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• and served as an adviser for the award-winning Team Magma in 2008, a recipient of the President's Lifetime
• and served as an adviser for the award-winning Team Magma in 2008, a recipient of the President's Lifetime

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• So the general lifetime is around five years for each satellite, and we very carefully monitor the health
• If you look at the program itself over its lifetime, you know, it's roughly about $500 million of state

Summary: The committee met to hear presentations on Florida’s space economy and related infrastructure. SpaceX Vice President Kiko Donchev described the company’s Florida operations, launch cadence, reusable rocket program, Starlink service, and plans for future Starship activity at the Cape. Senators asked about Florida employment, expansion plans, satellite lifetimes, disaster-relief uses of Starlink, and recreational connectivity; members also praised SpaceX’s hurricane response and broader public benefits. Donchev said SpaceX’s Florida workforce has grown to about 1,600 and that the company hopes to add Starship pads and continue expanding in the state. The committee then recognized Commander Dennis Baker for his military service and veteran advocacy, including his leadership of the Florida Veterans Foundation, grant work, the Walk of Honor, and the Gadsden Flag license plate program. Members highlighted that revenue from the plate helps fund veterans’ dental care and noted upcoming dental services for veterans in Volusia County. Baker received a flag flown over the Capitol and a framed gubernatorial proclamation. Newview CEO Clint Grumman presented the company’s commercial satellite LiDAR mapping system, describing its Lake Nona headquarters, Florida ownership, planned jobs, and applications for infrastructure planning, environmental monitoring, and disaster response. He said the company’s satellite data could improve accuracy and lower costs, and noted partnerships including a Department of Defense contract and a European Space Agency moon-mapping effort. Space Florida then outlined its role as the state’s aerospace finance and business development authority, emphasizing its pipeline of projects, spaceport improvement program, workforce academy, and efforts to address infrastructure constraints and seek tax-exempt bond authority for spaceports. NASA’s Kelvin Manning closed with an update on Kennedy Space Center, highlighting Artemis progress, rising launch demand, commercial partnerships, economic impact, and the Florida University Space Research Consortium. No bills were voted on, and the meeting adjourned after comments from members.

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• I'm proud of the work of our conditions.
• Since then, some of them have been released.
• Uh but we're continuing been released.
• <01:21:20.640> Uh Uh funds are released in 2023 24. Uh Uh funds are released in 2023 24.
• years once the funds are released. Yeah. years once the funds are released. Yeah.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• The bill ensures that this location can only be shared in specific cases, such as a release to both federal
• If the landowner wished to share the information, they could sign a release form so the information would
• To be sensitive to their situation, the last time they tried to release water, they had riots and people
• Minute Order 331, that was signed in November of last year, has allowed some farmers to use releases
• That could be released, at least probably a good percentage of that, and not harm farmers in Mexico.

Bills: SCR13, SB1248

Keywords: water rights, treaty compliance, Rio Grande, agriculture, drought, international water, Texas water supply, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, TPWD, harvest reports, wildlife harvest data, public information act, open records, confidentiality, hunter privacy, angler data, game animals, game birds, fur-bearing animals, nongame animals

Summary: The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs met without a quorum at first, then later established quorum and proceeded with testimony and votes. Senate Bill 1248, by Chair Perry, was explained as a narrow Open Records Act exception to protect harvest report location data collected through Texas Parks and Wildlife’s digital tagging system. Support testimony came from Matt Wagner of the Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society, who said the bill would protect private land and sensitive biological information while preserving useful wildlife data. No one testified against the bill, and it was left pending until later in the meeting. The committee then heard Senate Concurrent Resolution 13, which urges the State Department and the International Boundary and Water Commission to press Mexico to comply with the 1944 Water Treaty and deliver its share of Rio Grande water. Senator Hinojosa, farmers, municipal officials, and other witnesses described severe water shortages in South Texas, low reservoir levels, crop losses, the closure of the Valley sugar industry, and the need for alternative supplies such as desalination, reuse, and drainage-runoff projects. Members also discussed treaty enforcement, regional drought, and the role of cartels and Mexican water storage, while emphasizing that Texas must also invest in its own water infrastructure. The committee also considered Senate Bill 740, which the committee substitute amended to require the Public Utility Commission to adopt a standardized application form for system improvement charges and complete related rulemaking by September 1, 2026, applying only to applications filed on or after that date. Members discussed concerns about water wholesalers using the process to delay cases and drive up costs, and the need for more transparency and PUC resources. The committee voted to adopt the substitute and report SB 740 favorably. After returning to the earlier items, the committee voted SB 1248 out favorably and recommended it for the local and uncontested calendar, and voted SCR 13 out favorably as well. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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• What you could do is release.
• Under this program, cancer is considered a line-of-duty condition.
• Have people come to you and said, 'We want to add to the list of conditions that you all cover?'
• Why aren't we adding these conditions through the trust? Is it because it requires an...
• Also, Representatives Bacon and English, concerning releasing and English, concerning releasing information

Keywords: 981, all

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• the amount released is 106 different so the amount released is 106 million<00:30:09.880> in<00
• Same thing with preschool, same thing with air conditioning.
• For the deferred maintenance projects, we do look at the conditions.
• So it's the type of project and the condition. Thank you.
• It's the type of project and the condition. Thank you.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Education held an informational/budget briefing with presentations from the State Library System, the School Facilities Authority, and the Department of Education. The chair opened the meeting by outlining the order of presentations and noting that members would hold questions until after all three agencies had testified. The discussion focused on each agency’s priorities for the upcoming biennium and their budget requests. State Librarian Stacy Aldridge described library usage and services, emphasizing strong demand for physical and digital materials, internet and Wi-Fi access, programs, Kanopy streaming, and PressReader. She highlighted digital literacy classes, RFID self-check and smart shelving improvements, and the role of libraries as community hubs. The library’s budget request included an additional $1.2 million for security guards, $48.484 million for FY 26-27 to support popup libraries during temporary closures and other needs, $500,000 for repair and maintenance, $2 million for Kap planning and design, and $25 million each year for lump-sum capital funding. Mallerie Fujitani said the lump-sum funding is needed to keep roughly 50 projects moving and to avoid delays in construction. School Facilities Authority Executive Director Ricky Fujitani explained the agency’s startup history and its programs for preschools, Central Maui schools, and workforce housing. He said the authority is using standardized, prefabricated, programmatic approaches to speed delivery and improve maintainability, citing prior preschool renovations as a successful model. He reported that of $389 million appropriated, $106 million was released, with $81 million for preschools, $20 million for Central Maui schools, and $5 million for workforce housing; he also noted the workforce housing program was reduced after Maui fire-related reallocations. He said the pilot workforce housing site at Mililani High School has been awarded and pointed to University of Hawaiʻi student housing projects as a model. Superintendent Hayashi then began the Department of Education presentation, introducing DOE leadership and outlining the department’s mission to support academic achievement, character development, and student well-being. He noted the department serves more than 152,000 students in 258 public schools and employs over 42,000 people, with nearly 54% of students facing significant challenges. He framed the budget request around the department’s strategic plan to prepare graduates for college, careers, or military service. The transcript ends during the DOE presentation, before any committee votes or formal actions are taken.

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• Especially with the public release of the All-Payer Claims Database this past fall, the staff at the
• There was a public release last fall of the All-Payer Claims Database, and that's not something that
• Or is it labor in one place, or a specific disease or condition?
• And so you still can study individual areas, providers, and conditions with the claims data.
• Us with debilitating conditions, chronic conditions, as well as disability.

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• other nursing home here in this state, but we do take a higher number of people with psychiatric conditions
• alleged to have committed a crime and they are unable to go to trial because their mental health condition
• If those two conditions are met, they're sent to NMBHI.
• Before just releasing them, they will be evaluated for a civil commitment.
• Can I just ask, we just finished a look at the workforce itself, Some of these working conditions, how

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• think we're going to spend in order to do the things we need to do around the wildfire over the lifetime
• Is there conditions attached to that, like do they have to stay in Hawaiʻi?
• Or, let me see, I don't really recall the conditions, but I think there were some requirements.
• of approval 24 to 36 various conditions of approval 24 to 36 months<06:06:50.440> after<06:06
• c><06:24:30.920> be step down program or maybe even be step down program or maybe even be released

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Finance held an informational briefing with the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations on its budget, staffing, and operations. The director reviewed department leadership and reported on recruitment and retention efforts, including a 14% vacancy rate, a 10.5% workforce increase from filling 189 positions, and the Hela Imua internship program, which has placed 516 interns since inception and led to 62 permanent hires. The department also described modernization efforts, including the UI Huakai project and the Disability Compensation Division’s electronic case management system, and said the unemployment compensation trust fund exceeded $71.5 million, triggering Schedule C for calendar year 2025. The department’s main budget requests included $2.9 million for fiscal year 2026 to support maintenance and operations of the electronic case management system, plus restoration of two enforcement specialist positions. Officials said those positions are needed to address a decline in investigators from 11 to six since 2009, improve compliance, and handle Hawaii Compliance Express certificate work. Additional requests included two human resources specialists to address recruitment backlogs, two labor enforcement specialists to reduce a backlog of Chapter 104 prevailing wage and wage cases, and two positions for the Office of Community Services to expand immigrant services and access centers. The department also discussed federal funding for unemployment insurance and workforce programs, including National Dislocated Worker Grants and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funds, and said some funding is received in increments and may require extensions. Members asked about Kauai inspection coverage, federal funding uncertainty, the size of the special unemployment insurance fund, and whether the department could ramp up staffing during a future crisis. Officials said Kauai is currently served by inspectors from Honolulu and there are no plans to open a permanent island position because of staffing constraints. They said the department is meeting federal guidelines and is not in jeopardy, and that the special unemployment insurance fund has about $10 million, with current UI operations funded at a little over $15 million, meaning the fund may need to cover roughly $5 million if federal support declines. The director said the department would use the special fund to supplement shortfalls, but noted that federal funding cuts and the loss of ARPA support have already affected operations.

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• CRITICAL ILLNESS AND GENETIC PREDISPOSITION FOR DEVELOPING VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM AS PRE EXISTING CONDITIONS
• LIKE MANY PEOPLE, RELAPSE IS NOT A CONDITION OF RECOVERY. BUT IT IS A LIKELIHOOD.
• THE HIGHEST MOST SIGNIFICANT LEVEL FOR THOSE WHO ARE GOING INTO AND RELAPSE IS A MAJOR CONDITION.
• WAS SPECIFICALLY BROUGHT TO US BECAUSE THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH IN ONE COMMUNITY WHERE THERE WAS A RELEASE
• THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE INDIVIDUALS ARE HAVING TO BE RELEASED RATHER THAN TRANSFERRED BECAUSE THEY

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• comprehensive model of agricultural education, which ultimately leads to a successful career and lifetime
• Severe and long-term drought conditions in key cattle-producing states forced ranchers to reduce their
• Yet, this month, we'll release our first data set of prices on hundreds of farm products that were sold
• <01:29:42.480> That conditions rated good to excellent.
• That conditions rated good to excellent.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Nor do the regulations establish meaningful operation limits tied to California's actual conditions.
• Nor do the regulations establish meaningful operation limits tied to California's actual conditions.
• Can you just share with the committee more about how the conditions on the roads and risk factors will
• And that's where we run millions of tests before we ever release something.
• We are thrilled that after 15 long years, the DMV has finally released those regulations.

Summary: The Assembly Transportation Committee heard an informational hearing on California’s newly finalized autonomous vehicle regulations, with DMV and CHP officials describing the updated framework and committee members pressing them on safety, enforcement, and first-responder impacts. DMV said the rules, effective April 28, 2026, expand reporting, create a phased permitting system from testing to deployment, add requirements for safety cases, remote operations, and first-responder coordination, and open a path for heavy-duty AV testing and deployment while still prohibiting oversized loads and hazardous materials. CHP said it worked with DMV on enforcement tools, first-responder interaction plans, and training local agencies on the new notice of noncompliance process. Members asked about crash data, immobilizations, freeway and construction-zone safety, weigh-station enforcement, and whether foreign licenses can qualify for remote assistants or drivers; DMV and CHP said the rules are intended to keep AVs accountable and that heavy-duty AVs will be held to the same roadway standards as human-driven commercial vehicles. A second panel focused on data collection and enforcement. Consumer attorneys argued the prior rules were too limited because DMV stopped collecting meaningful data once AVs moved from testing to deployment, making it difficult for the public and litigants to understand incidents; they supported the new regulations but urged that the collected information be made public. The industry association said California now has the nation’s most robust AV oversight, with monthly or quarterly reporting of collisions, system failures, immobilizations, harsh braking, vehicle miles traveled, and notices of noncompliance, plus broad DMV authority to restrict or suspend operations. In response to questions, the industry said it generally supports the new framework, believes the regulations are clear, and does not favor full federal preemption of state AV rules, though it wants federal standards for design, construction, and performance. A third panel addressed first-responder interaction and remote operations. The San Francisco Fire Department described repeated AV interference with emergency scenes and said AVs have generated hundreds of “sleeper calls,” where passengers fall asleep and trigger 911 responses; the department said these incidents consume significant staff time and it wants better protocols to reduce unnecessary dispatches. Waymo said it has trained thousands of public-safety personnel, maintains a 24/7 emergency line, uses geofencing/avoid-the-area messages, and can allow first responders to manually override or move vehicles when needed. Committee members asked about sleeper-call prevention, remote assistant licensing and drug testing, communication redundancies during outages, and how manual overrides work for vehicles without traditional controls; Waymo said it is collaborating with responders and that its vehicles are designed to reach a safe stop if connectivity is lost. The final panel began with testimony on heavy-duty autonomous vehicles. A transportation researcher said freight is essential to California’s economy and that heavy-duty AVs pose distinct safety risks because of their weight, stopping distance, and the potentially severe consequences of crashes or immobilizations on highways. He said the new regulations are important because they create a regulated pathway for heavy-duty AV deployment, require a safety case, set mileage thresholds, and add reporting categories that can serve as leading safety indicators. The hearing was still in progress when the transcript ended, with additional testimony expected from labor and industry witnesses on heavy-duty AV deployment.

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• Many conditions that affect a practitioner's ability to practice, such as mental health challenges or
• That's what conditions of participation are.
• What is your chronic condition distribution? What is your chronic disease top 10?
• With the survey that was released this year, we're the top 11.
• We talked through the specifics as far as terms and conditions.

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• On February 20th, I was released, and when I was released, although I'm able to walk now at home, I have
• So like I said, I was released.
• To be fully released on their own, it could be, The time period to be fully released on their own could
• Conditions have changed, and attention is required.
• It's about awareness of a changing condition.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• working with AMWA to come up with some mechanism that recognizes the reality that we are in a drought condition
• and shares some of the pain of that condition with other parts of the state.
• Mandatory lifetime oversight without the possibility of review violates the spirit of a fair and independent
• the year, but also, particularly with this amendment, it gives four weeks and also allows ADE to release

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• whereby the state writes a best-in-class contract, the terms of which PBMs are required to accept as a condition
• whereby the state writes a best in class contract, the terms of which PBMs are required to accept as a condition
• The drug price we use is the same drug price that the federal government has released.
• The drug price we use is the same drug price that the federal government has released, so the national
• So the Federal Office of Personnel Management, under the Office of Inspector General, has released two

Bills: SB511, SB512, HB591, HB909, HB938, HB1154, HB1187

Keywords: automobile repairs, insurance transparency, repair shop liability, non-OEM parts, policyholder rights, automobile insurance, appraisal process, insurance policyholders, dispute resolution, claim valuation, family leave, insurance, paid leave, employment benefits, caregiver support, behavioral health, crisis services, mental health care, insurance coverage, healthcare access

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• that because we know you, we are called to love as you love, freely, sacrificially, and without condition
• SB 1295, inmates medical institutions release.
• SB 1295, inmates medical institutions release.
• SB 1377, working conditions heat illness prevention. SB 1378, domestic violence firearm transfers.

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• That report was just released in April.
• Obviously, drought conditions increase wildfire risk.
• It requires a special type of fire, special type of conditions... ...fuel conditions, weather conditions
• Then you have to have the right kind of wind conditions, and if you get an ignition in those conditions
• , and do so specifically to our unique California conditions.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Um, for this one, we have also requested for fin release and are awaiting release on this bill.
• So, shall we ask for a release? >> Yes, please. One more release. Well, there is no release on it.
• If we can roll it over till tomorrow, we don't need release. >> You folks need release. You need...
• also have fin release on our side. Okay. also have fin release on our side. Okay.
• So we just need to get final releases. So we just need to get final releases.

Bills: SB2876, SB3253, SB2125, SB2781, HB549, HB1768, SB2053, SB2494, SB2851, SB3073, HB1678, HB1721, HB2475, HB2246, HB1667, HB1516, SB2532, SB3131, SB3154, HB2297, HB1737, SB2143, SB2398, SB2623, HB1740, HB1920, HB1682, SB2153, SB3140, HB1515, SB2835, HB2282, SB3083, SB2031, SB2519, SB2667, SB2140, SB2544, SB2069, SB2697, SB874, SB2043, SB888, SB2721, HB2152, HB1334, HB2385, HB1643, HB2314, HB1688, HB1692, SB2568, SB2983, SB2108, SB3136, HB1959, SB3156, HB1511, HB1753, HB1824, HB2137, HB1810, HB2279, HB2309, HB1548, HB2078, HB2293, SB3262, SB2169, SB2607, SB2964, SB3255, HB2576, HB1481, HB1864, HB1550, SB2818, SB3067, SB2061, HB1728, HB1881, HB2361, HB2395, HB1823, SB2050, SB2397, SB2175, SB2852, SB847, SB3001

Keywords: natural hair braiding, hair braiding, braids, braider, braiding license, cosmetology, barbering, barber board, Board of Barbering and Cosmetology, registration, licensure exemption, sanitation training, health and safety, hair extensions, cornrows, twists, locks, protective hairstyles, beauty industry, occupational licensing

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• Madam Whip, Senate Bill 1741 requires each public school to allow students to attend a release time course
• A public school that allows students to attend a release time course must award academic credit to each
• A person who is adversely affected by a violation of the release time provider requirements has a private
• treatment to the list of persons whom a medical director of a mental health agency must notify prior to releasing
• with an SMR without seeking a new certificate of environmental compatibility, or CEC, if certain conditions

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Republican caucus reviewed a long list of Senate bills and one House concurrent memorial, most of them described as third-read consent items. Topics included claims against the state, CPA licensing, creditor assignments, insurance adjuster licensing, school equivalency instruction, extending a credit enhancement board, firearm safety instruction in schools, student eligibility restrictions for school activities, Celebrate Freedom Week, release-time courses, voter registration roll access, campaign and disclosure mailing addresses, federal land designation tracking, public records review standards, workers’ compensation burial and death benefits, condominium flag displays, restrictions on sexually explicit material in schools and libraries, agency guidance posting, standardized state hiring, mental health court-ordered treatment procedures, autopsy supervision, tribal MOUs, controlled substance scheduling, emergency medical technician data privacy, dense breast tissue notice repeal, assisted living referral agency requirements, attorney disciplinary claims, fentanyl penalties, campus firearms rules, suppressors, defamation standards, mandatory reporting, attorney licensing, emergency service fee limits, forcible detainer changes, utility worker assault penalties, water basin reporting, small modular nuclear reactors, water recovery assumptions, ICE notification after arrests, military police certification pathways, and scholarship organization tax credits. Most bills were presented without debate and were noted as available for questions, with no votes taken in the caucus itself. A few items drew discussion. On SB 1040, members asked what information would be redacted from voter registration rolls; staff said existing statutory redactions such as voter registration numbers, ID numbers, Social Security numbers, and other personal identifying information would remain. SB 1193 prompted comments that EMT data being open source was surprising and that the issue might be expanded to paramedics. SB 1243 was described as strengthening guardian notification rights in court-ordered treatment, and SB 1318 was characterized as a cleanup measure to remove redundant state notice requirements for dense breast tissue. The most extended exchange came on SB 1148, which would require the Arizona Supreme Court to directly license attorneys rather than delegate that function to another organization; members asked whether the bill was shifting responsibility away from the State Bar, and staff explained that the court already has the duty but currently staffs part of the process out. SB 1418, which limits county regulation of certain small modular nuclear reactor projects, drew criticism from one member who argued it would reduce local control. The caucus also heard a sponsor presentation on H.C.M. 2009 urging Congress and the President to amend the Antiquities Act, compensate states for subsurface minerals, and streamline mining permits, with the sponsor emphasizing Arizona’s mining history and the need to access mineral resources more easily.