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• ,<01:08:45.839> hospital<01:08:46.400> facility, to nursing facility, hospital facility
• , to nursing facility, hospital facility, or<01:08:47.319> ICF/IID or ICF/IID or ICF/IID facility
• care facilities. care facilities.
• a facility. a facility.
• >> Outside of a facility. >> Outside of the facility and yes, okay.

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• House Bill 4341 mandates that certain critical infrastructure facilities provide standardized, detailed
• HB4341 also includes a grant program to assist these facilities in meeting these requirements.
• This ensures that every community has the tools they need to protect these vital facilities.
• to which the bill applies is only required to comply if the facility receives a grant.
• thank you for your work on the council, for putting the report together, and for coming up with a priority

Bills: HB2564, HB2760, HB2765, HB2898, HB3260, HB3800, HB4341, HB4396, HB5195

Keywords: Defense Economic Adjustment, grant applications, economic assistance, local government, Evaluation panel, judicial review, Texas Workforce Commission, unemployment compensation, legal proceedings, labor law, rural development, infrastructure, Texas economic fund, private investment, job creation, meteorological evaluation towers, wind resources, aviation safety, regulations, construction notice

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• HP 4341 also includes a grant program to, to assist these facilities in meeting these requirements.
• This ensures that every community has the tools they need to protect these vital facilities.
• to which the bill applies is only required to comply if the facility receives a grant under the grant
• House Bill 2898 is about notifying the Air Force and other branches with the aviation training facilities
• And uh putting the report together and coming up with a priority list and then as you said this bill

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• ADDITIONALLY THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION'S 2024 HEALTHCARE FACILITIES CODE REQUIRES THE
• FLORIDA NEEDS THIS LEGISLATION TO EXTEND THESE PROTECTIONS TO ALL PRE-EXISTING FACILITIES.
• VIRUSES, BLOOD BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IT ALSO CARRIES 150 HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS 16 OF WHICH ARE EPA PRIORITY
• THE FACILITIES THAT DO EVACUATE SMOKE WE ARE MOST GRATEFUL BUT WE NEED THE CONSISTENCY OF KNOWING ANYWHERE
• , FOR NURSING HOMES, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES, FOR LABORATORIES, FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF HEALTH CARE

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• This a priority as well. So lastly, then again, just a moment or two on student incentives.
• The statewide intake specialist will assess the situation and assign a priority, which helps educate
• In the majority of cases that we work, we see the client within three days based on the priority.
• In 2024, officers responded to a complaint and found eight residents living in an unlicensed facility
• We at AARP, Texas, have always made fraud a priority for us.

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• criminal and civil justice budget of $7.6 billion demonstrates a balanced approach to addressing key priorities
• with $12.7 million for additional residential beds and an increase in bed rates, ensuring adequate facilities
• My son had one year, one day, inside the correction facility. He was a non-violent person.
• My son had one year, one day, inside the correction facility. He was a non-violent person.
• Sheree, what facility is your son in? Right now, he's at Charlotte Correctional. Thank you.

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice met to review its proposed fiscal year 2025-2026 budget, totaling about $7.6 billion. The chair highlighted funding for the Department of Corrections, including health services, food inflation, and prison population growth; the Department of Juvenile Justice for residential beds and higher food/medical costs; FDLE for a law enforcement apprenticeship program and officer wellness services; justice administration for court-appointed attorney rates and VOCA shortfalls; major IT projects; and court operations, including funding for 29 new judges. Members asked about where the new judgeships would go and whether staffing would accompany them, and staff said the judge positions would be listed later in a conforming bill and that associated court staff were included, but not additional state attorney or public defender staffing. Several members also asked whether the budget addressed pay and staffing shortages in state attorneys’ and public defenders’ offices, and staff said those decisions had not yet been finalized. The committee then heard public testimony from several speakers who urged more funding for prison safety, medical care, and oversight. Speakers described personal experiences involving deaths or serious harm in correctional facilities and jails, alleging inadequate medical treatment, excessive force, isolation, and failures to investigate. One speaker said her son died after being beaten and denied timely medical care in a correctional facility; another said her son was not receiving adequate health care at Charlotte Correctional; and another described her brother’s death in the Marion County Jail after repeated tasing and pepper spraying. The committee adopted a motion allowing staff to make technical adjustments and then approved the committee’s budget proposal as a recommendation to the full Senate Appropriations Committee. The committee also took up CS for CS SB 48 on alternative judicial procedures and foreclosure sales. Senator Garcia offered an amendment to standardize judicial sales, increase transparency, limit preferences in bidding, preserve public notice requirements, restrict plaintiff credit bids to the amount of the judgment unless a deposit is posted, and prevent deviations from statutory timelines and procedures from being hidden in court orders. Garcia said the bill was intended to close loopholes and protect homeowners, especially condominium owners, from unfair foreclosure practices. A representative for Auction.com said similar laws have been used in other states and offered to provide data. After debate, the amendment was adopted, and the bill passed the committee favorably on a roll call vote.

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• And we provided a facility service dog for the Veteran Village in Eagan, Minnesota here.
• And we provided a facility service dog And we provided a facility service dog for<00:02:00.560> the
• veterans cemetery in Little Falls due to its proximity to Camp Ripley's National Guard training facility
• <00:41:40.320> Our<00:41:40.480> top<00:41:40.760> priority<00:41:41.320>
• Our top priority for our work continues.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard an introductory presentation from Sam Daily of Believe It Canine Service Partners, a nonprofit that trains service dogs free of charge for disabled veterans. Daily described the organization’s work with veterans, including placements with MACV and a service dog at Veteran Village in Eagan, and said the group has placed 80 teams so far. Senator Howe asked whether the organization had pursued Support Our Troops grants, and Daily said it had received two SOS grants. The first bill taken up was Senate File 4172, as amended, which would expand eligibility for burial in Minnesota state veterans cemeteries to honorably discharged reservists, National Guard members, and Air National Guard members, and would allow some honor guard use for eligible people. Senator Howe said the bill corrects an inequity for Guard and reserve members who served honorably but are not currently eligible. Glenn Pence testified in support, saying the bill recognizes National Guard service and should allow those veterans to be buried with others they served alongside. MDVA’s David Swantek supported the concept but warned that expanded eligibility would increase demand, especially at Little Falls, and could shorten its projected capacity timeline from about 48 years to about 30 years. The committee adopted the A1 amendment and then laid the bill over for inclusion in the Veterans and Military Affairs Finance Omnibus Bill. The committee then heard Senate File 4026, which sets standards for MDVA competitive grants and adds accountability and residency requirements. Senator Koran said the bill would help the department review grants and ensure funds serve Minnesota veterans and families. MDVA chief of staff Dave Belfi supported the bill, saying it reflects agency feedback, aligns with existing residency rules, and does not affect CVSO, VSO, or Support Our Troops grants. The A1 amendment was adopted, and the bill was laid over for inclusion in the omnibus bill. Next, Senate File 4807 was heard, a bill to update pay for National Guard soldiers and airmen called to state active duty. MDVA and National Guard officials said the bill would simplify statute language and raise the minimum base pay for lower ranks to the E5 level, with future adjustments tied to federal pay tables. Senator Kunesh asked about funding, and staff explained the cost would come through an open general-fund emergency appropriation, estimated at about $30,000 annually but varying with activations. The committee adopted amendments to incorporate SF 4172 and SF 4026 into SF 4807, made technical corrections, and then recommended SF 4807, as amended, to pass and be referred to the full committee. Finally, the committee heard Senate File 3603, which would create a program allowing school districts to issue high school diplomas to Minnesota veterans who left school to serve during the Korean conflict or Vietnam War. Senator Rasmussen said the bill recognizes veterans who interrupted their education for service. MDVA’s John Kelly supported the bill, noting it reflects input from MDVA and the Department of Education and that similar programs exist in other states. The committee voted to recommend the bill to pass and refer it to the full committee. The meeting also began discussion of Senate File 4560, which would formalize the Commander's Task Force, but the transcript cuts off before that bill was acted on.

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• enduring experiences for teachers and students in an area of the state that is not easy to get to our facilities
• enduring experiences for teachers and students in an area of the state that is not easy to get to our facilities
• you're absolutely, uh, that the point is well taken that there's so much, there's so many competing priorities
• c><00:34:48.159> for<00:34:48.480> the<00:34:48.800> school many competing priorities
• for the school many competing priorities for the school day.<00:34:49.679> There's<00:34:50.079

Bills: HB187, HB98, HB360, HB394, HB398, HB388, HB187, HB98, HB360, HB394, HB398, HB388

Keywords: school safety, emergency response, training, public safety, Alyssa's Law, law enforcement, scholarship, tuition assistance, dependent education, Alabama, blackout license plate, HB360, Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday, sales tax holiday, firearms, guns, ammunition, bullets, primers, gun accessories

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• The primary problem of no expulsions or suspensions has been in their top three priorities.
• We had a task force to examine community long-term facilities maintenance.
• Let's see, the facilities piece—I touched on that a little bit—and we do adapt with the school nutrition
• If you still believe, as a school district, that library support personnel or any other is the priority
• Well, today, members, I would argue that we actually have a priorities problem because I heard Chair

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• Anisa Dela Cruz, Warden, Central California Women's Facility, CDCR.
• At our women's facilities.
• Last month, the resounding feedback was that the conditions within the facilities are deteriorating.
• I was released in 2020 from the Central California Women's Facility.
• It is also my understanding there was a violent event at one of your facilities in August of 2024.

Summary: The hearing focused first on sexual abuse, harassment, and retaliation in California’s women’s prisons, with testimony from CDCR wardens, the Office of Inspector General, advocacy groups, and formerly incarcerated survivors. Legislators and witnesses described a pattern of staff misconduct, fear of retaliation, gaps in reporting, and the need for stronger accountability, better investigations, and more outside access for survivor support organizations. CDCR said it has expanded training, body-worn and stationary cameras, outside partnerships, and PREA-related response procedures, while the Inspector General requested additional funding and staff to monitor more grievances and staff sexual misconduct cases under SB 1069. Members pressed CDCR on why accused staff are not always placed on leave, how cases are referred to prosecutors, and whether current protections are enough; several members argued the state should aim to investigate all complaints and do more to prevent retaliation and repeat abuse. The second issue was rehabilitative and reentry programming in women’s prisons. CDCR’s Division of Rehabilitative Programs and the wardens highlighted education, vocational training, substance use treatment, peer support, and community reentry programs, citing increased enrollment and recent graduates earning diplomas, degrees, and certifications. They said these programs are intended to reduce recidivism and improve public safety. Formerly incarcerated advocates and community providers argued that current offerings are still too limited, outdated, and not aligned with today’s job market, especially around digital literacy and transferable credentials, and they urged more funding for community-based, trauma-informed, gender-responsive programming. A coalition representative asked for a $20 million continuation and expansion of the Wright Grant program, and members discussed additional budget requests for reentry and related women’s services.

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• Our internal priorities guide decisions year-round.
• We need to look at a few priorities and focus as an organization and work together.
• We trust you, go do the academics, but that's not our priority right now.
• That's where their priority is.
• So I think that's a high priority.

Summary: The joint hearing focused on coherence in California’s education planning and reporting systems, especially the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) and related grant plans. Committee chairs and members described widespread frustration with duplicative, lengthy, and sometimes conflicting reporting requirements, while emphasizing that the goal was not to reduce accountability but to make planning more useful, stable, and student-centered. State Superintendent Tony Thurmond also previewed the Governor’s education budget priorities, including expanded learning, community schools, universal transitional kindergarten, literacy supports, and concerns about the proposed Prop. 98 deferral. Panelists from the State Board of Education, Fresno County Superintendent of Schools, and the Legislative Analyst’s Office said the LCAP was intended to balance local flexibility with statewide transparency, but has become overloaded by repeated revisions and additional requirements. They argued for fewer core reporting elements, more stability over time, better alignment of planning cycles, and integrated systems that reduce duplication. Fresno County staff described a multi-year calendar and support tools that help districts manage timelines, but said these tools only ease the burden rather than solve the underlying problem. The LAO noted that some newer plans, such as expanded learning and transportation plans, are narrative-heavy and often less informative than separate reporting requirements. Local district leaders and county officials described the practical effects of the current system: staff time diverted from instruction, multiple portals and forms, audit risk aversion, and planning documents that can exceed 100 pages. Several superintendents said coherent systems work best when districts have clear priorities, stable governance, and aligned budgets, and when state requirements are predictable and tied to outcomes like literacy, attendance, and student achievement. The California Federation of Teachers added that coherence also depends on meaningful collaboration with educators, classified staff, parents, and communities. Committee members repeatedly asked whether the state should streamline reporting, create a uniform portal, or develop a more unified grant-reporting structure, and Thurmond said the department was piloting a simplified common form and was willing to work with the Legislature and districts on broader solutions.

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• Um, line 14, enable education facilities to maintain their own data facilities to maintain their own
• <03:41:38.239> That's account priority guidelines. That's account priority guidelines.
• get priority guidelines. get priority guidelines.
• to have a priority guideline? to have a priority guideline?
• priority caps for priority groups?

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• And we do use state-of-the-art private sector training facilities.
• So for OES, where we have many shifting priorities at the federal level when it comes to funding and
• They visit our facility on a regular basis, and we involve them in any major decision-making.
• They visit our facility on a regular basis, and we involve them in any major decision-making.
• And then For the military department, as I said, we have shifting priorities at the federal level when

Summary: The Assembly Select Committee on Cybersecurity and the Assembly Committee on Emergency Management held a joint informational hearing focused on maximizing the value of state cybersecurity investments, especially by fully using security features already included in existing vendor contracts. The first panel included representatives from Microsoft, Zscaler, and Palo Alto Networks, who described the products and services they provide to California and generally agreed that agencies often have strong adoption in some areas but still face challenges from tool overlap, limited staff, lack of awareness of available features, and the need for ongoing training and configuration support. They also discussed major threats such as ransomware, data loss, attack-surface exposure, IoT/OT vulnerabilities, and the growing role of AI in both attacks and defenses. Members pressed the vendors on whether state departments underuse purchased cybersecurity tools, how to improve utilization, and how to address the cybersecurity workforce shortage. The vendors said utilization is often constrained by staffing, procurement complexity, and the need to align tools with agency missions and maturity levels, but emphasized that training, leadership buy-in, and regular vendor-agency collaboration can improve results. They also discussed how AI can help with phishing triage, data-loss prevention, and security operations, while warning that agencies must manage AI safely and with human oversight. The second panel featured officials from the Department of Technology, Cal OES/CalSIC, and the California Military Department. They described statewide oversight efforts including audits, independent security assessments, continuous monitoring, advisory services, vulnerability disclosure programs, and workforce development initiatives such as the Information Security Leadership Academy and Cybersecurity Education Summit. Officials said some underutilization is real, but it is often tied to differing agency maturity, overlapping tools, and deliberate feature restrictions to reduce attack surface and complexity; they emphasized a balanced approach using people, process, and technology, with plans of action and milestones to hold departments accountable. They also noted federal uncertainty around MS-ISAC and the state and local cybersecurity grant program, saying California is advocating through federal partners and monitoring the impact. The hearing ended after public comment and adjournment.

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• These facilities would create an estimated 40,000 full-time jobs operating the facilities as well as
• These facilities would create an estimated 40,000 full-time jobs operating the facilities as well as
• Davidman said it is the same facility, the DG Fuels facility.
• > in facilities uh production facilities in facilities uh production facilities in Minnesota<01
• > those facil the production facilities those facil the production facilities those that<01:27

Bills: HF1126, HF967, HF1066, HF1669, HF926

Keywords: property tax, Indian Tribe, tax exemption, Minnesota, public charity, property tax exemption, Minnesota statutes, unorganized territory, federally recognized, soil conservation, water conservation, local government aid, environmental funding, Minnesota legislation, tax credits, sustainable aviation fuel, environmental policy, corporate franchise, Minnesota taxation, tobacco

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• facilities.
• We also recognize that facil facilities.
• facilities? facilities?
• . facilities. facilities.
• relating to charter school facilities. relating to charter school facilities.

Bills: HB2185, HB2621, HB2179, HB2534, HB2168, HB2427, HB2560, HB2565, HB2172, HB2298, HB2304

Keywords: sports officials, referees, umpires, athletic directors, school administrators, league administrators, coaches, assault, first-degree assault, substantial bodily injury, temporary restraining order, TRO, private counsel, Department of Education, DOE, sports safety, school sports, amateur athletics, professional sports, public schools

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• um as required under of its facility um as required under this<00:32:03.760> subdivision.
• He said the additional funding for SSIS is obviously a priority for everyone on this committee.
• priority for everyone on this committee. priority for everyone on this committee.
• I don't have any priorities in this bill.
• My priority as chair is making the best bill that we can for the people of Minnesota.

Bills: HF2436, HF2929

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, HF2929, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, food assistance, nutrition assistance, public benefits, eligibility determination, income eligibility, federal poverty guidelines, poverty level, county agency, Tribal agency, human services, children and families, benefits administration

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• the same way they would a gas facilities the same way they would a gas pump.<00:09:50.800> Uh
• First, I want to thank Chair Mchuan for including many of the department's priorities in this bill.
• department's priorities in this bill. department's priorities in this bill.
• I am disappointed that several of the department's priorities are not included in this bill, such as
• I am disappointed that several of the<00:55:01.280> department's<00:55:01.760> priorities

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• Bill 3464 creates a statewide framework for regulating energy storage devices and solar energy facilities
• and how to mitigate any concerns or potential harms that they may have to deal with where these facilities
• I think there are some good things in this bill, but the priority to mineral right owners, and we're
• I think there are some good things in this bill, but the priority to mineral right owners, and we're

Bills: HB3183, HB4316, HB4484, HB3469, HB3464, HB3173, HB3989

Keywords: electric utilities, grid congestion, transmission technology, advanced power flow controllers, dynamic line rating, energy efficiency, rural water service, district organization, emergency legislation, Oklahoma, water management, state vehicles, state-owned vehicles, state-leased vehicles, motor vehicle use, commuting use, personal use, fleet management, Corporation Commission, field inspectors

Summary: The committee first considered the nomination of Russell Isaacs to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board. Isaacs described his farming background and experience with cotton, corn, sorghum, and wheat, and said he regularly tests conservation technologies on his farm. Senators discussed his water-conservation experience and the value he could bring to the board. The nomination received 10 ayes and 0 nays and was advanced to the full Senate floor. Members then took up House Bill 3183, dealing with smart transmission technology and electric grid efficiency. Senator Murdoch explained that the bill had been difficult to negotiate and that the enacting clause was stricken so work could continue on a committee substitute. He said the technology would allow existing transmission towers to carry lighter, more efficient lines, reduce wildfire risk, and potentially lower long-term rates by easing congestion. Senators asked about costs, who pays, and whether ratepayers or large load users would bear the burden; an amendment changed language from “customer funded” to “large load user funded.” The committee adopted the amendment and then passed the bill 7 ayes to 3 nays. The committee also advanced several nominations and bills related to environmental and energy policy. Steve Mason was confirmed to the Environmental Quality Board by an 8-0 vote. House Bill 4316, which removes an old deadline that prevented nonprofit corporations from converting into water districts and accessing grant funding, passed 8-0. House Bill 4484, allowing discretionary use of state-owned or state-leased vehicles between employees’ homes and workplaces to save mileage costs, passed 9-0. House Bill 3464 created a statewide framework for energy storage and solar facilities; a motion to table an amendment failed, and the bill passed 10-0 after debate over landowner protections, decommissioning, fire safety, and dual-use agricultural concerns. The committee then passed House Bill 3173, the Well-Repurposing Act, 10-0, to allow orphaned and abandoned wells to be repurposed for geothermal and energy storage uses, with discussion about surface-owner rights and possible tweaks to the geothermal temperature definition. House Bill 3469, a measure easing surety requirements for smaller producers by allowing a stair-stepped compliance schedule, passed 9-0. Finally, House Bill 3989 was amended for drafting corrections and then passed 9-0; it relates to the one-megawatt load standard and uses actual load over a two-year period rather than plate load. The chair ended the meeting by thanking members and staff and adjourning the committee.

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• Criteria, and then there's where the language is that the 200% is a priority level.
• I think that the priority interchange has addressed my question.
• unincorporated Bernalillo. to the more urban legislators, but I also represent about 15 rural healthcare facilities
• help... not only the individuals in my district, Madam Chair, but also those 15 rural health care facilities

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• Legislature has made improving the mental health of our citizens and providing care to those in need a top priority
• Legislature has made improving the mental health of our citizens and providing care to those in need a top priority
• Senators, let's take up Tab 2, SB 614 on child care facilities.
• Senators, let's take up Tab 2, SB 614, on Child Care Facility and Program Background Screening Requirements

Summary: The committee heard and advanced several bills related to children, families, elder affairs, mental health, disability services, and child care. SB 1050 on the Agency for Persons with Disabilities was amended and reported favorably after discussion of expanding the voluntary IDD managed care pilot statewide, improving transparency on the APD wait list, creating a statewide family care council, addressing transition services for youth leaving foster care, and seeking federal approval for an adult pathways waiver. Testimony from providers and a parent emphasized workforce capacity, county-level identification of clients, Medicaid delays, and the importance of keeping the pilot voluntary; the bill passed with support and some discussion about possible future clarifications on services and Medicaid eligibility. The committee also passed SB 1310, which directs OPPAGA to evaluate student mental health outcomes tied to school mental health assistance funding, and members discussed the need for better data, coordination with managing entities, and avoiding duplication of services. SB 976 on court-appointed social investigators was amended and approved, with the sponsor describing due process protections and fee-shifting provisions for parents challenging court-appointed psychologists. SB 886, creating a crisis care coordination team pilot in Volusia and Polk counties to reduce Baker Act recidivism and improve follow-up care, was reported favorably after the sponsor described its law enforcement and community provider partnerships and an independent evaluation requirement. Later, SB 614 on child care facility and program background screening requirements was amended and passed; the bill requires a public educational webpage explaining Level 2 screening, the clearinghouse, disqualifying offenses, exemptions, and related job listings and timelines. Finally, SB 276 on sheltering or aiding unmarried minors was approved; it increases the offense from a first-degree misdemeanor to a third-degree felony, creates a presumption regarding knowledge of the minor’s age, and adds a defense when the conduct was necessary to protect the minor from danger. All bills considered were reported favorably, and the committee adjourned at the end of the meeting.