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• For the initial pilot, the $10 million provided funding to 14 networks of schools that were selected
• I do oversee the division that handles the educator enforcement work, and my colleagues in the legal
• division do support that work.
• And so four of those five positions... ...in the legal division do support that work, and so four of

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard the Governor’s May Revision proposals for TK-12 education, beginning with a Proposition 98 overview from the Department of Finance and the Legislative Analyst’s Office. Finance said the May Revision increases the Proposition 98 minimum guarantee by about $6.4 billion relative to the Governor’s January budget across the three-year window, with higher guarantees in each year, continued full payment of the outstanding settle-up obligation in 2024-25, and a reduced $3.9 billion settle-up amount in 2025-26. Finance also described larger mandatory and discretionary deposits into the Proposition 98 reserve, ending with an estimated $10.3 billion reserve balance. The LAO said the overall estimates were reasonable, but urged the state to fully fund the guarantee and use other budget tools, including reserves, to manage volatility rather than delay settle-up payments. Members questioned the remaining settle-up amount, the risk of revenue volatility, and possible alternatives such as advance payments or other reserve strategies. The second panel covered Department of Education proposals and trailer bill language. Finance outlined additional state operations funding and positions for CDE, along with trailer bill changes affecting community schools, preschool, literacy, special education, charter accountability, teacher-related programs, and other technical cleanups. The LAO supported the overall structure of the package but recommended changes to several items, including rejecting some additional one-time community schools, literacy, math, multilingual screener, and inclusive college proposals, while supporting the ongoing LCFF and special education increases and raising concerns about the paid pregnancy disability leave proposal’s cost and implementation complexity. CDE supported the special education increase, community schools, literacy and math investments, homelessness funding, and the paid pregnancy leave proposal, while asking for more funding for county office support, clearer homelessness definitions, and continued preschool parity. Members also asked about immigrant student supports, community schools reporting, and the rationale and cost estimate for the paid pregnancy leave proposal, which Finance estimated at $218 million annually. The final panel addressed the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Finance proposed additional legal staffing for SB 848 implementation and educator misconduct caseloads, a fee increase for clear credential renewals from $100 to $125, a $5 million one-time Proposition 98 investment to build a transcript review platform, $2 million ongoing for transcript review staffing, and $30 million one-time for the statewide residency technical assistance center. The LAO had no concerns about the legal staffing, supported the transcript review platform if the fee increase and ongoing staffing were adopted, and recommended rejecting the residency technical assistance center expansion because existing funding runs through 2029. The Commission explained that the misconduct workload has grown over several years, that AI would assist but not replace human review in transcript matching, and that the residency technical assistance center helps recruit and retain teachers and support rural districts. Public commenters largely supported special education, discretionary block grants, community schools, literacy investments, homelessness funding, and teacher credentialing alternatives, while some urged rejection of the settle-up proposal and preschool COLA reduction.

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• have questioned the competency in the decision-making of the leadership and the behavioral health division
• have questioned the competency in the decision-making of the leadership and the behavioral health division
• multiple reports, including an L.A. report in January of this year showing how Behavioral Health Division
• The first year, in 2019, the report identified 580,000 individuals who were selected just to check to

Keywords: 1183, house

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• LCB did select, I don't want to call them winners. They did choose from those applicants.
• Next, I'd like to invite Brian Gerard, Chief of Enforcement, Securities Division, and Ali Higgs, Director
• I'm the Chief of Enforcement with the Securities Division, and I'm also here with Ali Higgs, who's the
• Director of the Division of Consumer Services.

Summary: The committee began with a work session on the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee’s cannabis market study, presented by JLARC staff member Susanna Pratt. The report found Washington’s cannabis production in 2023 was likely two to three times higher than retail sales, with production estimated at 292,000 to 443,000 pounds of THC versus 139,000 pounds sold. Pratt explained that canopy data are inconsistent and that the Liquor and Cannabis Board’s traceability system is incomplete and unreliable, limiting data-driven regulation, tax verification, recall tracking, and diversion enforcement. JLARC recommended that LCB submit a plan by the end of 2025 for obtaining accurate licensee data by the end of 2026; LCB partially concurred and said a 2027 timeline may be more realistic. JLARC also concluded that the social equity producer licenses would likely have only a minimal effect on statewide production capacity, and suggested the legislature consider broader ways to increase equity in the industry. Members asked about the slow issuance of social equity licenses and about comparable traceability systems in other states. The committee then heard a series of presentations on fraud and scam prevention. Paul Benda of the American Bankers Association described the scale of fraud losses, the role of telecom spoofing, social media scam ads, SIM farms, and crypto ATMs, and argued for a shared-responsibility approach involving banks, telecoms, and platforms. Katie Clark of IQ Credit Union described member-to-member fraud, romance scams, and the operational and financial impacts on credit unions, and recommended better information sharing, safe harbors for returning scam-related funds, and stronger fraud education. Kyle Innes of SIFMA highlighted investor fraud and Washington’s 2009 report-and-hold law, which he said helped shape similar protections in most states, and emphasized the need for better communication among financial firms, APS, and law enforcement. Brian Gerard and Ali Higgs from the Department of Financial Institutions discussed “pig butchering” and other investment scams, focusing on how scammers build trust through social media, dating apps, fake websites, and crypto schemes before extracting funds. Across the fraud presentations, witnesses repeatedly stressed consumer education, interagency information sharing, and stronger controls on telecom, social media, and crypto ATM activity. Members asked about model laws from other states, the role of financial education in schools, and whether crypto ATMs should be regulated or banned. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the meeting.

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• In your opinion, could Hispanic voters select their preferred candidate to Congress in the newly drawn
• I know that from my experience as a police officer there; I was the commander of the police division
• That's the Civil Rights Division of the Texas Governor. Is that correct? Say that again, I'm sorry.
• The one of the deputy director, well the director of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S.

Bills: SB 2, SB 5, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB4, HB1, HB3, HB20, HB22, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, HB4, SB2, SB5

Keywords: disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments

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• someone required to register. under chapter 305 or pay associations that primary represent political divisions
• The bill only applies to political subjects. divisions of the state and I'll point this out in the code
• This is actually the governing body of the political division at a public meeting and I think I know
• 42 by Hinojosa Vidalgo, relating to consent towing fees charged during a declared disaster. to the Select

Bills: SB5, SB11, SB12, SB9, SB42, SB15, SB5, SB11, SB12, SCR1

Keywords: hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes, election law enforcement, criminal prosecution, Election Code, Government Code Chapter 402, local prosecutors, county attorney, district attorney, grand jury, probable cause reports, state election offenses, voter fraud, election integrity

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• a sunset advisory commission to conduct a full forensic audit audit of the TEA's charter school division
• school districts elect their school boards and must get voter approval for bonds, charter schools select
• However, current law only provides this protection to a few limited divisions at the Office of the Attorney
• current or former employees of the OEG to obtain these confidentiality protections regardless of which division

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• And so I would say to the counties that are rural, this is all the more who have not selected to do at
• People make the false and divisive and toxic claim that somehow it's racist to do voter ID.
• Shirley Ann Weber, and Jana Lean, head of the elections division at also from the Secretary of State's
• One of our additional concerns from our IT division is the security considerations attached to giving

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• It selects one exceptional K-12 educator from state nominees to serve as National Ambassador for Education
• An act relating to children, creating the Children's Behavioral Health Services Division of the Health
• Care Authority, transferring the operations of the Behavioral Health Services Division of the Children
• , Youth, and Families Department to the Children's Behavioral Health Services Division of the Health
• Memorial 13, introduced by Senator Hadamillo, a memorial requesting the Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty Division

Keywords: 996, all

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• I'm the director of the Division of Real Properties.
• I'm the director<00:03:55.599> of<00:03:55.760> the<00:03:55.920> Division<00:03
• :56.239> of<00:03:56.400> Real director of the Division of Real director of the Division
• interested in giving us a bid, even though that process has already officially closed and we have selected

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the December meeting minutes and received several information items, including quarterly capital project status reports, University of Kentucky medical and equipment purchases, school district bond issue notices, and a University of Kentucky RFP for an enterprise services partner. Members also briefly discussed a University of Kentucky public-private partnership for student housing and dining, with comments that such arrangements may improve efficiency and use of taxpayer dollars during a difficult budget year. The main substantive discussion centered on a new CHFS lease in Harlan County for the Department for Community Based Services. Members questioned the proposed annual cost of $25.62 per square foot, which was far above the county average cited in the meeting, and raised concerns about the one responsive bid, the long lease term through 2033, and whether a nearby hospital or other entity might have been interested. CHFS staff said the current office space is in poor condition, that the new lease includes needed construction and 60 parking spaces, and that the office is limited to considering only actual bidders. After debate over whether to rebid or negotiate, the committee voted to approve the lease, with some members supporting it because of the current facility’s condition and others recording reservations. The committee then approved the remaining 10 lease renewals as a group. These included one renewal for the Commonwealth’s prosecutorial system and renewals for several CHFS offices, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the Department of Natural Resources. One member noted that seven of the 10 renewals were at or below the county average rate and said the overall package was substantially in line with local market conditions.

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• We have to go through all our division of the Department of Defense.
• through<00:36:10.280> all<00:36:10.800> we're<00:36:11.119> our<00:36:11.319> division
• <00:36:11.599> of<00:36:11.760> the through all we're our division of the through all
• we're our division of the Department<00:36:12.200> of<00:36:12.319> Defense<00:36:13.200
• Any exemption granted to a select group requires that the lost revenues be made up by those who must

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Public Safety heard testimony on several bills. HB 628 HD1, relating to education, would reinstate a prior law allowing veterans whose high school education was interrupted by wartime to receive a diploma. Testimony was generally supportive from the Office of Veterans Services, the Department of Education, the Hawaii Military Affairs Council, and an individual testifier, with one person in opposition. The committee later recommended passage of HB 628 HD1 as is, and the motion was adopted. The committee also heard HB 1158 HD1 and HB 1159 HD1, both relating to commercial harbors. HB 1158 HD1 concerns firefighting at commercial harbors and drew support from the Department of Transportation; the committee recommended passage as is and adopted the recommendation. HB 1159 HD1 would require masters or persons in charge of vessels to comply with a Harbor Master’s order to evacuate a commercial harbor during emergencies. Testimony included support from Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, the Department of Transportation, and comments from the Hawaii Harbor Users Group. Members raised concerns about small boat operators and safety, and the committee passed the bill with reservations. The committee then discussed HB 1262, relating to the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund, and HB 1296, relating to the major disaster fund. Supporters of HB 1262 included the Climate Advisory Team and AARP Hawaii, while the Department of Budget and Finance cautioned about duplication of benefits with federal disaster aid and the need to preserve the fund’s primary purpose. Members questioned how the bill would interact with federal assistance and whether the fund could be used more broadly; no vote was taken, and the bill was deferred to decision-making. On HB 1296, HEMA and Budget and Finance opposed the measure, citing the need for flexibility in emergencies and concerns that added reporting requirements could hinder response efforts, while the Tax Foundation of Hawaii noted the major disaster fund is much smaller than the EBF. The committee likewise deferred HB 1296 to decision-making, and the meeting adjourned.

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• on record, and we may talk about this later tonight as well, some concern I have representing the Select
• Additionally, having spent years in biotech research myself, and as a member of the Select Committee
• Also, as co-chair of the Select Committee on CalFresh Enrollment and Nutrition, I would like to also
• And also, as chair of the Asia California Trade and Investment Select Committee, I was really heartened
• climate funding, the Student Loan Empowerment Network to protect student borrowers, and additional Division

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The Assembly Budget Committee met to consider the 2026 Budget Act, which leaders described as the compromise budget expected to move to the floor later that evening. Opening remarks emphasized that the plan balances the budget over two years, reduces the structural deficit, and builds reserves, while also protecting core programs from federal cuts. Jason Sisney outlined the legislative budget plan, saying it uses higher-than-expected revenues and reserve balances to reject some proposed reductions and fund temporary restorations and new spending in areas such as education, child care, health care, housing, homelessness, and public safety. Department of Finance representatives said the administration appreciated the two-year balanced framework and the effort to address out-year deficits, while noting the plan includes additional spending and revenue changes. Sisney also previewed floor bills including AB 109, SB 110, SB 122, and SB 125, with SB 122 described as a modification to the tax credit proposal and SB 125 as the managed care organization tax proposal. Subcommittee chairs then described the major policy choices in their areas. Health chair Addis said the budget responds to federal health care rollbacks by protecting Medi-Cal, clinics, hospitals, dental care, and other safety-net services, while also supporting reproductive care, gender-affirming care, and county health systems. Education chair Alvarez highlighted increased school funding, expanded learning, special education, teacher support, community colleges, and a change to Cal Grant eligibility for older community college students. Other chairs emphasized child care expansions, homelessness and housing funding, prison closure and criminal justice savings, wildfire mitigation, county support for Medi-Cal and CalFresh administration, and accountability measures tied to homelessness and corrections spending. Several members also raised concerns or priorities, including the impact of the MCO tax on providers, the need for more support for local journalism, transit and climate funding, biotech and R&D incentives, and continued work on Prop 98 and long-term revenue solutions. No formal votes were taken in the portion provided, but members broadly expressed support for the budget framework and the need to continue negotiations with the administration before final passage. The committee discussion repeatedly framed the budget as a response to federal policy changes and a choice to protect vulnerable Californians while maintaining fiscal responsibility. The vice chair, citing LAO warnings about future volatility and limited reserves, pressed Finance on whether the budget represented a record-sized state budget and whether revenues were also at record levels, underscoring concerns about the state’s preparedness for a downturn.

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• The Joint Assembly Health and Select Committee on Native American Affairs oversight hearing on AB 988
• want to just welcome you all to the joint oversight hearing of the Assembly Health Committee and the Select
• I'm also the chair of the Youth Mental Health Select Committee for Youth Mental Health and Treatment
• Good afternoon, Chair Bonta, Ramos, members of the Assembly Health Subcommittee and Select Committee
• I am chief of the Medi-Cal Behavioral Health Policy Division at the California Department of Health Care

Summary: The joint Assembly Health and Select Committee on Native American Affairs held an oversight hearing on AB 988, California’s 988 crisis line and mobile crisis response system, followed by a discussion of suicide prevention and intervention in California Indian communities. Members and witnesses repeatedly emphasized that AB 988 was intended to create a true alternative to 911 for behavioral health crises, with “someone to call, someone to come, and somewhere to go,” and that Native communities continue to face disproportionately high suicide rates and barriers to culturally responsive care. The first panel of call center and stakeholder witnesses largely argued that implementation is falling short of the law’s intent. They said 988 call centers are underfunded, text/chat answer rates remain far below call answer rates, staffing is strained, and the system still lacks meaningful statewide interoperability between 988 and 911. Several witnesses said mobile crisis teams are not being dispatched through 988 as envisioned, and that funding formulas and governance are too opaque. San Joaquin County was presented as a local success story, with integrated 988, access lines, and mobile crisis handoffs that have reduced reliance on emergency departments and involuntary holds. Witnesses also discussed the need for better tribal outreach, the role of CCBHCs, and the importance of culturally competent services. State officials from CalHHS and DHCS described the five-year 988 implementation plan, the current governance structure across multiple agencies, and efforts to support training, public awareness, and referral tools. They reported growth in 988 contacts, ongoing training with the Trevor Project, a statewide resource directory, and a tribal awareness campaign. DHCS also outlined proposed trailer bill language that would create a formal designation process for 988 centers, set statewide standards, and require existing centers to obtain designation by 2029. Officials said current funding includes SAMHSA grants, block grant dollars, and an expected $67.3 million from the 988 fund in the next budget year, with a large share earmarked for Medi-Cal mobile crisis services. No formal vote or committee action was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

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• so if you're in any minority party, any major party, you're not going to your polling place and selecting
• me if those that are DACA recipients and have a work authorization, do they have to sign up for selective
• Madam Speaker, selective service is different from military service.
• Gentle lady, it would apply to military service, selective service, etc.
• Representative Gurrola: Madam Speaker, gentle lady, it supports the Pipe Safety Act and the division

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• , Lamal quickly volunteered for division, Lamal quickly volunteered for the<03:32:27.359> newly
• on Intelligence, Select Committee on Intelligence, lending<05:55:50.400> his<05:55:50.718>
• Committee on Intelligence and is Select Committee on Intelligence and is also<06:00:47.360> the
• This change would place the IDA on equal regulatory footing with the other World Bank divisions such
• such as the Interamerican divisions such as the Interamerican Development<06:05:37.280> Bank,

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, July 21, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Pace organizations will be identified Pace organizations will be identified and<00:10:03.959> selected
• c> and<00:10:04.720> any<00:10:05.000> state<00:10:05.320> specific and selected
• and any state specific and selected and any state specific criteria<00:10:06.440> that<00:10:
• I am the deputy director of the Aging and Adult Services Division at DHS, within ADSA, and I have been
• <01:24:45.679> in uh the disability services division in uh the disability services division

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And I get the senator from Chittenden's point that this is on a very select group of people at the top
• This section is about applying for various financial licenses with the banking division of DFR, such
• of DFR such as with the banking division of DFR such as which<01:17:18.720> is<01:17:18.840><
• . division. division.
• in the Department of all the divisions in the Department of Financial<01:33:15.920> Regulation

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• sir, with healthcare being expensive, they did have the opportunity to enroll in TRICARE Reserve Select
• Outside of that, they don't offer any other benefits besides the GI Bill, GI Bill Select, and stuff like
• Last year, Air Force ROTC as a whole, only about 67% of eligible cadets were... selected for a field
• I think that's one of the reasons that we were selected for that program, so that we... can work with
• Then we go through a process where we do a formal selection.

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• feet of the divisive political rhetoric around<00:40:04.000> immigrants<00:40:04.640> and<
• Today, 24 years later, we are once again reminded of how easily those divisions can take hold of us.
• <02:31:08.479> How those divisions can take hold of us.
• How those divisions can take hold of us.
• <02:58:32.399> subcommittee<02:58:33.200> to members to the select subcommittee to

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, September 11, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• The select board member’s name will be Michael McGee, representing the town.
• s you or someone else here to ask, it would be the best person to ask, but have you met with the Division

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources held a hearing on several late-file bills and home rule petitions, with testimony focused mainly on coastal access and wildlife management, rodenticide restrictions, and a local land-use request. Rep. Scarsdale testified for H.5113, which would name an accessible trail in Groton’s J. Harry Rich State Forest the Marion Stoddard River Walk in honor of the activist who helped restore the Nashua River. Groton Trails Committee chair Paul Fung also supported the bill, describing the trail, educational signs, and DCR’s involvement. Rep. Sweezey presented a package of Duxbury Beach bills—H.5141, H.5140, and H.5139—intended to align state shorebird protections more closely with federal standards, create parity in beach management tools, and require periodic review of outdated recreational-use guidelines; he said the bills were developed with local and agency input and aimed to balance conservation with beach access. A large portion of the hearing concerned local petitions to restrict second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides and other pesticides. Supporters from Mass Audubon, Sierra Club, Animal Defenders International, wildlife rehabilitation groups, and residents from towns including Grafton, Billerica, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Eastham, and Truro argued that these poisons harm raptors and other non-target wildlife through secondary poisoning, persist in the environment, and are increasingly ineffective. Several speakers said local town meetings had approved the restrictions and urged favorable reports on the petitions. Opponents, including a representative of the New England Pest Management Association, argued that regulation should remain at the state level under MDAR to avoid a patchwork of local rules and noted that the agency was already reviewing rodenticide regulations. Committee members asked questions about agency consultation, the relationship between state and federal bird listings, and how local beach rules would work in practice. The committee also heard testimony on H.4700 and related local pesticide-reduction petitions for Eastham and Truro, with witnesses describing groundwater concerns, pesticide drift, and wildlife impacts. Finally, the committee took testimony on S.2961, a Dighton bill authorizing the use of a small portion of conservation land for public way purposes to replace the Pleasant Street Bridge and add pedestrian and bicycle accommodations; the witness said the affected area was limited and necessary for safety improvements. The hearing ended after testimony concluded, with the chair turning the gavel over and the committee adjourning.

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• Report of select committees. >> We have none, Mr. Speaker. Report of standing committees.
• Half of the fees are going to be going to the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division.

Keywords: MS House Floor - 1 April, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all