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• a woman in New York just won a lawsuit against the surgeon and the psychiatrist who gave the green light
• /c><03:37:46.880> gave<03:37:47.120> the<03:37:47.359> green<03:37:47.520> light
• <03:37:47.760> on who who um gave the green light on who who um gave the green light on surgery
• > going on in the in the family dynamic going on in the in the family dynamic that<04:19:18.720> led
• <04:19:19.040> to<04:19:19.199> that<04:19:19.920> individual that led to that

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• messaging for Tobacco cessation messaging similar to what's being done in Massachusetts already has led
• Canada that messaging for smoking cessation similar to what's being done in Massachusetts already has led
• And I also, with co-sponsor Anthony Eshak, led the successful effort to bring nicotine-free generation
• That's ultimately what led my dad to stop smoking.
• Massachusetts, you know, has led the charge.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Health heard testimony on a wide range of bills focused on children’s health, tobacco control, newborn screening, pediatric cancer, palliative care, and professional licensure. Early testimony highlighted Senate bills to expand newborn screening for pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency, lysosomal storage disorders, and congenital CMV, with families and clinicians describing severe diagnostic delays, missed treatment windows, and the benefits of early detection. Speakers also supported a bill to improve pediatric cancer research through a dedicated trust fund, and a bill to extend pediatric palliative care services to age 22, with parents and providers emphasizing continuity of care for seriously ill young people. Several witnesses gave personal accounts in support of the newborn screening measures. Families described children who endured years of misdiagnosis before receiving diagnoses such as Gaucher disease, Fabry disease, Pompe disease, Niemann-Pick disease, and CMV, often after irreversible damage had already occurred. Medical and advocacy witnesses said Massachusetts already collects some of the relevant screening data and argued that results should be reported to families, while others urged the committee to add conditions to the state panel because effective treatments already exist. The committee also heard support for a bill to establish a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder program and training for providers. On tobacco and youth health, testimony supported bills to ban internet tobacco sales, strengthen youth protections, and reduce lung cancer deaths through point-of-sale information and quit-line access. A student testified about easily purchasing flavored nicotine products online without meaningful age verification, and public health advocates backed measures to keep tobacco out of children’s environments. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to ensure parents have access to their children’s medical records through age 16, with exceptions for sensitive services already protected by law. The committee additionally took testimony on an optometry licensure bill, where ophthalmologists opposed language they said could broaden scope of practice and allow optometrists to use the title “optometric physician,” while optometry educators and students supported the bill as a modernization measure with no scope expansion. No votes were taken during the hearing; the chair repeatedly reminded speakers of time limits and noted that written testimony could be submitted for additional comments.

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• They don't pull lights. They don't stop.
• Uh there's a language blue lights mean.
• She Apprentice led the charge with me.
• Um, you pull up to a traffic light and you look over, go home today, and you look at a traffic light,
• ,<05:57:53.840> you and you look at a traffic light, you and you look at a traffic light,

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I have a couple of questions, but the first one begins with you led with in your comments about this
• Yeah, so CPCS right now, and this is in light of the increases that you provided, again, by the way,
• Yeah, so CPCS right now, and this is in light of the increases that you provided, again, by the way,
• The District Court, led by Chief Justice Stacey Fortz, in collaboration with our probation service—where
• I believe we'll be led by Carrie Hill, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Sheriff's Association,

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Ways and Means held its sixth public hearing on the Governor’s H-2 budget proposal for fiscal year 2026, focused on public safety and judiciary agencies, at the Foxborough Community Center. After opening remarks and local welcomes, the committee heard first from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, led by Secretary Gina Kwan, who outlined a $1.72 billion budget, up $69.8 million from FY26. She said the proposal emphasizes core operations, readiness, and partnerships with municipalities, and highlighted work on firearms-law implementation, State Police reform, DOC reentry efforts, hate-crimes prevention, emergency response, and planning for major events including the World Cup. Members also raised concerns about DNA backlog reporting, State Police academy boxing and training standards, ICE communication, disaster relief funding, crime lab staffing, EMS placement, and diversity in public safety leadership. Several exchanges focused on specific operational issues. Secretary Kwan and her team said the State Police are tracking the influx of forensic work from local sheriffs, that the boxing program remains suspended pending an IACP review and likely will not return in its prior form, and that EOPS has no direct communication with ICE but supports law-enforcement coordination where appropriate. On disaster preparedness, officials said the new disaster relief fund is being developed with MEMA and A&F, currently capitalized at $14 million with another $14 million expected, though members urged a more permanent funding source. On the crime lab, staff said the roughly $4.5 million increase is intended to cover core operations and a structural funding gap rather than expand services. The secretary also said EOPS is not ready to absorb OEMS from DPH at this time, though she would keep an open mind. The committee then heard from district attorneys, led by Suffolk County DA Kevin Hayden, who said the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association is seeking a 10% increase in operating budgets, including about $16.7 million for staffing salaries, to recruit and retain prosecutors, advocates, and support staff. He said the request reflects rising workload and the need to keep the criminal justice system functioning efficiently and fairly. The hearing was recessed briefly after the district attorneys’ opening remarks, with additional testimony expected to continue afterward.

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• Could you help the committee with what led you to introduce the bill and the answers to those questions
• Could you help the committee with what led you to introduce the bill and the answers to those questions
• But I would also say that if folks return to the conditions that led to them being addicted to opiates
• <01:04:33.200> to<01:04:33.440> them<01:04:33.760> being conditions that led
• I'm led to believe there will be a number of amendments to the House bill.

Keywords: Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 25 February, 2026; 3:00 PM, 925, all

Summary: The committee first handled House Bill 612, which had been laid on the table because of questions about section one. Senator Tate explained that section one would allow the state, counties, and municipalities to enter interlocal agreements to provide installation support services on military installations, mainly road and infrastructure work such as paving and dirt work, and that section two would add Coast Guard medics to an existing provision allowing trained military medics to sit for LPN certification. After questions about the breadth of “installation support services,” the committee adopted the motion for title sufficient, due pass, with opposition noted, and the bill was reported to the Veterans and Military Affairs Committee. House Bill 942 was then passed over at Senator McMahon’s request until Tuesday. The committee then took up House Bill 1034, which would allow terminally ill hospital patients to use medical cannabis gummies. The sponsor said the bill is intended to help terminally ill patients who already qualify for medical cannabis but are denied access in hospitals, and that it prohibits smoking or inhalation. Members raised concerns about whether the bill was too broad, whether it would interfere with hospital and physician judgment, possible drug interactions, federal law issues, liability for hospitals and doctors, storage and disposal requirements, and whether hospitals would incur costs or be forced to handle cannabis on their premises. The sponsor responded that the patient’s use would be logged in the chart, that the caregiver is generally responsible for the lockbox and disposal, and that the bill includes language allowing a facility to opt out if compliance would jeopardize federal funding or licensing. The bill’s author also described the measure as arising from a Coast Guard family’s experience in which a terminally ill patient was denied access to medical cannabis at one hospital but allowed at another, and said the goal is to prevent similar denials for terminally ill patients. He said he was not aware of other drugs treated this way in hospitals, but argued that terminally ill patients should have access to most anything they want. The discussion ended with Senator England asking whether changing the bill’s requirement that a facility “shall” allow medical cannabis to “may” allow it would better protect hospitals and preserve discretion, but no final action on House Bill 1034 was taken in the portion provided.

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• CVI organizations are led by programs.
• <00:20:19.760> her top of the world when she led her top of the world when she led her marching
• The Pledge of Allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from Arizona, Ms. Grijalva.
• He embraced life fully and led with both strength and compassion.
• I led the and call for his defeat.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, June 4, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• She came to us via Houston and went off to Vanderbilt, saw the light, and came back to Texas.
• We all remember the efforts led by our own Vice Chair, Charles Perry, to address...
• All remember the efforts led by our own Vice Chair, Charles Perry, to address the availability of THC
• He now lives with cannabis-induced psychosis that has led to repeated hospitalizations, homelessness,
• So I'm not making light of it.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• now exactly what those interventions will be, because, if you can see on the second slide, locally led
• , state coordinated is a key key led, state coordinated is a key key message<00:15:00.800> for
• This is a really good example of the locally led, state coordinated.
• <00:23:47.400> state good example of the locally led state good example of the locally led
• ,<00:31:28.960> state going back to this locally led, state going back to this locally led

Keywords: 958, all

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• My name is light in school. I am a volunteer advocate for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
• The department staff and I submitted testimony, and I'm available for any questions on the Hawaii lighting
• In light of this current global crisis that we're having, we're seeing how being dependent on fossil
• million in recommendations currently to the Hawaii Department of Transportation that have been community-led
• So in light of that, the court will likely be required to file a separate court case and/or a petition

Bills: HCR93, HCR14, HR85

Keywords: image-based sexual abuse, working group, gender-based violence, Hawaii Commission on the Status of Women, prevention efforts, survivor protections, new technologies, legal reform, HCR14, House Concurrent Resolution, perpetual easement, non-exclusive easement, state submerged lands, submerged lands, shoreline easement, drainage outfall, stormwater outfall, lagoon outfall, pipelines, Kahala Hotel & Resort

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• Can you shine some light on every reasonable step for me?
• Members, lean back in your chairs and look up at these lights.
• See these beautiful lights hanging from this ceiling? What do they say? They say, Texas, Texas.
• That alone has led him to being mislabeled right here in this very chamber.
• Today, I am white lighting this vote.

Bills: SB 8, HB7, HB15, HB 265, HCR 13, SB 8, HB 7, HB 15, HB 265, HCR 13

Keywords: sex designation, restroom access, civil penalties, private civil right of action, women's privacy, abortion, healthcare, jurisdiction, civil action, qui tam, prohibition, state law, youth camp, safety regulations, advisory committee, child welfare, health standards, summer camp, camp safety, child abuse reporting

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• what's the period of time frame for your number, for your... patents, over what period of time that led
• The lieutenant governor led on that, and I think it was very wise because we...
• Is it physician-led?
• Oh, you turned off your light. Sorry, Senator. Thank you, Madam Chair. Good to see you, Dr.
• So Texas led the nation in new investment. I think a little louder, please. Perfect.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• And those credits are used historically for light-duty vehicle credits.
• Having something like this again, I think, would be useful and shed some light on this issue.
• Having something like this again, I think, would be useful and shed some light on this issue.
• Having something like this again, I think, would be useful and shed some light on this issue.
• So we could say maybe all that light blue is probably not additional at all.

Summary: The hearing was a select committee discussion on the transportation costs and impacts of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), with opening remarks from the co-chairs and members emphasizing affordability, climate goals, and the need to explain the program’s benefits to the public. The first panel from CARB and the California Energy Commission described how LCFS works as a market-based, declining carbon-intensity program that rewards lower-carbon fuels, supports zero-emission vehicle infrastructure, and is intended to reduce greenhouse gases and local air pollution. They argued the program has driven billions in private investment, increased alternative fuel use, and that LCFS credit prices are not the main driver of retail gasoline prices, which they said are dominated by crude oil, refining, and distribution costs. Members questioned the panel on the gap between the regulatory target and actual carbon-intensity performance, the role of credit banking, which fuels are generating the most credits, how the 2025 amendments affected the program, and whether LCFS credits are truly additional. CARB explained that banking helps cost-effectiveness and investment certainty, that ethanol, renewable diesel, and biodiesel currently provide the largest volumes while electricity is expected to grow, and that the updated targets were informed by the state’s 2045 carbon-neutrality goals and the 2030 scoping plan. The Energy Commission said its data show environmental programs add some cost to gasoline but do not drive price volatility, which is mainly tied to crude oil and refinery margins. The second panel, featuring academic and research experts, focused on program design, out-of-state credit generation, and broader economic effects. Speakers said LCFS is successful because it ties incentives to emissions benefit, uses life-cycle analysis, and allows flexible compliance that lowers costs compared with more direct regulation. They also said the program’s benefits generally outweigh costs, that it can reduce air pollution disparities and support equity, but that some issues—especially indirect land use change, additionality, and older program assumptions—need more research and may warrant future rulemaking. One researcher noted that while LCFS likely raises gasoline prices somewhat, the effect is uncertain by design and usually smaller than normal market fluctuations, and another warned that limiting credit generation too narrowly could create legal and efficiency problems.

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• When the slow pace of change might threaten to discourage us, light a fire within us once more.
• All those young people who led out in the civil rights movement, did the sit-ins, the walkouts, it was
• Democratic National Convention and forced the entire country to look in the mirror. those young people who led
• out in the those young people who led out in the civil<00:35:36.320> rights<00:35:36.640>

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Thursday, February 5, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation from Reverend Carissa Serber, and journalized her remarks. Members then welcomed several guests and groups in the gallery, including Maryland Community Action Partnership advocates, Cecil College students and Dr. Mary Bolt, Cecil County Executive Adam Strait, the Maryland Association of Justice, Faith Baptist School students, and several interns and staff members. The chamber also introduced Senate Bill 585 and a bond initiative for the Active Achievers Youth Center, both of which were referred to the appropriate committees or subcommittees. The main floor debate centered on Senate Bill 255, the Voting Rights Act of 2026 for counties and municipal corporations. Senators questioned the bill’s scope, especially whether it would affect county commissioner election methods, who could bring suit, what “vote dilution” means, and whether the measure was tied to district maps or candidate filings. The sponsor explained that the bill creates a state framework for the federal Voting Rights Act, provides standing rather than a remedy, and applies when a protected class believes its vote has been diluted; political party was said not to be a protected class. The committee amendment was adopted without objection, and the amended bill was ordered printed for third reading. On third reading, Senate Bill 5 and Senate Bill 29 passed with constitutional majorities. Senate Bill 93 also passed. Senate Bill 141, dealing with election misinformation, disinformation, and deep fakes, was moved back to second reader for a technical amendment and then special ordered to Tuesday. The Senate also held a lighthearted recorded vote on Seahawks versus Patriots, with the Seahawks winning 28 to 8, and then received committee scheduling announcements for upcoming hearings and voting sessions.

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• So, in light of that, the commissioners are very concerned about the caseload that these attorneys are
• just a little bit more detail, but basically the LFC recommendation does not fund the intelligence-led
• Our intelligence-led policing program, as you're all familiar with at this point, has previously been
• funding in non-recurring for the $1.9 million line item that you see for the ILP, the Intelligence Led

Bills: SB48, SB64, SB100

Keywords: State Fairgrounds District, fairgrounds bonds, public financing, bond authorization, gross receipts tax, gaming tax, tax-backed bonds, infrastructure funding, Albuquerque fairgrounds, State Fair Tid, economic development, municipal bonds, revenue pledge, capital projects, New Mexico finance, special education, office of special education, deputy secretary, public education department, IEP

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• FEMA has already given you the green light for it.
• That led to erosion, sediment runoff, and in one event alone, the area got four inches of rain in two
• This has led again to restrictions for the city.
• This led us to identify where our data gaps are and where we need to go in the future.

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• Uh, with that being said, if you want to make sure your green lights are on on your microphones in front
• reached out across the state and talked to a few different optometrists that, you know, have never led
• I understand the need to have an alternative, um, have never led me astray.
• And I asked have never led me astray.

Keywords: 0:22 – Roll Call 0:30 – Approval of minutes 1:04 – Department of Veterans Affairs 2:06 – Board of Pharmacy 3:20 – Board of Optometric Examiners 39:26 – Board of Nursing 40:07 – Board of Emergency Medical Services 41:52 – Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources 44:36 – Transportation Cabinet: Department of Vehicle Registration 45:36 – Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control 47:00 – Cabinet for Health & Family Services: Department for Medicaid Services 49:59 – Cabinet for Health & Family Services: Department for Community-Based Services, 958, all

Summary: The subcommittee approved the minutes from the previous meeting and then took up several regulations. The first was a Department of Veterans Affairs regulation, with a staff amendment, to allow nurse practitioners to apply for the Veterans Affairs nurse loan repayment program year-round and to make technical drafting changes. The committee heard from the Office of Kentucky Veteran Centers, then adopted the staff amendment and approved the regulation without objection. The main item of the meeting was the Board of Optometric Examiners’ proposed amendment to 201 KAR 5:010, which would allow applicants to use the Optometry Examining Board of Canada written exam in place of part one of the National Board of Examiners in Optometry exam for licensure. The board said the change would improve access to care, provide an additional pathway for Canadian-trained candidates, and still require applicants to pass the remaining national board parts. Opponents, including NBEO officials, ARBO, Pearson VUE, and several optometrists, argued the Canadian exam is not equivalent, does not test the same biomedical science content, is not validated for U.S. scope of practice, and raises concerns about test security, transparency, and portability across states. They urged the committee to find the amendment deficient or vote no. Committee members questioned both sides about prior communication with the board, whether Kentucky would be the first state to adopt such a change, the rationale for the proposal, and the cost difference between the exams. Supporters said the board had received some written comments and one phone call, and that the proposal was driven by access concerns and the presence of Canadian students. Opponents said they had not had direct discussions with the Kentucky board before the hearing. No final vote on the optometry regulation is reflected in the transcript excerpt, but the committee heard extensive testimony and rebuttal before moving on.

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• That discovery led to the Ban the Bead campaign, which led to the passage of California's AB 888 and
• So we've led landscape-scale ecological forest fuels reduction projects in that upper watershed.
• A CEQA exemption and a tax credit is not a light lift, but it's that heavy lifting and that heavy work

Summary: The committee heard a long agenda of natural resources and related bills, with several measures taken up as the committee reached quorum and many others moving on consent or with due-pass recommendations. Early items included AB 80 on carpet recycling, AB 452 creating a local process for state surf reserves, and AB 823 restricting microplastics in personal care and cleaning products. AB 80 drew broad support from recycling, labor, and environmental groups and was described as a follow-up to earlier carpet recycling reforms. AB 452 was backed by surf, tourism, environmental, and local government interests as a voluntary, community-driven way to recognize and protect surf breaks. AB 823 generated the most extensive debate, with supporters citing public health and environmental harms from microplastics and opponents warning the bill’s language could sweep in products such as sunscreens, cosmetics, and fragrance-encapsulation materials; the committee discussed possible ambiguity and EU comparisons before voting the bill out on a due-pass-as-amended basis to Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. The committee also advanced AB 1046, which would create a narrow exemption from SB 1383 organic-waste requirements for certain crop preparers and tree nut processors that do not send organic waste to landfills. Agricultural witnesses said the bill would clarify that their operations already reuse byproducts and should not face duplicative reporting, and the measure passed with support from agricultural and rural county representatives. AB 252, the “Stop Laying Off Firefighters Act,” proposed year-round Cal Fire staffing; the author and Cal Fire supporters argued that wildfire conditions are now year-round and that maintaining trained crews would improve response and prevention, and the bill was sent to Appropriations. AB 571, a targeted CEQA exemption for the Southern California Veterans Cemetery in Anaheim, drew strong bipartisan and veterans’ support and also passed out. Later, the committee approved AB 1455, which would authorize emergency rulemaking and streamline future updates for ember-resistant building regulations after recent wildfire emergencies, and AB 687, which would let public agencies use forest-practice rules and timber-harvest plans for certain publicly funded fuel-reduction projects; AB 687 drew some opposition over scope and enforceability concerns but was still advanced. The committee also moved AB 652, allowing alternate members on the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District board to prevent quorum problems, and AB 317, a first-time homebuyer housing bill that would exempt certain small, lower-cost homes from CEQA and defer some property taxes; AB 317 prompted discussion about guardrails to avoid unintended use on larger subdivisions. Finally, AB 900, requiring the Natural Resources Agency to develop a stewardship plan for 30-by-30 lands, was heard with broad support from land trusts and conservation groups and advanced on a due-pass recommendation, and AB 738, a wildfire-rebuild bill easing solar requirements for certain disaster survivors, was introduced and discussed with questions about its narrow scope and the number of homes affected.

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• Um, you know, I live near whole pe—it did light up from about 11:30 to 12:30, per my fiancé.
• <01:43:25.040> of<01:43:25.119> the competitiveness in light of the competitiveness
• in light of the university's<01:43:26.000> transition<01:43:26.400> to<01:43:26.560>
• That's how they came up with the NIL number for the country overall, and that was what led to this $20
• <01:59:29.360> to overall and and that was the what led to overall and and that was the what

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Members, today's pledge of allegiance will be led by Ty Tharp.
• He is an intern will be led by Ty Tharp.
• I have got a couple of lights on. Y'all want to speak on the sub or the bill? Bill? Okay.
• When we cut the lights off on election day, I tell my team, let's get ready to run next time.
• I cut my light off. I had to create my own studio around here. So, I got my new light.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• His disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan led to chaos and a rapid resurgence of the Taliban.
• The Pledge of Allegiance will be led by the gentleman from Massachusetts, Mr.
• They were led by assistant coach Margin Dobbins and head coach Sue Rinker.
• It was rejected by the Democrat-led Senate. They refused to move it.
• Shaw's death led to increasing scrutiny of these policies and hopefully results here today.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, 1012, house, all