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NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Mar 20th, 2025

Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • What we do is we allow you 10 minutes to go ahead and present your bill, that includes your expert testimony
  • REITA type programs.
  • I think it's a fair, it's a fair program. It's an easy program to manage.
  • I, I, I'll take your word for it.
  • Currently, there are 9 pilot programs or small-scale programs across the nation, including the one in
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm not asking you to decide today about your funding priorities, but I'm asking you to do your own research
  • Thank you for your continued support of the Thriving Texas Families Program, a program that is saving
  • Thus, under the current budget, those in the program cannot grow.
  • I thank you for your time. to educate other students as to the dangers of vaping.
  • I thank you for your service to Texas, but I need your help because I cannot do it on my own.
Bills: SB1, SB 1
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII Feb 27th, 2025

Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII

Transcript Highlights:
  • The public education program, as you guys asked us to do last time, it's been very successful.
  • That would allow us more. with continuation of that program and not have to come back as the fund grows
  • This would help maintain and grow our recorder well and springs monitoring program. as enhance water
  • We told everybody that year in our SRF solicitation, which is just. an invitation to send in your program
  • the voter education program in alignment with the agency's base level request.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (01/28/2026)

Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I mean, you can't just use this program to, um, uh, you know, build a sunroom off your porch.
  • I mean, you can't just use this program to, um, uh, you know, build a sunroom off your porch. >> So,
  • Um, I from my standpoint and from my belief is you have the rights to your property that you own.
  • So, I mean, all manufacturers have their own version of different incentive programs.
  • have their own version of different incentive<04:04:22.479> programs.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • , whether that be with an apprenticeship program, a career tech program, or with higher education or
  • Would you commit as this bill moves forward to visiting with your own superintendents and perhaps others
  • And think about any thriving community or your own neighborhood or how helpful it is. In fact, Mr.
  • I know as an educator or former educator, and I've talked to educators all you know in my district.
  • program.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • up and being able to have your own set of friends.
  • from City College in San Francisco, where I was a peer educator for their Expect Respect program.
  • And to your point, Jennifer, reading, you know, reading about it and checking the box is not education
  • , but I imagine that you're thinking about your own trauma.
  • You said that, you know, you were able to break the cycle with your own children.
Summary: The committee met to discuss domestic violence with a focus on teen dating violence, healthy relationships, and the impact of technology on abuse. Chair Blanca Rubio opened by describing the urgency of the issue, including a recent teen murder in her district tied to domestic violence, and emphasized that restraining orders alone do not prevent abuse. The first panel featured Janica Morin Pasquale and Taylor Stone Mill, who described warning signs in teens such as constant monitoring through phones and social media, isolation from friends, jealousy normalized by online content, and control through gifts, food delivery, and access to passwords or tracking apps. They stressed that many teens do not tell parents, that parents often miss the signs, and that prevention should begin early and be reinforced in schools, homes, and youth activities. They also cited resources such as Love Is Respect, One Love, and Take It Down, and urged consistent funding and implementation of the California Healthy Youth Act rather than one-time lessons. The second panel shifted to the effects of domestic violence on children and the systems that respond to them. Joyce Blue of the Sacramento Regional Family Justice Center described the center’s wraparound services, including forensic interviews, legal help, housing support, child therapy, and high-risk response, and highlighted the prevalence and danger of strangulation, including cases with no visible injury. She explained that domestic violence is about power and control, that children often normalize abuse, and that safety planning must accompany restraining orders. Susie Flores of Inner Circle Children’s Advocacy Center explained the multidisciplinary forensic interview model used for child abuse cases, gave examples of severe abuse involving children exposed to domestic violence, and noted that many centers are overwhelmed by caseloads. She stressed the need for immediate trauma-informed services and more front-end intervention rather than waiting until long-term harm develops. Dr. Pamela Tate of Black Women Revolt Against Domestic Violence and other members discussed the need to support not only victims but also the systems and educators who are expected to respond. Several members shared personal experiences with domestic violence, sexual assault, and family trauma, and raised concerns about school implementation, immigrant families’ fear of reporting, and the need to address abusers’ behavior and trauma as well. The discussion also touched on statute of limitations issues, with panelists saying memory and trauma can delay disclosure for years and that rigid deadlines can prevent justice. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational and ended with members expressing support for continued collaboration, prevention funding, and stronger implementation of existing law.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • You have to always acknowledge your staff because they're as good as your team.
  • programs?
  • Bone, thank you for your input today. We really appreciate your time and your expertise.
  • Bone, thank you for your input today. We really appreciate your time and your expertise.
  • I sit on the higher ed committee and the education committee, and I can't help but think of your certification
Summary: The committee held an information hearing on California’s economy and household affordability, with the first panel focusing on inflation, housing, energy, wages, and the likely effects of new federal tariff policy. PPIC’s Sarah Bone said Californians remain deeply pessimistic about the economy, with inflation the main driver of concern; she noted prices are still about 23% higher than in January 2020, with especially large increases in food, energy, and housing costs. LAO’s Brian Euler emphasized that housing is the largest household expense and pointed to insurance, electricity, gasoline, and health care as other major cost pressures, urging the Legislature to review whether existing policies are actually reducing costs and to consider studies of why recent housing laws have not produced more units. UC Davis economist Catherine Russ warned that tariffs on China, Canada, Mexico, and potentially broader imports could raise consumer prices, disrupt supply chains, and hurt California exporters, farmers, and small businesses; she suggested monitoring prices, strengthening food assistance, and preparing transition support for affected workers and producers. Members pressed the panelists for concrete, near-term policy ideas, especially on housing and tariffs. Questions centered on whether accessory dwelling units are making a meaningful dent in affordability, how to improve implementation of pro-housing laws at the local level, and how to measure the impact of tariffs on consumers, health care, and agriculture. Panelists said ADUs help but are limited, that state laws can be undermined by local implementation and litigation, and that tariff effects may show up quickly in prices and later in hiring and investment. Several members stressed that the tariff issue is not a minor disruption for constituents and asked for more data on consumer impacts, food aid needs, and crop-specific farm losses. The second panel shifted to regional economic development and small business support. Go-Biz’s Derek Kirk described California Jobs First and the state economic blueprint as a first-in-decades, regionally informed strategy to create good-paying jobs, support key sectors, and align workforce and business development across 13 regions. The California Association for Local Economic Development’s Gerbach Sahota argued that local governments need practical tools, stable policy, and stronger partnerships with the state, while warning that prosperity is not always perceived as shared and that rural communities can be left behind. He urged the Legislature to use hearings, local input, and existing funding streams more effectively, including for recovery and infrastructure. David Fitzgerald of the Small Business Development Centers said California’s SBDC network serves hundreds of thousands of clients, many of them women and historically underrepresented entrepreneurs, and has generated billions in economic impact, capital access, revenue, and jobs. He said the biggest gaps are outreach to the state’s many self-employed businesses with no employees, better labor data on those workers, and more flexible support for direct services. Committee members then asked what small businesses need most in the face of inflation and tariff shocks, including lower licensing costs and other relief, and the discussion continued on how to better target state support to businesses and households under pressure.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • program, your own apprenticeship program, in-house, you're a contractor, you've got that right.
  • You get that certified, you don't have to pay anything because you have your own training program.
  • That is more expensive than if you just participate either in your own program or you contract with a
  • do them, or if you have your own certified program, you don't have to pay anything into the fund.
  • You should not have been exempted unless you have your own training program, contract for training, or
Keywords: 996, all
Summary: The committee first took up HB 322, which would create a transportation trust fund and transportation program fund. The sponsor offered and the committee adopted an amendment striking the section that would have imposed a 1% gross receipts tax on electricity sales. After a recap of the bill’s remaining provisions, including a $400 million seed amount and future transfers from motor vehicle excise tax revenue, the committee heard brief support from Associated Contractors of New Mexico and the Asphalt Pavement Association and no opposition. The amended bill then passed on a roll-call vote. The committee then heard HB 270, a public works/apprenticeship bill that would require contributions to approved apprenticeship and training programs or to the Public Works Apprentice and Training Fund for public works construction projects, while eliminating an exemption for certain road, highway, utility, and maintenance work. Supporters, including union carpenters, electrical workers, the building trades council, and apprenticeship advocates, argued the bill would expand training, help address labor shortages, and provide a return on public investment. Opponents from utility contractors, highway contractors, and Associated Contractors of New Mexico said they already operate federally approved in-house training programs, warned the bill would raise project costs, and argued some trades have no accessible approved programs. Members questioned how the bill would interact with existing in-house programs, whether rural contractors and nonunion firms would be affected, and whether the state-approved fund and federal highway training requirements could conflict. A proposed amendment to exempt projects of $50 million or less was introduced but tabled. After extensive debate, the committee voted 6-5 to pass HB 270. The meeting also included discussion of a prior procedural error in which HB 270 had been heard before being properly assigned, which the chair said rendered that earlier action void. At the end of the meeting, the committee received a brief New Mexico Department of Transportation District 3 presentation on district projects, budget, and construction status.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Mar 3rd, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • And for all the local folks in the counties with smaller parts of land, you're on your own.
  • own.
  • What is your pleasure, ma'am? Whatever your pleasure is.
  • For your own welfare, read—I know I'm not a spring chicken, so having more options is a great thing.
  • For your own welfare, read, I know I'm not a spring chicken, so having more options is a great thing.
Summary: The committee first took up SB 354, the “Blue Ribbon Projects” bill, which creates a framework for large planned communities on at least 15,000 contiguous acres with 60% reserved area and a streamlined local review process. Senator McLean presented the bill and a strike-all amendment, and members raised concerns about local control, conservation enforceability, data centers, concurrency, multi-county projects, and whether reserve lands could later be converted. Audubon Florida and 1,000 Friends of Florida opposed the bill, arguing the conservation protections were not permanent enough and that the reserve areas could be changed later; small-county representatives also worried about tax-base impacts. Supporters argued the bill would better manage growth, preserve green space, and provide a more orderly alternative to sprawl. After debate, the committee voted to report the bill favorably. The committee then approved SB 620 on candidate qualifying, which requires candidates for federal, state, county, district, judiciary, school, and school board offices to disclose any non-U.S. citizenship. Amendments added disclosure about whether federal candidates intend to trade stock if elected and adjusted 2026 congressional qualifying procedures in the event of redistricting, including a new qualifying window and petition rules. The bill was reported favorably after brief support from a member of the public and discussion about candidate vetting. The committee also reported favorably CS/CS/CS/SB 1452, a Department of Financial Services bill with amendments addressing My Safe Florida Home notices, condo pilot eligibility, firefighter hiring, unclaimed property, and related financial-services provisions. Next, the committee approved CS/CS/SB 1620, a school board members’ bill of rights. A substitute amendment narrowed the bill to access to records, fiscal transparency, and nondisclosure agreements, while preserving board members’ rights to timely documents, budget information, and public comment, and setting deadlines for records requests. Superintendents and a school board member testified in support, saying the bill clarifies roles and prevents board members from being frozen out. The committee also passed CS/HB 245, which replaces the term “child pornography” with “child sexual abuse material”; one senator supported the terminology change but warned about preserving legal precedent and avoiding appellate issues. The committee then reported favorably SB 1548, an update to the Live Local affordable housing law expanding eligible sites and clarifying setbacks, airport proximity, and fair-housing protections. Finally, the committee took up the veterinary medicine bill creating veterinary professional associates. The bill allows trained master’s-level VPAs to perform limited veterinary services under a veterinarian’s supervision, and an amendment tightened the standard to immediate supervision on premises. Supporters said the measure would expand access to care, especially in rural areas with vet shortages, while opponents argued it added unnecessary regulation. After testimony from veterinary educators and others, the bill continued with support expressed by committee members, including praise for the direct-supervision amendment.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Voices of Education. We are a Voices of Education.
  • The next one is for our active transportation program, and this is for safety education.
  • The next one is for our active transportation program, and this is for safety education.
  • The next one is for our active transportation program, and this is for safety education.
  • Uh, please begin your<00:52:31.200> testimony. your testimony. your testimony.
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

ALC-HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE Mar 18th, 2026

ALC-HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I'd like to discuss how some of these universities have already implemented their own programs.
  • And I'd like to discuss how some of these universities have already implemented their own programs and
  • And I would say, go out and recruit your own team if you want them. And again, I started out.
  • Like, are you stealing from different artists' pieces to make art that's not your own?
  • So are your programs like the pastor's program that you have and the gentlemen's and ladies clubs that
Summary: The meeting began with a report on institutions of higher education for annual certification/solvency, which required no action and was noted as coming later in the week. The main presentation featured students from Arkansas State University, Valley View High School, and the University of Central Arkansas discussing artificial intelligence in education and the workforce. They argued that AI should be taught responsibly in K-12 and higher education to prepare students for jobs, support Arkansas’s growing tech sector, and reduce misuse such as cybercrime, scams, plagiarism, and academic dishonesty. They also cited survey results from teachers showing broad support for responsible AI instruction, district-level management, and teacher training, while noting concerns about critical thinking, ethics, and unequal access. Examples were given of AI already being used at UCA and the University of the Ozarks, and the group suggested a statewide AI library and related training built on the Access Act framework. Committee members asked about student reactions, and the presenters said responses are mixed, especially in the arts, but that AI is already being used in real-world careers and should be integrated with clear standards. The committee then heard from a Pine Bluff community coalition led by Pastor Jesse Turner about school-based outreach and youth support programs. The group described long-running work in Pine Bluff schools and Watson Chapel, including Pass on Patrol, mentoring, anti-bullying and nonviolence efforts, drug and vaping education, gun-violence prevention, and leadership clubs for students. They emphasized that their approach is nonreligious in the schools, focused on encouragement, citizenship, scholarship, and keeping students engaged in class. They also highlighted the use of free curriculum resources on African American history and said they help students see themselves as having promise rather than being “at risk.” Members asked about whether the programs could be shared elsewhere and about impacts on behavior; the group said some materials are trademarked but can be adapted with support, and cited reported reductions in negative behavior and referrals in participating schools. The meeting ended after members praised both the AI presenters and the Pine Bluff outreach group, and the committee adjourned with no votes taken.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Imagine if this was happening in your districts, through no fault of your own.
  • Well, I just want to thank you for your comments and your work and your service.
  • And when people want to be in the neighborhood, we start to see that if you don't own your property and
  • programs.
  • Please state your name and your affiliation. Thank you.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

March 26, 2025 - 08:00 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • You are recognized to explain your bill.
  • You are recognized to explain your bill. You are recognized to explain your bill. Thank you, Mr.
  • distributor to grow further.
  • small breweries to grow.
  • They can't grow a second location.
Summary: The committee met with a quorum and heard seven measures, including four bills and three proposed committee substitutes. HB 6033, repealing the Labor Pool Act, was presented as a cleanup measure to remove duplicative regulation; supporters argued workers would still be covered by OSHA, wage laws, workers’ compensation, and liability insurance, while opponents raised concerns about losing specific protections for day laborers. The bill was reported favorably on a 4-? vote, with several members voting no over concerns about worker protections. HB 453, dealing with pool and spa contractors, was described as a technical update to Chapter 489 that would better align licensing scopes with current industry practice and allow contractors to perform related work without stopping for additional licensed trades. An amendment making only drafting changes was adopted, and the bill passed unanimously. CS/HB 277 on veteran benefits assistance was also reported favorably unanimously after testimony focused on protecting veterans from predatory claims-assistance practices while preserving choice and requiring disclosures, fee limits, and data-security safeguards. The committee then approved PCS for HB 291, which would require personal mobility device batteries sold in Florida to meet an IPX-7 certification standard, after the sponsor cited fire risks from lithium-ion batteries; the measure passed unanimously. PCS for HB 709, allowing valid pari-mutuel permit holders to lease facilities to nearby high-li permit holders, was amended to require a minimum of 59 live performances and then passed unanimously. CS/HB 4011, expanding who may serve as a building official on Palm Beach County’s Building Code Advisory Board, passed unanimously as a good-government fix to fill vacancies. Finally, PCS for HB 499, allowing small craft breweries under 31,000 gallons to self-distribute, drew extensive testimony from brewers and distributors about small-business growth versus the three-tier alcohol system; despite concerns about weakening distribution safeguards, the bill was reported favorably by a 13-2 vote. The meeting then adjourned with no further business.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Finance Dec 8th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • Secretary, with respect to the Jedi program, one of the discussions that we had during your last visit
  • With respect to the Jedi program, as I'm looking at it here, I didn't—and I looked at your request for
  • This is the first year that the agency is presenting some grow programs requests.
  • So that's a program that we're seeking grow money on.
  • What's your annual budget now for the restoration program? Thank you for redirecting me. Mr.
Summary: The committee first recognized Mark Roper of the Economic Development Department for his long service and retirement, with members and the secretary praising his work on economic development across the state. Secretary Rob Black then presented EDD’s budget and special appropriation requests, describing strong recent job and income growth and outlining the department’s strategy around science and technology, site readiness, workforce development, foreign direct investment, and rural/community programs. He highlighted wins in advanced energy, quantum, space and defense, and biosciences, and asked for funding for quantum/DARPA matching funds, additional site readiness work, LIDA closing funds, JTIP training support, New Mexico Partnership, and healthy foods and other community programs. Members asked detailed questions about the quantum proposal, site readiness, the new mapping tool for industrial sites, workforce participation, trade missions, foreign investment, tariffs, water and produced water, tribal site evaluation, and public engagement on major projects. Black said the quantum request was intended to match federal dollars and build a workforce pipeline, that the site-readiness software would be a set enterprise license, and that the department was working with tribes and local partners on future site evaluations. He also said tariffs have created uncertainty but New Mexico’s infrastructure and foreign trade zones could help attract manufacturing, and he acknowledged concerns about transparency and community input while noting that some projects, such as Pacific Fusion, had gone through extensive public processes. The committee also discussed specific projects and funding balances, including Mantis Space’s move to Albuquerque, the status of Virgin Galactic’s spaceport lease, and the current LIDA fund balance and encumbrances. Black and Deputy Secretary Isaac Romero said the department was trying to use State Investment Council-backed venture funds to attract companies and that the new investments were already producing deals and jobs. Members generally supported the department’s direction but pressed for more targeted expertise, faster deployment, and stronger community involvement in future economic development decisions. Later, Secretary de Blassie of the Department of Health presented the department’s budget request and progress report. He said DOH had improved revenue cycle management, reduced old Medicaid-pending cases, increased census at facilities, improved budget and contract timeliness, and responded effectively to the measles outbreak. The department requested additional base funding for epidemiology and response, the DOH helpline, the Vital Records Virtual Vault, state labs, and the veterans home, along with special requests for respiratory vaccinations and marketing and lab equipment replacement. He also noted progress on MOUD and the medical psilocybin program, and said the department was not seeking to launch new programs given the limited time left in the administration.
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 101 Apr 24th, 2026

Colorado Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:54:05.119> grows grows, our investment in education grows grows, our investment in education
  • It's your other total program dollars.
  • going to go into your total programs. going to go into your total programs.
  • <03:55:28.560> School categorical is on your own. School categorical is on your own.
  • When Colorado's economy grows, education should grow with it.
Keywords: 981, all
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Jan 21st, 2026 at 02:08 pm

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have the Madrid Summer Law Institute which is our very own study abroad program.
  • What is the status of the program, and then can you share with us demographic data as to your Native
  • What is the status of the program, and then can you share with us demographic data as to your Native
  • use your master's degree credits to then use in the JD program.
  • It's certainly, I think, a growing issue in higher education. But I.
Bills: SB1, SB3
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 116 May 9th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Obviously, Madam Speaker, with your own personal friend, who was tragically murdered in Minnesota, all
  • own personal friend um who was your own personal friend um who was tragically<01:17:14.480> uh
  • It's a special education teacher. It is a dyslexia program.
  • program program for<03:22:55.279> their<03:22:55.439> own<03:22:55.680> kids<03
  • Are we going to talk about the policies of growing an entitlement program in the state?
Keywords: 981, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-03 (10:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have to make sure that we can grow our own food product and that we can make sure that one of the
  • We have to make sure that we can grow our own food product and that we can make sure that one of the
  • conserved the state of Florida was your farmer and your rancher.
  • I want to thank you for your courage, your conviction.
  • own hearing, its own debate, ...deserves its own careful bill, its own hearing, its own debate with
Summary: The House opened with prayer, a moment of silence for former member Chester Clem, the Pledge of Allegiance, and quorum confirmation. Members then adopted the special order report for the day and approved a Rules and Ethics Committee report amending House Rule 15.3 to allow fundraising under certain circumstances during extended or special sessions. The chamber then took up several bills. HB 1405 on a statewide project for missing persons with special needs passed unanimously. CS/CS/CS/SB 290, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services bill, passed 94-10 after debate focused on conservation land surplus procedures and agricultural use of state lands. CS/CS/CS/HB 905, the “Fire Act” on foreign influence, foreign gifts, critical infrastructure, sister city agreements, and related restrictions, passed 80-20 after the House adopted an amendment adding a prohibition on certain surrogacy contracts involving citizens or residents of foreign countries of concern. CS/CS/HB 1197, dealing with information technology procurement and contracting, passed 109-0. HB 1103 on local administration of vessel restrictions passed unanimously. The House also debated CS/CS/CS/HB 399 on land use and development regulations. Supporters said it would limit development fees, standardize compatibility rules, allow manufactured homes in RV parks, and lower voting thresholds for comprehensive plan changes to address housing affordability; opponents argued it would preempt local control, weaken voter-approved urban boundary protections, and risk conservation lands. An amendment to preserve Orange County’s boundary rules failed, while a technical amendment on manufactured homes passed. The bill then passed 71-38. The House also passed several local bills, including measures for the Pace Fire Rescue District, Avalon Beach/Mulat Fire Protection District, East Point Water and Sewer District, Fellsmere Water Control District, and Headwaters Water Control District, with votes ranging from 83-27 to unanimous approval. The transcript also included farewell remarks from Representative Angie Nixon before the House returned to remaining business.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Health Care Affordability, Select May 1st, 2026

Health Care Affordability, Select

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's worth owning your own pharmacy and your own physician practice, right?
  • It's worth owning your own pharmacy and your own physician practice, right, in that marketplace, which
  • One, for a consumer, you are dependent on whether your PBM, probably owned by your insurance company
  • What are your thoughts on those programs?
  • And you can see how that grows. And that is, I think, to your point.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, July 15, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • on to educate your child for the school year that is starting in just a few short weeks is not where
  • > provision<02:06:19.920> and Confident your in your provision and Confident your in your
  • storms and the floods in your own area.
  • <08:04:01.520> your<08:04:02.000> friends,<08:04:02.478> your some of your your
  • friends, your some of your your friends, your colleagues<08:04:03.680> that<08:04:03.920>