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• Before this committee, I testified that stabilizing our workforce was a necessity.
• So that's why stabilizing our workforce, our security workforce, had to be our number one priority, and
• ><01:24:41.320> so<01:24:42.320> that's<01:24:42.679> why<01:24:43.199> stabilizing
• nothing and so that's why stabilizing nothing and so that's why stabilizing our<01:24:44.080>

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee approved the March 22, 2024 minutes and then took up House File 3761, the Safety Through Support Act, with a motion to lay the bill over. Representative Lee Finke said the bill is intended to improve re-entry outcomes and public safety by expanding prison visitation, including mentoring and access for mental health and medical professionals, and by creating a task force to support rehabilitation and re-entry. Testifiers in support included Holly Bot, who described how family visits helped her through incarceration and later into successful re-entry and business ownership, and Zeke Caliguri, who argued that consistent visitation and community connection are essential to humanity, rehabilitation, and reducing recidivism. Elliot Bhai of NAMI Minnesota also supported the bill, framing visitation as a form of needed mental health support in prisons. Members raised several concerns and suggestions. Representative Hudson questioned the bill’s strip-search limitation language, asking what would count as a credible, documented security concern, and also worried the task force could create discriminatory access or favor certain viewpoints. Representative Finke said she did not view a conviction as making someone permanently a security risk and said the task force was meant to ensure meaningful visitation for everyone, not to enable discrimination. Representative Hollins and Representative N. supported the bill’s overall goals while suggesting language could be tightened and noting that maintaining outside ties helps people return as productive members of society. Representative Witte asked about the Department of Corrections commissioner’s presence, and the chair said questions for him could wait for a later bill. Representative Mu asked about the fiscal note and the research behind the bill. Staff said a fiscal note had been requested but not yet signed off by the LBO, which was one reason the bill was being laid over. Finke said she could share the visitation study and noted that the bill responds to research linking visitation to lower recidivism; she also said remote visitation data shows value but can be costly. After closing remarks emphasizing that visitation is “medicine” and that most incarcerated people will return to the community, the chair renewed the motion and laid over House File 3761. The committee then moved on to House File 4959, with a motion to re-refer it to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy.

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• And so raising this fee to $200, I think will help stabilize the number of. independent DUI assessment

Bills: SB1192, SB1264, SB1284, SB1810, SB1921

Keywords: substance abuse, counseling, assessment fees, mental health, alcohol and drug programs, domestic violence, domestic abuse, assault and battery, assault, battery, strangulation, dangerous weapon, family or household member, intimate partner, pregnant woman, great bodily injury, batterers intervention program, batterers' intervention, anger management, victim safety

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• Second, we want to strengthen our communities and stabilize our rural health care workforce.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The House convened in joint session for the special session of the 69th Legislative Assembly, with introductions of visiting officials and a moment of silence for former Governor Alan Olson. The chamber then escorted Lieutenant Governor Michelle Strind and Governor Kelly Armstrong, along with First Lady Kirstie Armstrong, to the rostrum. The governor’s remarks were ordered printed in the journal. Governor Armstrong addressed the special session’s single purpose: considering North Dakota’s $199 million first-year federal award under the rural health transformation program. He thanked legislators, HHS, tribal partners, providers, and community leaders for their work on the state’s CMS application, and said four bills helped improve the application score: requiring the presidential fitness test in PE courses, adding nutrition education to physicians’ continuing education, joining the physician assistant licensure compact, and expanding pharmacists’ scope of practice. He said he looked forward to signing those bills and the accompanying appropriation measure. The governor described the rural health plan as focused on four pillars: promoting wellness and healthy lifestyles, stabilizing the rural health workforce, expanding access through telehealth and mobile services, and using technology and data to improve care. He emphasized that the plan would avoid new buildings and unsustainable programs, and instead use federal funds for lasting, scalable reforms. He said the state could receive at least $500 million over five years, possibly more, and urged quick authorization and appropriation so the funding could be deployed responsibly. After the governor and lieutenant governor were escorted out, the joint session was dissolved. The House then returned to regular business, announced committee meetings, excused absent members, and adjourned until 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 22, 2026.

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• This designation allows for small businesses to thrive and stabilize rather than relying on the seasonal

Bills: HCR 10, HCR 9

Keywords: balanced budget amendment, federal budget, deficit reduction, deficit spending, fiscal restraint, constitutional amendment, U.S. Constitution, Congress, PAYGO, Gramm-Rudman-Hollings, national debt, budget deficit, taxpayer dollars, balanced budget resolution, memorial resolution, Texas Legislature, federal spending, budget reform, fiscal conservatism, HCR 9

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• The student experience at A&M by fostering a greater sense of belonging and stability.
• with a finding of... the student experience at A&M by fostering a greater sense of belonging and stability
• There is the difference between stability and struggle for millions of people.
• There are the difference between stability and struggle for millions. are not abstract.
• There are the difference between stability and struggle for millions of people.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Summary: The committee met to monitor implementation of several housing-related bills from the 89th session, with the chair emphasizing Texas’s housing shortage and the need to review land-use laws. For House Bill 24, witnesses from the Texas Public Policy Foundation, Reason Foundation, a church-affordable housing project, Habitat for Humanity, developers, and housing advocates said the bill’s higher protest threshold and simpler council override had reduced procedural barriers to rezoning, helped projects move forward, and supported lower rents and more multifamily development. Public testimony largely praised HB 24 as working as intended, and the chair noted it had passed the committee 6-1, the House 83-56, and the Senate unanimously. The committee then heard testimony on Senate Bill 1567, which preempted certain municipal occupancy limits based on unrelated-adult restrictions. Supporters, including Texas Public Policy Foundation, Texas Realtors, Texans for Housing, and Texas A&M student leaders, said the law improved clarity, reduced arbitrary local limits, and helped students and property owners use existing housing more efficiently. Opponents from College Station and Bryan-College Station neighborhood groups argued the law has encouraged investor purchases, tear-downs, and “stealth dorms,” displaced working-class residents, and harmed family homeownership. The chair noted SB 1567 had passed the committee 5-1, the House 101-19, and the Senate 30-1. The committee also reviewed Senate Bill 15, which reduced minimum lot sizes in covered jurisdictions. Ed Pinto of AEI said the law had already led to thousands of new small lots and lower-cost starter homes, while recommending expansion to more counties and broader application to attached housing. Other witnesses from builders, Pew, and housing advocates said smaller lots can increase affordability, but some cities, such as College Station and Grand Prairie, were adding local standards that could blunt the bill’s effect. City representatives from El Paso described how they implemented the law by reducing lot sizes and widths, while urging broader applicability to more of the city. The chair said SB 15 had passed the committee 7-0, the House 86-43, and the Senate 24-7. Finally, the committee began hearing testimony on Senate Bill 840, a by-right multifamily redevelopment measure. City officials from Garland and Plano described how they had updated local standards to comply while preserving design and setback rules, and said the bill could help redevelop built-out commercial corridors and add housing without expanding city footprints. The transcript ended as the committee continued taking testimony on SB 840.

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• conversation is making sure future systems are structured responsibly enough to create long-term stability
• Clear governance structures and long-term accountability help create stability and public trust over
• seen models that haven't worked, and that is why we are so adamant about governance, structure, stability
• adamant about<00:22:01.480> governance,<00:22:02.480> structure,<00:22:03.280> stability
• , about governance, structure, stability, about governance, structure, stability, and<00:22:04.040

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Waivers are only permitted when HCD determines that a development truly needs relief, helping to stabilize
• time undermines reunification efforts and creates an unnecessary hardship that jeopardizes family stability
• This bill is about stability, equity, and better outcomes for children and families, and I respectfully
• This body was already taking action to stabilize our rural communities and rural hospitals and health
• This gives developers a practical tool to stabilize portfolios, protect vulnerable tenants, and safeguard

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The Assembly convened, first dealing with quorum and routine procedural matters before moving through a series of third-reading bills, many focused on immigration enforcement, worker protections, child care, and school or voting-site safety. Early measures included AB 2393, AB 1994, AB 1929, AB 1633, AB 1650, AB 1655, AB 1851, AB 1896, and AB 2230, with authors and supporters arguing these bills would provide accountability, protect immigrant communities, preserve access to benefits and services, and limit intimidation by immigration enforcement. Opponents repeatedly argued the bills were anti-law-enforcement, unconstitutional, or based on exaggerated or nonexistent threats. Several bills passed by recorded vote, including AB 2393 (41-15), AB 1994 (58-0), AB 1929 (41-17), AB 1650 (44-19), AB 1655 (50-14), AB 1851 (56-0), AB 1896 (41-19), and AB 2230 (42-15). AB 1633, a 54-vote bill imposing a tax on for-profit detention facilities, was debated at length but the roll was not completed in the excerpt and the item was moved on from temporarily. After a caucus break, the House returned and took up additional bills. AB 2379 would require child care providers to be informed of constitutional protections and receive multilingual training regarding immigration enforcement; it passed 59-10 on both the urgency and the measure. AB 2460 would direct the education department to update referral protocols so schools can better respond to students affected by immigration enforcement trauma and family deportation; it passed 52-8. AB 2495 would expand prohibitions on unfair immigration-related practices by employers, making immigration-related threats unlawful in workplace disputes; it passed 50-15. Throughout the day, debate was highly partisan and often heated, with repeated exchanges over whether the bills addressed real harms or were political messaging, but the Assembly ultimately advanced the measures that came to a vote.

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• This is a smart, strategic investment in Minnesota's stability and economic health.
• smart, strategic investment in This is a smart, strategic investment in Minnesota's<00:34:20.240> stability
• <00:34:21.240> and<00:34:21.440> economic Minnesota's stability and economic Minnesota's
• stability and economic health. health. health.
• It strengthens workforce stability, and it uses existing proven infrastructure across every county in

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We need to have stability for industry looking at what their rate may be if they come to New Hampshire
• So I think it actually provides stability, and any data center that wants stability and wants to come
• c><00:52:24.720> provides I think it it actually provides I think it it actually provides stability
• 26.319> data<00:52:26.640> center<00:52:26.800> that<00:52:27.040> wants stability
• and any data center that wants stability and any data center that wants to<00:52:27.280> come

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• about some changes in context and changes that the program is having to make to ensure financial stability
• about some changes in context and changes that the program is having to make to ensure financial stability
• fall, which just, you know, once we knew that we had to take significant action to ensure financial stability
• 34:09.919> to<00:34:10.079> ensure<00:34:10.520> Financial<00:34:11.000> stability
• <00:34:11.440> for action to ensure Financial stability for action to ensure Financial stability

Bills: HF1538, HF1965, HF2251, HF2838

Keywords: teacher apprenticeship, registered apprenticeship, teacher licensure, teacher shortage, workforce development, education finance, K-12 education, higher education, Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, PELSB, Tier 3 license, teacher preparation, mentor teacher, school district, cooperative unit, teacher pipeline, alternative licensure, apprenticeship program, labor and industry, union representation

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• weeks ago on a separate bill, I stated that the grain industry is simply looking for some regulatory stability
• This license fee increase does not grant us stability.
• weeks ago on a separate bill, I stated that the grain industry is simply looking for some regulatory stability
• This license fee increase does not grant us stability.
• This license fee increase does not grant us stability.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• work with, some of the community-led priorities include civil rights and public safety, housing and stability
• work with, some of the community-led priorities include civil rights and public safety, housing and stability
• work with, some of the community-led priorities include civil rights and public safety, housing and stability
• and<01:42:32.800> generational<01:42:33.719> wealth<01:42:34.719> mental stability
• and generational wealth mental stability and generational wealth mental health<01:42:35.679> and<

Bills: HF1867, HF1240

Keywords: lottery, retailer contracts, Minnesota Statutes, contract qualifications, public integrity, criminal background, legislative auditor, public funds, state government, compliance, transparency, 1183, house

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• client has violated the law and what is the best way to remedy that in a way that can hopefully stabilize
• client has violated the law and what is the best way to remedy that in a way that can hopefully stabilize
• Additional funding for a statewide tenant hotline strengthens upstream housing stability efforts across
• <00:36:57.760> efforts<00:36:58.160> across housing stability efforts across housing
• stability efforts across Minnesota<00:36:59.520> alleviates<00:37:00.079> strain<00:37

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Most importantly, the program helps families stabilize by providing trauma-informed care.
• get any contributed income from foundations until the new CEO has a full 12 months in the seat for stability
• :41:07.560> for full 12 months um in the seat um for full 12 months um in the seat um for stability
• for<01:41:09.119> vision<01:41:09.480> and<01:41:09.960> Leadership stability
• and for vision and Leadership stability and for vision and Leadership um<01:41:11.280> and<01

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• lensure and strengthens<01:22:16.639> the<01:22:16.880> long-term<01:22:17.280> stability
• <01:22:17.760> of strengthens the long-term stability of strengthens the long-term stability
• c><01:48:52.320> more And then lastly, it provides more And then lastly, it provides more stability
• <01:48:52.960> for<01:48:53.199> Minnesota<01:48:53.760> students, stability for
• Minnesota students, stability for Minnesota students, especially<01:48:54.639> in<01:48:54.880

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• that just presents a challenge, and this kind of a funding mechanism tied to property would help stabilize
• So we support that stabilize that.
• In aligning teacher permits with the duration of J-1 visas, House Bill 1840 supports workforce stability
• In aligning teacher permits with the duration of J-1 visas, House Bill 1840 supports workforce stability
• In aligning teacher permits with the duration of J-1 visas, House Bill 1840 supports workforce stability

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The joint Education and Higher Education committees met on February 10, 2026, first hearing HB 1676, which would create an AI and education task force, require documentation from AI vendors before procurement or use, and appropriate funds. The Department of Education, Public Charter School Commission, and University of Hawaii all supported the bill’s intent and described existing AI literacy efforts, teacher training, guidance for students and staff, and privacy/monitoring safeguards. DOE said it had already convened an AI task force, produced a report, trained over 10,000 educators, and embedded AI into computer science and broader curricular guidance. Members questioned DOE about student privacy, harmful content monitoring, personal devices, cell phone policy, teacher training, and whether AI literacy should extend beyond computer science into all subjects and across rural schools. After discussion, the chair announced HB 1676 would be deferred to Friday, February 13, and that a HD1 draft would be prepared. The chair said the committee would revisit the task force composition and procurement standards, with possible elimination of the procurement section, and circulate the revised draft before the next hearing. The committee then recessed and later reconvened for HB 1811, a student loan repayment program for educators. Testimony from the Department of Education, Public Charter School Commission, University of Hawaii, Hawaii Teacher Standards Board, HSTA, and the Democratic Party of Hawaii Education Caucus was generally supportive, with HSTA and the Teacher Standards Board emphasizing teacher recruitment and retention, student loan burden, and the need to address the teacher shortage. In decision-making on HB 1811, the committees adopted the chair’s recommendation to pass the bill with amendments. The main amendment collapsed the repayment structure into a single disbursement of up to $25,000 after five years of service, with technical/non-substantive changes and a corrected effective date. Both the Education and Higher Education committees voted unanimously in favor. Later in the meeting, the Education Committee began hearing HB 1561 on student meals, which drew broad support from the Public Charter School Commission, Department of Health, HSTA, Hawaii Appleseed, Hawaii Children’s Action Network, and many individuals. Appleseed requested amendments to ensure charter schools are treated the same as other public schools if eligibility expands and to address reimbursement issues for schools already participating in the federal Community Eligibility Provision; members discussed those concerns but no action was taken in the portion of the transcript provided. The committee then moved on to HB 779, on expanding student meal coverage, where DOE supported the intent but said it could not support the bill in its current form because of fiscal constraints.

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• The use of expanded funds allows us to prioritize retention and stability of these essential positions
• us to prioritize retention and stability us to prioritize retention and stability of<01:26:52.960
• The number one predictor for academic success for our students is housing stability, but the number two
• The number one predictor for academic success for our students is housing stability, but the number two
• The number one predictor for academic success for our students is housing stability, but the number two

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Education Finance Committee met on January 28, 2025, to receive updates on chronic absenteeism work funded in the 2024 education finance bill. The chair introduced presentations from districts in the student attendance pilot program—Minneapolis, Columbia Heights, Chisago, and Rochester—and noted that the committee would also hear the student attendance and truancy legislative study group report and later a bill from Senator Weber. The chair also thanked educational assistants and paraprofessionals for their work in schools. Minneapolis Public Schools described common attendance challenges across pilot districts, including inconsistent attendance coding, weak family communication, difficulty identifying interventions, and uneven responses to absences. The district said pilot districts want statewide definitions for absences, tardies, and exempt codes, as well as better internal dashboards and clearer procedures. Minneapolis also highlighted strategies such as attendance teams at each school, quarterly postcards to families after five or more absences, Promise Fellows, home visits, multilingual communication through TalkingPoints, and a morning nurse line to help parents decide whether a child should stay home. The district said its main attendance goal is to raise consistent attendance from 68 percent to 80 percent by 2026. In response to committee questions, Minneapolis said its main post-COVID absenteeism reason has been illness or medical issues, followed by transportation problems, and that it does not penalize students for transportation-related absences. The district said it counts secondary absences when students miss more than three periods in a day, with truancy beginning after seven such absences, while elementary students are counted absent for the full day. Members also asked about whether reduced truancy referrals reflected more attendance or diversionary supports; the district said its approach is to focus on understanding root causes and providing support rather than quickly referring students to truancy processes. The district reported improved communication, greater parent awareness, and fewer truancy referrals so far, and said the attendance team model should be sustainable because it uses existing staff with clearer direction.

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• As you'll hear from our providers or other providers, uncompensated care affects the stability of our
• <00:39:28.200> of Uncompensated care, the stability of our system.
• The state was able to use federal money to do what we called emergency stabilization funding because
• ><01:20:36.199> emergency to do what we called emergency to do what we called emergency stabilization
• funding because of the stabilization funding because of the pandemic<01:20:39.920> because<01

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• You have moved the needle on poverty, stability, and justice.
• You have moved the needle on poverty, stability, and justice.
• You have moved the needle on poverty, stability, and justice.
• You have moved the needle on poverty, stability, and justice.
• You have moved the needle on poverty, stability, and justice.

Keywords: House streaming session for Saturday, April 11, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House convened with 122 members present, heard a prayer, and the Speaker urged members to remain respectful as difficult bills were expected later in the day. The chamber then moved through several ceremonial floor presentations honoring retiring members, including Delegate Barry S. Celebrity and Delegate Pam Queen, with resolutions read congratulating each on their years of service and lasting impact. The House also recognized an “interim birthday caucus” with a lighthearted resolution celebrating members born outside the session, followed by remarks and thanks from the Speaker and members. After the presentations, the House turned to business, including concurrence and nonconcurrence actions on Senate amendments. The chamber refused to concur in Senate amendments to House Bill 339 and House Bill 512, while House Bill 512 was then concurred in, read for final passage, and passed with 118 votes in favor and none opposed. The House also received messages indicating conference committees for several bills, including House Bills 107, 153, 769, 1063, and 1118. The House adopted favorable committee reports on a series of bills, sending many to third reading. These included measures on earned wage access, security guard certification renewal, county board and alcohol licensing matters, animal regulation, veteran status notation, procurement transparency, Public Information Act divorce records, election board qualifications, and a local sourcing database. During discussion of the local sourcing database bill, the minority whip asked whether business groups that had opposed the bill remained opposed after amendments; the floor leader explained the amended bill would require the Department of Commerce to create a searchable Maryland Local Sourcing Portal to connect businesses with local sources of tariff-impacted goods and services.

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• ,<02:19:50.479> public<02:19:50.800> services,<02:19:51.600> safety, stability,
• public services, safety, stability, public services, safety, infrastructure,<02:19:52.880> and
• They've opened access to the U.S. dollar for people who've never had that kind of financial stability
• They've opened access to the U.S. dollar for people who've never had that kind of financial stability
• They've opened access to the U.S. dollar for people who've never had that kind of financial stability

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 1012, house, all