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• Should we be mindful of any of those or ways to structure the health care information protection so that
• Should we be mindful of any of those or ways to structure the health care information protection so that
• access to transgender health care for young people, and this despite the research, most recently a report
• If I'm providing a telehealth consultation, I rely on the patient's report of their location and should
• We support excluding gender-affirming and reproductive health prescriptions reported into the PMP, and

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on Steering and Policy held a public hearing on potential updates to Massachusetts’ 2022 Shield Law to strengthen protections for reproductive and gender-affirming health care. Chair Cindy Friedman said the hearing was prompted by escalating federal and out-of-state threats, and testimony was sought on loopholes and clarifications involving emergency abortion care, limits on cooperation with outside investigations, protection of patient data, and safeguarding licenses of providers and attorneys involved in this care. The Attorney General’s Office, ACLU of Massachusetts, GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders, Reproductive Equity Now, the Massachusetts Medical Society, TransHealth, and Health Imperatives all supported strengthening the law. Witnesses urged broader bans on sharing health data with hostile states, explicit AG enforcement authority, exclusion of reproductive and gender-affirming prescriptions from the prescription monitoring program, protections for electronic medical records, and allowing clinicians to use practice names on prescription labels. Several speakers also called for protections for parents of transgender youth, attorneys, and nonprofit organizations, and some raised related concerns about insurance discrimination and the burden of post-24-week abortion restrictions. Committee members asked questions about enforcement mechanisms, data privacy, patient consent, and how to balance interoperability with privacy protections in electronic records. Witnesses said the goal was to prevent immediate harm while preserving patient control and access to care. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chair closed by inviting written testimony and then moved to adjourn the hearing.

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• The finding begins on page four of the report. words. ...of the report.
• , and that's what this report is. ...that requires a report, and that's what this report is, just on
• This report is being provided at a time when the structure and operations of public entity risk pools
• reported in that system.
• we report out on it.

Summary: The committee was called to order, the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer were offered, and the minutes from the previous meeting were approved. Members then received a memo summarizing major audit items and began hearing audit presentations from the State Auditor’s Office and private auditors on a range of state agencies and organizations. Several audits were reported as clean, including the Bank of North Dakota, the North Dakota Guaranteed Student Loan Program, the Office of the Governor, the Office of the State Treasurer, the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Transportation’s flexible transportation fund, Lake Region State College, and the Department of Environmental Quality. The North Dakota Stockmen’s Association also received an unmodified opinion, though repeat findings were noted for limited segregation of duties and financial statement preparation due to its small staff. The Council on the Arts audit found two findings: payroll charged to federal awards without adequate timekeeping records, and unallowable expenditures from a restricted cultural endowment fund. The Department of Public Instruction audit identified unsupported scholarship applications in the paraprofessional-to-teacher program, though additional testing showed the funds were used for their intended purpose. The most extensive discussion centered on the North Dakota Racing Commission audit, which identified four findings: overspending the promotion fund’s 25% operating limit, grant conditions not being met, improper Breeders Fund awards, and improper procurement for advertising services. Racing Commission director Bruce Johnson acknowledged complacency and weak controls, said the agency would tighten procedures, and explained that the commission had since worked with procurement and would follow the rules more closely. Auditors also explained that the commission would now be audited every two years because of the findings. Another major discussion involved the University of North Dakota School of Law, where auditors found a lack of documentation supporting admissions decisions for post-baccalaureate programs. UND officials said they remain in good standing with the American Bar Association but agreed better documentation and tools are needed; the committee pressed for more transparency and follow-up on admissions criteria. The committee also received an update on Dakota College at Bottineau, where Minot State University reported that bank reconciliations had been brought current after a significant backlog and would now be maintained through shared services. Members requested a written follow-up report on the issues and corrective actions. Finally, the North Dakota Fair Association explained that its foundation has been dissolved and remaining funds were transferred to another nonprofit for continued support of the state fair, and the Department of Public Instruction provided an update on school meal debt, saying the reported amount was about $1.1 million from a partial district survey and that debt remains a local issue, though it could be revisited if school meal funding changes.

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• We also built into this a lot of reporting.
• So there's a whole lot that providers have to report to us, and that we in turn then have to report to
• The second The amendment instructs to report to the Legislative Health The report must also include redacted
• So in there, we also have to report; they have to report to us each employee's salary and their role
• But we also have to report.

Bills: SB132, SB241

Keywords: SB132, DOIT, Department of Information Technology, software replacement, equipment replacement, technology funding, revolving fund, capital equipment, enterprise services, state IT budgeting, software budgeting, amortization, depreciation, State Treasurer, Department of Finance and Administration, New Mexico, information technology, IT infrastructure, fund accounting, legislative appropriation

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• There being Ayes and no nays, the booboo reported favorably to the full Senate. Thank you, Mr.
• Our county alone gets probably over 1,000, 1,500 barrels of oil reported stolen every month.
• There being seven ayes and no nays the bill reported favorably to the full Senate.
• And no nays, the bill reported favorably to the full Senate.
• Ayes and no nos, the bill is reported favorably to the Senate.

Bills: SB766, SB290, SB494, SB1145

Keywords: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water regulation, environmental protection, pesticide management, natural resources, LP-gas, property owner notice, gas installations, safety notification, petroleum theft, task force, oil and gas, law enforcement, economic impact, environmental regulation, water permits, water quality, land application, 1185, senate

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• bill does is it replaces that layer of funding, that billion dollars, with a guaranteed financing structure
• HB 33689 is an important investment towards improving the funding structure and sustainability of TUIA
• Their funding structure, as you're well aware, has been a subject of much discussion to try to find some
• way to find a more sustainable, viable funding structure for for TUA.
• There's a lot of different ways to structure these programs. Oklahoma just did one last year.

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• The people Commit serves often cannot report. Would not be left without independent oversight.
• The people Commit serves often cannot report abuse, neglect, poor care, or unsafe conditions.
• Then on September 30, 2027, ADE has to report on the status of the implementation of the program.
• Then on September 30, 2027, ADE has to report on the status of the implementation of the program.
• There are other structural programs.

Summary: The joint House and Senate Appropriations committees met to hear the FY 2027 budget package, beginning with the General Appropriations Act (HB 4154/SB 1847). Staff outlined the overall budget, including one-time fund transfers, lump-sum reductions, funding for state employee health insurance, school facilities, corrections, flood and wildfire relief, education and child care, and other ongoing and supplemental items. Members briefly discussed the absence of a requested $1.5 million for the oversight office, but the chair said no amendments would be taken in committee and that only limited technical changes were likely later in the process. Public testimony on the feed bill was largely supportive but focused on specific funding concerns. Testimony highlighted school safety funding, Alzheimer’s services, small business tax expensing provisions, disability oversight for group homes, county use of opioid settlement dollars, adult education/community college funding, victim notification funding, and ESA oversight. Several speakers praised the budget for funding DDD and other services, while others opposed or sought changes to items such as the COMIT group home monitoring program, Maricopa Community Colleges’ lack of operating aid, and a possible cut to the victim notification program. The chair repeatedly emphasized that changes to the negotiated budget would be difficult and should be routed through leadership. The committee then moved quickly through the remaining budget reconciliation bills. Staff summarized bills covering amusement and wagering, capital outlay, commerce, criminal justice, environment, health care, higher education, human services, and K-12 education. Notable provisions included continued wagering assessments, highway and building renewal funding, defense innovation and economic development changes, corrections and wrongful conviction provisions, groundwater and water banking measures, health insurance oversight and opioid settlement provisions, higher education funding and ABOR operating caps, SNAP and housing trust fund changes, and a 2% inflation increase for K-12 formula components. The K-12 bill also included a biometric school safety pilot and a child sexual abuse prevention pilot. No votes were taken in the portion provided, and the chair indicated the committee would continue through the remaining bills.

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• The department believes that the benefits of the current structure prevail.
• the benefits of the current structure the benefits of the current structure prevail.<00:37:01.040
• Chair would like to recommend that we report this bill out unamended.
• So this creates<01:11:19.280> a<01:11:19.600> structure.
• This is not a get creates a structure.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint committees heard testimony on several measures. SB 2723, which would designate April 27 as State Sheriff’s Day, was supported by the Department of Law Enforcement and a long-serving sheriff, who described the historical roots of Hawaii’s sheriffs in the Kingdom of Hawaii and said the bill would recognize that legacy. HGA submitted written comments, and there was no opposition or vote taken on the measure during the excerpt. The committees then heard SB 17 on wildfire mitigation. The Public Utilities Commission, DLNR, the State Fire Council, OPSD, the Attorney General’s office, and Kamehameha Schools all testified, mostly in support of the bill’s intent but with suggested amendments. Several witnesses said the bill should better define the working group’s structure, staffing, and funding, and the Attorney General noted constitutional concerns about placing the group outside a principal department and pointed out possible overlap with Acts 302 and 303 from the prior year. Committee members questioned whether SB 17 duplicated earlier wildfire legislation, and witnesses generally said it did not directly conflict but overlapped with existing efforts. On SB 2358, which would require reimbursement for search-and-rescue costs when people leave trails and enter closed areas, the State Fire Council and the Hawaii SAR Alliance testified in opposition or caution, arguing that reimbursement could deter people from calling for help and that Hawaii’s SAR system still has structural and administrative gaps. A committee member asked whether other jurisdictions had used similar measures without discouraging rescues; the Fire Council said Kauai has a similar law but it has not resulted in invoices being sent. No action was taken in the excerpt. The final measure discussed was SB 2475 on Red Hill remediation funding and reimbursement from the Department of Defense. The Board of Water Supply, DLNR, and other testifiers supported the bill, emphasizing the need for long-term research, monitoring, and cleanup, while also noting the unique groundwater conditions and the importance of keeping the funds focused on Red Hill contamination response. Committee members asked about existing federal and state funding, whether the state had received any direct federal money, and what would happen if reimbursement is not obtained. DLNR said it was still working through the reimbursement mechanism and that some federal funding had gone to the Red Hill registry, but not directly to the state for this purpose.

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• The finding begins on page four of the report. words. ...of the report.
• I mean, with no applications for the grants, no itemized reports, no written reports.
• This report is being provided at a time when the structure and operations of public entity risk pools
• reported in that system.
• we report out on it.

Keywords: 908, all

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• As the learning policy institute has stated in a recent report and I want to say a recent report and
• That's what that report actually revealed.
• to your point to basically bring report back to us.
• Fifty-nine percent of U.S. teens report experiencing at least one cyberbullying behavior.
• In the United States, 46% of students ages 13-17 report being cyberbullied.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Annual performance report.
• Some people will look at the annual report and confuse well.
• Why is one being reported here and another here?
• These we're going to cluster is I don't think that report.
• Those school districts are not reporting Tvi or a teacher of the deaf on staff.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Their ARD meetings to easily receive SSLC information as a structured residential option for their child
• Senator Parker moves that House Bill 6... ...be reported to the full Senate with a recommendation that
• However, this bill is structured differently.
• The 2025 State of the Arts Report by the Texas Cultural Trust, which I believe you now have a copy of
• In Frisco ISD, we just balanced a $30 million structural deficit.

Bills: HB2

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, 1185, senate, all

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• change to fix the structural problems causing people structural economic pain.
• To fix the structural problems causing people structural economic pain.
• This is a structural problem. ...states for property tax. This is a structural problem.
• It's a structural problem created by Republican fiscal policy.
• I was here when there was a huge structural deficit.

Keywords: 970, all

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• In a recently released report by the Consumer Federation of America, Minnesota and the Minneapolis metro
• <00:10:23.519> by went up in a recently released report by went up in a recently released
• report by the<00:10:23.760> consumer<00:10:24.279> Federation<00:10:24.760> of<00
• The Consumer Federation of America reports includes a series of policy recommendations, but the very
• because they face real structural because they face real structural barriers<01:37:18.480> to

Bills: HF2228, HF46, HF856, HF2149, HF2215

Keywords: homeowners insurance, property insurance, commercial property insurance, insurance affordability, insurance market stabilization, reinsurance, catastrophic reinsurance fund, self-insured pool, premium costs, coverage notice, liability reform, climate risk, climate change, housing affordability, multifamily housing, rental housing, common interest communities, cooperatives, small business insurance, Minnesota Commerce Department

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• from the D delut Police 2025 report from the D delut Police Department<00:09:41.720> where<00
• performed by an quarterly annual reports performed by an independent<00:57:59.960> Actuarial<
• online this alone is a number of reports online this alone is a number of reports that<00:58:05.960
• <00:58:17.039> much<00:58:17.200> is reports these reports show how much is reports
• product and you'll see in the report product and you'll see in the report that's<00:58:24.359>

Bills: HF837, HF1903, HF499, HF794

Keywords: health insurance, premium security plan, federal funding, state innovation waiver, Minnesota, newborn safety, anonymity, healthcare provider, safe place, child welfare, HF499, nursing, nurse licensure, temporary permit, temporary nursing permit, Board of Nursing, endorsement licensure, reregistration, refresher course, health occupations

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• Maui mokai Kawai it's not being reported Maui mokai Kawai it's not being reported because<00:39:
• <00:40:25.359> with together whether it's the reporting with together whether it's the reporting
• <02:43:54.359> for in the standing committee report for in the standing committee report for
• Attention: An emergency has been reported in this building.
• Attention: An emergency has been reported in this building.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• <01:02:18.480> your How are you going to structure your How are you going to structure your
• We are fourth from the bottom, and I just want to note below us sits K-6 structures and K-8 structures
• I've given you the final report, not the whole report, because it was a long report, but just section
• report and is moves it over into HP report and is moves it over into HP 1827.
• <03:25:32.319> was district where the IBASS report was district where the IBASS report was

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The National Education Association reported in 2022 that well over 90% of teachers spend their own money
• The regions we compete against for opportunities have well-established structures.
• In the report, we looked in detail at Phoenix, Denver, and Salt Lake City.
• The report will be as... ...and a contractor to provide technical expertise.
• Following RTC Board approval, the report will be submitted to the state as outlined in the bill.

Bills: AB568, SB90, SB133, SB147, SB229, SB233, SB240, SB245, SB280, SB378, SB393, SB417, SB434, SB494, SB495

Keywords: higher education, Nevada System of Higher Education, operational expenses, instructional expenses, public funding, education funding, teacher grants, classroom supplies, instructional support, specialized personnel, civics education, Nevada Center for Civic Engagement, funding, youth programs, civic involvement, Southern Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas Valley, regional planning, economic resiliency

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• How about for one-unit structures? Well, here's its recent peak.
• This is one-unit structures.
• <00:29:47.360> is state uh this is one unit structur is state uh this is one unit structur
• We don’t report on it much yet. I think we could in the future.
• We don’t report on it much yet. I think we could in the future.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Reports of standing committees. Reports of select committees.
• Communications and reports from state officers. Motions and resolutions. Senator Gianaris.
• goes to that question by merely asking for LLCs to provide information with regard to ownership structure
• GOES TO THAT QUESTION BY MERELY ASKING FOR LLCs TO PROVIDE INFORMATION WITH REGARD TO OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE
• Can you tell us why this bill only deals with LLCs and not any other structure?

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the prior day’s journal, then moved through a series of introductions and resolutions recognizing Women’s History Month honorees, Prince Hall Masons and Eastern Stars, Agriculture Week, Pakistan-American Heritage Day, visiting Mercaz Academy students, and the 175th anniversary of Albany Law School. Several senators spoke in support of the commemorations, and each resolution was adopted. The chamber then took up a number of bills on the calendar. Among the measures passed were bills related to insurance, private housing finance, public health, mental hygiene, real property, elder law, public authorities, and environmental conservation. One bill on the Environmental Conservation Law drew a procedural challenge over a proposed amendment; the Chair’s ruling that the amendment was nongermane was upheld by a show of hands, after which the bill passed. Another bill amending the Emergency Tenant Protection Act was debated on the issue of vacant rent-stabilized units and LLC ownership transparency, with supporters saying it would help identify responsible owners and opponents arguing it was too broad and could impose unclear penalties; it ultimately passed. The most extended debate centered on a real property bill concerning electronic rent payment systems and automated clearinghouse fees. Supporters framed it as a transparency measure that lets tenants choose whether to use such systems, while critics questioned how fees would be handled and whether the bill would affect landlord costs. After debate, the bill passed. A public health bill sponsored by Senator Webb also passed after she explained it was intended to improve transparency and oversight of changes to maternity and perinatal services amid concerns about maternal health deserts and hospital closures. The Senate then completed the calendar and adjourned until the next day.

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• Without objection, finance report.
• is today's finance report is today's finance report is adopted. adopted. adopted.
• religious use of land and structures. religious use of land and structures.
• And so I thought that to are structured.
• <05:25:34.958> and and processing enrolled bill reports and and processing enrolled bill reports

Keywords: 1191, senate, all