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• So far, we are aiming for clinical studies, but let me explain the background a little bit. >> Sure.
• That's a very clinical studies. That's a very important<00:23:08.320> point.
• <02:21:09.200> So<02:21:09.359> you from patient patient background.
• So you from patient patient background.
• <04:24:07.840> in there been any step any studies in there been any step any studies in Oklahoma

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• At the time of this supposed study, there was over 1,426,535 residents.
• At the time of this supposed study, there was over 1,426,535 residents.
• representative from the geothermal industry, whether the individual will also be of Native Hawaiian ethnic background
• representative from the geothermal industry, whether the individual will also be of Native Hawaiian ethnic background
• representative from the geothermal industry, whether the individual will also be of Native Hawaiian ethnic background

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs and Committee on Transportation, Culture, and the Arts heard several resolutions, with most public testimony focused on Senate Concurrent Resolution 159 and Senate Resolution 129, which urge continued U.S. support for the Ukrainian military. Testimony on those measures was largely opposed, with witnesses arguing Hawaii should prioritize local needs such as homelessness, infrastructure, and cost of living over additional aid to Ukraine; one support testimony was noted from the Democratic Party of Hawaii. Despite the opposition, both committees recommended passage with technical, nonsubstantive amendments, and the recommendations were adopted. The committees also considered transportation-related resolutions. Senate Concurrent Resolution 182 and Senate Resolution 152 would initiate a summer streets pilot program, and Senate Concurrent Resolution 200 and Senate Resolution 180 would ask AMPO to coordinate a transportation management training program. Testimony on the summer streets proposal included support and opposition, with one witness saying community input should be gathered through existing district and community meetings rather than creating a pilot. The training-program measure drew opposition from a witness who argued it would add unnecessary bureaucracy. Both pairs were recommended for passage, with the summer streets resolutions passed unamended and the training-program resolutions passed with technical amendments. In the Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs committee, Senate Concurrent Resolution 18 and Senate Resolution 14, concerning relocation of the Pearl City post office to Navy property, were recommended for passage with technical amendments. The committee also heard extensive testimony on Senate Concurrent Resolution 136 and Senate Resolution 150, which call for a geothermal energy working group. Supporters included the State Energy Office, PUC, consumer advocate, and others, though the energy office asked to move the report deadline to 2027. Opponents raised concerns about cost, health impacts, environmental risks, and Native Hawaiian representation. The chair proposed amendments to add a Native Hawaiian member, the consumer advocate, and the House and Senate energy committee chairs, clarify participation by utility, geothermal, and nonprofit representatives, and extend the report deadline to 2027. The resolutions were then recommended for passage with amendments, and all recommendations were adopted before adjournment.

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• She has undergone five FBI background checks.
• Tulsi and I share similar backgrounds, both to our nation and to our communities.
• I had talked to and I asked you to talk with shared with me was that they thought you were a quick study
• I think it's clear from your background experience that you more than meet the statutory requirements
• Again, begun under President Obama, it has widely been known, looked at, and studied, that ultimately

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• Daley: It would have to be held after the completion of the feasibility study but prior to approving
• Second, the bill mandates a new feasibility study that has been completed.
• convene public hearings as demonstrated by the 11 that have occurred and to conduct a feasibility study
• They should have to face the public and do so with a completed feasibility study.
• If they had completed a study I would submit they've checked one of the boxes this bill would mandate

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• Did that study also identify areas of the city that you could move to?
• Maybe the study didn't offer enough options, or they weren't to your liking.
• And who is the group that does these kinds of space studies for us? Art? Shauna?
• We did the study. You've been thinking about it.
• If we could get a copy of that study, I would appreciate it. Thank you.

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• As somebody who doesn't have a lot of background on this particular project, I would say it seems to
• We weren't, none of us were a part of that, but wasn't there a study done by the legislative study that
• If you really look at the study, the H-SRI study, the long-term care study, it never said build a state
• We've actually been related to the study by adding more local services.
• There are some alternatives: just study it, just do the deferred maintenance, just let's get it right

Bills: SB2012

Keywords: transportation, funding, infrastructure, grants, municipal, 908, all

Summary: The Government Operations division met to consider House Bill 1015, the OMB budget, with several amendments already in hand. A major portion of the discussion centered on Senator Mathern’s concerns about the proposed new state hospital in Jamestown. He argued the project is outdated, too expensive, and should be delayed or reduced in favor of local behavioral health services and deferred maintenance at the existing LaHogue facility. Other members questioned him about staffing, capacity, constitutional issues, and the relationship between the hospital proposal and broader mental health investments in other bills. The committee also reviewed budget mechanics, including the transfer of up to $240 million from the Social Services Fund to the Human Services Finance Fund, a $40 million deferred maintenance fund, a $3 million deficiency appropriation for the new and vacant FTE pool, and other OMB-related items. Members discussed whether OMB should have managerial control over the Jamestown project and generally agreed that OMB oversight could help manage costs, though concerns about the hospital remained. The committee then considered two funding items that drew the most debate: guardianship grants and a pro-life education campaign. After testimony from a representative supporting the campaign, members agreed to reduce that item by $500,000 and add $1 million for guardianship grants, while leaving the overall bill to be finalized in conference. The committee adopted Amendment Version 2006 with those changes and then passed HB 1015 as amended on a roll call vote, with all members voting aye except Senator Burckhard on the amendment vote; he later voted aye on the bill itself. The chair indicated the bill would move to conference committee.

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• His school is Auburn University at Montgomery, and his major is in interdisciplinary studies.
• It somehow gets into the background ... ...It somehow gets into the background.

Bills: HB9, HB102, HB9

Keywords: three-cueing system, reading instruction, K-12 education, structured literacy, scientific strategies, dual enrollment, high school, community college, university, educational access, high school credit, 1136, house, all

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• There are four main study questions, which you can see on the screen, that the study was asked to address
• Now we'll get to some of the study inputs and the data collected throughout the study.
• And so thank you for the study because we learned a lot.
• And so thank you for the study because we learned a lot.
• So right now it's largely the bigger background memos, all the studies that the legislature has done

Summary: The Legislative Procedure and Arrangements Committee met with a quorum, approved the prior minutes, and then took up a draft bill to make legislators’ and candidates’ residential addresses confidential in public records. Legislative Council and the Secretary of State explained the proposal was prompted by security concerns and would protect residential addresses while still allowing election officials to verify residency and keep candidate names and offices public. Members raised concerns about unintended consequences, transparency, and how the change would affect rural districts and residency enforcement. The Secretary of State suggested an amendment to end the confidentiality when a candidate’s term ends, and the committee agreed to hold the bill over for further discussion at the next meeting. The committee also reviewed follow-up materials on legislator security and best practices, including advice on situational awareness, internet hygiene, varying routines, and reporting threats, along with NCSL materials comparing capitol security practices in other states. Members discussed a recent security incident and the need to keep alert contact information current, and staff said they would continue working with the Highway Patrol on legislative-specific notifications. The bulk of the meeting was devoted to Garrity Consulting’s final report on mitigating the effects of legislative term limits. The consultants summarized survey, focus group, and stakeholder input showing concerns about loss of institutional knowledge, leadership turnover, onboarding demands, and workload pressures, while also noting public support for term limits and annual sessions. Recommendations included considering annual sessions or shifting biennial sessions to even-numbered years, restructuring organizational session and interim committee work, creating office hours and more structured orientation and mentorship, expanding ongoing training and staff support, improving public communication and virtual testimony rules, and addressing barriers to service such as employer support and travel costs. Members discussed the tension between making the legislature more effective and preserving a citizen-legislature model, and the report was received as a roadmap for future implementation rather than immediate action.

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• <00:32:35.440> committee HB279 is uh proposes a study committee HB279 is uh proposes a study
• was unclear to us when we were studying was unclear to us when we were studying this<00:34:41.800
• He said he has done a number of study reviews or study committees over the last several terms, and the
• <00:36:36.960> reviews Uh I've done a number of study reviews Uh I've done a number of study
• if you fail to do that uh study if you fail to do that uh study committee<00:36:55.680> what<

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• So I would ask for the schools to be able to speak to that, but I can provide you some background.
• So I would ask for the schools to be able to speak to that, but I can provide you some background.
• , and Implementation process that takes more time, more studies, and has so far lower results in terms
• As a bit of background, DPMO is an independent division of the Energy Commission established by Senate
• We apply our own expertise and then conduct our own studies and analysis.

Summary: The committee first heard Issue 1 on trailer bill language to redirect funding for emergency demand-response programs. The Department of Finance proposed using about $26.9 million in General Fund originally set aside for the Distributed Energy Backup Assets program to bolster the Demand-Side Grid Support Program for summer 2026, and using about $70 million in CalCHAP interest to support ratepayer-funded demand response in summers 2027 and 2028. The CEC and CPUC said they are working on a transition from DSGS to ELRP or a successor program, while the LAO noted the General Fund money would otherwise revert to savings. Members pressed the administration on whether demand response remains important, whether DSGS has been successful, and whether the state should keep funding it through the CEC rather than shifting to a ratepayer-funded CPUC program. The CEC and CPUC said the programs are not directly comparable, emphasized different cost structures and enrollment metrics, and said a CPUC rulemaking is underway with a proposed decision expected in Q3 2026. No vote was taken in the transcript. The committee then took up Issue 2, a budget proposal tied to SB 254 and the new transmission accelerator. GoBiz and the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank described a five-year, roughly $26 million request to staff and administer the accelerator and manage Proposition 4 and AB 1207 funds for transmission financing. Members asked about state liability, ownership of financed lines, FERC revenue requirements, and whether the program would help underserved regions and offshore wind development. Staff explained that the accelerator would only consider projects already identified through CAISO’s competitive transmission planning process, and that state financing would be a small portion of large projects intended to lower overall costs to ratepayers. The LAO said it had no specific concerns but urged the Legislature to ensure the final language matches its intent. The committee also heard Issue 3 on petroleum market oversight. The CEC and its Division of Petroleum Market Oversight requested additional positions and funding to implement ABX2-1 and continue work on supply stabilization, refinery monitoring, and transportation fuels analysis. Members questioned why the work was funded through the Energy Resources Programs Account, whether existing staff from the paused price-gouging work could be reassigned, and whether the program had produced evidence of price gouging or improved supply conditions. CEC and Finance said the new positions are needed because the workload has expanded, while some existing staff remain on related analysis and reporting duties. The discussion ended without a vote in the transcript.

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• Um, we just aren't given the whole background.
• And I aren't given the whole background.
• . >> Senator Lang moves interim study.
• >> I'll move interim study. >> I'll move interim study.
• then we could always move interim study. then we could always move interim study.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• This has now been shown in study after study: that people who pay with cards, if you pay with a debit
• And by way of a little bit of background, while I am based here in Dallas, Texas, nowadays, I'm a native
• it was implied earlier from different testifiers, but the Durbin Amendment of 2010 is a useful case study
• it was implied earlier from different testifiers, but the Durbin Amendment of 2010 is a useful case study
• It did not, it did succeed in initially lowering debit interchange fees 10 is a useful case study.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Special Legislative Commission on the Future of Payments and Sales Transactions by Credit Card and the Impacts for Small Businesses held a public hearing focused on interchange fees, sales tax and tip processing, chargebacks, fraud, surcharging, and the broader future of payment systems. Chair Paul Feeney and co-chair Rep. Jamie Murphy opened by explaining the commission’s charge and inviting testimony from small businesses, industry groups, banks, and policy experts. Representative Sean Garballey testified first, arguing that Massachusetts tourism depends on universal card acceptance and stable interchange, and urging the commission not to disrupt the current system ahead of major events expected to bring millions of visitors to the Commonwealth. A large portion of the hearing featured independent restaurant owners and advocates describing thin margins and the burden of paying percentage-based processing fees on sales tax and tips that are not business revenue. Jen Ziskin, Kristen Canty, Nancy Cushman, Kerry Colzer, and others said restaurants often operate on very small profits and that processing fees on taxes and gratuities can amount to tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars annually. Ryan Lotz also urged reforms to chargebacks, including refunding chargeback fees when merchants prevail, requiring consumers to contact businesses before disputing charges, and limiting repeat abuse. Commission members pressed witnesses on whether tax and tip amounts could be separated at the point of sale, and several witnesses said current consumer card systems do not transmit that level of detail. Testimony from credit union, banking, and payments representatives largely opposed state-level changes that would carve out taxes or tips from interchange, warning of compliance burdens, higher costs, reduced rewards, and possible effects on fraud protection and access to credit. Alex Verine of America’s Credit Unions and Deb Peters and Keely McEwen of the Electronic Payments Coalition said the payment system is complex, that interchange funds fraud prevention and network infrastructure, and that new state mandates could create operational and legal uncertainty. Dan Swanson argued states have authority to act and pointed to Illinois litigation and federal court rulings, while Julian Morris and Brad Popolado emphasized the benefits of card acceptance, the decline of cash, and the need to consider other payment methods and check fraud as well. Several witnesses discussed international payment systems, instant payments, and QR standards as possible future directions. The chairs and members engaged in extended back-and-forth with witnesses about whether Massachusetts could exempt sales tax from swipe fees, whether surcharging should be revisited, and whether vendor compensation or other targeted relief might be more workable than broad changes to interchange. No votes were taken. At the close of the hearing, the chairs said the commission would hold one additional public hearing date to be determined, after which members would begin developing next steps and a report.

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• Each year, up to 700 fellows spend six weeks at the top US universities, like UC Davis, studying leadership
• All backgrounds come together in nature. They also drive real economic impact.
• a one-of-a-kind experience. for visitors and for critical research opportunities for scientists studying
• And my parents and we studied and studied and studied, so you can ask me.
• I can still answer most of them, but they studied so that they can go take that test.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• It shouldn't come as a surprise, but studies show that marriage rates are declining.
• The committee would benefit from having someone with a legal background on the committee.
• Gottlieb's work—I believe she did a peer-reviewed study of 260, 250,964 cases, and 94 to 95% of them
• The science there is, without dispute, the ACE studies, these long-term studies that...
• Reunification therapy is a purported psychological tool for which there is no training, no studies, no

Bills: HB168, HB 1044, HB1534, HB1914, HB2240, HB2530, HB3284, HB3395, HB3515, HB3783, HB4034, HB4213, HB168

Keywords: marriage age, minors, family law, void marriage, rights of minors, Texas marriage law, marriage ceremony, authorized officiants, family code, judges, religious leaders, parent-child relationship, Department of Family and Protective Services, legal rights, notice requirements, HB 1914, Texas Family Code, Chapter 156, conservatorship, custody

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• BCI section of code as one of the boards that is eligible to request a BCI background check.
• Specifically, as was mentioned before, the grant references a Cicero Institute study to score states
• Those arguments are not new, and they ignore the extensive educational background, professional standards
• Those arguments are not new, and they ignore the extensive educational background, professional standards
• Studies also showed patients oftentimes have to take ER or delayed treatment.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 2401, which would require physicians to complete continuing education on nutrition and metabolic health as part of the state’s rural health transformation effort. HHS supported the bill, saying it would help physicians better address chronic disease and preserve federal grant points tied to the state’s application. A member of the public also testified in favor, arguing that better nutrition education could improve diabetes outcomes and reduce costs. The committee then adopted an amendment to add the Board of Occupational Therapy Practice to the background-check statute so the occupational therapy compact could proceed, and it passed the bill as amended on a roll call vote. The committee next heard House Bill 1621, which would require the Presidential Fitness Physical Fitness Test in elementary, middle, and high school physical education courses. HHS said the bill was part of the rural health transformation application and could help preserve federal funding, but members raised many questions about the test’s criteria, adaptive options for students with disabilities, equipment needs, and whether the bill should apply to non-public schools. Senator Clemens offered an amendment to limit the requirement to public schools, but it failed. Senator Hogan then offered an amendment to clarify exemptions and allow DPI to align implementation with federal guidance; that amendment passed. A further amendment adding language allowing DPI to establish criteria for and exceptions to the test also passed. The committee then approved the bill as amended on a roll call vote. The committee also considered House Bill 1622, which joins North Dakota to the physician assistant licensure compact. HHS said the compact would improve access to care, especially in rural areas, support military families, and help preserve rural health transformation funding. Members noted the compact had been discussed in a prior session and that many earlier concerns had been resolved. After brief discussion about the compact process and its consistency with other interstate compacts, the committee voted to do pass the bill. Finally, the committee began Senate Bill 2402, which expands pharmacists’ prescriptive authority and therapeutic substitution powers. HHS and the Board of Pharmacy supported the bill as a way to improve access to care and maintain rural health transformation funding. Senator Roers introduced a detailed amendment negotiated with the Board of Medicine and Board of Pharmacy to narrow and clarify the bill, including notification requirements, limits on certain drug categories, and patient-protection language for therapeutic substitution. The Board of Pharmacy then testified in support of the broader bill and explained the CLIA-waived testing provisions and the repeal of the older, narrower pharmacist-testing language. The hearing and amendment discussion were still underway when the transcript ended.

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• in a very different way by exemplifying that, and that all comes from our cultural beliefs and backgrounds
• that we bring from our own backgrounds that we bring from our own tribal tribal tribal communities<00
• 00:31:49.960> uh regulatory board uh we undertook a uh regulatory board uh we undertook a uh study
• an<00:31:50.760> analysis<00:31:51.519> asking<00:31:52.159> individuals study
• and an analysis asking individuals study and an analysis asking individuals who<00:31:53.000> left

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Just maybe by way of background, the Health Economics program at the Department of Health focuses on
• We study the health care market and aim to understand changes in health care cost, quality, and access
• About the 340B report, it is studying the effect of a federal drug pricing program in Minnesota.
• it is studying it is studying the<00:02:03.840> effect<00:02:04.479> of<00:02:04.880
• So, that brought us to the study. study. study.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• applicant seeking an initial privilege in a remote state under the compact to be required to have a background
• The bill still requires a new licensee to submit to a state and national criminal background check at
• consideration Senate Concurrent Resolution 9, requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to study
• Resolution 10, originating in committee, requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to study

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The Senate took up a long second-reading calendar of House bills, mostly advancing them to third reading after brief explanations of committee strike-and-insert amendments. Measures discussed included property transfer tax language for quick claim deeds, an FDA drug development trial grant program, aggravated vehicular homicide as a qualifying offense, 529 account definitions, Opportunity Zones, a barber apprentice program, municipal/county expenditures, criminal-record disqualification for professions, civil remedies for unauthorized disclosure of intimate images, online training for estate executors, contempt penalties, PEIA treatment flexibility, PANS/PANDAS, the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact, peer support services, the Youth Summer Employment and Career Readiness Program, cybersecurity program authority, and several others. Several amendments were adopted, including technical or clarifying changes and substantive revisions such as raising contempt fines, adjusting compact background-check language, and adding employer immunity for the youth employment program. The chamber also concurred in House amendments to Senate Bill 945 on pay for Adjutant General employees during a federal shutdown or furlough and Senate Bill 1042 on underground mine ventilation standards. Both bills then passed 32-0, and SB 1042 was made effective from passage by a 32-0 vote. The Senate received and advanced several House-passed supplemental appropriations for Homeland Security, the Adjutant General, Health, the State Road Fund, and Tourism/Revenue. Committee reports moved a number of bills forward, including resolutions to study the eastern gray fox decline and an upland game bird stamp, utility regulation changes, civil service and personnel reform, constitutional carry for 18- to 20-year-olds, E-Verify safe harbor, special education classroom cameras, a camping ban on certain public property, child care, tax efficiency, DUI-causing-death penalties, food regulation, mine subsidence, Medicare supplement guaranteed issue rights, medical cannabis fund allocations, domestic violence prevention, EMS funding, virtual currency kiosk regulation, metallurgical coal tax reduction, foundation allowance changes, workers’ compensation updates, wellness reimbursement programs, education code cleanup, school choice scholarship participation, and virtual instruction for foster students in temporary placement. The Senate then adjourned until 11 a.m. the next day, with committee meeting announcements following.

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• I moved to authorize me as the chair to initiate an OSBI special background investigation of any nominee
• Citizens of the state of Oklahoma, especially with your expertise and all of your background, you didn't
• are set aside for nongame wildlife species, typically something like monarch butterfly and grey fox studies
• I hope we all understand that this comes through a study from a third party says, 'Hey, this is what

Bills: SB1280, SB1392, SB1393, SB1395, SB1400, SB1405, SB1832, SB1839, SB1989, SB2001, SB2143

Keywords: excise tax, oil tax, natural gas tax, state revenue, Oklahoma Corporation Commission, income tax, tax credit, aerospace sector, employment, economic development, adaptive reuse, affordable housing, urban renewal, economic impact, program, housing, revitalization, urban development, income tax credit, manufacturing

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• I am a professor of law at the University of Texas, and I have been studying coerced debt for more than
• Angela Litwin: My research team recently completed a study in which we interviewed 116 survivors of domestic
• Members, if you just give me a little bit of time to provide a little bit more background information
• With that background information, I'll now move on to my bill layout.