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• So that's more of a qualitative type of benefit.
• Actually, we'll be out there tomorrow to see some of the deployment of the first wave of wave-powered
• in California, including UC Davis, San Francisco State University, and the University of California,
• in California, including UC Davis, San Francisco State University, and University of California, San
• That's the Sunshine Coast of Australia, which is part of Queensland, just north of Brisbane.

Summary: The Select Committee on Climate Innovation and Infrastructure held a hearing focused on emerging technologies for climate resilience and infrastructure. The first panel discussed the Calistoga Resiliency Center, a utility-driven microgrid that keeps the city powered during public safety power shutoffs using hydrogen fuel cells, lithium-ion batteries, and liquid hydrogen storage. PG&E described microgrids as a resilience tool but emphasized that cost remains the main barrier to wider deployment. Energy Vault explained the project’s design, its ability to provide at least 48 hours of backup power on a small parcel of land, and its use of green hydrogen and battery storage to improve efficiency and reduce emissions. A Calistoga councilmember and NCPA representative also discussed the Lodi Energy Center hydrogen project, saying it could help decarbonize power generation and transportation, but that federal and state funding changes, tax credit timing, and other policy shifts have made the project difficult to advance. The Green Hydrogen Coalition supported the Calistoga model as a blueprint and urged policy changes to create demand and reduce barriers for renewable hydrogen, including addressing behind-the-meter rules and recognizing hydrogen in state energy planning. The second panel focused on water resilience and desalination, with the California Desal Association and Oneka Technologies discussing wave-powered desalination for the City of Fort Bragg. Cal Desal said California’s changing hydrology, reduced snowpack, and drought conditions make local water supply options increasingly important, but noted that conventional desalination is expensive and slow to permit. Oneka described its offshore, wave-powered system as a zero-electricity desalination technology that produces drinking water without greenhouse gas emissions and with limited land use, and said the Fort Bragg pilot is intended to demonstrate the technology under California conditions. The company and Cal Desal both stressed that permitting is a major obstacle, with the project requiring multiple agencies and a timeline far longer than in other jurisdictions. They also said the technology’s autonomous operation could improve water resilience because it does not depend on the electrical grid. The final panel featured the Climate Foundation’s marine permaculture proposal, which aims to restore kelp forests and support carbon removal and coastal food systems. The presenter said warming oceans and nutrient loss have devastated kelp forests along the California coast and argued that offshore platforms that raise and lower seaweed to access nutrients and sunlight could help regenerate ecosystems while producing food, feed, fertilizer, and carbon benefits. He said the technology has shown strong growth rates and storm resilience in other regions, but that California permitting remains a major hurdle, involving 17 state and federal agencies. He proposed a streamlined, code-based permitting approach for smaller projects and said the group is seeking matching funds to complete a first California pilot. Throughout the hearing, members and witnesses repeatedly highlighted the tension between innovation and the high cost, complexity, and length of California’s permitting and funding processes.

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• of payday loans.
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• of the state.
• of the state.
• By way of background, there is a federal tax of 18.4 cents per gallon of gasoline, which is used to fund

Summary: The committee worked through a long Minority Caucus calendar covering a wide range of bills, with many items on consent and several pulled for discussion. Early items included resolutions on Judea and Samaria, bullion depository bills, a produce incentive appropriation, a biennial budget proposal, and a veterans services appropriation. Members also heard transportation-related bills on driver permits, citations, boat insurance, English proficiency for commercial drivers and motor carriers, photo enforcement, and a measure restricting incarceration for unpaid fines and fees. Several members raised concerns about constitutional issues, public safety, or whether bills were duplicative or targeted at specific groups. A large portion of the meeting focused on education and school governance bills. These included proposals on school district bond advisors, restrictions on school property leases and purchases, public meeting requirements, term limits and training for school board members, patriotic youth group access to students, computer science proficiency, and a bill requiring fingerprint clearance cards for traffic school instructors. Members repeatedly criticized what they described as inconsistent treatment of public schools versus ESA/private school programs, and several education bills were pulled from consent for further discussion. Other bills addressed child safety and family law, including DCS credit freezes, recorded child interviews, parents’ rights notices, mandatory reporting of threats by minors, sex offender residency and GPS monitoring, and a bill on guardianship rights during DCS investigations. The committee also considered a number of social services, health, and labor/consumer bills. These included SNAP work requirement and verification measures, a SNAP error-rate audit, dementia care telemonitoring funding, a Braille transcription appropriation, court fee limits, a physician assistant compact, pediatric licensure compact, and a kratom regulation bill. Members debated an earned wage access licensing bill at length, with opponents calling it predatory and akin to payday lending, while supporters argued it provided a regulated consumer option. Other measures covered cash acceptance by businesses, 529-to-Roth IRA rollovers, AI rules for state agencies, and a bill on public nuisance actions by the Attorney General. Several of these drew warnings about constitutional problems, preemption, or burdens on vulnerable populations. Energy, water, and tax policy also featured prominently. The committee heard bills on fuel formulations, gas tax relief, data centers and small modular nuclear reactors, utility reporting, and a Commerce Authority mandate to reduce fuel prices. Members criticized some proposals as favoring industry, preempting local control, or lacking a clear funding plan. The meeting ended after additional items on veterans, sample ballot mailing dates, and other miscellaneous measures, with multiple bills noted as pulled from consent or subject to later votes; no final roll-call results were detailed in the transcript excerpt.

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• You are recognized to explain House Bill 901, relating to the University of Florida Diabetes Institute
• Members, HB 901 establishes the University of Florida Diabetes Institute in statute to strengthen Florida's
• It costs our state tens of billions of dollars each year in medical expenses and lost productivity.
• It costs our state tens of billions of dollars each year in medical expenses and lost productivity.
• Monica Rodriguez, University of Florida Health Corporation, waving in support.

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• the 11th Circuit on January 8th of this year in regard to a University of Florida student who was expelled
• Chris Summerlin, in his official capacity as dean of students of the University of Florida, outlines
• A majority of participation, so you need 51 of the hundred universe of membership.
• That's of the “Anything above 25% basically net has to vote. That’s of the entire universe.
• That’s the participation clause of the entire universe, okay?

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a brief introduction of the doctor of the day before moving to the special order calendar. The chamber first took up several claims bills, including SB 6/HB 6507 for relief of L.E. through the Department of Children and Families, which was described as compensation for severe injuries after DCF returned the child to unsafe parents; the House bill was substituted and passed 34-0. SB 26 for the estate of Mark Legata, involving catastrophic injuries tied to FDOT negligence, was also substituted with the House version and passed 35-0. SB 42/HB 47 on specific medical diagnoses and child protective investigations passed 34-0 after supporters said it would require child protection teams to consider certain medical conditions that can mimic abuse. Later, SB 1002 on child welfare passed 37-0 after sponsors said it clarifies that parental drug abuse can constitute harm or neglect and allow earlier court intervention and services, while not changing parental rights law. The Senate then considered education and health-related measures. SB 206/HB 851 on students with autism spectrum disorder was amended to the House bill and passed 35-0; the sponsor said it expands teacher preparation, requires autism-related training, creates a loan forgiveness program, and adds salary supplements for teachers with autism endorsements. SB 556/HB 453 on high school diploma requirements passed 36-0 and would allow students with disabilities to use Special Olympics participation to satisfy PE requirements, while also fixing a marching band credit issue. SB 688 on naturopathic medicine passed 33-3, reestablishing licensure and regulation of naturopathic doctors. SB 878/HB 1347 on clinical laboratory personnel passed 37-0 to address staffing shortages by aligning Florida more closely with federal CLIA standards. SB 914/HB 867 on dry needling by occupational therapists passed 37-0, clarifying authority for that treatment. SB 530 on state lotteries passed 36-0 with updates to operations, security, and retailer rules. SB 964/HB 6011 on financial disclosures and gifts/honoraria passed 36-0 after an amendment restored a percentage-based reporting option. The chamber also approved several government-administration and public-records measures. SB 326/HB 131 on curators of estates passed 36-0, updating probate rules for temporary court-appointed curators. SB 758/HB 625 on the Justice Administrative Commission passed 37-0 after an amendment broadened the judicial member to a judge or senior judge rather than only a circuit judge. SB 830 on public records passed 31-5, creating exemptions for the personal information of county and city managers and certain family members. The Senate also passed SB 21/HB 218 on land use regulations, which preserves hurricane-recovery restrictions in affected counties while lifting them later for unaffected counties, and the sponsor thanked colleagues for helping address unintended consequences from prior law. SB 354 on Blue Ribbon Projects was debated extensively over concerns about local control, conservation protections, and vague standards; after a late amendment excluding data centers from commercial areas, the bill was temporarily postponed rather than passed. Finally, SB 1632/HB 1471 on ideologies inconsistent with American principles and domestic terrorist designations drew significant debate over references to Sharia law, religious freedom, notice, and due process; one amendment striking Sharia references failed, and a second amendment with broader revisions was under discussion when the transcript ended.

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• </c> the one at the University of Cincinnati. the one at the University of Cincinnati.
• Ruler of the universe, we humble me?
• of Florida State University, father of the Florida State University Medical School, and one of the most
• > State University, father of the Florida State University, father of the Florida State<07:27:43.840>

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• The University of Houston's legislative appropriations request associated with The writer states that
• Special Provision Rider 51 expresses the intent of the legislature of the University of Texas of Austin
• To the 89th legislative session budget is to reduce government funding to the University of Texas in
• The University of Texas at Austin has many funding sources. This is one. source.
• on the core function of universities, which is training and growing up adults to be... ...members of

Bills: SB1 , HB500 , SB1 , HB1400 , HB 1094 , HB365 , HB 1109 , HB647 , HB500

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• a professor at the University of Melbourne.
• Shahin at the American University of Cairo give the following definition.
• a professor at the University of Melbourne.
• a professor at the University of Melbourne.

Committee: House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

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• It remains standing for the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, which will
• before you with gratitude for the privilege of serving the people of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
• The pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it
• before you with gratitude for the privilege of serving the people of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
• Speaker, we are joined in the gallery by the members of the George Mason University Student Government

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• I'm here on behalf of the Stewards of Washington State Lands.
• Members of the committee, I'm David Biorari from Eastern Washington University.
• I'm Steve DuPont with Central Washington University here in support of the House Capital Budget.
• I'm the CEO of Homestead Community Land Trust, speaking on behalf of the Washington Coalition of Community
• Chair, ranking members of the committee, I'm Morgan Hickel with the University of Washington testifying

Bills: HB2295

Committee: House Capital Budget

Keywords: Washington capital budget, supplemental capital budget, capital appropriations, state building construction account, taxable building construction account, climate commitment account, natural climate solutions, housing trust fund, affordable housing, supportive housing, homelessness, manufactured home communities, mobile home parks, school construction, school modernization, school seismic safety, healthy schools, school electrification, SCAP, behavioral health facilities

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• He continued his education at California Polytechnic University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science
• A native of Los Angeles, George attended Los Angeles public schools, Columbia University, and graduated
• from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Arts with honors.
• A native of Los Angeles, George attended Los Angeles Public Schools, Columbia University and graduated
• from the University of Southern California, Bachelor of Arts with honors.

Summary: The Assembly met with a quorum present after a roll call and prayer, then proceeded through routine journal, procedural, and guest-introduction business. Members recognized several guests, including local district officials, Japanese business leaders, and students/interns, and the chamber also observed remarks about the Texas flooding tragedy during the prayer. The body then moved through the daily file, including second-reading items and concurrence votes on AB 390, which expands the slow-down/move-over law to stationary vehicles, and AB 1478, which allows retailers to absorb mattress recycling fees; both measures had Senate amendments concurred in by recorded vote. The Assembly adopted AJR 12, a bipartisan resolution recognizing Head Start Month and urging Congress and the President to protect and increase Head Start funding. Multiple members spoke in support, emphasizing the program’s role in early education, health, nutrition, and family support, especially in rural and low-income communities; the resolution received 70 ayes and no noes after 69 co-authors were added. The chamber also adopted ACR 96, designating a portion of Highway 101 in Humboldt County as the Patty Berg Memorial Highway, and SCR 50, which calls for state review of climate adaptation and maladaptation criteria to improve climate resilience planning; both measures passed without opposition. On the consent calendar, the Assembly added co-authors to ACR 81 and adopted the second-day consent calendar and remaining consent items, all by unanimous or near-unanimous votes. The body also approved a motion to return AB 529 from engrossing and enrolling to the Senate for further action. The session concluded with numerous adjournment-in-memory tributes, most notably for Rincon Tribal Council Chairman Bo Mazzetti and former legislative secretary George Steffes, followed by a moment of silence for each and adjournment until Monday, July 14 at 1 p.m.

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• technical questions as we met with the University of Idaho, with State Board of Education, with, of
• The work we've had with Farm Bureau and the livestock industry and the University of Idaho. Mr.
• I was sitting on a task force with the University of Idaho, then Dr.
• Well, let me just start by saying part of the reorg of this section of code Part of the reorg of this
• I think part of this request is to establish the level of clarity that a lot of our kind of sub-state

Committee: House Agricultural Affairs

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• 10.920><c> or</c> out of our Minnesota universities or out of our Minnesota universities or colleges<
• </c> requirements of 2 hours of professional requirements of 2 hours of professional development.<00:
• reading, and one of them has to be of reading, and one of them has to be dyslexia
• So, I these couple of hours of training.

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• University, as well as a master's of social work from the University of Oklahoma.
• Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and as far as workforce and both neurology
• and psychiatry have worked closely with Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and
• Having a neurology residency, and through the efforts of Oklahoma State University Center for Health
• If we can measure helium at the edges of the universe light years away, we can figure out a way to change

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

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• statements and the scholarship summaries so that we have the kind of the universe of what's happening
• And so it was telling us that it collectively that we were looking at a change in the universe of K through
• So it's a forecast that encompasses the entire universe of what funded in the fefp. >> To that there
• So wood in Miami-Dade County, there are a lot of families that were moving out of my day because of affordability
• It is that net in gress into the state of of K 12 students?

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• He graduated from the University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine, Boomer, and completed his
• And whereas Tessa continued her pursuit of excellence at Oklahoma State University, earning a bachelor
• However, we're seeing universities like the University of Pittsburgh allowing a chiropractic accreditation
• to go through that university.
• As it is now, the person who graduates from the University of Pittsburgh could not practice chiropractic

Bills: SR29 , SB667 , SB1466 , SB1942 , SB1989 , SB1670 , SB1716 , SB1521 , SB1273 , SB1433 , HJR1032 , SB1969 , SB1953 , SB1277 , SB1287 , SB1061 , SB1916 , SB1589 , SB2178 , SB1444 , SB1438 , SB1501 , SB1873 , SB1364

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• The Hawnee native is a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University and the OU College of Medicine, where
• of physicians.
• My plan after high school is to attend the University of Utah and get a family and consumer science degree
• My plans after high school are to finish boot camp in July and attend the University of Oklahoma, getting
• of that.

Bills: SB843 , SB1733 , SB1476 , SB1237 , SB1410 , SB1894 , SB1272 , SB1204 , SB1721 , SB1725 , SB1735 , SB1337 , SB1339 , SB1461 , SB1975 , SB1450 , SB1458 , SB1232 , SB1238 , SB1325 , SB1209 , SB1362 , SB2072 , SB1451 , SB1540 , SB1581 , SB1535 , SB1266 , SB1927 , SB1460 , SB2084 , SB2182 , SB392 , SB985 , SB1265 , SB1283 , SB1441 , SB1307 , SB1425 , SB1826 , SB1365 , SB1696 , SB1870 , SB1722 , SB1639 , SB715 , SB716 , SB182 , SB609 , SB169 , SB134 , SB1611 , SB432 , SB1407 , SB2039 , SB1356 , SB1288 , SB2019 , SB1705 , SB1878 , SB2118

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• that we don't proceed. uh is was drafted with a lot of people uh is was drafted with a lot of people
• </c> involved in the procurement um if any of involved in the procurement um if any of them<00:01:56.159
• Both areas, speech-language pathology and audiology, require hundreds of hours of clinical clock hours
• Both areas, speech-language pathology and audiology, require hundreds of hours of clinical clock hours
• </c> &gt;&gt; Fourth cup of coffee, please. &gt;&gt; Fourth cup of coffee, please.

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and heard four House bills, adjusting the order to accommodate members’ schedules. House Bill 510, on organ donation procedures, would require health care providers involved in organ procurement to pause the process if any signs of life are observed and restart the process if needed. The bill was presented as a consensus measure, received no opposition, and passed with favorable expression by unanimous vote and consent. House Bill 176 would create a framework for insurers to implement a waiver program reducing prior authorization requirements before care is provided. The sponsor said the language had been worked out with insurers to cut red tape and improve transparency. The committee approved the bill unanimously with favorable expression and then consent. House Bill 266 would add audiology and speech-language pathology to the Kentucky Healthcare Workforce Investment Fund eligibility list. Testimony emphasized that these professions are essential to patient care across the lifespan and meet the fund’s training and licensure standards. The bill passed unanimously with favorable expression and consent. House Bill 393 concerned Alzheimer’s-related statutory cleanup, adding a caregiver council seat and requiring the council to develop and distribute an early detection and diagnosis toolkit for health care providers. The bill was supported as a way to improve Alzheimer’s awareness and care, with one senator explaining a yes vote in memory of a parent who had Alzheimer’s. It also passed unanimously with favorable expression and consent. The chair announced the next committee meeting would be Wednesday, March 25 at 8:00 a.m.

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• Now it's been appearing in various kinds of research reports recently that these universal eligibility
• of subsidies for a universal... similarly has overhauled its student similarly has overhauled its student
• of subsidies for a universal program, it can cost more than you thought.
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Committee: Senate Education

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• Almighty God, Master of the Universe, we turn to You at the beginning of this day with gratitude and
• Members of the university senior leadership team, representatives of the family-owned national alumni
• It also holds the distinction of being in the top 100 public universities for the second year in a row
• Diseases at the University of Florida and $38.4 million to the University for Moffitt Cancer Center.
• How many of you want your kids to go to FSU or any state university system?

Bills: HJR 99 , HB 1399 , HB 1400 , HB 1094 , HB 365 , HB 1109 , HB 647 , HCR 35 , SB 14 , HB 12 , HB 1522 , HB 422 , HB 675 , HB 204 , HB 748 , HB 912 , HJR 99 , HB 1399 , HB 1400 , HB 1094 , HB 365 , HB 1109 , HB 647 , HCR 35 , HCR 123 , HCR 124 , HR 57 , HR 87 , HR 111 , HR 228 , HR 230 , HR 322 , HR 624 , HR 625 , HR 626 , HR 627 , HR 628 , HR 630 , HR 631 , HR 634 , HR 635 , HR 636 , HR 637 , HR 638 , HR 639 , HR 640 , HR 645 , HR 646 , HR 648 , HR 649 , HR 651 , HR 652 , HR 653 , HR 654 , HR 664 , HR 665 , HR 668 , HR 675 , HR 676 , HR 678 , HR 679 , HR 680 , HR 683 , HR 686 , HR 688 , HR 689 , HR 694 , HR 695 , HR 697 , HR 698 , HR 699 , HR 472 , HR 622 , HR 632 , HR 633 , HR 643 , HR 655 , HR 657 , HR 660 , HR 661 , HR 662 , HR 663 , HR 667 , HR 670 , HR 674 , HR 681 , HR 682 , HR 696

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• Worked at the University of um 38 years.
• I'm a rural project manager at the University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health.
• entity that worked with the University of Louisville, the city of Louisville, and the state of Kentucky
• <00:07:53.919><c> Louisville</c> university with the city of Louisville university with the city of Louisville
• Um, University of Kentucky first class.

Summary: The first meeting of the Medicaid Oversight Advisory Board opened with Chair Ken Fleming and Co-Chair Rocky Adams welcoming members, explaining the board’s purpose, and introducing the diverse membership of legislators, providers, advocates, and state officials. Fleming said the board would meet monthly, allow public comment at the end of meetings, and operate transparently with materials posted online and distributed in advance. Both chairs emphasized that the board’s work would focus on improving Medicaid outcomes, efficiency, and oversight, while preparing for possible federal changes and avoiding premature assumptions about what Congress may do. Members then gave brief introductions describing their backgrounds in medicine, nursing, hospital administration, behavioral health, insurance, budgeting, pharmacy, and Medicaid administration. Several noted direct experience with Medicaid populations or managed care, including the Department for Medicaid Services commissioner, health plan representatives, hospital and clinic leaders, and legislators with health care backgrounds. The board also heard from Stephanie Bates of the LRC Office of Health Data Analytics, who said her office supports the General Assembly with health-related data, policy, and research and would serve as a resource to the board. Bates then began a presentation on Medicaid basics, explaining that House Bill 695 created the board and that the presentation would cover eligibility, enrollment, covered benefits, waivers, managed care, the budget, and the federal reconciliation bill. She described Medicaid eligibility as complex, noted that Kentucky had more than 1.4 million enrollees, and explained enrollment churn and the unwinding of pandemic-era continuous coverage. She also outlined mandatory and optional Medicaid benefits, the requirement that services be medically necessary and provided by enrolled providers, and the main waiver types used in Kentucky, including 1115, 1915(b), and 1915(c) waivers. No votes or formal actions were taken at this meeting beyond organizational setup and receiving the initial informational presentation.