• We'll report your bill out as due passed. Thank you very much.
• We will report your bill out as due passed. Thank you very much.

Keywords: 914, all

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• Motion to prohibit mandatory mask policies in schools. Any discussion?
• finalized report coming out of that yet. finalized report coming out of that yet.
• going to be putting in the report. going to be putting in the report.
• <01:23:15.520> So goes into the report at the end. So goes into the report at the end.
• Uh, 16% reported they were offered, sold, or given drugs on campus.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all