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• We involve our firefighters.
• We involve our firefighters.
• We involve our firefighters.

Bills: HF3738, HF2295, HF3520, HF3666

Keywords: pediatric care, hospital discharge, home care, healthcare accessibility, nursing services, family support, mental health, crisis services, Dakota County, mobile crisis response, public safety, treatment services, rehabilitation, behavioral health fund, client eligibility, home and community-based services, case management, waiver services, county services, disability advocacy

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• And it's not just caseworkers and social workers and judges; it's first responders, cops, firefighters
• Not just caseworkers and social workers and judges; it's first responders, cops, firefighters, foster
• And it also includes an untested, legally raid of a law enforcement officers' and firefighters' pension

Bills: HB2720, HB2073, HB2681, SB5467, SB5820, SB5863, SB5892, SCR8406, HB2487, HB2711, SB5816, SB5919, SB5995, SB6278

Keywords: behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, cannabis, license fees, regulatory framework, revenue generation, legalization, SB 5467, water-sewer district, water sewer district, surplus property, public property sale, local government

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• of small communities that had issues like this where the mayor came in and would not renew the firefighters
• of small communities that had issues like this where the mayor came in and would not renew the firefighters
• of small communities that had issues like this where the mayor came in and would not renew the firefighters

Bills: HB0002, HB0022

Keywords: building permits, local government, residential construction, permit timelines, code compliance, municipal officers, recall election, petition requirements, local governance, voter participation, 916, all

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• Mathematics and Sciences. 4.3 million to the Sciences. 4.3 million to the Sciences. 4.3 million to the Firefighters
• Personnel Standards and Firefighters Personnel Standards and Firefighters Personnel Standards and Education

Bills: HB 29, HB 125, HB 145, HB 171, HB 255, HB 50, HB 796, HB 363, HB 116, HB 491, HB 589, HB 1495, HB 368, HB 1285, HB 1905, HB 1360, HB 2002, HB 917, HB 2723, HB 2067, HB 1238, HB 2337, HB 745, HB 1188, HB 1606, HB 2003, HB 2147, HB 2391, HB 2355, HB 2546, HB 2495, HB 2818, HB 2249, HB 1749, HB 3109, HB 3228, HB 3240, HB 1507, HB 658, HB 1748, HB 1851, HB 1922, HB 2001, HB 2798, HB 107, HCR 29, SB 5, SB 262, HB 11, HJR 72, HB 106, HB 18, HB 48, HB 27, HB 37, HB 1481, HB 581, HB 1696, HB 2216, HB 1035, HB 1633, HB 742, HB 754, HB 1689, HB 1690, HB 2669, HB 391, HB 517, HB 1024, HB 1607, HB 252, HB 1716, HB 1562, HB 4116, HB 1866, HB 1741, HB 2103, HB 2637, HB 2884, HB 503, HB 1089, HB 2986, HB 972, HB 502, HB 29, HB 125, HB 145, HB 171, HB 255, HB 50, HB 796, HB 363, HB 116, HB 491, HB 589, HB 1495, HB 368, HB 1285, HB 1905, HB 1360, HB 2002, HB 917, HB 2723, HB 2067, HB 1238, HB 2337, HB 745, HB 1188, HB 1606, HB 2003, HB 2147, HB 2391, HB 2355, HB 2546, HB 2495, HB 2818, HB 2249, HB 1749, HB 3109, HB 3228, HB 3240, HB 1507, HB 658, HB 1748, HB 1851, HB 1922, HB 2001, HB 2798, HB 107, HCR 29

Keywords: water audit, water loss, water loss mitigation plan, municipally owned utility, municipal utility, water conservation, Texas Water Development Board, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water leakage, leak detection, billing data accuracy, utility validation, water audit validation, water scarcity, water management, infrastructure, public utility, conservation plan, administrative penalty

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• 18.040><c> veteran</c> Representative Baker continued: In 2022, when Ryan Leif Ericson, a veteran firefighter
• By trade, I'm a firefighter for the city up there in Duluth, so these radios are very key to a lot of
• By trade, I'm a firefighter for the city up there in Duluth, so these radios are very key to a lot of

Keywords: 1183, house

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• . >> We have to work on getting a background check for firefighters too at some point. >> Okay.
• on getting a a background<01:08:46.719><c> check</c><01:08:46.880><c> for</c><01:08:47.120><c> firefighters
• </c><01:08:47.679><c> too</c><01:08:47.920><c> at</c> background check for firefighters too at background
• check for firefighters too at some<01:08:48.239><c> point.

Keywords: 920, all

Summary: The Alabama Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a roll call establishing a quorum. Senators then adopted the prior day’s journal and excused absent members. A lengthy point of personal privilege followed, in which Senator Smith criticized the prior day’s handling of the special order calendar and argued that minority-party senators were denied the chance to speak, while Senator Coleman said Senate Bill 318 had been removed from the calendar and tied that to Child Abuse Prevention Month; she also noted Senate Bill 43, which would provide civil recourse for child sex assault survivors, had not advanced. The presiding officer also recognized guests in the gallery, including staff from the Alabama Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention and members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. The Senate then received multiple committee reports, largely on a unanimous or near-unanimous basis. Finance and Taxation Education reported favorably on House Bills 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 565, 517, and 98, and Senate Bill 380, with some substitutes or amendments; Finance and Taxation General Fund reported Senate Bill 378 favorably; County and Municipal Government reported House Bills 568, 499, and 433; Education Policy reported House Bills 8 and 380; Banking and Insurance reported House Bill 545; Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development reported House Bill 586 with two nays; Healthcare reported House Bills 533 and 605; Tourism and Marketing reported House Bills 513 and 626 and Senate Bill 357; and local legislation committees reported several Mobile County and Madison County bills, including Senate Bill 379 relating to Madison County and various House bills, all advancing to the next legislative day. In motions and resolutions, the Senate agreed to allow committee reports to be received at any time during the day. Several resolutions were introduced and referred to the Rules Committee, including Senate Joint Resolution 100 honoring Presley Skelton, SJR 101 commending Auburn University’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, SJR 102 establishing the Alabama Forest Products Retention and Pulp and Paper Mill Stability Study Commission, SJR 103 mourning Norman Wendell Arnold, and SJR 104 designating Alabama as the river state. The chamber also suspended the rules to take up Senate Joint Resolution 105, commending Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth for his service; the resolution included a lengthy recitation of his background and accomplishments and was read for immediate consideration with all senators added as sponsors.

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• Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred House Bill 59FN, an act relative to the assault of a firefighter
• 35.680><c> of</c><03:52:35.840><c> a</c> relative to the assault of a relative to the assault of a firefighter
• ,<03:52:36.640><c> emergency</c><03:52:37.199><c> medical</c><03:52:37.600><c> care</c> firefighter,
• emergency medical care firefighter, emergency medical care provider,<03:52:38.399><c> or</c><03:52:38.640

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• administration, over 20,000 Minnesotans who've been serving for over 10 years in jobs like teaching, firefighting
• 09.199><c> teaching,</c> over 10 years in jobs like teaching, over 10 years in jobs like teaching, firefighting
• ,<01:25:10.960><c> um,</c><01:25:11.120><c> childare</c><01:25:11.679><c> work,</c> firefighting, um,
• childare work, firefighting, um, childare work, nursing,<01:25:12.400><c> and</c><01:25:12.639><c> other

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And for folks that don’t know, um, Edina also has all their firefighters are also EMTs, EMS, because
• And for folks that don’t know, um, Edina also has all their firefighters are also EMTs, EMS, because
• the ambulance crews,<02:40:19.520><c> the</c><02:40:19.680><c> paramedic</c><02:40:20.240><c> firefighters
• </c><02:40:21.359><c> as</c> crews, the paramedic firefighters as crews, the paramedic firefighters as

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The firefighters were always exempted, particularly because they are the only ones who currently have
• this act shall be construed to, we first add to the provision on line 17 and pair the right of firefighters
• this act shall be construed to, we first add to the provision on line 17 and pair the right of firefighters
• this act shall be construed to, we first add to the provision on line 17 and pair the right of firefighters
• It was not the firefighters of Wyoming who filibustered this House for 22 hours."

Keywords: 916, all

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• Representative B. asked whether the federal employees covered by the bill include the firefighters at
• Representative B. then asked whether the federal employees covered by the bill include firefighters at
• do the federal employees<01:36:27.360><c> include</c><01:36:27.760><c> the</c><01:36:28.000><c> firefighters
• </c><01:36:28.719><c> at</c> employees include the firefighters at employees include the firefighters

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• keep our first responders, meaning law enforcement officers, correctional probation officers, firefighters
• keep our first responders, meaning law enforcement officers, correctional probation officers, firefighters
• keep our first responders, meaning law enforcement officers, correctional probation officers, firefighters
• keep our first responders, meaning law enforcement officers, correctional probation officers, firefighters
• keep our first responders, meaning law enforcement officers, correctional probation officers, firefighters

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• employees—10 out of nearly 500 full-time employees, 25 if you include early retirements—and no firefighters
• They don’t work for the teachers or the nurses or the firefighters or the factory workers or the waitresses
• 38.840><c> the</c> for the teachers or the nurses or the for the teachers or the nurses or the firefighters
• ><c> the</c><07:13:39.920><c> factory</c><07:13:40.240><c> workers</c><07:13:40.840><c> or</c> firefighters
• or the factory workers or firefighters or the factory workers or the<07:13:41.240><c> waitresses</c>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• and alternative methods, and I really think about it a lot as how, you know, Manchester has 200 firefighters
• and alternative methods, and I really think about it a lot as how, you know, Manchester has 200 firefighters
• and alternative methods, and I really think about it a lot as how, you know, Manchester has 200 firefighters
• Firefighters, but a rural region is going to have a volunteer department, and so we need to get creative
• and alternative methods, and I really think about it a lot as how, you know, Manchester has 200 firefighters

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• existing requirement on sprinkling save not only residents of those buildings but also protect firefighters
• There's great history showing that provides property protection, and firefighter safety is a huge part
• </c><01:45:52.239><c> um</c><01:45:52.400><c> safety</c><01:45:52.880><c> is</c> protection and firefighter
• um safety is protection and firefighter um safety is a<01:45:53.440><c> huge</c><01:45:53.600><c> part
• No, sir, you don't even have to be certified as a firefighter to be a fire chief in New Hampshire.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It means that our sheriffs, our firefighters, and first responders have reliable funding for the roads
• It means that our sheriffs, our firefighters,<02:22:18.479><c> and</c><02:22:18.640><c> first</c><02:
• 22:18.880><c> responders</c><02:22:19.920><c> have</c> firefighters, and first responders have firefighters
• local leaders, our county commissioners, our school superintendents, our teachers and parents, and firefighters
• I reserve the balance of my time. parents and firefighters just like these parents and firefighters just

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

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• He was also a devoted member of the Haverstraw Fire Department, proudly serving as a junior firefighter
• Department, proudly serving as a Fire Department, proudly serving as a junior<00:06:01.759><c> firefighter
• </c><00:06:02.960><c> For</c><00:06:03.199><c> someone</c><00:06:03.520><c> so</c> junior firefighter
• For someone so junior firefighter.
• Speaker, I rise today to recognize firefighter Kenny Beck, who has retired after 25 years of dedicated

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, September 18, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• to more modern, complex remediation projects like the Pease Tradeport, where contamination from firefighting
• And then funds from that fund have also been used to support a very successful aqueous firefighting foam
• takeback program that we ran this past year, where we collected over 11,000 gallons of legacy firefighting
• And then funds from that fund have also been used to support a very successful aqueous firefighting foam
• takeback program that we ran this past year, where we collected over 11,000 gallons of legacy firefighting

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Environment and Agriculture Committee held an introductory orientation for members, many of whom were new or newly assigned to the committee. Leadership emphasized that the committee is intended to operate in a nonpartisan, collaborative way, and members introduced themselves and described their backgrounds in farming, gardening, food service, environmental work, water and waste issues, veterinary work, and related fields. Several members noted personal ties to homesteading, livestock, orcharding, food security, landfill concerns, and animal welfare, while others said they were eager to learn the committee’s work. The chair then reviewed committee procedures and expectations. Members were told the committee would generally meet on Tuesdays, with hearings starting around 10 a.m. and often running until about 4:30 p.m., and that absences, substitutes for executive sessions, and email communications would be handled through House rules and the committee’s email system. The chair also covered decorum rules for live-streamed meetings, including professional dress, limiting food and drink at the table, and giving full attention to witnesses. Members were reminded that legislative emails are subject to public records laws and that the committee may soon transition to a new email domain. The chair also explained logistics such as bill folders, committee room storage, and emergency procedures for evacuation or shelter-in-place. No bills were debated or voted on in this meeting, but the chair noted that the committee already had roughly two dozen bills pending, including animal welfare, landfill, policy, and cat-and-dog related measures. Members were told to expect a broad mix of topics beyond agriculture, including solid waste and animal-related legislation.

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• plane, flew to New York, rented a truck, and organized a volunteer drive, giving out boots to firefighters

Summary: The Assembly met in session after a quorum call, prayer, and pledge, then spent much of the day on recognitions and ceremonial resolutions. Members honored the 2025-26 Assembly Fellows and California Council on Science and Technology Policy Fellows, and also introduced numerous guests, including Science Bowl national champions, visiting students, advocates, and international dignitaries. Procedural actions included removing several Senate bills from consent, suspending rules for memorial adjournments and guests, and taking up items on the daily and third reading files. On the floor, members concurred in Senate amendments to AB 2106 (civil actions) by a 65-0 vote. The Assembly also adopted ACR 199 recognizing India’s Independence Day, HR 119 recognizing National Referees Day, HR 125 recognizing Chicano Heritage Month, ACR 221 on sudden cardiac arrest awareness, AB 2597 appropriating about $7.4 million to pay state claims with urgency, and ACR 231 designating Coastal Stewardship Day. Each measure drew supportive remarks from authors and colleagues, often highlighting community contributions, public health, or environmental protection. Several resolutions were opened for coauthors before voice votes, and the chamber also heard guest introductions tied to the honorees. The most extended debate centered on HR 126, proclaiming September as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Assembly Member Pellerin spoke personally about losing her husband to suicide and urged open conversation, warning signs awareness, and support for 988 and mental health care. Multiple members added testimony about youth suicide, LGBTQ+ youth, Native American communities, training for adults, and the importance of reducing stigma. The resolution was adopted with 63 coauthors added. The Assembly then adopted HR 127 recognizing Transgender History Month, with members citing California history, civil rights milestones, and current concerns about attacks on transgender people; 47 coauthors were added before adoption. The final item shown was HR 129 on Sarcoma Awareness Month, with authors and joint authors describing the disease as a “forgotten cancer,” the need for earlier diagnosis and research, and a cluster of Ewing sarcoma cases in South Orange County; debate was underway when the transcript ended.

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• Assembly Bill 4687 by Assembly Member Bailey concerns local government acquisition of firefighting apparatus

Keywords: 1146, all