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• procurement practices and processes procurement practices and processes shall<00:21:35.440> be
• We now have one registration, one transcript, one financial aid process, one billing process for our
• It's a process of turning the boat.
• fields in um such as you know food fields in um such as you know food science<01:16:24.000> or
• > and<01:43:35.920> there process and expensive process and there process and expensive process

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• H.U. 4516 by Gainor really prohibiting the use of Chinese technology to collect process transfers stored
• Public Education. 787 by Schaffner relating to prohibiting certain additives from being included in food
• the Committee on Human Services, HB 4970. by Cain relating to prohibiting the purchase of certain food
• HB 4971 by Cain relating to prohibiting the purchase of food or drink items containing certain food additives
• H.J.R. 192 by Rodriguez-Ramos, processing a constitution member.

Bills: HB9, HB22, HB908, HB1392

Keywords: property tax, ad valorem tax, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property, tax exemption, local government finance, appraisal district, chief appraiser, rendition statement, property tax relief, small business, commercial property, leased property, related business entity, unified business enterprise, tax situs, Texas Tax Code, local taxing unit, constitutional amendment

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• The budget process is year-long.
• We actually start our bargaining process late in the spring.
• Maybe the problem isn't the process.
• You know the process.
• on our bargaining processes.

Bills: S0042, S0688, S0762, S1168, S1296, S1298, S1300, S1318, S1332, S1376, S1548, S1570, S1574, S1632, S1634, S1750

Keywords: child protection, medical records, investigation, abuse, neglect, healthcare, Child Protection Team, diagnosis, criminal defense, legal representation, death penalty, indigent defense, regional counsel, conflict of interest, background screening, athletic coaches, youth sports, criminal history, expungement, Florida statutes

Summary: The committee first took up CS for SB 42 on specific medical diagnosis and child protective investigations. A late-file strike-all amendment was adopted that made only stylistic changes to align with the House version. Supporters said the bill would help DCF and child protective teams better identify rare medical conditions and give parents a chance to defend against mistaken abuse findings. The bill was then reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 1570, which restores a prior program to help locate missing persons with special needs through voluntary tracking devices and coordination with sheriff’s offices and CARD centers, with nonrecurring funding included. Members then advanced several education, disability, and public services measures. CS for CSSB 182 created a teacher training and mentoring program for high-performing current and retired teachers to mentor teachers in D- and F-rated schools, and CS for CSSB 794 required background screening for employees in residential and day training programs for people with developmental disabilities while directing APD to study support coordination quality, workforce issues, and service gaps. Testimony on SB 794 strongly supported better training, lower caseloads, and more consistent support coordination. The committee also favorably reported CS for CS SB 1168 on background screenings, CS for CS SB 214 to allow rural special districts to pay verified invoices directly, CS for SB 1376 to create grants for genetic counseling education, and SB 1574 (Maddie’s Law) to add newborn screening for biliary atresia; the latter drew emotional support and testimony that early screening could save lives and reduce transplant costs. The committee heard and passed a number of other policy bills, including CS for CS for SB 1510, the DEP agency package, after environmental groups warned that one provision could delay basin management protections and allow more septic systems in impaired watersheds; the bill still passed favorably. Members also approved CS for CS for SB 598 on funeral and cemetery regulation, SB 688 to license naturopathic doctors, SB 1318 on scholarship account reversion rules, CS for CS for SB 682 on domestic violence injunctions and penalties, SB 130 on workforce training for current and former inmates, and SB 1548, the latest Live Local affordable housing update. Several bills were briefly postponed or taken up later in the meeting. In the latter portion of the meeting, the committee approved CS for C.S. for SB 536 on criminal gang membership criteria, CS for C.S. SB 762 on assigning conflict capital cases across regional counsel offices, SB 1332 on career offender registration requirements, CS for CS for SB 1742 creating a new offense for indecent exposure of sexual organs to a child, and CS for SB 1750 increasing penalties for serious sex offenses and child sexual abuse material crimes. The committee also debated CS for SB 1226 on Public Employee Relations Commission procedures and union certification rules, including a late-file amendment setting a 60% threshold and 25% quorum for recertification; the discussion focused heavily on constitutional concerns, union rights, and differences between first responders and other public employees. The transcript ends while that bill’s debate is still underway, with the committee having already taken numerous favorable votes throughout the meeting.

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• synthesis process.
• Today, all ammonia used in process.
• was that we need world-class processing was that we need world-class processing facilities<00:21
• to improve that use a different process to improve that use a different process but<00:24:45.840
• So, we would do um what is process.

Bills: HF2103, HF4508

Keywords: energy, renewable energy, ammonia, hydrogen, certificate tracking, funding, environment, elk, cervidae, cervid importation, chronic wasting disease, CWD, animal health, livestock, wildlife disease, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, state veterinarian, zoo, Association of Zoos and Aquariums, AZA

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• Food security is national security.
• Billionaire food experiments are no longer hypothetical.
• A focus that the rule of law and due process matters.
• Consider the long procession of those who enlarged the American promise.
• How about we fund food aid?

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• And what happens if that person at the helm is also part of the approval process for who gets funding
• <00:20:59.880> for also part of the approval process for also part of the approval process
• So currently, and this is the first year, the Creative Industries Division has set up an RFP process
• Um, as you know, in Hawaii, one in three people struggles with food insecurity, and on Hawaii Island,
• industry Association in support food industry Association in support thank<01:23:37.639> you<

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee on Economic Development and Technology heard testimony on several measures, beginning with SB 1343, which would amend quorum requirements for the Small Business Regulatory Review Board. The board chair testified in support, saying it has been difficult to fill all seats and that using active seats for quorum would help the board function more effectively. No opposition or questions were raised, and the committee moved on. The committee then heard SB 1578, which drew mixed testimony. DBEDT supported the measure and the Attorney General suggested inserting preamble language from HB 1025 to provide historical context on the East-West Center. Austin Martin of the Libertarian Party of Hawaiʻi opposed the bill, arguing it could invite improper behavior, create loosely regulated satellite offices, increase foreign influence, and add competition for land ownership. The committee took no vote during the hearing. The bulk of the meeting focused on SB 1641, a measure to establish a Hawaiʻi film commission/authority and related funding and governance structure. DBEDT supported the intent and offered friendly amendments to clarify the distinction between film and media industries, while the Honolulu Film Office and labor representatives from IATSE, Teamsters, and Pride at Work supported the bill but urged changes. Their concerns centered on conflicts of interest, especially having producers on the commission, and they asked for more labor representation and clearer oversight rules. The Attorney General raised constitutional and special-fund concerns, saying the grant standards and special-fund language needed work. Committee members discussed renaming the entity as a Hawaiʻi Film Authority, broadening its scope beyond cultural production, adjusting the commission makeup, and clarifying funding sources, including the existing film and creative industries fund and the 0.2% rebate contribution. No final vote was taken in the portion provided, but members indicated the bill would need substantial revisions and an HD1.

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• The bottom line is this is the beginning of a process; it is not the end of a process, and again, this
• I mean, the bottom line is this is the beginning of a process.
• <05:13:20.638> earlier<05:13:21.120> this process earlier this process earlier this week
• This Voting Rights Act would have helped to reinstate a version of the preclearance process.
• I go into places where people are buying food.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, January 9, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• <00:36:42.160> of achievement and an ongoing process of achievement and an ongoing process
• The process is long.
• <03:39:32.720> the process due process has occurred the process due process has occurred the
• due process. due process.
• to be processing this. Follow the money. to be processing this. Follow the money.

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

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• decades, are being denied medication and warehoused in bleak conditions without access to adequate food
• ,<00:08:26.400> not<00:08:26.639> to without access to adequate food, not to without
• access to adequate food, not to mention<00:08:27.039> the<00:08:27.280> lawyers<00:08:
• <00:20:42.320> Members,<00:20:43.120> I to be part of this process.
• Members, I to be part of this process.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Additionally, we have procedures and processes in place.
• So where are you in the process? Is it on the web... ...restraints as often.
• So where are you in the process?
• Hopefully, that process...
• a second tragedy with how we handle the process is unacceptable.

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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• We are in the process of finalizing a video that provides guidance on how to inspect harvested game for
• And so we are going through the budgeting process right now, developing an LAR with that in mind.
• At the State Fair, we have a very unique project called Big Tech's Urban Farms that grows food in an
• It teaches non-traditional healthy food options and then donates 100% of the proceeds back to our South
• The chapel, we're working through the sequencing process, the environmental system necessary for the

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• includes visits to the state capital and state agencies to meet with individuals firsthand to learn the process
• These are the next generation of agriculture leaders that will carry the torch for food-producing counties
• So we immediately take all the local decision-making process out of anything having to do with the coast
• And to persist in their pursuit of justice, a process that forces them to relive the trauma over and
• In other words, it encourages high-quality, locally grown, and culturally sensitive foods.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, offered prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then moved through privileges of the floor recognizing Fresno State Ag Leadership Development Program students and members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. The body also approved the Senate journals and took up several gubernatorial appointments, including confirmations to the Court Reporters Board and the California Law Revision Commission, each approved by roll call vote. The chamber then considered SCR 136 marking the 50th anniversaries of the California Coastal Act, Coastal Commission, and Coastal Conservancy. Supporters emphasized coastal access, habitat protection, public trails, and resilience, while one senator argued the commission can overrule local control and slow development. The resolution passed 27-4. The Senate also adopted SR 68 for Denim Day and Sexual Assault Awareness Month, with broad support focused on survivor advocacy and accountability, and SCR 130 recognizing Child Abuse Prevention Month, which passed unanimously. Several bills were then approved on unanimous roll call, including SB 1058 on school nutrition procurement, SB 930 on encryption for school exam proctoring, SB 917 on winery sales at farmers’ markets, SB 1002 on continuity of out-of-state telehealth care, SB 1036 on mitigation fee credits for redevelopment, SB 1285 on juvenile record dismissals, and SB 969 on remote developmental services. Later, SCR 131 called for an urgent, coordinated response to unsheltered homelessness, emphasizing interim shelter, permanent housing, and supportive services. Supporters said the state must stop normalizing encampments and better coordinate resources; one senator objected that the resolution did not sufficiently address self-sufficiency or alternatives to housing-first approaches. The resolution passed 34-0. The Senate also adopted SCR 157 honoring school bus drivers, approved the consent calendar, heard committee announcements, and adjourned in memory of Sandy Steers, a conservation advocate and longtime executive director of Friends of Big Bear Valley.

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• So those are just a few of the things: Roadrunner Food Bank, food distribution, as well as helping the
• So, we're in the process right now of that.
• I requested, and I don't know if you are familiar with the C-2 process.
• How many participants do we have in the state of New Mexico, and how does that process work?
• This was quite a blow to us during the new RFP process, and it affected our progress.

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• And it's happening in food, housing, transportation, and more.
• Keeping food affordable starts with keeping farmers in business.
• This proves that the process worked. This proves that the process worked.
• The bottom line is that the current process worked.
• This really talks about the process.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• But working with Minut State, when I, when I, when I, through that process of Title IX.
• When I was going through the interview process... ...values, mission, and vision.
• Hopefully there's other opportunities where they could look at another application process.
• accessibility, we have food deserts in our state.
• Food accessibility, we have food deserts in our state.

Keywords: 908, all

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• That's what this process has been about.
• That is what happened in this process.
• As messy as it was, as long of a road as it was, the process worked.
• For food available to celebrate this resolution.
• PERB has wantonly violated due process.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• our county workers and the department are working on right now, and I think, you know, with the processing
• one-time full investment or, depending on the timeline of the department working with the actual process
• <00:03:18.720> of minute on the actual um process of minute on the actual um process of implementation
• So, we have gone through our formal RFO process to secure a third-party vendor. Thank you, Chair K.
• Um, Chair West, tomorrow is food day, so I mean it wouldn't hurt if you have a bill up to bring food,

Bills: HF1169, HF1916

Keywords: child protection, child welfare, paperwork reduction, social services information system, SSIS, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, foster care, children in placement, county social services, Tribal governments, private child placing agencies, case management, administrative burden, information technology, human services, welfare administration, Minnesota tribes, child care assistance, CCAP, program integrity

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• They are taking care of a huge piece of land and producing food on it.
• <01:01:20.600> They're<01:01:20.760> growing producing food on it.
• They're growing producing food on it.
• <01:02:24.160> by to produce 30% of New England's food by to produce 30% of New England's
• food by 2030,<01:02:25.760> and<01:02:25.960> we<01:02:26.160> are<01:02:26.360>

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• So under that process, we implemented a very robust A stakeholdering process that started back in January
• Process, with each cohort being bigger than the last.
• I don't know if there's a working group or a process.
• There would also be a process to appeal sanctions.
• This process is still under development, and we will be mirroring current processes that are allowed

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• As of last fall, over 3,500 participants had completed or were in the process of completing training
• people's access to care, allows them to avoid medical debt, secure stable housing, purchase healthy food
• In Chicopee, they're focused on two priority areas: access to food and maternal perinatal health.
• So we need more than the SDO involvement in that process in order to make that happen, because OSD is
• onerous process of bidding, they're not actually making it all the way through.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Racial Equity, Civil Rights, and Inclusion held a hearing on the impact of federal policy on the racial wealth gap in Massachusetts, the fourth in a series on federal impacts on racial equity. Chair Bud Williams and Chair Miranda opened by emphasizing that no bills were being heard and that the committee would instead take testimony from invited witnesses; public written testimony was also accepted. The chairs and witnesses repeatedly cited long-standing wealth disparities affecting Black and brown communities, including homeownership, wages, business ownership, and access to capital, and linked those disparities to federal policy changes, housing, education, health care, and workforce development. Administration officials testified first. Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Lauren Jones described persistent labor market disparities, including higher unemployment for Black and Latino residents, lower median hourly wages, and underemployment among degree holders, and highlighted state efforts such as ESOL-for-work funding, workforce training grants, MassHire career centers, skills-based hiring, and the state equity dashboards. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kiami Mahania argued that poverty drives poor health, not the reverse, and said wealth gaps contribute to chronic disease, maternal health inequities, medical debt, and shorter life expectancy; she pointed to the Advancing Health Equity Massachusetts initiative, a health care affordability working group, and the governor’s push to bar medical debt from credit reporting. Assistant Secretary Juan Vega of EOED focused on entrepreneurship and procurement, citing technical assistance grants, founder support programs, place-based investment, the Business Front Door, and the need to broaden access to contracts, capital, and business growth opportunities. Committee members pressed the panel on the effects of the federal “big beautiful bill” on households, especially single-parent and Black women-led households, and on whether the state could develop more timely data systems instead of relying on federal numbers. Officials said the impacts were still being monitored, but warned that Medicaid and SNAP changes would likely hit lower-income households and community institutions hard. Members also asked about unions and apprenticeships, microbusiness definitions, supplier diversity, pay equity, and degree inflation; the administration said registered apprenticeships and skills-based hiring are key tools, and noted that wage equity reporting is still in its early stages. Later testimony from BECMA’s Nicole O’Bean stressed that tariffs, DEI rollbacks, immigration enforcement, capital gaps, and federal funding cuts are constraining Black-owned businesses and inclusive procurement, while Gastón Institute researchers described severe Latino homeownership and rent burdens, educational inequities, and the need for housing, labor, and education policy changes to close the wealth gap.