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• <00:19:20.960> what they'll sign a fixed price contract what they'll sign a fixed price contract
• Section 2 retains the duties assigned to the nuclear coordinator in RSA 162-B:4, which were assigned
• <01:37:09.360> with construction is already on contract with construction is already on contract
• Those are above-market long-term contracts, anywhere from 15 years to 20 years, I believe.
• above Market long-term contracts above Market long-term contracts anywhere<01:41:33.560> from

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• And this section also makes some further changes related to the contracting authority.
• And then section 94 makes one contracts.
• to to use bid preferences in contracting to to use bid preferences in contracting for<00:52:34.800
• changes related to the uh contracting changes related to the uh contracting authority.<00:52:54.000
• that was assigned to us first<02:19:12.160> and<02:19:12.439> foremost.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• He bought his first airplane before he even had a pilot's license and signed radio contracts before his
• It gives 900 Indiana Guardsmen assigned to our 38th Combat Aviation Brigade the modern facilities they
• Guardsmen assigned to our 38th Combat Guardsmen assigned to our 38th Combat Aviation<01:51:14.320>
• 04:31.040> and<02:04:31.280> every<02:04:31.520> religious<02:04:32.000> assignment
• <02:04:32.480> he offers and every religious assignment he offers and every religious assignment

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, May 15, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Many of our local entities within each county contract with their county election official to run elections
• Currently, if you want to just change your emergency contract, the contacts that we have have.
• Our contract with the state of Texas or the counties would stipulate that there are modems installed
• that there's the specialized software. required to operate the modem, and that the county had a contract
• Contracts with a couple of paper. And that's where we print the majority. I'm sorry?

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• But you have separate contracts for those pre-K contracts? Those are okay?
• It's a separate program, but we don't have a separate contract per se.
• If you noticed in the last column, significantly increasing grants and contracts from 2021 to 2024.
• We had a $2.8 million contract.
• What is out there in the private sector that we're contracting with? Mr.

Keywords: 996, all

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• They're reviewing agency contracts, cross-training employees, adjusting assignments, and preparing for
• They're<01:25:08.159> reviewing<01:25:08.639> agency<01:25:09.199> contracts, They're
• reviewing agency contracts, They're reviewing agency contracts, cross-training<01:25:10.880> employees
• and<01:25:13.440> preparing<01:25:13.920> for<01:25:14.320> abrupt assignments
• , and preparing for abrupt assignments, and preparing for abrupt staffing<01:25:16.480> um<01:

Keywords: 1183, house

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• <00:04:15.320> entities different owned and contracted entities different owned and contracted
• And one of the little side projects I got assigned to along the way was for a division of Optum Health
• And one of the little side projects I got assigned to along the way was for a division of Optum Health
• And one of the little side projects I got assigned to along the way was for a division of Optum Health
• And one of the little side projects I got assigned to along the way was for a division of Optum Health

Bills: HF2779, HF1645, HF1885, HF1289, HF1534, HF2707, HF1675, HF3046

Keywords: health care transparency, ownership disclosure, control reporting, health care consolidation, private equity, management services organization, MSO, provider organization, health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, hospital system, affiliate reporting, financial disclosure, public reporting, market concentration, horizontal consolidation, vertical consolidation, health care ownership, corporate practice, health care regulation

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• Yes, so the project has been out to bid, and the low bidder in the contract was Albany's D&S.
• So yes, that contract.
• any specifics on the contract, but there will be subcontracts to do the small portions of it.
• I didn't do the contract myself.
• And I was never assigned a victim witness advocate.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several bills. Representative David Linsky supported HB 3383, which would designate the song “Roadrunner” as the official rock song of Massachusetts, describing its Boston roots and cultural significance. Representative Sean Garberle supported HB 3335 on public access to historical records, arguing that records from state institutions should be released after 75 years and that families and researchers should be able to identify people buried in unmarked graves at former state institutions. Representative Rodney Elliott and Lowell officials supported HB 4138, authorizing easements for a Lowell sewer separation project; they said the project is needed for Clean Water Act compliance, will reduce combined sewer overflows into the Merrimack River, and must proceed quickly to meet SRF and consent-decree timelines. Committee members asked about Article 97, the location and scope of the easement, environmental justice impacts, and minority/small business participation in construction. The committee also heard extensive testimony on Senate 2183 and its House companion, which would elevate the Massachusetts National Guard to a cabinet-level position reporting directly to the Governor. Senators Mike Moore and John Velis, along with the National Guard Association’s Matthew McKenna, argued the change would reduce bureaucracy, improve communication and readiness, and reflect the Guard’s broad domestic and military missions. Velis cited the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home tragedy as an example of a breakdown in communication, while committee members said they wanted more information, including input from the Governor’s office and Guard leadership, before acting. The committee noted the distinction between state-controlled and federalized Guard missions and said it would continue reviewing the issue. Senator Liz Miranda and a large panel of survivors, advocates, and Northeastern law students testified in support of S. 2174 and S. 2177, which would create an office and task force on unsolved homicides, allow families to petition for case review after three years, require written responses, and establish a tip line, database, and dedicated funding. Witnesses described long-standing lack of communication, low clearance rates, and the disproportionate impact on Black and Brown communities. Senator Becca Rausch also testified on S. 2210, extending public records law to the governor and Legislature, and S. 2207, creating stronger information-governance and records-retention standards; she said both would improve transparency and reduce waste. The transcript does not reflect any votes taken during the hearing, though chairs repeatedly indicated support for moving some bills favorably and said the committee would continue reviewing the National Guard proposal.

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• <01:34:59.360> is<01:34:59.520> an contract is agreed to, a contract is an contract
• It's about contracts.
• It's about contracts.
• What contracts? We salmonila anymore. What contracts?
• What federal contracts? Who's there to administer contracts? Who's there to administer them?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• relating to foreign gifts and contracts relating to foreign gifts and contracts to<01:52:48.480>
• prohibit<01:52:48.960> contracts<01:52:49.440> between to prohibit contracts between
• to prohibit contracts between institutions<01:52:50.320> of<01:52:50.560> higher<01:52
• In fact, if you take away the new military contract for Cyber Trucks alone, you'd pay for all of PBS
• no longer have those who are assigned no longer have those who are assigned the<02:53:10.960>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, March 27, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• The message assigned<00:09:04.880> Thomas<00:09:05.200> S.
• Bodern, Secretary of assigned Thomas S. Bodern, Secretary of the<00:09:07.040> Senate.
• I am one of four legislative liaisons assigned to the council along with Senator Utke, Senator Mchuan
• A and one of the reasons assigned to.
• And regardless of the assignment she received each year or which building she was assigned to, she towed

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Further, what happens to the many existing school choice communities that have tuition contracts with
• Will those contracts take priority over open enrollment?
• Will those contracts take local school?
• One of his assignments was to diffuse bombs.
• <02:57:43.359> He<02:57:43.600> was Assignments was to diffuse bombs.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The current version of this bill does not solve the legal problem with contracting.
• Children cannot legally contract with these companies.
• But when all apps are viewed in regards to contracts, and we look at this from contract law, if every
• contract with an app, which they currently are, and then you just require all apps to contract with
• When the contract is canceled, boom, now they’re out of a cultivation site.

Bills: SB1176, SB1186, SB1235, SB1286, SB1446, SB1458, SB1515, SB1616, SB1641, SB1668, SB1670, SB1678, SB1747, SB1787

Keywords: stormwater, water storage, replenishment credits, groundwater, aquifer, Arizona Revised Statutes, disclosure, state contracts, procurement records, donations, transparency, EMS, reciprocity, interstate compact, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, licensure, public safety, military personnel, veterinary telemedicine

Summary: The committee approved the minutes and then heard Senate Bill 1668, which would extend the deadline for funeral establishments or responsible persons to submit required documentation from seven calendar days to 14 business days and make related changes involving disposition of unborn or stillborn children, minors, and abortion clinic forms. Funeral industry testimony said the current timelines are difficult to meet and create stress for grieving families, while a mother described problems caused by requiring an ex-spouse’s signature after her child’s death. The bill passed on a 4-3 vote, with some members supporting the timing and family-law fixes and others objecting to the abortion-clinic provisions. The committee then took up Senate Bill 1286, on veterinary telemedicine prescriptions. An amendment shortened the telemedicine prescription period for non-antimicrobial drugs from 60 days to 30 days, allowed antimicrobial prescriptions for up to 14 days based on an electronic exam, and barred further antimicrobial prescriptions without an in-person exam. Veterinarians and the Arizona Veterinary Medical Association moved to neutral on the amended bill but warned about safety, overprescribing, and the limits of telemedicine; supporters argued it would improve access for rural, elderly, and low-income pet owners. The committee adopted the amendment and then passed the bill as amended on a 4-3 vote. Senate Bill 1235, creating the emergency services personnel licensure interstate compact, passed unanimously after sponsor testimony that it would improve reciprocity for EMTs and paramedics and help military personnel. Senate Bill 1446, which would change dialysis-center social worker documentation from monthly to quarterly, also passed unanimously, with DeVita Dialysis Services saying the change would reduce paperwork and align Arizona with federal and most-state practice. Senate Bill 1515, a cleanup bill for the Industrial Commission of Arizona that renames positions, removes outdated duties, and changes publication of fee schedules, passed after an amendment and supportive agency testimony. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1678, which would require direct-care staff in certain facilities to complete patient information forms and reestablish the Vulnerable Adult Systems Study Committee. An amendment removed the form requirement and instead required DHS to investigate complaints from EMS personnel about missing DNR orders; first responders and provider groups supported the revised approach, though some members wanted minority-party appointments added to the study committee. The bill passed as amended on a 6-0-1 vote. Finally, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 1747 on social media protections for minors, with the sponsor framing it as a child-safety measure and opponents from NetChoice, TechNet, and Meta warning about privacy risks, age-verification problems, constitutional concerns, and the possibility that teens would evade restrictions; supporters argued parents need stronger controls and pointed to app-store-based alternatives, but no vote was taken in the portion provided.

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• Subdivision 7 describes the contract requirements with PACE organizations. alerted you to uh H file 1937
• 00:05:33.039> the program subdivision 7 describes the program subdivision 7 describes the contract
• rates for PACE, submit a state plan amendment by October of 2025, and the PACE program will award contracts
• MSHO members are assigned a care coordinator who helps them receive seamless access to health care and
• a care coordinator who helps assigned a care coordinator who helps them<00:16:19.000> receive

Bills: HF1937, HF2407, HF1678, HF1477, HF2040, HF1840, HF257

Keywords: PACE, elderly, Medicaid, health services, long-term care, community-based services, support person, healthcare, patient rights, assisted living, community support, caregiver respite, financial eligibility, Minnesota Statutes, HF1477, residential program licensing, community residential setting, small group home, licensed capacity six or fewer, rental licensing

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• We will not be talking about the actual schools, school districts, charter schools, tribal contract schools
• <00:13:28.160> schools Charter Schools tribal contract schools Charter Schools tribal contract
• just Minnesota MTSS." districts charter schools and tribal districts charter schools and tribal contract
• They work with public, nonpublic, and tribal contract schools.
• and non-public and tribal contract and non-public and tribal contract schools<00:50:55.280> um

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The Education Policy Committee met for its first hearing of 2025 and began with member and staff introductions, along with opening remarks from Chair Peggy Bennett about her first time chairing the committee. Members briefly described their districts and backgrounds, and the chair also reviewed committee rules and procedures, including deadlines for bill requests, amendments, testifiers, and handouts. Nonpartisan House Research then provided an extensive overview of the committee’s jurisdiction and the education code. The presentation covered the Department of Education’s duties, including supervision of public schools, rulemaking under legislative authority, state and federal education funding and compliance, standards and assessments, accountability systems, student discipline, and model policies. It also discussed related entities such as PELSB, the Board of School Administrators, the Perpich Center, regional centers of excellence, Compass, MTSS, and the READ Act. The committee asked questions about zoning for school sites and about teacher licensure changes, including the tiered licensure system and recent adjustments affecting special education teachers and standards of effective practice. No bills were heard and no votes were taken. The meeting was primarily organizational and informational, focused on orienting members to the committee’s work and the structure of Minnesota’s education policy system.

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• we have a team of board administrators that support each of them, support several boards, but are assigned
• They're assigned specifically to boards; they're in every board meeting advising the boards, providing
• They will determine the objective standards for the licensure, so the professionals that are assigned
• to these boards are developing assigned to these boards are developing the<00:13:38.320> criteria
• OPLC administers the exam, or we have a third party that administers the exam that we have on contract

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting was an orientation-style overview from the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification (OPLC), led by Executive Director Deana Jurus and staff. They described the office’s mission to protect public health, safety, welfare, the environment, and the public trust, and outlined the agency structure: enforcement, licensing and board administration, operations, legal counsel, board counsel, and the hearings bureau. OPLC said it currently supports 57 boards, including seven advisory boards, and has about 104 filled positions out of 120 authorized. They also noted new voluntary certifications for doulas, lactation consultants, and community health workers that are in rulemaking. A substantial portion of the discussion focused on how boards and staff divide responsibilities under RSA 310:4. Staff explained that the office handles application processing, complaint intake and initial review, records retention, 91-A requests, and rule drafting, while boards make final decisions on licensure criteria, complaint dismissals or investigations, disciplinary actions, and some hearing matters. They also described the rule structure by chapter number ranges and the distinction between full licensing boards and advisory boards. The committee asked about complaint notifications, and OPLC said it is tightening policies so complainants are told whether a matter is closed or moving forward. The licensing process was discussed in detail, especially for nursing. Bethany Katrell explained that applicants apply through an online portal, may receive approval to sit for exams, can work under provisional authority in some cases, and then receive full licensure after exam results and criminal background checks are complete. OPLC said the portal now reduces back-and-forth paperwork and that, as of the latest biweekly report, 87% of applications were decided within the statutory 90-day period and 57% within 14 days. Members also raised questions about why some professions require board approval before taking an exam, and OPLC said that requirement varies by statute or board rule. No votes or formal actions were taken during the discussion.

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• It has to be submitted to the Board of Education and they're still contract. contract.
• <05:12:27.600> it<05:12:27.840> a<05:12:28.080> formal Resolution 94 and assigns
• it a formal Resolution 94 and assigns it a formal statutory<05:12:29.360> role<05:12:29.760><
• down on the costs to build these buildings and adding debt service over the next 20 years just to assign
• debt<05:15:36.080> to<05:15:36.320> the<05:15:36.638> next years just to assign

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Because of its strategic relevance, we also have 150 active duty airmen assigned to Pease.
• assigned to PS. assigned to PS. an<01:08:29.839> active<01:08:30.159> duty<01:08:30.400
• to do to go to their next assignment. to do to go to their next assignment.
• I could have retired a few years ago, but per contract I'm not leaving my partner for our SOP.
• I could have retired a few years ago, but per contract I'm not leaving my partner for our SOP.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• First of all, most state employees are union members or fall under a union contract, and those contracts
• more specifically and those contract more specifically and those contracts<01:34:21.600> may<
• may include paid for holiday contracts may include paid for holiday days<01:34:24.360> secondly
• So even the hourly employees are still under a union contract.
• But most of those are in a union contract where they could easily negotiate.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The hearing opened on House Bill 192, which concerns the Joint Committee on Employee Classification process for state employee positions. Representative Peter Schmidt explained that the bill is a procedural step to send already-reviewed classifications to Korn Ferry and then into statute and the budget. Department of Corrections staff and Commissioner Helen Hanks testified that one Deputy Director of Medical Services position had been omitted from the bill by mistake even though it had already gone through the JCEC process, and they asked for an amendment to add it. Hanks clarified that the position is an existing classified job being converted to unclassified status, not a new position. The committee discussed how the amendment would work and the quorum requirements for the JCEC, then closed the hearing on HB 192 after no further testimony. The committee then heard House Bill 435, sponsored by Representative Don McFarland, which would clarify professional engineering licensure law. McFarland said the bill is intended to make clear that work in IT security, electronics, digital systems, computing, and software is not the practice of engineering requiring a professional engineer license, while preserving licensure requirements for fields such as civil, structural, and building-related engineering. He said he had consulted with the American Council of Engineering Companies and that the bill is meant to remove ambiguity and legal risk, not deregulate engineering. Several members with engineering backgrounds spoke in support, describing the distinction between licensed PE work and other technical fields, and one member noted that software development and regulated software work typically do not require a PE license. The committee voted ought to pass on HB 435 by a roll call of 16-0 and placed it on consent. Finally, the committee opened House Bill 210, which would create a commission to study the New Hampshire state flag. Representative Tom Corman argued that the current flag is a generic “state seal on a blue bedsheet” and does not meet common vexillological design principles such as simplicity, meaningful symbolism, limited colors, and distinctiveness. He said the proposed commission would include legislative members plus representatives of the New Hampshire Historical Society and the New England Vexillological Association, and would review the flag’s history and recommend whether to redesign it and how to do so. He also indicated he intended to add language to avoid costs, but the bill discussion was not completed in the portion provided.

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• practicing law and I did when I started practicing law and I did when I started practicing law and I did contract
• work with legal aid and as a contract work with legal aid and as a contract work with legal aid and
• House Bill number 320 relating to contracts for public works relating to contracts for public works relating
• to contracts for public works signed Patrick Harris secretary.

Bills: HB 1535, HB 123, HB 111, HB 180, HB 342, HB 1027, HB 1178, HB 610, HB 1277, HB 1615, HB 1620, HB 5342, HB 4885, HB 4751, HB 4689, HB 4530, HB 4488, HB 2149, HB 2041, HB 2071, HB 1813, HB 2282, HB 2248, HB 2243, HB 2522, HB 2310, HB 2513, HB 2300, HB 1902, HB 3719, HB 4284, HB 4327, HB 3743, HB 3778, HB 3801, HB 5153, HB 5147, HB 4877, HB 4850, HB 3158, HB 3261, HB 3005, HB 3033, HB 3138, HB 3099, HB 2849, HB 2967, HB 3488, HB 3477, HB 3466, HB 3396, HB 3469, HB 2594, HB 2776, HB 2564, HB 2298, HB 5331, HB 5646, HB 5247, HB 5323, HB 2015, HB 4384, HB 3896, HB 4014, HB 3627, HB 3594, HB 2524, HB 510, HB 561, HB 5111, HB 5446, HB 1181, HB 3963, HB 2785, HB 1661, HB 2460, HB 24, HJR 138, HB 3800, HB 42, HB 129, HB 677, HB 668, HB 2128, HB 2038, HB 2316, HB 3686, HB 2563, HB 1160, HB 3883, HB 2788, HB 2663, HB 3305, HB 3474, HB 1105, HB 3490, HB 3597, HB 1295, HB 3512, HB 3783, HB 2017, HB 3010, HB 3112, HB 4215, HB 3223, HB 3464, HB 3120, HB 4214, HB 4081, HB 4783, HB 4063, HB 2783, HB 5085, HB 2510, HB 3426, HB 4361, HB 1169, HB 2516, HB 4700, HB 3560, HB 3860, HB 3146, HB 184, HB 198, HB 247, HB 367, HB 449, HB 1778, HB 514, HB 632, HB 2582, HB 766, HB 2715, HB 2712, HB 3069, HB 3505, HB 1269, HB 4224, HB 5032, HB 2240, HB 5180, HB 3348, HB 4668, HB 4665, HB 3395, HB 3157, HB 4395, HB 4325, HB 4386, HB 4273, HB 2760, HB 2820, HB 1828, HB 1579, SB 2349, SB 1268, SB 610, SB 1577, SB 1369, SB 2032, SB 2034, SB 1057, SB 1044, SB 922, SB 1759, SB 1143, SB 1506, SB 1403, SB 2361, SB 870, SB 372, SB 72, SB 1583, SB 2314, SB 1267, SB 1273, SB 765, SB 552, HB 2145, HJR 112, HB 1804, HJR 110, HB 1194, HB 1531, HB 5008, HB 3421, SCR 27, HB 5398, HB 1407, HB 426, HB 1535, HB 123, HB 1773, HB 1871, HB 2035, HB 2448, HB 2492, HB 1411, HB 4753, HB 4666, HB 4529, HB 1499, HB 1610, HB 2028, HB 1506, HB 886, HB 3546, HB 796, HB 223, HB 1475, HB 3556, HB 4638, HB 111, HB 180, HB 342, HB 1027, HB 1178, HB 610, HB 1277, HB 1615, HB 1620, HB 5342, HB 4885, HB 4751, HB 4689, HB 4530, HB 4488, HB 2149, HB 2041, HB 2071, HB 1813, HB 2282, HB 2248, HB 2243, HB 2522, HB 2310, HB 2513, HB 2300, HB 1902, HB 3719, HB 4284, HB 4327, HB 3743, HB 3778, HB 3801, HB 5153, HB 5147, HB 4877, HB 4850, HB 3158, HB 3261, HB 3005, HB 3033, HB 3138, HB 3099, HB 2849, HB 2967, HB 3488, HB 3477, HB 3466, HB 3396, HB 3469, HB 2594, HB 2776, HB 2564, HB 2298, HB 5331, HB 5646, HB 5247, HB 5323, HB 2015, HB 4384, HB 3896, HB 4014, HB 3627, HB 3594, HB 2524, HB 510, HB 561, HB 5111, HB 5446, HB 1181, HB 3963, HB 2785, HB 1661, HB 2460, HCR 98, HCR 92, HCR 126

Keywords: Trinity River Authority, river authority, Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas Sunset Act, board of directors, governor appointment, public water authority, regional water authority, water resources, local government, natural resources, board training, ethics, open meetings, public information, conflict of interest, complaint procedures, public comment, director removal, governance reform