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• commercial center.
• commercial center.
• It builds on the regional and national draw of destinations like the Chaska Curling Center by creating
• Prairie Center from cult classic movies Prairie Center from cult classic movies like<00:33:38.679><c>
• </c> with the Eden Prairie Center with the Eden Prairie Center Eden<00:35:01.280><c> Prairie</c><00:35

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• , secure and ethical use of artificial for the responsible, secure and ethical use of artificial intelligence
• So we keep the data internal in our secure environment.
• We built This Gen Ed tool in our secure cloud tenant.
• Candice Brower, Regional Council for North Florida, that the first region, 32 counties in North Florida
• That is the actual regional council in the 3rd region. And so he is retired and they have not.

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• 04.240><c> missiles,</c><00:08:04.879><c> everyone</c> security forces, the missiles, everyone security
• As China and Russia national security.
• </c> pipeline, entire regions pay the price. pipeline, entire regions pay the price.
• </c><03:39:38.160><c> profit</c><03:39:38.640><c> centered</c> to have profit centering profit centered
• . security. security.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, December 12, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• One operation that my agents Shut down 26 viable structures shown here.
• We, in fact, operate as a unit very much from my military background.
• We've also asked for a judicial security officer. Let me address that.
• But I do think it's time that we have a judicial security officer housed at the Judicial Center that
• puts together a statewide plan for judges and staff. security.

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• </c> evolving fields not only cyber security evolving fields not only cyber security and<00:14:01.240
• </c> Metro State in terms of cyber security Metro State in terms of cyber security so<00:15:35.519><c
• <00:29:45.880><c> artificial</c> security artificial security artificial intelligence<00:29:47.960><c
• independently operate uh we have a very independently operate uh we have a very strong<00:39:26.240><
• </c> the complex IRS Federal and Securities the complex IRS Federal and Securities and<00:39:44.520><

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• We have a national designation from the Department of Homeland Security and the National In operations
• We have a national designation from the Department of Homeland Security and the National Security Agency
• And then with North Dakota's stand-up of the 13 regional CTE centers, Minot has one here as well.
• center.
• There's not an actual center.

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• . operation. operation.
• . region. region.
• The regional burn treatment center we heard about, the hyperbaric medicine and advanced wound care we
• It has a very important poison treatment medical toxicology center that serves the region and the state
• </c><01:56:47.080><c> and</c><01:56:47.240><c> the</c> center that serves uh the region and the center

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• It's a $250,000 transfer from professional fees to operating expenses.
• Are those operating expenses more than what you'd anticipated?
• I have one in my district, Boonville Human Development Center.
• At all the centers, because it's a hard job. But right now, yes.
• We're already paying for security. It's very secure inside the gates.

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• And then Echo Glen Children's Center, you know, their safe operating capacity is 112.
• Placement limitations at the secure facilities.
• And then maximum security units or maximum security beds.
• Sometimes it's directly from a secure facility.
• Sometimes it's directly from a secure facility.

Summary: The committee heard testimony on the effects of H.R. 1 on Washington’s Medicaid, developmental disability, long-term care, and food assistance systems, followed by a separate discussion of juvenile rehabilitation caseloads and placement capacity. DSHS officials said HR1 could affect home equity rules, immigration-related eligibility, work requirements for some expansion-population enrollees, and provider taxes, while also creating a future opportunity for a new 1915(c) waiver. Advocates and providers warned that any state response that cuts home and community-based services would worsen already thin provider networks, increase waiting lists, push more people into hospitals or out-of-state placements, and strain families and workers. A pediatric behavioral health expert and a supported living provider said Medicaid reimbursement is already too low and further reductions would threaten outpatient, residential, and inpatient services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and severe behavioral needs. The committee then turned to SNAP and the state food assistance program. DSHS said HR1 would tighten work requirements and exemptions, end some immigrant eligibility for the federal program, eliminate the SNAP education program, raise state administrative costs, and eventually require Washington to share in benefit costs based on its error rate. Officials estimated large numbers of residents could lose or see reduced benefits, with significant added state costs. Anti-hunger advocates, a food bank director, and a SNAP recipient described the program as essential for low-income families, seniors, and people with disabilities, and said the changes would increase paperwork, reduce benefits, and worsen food insecurity while also harming local food economies. Testimony emphasized that food banks cannot replace SNAP and that work requirements may be difficult to meet for caregivers, people with disabilities, and those facing child care or transportation barriers. In the juvenile justice portion, the Caseload Forecast Council presented the JR forecast, which is currently mostly flat through the end of the biennium but expected to grow modestly over the longer term. Members discussed how policy choices, including the 2019 JR-25 law, have increased lengths of stay for adult-sentenced youth in JR, while diversion and other reforms have affected regular JR trends. A court researcher explained the data available to help forecast admissions and noted ongoing efforts to improve data sharing with JR, AOC, and county systems, though staffing and system-lag issues limit how quickly data can be produced. Juvenile court administrators and DCYF officials described the community-based juvenile justice continuum, rising complexity in the JR population, overcrowding at Green Hill and placement constraints at Echo Glen and Harbor Heights, and the need for more flexible community transition and mental health capacity. No votes were taken.

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• I'm the Director of Operations at Tribal Nations Research Group. We work with...
• I'm the Director of Operations at Tribal Nations Research Group.
• Yes, and I believe Standing Rock secured theirs, and so did MHA. Okay. Yes.
• Yes, and I believe Standing Rock secured theirs, and so did MHA. Okay. Yes.
• So for a year, the Recovery Center staff members brought him to So for a year, the Recovery Center staff

Summary: The meeting focused heavily on behavioral health and substance use treatment, especially the IMD exclusion and whether North Dakota should pursue a Section 1115 waiver to allow Medicaid reimbursement for services in institutions for mental diseases for adults ages 21 to 64. Turtle Mountain representatives described major local needs, including limited access to care, high syphilis rates, and the importance of timely public health data. They also discussed the tribe’s recovery center, which opened the prior year, now operating five levels of care with 16 beds, and the desire to expand capacity, possibly through an IMD waiver or related policy changes. Committee members also raised related issues such as rural health transformation funding, telehealth, workforce retention, and the need for better coordination between tribal and state public health systems. A central issue was Turtle Mountain Public Health’s long-running effort to secure a data use agreement with the state so it can receive surveillance data and respond directly to infectious disease cases among tribal members. Speakers said the tribe had a successful COVID-era agreement that allowed faster contact tracing and case management, but that agreement ended with the pandemic. They argued that current delays in sharing data, especially for sexually transmitted infections, leave the tribe unable to respond quickly, while the state and county epidemiology workload is too distant and stretched to be effective. Committee members expressed support and said they would look into the issue, noting that other tribes have secured similar agreements. The committee also heard a detailed presentation from the National Health Law Program on the IMD exclusion. The presenter explained that federal Medicaid law generally bars payment for care in facilities with more than 16 beds, but that states can use other tools such as state plan amendments, managed care arrangements, telehealth, and community-based services. He said IMD waivers are administratively complex, time-limited, and have shown mixed results in other states, with some gains in residential treatment access but limited evidence of improved overdose outcomes or stronger community-based care. He urged the committee to consider broader continuum-of-care solutions and cautioned that waivers alone are not a cure-all. No final vote was taken on the bill draft during the portion shown, but the committee discussed the proposal to appropriate $49,000 and one FTE to HHS to pursue an IMD waiver and report back in the next interim. Members also debated the policy rationale for the 16-bed limit, the role of the state versus tribal sovereignty, and whether the bill should move through the Health Care or Human Services committee in the future.

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• California has five fusion centers operating under the State Threat Assessment Center, embedded in a
• The fusion-center network operates mostly in secret, with opaque authorities and governance structures
• Fusion centers are ostensibly state-operated agents. legally or effectively.
• The fusion center network operates mostly in secret with opaque authorities and governance structures
• California's fusion centers are led by the State Threat Assessment Center, which is operated by the California

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• ,<00:07:50.560><c> forest</c><00:07:51.240><c> management,</c> operations, forest management, operations
• </c> Combined with the lack of an operating Combined with the lack of an operating adjustment,<00:09:
• agencies who own and operate the regional system.
• </c> require the the necessary operating require the the necessary operating adjustments<00:21:13.520
• Lack of operating their jobs.

Bills: HF2439

Keywords: environmental protection, pollution reduction, waste management, climate change, funding allocations, 1183, house

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• </c> be so it's systemwide safety security be so it's systemwide safety security which<00:05:11.039><
• We're also using that money to create a strategic Operations Center.
• It's a combination 911 center, camera center, and card access center—all the critical functions that
• </c><00:12:42.639><c> Center</c> into that strategic's Operation Center into that strategic's Operation
• Center is pulling all those security amenities I've talked about, and we're gluing them to one space

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• On to slide 8, we're looking at our base operating budget overview.
• On to slide 8, we're looking at our base operating budget overview.
• , and have the region work in conjunction with the state.
• While Florida alone could operate, I think it's the long term... ...could operate, I think.
• But you have to go to those disaster recovery centers.

Summary: The committee received a program review from the Florida Division of Emergency Management on the 2024 hurricane season and FEMA reimbursement process. Deputy Director Keith Pruitt described the impacts of Hurricanes Debby, Helene, and Milton, including major storm surge, flooding, tornadoes, debris removal, power restoration, flood-control deployments, sheltering, and logistics missions. He emphasized that Florida’s approach is “federally funded, state managed, locally executed,” and said the division has already obligated large amounts of public assistance funding and mitigation dollars while continuing to work on remaining missions and reimbursements. A major focus of the discussion was how local governments can better document and vet debris-removal and other disaster costs so they are eligible for FEMA reimbursement. Chair DiCeglie and other senators raised concerns about local planning, commercial debris collection, and whether counties and municipalities that spend money up front will be reimbursed. Pruitt explained that eligibility depends on documentation, scope of work, insurance, and FEMA rules, and that the state’s FROC process is intended to help counties identify eligible work before costs are incurred. He also said commercial debris may be eligible in some cases but is not guaranteed, and that counties should coordinate early with FDEM and FEMA. Senators also asked about possible FEMA reforms, the age of outstanding reimbursement claims, and a proposed state fund to advance money to fiscally constrained counties while they wait for FEMA payments. Pruitt said Florida’s system is a national best practice, but that more county-level training and clearer coordination would help reduce de-obligations and audit problems. He said the reimbursement-advance idea is still being developed, and that the state continues to look at ways to streamline mitigation through programs like Elevate Florida. The committee took no formal action beyond hearing the presentation, and the meeting adjourned after closing comments from senators praising FDEM’s work.

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• They'll designate these regions; they'll coordinate the regional meetings with help from local stakeholders
• The regional plans are basically, we've come together.
• To be able to stand up something similar to the Gateway Center in Albuquerque, but it's fully operational
• operating a crisis triage center. one in eastern New Mexico that's in the business of operating a crisis
• triage center.

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• It brings local governments together to make better regional decisions.
• progress that we've been making in the region around homelessness.
• Local governments and regions come together and address homelessness.
• Benjamin Henderson with the Western Center on Law and Poverty in support.
• Are they going to continue to operate? Are they going to seek not to do so?

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• It requires the owner of a data center that begins operation or expands after July 1, 2026, to annually
• The original House bill required data centers to curtail or reduce those loads in local and regional
• Also, the original House bill required data centers to curtail or reduce their loads in local or regional
• If the companies building today's data centers invest in storage solutions that allow them to keep operating
• If the companies building today's data centers invest in storage solutions that allow them to keep operating

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 2515, which addresses emerging large energy use facilities, especially data centers. Staff explained that the bill requires utilities to adopt tariffs or policies for data centers, adds reporting and sustainability requirements, sets renewable energy targets, and creates a sales tax exemption for certain eligible data center equipment in eastern Washington. The House sponsor said the bill is intended to protect ratepayers, grid reliability, water resources, and Washington’s climate goals as data center growth accelerates. Tribal representatives and several environmental and labor witnesses urged restoring provisions removed from the House version, especially authority to curtail data center load during energy emergencies and to refuse service if reliability or affordability would be harmed; they also asked for stronger water reporting and protections for salmon. Utility, business, and data center industry witnesses supported the bill’s general framework but raised concerns about implementation, costs, and some of the added requirements, while some opposed the tax exemption and the loss of earlier protections. No final action on 2515 was taken during the hearing portion shown. The committee then heard and acted on several bills in executive session. It passed Substitute House Bill 1302, which allows municipal utilities to waive connection charges for industrial symbiosis projects. It also passed House Bill 2338 on community-scaled weatherization projects after rejecting an amendment, and House Bill 2367 on eliminating preferential treatment for a coal-fired plant after rejecting an amendment. Substitute House Bill 2496 on tribal consultation by the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council was amended and then passed, while amendments to change public meeting and tribal summary provisions were rejected. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2225 on AI companion chatbots, House Bill 2426 on PCHB efficiency and appeals, House Bill 2606 on the Office of Privacy and Data Protection, Engrossed House Bill 2575 on reducing reporting obligations, and Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2215 on Climate Commitment Act compliance for fuels were also advanced, with some amendments adopted and others rejected. The committee then reopened public hearing on House Bill 2416, which would treat a Spokane waste-to-energy facility differently under the Climate Commitment Act by allocating no-cost allowances in the second compliance period and requiring a decarbonization and waste-reduction plan. Spokane city officials, labor, environmental groups, and Ecology generally supported the bill as a balanced approach that protects ratepayers while allowing the facility to decarbonize, though Avista raised a concern about language implying a utility compliance obligation. After that, the committee resumed testimony on House Bill 1170, which requires large AI providers to offer provenance tools and disclosures for AI-generated or altered images, video, and audio. Supporters said the bill would help workers and consumers identify synthetic media and prevent impersonation and misinformation, while industry and civil liberties witnesses argued the bill is technically difficult, uses new definitions, and may be unworkable or premature compared with California’s evolving approach.

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• We also have the 50th Regional Support Group.
• And we also currently have personnel deployed in the Florida Keys supporting border security operations
• So our operational tempo is high.
• Pete and the regional office, of course, here in Tallahassee.
• Boards that are locally appointed and locally operated.

Summary: The committee took up SB 116 by Senator Burgess, a veterans bill aimed at several FDVA-related changes. The bill would reduce annual nominations to the Florida Veterans Hall of Fame from 20 to 5, expand FDVA’s survey work to assess veterans’ awareness of available programs and their health literacy, add mental health training to the veterans suicide prevention pilot, strengthen coordination and reporting between Veterans Florida and FDVA, direct FDVA to develop a plan for adult day health care facilities statewide, and allow the Florida Veterans Foundation to use a portion of Gadsden flag plate proceeds for administrative costs. Senator Burgess said the measure builds on prior “Forward March” efforts and helps close service gaps for aging veterans and others who may not know about available benefits. Testimony on SB 116 was uniformly supportive. FDVA leadership said adult day health care could be added at existing facilities such as Port St. Lucie and Lake City, and that the state would need authority and funding to move forward. A veterans legal collaborative, AARP Florida, and Endeavors all voiced support, with speakers emphasizing the importance of better outreach, mental health awareness, and care options that allow veterans to remain at home. The committee then voted favorably on SB 116. The remainder of the meeting was devoted to agency and stakeholder presentations. Florida National Guard officials described a high operational tempo, deployments at home and abroad, hurricane response efforts, and the need to grow the force and infrastructure. FDVA’s adjutant general reported Florida now has the nation’s second-largest veteran population, rising in-migration of younger veterans, a large and aging Vietnam-era population, strong claims and outreach activity, declining veteran homelessness, and improved suicide prevention outcomes. The Florida Veterans Foundation outlined its emergency relief, dental, transportation, and license-plate-funded programs, while Veterans Florida and CareerSource Florida detailed workforce, apprenticeship, SkillBridge, entrepreneurship, and job-fair programs for veterans and spouses, along with efforts to expand recurring funding and better protect customer information.

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• Think about somebody who's trying to decarbonize their operations, right?
• And when you're talking about regional air pollution, and I can use our region, since we both know our
• There are currently seven private detention centers in California operating in four counties: San Bernardino
• There are currently seven private detention centers in California operating in four counties: San Bernardino
• Recently, we had a death at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center last month.

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• And the universities were included in that two billion state operations reduction.
• That makes a big difference when you apply the reduction to state operations.
• , and facility operations, streamlining processes and enhancing service quality.
• CSU is talking about regional education centers as a potential future model as... ...as is used in other
• The CSU is the university for all Californians and all regions of the state.

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