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• This section modifies direct observation progress note requirements for mental health behavioral aids
• This section modifies direct observation progress note requirements for mental health behavioral aids
• <00:33:08.720> for<00:33:08.880> background limited set aides for background limited
• set aides for background studies.
• <01:15:32.159> passionate,<01:15:32.719> and well-intended, equally passionate, and

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• group, sickle... ...that one might consider is related to a particular group, sickle cell research, AIDS
• So, unless we make a law that says that everybody gets equal pay, how are we going to know that it was
• There's John Harris-Mower with Equality Florida. We oppose this bill.
• So that people have the opportunity for equal opportunity. private enterprise. Equity.
• So that people have the equal opportunities to reach for whatever heights they wish to reach for.

Summary: The committee first confirmed Heather L. Turnbull to the Florida Commission on Community Service without debate. It then took up SPB 7022, which sets Florida Retirement System employer contribution rates beginning July 1, 2025, updates rates to address unfunded liability, and preserves the 3% employee contribution rate. Senator Fine said the bill would increase FRS Trust Fund revenue by about $310 million annually and also gives certain elected officers an option related to DROP accumulations. An amendment was adopted, the bill was submitted as a committee bill, and it was reported favorably. The committee then heard SB 1710, a bill by Senator DeSantis/DeSigley to prohibit state agencies, vendors, and grant recipients from using state funds for DEI-related policies, trainings, and programs, and to impose related restrictions on medical institutions of higher education. Senator Polsky and others questioned the bill’s broad and vague language, its effect on health-related work, public-facing agency positions, private contractors, and medical school admissions. The sponsor said the bill was intended to stop DEI from influencing state agencies and that the medical-school portion would likely be amended out later. Public testimony was overwhelmingly opposed, with speakers arguing the bill would harm health care, education, access, and minority communities; a few supporters said DEI is ideological and should be removed from government and public institutions. After debate, the bill was reported favorably on a party-line style vote, with Senator Errington voting no. The committee then began SB 1678, relating to entities that boycott Israel, with a delete-all amendment. Senator Leak said the bill would expand Florida’s anti-BDS framework to cover nonprofits, foreign educational institutions, foreign government funds, academic boycotts, political subdivisions, and certain grants, while the amendment aligned the bill with existing law and clarified procurement and divestment provisions. Testimony included support from proponents who said Florida should not do business with entities engaged in boycotts of Israel, and opposition from speakers who argued the bill would restrict academic freedom and conscience. Debate continued as the transcript ended, with no final vote shown in the excerpt.

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• <00:24:09.760> to election, which should also be equal to election, which should also be equal
• Sum of all votes should equal the cast.
• > officials<00:45:19.200> in worked well, aided local officials in worked well, aided local
• SB213 undermines equal access integrity.
• SB213 undermines equal access to<04:45:07.360> democracy.

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• <00:28:05.039> ambulance but I'm calling a mutual Aid ambulance but I'm calling a mutual Aid
• And that's what mutual aid is for.
• Massachusetts that's what a mutual Aid Massachusetts that's what a mutual Aid agreement<00:39:12.520
• I think most rural towns rely on mutual aid.
• <00:44:19.920> I supplement or they have a mutual Aid I supplement or they have a mutual Aid

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• infant and pediatric CPR and use of an automated external defibrillator, as well as pediatric first aid
• Pediatric first aid certification current, plus complete annual safe sleep training if they're caring
• So these numbers will not equal the total 1,700 responses we got because a large portion of our respondents
• went over this, but as a reminder, to be eligible for this program, a household must have an income equal
• To be eligible for this program, a household must have an income equal to or less than 150% of the state

Summary: The committee first approved the February 11, 2026 minutes and then received an update from the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency on the interagency council on homelessness and continuum of care funding. Testimony described rising homelessness tied to tight housing markets, low incomes, aging homelessness, barriers to rental assistance and public benefits, and limited shelter and case-management capacity. Members discussed the need for more affordable housing, continued one-time funding for the North Dakota Homeless Grant and Housing Incentive Fund, better coordination with Health and Human Services on economic assistance and human service zones, landlord engagement, recovery housing, and reentry housing. The committee also heard that federal continuum of care funding remains uncertain, with possible shifts away from permanent supportive housing and housing-first models; members asked for a future update on the impact if federal rules reduce the share available for permanent housing. The committee then took testimony on accessibility of government services for people who are blind or visually impaired. Paul Olson of North Dakota Vision Services School for the Blind described current screening and service delivery, including infant referrals, regional staff, short-term programs, and collaboration with vocational rehabilitation. He said the targeted screening system is working, recommended maintaining the current model, and noted ongoing challenges with staffing, public awareness, and accessible state websites and documents. Public testimony from a visually impaired resident and a deaf resident emphasized barriers such as CAPTCHAs, inaccessible PDFs, employment forms that screen out applicants based on driver’s license status, shortages of interpreters, and the need for video remote interpreting and video relay services, along with training for users and agencies. Finally, the committee heard a final report on the study of child care provider licensing from HHS Early Childhood Director Kay Larson. The report summarized provider input and committee discussion on simplifying North Dakota’s child care licensing structure, reducing administrative burden, and balancing that with health and safety standards. Key topics included licensing categories, child care assistance eligibility, food program sponsorship, staff qualifications, training requirements, ratios and group size, age bands, and preschool exemptions. The committee’s recommendations included streamlining to three provider types plus a preschool designation, revising ratio and age-band rules, and carrying forward certain preschool outdoor-space exemptions. Larson noted that any changes would require statutory changes, rulemaking, and a transition period before new licensing rules could take effect.

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• I guess for us, we understand affirmations will equal that the operator is moving towards disconnect.
• So he's available, ready to go on site to help and assist, like you said, aid whenever Captain Murphy
• I think, you know, all things being equal, what we would have liked to have come to the legislature last
• Getting back online will certainly be aided, we believe, by what's going on in America, but we also know
• Finally, to fully unlock hydrogen's economic potential, it is equally important to have policies that

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• What it does, instead of the 80/20 share, we are upping it to equal 91% of the money.
• to 91% of the money upping it to equal to 91% of the money um<02:12:08.520> the<02:12:08.679>
• <02:56:46.000> thank<02:56:46.200> you racing so they're equal thank you racing so
• they're equal thank you the<02:56:49.160> question<02:56:49.399> is<02:56:49.600> on
• This bill basically ensures the financial aid to give through, uh, to give this bill...

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• for a reason, because it was right in the middle, and it gave every Leech Lake kid access, kind of equal
• We get the acronym ISEP, Indian Student Equalization Program dollars, and those are kind of the equivalent
• So, members, with that, I have Senate File 193 that would provide permanent school fund supplemental aid
• /c><01:14:11.400> our<01:14:11.520> American<01:14:11.960> Indian supplemental Aid
• to our American Indian supplemental Aid to our American Indian schools<01:14:13.320> in<01:14

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• take place before an OHV grant-in-aid take place before an OHV grant-in-aid trail<01:37:09.520><
• Most of the grant-in-aid program is for maintenance, and less rarely is it new trail.
• SF 1245 adds local knowledge during the initial step of the grant aid process.
• SF 1245 adds local knowledge during the initial step of the grant aid process.
• SF 1245 adds local knowledge during the initial step of the grant aid process.

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• Here's a quick pop quiz: In state law, how many parties equal one unexcused absence?
• State law: how many parties equal one unexcused absence?
• I'm a staff attorney with Legal Aid, and I just really briefly also want to speak in support.
• Legal Aid wants to support Senate File 942.
• Section 19 clarifies the conditions under which the commissioner can reduce a charter school state aid

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• And everybody be considered equal. That would be another way to handle it, Representative Jard.
• in this House and we ought to be treated equal as it relates to how we represent our constituents.
• My legislative aide will provide staffing support, and this will be a foundational study that we can
• It will be chaired by me, and my two legislative aides will provide support.
• It will be chaired by me and my two legislative aides will provide support staff. Yes, ma'am.

Bills: HB410, HR310, HR314, HR316, HR317, HR321, HR275, HR276, HR279, HR282, HR286, HR289, HR292, HR295, HR302, HR319, HR307, HR273, SCR59, SCR61, SCR62, SCR68, SCR69, SCR70, SCR54, SCR55, SCR64, SCR75, HCR32, HB776, HB42, HB119, HB159, HB302, HB1017, HB1028, SB217, SB283, HB953, SB208, HR74, HB998, HB901, HR20, HCR65, HCR71, HCR98, HB284, HB306, HB341, HB366, HB393, HB458, HB577, HB603, HB605, HB614, HB625, HB646, HB733, HB752, HB773, HB798, HB911, HB955, HB996, HB1035, HB1069, HB1113, HB1140, HB1180, HB1191, HB1240, HB1255, SB82, SB89, SB97, SB123, SB237, HB36, HB74, HB75, HB258, HB259, HB414, HB459, HB784, HB848, HB956, HB1095, HB1220, HB1252, SB469, SB479

Keywords: recording, privacy, notification, direct conversation, law enforcement, first responder, penalties, oil and gas, orphan wells, inactive wells, shut-in wells, marginal wells, plugging and abandonment, well decommissioning, site remediation, site restoration, Oilfield Site Restoration, OSR program, financial security, bonding

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• For borrowers, the barriers are equally steep.
• the other piece of this, I think we're trying to recognize is not all of our grantees are created equal
• We have grantees that have been very successful... ...grantees are not created equal.
• is missing a lot of voices from the table—from providers, from community members who provide mutual aid
• is missing a lot of voices from the table, from providers, from community members who provide mutual aid

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The committee heard a series of May Revision budget items, beginning with the State Controller’s Office. SCO described requests for Fiscal Book of Record stabilization, payroll system implementation, ACFR reporting support, and unclaimed property outreach funding. Members focused on the Fiscal system’s July go-live, the improved timeliness of the ACFR, and the unclaimed property program’s roughly $15 billion balance and outreach efforts. The Department of Finance and LAO raised no major concerns, and the item was closed after discussion of how the new outreach funding would be used. The committee then considered several revenue proposals. Finance presented a proposal to tax pre-written digital software and SaaS, with estimated General Fund gains of $450 million in 2026-27 and $900 million ongoing; LAO suggested broader digital tax changes and a business-use exemption, while industry groups opposed the measure as a tax on essential digital tools. CDTFA also presented an administrative request tied to the software tax, and later a $10 million budget reduction reflecting lower operational needs. The committee then heard a federal conformity proposal for new children’s tax-deferred accounts, which LAO supported, and a proposal to cut the first-year LLC/LP minimum tax from $800 to $400, which Finance said would aid small business formation but LAO argued was poorly targeted and would reduce revenue. Another major item was a permanent business tax credit limitation beginning in 2027, capping credits at the greater of $5 million per corporation or 50% of pre-credit liability. Finance said it would raise about $850 million in 2026-27 and more in later years, while LAO noted it would mainly affect large firms using the R&D credit and could also touch California Competes and other programs. Public testimony split sharply between business groups opposing the cap and advocates supporting it as a progressive revenue measure. The committee also heard FTB’s CalFile realignment proposal, which would retain a smaller staff to continue improving the free filing system and return most of the prior funding to the General Fund. The hearing concluded with the California Arts Council’s request to reauthorize the Keep Arts in Schools voluntary contribution fund, which brings in about $221,000 to $266,000 annually for arts grants and teacher stipends. Members and advocates supported the item but also urged larger arts funding, including the Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund. The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development then presented proposals for the California Civic Media Program, CA RISE reappropriation, and a reversion of unused Chips for America facility funds; LAO supported the latter two but was cautious about new civic media spending. Members raised concerns about the civic media program’s scope, including the exclusion of broadcast and the lack of a specific ethnic media set-aside, while GoBiz said funds would begin going out in the fall if approved.

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• For borrowers, the barriers are equally steep.
• the other piece of this, I think, we're trying to recognize is not all of our grantees are created equal
• . ...grantees are not all created equal.
• And I wouldn't want to—I want to make sure that, you know, we're rewarded equally as some of the others
• is missing a lot of voices from the table—from providers, from community members who provide mutual aid

Summary: The committee opened with the State Controller’s Office May Revision requests, including funding for Fiscal book-of-record stabilization, a Broadcom IDMS licensing adjustment, the California State Payroll System, ACFR reporting automation, and $3 million for unclaimed property outreach. Testimony emphasized progress on Fiscal becoming the state’s accounting book of record in July, faster ACFR publication, and the move to electronic unclaimed property claims. Members asked about the size of the unclaimed property fund and how quickly money is transferred to the General Fund; the Controller’s office said about $15 billion is held, with most excess transferred regularly, and the LAO noted the fund is the General Fund’s fourth-largest revenue source. No concerns were raised by Finance or the LAO, and the item was closed after no public comment. The committee then heard the administration’s proposal to tax prewritten digital software and software-as-a-service, with Finance saying it would modernize sales tax treatment and raise an estimated $450 million General Fund and $560 million local revenue in 2026-27. The LAO supported modernizing the tax but suggested broader digital goods coverage and a business-use exemption; industry and taxpayer groups opposed the proposal, warning of higher costs for consumers and businesses. Members also heard CDTFA’s administrative request tied to the proposal, plus a separate CDTFA budget reduction reflecting lower operational needs; that reduction was presented as a savings item and drew positive reactions. Next, the committee considered federal conformity for “Trump accounts,” which would align California tax treatment with federal rules for tax-deferred children’s accounts and avoid tracking burdens for families. The LAO recommended approval, and the item drew no opposition. The committee also heard a proposal to cut the first-year $800 annual business tax to $400 for LLCs, LPs, and LLPs; Finance argued it would lower startup costs and encourage new business formation, while the LAO said the benefit was not well targeted and could subsidize entities that would form anyway. Members discussed the policy tradeoff, and public commenters split between support for small business relief and concern about revenue loss. The final major revenue item was a permanent business tax credit limitation, capping credits at the greater of $5 million per corporation or 50% of pre-credit liability, while excluding the low-income housing tax credit and personal income tax credits. Finance said it would raise significant revenue from large profitable corporations, and the LAO said it was a reasonable option but noted it would mainly affect the R&D credit and could have future implications for programs like California Competes. Public testimony was sharply divided, with business groups opposing the cap and anti-poverty advocates supporting it as a way to recapture revenue. The committee also heard FTB’s CalFile realignment request, which would return most of the direct-file-related resources to the General Fund while retaining a smaller staff to improve CalFile, and the California Arts Council’s request to reauthorize the Keep Arts in Schools voluntary contribution fund, which members and advocates supported despite relatively modest annual donations. The hearing continued with GoBiz proposals on civic media funding, CA RISE reappropriation, and a semiconductor facility reversion, with the LAO supporting the latter two and members raising questions about the civic media program’s scope, outreach, and inclusion of broadcast and ethnic media.

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• If theft is a crime, and it is, and it should be, it should be punished equally, and if it needs to be
• If theft is a crime, and it is, and it should be, it should be punished equally, and if it needs to be
• That is not equal justice under the law, and that is not equal protection of the law for all Arizona
• Bill 2189, requiring the Arizona State Board of Nursing to adopt rules relating to licensed health aides

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• Subsection Section 4 begins on page 178, and this is where your appropriation to the State Equalization
• We have in item one the State Equalization Guarantee distribution.
• All included in House Bill 2 for the State Equalization Guarantee, along with each of the sections that
• Your broader SEG, or the State Equalization Guarantee appropriations, even though there are specific
• We keep getting a band-aid.

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• That would equal out to a total of 5 $15 million investment. This is more than just a budget line.
• Supporting and retaining the educators already in the field is equally as critical.
• light of the question that was just asked by Representative Velasquez whenever he said bringing those aides
• We're all equal in this, so, um, it's meant to help us work together in order to uplift our most affected
• of Spanish descent are never to be classed in separate schools and are to forever enjoy perfect equality

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• We take the 50 million, divide the 50 million by how many schools there are, and the equal amount is
• You should be aided by a robust network that includes mental health supports for our students, that includes
• You should be aided by a robust network that includes mental health supports for our students, that includes
• We get the state aid formula, federal title...
• Programs, some impact aid money, and ad valorem, and that's about it.

Summary: The meeting focused on school safety funding and security practices in Oklahoma schools, especially how districts have used school resource officer (SRO) allocation money and related security grants. Kevin Rey of the Oklahoma State Department of Education’s Office of School Safety and Security explained that the program, created under HB 2903, allows districts to use funds for SROs and physical security improvements such as cameras, access control, fencing, window film, bollards, metal detectors, and vape detectors. He said more than 170 districts used the money to hire SROs in 2024-25, and that the 2024 change allowing retired officers and armed security guards to qualify was a major help. Members questioned whether the money should also support prevention and mental health services, and Rey said the current program is mainly for security hardware and related measures. Mark Stout, chief of police for Putnam City Schools, described the district’s layered security approach, including weapon detection at middle and high schools and the ZeroEyes AI camera system, which monitors existing cameras for visible guns and sends alerts to trained monitoring staff and then to district police. He said the system is used as one layer among others, alongside officers, weapon detection, and school procedures, and noted the district is expanding coverage at athletic facilities. He also explained that the system is more economical than full weapon-detection setups, with annual costs based on the number of cameras. Tecumseh Superintendent Kinsey, Chief Kennedy, and Pottawatomie County law enforcement described the October threat investigation involving a student who posted a photo with a handgun and knife and discussed violence online. They said the FBI tip, rapid coordination among agencies, and an SRO already embedded in the district helped lead to a search warrant and arrest within hours, preventing a possible attack. Kinsey also described the district’s safety measures, including secure entrances, cameras, ALICE training, crisis communication planning, mental health support, clear backpacks, and a new staff alert system. He said community feedback after the incident favored more law enforcement partnership, limited entry points, handheld metal detectors, more SROs, stronger training, and more mental health support. Matt Riggs, former superintendent of McComb, said smaller districts face different security challenges because of limited local law enforcement and long response times. He explained that McComb used its funding for facility upgrades rather than hiring a full-time SRO because the district wanted improvements that would last beyond the three-year funding window. Throughout the discussion, several members emphasized the tension between visible security measures and prevention, with repeated calls for more counselors, mental health supports, and threat-assessment efforts alongside hardening measures. No formal votes or actions were taken in the transcript.

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• Is there any concern over impact aid? It is being cut? Madam Chair, Senator. I actually don't know.
• I understand even Albuquerque Public Schools has a large amount of impact aid, particularly for Navajo
• But if you could get them in your department to aid tribal governments, I think that's gonna be first
• We heard questions of impact aid a few moments ago.
• there's no other—in all the work I do across the country with tribes—there is not another state that equals

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• It would eliminate the teacher assistant teacher aide qualification and train those people into the role
• It would eliminate the teacher assistant teacher aide qualification and train those people into the role
• for but uh turning them into uh uh cared for but uh turning them into uh uh nurses<00:30:14.720> AIDS
• or<00:30:16.360> or<00:30:16.799> other<00:30:17.120> practitioners nurses AIDS
• or or other practitioners nurses AIDS or or other practitioners that<00:30:17.919> are<00:30:

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• that were in no way equal.
• equal.
• ...that were in no way equal.
• I urge you to vote in expedient equally.
• really had nothing to do with equality really had nothing to do with equality and<03:22:54.800><

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