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• Section 21 says OMB, Safety and Homeland, and DTI are to develop and maintain standards for card access
• to be used for the purpose of reviewing technology, workflow, and space planning to meet library standards
• to be used for the purpose of reviewing technology, workflow, and space planning to meet library standards
• Section 134 requires all school districts receiving state capital funds to use standard bid and contract
• Section 138 allows local school districts to request a waiver of the standard minor cap threshold to

Summary: The committee met for a fiscal year 2027 capital budget writing session with all 12 members present. It first reviewed and approved the DNREC Resource Conservation and Development drainage project list, which would add projects across New Castle, Kent, and Sussex counties and bring the total eligible projects to 1,561. Members offered personal remarks thanking retiring conservation district staff, especially Kevin Donnelly, for years of work on drainage and water issues. The committee then reviewed DelDOT Rule 12 changes, including annual date updates and a reduction in the inflation markup applied to older estimates, and approved the rule as amended. The committee next adopted DelDOT Appendix A and the FY27 paving and rehabilitation list, including the subdivision street management fund and various road resurfacing projects. DelDOT explained that paving projects are for state-of-good-repair work and that major changes from corridor studies would be handled separately. The committee also approved DelDOT epilogue changes, including updates to authorization amounts, a $25 million increase for toll infrastructure work, changes to subdivision street paving language, and an increase in the subdivision street paving management fund to $30 million. Several sections were placed on hold for later updates. The committee then moved through boilerplate epilogue sections in the bond bill, approving a wide range of provisions affecting conservation districts, housing, economic development, corrections, DNREC, public safety, transportation, agriculture, fire prevention, education, and other agencies. Many sections were adopted in groups, while some were held for later revisions or deleted as no longer needed. The session included updates to school capital rules, transportation restrictions and reporting requirements, DNREC conservation and land-use provisions, and funding and administrative authorities across multiple agencies. The committee broke for lunch after approving the education-related sections through 147, with additional sections still pending.

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• I will note that this request was part of the larger standard-based project since the program for teacher
• Not clumped together as part of the standards base, all the things that people have said.
• going forward, we have addressed them, and I'll kind of Number one, our bond reconciliation was not performed
• It's a communication module for whenever we get system and standard-based awards.
• It's a correction and a clarification to what they needed to perform and provide.

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• That's just been standard language that was rolled over into this recommendation.
• But it was recommended just to keep that standard language. Okay.
• Have they—so has that been standard language every year? It's been pretty standard most years, yes.
• And so the theory in LFC was make sure we've got a good performance-based I&G recommendation, but no
• So we recommend keeping a harder cap but keeping a good I and G that's focused on performance, okay,

Bills: SB241, SB145

Keywords: child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department, ECECD, child care facilities, licensed child care, registered child care, copayments, waitlist, subsidy, federal poverty level

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• A key part of our program is the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety fortified standards
• The standard gives us a clear benchmark for homeowners to achieve, and then our grant program can provide
• From this study, we have learned that the IBHS-certified fortified roofs not only performed as advertised
• We do know we have scientifically based standards. They're already being employed in Paradise.
• We have scientifically based standards. They're already being employed in Paradise.

Summary: The Assembly Insurance Committee met to consider several bills focused on California’s insurance market, wildfire resilience, and consumer protections. AB 888, the California Safe Homes Act, was heard first. Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and Alabama Insurance Commissioner Mark Fowler testified in support, describing state grant programs that help homeowners harden roofs and create defensible space, with the goal of reducing losses and improving insurance affordability and availability. Supporters from the insurance industry, local government, and the Rebuild Paradise Foundation also backed the bill, and committee members emphasized the need for more incentives for mitigation. The bill passed the committee on a do pass motion and was sent to Appropriations. AB 290, by Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan, would require the FAIR Plan to offer automatic payments and address non-renewal grace-period issues. The author described her own experience being forced onto the FAIR Plan and facing a large premium increase, while Consumer Federation of California called the bill common-sense consumer protection. The FAIR Plan opposed unless amended, saying it was already handling major wildfire claims and other operational demands and requested more time and changes to the non-renewal grace-period language. Members across the committee supported the bill as a needed modernization measure, and it passed as amended to Appropriations. AB 1339, by Assemblymember Gonzalez, would direct the Department of Insurance to study insurance availability and pricing for affordable housing providers and report policy recommendations. Supporters from affordable housing organizations said rising premiums were forcing providers to cut services, defer maintenance, and use reserves, threatening housing stability for low-income residents. The bill passed as amended to Appropriations. AB 646, by Assemblymember Wallace, also passed to Appropriations; it concerns disclosure related to motor vehicle protection products and catalytic converter theft deterrence, with support from auto dealers and industry groups. The committee also approved AB 1531 on consent. Members later added on to the record in support of the bills, and the hearing concluded without recorded opposition votes on the measures that advanced.

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• this is my bill, which relates to the evaluation and. ...reporting of investment practices and performance
• . ...documentation forms were, quote, "true and accurate," without clearly defining the detailed standard
• . ...professional standards and has been appropriately removed.
• I do know that it's very commonplace for them to perform a credit report.
• I mean, we're hearing about the debts resulting from domestic violence, but this applies to just standard

Bills: HB3803, HB3804, HB3805, HB3806, HB3833, HB4134, HB4233, HB4238, HB4243

Keywords: HB 3803, Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 712, perpetual care cemetery, perpetual care trust fund, cemetery regulation, financial confidentiality, confidential records, regulatory examination, Texas Department of Banking, commissioner disclosure, interagency information sharing, state agency enforcement, federal agency disclosure, trust fund oversight, burial services, cemetery trust, consumer protection, state banks, Texas Finance Code

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• Subdivision 1 would establish which operations the safety standards apply to.
• Subdivisions 2 through 5 are the new safety standards that Osha lot regulating commercial diving Operations
• Subdivision want to establish is what which which operations the safety standards apply to some divisions
• . 2 through 5 are the new safety standards that >> Would exist under Minnesota law, including a requirement
• "That they have higher safety standards implicit in them than the industry we're discussing today.

Bills: HF1355, HF78, HF1846, HF1225

Keywords: commercial diving, scuba diving safety, aquatic plant management, workplace safety, environmental regulations, HF78, Minnesota veterans, veteran retreats, Camp Bliss, Walker, Independent Lifestyles Inc., Department of Veterans Affairs, veterans affairs grant, general fund appropriation, family members, spouse, domestic partner, children, therapy, transportation

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• Equally disturbing, private schools receiving these funds would not be subject to the same curriculum standards
• This means that they don't have to meet the same standards for our teacher certifications, curriculums
• In the emergency department I provide the gold standard of care to every single person who comes through
• it takes, no matter how many people show up to my emergency Do what it takes to provide the gold standard
• And they can require additional academic performance or say no. You want to talk about parity?

Bills: SB2, SJR36, SB2, SB2, SR29, SB2

Keywords: Maverick County, recognition, economic development, Texas Senate, community celebration, 1185, senate, all

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• “If you’re trying to say the MOU is the standard, which we don’t agree with, but if you’re saying that
• ’s the standard, then remove it because it doesn’t include every entity in every car manufacturer in
• SFMO investigations perform law enforcement duties that align...
• The bill does not change suitability standards or restrict format agreements between insurers.
• And so there are varying levels of different standards that are in those states.

Bills: HB 106, HB144, HB145, HB252, HB1732, HB2221, HB2467, HB2468, HB2517, HB2518, HB2963, HB3016, HB3689, HB3960, HB4386, HB4490, HB4751, HB5247, HJR175, HB2213

Keywords: HB 106, oil and gas, Railroad Commission of Texas, overhead electrical lines, electrical distribution system, power line maintenance, administrative penalty, Natural Resources Code, oil and gas lease, well operator, energy safety, utility infrastructure, regulatory compliance, cleanup fund, oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund, production safety, leasehold operations, electric utility, distribution poles, inspection

Summary: The committee first handled pending business, including reconsidering SB 715 and then voting out several measures. The committee substitute for SB 1978 was reported favorably, and HB 431, HB 1522, HB 1922, HB 3228, HB 3229, HB 3803, HB 3804, HB 3805, HB 3806, HB 4219, HB 4238, HB 434, HB 1584, and HB 4739 were all reported favorably, many with objections sent to the local and uncontested calendar. HB 1522 and HB 4238 were adopted as committee substitutes before passage. The committee then moved into public testimony on HB 2963, a right-to-repair bill for consumer electronics. Supporters argued it would reduce waste, lower costs, and help independent repair shops by requiring manufacturers to provide parts, tools, and information on fair terms, while opponents said the bill was too broad and the automotive MOU exemption was problematic. The bill was left pending after testimony. The committee also heard HB 2467, which would align State Fire Marshal Office investigators’ pay with other commissioned peace officers at TDI; testimony was strongly supportive, emphasizing the office’s arson-investigation role, and the bill was left pending. HB 252, a bill allowing certain state agencies flexibility to pay Schedule A employees twice monthly, was laid out and left pending after limited testimony. HB 2468, dealing with public improvement district notice in real estate transactions, would let buyers terminate within seven days if required PID notice was not provided before contract execution; it drew no public testimony and was left pending. HB 4386, an annuity exchange and surrender process bill, was presented as a consumer-protection measure with deadlines and penalties for insurer delays; it received support from industry witnesses and was left pending. The committee then heard HB 4751, creating the Texas Quantum Initiative within the Governor’s Office to coordinate quantum research, workforce, industry partnerships, and possible future grant funding. Witnesses from universities and industry supported the bill, while several senators questioned whether a new state structure was necessary; the bill was left pending. HJR 175 proposed a constitutional amendment protecting Texans’ right to use mutually agreed forms of exchange, including cash, bullion, digital currency, or private script, and was discussed at length in the context of central bank digital currency and barter; it was left pending after testimony. HB 2221, updating insurance anti-rebating laws to allow wellness and value-added services, drew supportive testimony from the insurance industry and discussion about incentives versus monitoring; it was also left pending. Finally, the committee heard a series of utility wildfire and infrastructure bills: HB 106, requiring oil and gas operators to maintain certain electrical infrastructure near well sites; HB 144, requiring electric utilities to submit pole inspection and management plans to the PUC; and HB 145, requiring wildfire mitigation plans and allowing self-insurance under certain conditions. Utility, insurance, and cooperative witnesses generally supported the wildfire-related bills while asking for clarifications and less burdensome reporting, and the bills were left pending.

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• There's a standard bit of equipment, you know, with fins, BCD, and backup regulators.
• There's a standard bit of equipment, you know, with fins, BCD, and backup regulators.
• You would assume that there would be a standard of training, and unfortunately there was not.
• You would assume that there would be a standard of training, and unfortunately there was not.
• For 22 years, we've specialized in lake weed removal performed by scuba divers.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Little higher standard than my own. Thank you, Danielle.
• Little higher standard than my >> Okay.
• This is not about lowering the standards.
• Sheriffs remain accountable standards.
• <02:04:42.560> this injuries when they're performing this injuries when they're performing

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It aims to redefine the standards for school safety.
• <00:13:46.760> response love you guys or the standard response love you guys or the standard
• There is no uniform standard for physical security in our schools, and Minnesota can do better.
• This should be the standard.
• As this is written, would a school be able to perform a check for headlight on a student?

Keywords: 1183, house

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• These centers not only fail to adhere to these standards of care, but they may also mislead women by
• This violates health care and legal standards of informed consent.
• These centers not only fail to adhere to these standards of care, but they may also mislead women by
• This violates health care and legal standards of informed consent.
• This violates health care and legal standards of informed consent.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Standards as well.
• Over time, the program has included more lax eligibility standards for these benefits.
• Yes, so Adele Burns, I'm the chief at the Division of Apprenticeship Standards.
• I perform SIBTF evaluations. So for SIBTF, I'm boots on the ground.
• I perform SIBTF evaluations. So for SIBTF, I'm boots on the ground.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Um so making sure we can move standard.
• <00:52:17.680> includes Um, so clean fuel standards includes Um, so clean fuel standards includes
• Putting some standards? Okay, what do we expect out of the clean fuel standard?
• Okay, what do we putting some standards?
• expect out of the clean fuel standard? expect out of the clean fuel standard?

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint informational briefing focused on the Hawaii Department of Transportation’s work under the Navah settlement, which was described as a first-of-its-kind climate agreement tied to the state’s constitutional public trust and clean-environment obligations. Speakers said the settlement was intended to accelerate progress toward Hawaii’s 2030 and 2045 clean energy goals, especially by addressing transportation, the state’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. They emphasized that the agreement formalizes milestones, reduces dependence on changing administrations, and includes a role for the legislature alongside the courts and executive branch. DOT and Earthjustice representatives outlined the main settlement deliverables: creation of a new Office of Energy Security and Community Outreach, formation of a youth council, and development of an emissions reduction plan that will be updated over time. They also highlighted a new project-level greenhouse gas/VMT scoring tool, described as the first of its kind in the nation for DOT-wide use, to evaluate the climate impact of transportation projects. The presentation tied these efforts to prior legislative actions, including the state’s climate emergency declaration, net-zero/net-negative targets, and Act 131’s requirements for multimodal network planning and emissions reporting. A substantial portion of the briefing was devoted to the youth council, which reported 20 members selected from 83 applicants, representation from across the islands, and work on bylaws, committees, and outreach. Youth members described feedback they gave on the energy security plan, a student leadership summit presentation, and future plans to meet with legislators and participate in the Climate Future Forum. DOT also said the settlement’s transportation strategies include clean fuels, electrification, aviation sustainable aviation fuel, marine shore power, and carbon sequestration, including expanded native tree planting and fire mitigation work. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken during the briefing. Members discussed implementation challenges, including cost and supply constraints for aviation and marine decarbonization, but DOT said industry stakeholders were not rejecting the goals, only raising affordability and timing concerns. Officials also noted that a GIS map for network gaps was in development and that the settlement’s pedestrian, bike, and transit connectivity requirement would compress roughly 15 years of work into five years, with an estimated annual commitment of $40 million to $50 million.

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• Dental therapy provide services as part of a dental care team enabling dentists to perform or advanced
• That's why it's so important to have a fully trained Dennis perform irreversible procedures.
• This legislation would authorize an individual who is not trained as a dentist to perform procedures
• The dentist license is going to be on the line that their therapist is performing procedures that they
• And it's just not true that dental therapists are performing as dentists.

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• Forcing an unworkable standard on TNCs won't help accelerate EV adoption.
• Forcing an unworkable standard on TNCs won't help accelerate EV adoption.
• SB 1246 sets standards to provide immediate coordinated response to AV incidents.
• , an area governed by federal standards.
• Our vacation is not going to perform. But it's fine. Other people can do that.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• H is a letter from the Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training for $60,000.
• T is a letter from the Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training for $225,000 to cover a 911
• F is Public Safety Commission, Law Enforcement Standards and Training, for $17,000.
• They have another grant from FEMA from the Emergency Management Performance Grant Program.
• They have another grant from FEMA from the emergency management performance grant program.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• Meyer: Yes, so the agency issued a competitive procurement to procure a vendor to perform this initiative
• We have strong network adequacy standards in the contract. We monitor.
• We perform compliance actions and activities on our plans on a monthly basis for failing to meet time
• and distance standards or ratio standards, access standards.
• provide us district-by-district information and exactly which of the MCOs are not meeting the correct standards

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Yes, so the agency issued a competitive procurement to procure a vendor to perform this initiative.
• We have strong network adequacy standards in the contract. We monitor.
• We perform compliance actions and activities on our plans on a monthly basis for failing to meet time
• and distance standards or ratio standards, access standards.
• provide us district by district information and exactly which of the MCOs are not meeting the correct standards

Summary: The Legislative Budget Commission considered 21 budget amendments, most of them routine authority adjustments tied to federal grants, Medicaid payment programs, and trust fund realignments. The Department of Education received $14.751 million for a Preschool Development Grant to support early learning system improvements, workforce credentialing and training, IT modernization, and related early childhood certification work. The Department of Veterans Affairs shifted $2.2 million within its trust fund to cover higher nursing home occupancy, replace contract nursing with OPS staff, and meet rising operating costs. The Department of Health moved about $9.1 million to support Disability Determinations, where roughly 140,000 cases were pending or in process, and said the change would help reduce backlog and avoid a deficit. The Agency for Health Care Administration presented multiple amendments for Medicaid-related programs, including $766 million for indirect medical education, $1.9 million for managed care network adequacy audits, $209 million for the Rural Health Transformation Program, and several large supplemental payment programs for hospitals and physicians; members asked about CMS approval delays, provider access, and how rural funds would be distributed. The commission also adopted an amendment realigning KidCare funds, placing a $32.1 million surplus into reserve, though several members objected that the state had not yet implemented the 2023 KidCare expansion and that children remained on a wait list. Another Medicaid amendment placed a $376 million surplus into reserve after updated estimating conference projections. Other agencies also received approvals. FDLE received $16.26 million to buy counter-unmanned aircraft systems equipment such as radar and RF sensors to detect and mitigate drone threats. The Department of Juvenile Justice received $1.6 million for the Florida Scholars Academy and a Social Services Block Grant realignment, with staff confirming corrective action had been taken after prior audit findings about allowable SSBG spending. The Division of Emergency Management received federal pass-through authority for FIFA World Cup security and counter-UAS funds, both controlled by the Miami host committee, and members noted the state had little direct oversight over how those local grants would be used. The Department of Commerce received $148.4 million for Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery work, with questions focused on the split between housing, infrastructure, and administrative costs. The Department of State received $408,377 for arts and culture federal grant obligations. All amendments were adopted, generally without objection, after brief questioning and no public testimony.

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• sanctioned even after receiving immunizations simply because documentation didn't meet the county standard
• current law, RCFEs may not charge Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, recipients more than a standardized
• State regulations require the standardized rate established by the Department of Social Services to..
• Research has shown that food insecurity results in difficulty concentrating and lower academic performance
• Thus, SB 761 will promote better health, attendance, and academic performance for thousands of UC students

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Human Services heard several homelessness, public benefits, and aging-related bills. SB 748 would expand Encampment Resolution Funding to support safe parking sites for people living in cars or RVs, require quarterly reporting from HCD on outcomes, and direct LAO evaluation; supporters said it would help local governments reduce RV encampments while connecting people to housing and services. SB 290 would repeal the CalWORKs immunization sanction that reduces aid when parents cannot provide acceptable proof of a child’s vaccination; supporters argued the penalty unfairly harms families already in poverty and can worsen instability, while no opposition testified. SB 606 would define “functional zero” for overall and unsheltered homelessness and require local jurisdictions to plan for and report on the housing and interim shelter needed to reach that goal; supporters said it would add accountability and focus on reducing unsheltered homelessness, and one group moved from opposition to neutral after amendments. SB 433 would create an income-based room-and-board cap and personal needs allowance for all Medi-Cal assisted living participants in residential care facilities for the elderly, not just SSI recipients; supporters said it would prevent eviction and homelessness among low-income seniors and people with disabilities, and facility groups withdrew opposition or moved to neutral after amendments. SB 761 would require students applying for Cal Grants to be notified that they may be eligible for CalFresh and given information on how to apply; supporters said it would address widespread student food insecurity and low enrollment among eligible students. The committee accepted amendments on the bills, and all of the measures discussed were reported out on 7-0 or similar unanimous votes to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, with the consent calendar also approved unanimously.