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• waiver, Nash loses services that are vital to his quality of life, like music therapy, massage therapy, pool
• of life, like music therapy, massage of life, like music therapy, massage therapy,<00:10:18.399> pool
• <00:10:18.720> therapy,<00:10:19.279> and<00:10:19.440> our therapy, pool therapy
• , and our therapy, pool therapy, and our muchneeded<00:10:20.240> respbit<00:10:20.640> care

Keywords: 1183, house

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• integrity or the credentials of that test, he thinks this actually strengthens it and broadens the pool
• actually strengthens it and it broadens actually strengthens it and it broadens the<00:21:37.919> pool
• 38.240> to<00:21:38.559> people<00:21:38.880> that<00:21:39.120> are the pool
• to people that are the pool to people that are wellqualified.<00:21:40.559> So<00:21:40.960><

Keywords: Consideration of HB 139 -- 00:03:15 Consideration of HB 356 -- 00:08:48, 958, all

Summary: The committee first adopted a committee substitute for House Bill 139, which would allow a political party to replace a candidate who dies or withdraws after the filing deadline but before ballot certification. Representative Decker explained the substitute as a narrow election-related fix, and the bill was then passed by the committee on an 11-yes, 1-pass vote and sent to the full House. The committee then heard House Bill 356, which would move the Property Valuation Administrator (PVA) qualification test from a once-every-four-years, Frankfort-based format to administration through the Kentucky Community and Technical College System at multiple locations and times. Representative Bridges said the Department of Revenue would still write and control the exam, KCTCS would only administer it, the fiscal note was zero, and the change would improve access and convenience without weakening standards. KCTCS said it was prepared to help if directed. Members generally agreed PVAs should be tested, but some raised concerns about test integrity, whether a broader testing network could create uneven conditions, and whether the change should instead use a smaller number of regional test sites. Others supported the bill as a common-sense way to expand access and avoid forcing candidates to wait years after missing a single test date. The committee also discussed the lack of a study guide for the exam and whether that should be addressed separately. No final vote on House Bill 356 is reflected in the transcript excerpt.

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• It brought $500 million in philanthropy in an effort to create a pool of more than 3,000 housing units
• effort<00:48:43.040> to<00:48:43.200> create<00:48:43.440> a<00:48:43.599> pool
• <00:48:43.839> of<00:48:44.000> more<00:48:44.160> than an effort to create a pool
• of more than an effort to create a pool of more than 3,000<00:48:44.960> housing<00:48:45.359

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• direct appropriations, and we also prioritize many of our member projects in these competitive grant pools
• This is another pool for them to draw from. And it's still not enough. Our communities need more.
• what we've done, so wisely, thanks to Chair Vang and our committee members and our staff, is we put a pool
• We maintain a pool of funding within the Minnesota Humanities Center, increasing their funding to $17.5

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• There is a pool of money currently of $240 million.
• paid for.<00:30:31.440> There<00:30:31.600> is<00:30:31.679> a<00:30:31.840> pool
• There is a pool of money of for.
• There is a pool of money of currently<00:30:33.279> $240<00:30:34.360> million.

Bills: HF2438

Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school

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• Johnson said, it’s going to open up a pool of volunteers that have been shut out for a long time.
• > to<00:10:17.720> open<00:10:17.959> up<00:10:18.120> a<00:10:18.240> pool
• <00:10:18.480> of said it's going to open up a pool of said it's going to open up a pool of

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The mentor pool that we have because our the majority of our support is provided by our peer mentors
• So the mentor pool that we can provide and the size we're campus, the number of inclusive classes we
• changing, always need to be ready to react to that and have an interaction with the students in Okaloosa pool
• I think we are. >> Is big as we can be just because like their mentor pool it the size of the students

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• We've ventured into every pool that you can imagine to try to place people in the community, and...
• We've ventured into every pool that you can imagine to try to place people in the community.
• We've ventured into every pool that you can imagine to try to place people in the community.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Special Commission on Criminal Justice Reform 3.0 heard a presentation from the Massachusetts Parole Board focused on consolidation, cooperation, and evidence-based supervision across the correctional system. Parole Board Chair Angela Gomez-June described the board’s mission, its coordination with the Department of Correction, houses of correction, courts, probation, law enforcement, victim services, and UMass partners, and outlined 2024 activity including 2,810 institutional release hearings, 18,238 victim notifications, 53 pardon petitions, 70 commutation petitions, 41 early termination applications, and supervision of 2,993 parolees. She emphasized the board’s shift toward individualized, data-driven decision-making, including revised GPS use, graduated sanctions, and more service-oriented community supervision. Members and sheriffs pressed for clearer breakdowns of the board’s data, including the difference between releases, hearings, and active supervision; average length of supervision; the share of lifers in the caseload; and how many people are placed in housing, employment, and treatment. The board said its active supervised population fluctuates around 1,600 to 1,800, with more than 400 lifers, and that about 30 to 36 percent of its population is housed through programs such as MASH, community justice resource centers, and sheriff-run residential programs like Rocky Hill and HOPE. Members also discussed parole refusals, noting that some individuals decline parole to avoid supervision or to serve time inside instead, and asked for a more detailed breakdown of those cases. The board and commission also discussed collaboration with DOC and UMass on risk assessment, reentry planning, and community pathways, including a tablet video explaining the parole process and pharmacist support for medication-related drug test issues. The board reported that after the SJC’s Matus decision, 210 individuals were identified as affected, 144 were immediately eligible for hearings, 100 hearings had been completed, and 10 more were scheduled; it also said clemency and commutation work had been slowed by staffing and Matus-related demands. The meeting ended with a request for follow-up data on outcomes, supervision lengths, housing and employment placements, and other consolidated statistics, and the commission announced its next public hearing for March 9 at 10 a.m. before adjourning.

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• A couple of quick ones: The labor pool in the area where it happened, in order to have adequate staffing
• , is the labor pool in the area where it happened sufficient to be able to meet the needs of that facility
• Because if it could happen at one, because a labor pool is not sufficient to meet the needs as required

Summary: The Joint State Agencies committee met to approve the October 8, 2025 minutes and then held an extended hearing on the death of Zachary Moore at the Southeast Arkansas Human Development Center. DHS officials Lori McDonald, Jennifer Brise, and Melissa Weatherton described the HDC system, staffing and resident needs, and said Moore died after being held in a prone restraint for about 13 minutes, followed by a delayed chemical restraint and delayed CPR. They said the family settled a wrongful death claim for $725,000, 13 staff were terminated, the facility leadership was changed, and at least five staff had been criminally charged, with the death certificate later described as homicide and the cause of death as physiologic stress associated with struggle and prone restraint. Members pressed DHS on why the family was not kept informed, whether there was a written restraint protocol, how staff are trained, and why the agency did not have more complete information ready for the hearing. DHS said staff receive CPI restraint training, annual restraint training is mandatory, and a consultant is reviewing policies, retraining staff, and conducting a root cause analysis under a directed plan of correction from the Office of Long-Term Care. Legislators also raised broader concerns about low pay, staffing shortages, use of float and contract staff, and a waiting list of about 2,000 people for home- and community-based care. DHS said it is working on a retention and recruitment plan and a rate report for certain PASS services, but that the PASS rate study does not cover CNA pay. Several members said the incident reflected both a failure of restraint practice and a broader staffing and oversight problem. DHS acknowledged that prone restraint should not have been used, that the chemical restraint was given at the wrong time, and that multiple breakdowns occurred in supervision, communication, and equipment use. The committee also discussed whether there should be more regular independent audits of HDC policies, and DHS said it does not currently have a separate annual policy audit beyond existing oversight. At the end of the meeting, the committee asked DHS to keep it updated on recruitment, consultant reports, and to contact Moore’s mother about the communication she had been promised. The meeting adjourned without any additional formal action beyond approving the minutes.

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• The labor pool in the area where it happened, in order to have adequate staffing, is the labor pool in
• Because if it could happen at one, because a labor pool is not sufficient to meet the needs as required

Keywords: 1204, all

Summary: The Joint State Agencies committee met to approve the October 8, 2025 minutes and then held an extended oversight discussion with the Department of Human Services about the death of Zachary Moore at the Southeast Arkansas Human Development Center (later clarified in testimony as the Warren facility). DHS officials described Moore’s background, said he died after being restrained in a prone position for about 13 minutes, and reported that a nurse later administered a chemical restraint before CPR was attempted. They said the agency settled with the family for $725,000, terminated 13 staff members, changed facility leadership, and brought in consultants under a directed plan of correction from the Office of Long-Term Care to review policies, retrain staff, and conduct a root-cause analysis. Later testimony clarified that the death certificate listed the manner of death as homicide and the cause as physiologic stress associated with struggle and prone restraint; committee members also noted that six people had been charged with manslaughter and neglect of a vulnerable person. Members focused on restraint policy, staff training, chain of command during emergencies, family communication, and whether warning signs had been missed. DHS said it has written restraint protocols, annual restraint training, and a mortality review process, but acknowledged that the Warren facility had multiple failures, including use of a prone restraint, improper chemical restraint, poor supervision, inadequate communication, and problems with equipment and behavior plans. Officials said they were revising policies, creating clearer crisis-team roles, and retraining staff, and that the consultant work would be shared across the other human development centers. Several members pressed DHS on why the family had not been kept informed, why the agency was not prepared with basic facts, and whether a more formal independent audit of facilities should exist. The committee also discussed broader staffing and funding issues across the human development centers. DHS said CNAs start at about $39,000 a year, that the centers rely heavily on float and contract staff, and that there are about 2,000 people on a waiting list for services. Members argued that low pay, turnover, and rural staffing shortages contribute to risk and asked for recruitment and retention plans, possible regional pay differentials, and more legislative support. DHS said it is drafting a systemwide retention and recruitment plan and expects to bring it to ALC, while also implementing a separate rate study for certain PASS program services in January 2027. The meeting ended after comments from Zachary Moore’s mother, Angela Stevens, who said money cannot replace her son and urged the state to ensure no other family experiences the same loss; the committee asked DHS to keep members and Ms. Stevens updated on consultant reports and recruitment efforts before adjourning.

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• critical care nurse or an ortho nurse or a cardiac nurse, those people are very specialized and the pool
• critical care nurse or an ortho nurse or a cardiac nurse, those people are very specialized and the pool
• critical care nurse or an ortho nurse or a cardiac nurse, those people are very specialized and the pool

Bills: HB128, SB297, HB128, SB297

Keywords: HB128, Alabama Board of Nursing, Sunset Law, sunset review, nursing board, nurse licensure, registered nurse, RN, licensed practical nurse, LPN, advanced practice nursing, certified registered nurse anesthetist, CRNA, consumer member, board appointments, congressional districts, geographic representation, nursing regulation, nursing education programs, licensure compact

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• So there's more opportunity within those other pools for those projects. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
• So there's more opportunity within those other pools for those projects.
• So there's more opportunity within those other pools for those projects. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Bills: SB234, SB210, SB243, SB244, SM16, HB8

Keywords: foster children, school transportation, education funding, public education, child welfare, New Mexico Highlands University, soccer field, women's sports, infrastructure improvement, funding allocation, student athletes, appropriation, New Mexico State University, nutrition, travel support, funding, education, university support, financial assistance, parenting students

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• Hospitals employ hundreds of people to just not patient facing whatsoever to chase payment from...
• <01:45:48.080> from ...whatsoever to chase payment from carriers and ensure that they're in
• Uh, regular to risk pool programs.
• Uh regular to risk pool peace. Okay.
• Uh regular to risk pool programs.<05:34:18.878> Um,<05:34:19.840> this<05:34:20.320>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Bills: HB3767, HB3934, HB4199, HB4336, HB2947, HB3834, HB4302, HB4095, HB3287, HB3649, HB4430, HB4431, HB2059, HB3647, HB3986, HB3548, HB3661, HB4346, HB3075, HB4273, HB3391, HB4128, HB3557, HB3239, HB3982, HB2123, HB2979, HB2997, HB3148, HB4108, HB4143, HB4266, HB2053, HB4058, SR30

Keywords: dentistry, licensing, dental hygiene, foreign-trained dentists, temporary license, public health, emergency response, child care, workforce, pilot program, affordable care, income eligibility, interventional pain management, pain management clinic, chronic pain, acute pain, spinal injections, epidural steroid injection, peripheral nerve block, nerve ablation

Bills: HB4274, HB3076, HB4358, HB3312, HB3288, HB3885, HB3147, HB4299, HB4265, HB4266, HB3011, HB3143, HB3144, HB3881, HB3519, HB3522, HB3530, HB2976, HB4459, HB3142, HB4316, HB4338, HB4230, HB3985, HB3883, HB4335, HB3416, HB3417, HB3418, HB3619, HB3624, HB3463, HB4423, HB3342, HB3645, HB3647, HB3887, HB4430, HB4431, HB2964, HB3834, HB4193, HB4272, HB3277, HB3148, HB3651, HB3323, HB4287, HB4105, HB3304, HB3345

Keywords: HB4274, Oklahoma schools, interdistrict transfer, open transfer, school enrollment, military families, active duty, National Guard, Reserve orders, military installation, residency requirements, district of choice, public school transfer, student transfer, special education, IEP, Section 504, military housing, base housing, electronic enrollment

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• candidates for pursuing those high quality pathways, and ensuring school districts will have a talent pool
• So looking at, do we have a pool of people for mentorship? The fact of the matter is.
• This is all for maintenance and payments on our current facilities.

Bills: SB451, SB762, SB1490, SB1262, SB1459, SB1750, SB1962, SB2252, SB2253, SB2365

Keywords: instructional materials, public schools, Education Code, adoption, rejected materials, local funds, open educational resources, Texas Education Code, school districts, open enrollment charter schools, funding restrictions, environmental regulation, business compliance, local authority, economic development, state preemption, local control, open education resources, SB 762, Texas public schools

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• c><00:56:47.760> convert<00:56:48.079> all<00:56:48.240> CES<00:56:48.520> Pools
• all CES Pools by 2050 we're<00:56:49.680> going<00:56:49.799> to<00:56:49.920> have
• <00:58:35.599> um<00:58:36.200> environmental lot of sess pools um environmental lot
• of sess pools um environmental hazards<00:58:37.400> include<00:58:37.799> poor<00:58:
• ination of cess pools um with sea<00:59:22.760> level<00:59:22.960> rising<00:59:23.319

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• So they would just be added into that pool of qualified providers.
• So they would just be added into that pool of qualified providers.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• for the project is obtained, or the developer has filed for a queue position in the Southwest Power Pool
• which would... ...or they have a queue position at the local RTO, which would be the Southwest Power Pool

Bills: HCR1030, HB1370, SB893, SB2, SB1589

Keywords: legislative procedure, session calendar, deadline schedule, bill deadlines, joint resolution, Oklahoma Legislature, 61st Legislature, regular session, adjourn sine die, floor deadline, third reading, committee deadlines, bill drafting, appropriations, budget bills, ethics commission, agency rules, administrative procedures act, local and special laws, pension legislation

Summary: The House first took up Senate Bill 893, a conference committee report on property and critical infrastructure. The bill would bar foreign principals from countries designated as foreign adversaries from owning agricultural land or other land, especially within 10 miles of military installations or critical infrastructure, and also restrict certain state software purchases tied to adversarial countries. Members asked about how later-designated adversary countries would be covered and about the delayed effective date, which was explained as giving current owners time to divest. The conference report was adopted without objection, and the bill then passed the House 89-0. The chamber then considered Senate Bill 2, another conference committee report on wind energy setbacks. The measure would establish statewide setback standards for industrial wind turbines, including 2.5 tip heights from occupied dwellings and 1.5 tip heights from nonparticipating property lines, with exceptions for projects that had already secured most site control or queue positions before the effective date and for small community-scale systems. Supporters said it was a compromise that at least put some protections into statute, while opponents argued it weakened earlier House language and eliminated county local-control options. After debate, the bill failed on a 20-67 vote. Later, the House voted 60-19 to override the governor’s veto of Senate Bill 1589, allowing it to become law notwithstanding the governor’s objections. The session also included prayers and announcements, including updates about Representative Cantrell’s hospitalization and a note that the Senate had adjourned sine die. The House then adjourned sine die for the second regular session of the 60th Oklahoma Legislature.

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• THAT BEING SAID, I DO NOTE THAT THERE IS AN ANALOGOUS DEFINITION IN STATUTE FOR POOL NAMELY THAT THAT
• SETS FORTH A SET OF CRITERIA IN BUILDING THIS CRITERIA IT COULD BE CONSIDERED FOR INCLUSION IN THE POOL

Keywords: 999, senate, all