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• So, Madam Chair, Representative Chavez, with the network adequacy It's the way that the form is built
• So, Madam Chair, **Representative Torres-Velasquez** (member_22660), there is also an online form that
• Not acceptable in any way, shape, or form. We are theoretically responsible.
• Your apology is part and parcel of an admission of guilt in some way, in some form or fashion.
• We know that patients want answers, and they want apologies, and they want some form of reparation to

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• Nearly 75% of the states across the political and ideological spectrum have implemented some form of
• spectrum spectrum have<00:20:29.039> implemented<00:20:29.760> some<00:20:30.000> form
• <00:20:30.320> of have implemented some form of have implemented some form of specialized<
• 49.360> to<00:21:49.760> developing<00:21:50.559> simplified<00:21:51.520> forms
• committed to developing simplified forms committed to developing simplified forms and<00:21:52.720

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House Bill 518 and House Bill 652FN, both related to the family court system and child/family matters. HB 518 drew extended discussion about DCYF/DCYF’s role and whether the bill should be retained, amended, or studied further. Representative Love argued the agency is deeply troubled, citing abuse cases, lack of training, and fear among constituents, and said he would vote against ITL while preferring interim study so the bill could still be used as a future amendment vehicle. Other members emphasized that the family division has ongoing reform work underway and that abolishing or moving cases to superior court would not solve the underlying problems. On HB 652FN, the subcommittee chair and Representative Pearson gave a detailed defense of the family division, explaining its history, statewide structure, caseload, and the rationale for specialized family courts. Pearson said the bill would reverse progress by shifting jurisdiction back to superior court, overload dockets, and deprive families of judges with specialized expertise. He pointed to reforms already underway, including simplified forms, more mediation, and review of possible judicial bias patterns. Several members and public comments supported keeping the bill as a tool for reform rather than killing it, while critics argued the family court system suffers from due process, oversight, and rule-of-law problems. The committee also heard broader testimony on family court concerns, including allegations of systemic bias, discovery limits, unsworn witnesses, and lack of oversight, as well as support for mediation as a less adversarial and more effective option. Some members said the judiciary needs more judges and mediators, but that budget constraints limit those improvements. The discussion ended with no final vote recorded in the excerpt; instead, members continued debating whether the bills should be ITL’d or retained for interim study and further reform work.

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• We because if we really think about what the federal government was originally formed for, the reason
• it was formed was to protect our borders and to handle interstate commerce.
• the reason it was originally formed the reason it was formed<00:33:14.480> was<00:33:14.720><
• c> to<00:33:14.960> protect<00:33:15.200> our<00:33:15.440> borders formed was
• to protect our borders formed was to protect our borders >> and<00:33:17.200> to<00:33:

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Environment and Agriculture Committee met in work session on retained House Bill 396, which would exempt meat and meat food products slaughtered and prepared in-state for in-state sale from certain inspections. The discussion centered on the bill’s conflict with federal law and whether any state action could help small farmers process and sell cuts of meat locally. Representative Comtois argued the current federal system unfairly burdens New Hampshire farmers and consumers, while committee members and witnesses repeatedly noted that federal action would likely be required. Mr. Johnson explained that the committee’s prior resolution asked USDA to allow small and very small slaughter plants to use custom-exempt criteria with a third-party inspector, and said discussions had been held with federal offices, but no change had been secured. Members and witnesses described the practical limits facing small producers, including the scarcity of USDA-inspected facilities in New Hampshire, long booking lead times, and the cost of shipping animals out of state. Representative German and others noted that slaughter schedules and seasonal grazing patterns make compliance difficult for smaller farms. Farm Bureau representatives said they were continuing to educate federal officials, but that the USDA secretary’s visit to a local operation had been rejected. They also explained that one local operation can process USDA-inspected meat, but that still involves federal inspection. Several members asked about possible exemptions, workarounds, or whether a state bill would be needed if federal relief were granted; the response was that a federal exemption or rule change would be sufficient and no state action would then be required. The committee also heard broader policy views. Senator Dan Innis said there was strong Senate support for helping small farms and that the issue is mainly federal overreach and economics, not food safety, while acknowledging the risk of federal enforcement against farmers. He compared the issue to other federal-state conflicts and said the current law reflects outdated concerns from the early meatpacking era. Members discussed whether the bill should be amended to include limits on the number of animals processed, similar to poultry rules, to make it more politically viable. No vote was taken during the work session, and the bill remained under discussion for possible amendment before the retained-bill deadline.

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• forward to updating the committee and the Legislature more broadly on the progress and are assumed to form
• of grew up with that fear of someone might take my child or abuse my child in some way, shape, or form
• And so, you know, you consider... ...some way, shape, or form to a child.
• There's a time frame that goes along with that, you know. ...in some way, shape, or form, there's a time
• , rallies, petitions, and perseverance—before family child care providers finally won the right to form

Summary: The California State Assembly Select Committee on Child Care Costs held its first hearing to examine the state of child care access, affordability, and provider compensation. Chair Cecilia Aguiar-Curry and other members described child care as essential infrastructure for working families and the economy, noting that costs are unaffordable for many households and that providers are underpaid. Early testimony came from a San Francisco parent, Quinn Chung, who described the difficulty of finding safe care and the financial and career sacrifices caused by lack of child care, and from Tuolumne County provider Anita Viscini, who detailed her monthly costs, low margins, and the need to work weekends and teach CPR classes to make ends meet. Assemblymembers also emphasized the crisis in rural communities and the need for a long-term strategy. The first policy panel featured Jennifer Troia of the California Department of Social Services, Laura Pryor of the California Budget and Policy Center, and Alexa Frankenberg of Child Care Providers United. Troia said the state has nearly doubled child care funding in five years, expanded subsidy slots, and reached a new tentative three-year agreement with providers that includes cost-of-living adjustments, stabilization payments, and continued work on an alternative rate methodology and single rate structure. Pryor argued that despite funding gains, child care remains too expensive, only a fraction of eligible children receive subsidies, and provider wages remain far below comparable jobs, worsening racial and gender inequities. Frankenberg said the tentative agreement is progress but not enough, calling for a true cost-of-care system, fair wages, paid time off, better support for emergency and nontraditional care, and stronger integration of family child care into the mixed-delivery system. Members asked about why the crisis persists, how the alternative methodology will work, how family fees and sliding-scale help are being used, and why middle-income families still struggle. The panel said the problem reflects long-term underinvestment, a broken market, and a system that still leaves many families without access. The committee also heard an economic panel from Ashley Hoffman of the California Chamber of Commerce and Sarah Bone of the Public Policy Institute of California. Hoffman described employer child care benefits and public-private partnership models in other states, including shared-cost programs and local chamber efforts. Bone said child care costs reduce family financial security and labor force participation, especially for mothers of young children, and estimated that if mothers of young children worked at the same rate as mothers of older children, more than 80,000 additional women could be in the workforce each year. In the final panel, parent and provider advocates, including Jennifer Greppie and Black Californians United for Early Care and Education co-founder Keisha Doyle, argued for fully funding child care, ending waiting lists, protecting culturally affirming care, and addressing racial inequities and private equity’s role in the sector.

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• Senate Bill 8 is the Texas Women's Privacy Act in the same form that it passed the Texas Senate floor
• This bill has been heard, of course, in various forms in the regular session and this special session
• We, on a federal level, marijuana is placed on Schedule 1, which is known as one of the highest forms
• But like she also said, I need a fair amount of medical remedy in the form of THC.
• Traffickers do so as a form of control.

Bills: SB6, SB7, SB8, SB11, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB 6, SB 7, SB 8, SB 11, SB 12, SB 13, SB 15, SB 17

Keywords: SB 6, Woman and Child Protection Act, abortion, abortion-inducing drugs, medication abortion, mifepristone, misoprostol, pro-life, pro-choice, Texas abortion law, civil liability, qui tam, private enforcement, bounty hunter law, attorney general, parens patriae, abortion litigation, anti-SLAPP, Texas Citizens Participation Act, fee shifting

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• AB 62 basically came out of the advisory committee on housing, which was formed in 2019, if memory serves
• The advisory committee on housing was formed in 2019, if memory serves.
• scenario can easily be applied to any out-of-state student, since the student ID is acceptable as a form
• But the bill in its current form not only doesn't do that, I think it inadvertently creates a flavor
• But the bill in its current form not only doesn't do that, I think it inadvertently creates a flavor

Bills: AB568, SB90, SB133, SB147, SB229, SB233, SB240, SB245, SB280, SB378, SB393, SB417, SB434, SB494, SB495, AB62, SB104, SB119, SB132, SB193, SB262, SB422, SB431, SB435, SB468, SB503

Keywords: higher education, Nevada System of Higher Education, operational expenses, instructional expenses, public funding, education funding, teacher grants, classroom supplies, instructional support, specialized personnel, civics education, Nevada Center for Civic Engagement, funding, youth programs, civic involvement, Southern Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas Valley, regional planning, economic resiliency

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• This was formed out of hate, the same terrible joy that burned institutions in Germany, in intent to
• regarding transgender healthcare and medical expertise, um, The legislators should not dictate any form
• Issue with then they will provide a copy of that to a form.
• They'll turn that form to the librarian, and then there's the process, an appeals process by which that
• They go to a committee is formed, people read the entire book because that's another thing I really.

Bills: HB 45, HB 755, HB 1232, HB 1555, HB 2460, HB 2702, HB 2973, HB 3120, HB 3225, HB 3314, HB 3356, HB 3371, HB 3634, HB 3638, HB 4247, HB 4283, HB 4290, HB 4302, HB 4503, HB 4511, HB 4565, HB 4581, HB 4627, HB 4632, HB 4660, HB 4668, HB 4960, HB 5042

Keywords: housing, affordable housing, rent control, landlord-tenant laws, housing rights, lobbying, public entities, expenditures, government code, transparency, Texas Ethics Commission, government regulation, lobbying restrictions, government accountability, taxpayer money, HB 1232, whistleblower, whistleblower protection, public employee, retaliation

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• We don't meet the criteria or the forms are too great to overcome. to meet it.
• permits. and other authorized entities to accept DDLs, or digital driver's licenses, as available. form
• The Better Identity Coalition itself was formed in 2018. to partner with policymakers to improve the
• These are time-consuming, they can be frustrating to users, and it leads to abandonments in the form.
• They're, they're, uh, uh, several judges have reached out to me about this bill in its original form

Bills: HB2034, HB2436, HB3010, HB3033, HB3138, HB3177, HB3426, HB3686, HB3858, HB4176, HB4257, HB4264, HB4804, HCR98

Keywords: groundwater, foreign ownership, national security, water permits, environmental health, deadly conduct, firearm, recklessness, peace officer, prosecution, Penal Code, Texas laws, disaster recovery, infrastructure, rural communities, grants, state funding, emergency management, HB 3033, Texas Department of Public Safety

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• There's a form that hospitals have to submit.
• The e-visit is a patient-initiated form in their patient portal.
• There's no forms you fill out.
• I mean, that's a very expensive form of care.
• Well, it comes in the ketamine form. It comes in. Do you know? Well, it comes in the ketamine form.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• So, since this agency was formed about a year and a half ago, I've got in your handout...
• So, since this<01:20:31.360> agency<01:20:31.760> was<01:20:31.920> formed<01:20
• about a year and this agency was formed about a year and a<01:20:33.040> half<01:20:33.199>
• I'll be glad to get you a that form.
• if you need to look at copy of that form if you need to look at it. it. it.

Keywords: Appropriations - Room 409, 22 January, 2026; 1:30 P.M., 925, all

Summary: The committee first heard from the Mississippi Auctioneer Commission, which requested level funding. PJ Lindsay reported the agency granted 29 new auctioneer applications and 9 new firm applications, received 3 complaints, resolved 1, signed 1 consent order, and issued 1 suspension. Members questioned the commission about its cash balance, reserve levels, and a large variance between prior spending and the FY26 request; staff explained the difference was tied to technology and contractual costs, including planned computer system updates and out-of-state conference travel for board members. The commission also noted that auctioneering oversight is important because an estimated $4.5 billion will flow through Mississippi escrow accounts in 2025. The Board of Optometry then presented its budget and organizational changes. Board leaders said the board had transitioned away from a state employee model to a management company arrangement with JBAR/Cornerstone, which they said saved about $43,000 and improved service and efficiency. They described the creation of a licensing database and a new back-end system, and said the board was generally seeking level funding with a small increase for computer equipment tied to the new system. Committee members asked about the impact on PERS contributions, the former employee’s retirement, the board’s cash balance, lease arrangements, and whether licensees had complained; the board said the change required legislative approval, the former employee retired, the cash balance was about $399,900, and service complaints had decreased. The Mississippi Board of Licensure for Engineers and Surveyors reported a busy FY2025, including moving most licensure applications online, accepting supporting documents by email, expanding K-12 and college outreach, hosting student interns, visiting ABET-accredited schools, decoupling the surveyor exam registration process, and awarding about $400,000 in grants to engineering programs. The board said it licenses about 15,000 engineers and surveyors plus 8,500 interns, with most registrants from out of state, and that its fees are among the lowest nationally. For the budget, the board requested level funding overall but also sought a new investigator position, 5% salary progressions, increased travel funding for national meetings and STEM outreach, more contractual money for internships and IT modifications, additional supplies, and restoration of a $600,000 grant program that is funded every other year to support university and community college engineering and surveying programs. The board said its operations are supported by fees and that its cash balance is about $1.6 million.

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• on the state's dedicated funds, which were all over the place and unknown to most people, and we formed
• ,<01:24:21.600> but exploitation in all forms, but exploitation in all forms, but especially
• If you're interested in participating, there's a brief form at breakingbreadnewhampshire.org, and the
• <03:16:06.960> the beginning, a group of members formed the beginning, a group of members
• reports, receiving messages, and forming reports, receiving messages, and forming committees<03:

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• c> a<01:53:55.440> close when a student forms a close when a student forms a close relationship
• <04:16:16.239> of laws in our Republican form of laws in our Republican form of government
• Denying the people form of government.
• Speaker, if I form of voting, but Mr.
• There are no every form of in the state.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• This has passed the House in some form overwhelmingly in recent sessions.
• I'm trying to form it in my head.
• I don't even know how to form a question with that.
• If you could just... trying to form it in my head. Um, trying to form it in my head.
• Um, are you I I study committee form.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Uh my only other, you know, uh formed.
• So and so, can you sign this form for this state, this form for this date?"
• So and so, can you sign this form for this state, this form for this date?"
• So and so, can you sign this form for this state, this form for this date?"
• for this state, this you sign this form for this state, this form<02:00:45.840> for<02:00:46.000

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I will not progress it past this committee with the language in its current form.
• I will not progress it past this committee with the language in its current form.
• I'm certainly amenable to discussions about, you know, some language. the language in its current form
• Okay, you will need to fill out a witness form, but I'm going to let you go ahead and answer the inquiry

Keywords: 959, house, all

Summary: The Missouri House Legislative Rules Committee met with a quorum and first voted to recommit Senate Substitute for Senate Bill 889 to the House committee of origin after the chair said language in the bill appeared to be aimed at banning corporal punishment in public schools and needed closer review. That motion passed 9-2. The committee then took up a long list of House bills and several committee substitutes, with members briefly discussing a few measures, including school discipline, emergency panic buttons in schools, unemployment administration, and initiative petition rules. Among the bills advanced were measures on tourism funding (HB 1671), county health officers (HB 1699), library boards (HBs 1728, 2161, and 1830), child maintenance related to DWI fatalities (HB 1910), foreign law/Sharia law (HBs 2139 and 2175), post-conviction relief (HB 2254), local taxation (HB 2431), licensed child care facilities (HB 2506), administrative rules and the Secretary of State (HB 2563), workforce training grants (HB 2585), water resources (HB 2693), water service line fees (HB 2732), hospital zones (HB 2753), prepaid wireless emergency telephone charges (HB 2767), military leave (HBs 3083 and 2940), health care provider networks (HB 388), mobile food vendor licensing (HB 3157), school emergency response devices (HB 3174), property owner compensation in larger cities (HB 32110), youth driving offenses (HB 3220), insurance regulations (HB 3314), obsolete tax credits (HB 3329), public water supply districts (HBs 3351 and 3371), downtown redevelopment incentives (HB 3395), workplace violence prevention in health care settings (HB 3401), pass-through entity taxation (HB 3405), county development disability resource board levies (HB 3467), county finances (HB 3496), the Seal of Civic Recognition Award (HCR 31), and the America 250 Commission resolution (HCR 52). The committee also advanced HB 3383 on nonprofit hiring practices and a Senate property tax measure combining Senate Bills 1066 and 1088. Not all measures passed: HB 1734 on the Soil Erosion Control Fund failed 5-6. Most other bills were reported do pass, often unanimously or by wide margins, though several had dissenting or present votes. The chair closed by thanking sponsors and noting the committee likely would meet again later in the week, probably Thursday, before adjourning.

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• those lines, we did offer amendments to amend the language of the resolution more back to its original form
• back to language of the resolution more back to its<00:10:25.920> original<00:10:26.360> form
• its<00:10:27.800> intent<00:10:28.800> uh<00:10:28.960> for its original form
• and its intent uh for its original form and its intent uh for the<00:10:29.720> the<00:10:29.880

Bills: SCR142, SCR39, SCR40, SCR83, SCR168, SCR96, SCR166, SCR172

Keywords: dust monitoring, public health, environmental quality, Waimanalo Gulch, air quality, particulate matter, community engagement, health risks, pollution mitigation, mattress stewardship, environmental protection, recycling, producer responsibility, solid waste management, environment, pollution, tourism, disposable bodyboards, polystyrene, marine ecosystems

Summary: The Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection held its final hearing of the session on April 17, 2026, and took up a series of Senate concurrent resolutions focused on environmental protection, waste reduction, and energy policy. Measures discussed included SCR 142 on dust monitoring near Waimanalo Gulch, SCR 39 on a mattress stewardship program, SCR 40 on banning disposable bodyboards, SCR 83 on a lithium-ion battery disposal facility, SCR 168 on a demolition waste reduction working group, SCR 96 on reporting on the Hawaii Electric Reliability Administrator, SCR 166 on PUC considerations for a generational energy commitment, and SCR 172 on a comprehensive analysis to reduce costs and financial risk while meeting state goals. Testimony was generally supportive of the environmental and waste-management measures. The Department of Health supported SCR 39 and provided comments on SCR 142; Climate Protectors Hawaii supported SCR 39, SCR 83, SCR 168, and SCR 172; the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development and Hawaii Reef and Ocean's Coalition submitted comments or support on SCR 168; and the Public Utilities Commission provided comments on SCR 96 and SCR 166. On SCR 166, Greenpeace Hawaii testified in opposition to LNG, arguing it would worsen pollution and climate impacts, while Earthjustice supported the intent but suggested amendments. Earthjustice also supported SCR 172 and offered friendly amendments to improve the study language. In decision-making, the chair recommended deferral of SCR 142 because an existing regulatory framework already addresses the issue. The committee then voted to pass SCR 39, SCR 40, SCR 83, SCR 96, and SCR 166 unamended. SCR 168 was passed with amendments to reflect OPSD's requested changes and to make the working group temporary, with a two-year term and annual reports due before session. SCR 172 was passed with amendments accepted from Earthjustice. Rep. Quinlan was noted as excused for the votes, and the committee adjourned after adopting the final recommendation.

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• information systems alongside two master's degrees, one in HR management and another in leadership, forming
• It's a simple check mark on the form: I am an Arizona resident or I am not an Arizona resident.
• And we put this into a bill form, and that's why we recommend passage. On a resident.
• And we put this into a bill form, and that's why we recommend passage.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• 1.14 of the bill, it establishes the portal, which is gleaning information from certified payroll forms
• If you were to look at the DLI certified payroll form, it has, you know, employee name, address, days
• 1.14 of the bill, it establishes the portal, which is gleaning information from certified payroll forms
• If you were to look at the DLI certified payroll form, it has, you know, employee name, address, days

Keywords: 1183, house

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• that this is a special procurement, and so staff has prepared the special procurement justification form
• Special Procurement Justification Form.
• It is the second sole-source by justification form in your green packet from the Department of Education
• And I'll also mention this is your third and final sole source by justification form in your green packet

Summary: The subcommittee reviewed multiple methods of finance and construction items, including projects for Arkansas State University, Black River Technical College, UAMS, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, and UCA. The UAPB Allied Health and Sciences Building appeared both as a method of finance and as an alternative delivery construction project, with East Harding Construction selected and AMR Architects as designer. Members approved the methods of finance, the alternative delivery project, and several discretionary grants, including Department of Health grants for a heart attack center designation and community health worker training, and DHS grants related to homeless services, behavioral health transition support, and an enabling technology pilot. The committee then reviewed service contracts, including RFQs, construction-related contracts, intergovernmental agreements, and a large number of out-of-state and in-state contracts. Testimony focused heavily on DHS staffing and state hospital contracts, the Arkansas State Police seatbelt survey, AEDC’s lithium supply chain analysis, and Shared Administrative Services’ new SuccessFactors performance-management contract. Members asked detailed questions about contract nursing costs, turnover, hiring timelines, and whether some contracts were being renewed or amended beyond their original projected costs. DHS and Veterans Affairs officials explained staffing shortages, retention incentives, and the use of contract labor as a supplement to state employees. Several contracts drew scrutiny and were held for further review. Representative Wardlaw raised concerns about projected costs and repeated amendments on the Department of Education security contract and on DHS staffing contracts, arguing that some had exceeded their original projected totals. The committee voted to hold contracts 5, 7, and 8 until Friday, while adopting the remaining contracts. The meeting ended after informational reports on service contract amendments without material change, executed contracts, and emergency procurements were presented, with no further business before adjournment.

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• that this is a special procurement, and so staff has prepared the special procurement justification form
• It is the first one in your green packet behind your agenda. ...justification form.
• And it is the second sole source by justification form in your green packet from the Department of Education
• And I'll also mention this is your third and final sole source by justification form in your green packet

Keywords: 1204, all