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• CAREER SOURCE HAS $66,000 LIBERAL COUNTIES IN THE HIGH 30s TO LOW 40s MOBILE PARTS OF SOUTH FLORIDA IN

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• AS K-12 STUDENT SCHOOLS WITH A LOW STUDENT MOBILITY RATE, ENGAGE IN LONGITUDINAL PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• He mobilized coalitions across political spectrums, religions, and cultural backgrounds to come together
• He mobilized coalitions across political spectrums, religions, and cultural backgrounds to come together
• He mobilized coalitions across political spectrums, religions, and cultural backgrounds to come together
• He mobilized coalitions across political spectrums, religions, and cultural backgrounds to come together
• He mobilized coalitions across political spectrums, religions, and cultural backgrounds to come together

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, June 26, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• commander of the 440th Battalion, he was reassigned as executive officer of the 226 Support Group in Mobile
• And so, um, could you kind of talk me through what happened in Baldwin County or Mobile County?
• :02:45.840> or um what happened in Baldwin County or um what happened in Baldwin County or Mobile
• <01:09:32.480> Mobile<01:09:32.880> and<01:09:32.960> Baldwin<01:09:33.319> counties
• Mobile and Baldwin counties. correct? Mobile and Baldwin counties. Correct. Correct. Correct.

Keywords: 920, all

Summary: The Alabama Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a quorum present, then quickly handled routine business including excusing absent senators, adopting the prior journal, and recognizing several guests in the gallery. The chamber also paused to honor Dr. Mark Sullivan, superintendent of Birmingham City Schools, with a Senate resolution commending him as the Alabama Education Association’s 2025-26 outstanding superintendent of the year. Senator Smitherman and Dr. Sullivan both spoke, with Sullivan highlighting Birmingham’s academic gains, reduced failing schools, and lower chronic absenteeism. The Senate then processed a series of House messages and confirmations. It concurred in SB 288 on agriculture authorities and SB 317 on the Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services, but non-concurred and sent SB 174 on natural resources and SB 32 on solid waste collection fees to conference. The chamber confirmed numerous appointments, including Rex Jones, William Donahue, Jim Massey, Jason Windham, Alexander Atwater, Charles Dean, Steve McKinnon, Bonnie Temple, Shaniqua Johnson-Enam, Dwayne Jenkins, Troy Skipworth, Gloria Watts, Tracy Doughty, Kevin Ball, Joe D. Briggs, Josh Bryant, Dylan Turk, David R. Pruitt III, and Carol Smitherman, with most confirmations passing on near-unanimous rolls. Committee reports advanced several House bills, including favorable reports on HB 224, 591, 614, 609, 444, 248, 611, 622, 92, and 556, with HB 248 amended. The Senate also adopted a resolution honoring the University of Alabama women’s wheelchair basketball team for winning the 2026 national championship, and another resolution recognizing the seriousness of the national debt and urging Congress to establish regular budget order. A resolution honoring retired Brigadier General Vandiver H. Carter as the 2026 Marion Military Institute Alumnus of the Year and a resolution commending John R. Cooper were also adopted. In local legislation, the Senate passed HB 635 for Choctaw County, HB 639 for Escambia County, SB 10 for Tuscaloosa County, HB 315 for class one municipalities after adopting a committee substitute and a friendly amendment, and HB 404 for class one municipalities. Finally, the Committee on Rules reported and the Senate adopted a special order calendar for the next legislative day, listing a wide range of bills for priority consideration, including measures on solar power facilities, homestead exemptions, education, guardianships, tax increment districts, legal tender, college tuition, crime victims compensation, motor vehicles, entertainment industry issues, campus chaplains, tax abatements, alcoholic beverage producers, data privacy, constables, insurance, municipal audits, income tax, public high schools, taxation, state health planning, and University of Alabama matters.

Bills: HB149, HB2017, HB705, HB223, HB 1056, HB2854, HB4623, HB3000, HB46, HB 117, HB3619, HB4464, HB5646, HCR84, HB500, HB2963, HB5509, HB1973, HB3909, HB718, HB252, HB5666, HB 119, HB346, HB5624, HB5658, HB5677, HB1545, HB3073, HB4081, HB 121, HB4236, HB3848, HB4144, HB40, HB5682, HB3697, HB3333, HB3642, HB20, HB549, HB2731, HB4233, HB4690, HB 127, HB2525, SB1637, SB1, SB1198, SB509, SB13, SB15, SB30, SB268, SB331, SB441, SB447, SB457, SB568, SB650, SB763, SB1540, SB1610, SB1660, SB2018, SB2024, SB2217, SB2337, SB2753, SB2900, SB2972, SB3059, HB14

Keywords: artificial intelligence, regulation, biometric data, ethical AI, consumer protection, AI governance, intoxication manslaughter, criminal penalties, community supervision, mandatory supervision, parole eligibility, Grayson's Law, cosmetology, licensure, interstate compact, state regulations, public safety, workforce mobility, municipality, procurement

Bills: HB149, HB2017, HB705, HB223, HB 1056, HB2854, HB4623, HB3000, HB46, HB 117, HB3619, HB4464, HB5646, HCR84, HB500, HB2963, HB5509, HB1973, HB3909, HB718, HB252, HB5666, HB 119, HB346, HB5624, HB5658, HB5677, HB1545, HB3073, HB4081, HB 121, HB4236, HB3848, HB4144, HB40, HB5682, HB3697, HB3333, HB3642, HB20, HB549, HB2731, HB4233, HB4690, HB 127, HB2525, SB1637, SB1, SB1198, SB509, SB13, SB15, SB30, SB268, SB331, SB441, SB447, SB457, SB568, SB650, SB763, SB1540, SB1610, SB1660, SB2018, SB2024, SB2217, SB2337, SB2753, SB2900, SB2972, SB3059, HB14

Keywords: artificial intelligence, regulation, biometric data, ethical AI, consumer protection, AI governance, intoxication manslaughter, criminal penalties, community supervision, mandatory supervision, parole eligibility, Grayson's Law, cosmetology, licensure, interstate compact, state regulations, public safety, workforce mobility, municipality, procurement

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• It's about upward mobility.
• It's about upward mobility.
• It's about<03:08:15.439> upward<03:08:15.920> mobility.
• It's about making about upward mobility.
• <04:37:27.039> training,<04:37:27.520> social community, mobility training, social

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, May 8, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• deployed status while on active duty can still preserve the votes of their constituents after they mobilize
• And they're in a better place to have upward mobility.
• place<03:54:50.080> to<03:54:50.319> have<03:54:50.399> upward<03:54:50.920> mobility
• <03:54:51.920> For<03:54:52.080> our place to have upward mobility.
• For our place to have upward mobility.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• These barriers are made worse by financial limitations, mobility challenges, and bureaucratic red tape
• These barriers are made worse by financial limitations, mobility challenges, and bureaucratic red tape
• These barriers are made worse by financial limitations, mobility challenges, and bureaucratic red tape
• These barriers are made worse by financial limitations, mobility challenges, and bureaucratic red tape
• <03:38:32.279> challenges<03:38:32.960> cognitive Mobility challenges cognitive Mobility

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Yeah, do you have any details on the mobile banking frauds?
• Yeah, do you have any details on the mobile banking frauds?
• Our mobile outreach unit, which is funded by NAVKA, also has a driving simulator in it.
• I thought it was a booking mobile because you can book somebody, right?
• I thought it was a booking mobile because you can book somebody, right?

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting began with introductory remarks for new and returning members of the House Commerce Committee, led by Chairman John Hunt. Members briefly introduced themselves and their backgrounds, and several noted the committee’s bipartisan, collegial tone. Hunt explained the committee’s structure and traditions, including the division into three subcommittees: banking and business, consumer protection, and liquor commission matters, with insurance now handled as a single area. He also reviewed basic hearing procedures, including decorum, questions for information only, and the committee’s practice of moving bills through subcommittees before full committee executive sessions. The committee then heard an overview from the New Hampshire Insurance Department, led by Commissioner DJ Bettencourt and staff. The department described its mission as promoting a safe and competitive insurance marketplace and emphasized consumer protection, market competition, and affordability. Officials outlined the department’s responsibilities, including licensing insurers, producers, adjusters, and TPAs; reviewing insurance forms; regulating companies and market conduct; overseeing financial solvency; and investigating insurance fraud. They also noted that the department is self-funded through assessments on insurers, collects premium taxes and fees for the state, and returned more than $2.7 million to companies in fiscal year 2024 due to underspending. The presentation also covered the broader regulatory framework for insurance, including the role of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in promoting uniform standards across states and territories. Officials said New Hampshire licenses about 1,200 insurance companies and roughly 245,000 producers and adjusters, and that the department’s financial examinations are part of an accreditation system used nationwide. No votes or formal committee actions were taken in the portion provided; the session was primarily organizational and informational, with the insurance department presentation beginning the committee’s substantive work for the term.

Transcript Highlights:

• This bill is about economic mobility, workforce readiness, and expanding opportunities to more Californians
• Mobility, workforce readiness, and expanding opportunities to more Californians.
• learning in my community, we need to open the pathways of access to higher education for economic mobility
• MTS is not just a transit provider; it is the backbone of mobility in San Diego County, delivering over

Summary: The Assembly convened, established a quorum, and proceeded through a large House of Origin floor file, with the Speaker repeatedly urging members to be at their desks and keep support bills brief. Early actions included dispensing with the journal, re-referring AB 2285 to the Banking and Finance Committee, and then taking up dozens of third-reading items, with many bills passed by voice or recorded vote and others passed temporarily or retained on file. The floor debated and passed a wide range of measures on land use, housing, labor, public safety, health care, utilities, taxation, and consumer protection. Among the bills approved were measures on land surveyor review (AB 1933), nurse midwife access for pregnant and postpartum patients (AB 1696), historic-district transit zoning flexibility (AB 2415), EV charging infrastructure fees and timelines (AB 1820), foreclosure bidding protections (AB 1957), tribal cannabis commerce (AB 2506), outdoor advertising permitting (AB 2024), commercial building permit timelines and third-party plan checkers (AB 2418), DUI penalties (AB 1685 and AB 1687), utility rate transparency (AB 1715), CalWORKs work-penalty changes (AB 1755), dynamic electricity rates (AB 1787), interior designer licensure (AB 1796), compost labeling and contamination rules (AB 1812), modular housing standardization (AB 1815), small claims limits for businesses (AB 1827), Native American Day as a paid state holiday (AB 1841), hospital staffing and maternity access bills (AB 1868 and AB 1882), protective orders tied to release dates (AB 1889), and a series of public health, missing persons, and teacher credentialing measures later in the file. Several high-profile bills drew extended debate. AB 2624, expanding Safe at Home privacy protections to immigrant service providers, prompted sharp disagreement over free speech and alleged limits on online posting, but supporters said it protected workers facing threats and doxing; it ultimately passed 49-19. AB 2023, creating a framework for regulating AI chatbots used by children, was framed as a child-safety measure after testimony about chatbot-related harms and suicide risks, and passed 58-8. Other notable votes included AB 2208 on Medi-Cal protections against federal cuts, AB 2299 on CalFresh/SNAP losses, AB 2115 apologizing to California Native peoples for historic state harms, and AB 2311 on public hospital physician employment; the transcript ends as the Assembly continues working through the remaining file.

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• This bill is about economic mobility, workforce readiness, and expanding opportunities to more Californians
• learning in my community, we need to open the pathways of access to higher education for economic mobility
• learning in my community, we need to open the pathways of access to higher education for economic mobility
• MTS is not just a transit provider; it is the backbone of mobility in San Diego County, delivering over

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• flexible to spend so that they can expand their business model, which would include home delivery to mobility-limited
• 00:46:18.240> home<00:46:18.440> delivery<00:46:19.440> to<00:46:19.800> mobilely
• would include home delivery to mobilely would include home delivery to mobilely limited<00:46:20.720

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House first took up House File 1794, which would remove the post-graduate collaborative practice requirement for advanced practice registered nurses. The author and several supporters argued the bill would reduce barriers to practice, improve access to primary care and mental health services, especially in rural areas, and align Minnesota with other states. Supporters cited backing from APRN organizations and said the Board of Nursing had no concerns, while opponents, led by Representative Liebling, argued the current one-year collaborative period is a patient-safety safeguard that gives new APRNs needed experience working with physicians before practicing independently. After debate and questions about how the current requirement works in practice, the House passed the bill 119-12. The House then considered House File 4595, which changes licensure reciprocity rules for marriage and family therapists. Representative Schumacher said the bill would expand access to mental health care at no cost by making it easier for qualified out-of-state therapists to obtain Minnesota licenses, eliminating a five-year waiting period and other barriers while maintaining standards through background checks and a jurisprudence exam. Supporters, including Representatives Bierman and Gilman, emphasized workforce shortages and the value of more therapy access for families and relationships. The Board of Marriage and Family Therapy was noted as neutral, and the bill passed unanimously, 133-0. Finally, the House began debate on House File 4493, which would authorize pharmacists to initiate, prescribe, administer, and dispense certain drugs for opioid use disorder, including buprenorphine/Suboxone. Representative Baker said the bill would save lives by allowing people to access treatment immediately through local pharmacies, especially in greater Minnesota, and help them through withdrawal when they are most likely to seek help. The transcript cuts off during the opening of discussion on this bill, before any vote or final action is shown.

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• But it's like you can imagine mobile crisis unit or substance use disorder services, the services that
• But it's like you can imagine mobile crisis unit or substance use disorder services, the services that
• But it's like you can imagine mobile crisis unit or substance use disorder services, the services that
• But it's like you can imagine mobile crisis unit or substance use disorder services, the services that

Keywords: 1183, house

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• staff must be able to prioritize a resident who needs help right away, whether it is assisting with mobility
• 00:12:25.400> is<00:12:25.600> assisting<00:12:26.080> with<00:12:26.240> mobility
• <00:12:26.960> or whether it is assisting with mobility or whether it is assisting with mobility

Bills: HF4110, HF2113, HF4569, HF4414

Keywords: workplace regulations, employee rights, meal breaks, rest breaks, exemptions, paid leave, small employers, employment law, Minnesota Statutes, workforce development, HF4569, Minnesota Paid Leave Law, protected leave, seasonal employee, seasonal worker, hospitality, hospitality industry, DEED, Department of Employment and Economic Development, employer certification

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• With the Minneapolis Foundation, we participate in convening, spoke focused on mobilized shared efforts
• participate in convening spoke focused participate in convening spoke focused on<01:12:26.080> mobilized
• <01:12:27.000> shared<01:12:27.520> efforts<01:12:28.000> around on mobilized
• shared efforts around on mobilized shared efforts around attendance.<01:12:29.400> With<01:12

Bills: HF3776, HF3557, HF3585

Keywords: screen time, preschool, kindergarten, early childhood education, digital media, tablets, smartphones, educational technology, EdTech, classroom devices, publicly funded preschool, school policy, child development, special education, IEP, 504 plan, IFSP, Minnesota education law, climate literacy, education

Summary: The committee first approved the previous day’s minutes, then took up House File 3776, as amended by the A2 amendment, which clarified how the bill would apply to students with IEPs and 504 plans. The bill’s author argued that Minnesota should address screen time for preschool and kindergarten students, saying current law is too broad, that young children are especially vulnerable to developmental and attention harms from screens, and that parents and teachers should have more control over device use. The bill was laid over after discussion. Testimony on HF 3776 was split. Amanda Faye of Minnetonka Public Schools opposed the bill as drafted, saying it would conflict with existing academic standards, READ Act screening requirements, accessibility tools, and local control, and would force districts back to paper-based screening. Katherine Myers of Live More Screen Less supported the bill, citing concerns about early childhood screen exposure and arguing that screen-free time supports child development. Members raised concerns about local control, parental rights, and how to protect students who need devices for accommodations; the author and nonpartisan staff noted that schools can already adopt cell phone policies, but exceptions may be needed for certain students and uses. After laying over HF 3776, the committee began House File 3557. Representative Craft introduced the bill as a voluntary program to promote practical science education and workforce development tied to climate literacy, including a proposed Minnesota Seal of Climate Literacy for high school students. The bill was only introduced before the transcript ended, with no vote or final action recorded on HF 3557.

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• Interstate teacher mobility compact.
• Interstate<00:19:58.640> teacher<00:19:59.000> mobility<00:19:59.560> compact.
• Interstate teacher mobility compact. Interstate teacher mobility compact.

Keywords: 916, all

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• reform the Met Council so that these things don't happen have been very effectively rebuffed by the mobilization
• been very effectively rebuffed<00:48:19.359> by<00:48:20.000> the<00:48:20.080> mobilization
• /c><00:48:21.040> of<00:48:21.920> staff<00:48:22.280> at rebuffed by the mobilization
• of staff at rebuffed by the mobilization of staff at the<00:48:22.440> Met<00:48:22.560> Council

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Senate File 72, Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact, sponsored by Senator Scheler. >> Senate File 72,
• Mobility Compact, sponsored by Senator Mobility Compact, sponsored by Senator Scheler. Scheler.
• It just brings in that if you're an owner-occupier of a mobile home, modular home, or townhouse, you

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• I think Exxon Mobile has gone up and paid over 12.9 billion in dividends.
• I think<00:35:26.960> Exxon<00:35:27.520> Mobile<00:35:27.839> has<00:35:28.079>
• > gone<00:35:28.320> up<00:35:28.480> and<00:35:28.720> paid think Exxon Mobile
• has gone up and paid think Exxon Mobile has gone up and paid over<00:35:29.680> 12.9<00:35:30.640

Keywords: Finance - Room 216, 20 January, 2026; 10:30 AM, 925, all

Summary: The committee heard an update from PERS Executive Director Higgins, who reported that the system has about $38 billion in assets, earned roughly 11.7% last fiscal year, and is about 57% funded. He thanked lawmakers for a newly passed $1 billion funding bill and emphasized that funding the existing system remains the top priority. Higgins also noted that the board’s actuarially recommended contribution is about 26% of payroll, while the system is currently receiving about 18.4%, and said PERS will return later in session with a few requested bills. Higgins addressed several policy topics under discussion this session, including return-to-work rules, first responders, and Tier 5. He said return-to-work changes are possible if the law is changed and funding implications are addressed. For first responders, he said any special treatment should be done within PERS rather than by creating a separate system, with the affected group and parameters clearly defined and fully funded. He also said the new Tier 5 hybrid plan is being implemented on track for March 1 and is projected to improve the system’s long-term financial position by reducing future liabilities and helping pay down the unfunded liability. Members then questioned Higgins about the system’s funding policy, the 30-year closed amortization period used in the ADC calculation, and whether that approach should be revisited in light of recent funding actions and changes in assumptions. Higgins said the board reviews the policy annually, that the closed amortization approach was chosen to better pay down the unfunded liability, and that the annual valuation and experience studies already incorporate recent funding changes, Tier 5, and the phased employer-rate increases. He acknowledged that a significant new infusion of funding could justify reviewing the amortization period, but cautioned against changing it too often because it could undermine progress toward paying down the unfunded liability.