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• definitely hit that or if not before. definitely hit that or if not before.
• Um and so I I definitely think we can.
• Uh we really take a lot definitive care.
• <01:03:18.960> Uh, definitely growing in that area. Uh, definitely growing in that area.
• So um definitely on our on our well.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the August minutes, and heard a brief announcement from Senator Richardson about the Missing in America Project interring unclaimed veterans’ remains at the Western Kentucky Veterans Cemetery in Hopkinsville. He read the names of several veterans being laid to rest with military honors, and the chair thanked the volunteers involved in the effort. The main presentation was an update on Kentucky’s urban search and rescue program from the Department of Military Affairs and Kentucky Emergency Management. Officials said the program is being built around two regional task force hubs, a helicopter aquatic rescue team, an incident support team, and a rescue aid fund for local search and rescue units. They reported that the $8.3 million appropriated for the program in the 2025 budget was fully executed, that $482,670 of the rescue aid fund went to 29 local teams, and that $493,592 has already been allocated in the current year to 36 teams. They also described warehouse and equipment purchases, staffing with full-time and part-time personnel, and a new training site on state property for collapsed-structure and multi-agency exercises. Officials said the program has already been used in recent disasters, including flood response and urban search and rescue operations in several parts of the state, and claimed the effort has impacted more than 1,500 citizens through rescues, evacuations, and related assistance. They said the helicopter aquatic rescue team is fully operational, the task force roster should be finalized by January, incident support should be online by April, and the full program should be deployable by June 30 or July 1, 2026. Members asked about statewide response times, K-9 search capabilities, and the long-term cost of the program, including concerns about reliance on federal matching funds. The presenters said K-9 assets will be part of the task force, that pre-positioning during forecasted storms can reduce response times significantly, and that they would provide more detailed budget information later.

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• Line 1.4 through 1.5 changes the definition of fraud. 1.6 to 1.8 changes the definition of waste. couple
• the definition of waste.
• He's saying he definitely doesn't want a conclusion. I don't know about any nature.
• He's saying he definitely doesn't want a conclusion. I don't know about any nature.
• We definitely don't want to add conclusion there.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I will not never know if that's what it was, but I definitely don't want to see it again.
• photos, we have definitions for what infectious and pathological waste includes.
• Uh, menstrual products and diapers don't fall under those definitions. Um, Mr.
• fall under those definitions. fall under those definitions. Um<00:31:22.200> Mr.
• There are also various definitions, like there's a definition of a generator and other terms.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And these sections modify definitions, licensing and training requirements, and guidelines related to
• This modifies the definition of neglect in chapter 260E for purposes of child maltreatment reporting
• <00:14:02.160> chapter<00:14:02.480> 260E definition of neglect in chapter 260E definition
• Expanding the definition of education and standardizing licensing visit steps and expectations.
• Expanding the definition of education and standardizing licensing visit steps and expectations.

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• > beginning Expands the definition of beginning Expands the definition of beginning farmer<00:
• c><01:09:06.880> projects definitions.
• Um, specifies that projects definitions.
• <01:09:56.320> of Section six amends the definition of Section six amends the definition of
• subdivision to the dairy law definitions subdivision to the dairy law definitions to<01:10:55.360

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I definitely have concerns over safety of the players in the game and the referees.
• <00:29:27.200> um the game and the referees definitely um the game and the referees definitely
• the statutory definitions of either a<01:04:28.760> restaurant<01:04:29.359> or<01:04:
• of a theater in Minnesota Statute 340A.18B, nor would it appear to meet the standard definition of a
• standard definition of a theater<01:18:28.840> in<01:18:29.000> Minnesota<01:18:29.600

Bills: HF1262, HF1741, HF472, HF1668, HF2055, HF1786, HF1876, HF1089, HF1121, HF509, HF1545, HF2027, HF642

Keywords: food truck, liquor license, temporary license, community events, catering, municipal regulations, food hall, St. Louis Park, on-sale, intoxicating beverages, food vendors, common seating area, HF472, Mankato, Minnesota State University Mankato, MSU Mankato, Taylor Center, special liquor license, on-sale wine license, malt liquor license

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• If there's to be a more succinct legal definition that narrows that application of contemporary local
• if there's a more succinct definition if there's a more succinct definition legal<00:13:32.920><
• definition that narrows that legal definition that narrows that application<00:13:37.079> of<
• That’s just their definition.
• I’m definitely—what about the 10-day period? I’m fine with that too, because it says mandatory.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It's considered completely rural by the USDA definition.
• So we’re definitely seeing a lot of folks coming to us for help, just like all of the other people who
• So we, as I said, are very much in support of Senator Mann's bill and SF 12, and we would definitely
• So we, as I said, are very much in support of Senator Mann's bill and SF 12, and we would definitely
• <01:31:20.520> and comply with Federal definitions and comply with Federal definitions and

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• These are not large awards, but they are definitely helping these students who are the very neediest
• These are not large awards, but they are definitely helping these students who are the very neediest
• are helping these students definitely are helping these students who<00:35:34.000> are<00:35:
• And so definitely we're having the resources spread among more eligible students who are enrolling.
• And so definitely we're having the resources spread among more eligible students who are enrolling.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• House Bill 1224 by Representative Macon-Macon: children need a care, definitions, reporting abuse, provides
• House Bill 455 by Representative Carver provides relative to the definition of first responder to include
• employees of public works departments in that definition and provides for limitations on the use of
• Speaker: House Bill 1053 by Representative Ventrella provides for alcoholic beverages definitions and
• They update the definition of a hearing aid. They put some bill of sale and contract requirements.

Bills: HR252, HR253, HR254, HR255, HR256, HCR103, HCR104, HR244, HR245, HR246, HR247, HR248, HR249, HR250, HR251, HCR101, HCR102, SCR40, SCR60, SB112, SB131, SB145, SB194, SB268, SB307, SB312, SB319, SB333, SB341, SB346, SB464, SB466, SB488, SB495, SB503, SB507, SB509, HR9, HR196, HCR27, HCR28, HCR50, HCR62, HCR67, HCR71, HCR78, HCR81, SCR20, HB123, HB251, HB625, HB662, HB709, HB769, HB775, HB783, HB895, HB1011, HB1057, HB1155, HB1186, HB1224, HB1245, HB1247, HB1253, HB1254, HB1255, HB1256, SB8, SB10, SB11, SB12, SB13, SB14, SB16, SB17, SB18, SB20, SB21, SB22, SB40, SB48, SB55, SB69, SB75, SB77, SB78, SB85, SB102, SB115, SB133, SB140, SB148, SB151, SB165, SB169, SB170, SB185, SB197, SB200, SB217, SB235, SB278, SB280, SB291, SB300, SB303, SB315, SB324, SB330, SB411, SB416, SB420, SB436, SB438, SB449, SB455, SB456, SB477, SB489, SB521, SB97, SB105, HR171, HCR49, HCR65, HCR72, HR37, HCR64, HR170, HR191, HR206, HR207, HR208, HR217, HCR11, HCR53, HCR60, HCR66, HCR68, SCR19, SCR3, SCR6, SCR18, SCR11, SCR22, SCR2, HCR6, HB64, HB68, HB92, HB130, HB258, HB633, HB801, HB61, HB98, HB102, HB139, HB142, HB170, HB185, HB194, HB199, HB231, HB247, HB294, HB336, HB474, HB661, HB842, HB852, HB66, HB153, HB165, HB326, HB387, HB455, HB513, HB603, HB660, HB719, HB762, HB766, HB802, HB816, HB833, HB940, HB950, HB975, HB1028, HB1039, HB1051, HB1053, HB1080, HB1201, HB1215, HB1228, HB1251, HB1252, SB1, SB23, SB32, SB42, SB43, SB46, SB51, SB110, SB113, SB150, SB154, SB161, SB218, SB220, SB221, SB253, SB289, SB310, SB351, SB399, SB404, SB502, SB26, SB28, SB29, SB30, SB41, SB44, SB64, SB84, SB87, SB93, SB98, SB107, SB118, SB142, SB192, SB195, SB199, SB219, SB222, SB234, SB241, SB255, SB275, SB277, SB292, SB294, SB306, SB314, SB482, HCR32, HB798, HB998, HB1084, HB1223, HB59, HB955, HB1191, HB1234, HB646, HB824, HB341, SB397, SB442, HB901, HB79, HR20, HR74, HB284, HB306, HB366, HB393, HB458, HB577, HB582, HB605, HB614, HB682, HB733, HB752, HB773, HB911, HB926, HB996, HB1035, HB1069, HB1113, HB1140, HB1180, HB1240, SB47, SB82, SB89, SB149, SB382

Keywords: consumer protection, credit card fees, cash transactions, rounding practices, transparency, low-income, economic impact, residential construction, building codes, inspection practices, housing costs, task force, HR254, House Resolution 254, Ty Hebert, Acadiana Legislative Delegation, Louisiana State University, LSU, graduation, commendation

Summary: The House met with a quorum, opened with prayer and the pledge, adopted the journal, and received a large number of Senate messages, committee reports, and bill referrals. Members also introduced several resolutions and recognized guests, including students from Allen Parish, federal appointees Brandon Beach and Paul Hollis, and other visitors. The chamber then moved through a lengthy agenda of House and Senate measures, with many bills and resolutions reported favorably, amended, or referred to committee. Among the notable floor actions, the House adopted H.R. 32 urging the Port of New Orleans to obtain backup motors for the St. Claude Avenue Bridge. It also passed bills on a wide range of topics, including local court and ordinance procedures for Alexandria, prohibiting reporting criminal fines and fees to credit bureaus, veterans’ lottery benefits, police chief residency in Tickfaw, fire marshal plan review authority, expanding the definition of first responder to include public works employees, NIL protections for student athletes, salary increases and additional positions for assistant district attorneys, limiting OMV debt referrals for unpaid reinstatement fees, watershed restoration and flood control funding, a sexual assault survivor task force, elderly consumer protection education, recreation of the Public Service Commission, Medicaid reimbursement for non-emergency medical transportation, local sales tax audit procedures, alcoholic beverage definitions for salons and similar businesses, transfer of removed monuments to state park property, hearing aid dealer regulation updates, a permit fee for small in-state distillers, expanded city court jurisdiction in Avoyelles Parish, and a narrowed version of the Alexandria administrative adjudication bill. Several measures were amended on the floor before passage, including the Alexandria ordinance bill, the sales tax audit bill, the alcohol/beverage bill, and the monument transfer bill. The House also temporarily returned some bills to the calendar for later consideration. Most measures passed overwhelmingly, though House Bill 153 on criminal court debt reporting passed with 67 yeas and 18 nays, House Bill 660 on assistant district attorney salaries passed 94-1, House Bill 719 on additional ADA positions passed 95-0, House Bill 883 on the sexual assault task force passed 86-2, House Bill 1028 on non-emergency medical transportation passed 81-15, and House Bill 1215 on monuments passed 78-14.

Transcript Highlights:

• If you look midway on that page, it gives the definition of visible intoxication.
• So we are using that definition from other language that is already in statute.
• You read the definition there that applies to commercial sale of alcohol, but I also know that they're
• You read the definition there that applies to commercial sale of alcohol, but I also know that they're
• And so I will definitely let him take it from here. Thank you for letting me testify.

Summary: The committee first met in executive session and voted House Bill 2808 do pass by a roll call vote of 9 yes, 4 no, and 1 present. The hearing then moved to House Bills 1808 and 3435, companion measures dubbed Grace’s Law, which would create a narrow social host liability cause of action for knowingly providing alcohol to a visibly intoxicated person age 21 or older when that conduct leads to injury, death, or property damage. The sponsors said the bills are intended to close a gap in Missouri law and encourage safer decisions at private gatherings, while supporters, including the mother of the crash victim Grace and a MADD representative, described the fatal drunk-driving crash that prompted the legislation and argued that similar laws in other states reduce impaired driving. Committee members raised questions about scope, personal responsibility, and whether the bill could reach casual gatherings or other substances; no vote was taken on the bills in the transcript. The committee then heard House Bills 3439 and 3480, which would amend the Public Safety Recruitment and Retention Act to include volunteer firefighters in the tuition assistance program for public safety personnel and their dependents. The sponsors said volunteer firefighters in rural communities do the same dangerous work as career responders and need recruitment and retention incentives, while opponents’ concerns focused on fiscal cost, fairness, and whether volunteers should receive the same benefit as full-time employees. Supporters from the Hardin Fire Protection District, Boone County Fire Protection District, the Fire Service Alliance, and the Missouri Chamber of Commerce said volunteer departments are essential in rural Missouri, that the benefit would help recruit and retain personnel, and that the program is subject to appropriation and prioritization. Members also discussed possible alternatives such as tuition waivers at public institutions and the practical challenges of defining and tracking volunteer service. No committee action was reported on these bills.

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• There, those federal definitions... ...have now been included in our Arkansas rules for an Indian, an
• So we can definitely identify recipients who receive Medicaid, who receive SNAP, who may be participating
• I don’t know, but some of those I would think are definitely easier to track than others.
• So the new definition, based on the new federal law that was passed in July, of able-bodied adult without
• So the new definition based on the new federal law that was passed in July of able-bodied adult without

Summary: The subcommittee received a brief DHS update on the Living Choices Assisted Living Waiver reimbursement rate process, with Secretary Janet Mann reporting that the new cost reporting period began in January and that DHS has begun provider and contractor conference calls as the process moves forward. The bulk of the meeting focused on DHS’s overview of TANF and, especially, SNAP changes under the federal One Big Beautiful Bill. Mary Franklin explained new SNAP work requirements for adults ages 18 to 64 who are not otherwise exempt, including the three-month time limit in a 36-month period unless they meet an 80-hour monthly work, volunteer, education, or training requirement. She also reviewed exemptions, noted that some prior exemptions were removed while new tribal-related exemptions were added, and described SNAP Employment and Training providers, budgets, service areas, participant characteristics, and outcomes. Members asked about how mandatory referrals will work, whether funding and vendors are sufficient, how cross-program participation is tracked, how verification and recertification will be handled, and how error rates and sanctions will be managed. DHS said mandatory participants will be referred directly to providers, verification will occur at application and recertification, interviews can be by phone, and the department will return with more information on error-rate mitigation and other requested data. DHS then outlined upcoming Medicaid community engagement requirements for the ARHOME population under the same federal law, which must be implemented by January 1, 2027. The department said it is preparing policy, system changes, data matching, communications, and an outbound customer-service verification process, with a soft launch planned for July to help identify who would meet the requirement or need to provide more information. Members raised concerns about notice, local versus centralized decision-making, and how clients will document work, school, caregiving, or medical exemptions. The meeting concluded with broader discussion of the Alliance for Opportunity audit and a shared emphasis on using SNAP, Medicaid, TANF, and workforce programs together to improve outcomes, expand training options, and better connect Arkansans to education and employment opportunities. The committee also discussed extending the audit contract at a future meeting and adjourned without taking any formal vote in the transcript provided.

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• You definitely have a big job here in New Mexico.
• And it's not. mentioned in your definitions as to who these experts are. So I'd like to ask who.
• The other question I also have too, and I didn't See anything in definitions.
• More competitive, and we all know New Mexico is definitely the land of enchantment, so we want to get
• There are little differences about part-time definition and so forth, but it's nothing that is any kind

Keywords: 996, all

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• And they could be, I want to find the exact definition. Okay, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
• Chair, Representative, the definition of youth by this bill is someone between the ages of 14 and 22
• It just, there's some concern there, and I'm going to look at it a little bit more in depth, definitely
• This is essentially definitions, is what it starts out with.
• In the definitions section, we define who the Director is and... that is the Director of Risk Management

Bills: HB97, HB280, HB183, HB151, HB202

Keywords: Shaken Baby Syndrome, abusive head trauma, child safety, training and education, healthcare funding, youth internships, workforce development, education, grant funding, employment, drinking water, water quality, environment, public health, water filtration, private well testing, federal funding, childhood sexual abuse, time limitations, civil actions

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• So, having spent the bulk of my military career in the Missouri Air National Guard, I definitely have
• Definitely open to that and to improving it. Okay. No further questions. Thank you.
• Well, I know engineers will definitely be behind this. We've ever talked to an engineer for sure.
• So I think that there are some safeguards that are in place there that I definitely do appreciate.
• The NBC, I definitely do appreciate.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• It provides a definition of gang language which is used in one of the criteria for the criminal gang
• I should say how far the definitions do go. As you heard, the devil is in the details.
• His testimony was there are components of a Hearts game that could fall under the definition because
• the definition is too broad.
• This state is definitely safer and our children are much safer because of the work they have done as

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• In the A-F system, military readiness has its definition expanded to include kids who finish a JROTC
• School districts actually change the definition of the A through F system in their own district.
• Districts that want to do that hard work and can come up with a broader definition locally, then it allows
• I will definitely echo that, but I will also say the component about implementation for the alternative
• Senator Bettencourt, we'll definitely take a look at that.

Bills: SB8, SB 8

Keywords: education, accountability, public school assessment, state law, transparency, intervention, performance ratings, sex designation, restroom access, civil penalties, private civil right of action, women's privacy, 1185, senate, all

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• We've sent out several lists, and so we'll get you a definite list in the morning, try to get it by the
• We'll kind of poll you all and see what seems to work, and hopefully get a definitive list where everybody
• This legislation clarifies the definition of contraband to include property linked to serious crimes.
• For starters, it definitely paves the groundwork for them to get protective orders.
• So I definitely see where you're coming from there.

Bills: HB115

Keywords: public funds, lobbying, political subdivision, government spending, transparency, HB 115, taxpayer-funded lobbying, local government lobbying, county association dues, municipal lobbying, lobbyist registration, Chapter 305, Government Code Section 556.0056, Local Government Code Section 89.002, county government, city government, injunctive relief, attorney's fees, state association of counties, sheriffs association

Summary: The Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence reconvened with a quorum present and announced it would likely not vote that night because of confusion over the bill list; members were told a definitive list would be circulated the next morning and a formal meeting would be scheduled later. The chair then heard a series of bills, generally taking testimony and leaving each pending without action. House Bill 1847 would set maximum caseload standards for private attorneys handling indigent criminal appointments through the Texas Indigent Defense Commission; House Bill 2417 would expand compensation eligibility for some wrongfully imprisoned people; House Bill 2813 would require earlier and more specific victim notice of scheduled court proceedings; and House Bill 2309 would expand state and local authority in certain civil asset forfeiture cases involving human trafficking, health care fraud, and organized crime. Each bill was laid out by its author or a member, with no opposition witnesses registered, and each was left pending. The committee also heard House Bill 4733, which would require sealing records for people acquitted of charges when they were not convicted on the related allegation; House Bill 2328, which would modernize expunction service by encouraging electronic notice, setting a standardized fee when electronic service is unavailable, extending clerk retention of expunction orders, and preserving certain mental health commitment orders; and House Bill 115, which would revise Texas’s “junk science” post-conviction writ law by providing counsel, changing the relief standard, requiring written decisions, and easing procedural barriers. Testimony on HB 2328 was mixed: county clerks supported the bill as a cost-saving modernization, while legal advocates warned that permanent retention of expunction orders could undermine true expunction and create privacy risks. HB 115 drew support from innocence and defense organizations, with some concern about a provision affecting subsequent writs. All were left pending after testimony. Later, the committee heard House Bill 2046, which would allow affirmative family-violence findings for any Penal Code offense rather than only Title V offenses; testimony from a Dallas County prosecutor and a committee member emphasized that family violence can involve arson, burglary, fraud, and other non-Title V conduct, and the bill was left pending. House Bill 1765 would tighten restrictions on no-knock warrants by requiring higher-level approval, judicial review, and identifiable officers; members discussed the dangers highlighted by the Harding Street raid and similar incidents, and the bill was also left pending. The meeting ended with the chair noting that some bills had been removed from the agenda at the author’s request and that members should be prepared to finalize the vote list the next day.

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• So HB 576 clarifies property, the Property Code chapter 51 by leveraging the definition of person from
• Representative Shaheen's bill would therefore codify this definition of person into Property Code chapter
• Um, I am definitely very much for this bill.
• More definitions were expanded to clarify, define artificial intelligence system or grid or generative
• Definitely, you have the right to speak.

Bills: HB74, HB175

Keywords: environmental project, public money, political subdivision, greenhouse gas emissions, federal law compliance, renewable energy, water conservation, retroactive child support, child conception, paternity, family law, health care expenses

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• We see we said in we set the definition of hemp, which we've been pretty much agreed on all along throughout
• And so again, one of the reasons the bill was vetoed last year was because of the on the definition of
• So it it's inappropriate to have milligrams and the definition of hat that the appropriate place is in
• So we need to have a separate definition for edibles and we have tried.
• Now under the medical marijuana program, the definition of marijuana delivery devices.

Keywords: 999, senate, all